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That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
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Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching,…
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a…
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the…
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Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it…
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If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were…
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Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do…
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Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too…
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If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of…
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How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had…
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A gentle sense of humor will be alert to detect anything that savors of a pious 'act' on the part of the…
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Come to him. He turns no penitent one away. Would you, if you had paid so much in suffering? Would you ever…
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Revival, as contrasted with a Holy Ghost atmosphere is a clean- cut breakthrough of the Spirit, a sweep of Holy Ghost power,…
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All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have been fallen drops of rain since the…
— John Flavel
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Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The…
— Thomas Merton
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The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.
— Theodor Adorno
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The Irish innovation was to make all confession a completely private affair between penitent and priest - and to make it as…
— Thomas Cahill
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PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
— Ambrose Bierce
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No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter…
— J C Ryle
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There is no 'love of God' for you unless you have repented or unless you do repent. Make no mistake about this.…
— Martyn
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It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult…
— Thomas a Kempis
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Let every Christian be a gardener so that he and she and the whole of creation, which groans in expectation of the…
— Vigen Guroian
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