A Great Faith Is Like - Thomas Watson

A great faith is like the anchor or cable of a ship that holds it steady in the midst of storms. A Christian who is steeled with this heroic faith is settled in the mysteries of religion. The Spirit of God has so firmly printed heavenly truths upon his heart that you may we well remove the sun out of the firmament as remove him from those holy principles he has absorbed. Behold here, a pillar in the temple of God (Rev. 3:12).

 

Taken from the book The Lords Supper by Thomas Watson 1665

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They Will Not Cut Corn Until - Samuel Bolton

Men cut down weeds at any time, but their corn they will not cut down till the best time. 'You are God's husbandry' says the apostle; you are His wheat, and when you are ripe, when you have done your work, then, and not till then, shall you be gathered into your Master's garner.

 

Taken from the book The True Bounds of Christian Freedom

by Samuel Bolton 1645

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Why Should It Be a Grievous Command - Hugh Binning

If I be convinced that there is any equity and beauty in that command which charges others to love me, forgive me, forbear with me, and restore me in meekness, why, then, should it be a grievous command that I should pay that debt of love and tenderness to others?

 

Taken from the book Christian Love by Hugh Binning 1627-1653

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We Must Have Great Notions of the Work of Grace - Richard Sibbes

You see, then, that the grace in the gospel is not mere persuasion and entreaty, but a powerful work of the Spirit entering into the soul and changing it, and altering the inclination of the will heavenward. We must have great notions of the work of grace. The Scripture has great words of it. It is an alternation, a change, a new man, a new creation, a new birth.

 

Taken from the book Glorious Freedom by Richard Sibbes 1639

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Be Frequent In Closet Prayer - Thomas Brooks

Be frequent in closet prayer, and not now and then only. He will never have a yearning for closet prayer who is not frequent in closet prayer.

 

Taken from the book The Secret Key To Heaven by Thomas Brooks 1665

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Our Daily Dependence - Charles Spurgeon

The glory that overflows to Christ from our daily dependence is seen in His becoming to us our daily bread. His flesh is meat indeed, his blood is drink indeed (John 6:55), and we must feed upon these continually or die. Eating is not an operation to be performed only once, but it is to be done, throughout life. Likewise, we have to go to Jesus again and again and find sustenance in him as long as life lasts.

 

Taken from the book God Loves You by Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892

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Some Sins of Omission Are Like - George Swinnock

Some sins of omission are like great men, that never go without followers.

 

George Swinnock 1627 -1673

Taken from the book A Puritan Golden Treasury

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