FLESH AND SPIRIT That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit – John 3:6 The flesh lusteth against the Spirit – Galatians 5:17 The mortification of the flesh is the quickening of the spirit. – John Calvin The flesh is a wily servant, and … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 23 February
FAITH AND HOPE Faith and hope 1 Peter 1:21) Hope is never ill when faith is well. – John Bunyan What trust believes by faith, it waits for by hope. – Robert Mossom Faith comes by hearing, hope by experience. Faith fights for doctrine, hope for reward. – John Bunyan PRESUMPTION The soul that doeth…presumptuously… … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 21 & 22 February
EXAMPLE – GOOD AND BAD Walk even as ye have us for an example – Philippians 3:17 (R.V.) Look on me, and do likewise – Judges 7:17 Old Testament examples are New Testament instructions. – John Owen Example is the most powerful of rhetoric {words} – Thomas Brooks No marvel the imps {troublemakers} do follow … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 19 February
MIND Lean not unto they own understanding – Proverbs 3:5 Sober minded – Titus 2:6 Our understandings are so bad that they understand not their own business. – Thomas Fuller. Our greatest sins are those of the mind. – Thomas Goodwin The mind like the Ark, should be the chest of the law. – Thomas … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 18 February
PRIDE AND OTHER SINS Pride hath budded – Ezekiel 7:10 Pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth – Proverbs 8:13 Pride is the very image of the devil. – Thomas Boston Arrogancy is a weed that never growth in dung hills. – George Swinnock The wind of pride is the life … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 16 February
February 16 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and … More A Prayer in View of the Brevity of Life
The College of Contentment For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Philippians 4:11 These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. Weeds grow easily. Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We do not need to sow … More A Devotional For February 16, 2017
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE Ye should have harkened unto me, and not set sail for Crete. and have gotten this injury and loss – Acts 27:21 (R.V.) It is more easy to exclude sin than to expel it. – Thomas Adams It is better to be innocent than penitent. – William Secker MERCY He … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 14 & 15 February
SIN IN THE BEST David did … right in the eyes of the Lord … all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 1 Kings 15:5 If a best man’s faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. – John … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 13 February
THE GOSPEL The everlasting gospel – Revelation 14:6 The thunder of the gospel made Satan fall like lightening. – John Calvin The waters of the sactuary only run through the channels of the gospel. – Stephen Charnock AMBITION Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king– 1 Kings 1:5 Diotrephes, … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 11 & 12 February
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