Study The Praise - Charles Spurgeon

I wish that men studied the praise they profess to present unto God more

 

Taken from the Book Spurgeon on Praise Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

Suffering Saints Are Living Seed - C. H. Spurgeon

Suffering saints are living seed. Oh, that God might help us to such faith, that when we come to suffer in life, or to expire in death, we may so glorify God that others may believe in him! May we preach sermons by our faith which shall be better than sermons in words.

From the sermon The Trial Of Your Faith. December 2nd, 1888,
by C. H. Spurgeon,

 

 

Dry wells - Samuel Rutherford

Dry wells send us to the fountain.

 

Taken from the Book The Loveliness of Christ

by Samuel Rutherford 1600-1661

 

 

A Great Gulf Fixed Between Her And The World - Charles Spurgeon

When I heard of a lady who had put on Christ by baptism, that the cold shoulder was given her in all the circles in which she moved; did I, think you, feel more disposed to console or to congratulate? It was said that now she had but few invitations to such places and such society as she had previously frequented; and I rejoiced, and thanked God for it. I was glad of it, for I felt she was farther removed from temptation.

 

 When I heard of a young man that, after he joined the church, those in his workshop met him at once with loud laughter and reproached him with bitter scorn. I was thankful, because now he could not take up the same position with themselves. He was a marked man: they who knew him discovered that there was such a thing as Christianity, and such a one as an earnest defender of it.

 

It is no evil to the church, depend upon it, to have a great gulf fixed between her and the world.  

 

From a sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon entitled "Prosperity Under Persecution."  Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

Poison in a Serpent and in a Man -Thomas Watson

A godly man does not indulge sin. Though sin is in him, he is troubled at it and would gladly get rid of it. There is as much difference between sin in the wicked and sin in the godly—as between poison being in a serpent and poison being in a man. Poison in a serpent is in its natural place and is delightful—but poison in a man's body is harmful and he uses antidotes to expel it. So sin in a wicked man is delightful, being in its natural place—but sin in a child of God is burdensome and he uses all means to expel it.

 

Taken from the book The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson 1666

The Devout Man - William Law

Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted to God. He therefore is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts of his common life, parts of piety, by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to his Glory.

 

Taken from the book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law 1729

 

 

Would Rather Go Sleeping To Hell - Thomas Watson

Are there not millions of us who would rather go sleeping to hell; than sweating to heaven?

 

Thomas Watson 1620-1686

Quoted in the book A Puritan Golden Treasury