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title: "11 May Quotes By Samuel Rutherford"
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> [The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/the-good-husbandman-may-pluck-his-rose-gather-in-his-lily/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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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> [Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love hath neither brim nor bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/every-day-we-may-see-some-new-thing-in-christ-his-love-hath-neither/)

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

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> [There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the…](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/)

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> [I think it is possible on earth to build a young, new Jerusalem, a little, new heaven of this surpassing love. God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-think-it-is-possible-on-earth-to-build-a-young-new-jerusalem-a/)

[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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> [I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-pray-god-that-i-may-never-find-my-will-again-oh-that-christ-would/)

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

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> [It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/it-is-the-lord-s-kindness-that-he-will-take-the-scum-off-us-in-the/)

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

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> [Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/oh-thrice-fools-are-we-who-like-new-born-princes-weeping-in-the/)

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

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> [You will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/you-will-not-get-to-steal-quietly-into-heaven-into-christ-s-company/)

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

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> [I exhort you and beseech you in the bowels of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity of heaven;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/i-exhort-you-and-beseech-you-in-the-bowels-of-christ-faint-not-weary/)

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

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## Other authors on May

## 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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                        "text": "You will not get to steal quietly into heaven, into Christ's company, without a conflict and a cross. I find crosses to be Christ's carved work that he marks out for us and that with crosses he portraits us to his own image, cutting away pieces of our ill and corruption. Lord cut - Lord carve - Lord wound - Lord do anything that may perfect thy Father's image in us and make us ready for glory.",
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