Richard Baxter Quotes

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• I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.
• Prayer is the breath of the new creature.
• Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.
• Hell is paved with infants skulls.
• Dangers bring fears and fears more dangers bring.
• Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.
• Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial: force it to answer the interrogatories put to it…
• If a man that is desperately sick today, did believe he should arise sound the next morning; or a man today, in despicable poverty, had…
• Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied.
• In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as for the heavenly…
• I tell you again, God hath not ordinarily decreed the end without the means; and if you will neglect the means of salvation, it is…
• My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and…
• It is past all question, and agreed on by all sides, that no religion will save a man who is not serious, sincere, and diligent…
• That which once was, will be no more. Yesterday will never come again. To-day is passing, and will not return. You may work while it…
• We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary
• We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We…
• Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday
• I like to hear a man dwell much on the same essentials of Christianity. For we have but one God, and one Christ, and one…
• Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.
• Keep up you conjugal love in constant heat and vigor.

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