Thomas Brooks

“God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures.”

“Christ is the sun, and all the watches of our lives should be set by the dial of his motion.”

“Satan's first device is to present the bait and hide the hook.”

“That is the best sermon which is most full of Christ.”

“Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith.”

“It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet.”

“Tears are a kind of silent prayer.”

“A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.”

“The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven, a key to let us in.”

“Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit, whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.”

“God's promises are like the stars; the darker the night, the brighter they shine.”

“Affliction is a pill, which, if wrapped up in patience, may be easily swallowed.”

“Your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not.”

“The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to get love is to be giving love.”

“A man may be outwardly conformed to the law, and yet be inwardly a stranger to the gospel.”

“Sin is a plague, a leprosy, a load, a poison, a serpent, a sting; in a word, it is all evil.”

“A humble man is a gracious man, a growing man, a holy man, and a man that will be exalted by God.”