Before we converse, we should consider where, when, and to whom we will speak, that we may speak suitably (Prov. 25:11) and not undertake a topic that exceeds our capacity (Ps. 131:1).

PETRUS VAN MASTRICHT, THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL THEOLOGY, VOLUME 1: PROLEGOMENA, 371.

God is not simply the subject of contemplation in the sense that a metaphysical philosopher undertakes to reflect upon God and in the way God truly knows himself, and as we in the next life shall come to know God more fully (1 Cor 13:9, etc.; 2 Cor 12:4); but in the sense that to know Him in this life is what we have to do in order to obtain eternal life by truly knowing Him (John 17:3).

Synopsis of a Purer Theology, Vol. 1, 55.

Those who cite the success of the early church as an argument against state-supported churches should — in order to be logically (and historically) consistent — also call for full-blown persecution of the church by modern-day governments. But this is absurd.

Messiah the Prince (Modernized Abridgment by J. K. Wall), 144.

Christ’s mediatorial reign is not a temporary stage in the plan of God’s moral government. It is rather the last and greatest of his works, the climax of his wise and holy administration.

Messiah the Prince (Modernized abridgment by J. K. Wall), 155.

Our love of the Word should be such that it (1) propels us to gratitude toward God on account of the abundant supply of his Word that he has conferred to us, a gratitude in which we recognize from our heart the mercy of our benefactor and the excellence of his benefits (Ps. 147:19–20), we praise both with our mouth (Ps. 147:19–20; all of Ps. 119), and we repay them with our work, that is, with faith and observance of things revealed in the Word (Heb. 4:2; Jer. 42:5–6). (2) Next, such a love urges us to study the divine Word (Ps. 1:2), which consists in its religious reading, hearing, meditation, and observance (we will treat each of these individually in what follows). (3) Then, it kindles in us a love, honor, and support for those who deliver and explain the Word of God to us (1 Thess. 5:12; 1 Tim. 5:17; Gal. 6:6).

PETRUS VAN MASTRICHT, THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL THEOLOGY, VOLUME 1: PROLEGOMENA, 356.

It is made clear to us that the authority of Holy Scripture is much greater than that of the Church by the fact that the Church is capable of erring while Scripture cannot.

Synopsis of a Purer Theology, Vol. 1, 16.