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Richard Baxter quotes: Preaching a man a sermon with a broken head and telling him to be right with God is equal to telling a man with a broken leg to get up Preaching a man a sermon with a broken head and telling him to be right with God is equal to telling a man with a broken leg to get up and run a race.
Richard Baxter quotes: You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation.
Richard Baxter quotes: Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all. Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.
Richard Baxter quotes: Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves! Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves!
Richard Baxter quotes: O let us not be as the purblind world, that cannot see afar off ; let us never look at the grave, but let us see the resurrection beyond it(42). O let us not be as the purblind world, that cannot see afar off ; let us never look at the grave, but let us see the resurrection beyond it(42).
Richard Baxter quotes: Oh! what a potent instrument for Satan is a misguided conscience(93)! Oh! what a potent instrument for Satan is a misguided conscience(93)!
Richard Baxter quotes: To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation. To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation.
Richard Baxter quotes: What a silly, frail, and forward pieces are the best of men (647)! What a silly, frail, and forward pieces are the best of men (647)!
Richard Baxter quotes: The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374). The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).
Richard Baxter quotes: A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer ... A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer ...
Richard Baxter quotes: Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery. Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery.
Richard Baxter quotes: He that believeth that he believe, believeth himself and not God (333)[.] He that believeth that he believe, believeth himself and not God (333)[.]
Richard Baxter quotes: Thou I cannot so freely say, My heart is with thee, my soul longeth after thee ; yet can I say, I long for such a longing heart (648). Thou I cannot so freely say, My heart is with thee, my soul longeth after thee ; yet can I say, I long for such a longing heart (648).
Richard Baxter quotes: As all our senses are the inlets of sin, so they are become the inlets of sorrow (99). As all our senses are the inlets of sin, so they are become the inlets of sorrow (99).
Richard Baxter quotes: That physician is no better than a murderer, that negligently delayeth till his patient be dead or past cure (389). That physician is no better than a murderer, that negligently delayeth till his patient be dead or past cure (389).
Richard Baxter quotes: The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519). The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519).
Richard Baxter quotes: [W]hen the pleasure is at the sweetest, death is the nearest (461)[.] [W]hen the pleasure is at the sweetest, death is the nearest (461)[.]
Richard Baxter quotes: Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others. Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.
Richard Baxter quotes: Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers. Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.
Richard Baxter quotes: Prayer is the breath of the new creature. Prayer is the breath of the new creature.
Richard Baxter quotes: Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life. Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.
Richard Baxter quotes: Do you think none shall be saved but puritans(89)? Do you think none shall be saved but puritans(89)?
Richard Baxter quotes: The door of the visible church is incomparably wider than the door of heaven (522)[.] The door of the visible church is incomparably wider than the door of heaven (522)[.]
Richard Baxter quotes: If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common instrument of conversion. If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common instrument of conversion.
Richard Baxter quotes: [T]here is no greater strengthener of sin, and destroyer of the soul, than Scripture misapplied (317). [T]here is no greater strengthener of sin, and destroyer of the soul, than Scripture misapplied (317).
Richard Baxter quotes: The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh. The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.
Richard Baxter quotes: Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow. Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.
Richard Baxter quotes: Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them. Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.
Richard Baxter quotes: You may know God, but not comprehend Him. You may know God, but not comprehend Him.
Richard Baxter quotes: I have pain; but I have peace, I have peace. I have pain; but I have peace, I have peace.
Richard Baxter quotes: Words and actions are transient things, and being once past, are nothing; but the effect of them on an immortal soul may be endless. Words and actions are transient things, and being once past, are nothing; but the effect of them on an immortal soul may be endless.
Richard Baxter quotes: But a tedious way to a grievous end(745); But a tedious way to a grievous end(745);
Richard Baxter quotes: Paganism attributes the creation of the world to blind chance. Paganism attributes the creation of the world to blind chance.
Richard Baxter quotes: I know necessity may cause the Church to tolerate the weak; but woe to us if we tolerate and indulge our own weakness. I know necessity may cause the Church to tolerate the weak; but woe to us if we tolerate and indulge our own weakness.
Richard Baxter quotes: Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Richard Baxter quotes: An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain. An aching tooth is better out than in.
To lose a rotting member is a gain.
Richard Baxter quotes: While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued. While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued.
Richard Baxter quotes: The true knowing, living Christian complains more frequently and more bitterly of the wants and woes within him, than without him(55). The true knowing, living Christian complains more frequently and more bitterly of the wants and woes within him, than without him(55).
Richard Baxter quotes: Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy. Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.
Richard Baxter quotes: Hell is paved with infants skulls. Hell is paved with infants skulls.
Richard Baxter quotes: Screw the truth into men's minds. Screw the truth into men's minds.
Richard Baxter quotes: An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
Richard Baxter quotes: If and worms'-meat must have such respect, think, then, what reverence thou shouldst approach thy Maker (569). If and worms'-meat must have such respect, think, then, what reverence thou shouldst approach thy Maker (569).
Richard Baxter quotes: Thou art standing all this while at the door of eternity, and death is waiting to open the door, and put thee in(247). Thou art standing all this while at the door of eternity, and death is waiting to open the door, and put thee in(247).
Richard Baxter quotes: I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men. I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.
Richard Baxter quotes: Keep up you conjugal love in constant heat and vigor. Keep up you conjugal love in constant heat and vigor.
Richard Baxter quotes: We must study as hard how to live well as how to preach well. We must study as hard how to live well as how to preach well.
Richard Baxter quotes: This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and the life of them all. This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and the life of them all.
Richard Baxter quotes: You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning. You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning.
Richard Baxter quotes: So then, let "Deserved" be written on the door of hell, but on the door of Heaven and life, "The free gift" (68). So then, let "Deserved" be written on the door of hell, but on the door of Heaven and life, "The free gift" (68).
Richard Baxter quotes: Overvalue not therefore the manner of your own worship, and overvilify not other men's of a different mode. Overvalue not therefore the manner of your own worship, and overvilify not other men's of a different mode.
Richard Baxter quotes: Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of. Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.
Richard Baxter quotes: Surely love is both work and wages. Surely love is both work and wages.
Richard Baxter quotes: Anger is the rising up of the heart in passionate displacency against an apprehended evil, which would cross or hinder us of some desired good. Anger is the rising up of the heart in passionate displacency against an apprehended evil, which would cross or hinder us of some desired good.
Richard Baxter quotes: To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please. To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.
Richard Baxter quotes: In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile. In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.
Richard Baxter quotes: Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others
Richard Baxter quotes: We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary
Richard Baxter quotes: [M]editation is the life of of most other duties; and the view of heaven is the life of meditation (559). [M]editation is the life of of most other duties; and the view of heaven is the life of meditation (559).
Richard Baxter quotes: Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.] Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.]
Richard Baxter quotes: [O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.] [O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]
Richard Baxter quotes: Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance. Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance.
Richard Baxter quotes: The sweetest poison doth often bring the surest death (645). The sweetest poison doth often bring the surest death (645).
Richard Baxter quotes: You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them. You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.
Richard Baxter quotes: The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15). The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15).
Richard Baxter quotes: O blessed be the grace that makes advantages of my corruptions, even to contradict and kill themselves (648). O blessed be the grace that makes advantages of my corruptions, even to contradict and kill themselves (648).
Richard Baxter quotes: 'Tis hard preaching a stone into tears, or making a rock to tremble. 'Tis hard preaching a stone into tears, or making a rock to tremble.
Richard Baxter quotes: Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful. Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful.
Richard Baxter quotes: He that dare not die, dare scarce fight valiantly (475). He that dare not die, dare scarce fight valiantly (475).
Richard Baxter quotes: [O]ne duty may be said to be too long, when its shuts out another, and then it ceaseth, indeed, to be a duty(274). [O]ne duty may be said to be too long, when its shuts out another, and then it ceaseth, indeed, to be a duty(274).
Richard Baxter quotes: Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday
Richard Baxter quotes: Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious. Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.
Richard Baxter quotes: Lothness to displease men, makes us undo them (394). Lothness to displease men, makes us undo them (394).
Richard Baxter quotes: The devil hath his gunpowder plots, and mines, which may blow you up before you are aware. Not The devil hath his gunpowder plots, and mines, which may blow you up before you are aware. Not
Richard Baxter quotes: The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?
Richard Baxter quotes: Till you can rest in God's will you will never have rest. Till you can rest in God's will you will never have rest.
Richard Baxter quotes: Nothing below heaven is worth setting our hearts upon. Nothing below heaven is worth setting our hearts upon.
Richard Baxter quotes: Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied. Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied.
Richard Baxter quotes: The ministerial work must be managed purely for God and the salvation of the people, and not for any private ends of our own. The ministerial work must be managed purely for God and the salvation of the people, and not for any private ends of our own.
Richard Baxter quotes: It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.
Richard Baxter quotes: Publicans and harlots do sooner come to heaven than Pharisees, because they are sooner convinced of their sin and misery. Publicans and harlots do sooner come to heaven than Pharisees, because they are sooner convinced of their sin and misery.
Richard Baxter quotes: Is it but right that our hearts should be on God, when the heart of God is so much on us. Is it but right that our hearts should be on God, when the heart of God is so much on us.
Richard Baxter quotes: It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble. It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble.
Richard Baxter quotes: We will live eternally with Peter, Paul, Austin, Chrysostom, Jerome, Wickliffe, Luther, Zuinglius, Calvin, Beza, Bullinger ... Latimer(69) [.] We will live eternally with Peter, Paul, Austin, Chrysostom, Jerome, Wickliffe, Luther, Zuinglius, Calvin, Beza, Bullinger ... Latimer(69) [.]
Richard Baxter quotes: Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556). Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556).
Richard Baxter quotes: Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279). Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).
Richard Baxter quotes: As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin. As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin.
Richard Baxter quotes: The devils never had a Savior offered to them, but you have; and do you yet make light of Him? The devils never had a Savior offered to them, but you have; and do you yet make light of Him?
Richard Baxter quotes: Are you not in a race; and is not the prize the crown of glory; and should you then sit still or take your ease? (281) Are you not in a race; and is not the prize the crown of glory; and should you then sit still or take your ease? (281)
Richard Baxter quotes: Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud? Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud?
Richard Baxter quotes: Sirs, so much as your hearts as is empty of Christ and heaven, let it be filled with shame and sorrow, and not with ease (483). Sirs, so much as your hearts as is empty of Christ and heaven, let it be filled with shame and sorrow, and not with ease (483).
Richard Baxter quotes: The more they love each other, the more they participate in each other's griefs, and one or the other will be frequently under some sort of suffering. The more they love each other, the more they participate in each other's griefs, and one or the other will be frequently under some sort of suffering.
Richard Baxter quotes: [T]his is the strongest encouragement to them in sinning; and we have need to lay all our batteries against this bulwark of presumption (361). [T]his is the strongest encouragement to them in sinning; and we have need to lay all our batteries against this bulwark of presumption (361).
Richard Baxter quotes: If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and having their being in God, you see nothing, whatever you may think you see. If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and having their being in God, you see nothing, whatever you may think you see.
Richard Baxter quotes: If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them. If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them.
Richard Baxter quotes: Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here. Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here.
Richard Baxter quotes: If life be long I will be glad, that I may long obey; if short, yet why should I be sad to welcome to endless day? If life be long I will be glad, that I may long obey; if short, yet why should I be sad to welcome to endless day?
Richard Baxter quotes: Speak to your people as to men that must be awakened, either here or in hell ... Speak to your people as to men that must be awakened, either here or in hell ...
Richard Baxter quotes: Remember with whom thou hast to do: what canst thou expect from dust but levity; or from corruption, but defilement(33)? Remember with whom thou hast to do: what canst thou expect from dust but levity; or from corruption, but defilement(33)?
Richard Baxter quotes: This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it. This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.

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