I would not be a Stoic to have no passions, but a Christian, to order those I have. - Joseph Hall, Medications and vows, divine and moral.in Alex Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, p 18
The angel of the Lord. The covenant angel, the Lord Jesus, at the head of all the bands of heaven, surrounds with his army the dwellings of the saints. Like hosts entrenched so are the ministering spirits encamped around the Lord's chosen, to serve and succour, to defend and console them. Encampeth round about them that fear him. On every side the watch is kept by warriors of sleepless eyes, and the Captain of the host is one whose prowess none can resist. And delivereth them. We little know how many providential deliverances we owe to those unseen hands which are charged to bear us up lest we dash our foot against a stone. - Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of David,Psalm 34:7,Exposition
I know the inconstancy of the people of England, how they ever mislike the present government & have their eyes fixed upon that person that is next to succeed; & naturally men be so disposed: ‘More to adore the rising than the setting sun.’- Elizabeth I.
He that eateth and drinketh,
And letteth grace pass,
Sitteth down like a ox,
And riseth like an ass.
Hill, Christ's prayer expounded in Alex Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, p 382
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