Puritan Quote of the Month

“If men call service to God slavery, I desire to be such a bondslave
forever and gladly be branded with my Master’s name.”
- Charles Spurgeon, Strengthen My Spirit, pg 157

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Quoting the Puritans

The Bible

"The Word written is our pillar of fire to guide us... it is the map by which we sail to the New Jerusalem."
- Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture, pg 63

"If we would have God's Word ready in our mouths when we have occasion for it, we must keep it in our hearts at all times."
- Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, pg 1145
 
"The Bible has passed through the furnace of persecution, literary criticism, philosophic doubt, and scientific discovery, and has lost nothing but those human interpretations which clung to it as alloy to precious ore."
- Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Psalm 12:6

"Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practise all we find in them.  It is no light matter how we use this Book.  Eternal life or death depends on the spirit in which it is used."
- J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Volume 1, pg 2