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title: "2 Bosoms Quotes By Thomas Brooks"
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> [Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer, but how necessary it is for us to choose the most convenient places we can for private prayer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/christ-choosing-solitude-for-private-prayer-doth-not-only-hint-to-us/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/it-is-the-very-nature-of-grace-to-make-a-man-strive-to-be-most/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

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## Other authors on Bosoms

## More by Thomas Brooks

> [Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/our-sins-are-debts-that-none-can-pay-but-christ-it-is-not-our-tears/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/remember-this-all-the-sighing-mourning-sobbing-and-complaining-in-the/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/it-is-not-he-who-knows-most-nor-he-who-hears-most-nor-yet-he-who/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/if-it-is-not-strong-upon-your-heart-to-practice-what-you-read-to-what/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/an-idle-life-and-a-holy-heart-is-a-contradiction/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/the-two-poles-could-sooner-meet-than-the-love-of-christ-and-the-love/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/grace-and-glory-differ-very-little-the-one-is-the-seed-the-other-is/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/it-is-our-wisest-and-our-safest-course-to-stand-at-the-farthest/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/saints-spring-and-thrive-most-internally-when-they-are-most/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [Grace is given to trade with; it is given to lay out, not lay up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/grace-is-given-to-trade-with-it-is-given-to-lay-out-not-lay-up/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/a-preacher-s-life-should-be-a-commentary-upon-his-doctrine-heavenly/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/it-is-not-the-bee-s-touching-of-the-flower-that-gathers-honey-but-her/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [“Meditate on the unique relationship between Christians. Psalm 133:1 proclaims the goodness and pleasantness of dwelling together in unity; there are some things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/meditate-on-the-unique-relationship-between-christians-psalm-133-1/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/god-hears-no-more-than-the-heart-speaks-and-if-the-heart-be-dumb-god/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

> [Truth is mighty and will prevail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/truth-is-mighty-and-will-prevail/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

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