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Samuel Rutherford
Scottish
Theologian
About the author
See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Security
#Lying
#Salvation
Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Will
#Evil
You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Will
#Heaven
#Bed
#Lying
We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Nothing
#Evil
#Conscience
#Grave
To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Christ
#Friend
#Faith
#Act
Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Life
#God
#Will
#Nothing
Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Grace
#Infinite
Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#God
#Children
#Flowers
#Summer
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Grace
#Glory
Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Christ
#Night
#Prison
When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Affliction
I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#God
My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
Samuel Rutherford,
Scottish
Theologian
#Faith
#Sleep
#Bed