“The reason we have such hard thoughts of God’s will is, because we have such high thoughts of ourselves.” — William Symington Copy Share Image
“ever debase the immutable perfections of God, as to have neglecting thoughts of him at any time, for the entertainment of such a mean and inconstant rival? (2.) Much less should we trust in” — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Fire increaseth by laying together many coals on one place; so is devotion inflamed by the union of many hearts, and by a joint… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“A man must be ignorant of himself before he can be ignorant of the existence of God.” — William Symington Copy Share Image
“To conclude this: As when a man comes into a palace, built according to the exactest rule of art, and with an unexceptionable conveniency… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“All the superstition this day living in the world is built upon this foundation: so natural it is to man to pull God down… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“A man may sooner engrave the chronicle of a whole nation, or all the records of God in the Scripture upon the hardest marble… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God:" it is to be acted in everything we do; but in worship our hearts should more solemnly… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“The enjoyment of God will be as fresh and glorious after many ages, as it was at first. God is eternal, and eternity knows… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Should we not think ourselves worthy of contempt to dote upon a perishing glory, to expect support from an arm of flesh, when there… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Love is appetites unionis; the more love, the more delight in the approachings of God to the soul, or the outgoings of the soul… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“If self-denial be the greatest part of godliness, the great letter in the alphabet of religion; self-love is the great letter in the alphabet… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“The pretences of the atheist are so ridiculous, that they are not worth the mentioning. They never saw God, and therefore know not how… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“To make any corporeal representations of God is unworthy of God. It is a disgrace to his nature.” — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Men that have strength, often misplace the actings of it, because of their folly; and sometimes employ it to base ends, because of their… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“If you that are unholy, and have so much corruption in you, to render you cruel, can bestow upon your children the good things… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“And the finer parts extracted from plants and minerals we call spirits, those volatile parts separated from that gross matter wherein they were immersed,… — William Symington Copy Share Image
