--- title: "12 Covenant Grace Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Covenant Grace quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Covenant Grace sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/anne-hutchinson-22824_covenant_one-may-preach-a-covenant-of-grace-more_2190153.png" --- > [One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hutchinson/one-may-preach-a-covenant-of-grace-more-clearly-than-another-but-when/) [Anne Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-hutchinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/anne-hutchinson-22824_covenant_one-may-preach-a-covenant-of-grace-more_2190153.png) > [God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-sibbes/god-knows-we-have-nothing-of-ourselves-therefore-in-the-covenant-of/) [Richard Sibbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-sibbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/richard-sibbes-7950_accepting_god-knows-we-have-nothing-of-ourselves-t_1009132.jpg) > [“Wherever the Lord makes a provision, we are quite sure that there was a need for it. No superfluities clutter the covenant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/wherever-the-lord-makes-a-provision-we-are-quite-sure-that-there-was/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_quote_wherever-the-lord-makes-a-provision-we-a_1785966.jpg) > [No work nor deed of ours whatsoever, no not faith itself, can be the condition of the covenant of grace properly so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-boston/no-work-nor-deed-of-ours-whatsoever-no-not-faith-itself-can-be-the/) [Thomas Boston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-boston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/thomas-boston-15917_christ_no-work-nor-deed-of-ours-whatsoever-no-n_414893.jpg) > [The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/the-children-of-believing-parents-at-least-their-next-and-immediate/) [Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/thomas-goodwin-15928_believe_the-children-of-believing-parents-at-lea_2353798.jpg) > [“God has laid himself under no obligation, by any promise, to keep any natural man out of hell one moment. God certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/god-has-laid-himself-under-no-obligation-by-any-promise-to-keep-any/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/jonathan-edwards-770_eternal-life_god-has-laid-himself-under-no-obligation_2505570.jpg) > [“God does not say that He will be our God if we do this or that thing. But He says that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-bavinck/god-does-not-say-that-he-will-be-our-god-if-we-do-this-or-that-thing/) [Herman Bavinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-bavinck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/herman-bavinck-4872_covenant_god-does-not-say-that-he-will-be-our-god_1682961.png) > [Guidance, like all God's acts of blessing under the covenant of grace, is a sovereign act. Not merely does God will to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/guidance-like-all-god-s-acts-of-blessing-under-the-covenant-of-grace/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/anonymous-1_arms_guidance-like-all-god-s-acts-of-blessing_3228795.jpg) > [“Nowhere in the whole Bible is it even intimated that it is God's desire or plan that children must remain outside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-h-gerberding/nowhere-in-the-whole-bible-is-it-even-intimated-that-it-is-god-s/) [G.H. Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-h-gerberding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/g-h-gerberding-36625_bible_nowhere-in-the-whole-bible-is-it-even-in_1572395.jpg) > [In the new covenant, God doesn't want us to be blessed when we obey the law and cursed when we fail. Doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-prince/in-the-new-covenant-god-doesn-t-want-us-to-be-blessed-when-we-obey/) [Joseph Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-prince/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/joseph-prince-5352_being-blessed_in-the-new-covenant-god-doesn-t-want-us_3039637.jpg) > [“Like it or not, because I stand in the covenant of grace, I must mortify my sin. Because I stand in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosaria-champagne-butterfield/like-it-or-not-because-i-stand-in-the-covenant-of-grace-i-must/) [Rosaria Champagne Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosaria-champagne-butterfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/rosaria-champagne-butterfield_called-by-god_like-it-or-not-because-i-stand-in-the-co_3112006.jpg) > [Faith from, its essential nature implies the fallen state of man, while it recognizes the principles of the covenant of grace. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gardiner-spring/faith-from-its-essential-nature-implies-the-fallen-state-of-man-while/) [Gardiner Spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gardiner-spring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/gardiner-spring-31784_angel_faith-from-its-essential-nature-implies_2759506.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/covenant-grace/#itemlist", "name": "Covenant Grace Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... 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