Quotes of Samuel Rutherford - somelinesforyou

“ I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ I seldom made an errand to God for . another but I got something for myself. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ I desire now to make no more pleas with Christ; verily, he hath not put me to a loss by what I suffer; he oweth me nothing; for in my bonds, how sweet and comfortable have the thoughts of him been to me, wherein I find a sufficient recompense of reward! ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience… It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience… It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience… It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Alas, we but chase feathers flying in the air, and tire our own spirits, for the froth and over-gilded clay of a dying life. One sight of what my Lord hath let me see within this short time, is worth a world of worlds. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ Grace tried is better than grace, and it is more than grace, it is glory in its infancy. ”

- Samuel Rutherford

“ You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. ”

- Samuel Rutherford
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