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Samuel Rutherford quotes: I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Christ chargeth me to believe His daylight at midnight.

Christ chargeth me to believe His daylight at midnight.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath runaway to heaven with it.

Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath runaway to heaven with it.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.

Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.

If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: There is no sweeter fellowship with Christ than to bring our wounds and our sores to him.

There is no sweeter fellowship with Christ than to bring our wounds and our sores to him.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Heaven is a house full of miracles; yea, of spectacles and images of free grace.

Heaven is a house full of miracles; yea, of spectacles and images of free grace.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience.

Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth.

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 quotes: I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.

I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.

In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.

My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-

The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Dashes and disappointments are not canonical Scripture.

Dashes and disappointments are not canonical Scripture.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop.

O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: If you knew particularly what to do, it were not a spiritual exercise.

If you knew particularly what to do, it were not a spiritual exercise.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Set no time to the Lord the creator of time, for His time is always best.

Set no time to the Lord the creator of time, for His time is always best.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering.

My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.

Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.

Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: They lose nothing who gain Christ.

They lose nothing who gain Christ.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I live no more, but Christ liveth in me!

I live no more, but Christ liveth in me!

Samuel Rutherford quotes: It is comfort to the believer that all things are possible.

It is comfort to the believer that all things are possible.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: [S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.

[S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love hath neither brim nor bottom.

Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love hath neither brim nor bottom.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Every man by nature is a freeman born; by nature no man cometh out of the womb under any civil subjection to king, prince, or judge.

Every man by nature is a freeman born; by nature no man cometh out of the womb under any civil subjection to king, prince, or judge.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower

The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower

Samuel Rutherford quotes: To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.

To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin.

Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I find my Lord Jesus cometh not in the precise way that I lay wait for Him. He hath a manner of His own. Oh, how high are His ways

I find my Lord Jesus cometh not in the precise way that I lay wait for Him. He hath a manner of His own. Oh, how high are His ways above my ways

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Your heart is not the compass that God steers by.

Your heart is not the compass that God steers by.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I hang by a thread, but it is (if I may so speak) of Christ's spinning

I hang by a thread, but it is (if I may so speak) of Christ's spinning

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet.

Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.

The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.

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 quotes: It is certain that this is not only good which the Almighty has done, but that it is best; He hath reckoned all your steps to heaven.

It is certain that this is not only good which the Almighty has done, but that it is best; He hath reckoned all your steps to heaven.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: You must take a house beside the Physician. It will be a miracle if ye be the first sick that Christ hath put away uncured.

You must take a house beside the Physician. It will be a miracle if ye be the first sick that Christ hath put away uncured.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Make not Christ a liar in distrusting His promise.

Make not Christ a liar in distrusting His promise.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Christ has no velvet crosses.

Christ has no velvet crosses.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep.

The night will close the door & fasten my anchor within the veil and I shall go away to sleep.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.

Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.

The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.

I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.

Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: He who duly esteemeth Christ, is a noble bidder, and so a noble and liberal buyer.

He who duly esteemeth Christ, is a noble bidder, and so a noble and liberal buyer.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: The weightiest end of the cross of Christ that is laid upon you, lieth upon your strong Savior.

The weightiest end of the cross of Christ that is laid upon you, lieth upon your strong Savior.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: My dear friend, venture to take the wind on your face for Christ.

My dear friend, venture to take the wind on your face for Christ.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what the Lord is preparing for him.

I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what the Lord is preparing for him.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: There is none like Him; I would not exchange one smile of His lovely face with kingdoms.

There is none like Him; I would not exchange one smile of His lovely face with kingdoms.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings.

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 quotes: There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.

There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Build your nest in no tree here ... for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.

Build your nest in no tree here ... for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.

Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.

No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: No created powers can mar our Lord Jesus' music, nor spill our song of joy. Let us then be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord

No created powers can mar our Lord Jesus' music, nor spill our song of joy. Let us then be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Dry wells send us to the fountain.

Dry wells send us to the fountain.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Christ seeketh your help in your place; give Him your hand.

Christ seeketh your help in your place; give Him your hand.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord

I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Many are friends to the success of reformation, not to reformation.

Many are friends to the success of reformation, not to reformation.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.

Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: [M]ake much of the written word, and pray to God to copy his Bible in your conscience, and write a new book of his doctrine in your hearts.

[M]ake much of the written word, and pray to God to copy his Bible in your conscience, and write a new book of his doctrine in your hearts.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: Live on Christ's love while ye are here, and all the way.

Live on Christ's love while ye are here, and all the way.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

Samuel Rutherford quotes: My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.

My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.

Samuel Rutherford quotes: every man's Judgment cometh from the Lord. And be glad that it is so, for Christ is the clerk of your process, and will see that all go right; and

every man's Judgment cometh from the Lord. And be glad that it is so, for Christ is the clerk of your process, and will see that all go right; and

Samuel Rutherford quotes: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.