It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is to us and what dross we have before we enter the kingdom of God? So narrow is the… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin. — 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, what way soever thou come, if we can get a sight of thee. And sure I am, it is better to be sick, providing Christ come to the bed-side, and draw aside the curtains, and say… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share
I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing of it here to be sought or found, but only hope and fair promises; and that Christ will give us nothing here but tears, sadness, crosses; and that we shall never feel the smell of the… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share
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
