Adam Clarke Quotes

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• Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
• If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God,…
• As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
• We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready…
• If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful…
• All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.
• There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
• Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to…
• He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
• Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
• Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result…
• Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a present in…
• But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the…
• It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least…
• To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
• It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
• They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
• However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
• Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the…
• Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

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