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Thomas Brooks Quotes

1608–1680 England

Thomas Brooks (1608 – September 27, 1680) was an English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author.

England

Also known as: Thomas Brooks

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If any prayer be a duty, then secret prayer must be superlatively so, for it prepares and fits the soul for all other supplication.

"Continuing instant in prayer." The Greek is a metaphor taken from hunting dogs that never give over the game till they have got their prey.

Every man obeys Christ as he prizes Christ, and no otherwise.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Though the scorpion be little, yet will it sting a lion to death; and so will the least sin the sinner, unless pardoned by the blood of Christ.

Great is Truth and it will prevail.

is said to have been the first to use the expression (1662)

Truth is mighty and will prevail.

is said to have been the first to use the expression (1662)

God will call evil men to a strict account for all the outward good that they have enjoyed.

There are five things that God will never sell at a cheap rate -- Christ, truth, his honour, heaven, and assurance.

The more any man is in the contemplation of truth, the more fairer and firmer impression is made upon his heart by truth.

God has ends and designs in giving evil men outward mercies and present rest from sorrows and sufferings that cause saints to sigh.

Private prayer is so far from being a hindrance to a man's business, that it is the way of ways to bring down a blessing from heaven upon it.

Sinners, remember this: It is not so much the sense of your unworthiness as your pride that keeps you from a blessed closing with the Saviour.

It is certain that great prosperity and worldly glory are no sure tokens of God's love.

He who would to the purpose do a good action, must not neglect his season.

Sin which men account small brings God's great wrath on men.

Sin is a viper that does always kill where it is not killed.

An excellent master is always better than an excellent law. Let your laws be ever so good, if the lawmakers are bad, all will come to nothing.

Many are now dropped into hell that have formerly presumed of their going to heaven.

Though all truths are glorious, yet there is a double glory upon seasonable truths.

Attribution

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