PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 21 & 22 January
Leave a commentJanuary 22, 2017 by directorfsm
I was on the road yesterday with a group doing flood relief in Louisiana (yes its still going on)so today is a double portion. You can see some pics by clicking on our Faith Builders Ministry Page.
HYO
CRITES AND HEAVEN
He [Balaam] took up his parable, and said,… Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Numbers 23:7-10
Balaam himself likes one end of the prize; he would die like a righteous man, though live like the wizard he was. – William Gurnall
We must not think to dance with the devil all day and sup with Christ at night. – John Trapp
The hypocrite desires holiness only as a bridge to heaven. – Joseph Alliene
AFFECTIONS
Set your affections on things above… – Col 3:2
…Your own affections – 2 Cor 6:12 R.V.
A man without affections I like the Dead Sea that moves not at all. – Richard Sibbes
Christianity doth not abrogate {revoke or abolish} affections, it regulates them. Thomas Manton
Grace comes not to take away a man’s affections, but to take them up. – William Fenner
Taken from: The Puritans Day by Day © The Banner of Truth Trust 2016
** Note for a daily devotional this year check out our FSM FB page and M.L. Jones’s excellent “Walking with God”