"Had it been published by a voice from……" — Stephen Charnock
"Had it been published by a voice from heaven, that twelve poor men, taken out of boats and creeks, without any help of learning, should conquer the world to the cross, it might have been thought an illusion against all reason of men; yet we know it was undertaken and accomplished by them."
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Stephen Charnock
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30 Quotes by Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock has 30 quotes on this site.
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It is less injury to Him to deny His being, than to deny the purity of it; the one makes…
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It is the black work of an ungodly man or an atheist, that God is not in all his thoughts.…
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All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped…
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No man is an unbeliever, but because he will be so; and every man is not an unbeliever, because the…
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Since nothing but God is eternal, nothing but God is worth the loving.
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Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated...The weakness of our graces, the…
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Without the heart it’s not worship, it’s a stage play.
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A man may be theologically knowing and spiritually ignorant.
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This little member can behold the earth, and in a moment view things as high as heaven.
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Since therefore all things are ordered in subserviency to the good of man, they are so ordered by Him that…
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Works make not the heart good, but a good heart makes the works good.
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We often learn more of God under the rod that strikes us than under the staff that comforts us.
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
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