All Richard Baxter Quotes
- If life be long I will be glad, that I may long obey; if short, yet why should I be sad to welcome to endless… Day
- Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to decrepit… Age
- Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers. Believer
- Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life. Food
- While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued. Doubt
- I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker parts than many… Ancient
- Nothing below heaven is worth setting our hearts upon. Heart
- The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not… Abasing
- Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should… Business
- Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud? Any
- When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and lay it on… All
- If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them. Funny
- In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience. All
- You may know God, but not comprehend Him. Comprehend
- Use sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the… Kill
- Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works;… Chief
- It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble. Christian
- Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called… Brain
- An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. Inspirational
- I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion. All