You may go to heaven without health, without wealth, without honor, without pleasure, without friends, without learning, but you can never go to heaven without Christ.
— William Dyer (1632-1696)
“Christ’s Famous Titles”
Justification
The work of God’s mercy in justifying a soul is to take him off from himself, to unbottom him, and to make him see and be sensible of his own unrighteousness and uncleanness. This is a great and mighty work of God’s mercy.
— Jeremiah Burroughs (1599 – 1646)
“Saints Treasury”
The Scriptures
Let no man talk of a revelation from the Spirit; the Spirit of God acts by the word, and he who pretends to a new light which is above the word, or contrary to it, deceives himself and dishonors the Spirit, his light being borrowed from him who “made himself an angel of light.”
— Thomas Watson (1620-1686), “Puritan Gems”
Preachers
Unholiness in the preacher’s life either will stop his mouth from reproving or the people’s ears from receiving. Oh, how harsh a sound does such a cracked bell make in the ears of his auditors!
— William Gurnall (1616 – 1679)
God’s Promises
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss; he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.
— Thomas Brooks (1608–1680)
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