I would rather speak five words out of this book than 50,000 words of the philosophers. If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God. If we want conversions, we must put more of God’s Word into our sermons.- Charles Spurgeon
“He would blush if anyone saw his sin, but he doesn’t blush for the sin itself.......You are afraid if a mere man is present; aren’t you afraid, then, at the presence of God, Father and Son? But alas, you don’t want to believe, in case you would have to obey” Ambrose
No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn't look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection." John Calvin
... Nehemiah Wallington, who saw all five of his children die, for them in infancy... It was his wife Grace who consoled him, reminding him of the comfort which they could both find in submission to God's will. 'It is your daughter's wedding day', she reasoned, 'and will you grieve to see your daughter go home to her husband Christ Jesus?' Eventually, Wallington could draw comfort in believing that he was blessed through the loss of his children, for they were his treasure, and if his treasure was in heaven, his heart would be there also. - Wallington, Notebooks, p59,64 in Alex Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, p126
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