APOSTLES, PROPHETS AND EVANGELISTS And he gave some apostles, and some, prophets; and some evangelists – Ephesians 4:11 First apostles, secondly prophets – 1 Corinthians 12:28 Do the work of an evangelist – 2 Timothy 4:5 All are not apostles, yet all are ambassadors. – James Durham The prophets were legal apostles, the apostles were … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 09 March
OVERMUCH TALK Should a man full of talk be justified – Job 11:1 In a multitude of words there wanteth not sin – Proverbs 10:19 The least wit yields the most words. – John Trapp Thou may esteem a man of many words and many lies much alike. – Thomas Fuller Taken from: The Puritans … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 08 March
SYMPATHY And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings – Ezekiel 10:8 I sat where they sat – Ezekiel 3:15 I have you in my heart – Philippians 1:7 It is good manners to be the unbidden guest at the house of mourning. – George Swinnock Sympathy is … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 07 March
SIN SPARED AND DEFENDED The people took of the spoil… which should have been utterly destroyed – 1 Samuel 15:21 I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering – 2 Samuel 13:12 (R.V.) A sin is two sins when it is defended. – Henry Smith Only to refrain evil is to be evil still. … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 06 March
GOD’S PROTECTION AND RESTRAINT OF US …Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. [The rod to protect from wild beasts and the staff to protect from wandering] – Psalm 23:4 There is a twofold hedge that God makes about his people; there is the hedge of protection, to keep evil from them; and the … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 05 March
Psalms 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anoitest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Some people never find satisfaction in the things they do have, but spend their entire lives wishing for things they don’t have. They are never happy with where their lives are … More
TRUE PREACHERS AND MINISTERS I am appointed preacher – 2 Timothy 1:11 A good minister of Jesus – 1 Timothy 4:6 A minister of holy things – Hebrews 8:3 (R.V. Margin) A sleepy preacher cannot expect a waking auditory. – William Jenkyn Three things make a preacher: reading, prayer and temptation. – Jean Daille If … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 04 March
Cal Ripken Junior became an extraordinary baseball player by doing an ordinary thing: he showed up for work. He did it again and again and again, a record 2,632 consecutive times… Continued at Source: God’s Ordinary Means of Grace are All You Need
HEAVEN AND SIN There shall in no wise enter into any thing that defileth – Revelation 21:27 In heaven they may feel the want of evil, but never the evil of want. – Edward Willan He that keeps earth by wrong cannot expect heaven by right. – William Gurnall They who are not made … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 03 March
HASTE He that believeth will not make haste – Isaiah 28:16 Be not rush with thy mouth, and let not they heart be hasty – Ecclesiastes 5:2 The best that can come from rashness is repentance. – John Trapp Devotion without discretion is like a hasty servant that runs away without his errand. – … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 01 & 02 March
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