Many times small sins are more dangerous. Great sins startle the soul, and awaken it to repentance, but little ones breed and work secretly until they trample the soul.
— Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Daily Christian quotes to direct, inspire, encourage, and help ordinary Christians in the rough and tumble of their daily lives!
Many times small sins are more dangerous. Great sins startle the soul, and awaken it to repentance, but little ones breed and work secretly until they trample the soul.
— Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Our hearts carry the greatest stroke in any sin. Satan can never undo a man without himself; but a man may easily undo himself without Satan.
– Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
“Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks”
Take heed of secret sins. They will undo thee if loved and maintained: one moth may spoil the garment; one leak drown the ship; a penknife stab and kill a man as well as a sword; so one sin may damn the soul; nay, there is more danger of a secret sin causing the miscarrying of the soul than open profaneness, because not so obvious to the reproofs of the world; therefore take heed that secret sinnings eat not out good beginnings.
— Jeremiah Burroughs (1599 – 1646)
Greater things are expected from [believers] than from other men. See that you turn not all this grace into wantonness. Think not because Christ hath done so much for you, you may sit still, much less indulge yourselves in sin, because Christ offered up such an excellent sacrifice for the expiation of it. No, though Christ came to be a curse, He did not come to be a cloak for your sins.
— John Flavel (1627-1691)
Fountain of Life
As different as grief is from joy, as torment from rest, as terror from peace, so different is the state of sinners from that of saints in the world to come.
— John Bunyan (1628 – 1688)
“Mr. John Bunyan’s Dying Saying,” in Complete Works