Quotes by John Foster

Let the oracles of inspiration be cited continually, both as authority and illustration, in a manner that shall make the mind instantly refer each expression that is introduced to the venerable book whence it is taken; but let our part of religious language be simply ours, and let those oracles retain their characteristic form of expression unimitated, unparodied to the end of time.

— John Foster

Wisdom

Polished steel will not shine in the dark. No more can reason , however refined or cultivated, shine efficaciously but as it reflects the light of Divine truth shed from heaven.

— John Foster

Truth