It Is Not Falling Into Water - Thomas Watson

It is not falling into water that drowns, but lying in it. It is not falling into sin that damns, but lying in it without repentance.

Taken from the book The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson 1668

Pleasure in the Way - Matthew Henry

Wisdom saith, 'This is the way, walk in it'; and you shall not only find life at the end, but pleasure in the way. That which is the only right way to happiness we must resolve to travel, and to proceed and persevere in it, whether it be fair or foul, pleasant or unpleasant: but it is a great encouragement to a traveller, to know that his way is not only the right way, but a pleasant way: and such the way to heaven is.

Taken from the book The Pleasantness of a Religious Life by Matthew Henry 1714

Before Thou Canst Be In Heaven - George Swinnock

Heaven must be in thee before thou canst be in heaven.

George Swinnock 1627-1673

Taken from the book A Puritan Golden Treasury

 

If He Paid Our Debt of Sin - Samuel Bolton

If he paid our debt of sin, certainly we owe a debt of service.

 

Taken from the book The True Bounds of Christian Freedom 

by Samuel Bolton 1645

Sometimes Twenty Years - Thomas Brooks

God oftentimes works grace in a silent and secret way and takes sometimes five, sometimes ten, sometimes fifteen, sometimes twenty years; yea, sometimes more, before he will make a clear and satisfying report of his own work upon the soul.

Taken from the book Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance by Thomas Brooks 1654

If You Ask Me Why God Should Love Us - D.L. Moody

If you ask me why God should love us, I cannot tell. I suppose it is because He is a true Father. It is His nature to love; just as it is the nature of the sun to shine.

Taken from the book Day by Day with DL Moody  DL Moody  1837-1899

I Live As Though - Martin Luther

I live as though Christ died yesterday, rose again today, and is coming tomorrow.

Martin Luther 1483-1546

Quoted in the book Promises Kept – The Message of the New Testament by Mark Dever

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