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title: "12 Ifs Quotes By Samuel Rutherford"
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> [I hang by a thread, but it is (if I may so speak) of Christ's spinning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-hang-by-a-thread-but-it-is-if-i-may-so-speak-of-christ-s-spinning/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/if-ye-never-had-a-sick-night-and-a-pained-soul-for-sin-ye-have-not/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/welcome-welcome-cross-of-christ-if-christ-be-with-it/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [If Christ Jesus be the periode, the end and the lodging-home at the end of your journey, there is no fear ye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/if-christ-jesus-be-the-periode-the-end-and-the-lodging-home-at-the/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/o-my-lord-jesus-christ-if-i-could-be-in-heaven-without-thee-it-would/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [You must take a house beside the Physician. It will be a miracle if ye be the first sick that Christ hath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/you-must-take-a-house-beside-the-physician-it-will-be-a-miracle-if-ye/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/be-not-cast-down-if-ye-saw-him-who-is-standing-on-the-shore-holding/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [I know you are in grief and heaviness; and if it were not so, you might be afraid, because then your way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-know-you-are-in-grief-and-heaviness-and-if-it-were-not-so-you-might/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [There is as much in our Lord's pantry as will satisfy all his children and as much wine in his cellar as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/there-is-as-much-in-our-lord-s-pantry-as-will-satisfy-all-his/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/if-so-be-that-freewill-were-our-tutor-and-we-had-our-heaven-in-our/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [It is impossible to be submissive and religiously patient, if ye stay your thoughts down among the confused rollings and wheels of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/it-is-impossible-to-be-submissive-and-religiously-patient-if-ye-stay/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-find-it-most-true-that-the-greatest-temptation-outside-of-hell-is/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Samuel Rutherford

> [The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-cross-of-christ-is-the-sweetest-burden-that-i-ever-bore-it-is/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/well-s-them-who-are-under-crosses-and-christ-says-to-them-half-mine/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/o-what-i-owe-to-the-file-the-hammer-and-the-furnace-of-the-lord-jesus/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would lose all. But because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/if-so-be-that-freewill-were-our-tutor-and-we-had-our-heaven-in-our/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [“...whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/whether-god-come-to-his-children-with-a-rod-or-a-crown-if-he-come/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/faint-not-the-miles-to-heaven-are-but-few-and-short/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-perceive-we-postpone-all-our-joys-of-christ-till-he-and-we-be-in/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-night-will-close-the-door-fasten-my-anchor-within-the-veil-and-i/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/there-is-nothing-left-to-us-but-to-see-how-we-may-be-approved-of-him/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what their Lord is preparing for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-wonder-many-times-that-ever-a-child-of-god-should-have-a-sad-heart/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-hope-of-heaven-under-troubles-is-like-wind-and-sails-to-the-soul/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/my-desire-is-that-my-lord-would-give-me-broader-and-deeper-thoughts/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/when-i-am-in-the-cellar-of-affliction-i-look-for-the-lord-s-choicest/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/our-little-time-of-suffering-is-not-worthy-of-our-first-night-s/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

> [The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-devil-is-but-a-whetstone-to-sharpen-the-faith-and-patience-of-the/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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