Set no time to the Lord the creator of time, for His time is always best. Samuel Rutherford More Quotes by Samuel Rutherford More Quotes From Samuel Rutherford I see Christ's love is so kingly, that it will not abide a marrow it must have a throne all alone in the soul. Samuel Rutherford thronessoullove Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul - they lose nothing who gain Christ. Samuel Rutherford soulchristianpatience Many are friends to the success of reformation, not to reformation. Samuel Rutherford reformation I exhort you and beseech you in the bowels of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity of heaven; ye must needs have it: all other things, as houses, lands, children, husband, friends, country, credit, health, wealth, honour, may be wanted ; but heaven is your one thing necessary, the good part that shall not be taken from you. 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, that were slain with security. Samuel Rutherford letting-gocountrychildren Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents: for, I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings. Samuel Rutherford sins-notwrathblessed Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will. Samuel Rutherford indulgeidolsevil Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree. Samuel Rutherford speakgracetree Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him. Samuel Rutherford landcouragesea It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is to us and what dross we have before we enter the kingdom of God? So narrow is the entry to heaven that our knots, lumps of pride, self-love, idol-love, and world-love must be hammered off us, that we may stoop low and creep through into that narrow entry. Samuel Rutherford prideselfkindness I hang by a thread, but it is (if I may so speak) of Christ's spinning Samuel Rutherford spinningspeakmay The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul. Samuel Rutherford soulwindheaven There is as much in our Lord's pantry as will satisfy all his children and as much wine in his cellar as will quench all their thirst. Hunger on, for there is meat in hungering for Christ; go never from him, but seek him who is yet pleased with the importunity of hungry souls until he fills you; if he delays, yet do not go away, even if you faint at his feet. Samuel Rutherford winefeetchildren Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love hath neither brim nor bottom. Samuel Rutherford his-lovemaychrist Build your nest in no tree here...for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished. Samuel Rutherford nestswoodstree Christ has no velvet crosses. Samuel Rutherford velvetcrosseschrist Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and leave it there; duties are ours, events are the Lord's. Samuel Rutherford faithfuleventssuffering Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity that He may make us stones and pillars in His Father's house. Samuel Rutherford pridesweetfather You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. Samuel Rutherford bedheavenlying When the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle and border of time, and shall put your foot within the march of eternity, all the good things of your short nightdream shall seem to you like ashes of a blaze of thorns or straw. Samuel Rutherford raceblessingchristian The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep. Samuel Rutherford sleepdoorsnight
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