Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us. Samuel Rutherford More Quotes by Samuel Rutherford More Quotes From Samuel Rutherford The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep. Samuel Rutherford sleep doors night When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth. Samuel Rutherford miracle heaven looks Consider, it is impossible that your idol sins and you can go to heaven together; and that those who will not part with these do not indeed love Christ at the bottom, but only in word and show, which will not do the business. Samuel Rutherford idols together heaven The weightiest end of the cross of Christ that is laid upon you, lieth upon your strong Savior. Samuel Rutherford strong crosses christ Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath runaway to heaven with it. Samuel Rutherford christian heart jesus I know you are in grief and heaviness; and if it were not so, you might be afraid, because then your way would not be so like the way that our Lord saith leadeth to the New Jerusalem. Sure I am, if you knew what were before you, or if you saw some glances of it, you would, with gladness, swim through the present floods of sorrow, spreading forth your arms out of desire to be at land. Samuel Rutherford grief land swim Christ's enemies are but breaking their own heads in pieces, upon the Rock laid in Zion; and the stone is not removed out of its place. Faith hath cause to take courage from our very afflictions; the devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints. I know that he but heweth and polisheth stones, all this time, for the new Jerusalem. Samuel Rutherford zion rocks enemy The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower Samuel Rutherford branches flower joy Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short. Samuel Rutherford miles heaven The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily. Samuel Rutherford lilies rose may I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord Samuel Rutherford apples eye joy Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet. Samuel Rutherford resolution worst sweet It is comfort to the believer that all things are possible. Samuel Rutherford believer all-things comfort Heaven is a house full of miracles; yea, of spectacles and images of free grace. Samuel Rutherford miracle house heaven Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience. Samuel Rutherford conversion calm desire It is impossible to be submissive and religiously patient, if ye stay your thoughts down among the confused rollings and wheels of second causes, as, O, the place! O, the time! O, if this had been, this had not followed! O, the linking of this accident with this time and place! Look up to the master motion and the first wheel. Samuel Rutherford confused causes firsts I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing of it here to be sought or found, but only hope and fair promises; and that Christ will give us nothing here but tears, sadness, crosses; and that we shall never feel the smell of the flowers of that high garden of paradise above, till we come there. Nay, but I find it possible to find young glory, and a young green paradise of joy even here. We dream of hunger in Christ's house, while we are here, although He alloweth feasts to all the bairns within God's household. Samuel Rutherford flower christian dream 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 flower summer children Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. Samuel Rutherford hell infinite grace I live no more, but Christ liveth in me! Samuel Rutherford christ
