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Lord Quotes by Samuel Rutherford
- But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your…
- The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
- Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our…
- Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence…
- I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what the Lord is preparing for him.
- The great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence, with his own hand, planted me here, where by his…
- No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.
- My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence. I find it a sweet and rich thing to…
- Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He…
- When the supreme magistrate will not execute the judgment of the Lord, those who made him supreme magistrate, under God, who have under God, sovereighn…
- O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and…
- Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and…
- Set no time to the Lord the creator of time, for His time is always best.
- When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
More Lord Quotes
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. — Francis of Assisi
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. — Saint Augustine
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is… — Teresa of Avila
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Teresa of Avila