"I perceive we postpone all our joys of……" — Samuel Rutherford
"I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing of it here to be sought or found, but only hope and fair promises; and that Christ will give us nothing here but tears, sadness, crosses; and that we shall never feel the smell of the flowers of that high garden of paradise above, till we come there. Nay, but I find it possible to find young glory, and a young green paradise of joy even here. We dream of hunger in Christ's house, while we are here, although He alloweth feasts to all the bairns within God's household."
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Samuel Rutherford
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64 Quotes by Samuel Rutherford
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Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."
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Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath runaway to heaven with it.
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I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten…
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But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals…
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The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest…
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When the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle…
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After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.
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If so be that freewill were our tutor, and we had our heaven in our own keeping, then we would…
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I exhort you and beseech you in the bowels of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity…
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Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.
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Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it…
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Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy
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