Quote by William Symington

“Fire increaseth by laying together many coals on one place; so is devotion inflamed by the union of many hearts, and by a joint…

— William Symington

“A man must be ignorant of himself before he can be ignorant of the existence of God.”

— William Symington

“To conclude this: As when a man comes into a palace, built according to the exactest rule of art, and with an unexceptionable conveniency…

— William Symington

“A man may sooner engrave the chronicle of a whole nation, or all the records of God in the Scripture upon the hardest marble…

— William Symington

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God:" it is to be acted in everything we do; but in worship our hearts should more solemnly…

— William Symington

“The enjoyment of God will be as fresh and glorious after many ages, as it was at first. God is eternal, and eternity knows…

— William Symington

“Should we not think ourselves worthy of contempt to dote upon a perishing glory, to expect support from an arm of flesh, when there…

— William Symington

“Love is appetites unionis; the more love, the more delight in the approachings of God to the soul, or the outgoings of the soul…

— William Symington

“If self-denial be the greatest part of godliness, the great letter in the alphabet of religion; self-love is the great letter in the alphabet…

— William Symington

“The pretences of the atheist are so ridiculous, that they are not worth the mentioning. They never saw God, and therefore know not how…

— William Symington

“To make any corporeal representations of God is unworthy of God. It is a disgrace to his nature.”

— William Symington

“Men that have strength, often misplace the actings of it, because of their folly; and sometimes employ it to base ends, because of their…

— William Symington