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> [What a wonder is it, that two natures infinitely distant, should be more intimately united than anything in the world; and yet without any confusion! That the same person should have both a glory and a grief; an infinite joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/what-a-wonder-is-it-that-two-natures-infinitely-distant-should-be/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

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## More by Thomas Goodwin

> [ “Thomas Goodwin Jr. wrote of his godly father: In all the violence of \[his fever\], he discoursed with that strength of faith and assurance… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/thomas-goodwin-jr-wrote-of-his-godly-father-in-all-the-violence-of/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [We were not fathers also to convey the promise, as Abraham was; nor although the promise, as collectively taken, had belonged to us, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/we-were-not-fathers-also-to-convey-the-promise-as-abraham-was-nor/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/we-have-the-promise-of-god-s-being-our-god-and-of-the-blessing-by/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/grace-is-more-than-mercy-and-love-it-super-adds-to-them-it-denotes/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [If I were to go to heaven, and find that Christ was not there, I would leave immediately; for heaven without Christ would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/if-i-were-to-go-to-heaven-and-find-that-christ-was-not-there-i-would/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“Secondly, He bids his ambassadors declare, that as to that point men need not trouble themselves, nor take care about it; for he himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/secondly-he-bids-his-ambassadors-declare-that-as-to-that-point-men/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [In public worship all should join. The little strings go to make up a concert, as well as the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/in-public-worship-all-should-join-the-little-strings-go-to-make-up-a/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“Where God gives opportunity for preaching it is more than likely that he has some people to convert. Usually the Word of God takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/where-god-gives-opportunity-for-preaching-it-is-more-than-likely-that/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayer and worn with thanks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/those-blessings-are-sweetest-that-are-won-with-prayer-and-worn-with/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/i-will-begin-first-to-search-out-this-right-by-that-magna-charta-that/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?' saith the Apostle; 'it is God that justifieth,' and it is their being elect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/who-shall-lay-anything-to-the-charge-of-god-s-elect-saith-the-apostle/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“Therefore, seeing the Lord, when he doth speak, doth speak by others, and there is a great deal of reason for it, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/therefore-seeing-the-lord-when-he-doth-speak-doth-speak-by-others-and/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [“All that God is, will supply your need.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/all-that-god-is-will-supply-your-need/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [My brethren, when God first began to love you, He gave you all that He ever meant to give you in the lump, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/my-brethren-when-god-first-began-to-love-you-he-gave-you-all-that-he/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

> [The most thankful person is the most fully human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/the-most-thankful-person-is-the-most-fully-human/)

[Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/)

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