Religion Quotes by Adam Clarke

10 Religion quotes by Adam Clarke

Clarke’s theological musings are packed into ten short passages that get straight to the point. This small collection serves as an easy entry point to his biblical reflections.

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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

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As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to…

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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for…

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And hence he must be invisible; for a spirit cannot be seen by the eye of man: nor is there any thing…

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Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite…

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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in…

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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in…

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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations,…

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We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure,…

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Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by…

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Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a present…

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They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

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Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do…

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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only…

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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and…

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To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with…

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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end,…

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Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father's house into another…

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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living…

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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old…

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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises…

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Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to…

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Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.

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