Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)

Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

Isaac Watts (Minister/Theologian 1674 – 1748)