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Attributed quotes — Thomas Brooks

1608–1680 England

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The more the soul is conformed to Christ, the more confident it will be of its interest in Christ.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Love is a golden key to let in Christ, and a strong lock to keep out others.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Weak Christians are afraid of the shadow of the cross.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

We trust as we love, and we trust where we love; if you love Christ much surely you will trust Him much.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Though there is nothing more dangerous, yet there is nothing more ordinary, than for weak saints to make their sense and feeling the judge of their condition. We must strive to walk by faith.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

There is the seed of all sins—of the vilest and worst of sins—in the best of men.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

God's very service is wages; His ways are strewed with roses, and paved with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, and with peace that passeth understanding.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father’s house.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns!

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.

Attributed Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks (1860)

Though true repentance be never too late, yet late repentance is seldom true.

Attributed Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks (1860)

It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most, who has most communion with God.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory that are due to his name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. Usually, the most praying souls are the most assured souls.

Attributed Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks (1860)

Faith is a Christian's right eye, without which he cannot look for Christ; right hand, without which he cannot do for Christ; it is his tongue, without which he cannot speak for Christ; it is his vital spirit, without which he cannot act for Christ.

Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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