"It is atheism to pray and not wait…" — Richard Sibbes

"It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope."

— Richard Sibbes

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61 Quotes by Richard Sibbes

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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ.…
Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.
The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.
When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the…
The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor…
The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
We are only safe when we wisely make use of all good advantages that we have access to. By going…
Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace.

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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