Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
About Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherfordwas a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.
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Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
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.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
To believe Christ’s cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
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.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
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.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian
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.
Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian