 Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer. Topics: Prayer, Sin
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world. Topics: Prayer |
| When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words, than thy words without a heart. Topics: Prayer
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan. Topics: Prayer
Source: Prayer, 1999, p. 23 |
| It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person. Topics: Pride |
| God will not lightly or easily lose His people. He has provided well for us: blood to wash us in; a Priest to pray for us, that we may be made to persevere; and, in case we foully fall, an Advocate to plead our cause. Topics: Providence
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
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| Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air. Topics: Reasoning |
| If He hides the sin, or lesseneth it, He is faulty; if He leaves it still upon us, we die. He must then take our iniquity to Himself, make it His own, and so deliver us; for thus having taken the sin upon Himself, as lawfully He may, and lovingly He doth, it followeth that we live if He lives; and who can desire more? Topics: Salvation |
| The devil is nimble; he can run apace; he is light of foot; he hath overtaken many. They that would have heaven must run for it. Topics: Satan |
| Take heed of little sins. Topics: Sin |
| One leak will sink a ship; and one sin will destroy a sinner. Topics: Sin |
| Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love. Topics: Sin, Rebellion
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
