Samuel Rutherford

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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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

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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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

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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

— Samuel Rutherford

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