Since an intercessor is given to us - Hugh Binning

Since an intercessor is given to us above, how are we bound to be intercessors for others below.

 

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

Intended To Make us Rejoice - John Calvin

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

 

John Calvin 1509-1564

To Please God It Is Also Essential To - William Wilberforce

 To so please God, it is also essential to guard against all the distractions of worldly cares. It needs the cultivation of heavenly-mindedness and a spirit of continual prayer. It requires you to watch incessantly over the workings of your own deceitful heart.

 

Taken from the book Real Christianity by William Wilberforce 1797

 

Nothing Escapes the Lord's Notice - Ignatius

 Nothing escapes the Lord's notice - indeed, even our hidden secrets are present to him. So let us act in everything we do as if he were dwelling within us, so that we may be his temples and he may be our God within us. Indeed, that is already the case, and will appear obvious to the extent we love him.

 

 

Ignatius circa 37-117

Taken from the book The Wisdom of the Apostolic Fathers

 

A Sin Is Not Mortified When - John Owen

A sin is not mortified when it is only diverted

Taken from the book The Mortification of Sin by John Owen 1656

 

To Rid Themselves Out Of Trouble - Thomas Watson

Many, to rid themselves out of trouble, run themselves into sin. When God has bound them with the cords of affliction, they go to the devil to loosen their bands. Better it is to stay in affliction than to sin ourselves out of it.

Taken from the book Extracts from the Writings of Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson 1620-1686

 

When There Is No Sorrow for Sin - John Owen

Sin may be the occasion of great sorrow, when there is no sorrow for sin.

John Owen 1616-1683

Taken from the book A Puritan Golden Treasury