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> [See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest of the world and flesh subdued, and the love of every sin cast out, and the love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/see-that-your-chief-study-be-about-heart-that-there-god-s-image-may/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

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## More by Richard Baxter

> [The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/the-more-perfect-the-sight-is-the-more-delightful-the-beautiful/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their hearts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/most-christians-have-an-ungrounded-trust-in-christ-hoping-that-he/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/my-lord-i-have-nothing-to-do-in-this-world-but-to-seek-and-serve-thee/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/we-must-feel-toward-our-people-as-a-father-toward-his-children-yea/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/we-are-ignorant-of-things-necessary-because-we-learn-things/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/in-a-divine-commonwealth-holiness-must-have-the-principal-honor-and/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/god-takes-men-s-hearty-desires-and-will-instead-of-the-deed-where/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Surely love is both work and wages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/surely-love-is-both-work-and-wages/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/naturally-men-are-prone-to-spin-themselves-a-web-of-opinions-out-of/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [“God never saved any man for being a preacher, nor because he was an able preacher; but because he was a justified, sanctified man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/god-never-saved-any-man-for-being-a-preacher-nor-because-he-was-an/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [A man pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/a-man-pleaser-cannot-be-true-to-god-because-he-is-a-servant-to-the/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [“He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/he-is-not-drowning-his-sheep-when-he-washeth-them-nor-killing-them/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/get-masters-of-families-to-do-their-duty-and-they-will-not-only-spare/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Christ leads me through no darker rooms than He went through before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/christ-leads-me-through-no-darker-rooms-than-he-went-through-before/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

> [Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/such-is-the-depth-of-the-christian-scriptures-that-even-if-i-were/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

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