Contending Quote by Thomas Bradwardine

“[T]he Papist and the Arminian on the one extremity, enthroneth Nature, and extolleth proud merit, and abaseth Christ and free grace. The Familist, libertine,…

— Samuel Rutherford

May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways

— Heraclitus

“This vexed Theseus, and determining not to hold aloof, but to share the fortunes of the people, he came forward and offered himself without…

— Plutarch

“But because this man listens and that man scoffs, and most are enamored of the blandishments of vice rather than the wholesome severity of…

— Philip Schaff

“If this is the will of God, it takes a strange and terrible shape. I did not know that the God of Battles was…

— Philippa Gregory

Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause of truth.

— John Milton

“For, Thou art righteous, O Lord, but we have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and Thy hand is grown heavy upon…

— Augustine of Hippo

“There is a time for faith, Bishop, and a time for action. It would be a foolish man who stood on a battlefield and…

— Robyn Young

“Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and the great-grandson to Erechtheus, the first man that is recorded to have affected popularity and…

— Plutarch

“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,…

— Scotty Smith

Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among…

— John Baillie

“Aye me, how many perils do enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall? Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And…

— Edmund Spenser