If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all.… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I hang by a thread, but it is (if I may so speak) of Christ's spinning — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots;… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I know you are in grief and heaviness; and if it were not so, you might be afraid, because then your way… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
You must take a house beside the Physician. It will be a miracle if ye be the first sick that Christ hath… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
There is as much in our Lord's pantry as will satisfy all his children and as much wine in his cellar as… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
If Christ Jesus be the periode, the end and the lodging-home at the end of your journey, there is no fear ye… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
It is impossible to be submissive and religiously patient, if ye stay your thoughts down among the confused rollings and wheels of… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all. But because… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
“...whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus,… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what their Lord is preparing for them. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
