Occupation: Poet Birth: November 12, 1615 Death: December 8, 1691
It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few..
When the Son of God comes to rescue us and bring us back to God, He does not find in us the ability to believe..
To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation..
Is it but right that our hearts should be on God, when the heart of God is so much on us..
Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him abov….
Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God; in nothing which you c….
Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to decrepit old age, ….
Speak to your people as to men that must be awakened, either here or in hell..
Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly work….
Overvalue not therefore the manner of your own worship, and overvilify not other men's of a different mode..
That which once was, will be no more. Yesterday will never come again. To-day is passing, and will not return. You may work while it is day; but when….
Prayer is the breath of the new creature..
You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them..