Samuel Rutherford Quotes

• My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.

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• Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.

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• 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.

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• I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

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• Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.

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• Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• To believe Christ’s cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.

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• 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.

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• Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

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• When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.

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• You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

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• All movies aren’t fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

  Samuel Rutherford

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• After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open skies.

  Samuel Rutherford

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• Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

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Samuel Rutherford (16)

Birth:	1600
Death:	30th March, 1661
Nationality:	American, Scottish
Profession:	Author, Commissioner, Politician, Theologian

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