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God Quotes by Thomas Boston
- What an honourable thing is it to be fishers of men! How great an honour shouldst thou esteem it, to be a catcher of souls!…
- The regenerate man's desires are rectified; they are set on God himself, and the things above... Before, he saw no beauty in Christ, for which…
- In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured of its utter inability to…
- It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His purposes. The decrees…
- Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we…
- Whoever be the instruments of any good to us, of whatever sort, we must look above them, and eye the hand and counsel of God…
- Saving faith is the faith of God's elect; the special gift of God to them, wrought in them by his Spirit.
- Believing, repenting, and the like, are the product of the new nature; and can never be produced by the old corrupt nature... as the child…
- Ye are God's building -- All hands of the glorious Trinity are at work in this building. The Father chose the objects of mercy, and…
- God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's judgment, and shall…
- God will hold sinners with one hand over the pit of hell, while He torments them with the other.
More God Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi