The giving way to a less sin makes way for the committing of a greater Thomas Brooks More Quotes by Thomas Brooks More Quotes From Thomas Brooks If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy. Thomas Brooks satanchristianenemy Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness. Thomas Brooks perfectmenheaven The sovereignty of God is that golden sceptre in his hand by which he will make all bow, either by his word or by his works, by his mercies or by his judgements. Thomas Brooks goldenjudgementhands There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian but the most wise Christian that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares. Knowledge without wisdom is like mettle in a blind horse, which is often an occasion of the rider's fall. Thomas Brooks horsechristianwise When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes. Thomas Brooks afflictiongracestruggle Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns. Thomas Brooks hypocritereligiousmoving Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue. Thomas Brooks christianmotherspring There are three things that earthly riches can never do; they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath, nor can they every quiet a guilty conscience. And till these things are done man is undone. Thomas Brooks divine-justicewrathmen True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans. Thomas Brooks sinsorrowheart Christ is lovely, Christ is very lovely, Christ is most lovely, Christ is always lovely, Christ is altogether lovely. Thomas Brooks lovelychrist Ah, believer, it is only Heaven that is above all winds, storms, and tempests; God did not cast man out of Paradise that he might find another paradise in this world. Thomas Brooks windmenheaven What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings! Thomas Brooks shadowpaindream Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer. Thomas Brooks fireprayermen That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow. Thomas Brooks sinsorrowsoul God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6]. Thomas Brooks hearingprayerjesus Those sins that seem most sweet in life, will prove most bitter in death Thomas Brooks bittersinsweet The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world. Thomas Brooks twoworldchrist Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the original of vices, the moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, turning medicines into maladies, and remedies into diseases. Thomas Brooks motherheartlying Repentance is the vomit of the soul. Thomas Brooks repentancesoul God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf. Thomas Brooks stupidgodheart
