Samuel Rutherford Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Samuel Rutherford:

When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
~Samuel Rutherford


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#7933ebdc

You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.
~Samuel Rutherford


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#81e16cd5

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#f77ad66e

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#7787b4bf

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#fbf9d09d

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#98ad6fa6

My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#0835b6c4

Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#e045d124

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#9846d664

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#1d27bfef

See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.
~Samuel Rutherford


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#72e8ac3e

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#e4c4c774

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/samuel-rutherford-quotes/#78e0e770

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