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Quotes from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers — Richard Cecil

1748–1810

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Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Let family worship be short, savory, simple, plain, tender, heavenly.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Sin, without strong restraints, would pull God from His throne, make the world the minion of its lusts, and all beings bow down and worship.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The very heart and root of sin is in an independent spirit. We erect the idol self; and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: — they acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced in His will in all things.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible stands in their way. It prohibits the indulgence of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

To know Jesus Christ for ourselves is to make Him a consolation, delight, strength, righteousness, companion, and end.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Cecil (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.