Religion Quotes by Richard Baxter

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.

— Richard Baxter

It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble.

— Richard Baxter

I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion.

— Richard Baxter

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright…

— Richard Baxter

“It is a palpable error of some ministers, who make such a disproportion between their preaching and their living; who study hard…

— Richard Baxter

If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common…

— Richard Baxter

“Preaching a man a sermon with a broken head and telling him to be right with God is equal to telling a…

— Richard Baxter

Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their…

— Richard Baxter

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those…

— Richard Baxter

Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their…

— Richard Baxter

Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that…

— Richard Baxter

It is past all question, and agreed on by all sides, that no religion will save a man who is not serious,…

— Richard Baxter

Holiness is nothing else but the habitual and predominant devotion and dedication of soul, and body, and life, and all that we…

— Richard Baxter

“Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence. Let Scripture be first and…

— Richard Baxter