Quotes of Anne Hutchinson - somelinesforyou

“ What from the Church at Boston? I know no such church, neither will I own it. Call it the whore and strumpet of Boston, no Church of Christ! ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment? ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another… But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton… I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ I pray, Sir, prove it that I said they preached nothing but a covenant of works. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Being much troubled to see the falseness of the constitution of the Church of England, I had like to have turned Separatist. Whereupon I kept a day of solemn humiliation and pondering of the thing; this scripture was brought unto me-he that denies Jesus Christ to be come in the flesh is antichrist. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ I have been guilty of wrong thinking. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another… But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me that it is no rule I shall yield. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ He that denies the testament denies the testator, and in this did open unto me and give me to see that those which did not teach the new covenant had the spirit of antichrist, and upon this he did discover the ministry unto me; and ever since, I bless the Lord, he hath let me see which was the clear ministry and which the wrong. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin, you will bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton… I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment? ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Neither do I think that I ever put any dishonour upon you. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ When I first came to this land because I did not go to such meetings as those were, it was presently reported that I did not allow of such meetings but held them unlawful and therefore in that regard they said I was proud and did despise all ordinances… ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Neither do I think that I ever put any dishonour upon you. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ But put the case, Sir, that I do fear the Lord and my parents. May not I entertain them that fear the Lord because my parents will not give me leave? ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Being much troubled to see the falseness of the constitution of the Church of England, I had like to have turned Separatist. Whereupon I kept a day of solemn humiliation and pondering of the thing; this scripture was brought unto me-he that denies Jesus Christ to be come in the flesh is antichrist. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another… But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ What from the Church at Boston? I know no such church, neither will I own it. Call it the whore and strumpet of Boston, no Church of Christ! ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Being much troubled to see the falseness of the constitution of the Church of England, I had like to have turned Separatist. Whereupon I kept a day of solemn humiliation and pondering of the thing; this scripture was brought unto me-he that denies Jesus Christ to be come in the flesh is antichrist. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin, you will bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ When I first came to this land because I did not go to such meetings as those were, it was presently reported that I did not allow of such meetings but held them unlawful and therefore in that regard they said I was proud and did despise all ordinances… ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me that it is no rule I shall yield. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ I have been guilty of wrong thinking. ”

- Anne Hutchinson

“ Being much troubled to see the falseness of the constitution of the Church of England, I had like to have turned Separatist. Whereupon I kept a day of solemn humiliation and pondering of the thing; this scripture was brought unto me-he that denies Jesus Christ to be come in the flesh is antichrist. ”

- Anne Hutchinson
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