Puritan Tweets

Faith is our seal; assurance of faith is God's seal. CHRISTOPHER NESSE

None sink so far into hell as those that come nearest heaven, because they fall from the greatest height. WILLIAM GURNALL

Be soonest angry with thyself. THOMAS FULLER

Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more. JOSEPH HALL

Posture in worship is too often imposture. THOMAS WATSON

Be not only attentive in hearing, but retentive after hearing. THOMAS WATSON

A godly man preferreth grace before goods, and wisdom before the world. RICHARD BERNARD

One eye-witness is better than ten ear-witnesses. THOMAS ADAMS

The noise of wars drowns the voice of laws. JOHN TRAPP

What cannot warrant a breach where there is union, that cannot warrantably be the ground to keep up a division. JAMES DURHAM

It is common for men to make doubts when they have the mind to desert the truth. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD

When men have orthodox judgements and heterodox hearts, there must needs be little love to truth. WILLIAM GURNALL

The Holy Trinity: A mystery which my faith embraces as revealed in the Word, but my reason cannot fathom. JOHN ARROWSMITH

He may not be accounted an honest man of life that is an evil man in tongue. NICHOLAS BYFIELD

Satan can never undo a man without himself; but a man may easily undo himself without Satan. THOMAS BROOKS

Sufferings are but as little chips of the cross. JOSEPH CHURCH

Sin: the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, & the contempt of His love. BUNYAN

For God requiring the first-born for His offering, & the first-fruits for His service, requireth the first labours of His servants. H SMITH

Examination will help the Christian that has fallen & bruised himself to heal the wound whilst it is fresh, before it is festered. SWINNOCK

As the Lord lives, I dare promise it in His name, if we would seek Him we should see the salvation of the Lord. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD