Puritans on Christians

The weak Christian is willing to live and patient to die-, but the strong, patient to live and willing to die.

— John Boys

Wicked men seem to bear great reverence to the saints departed; they canonize dead saints, but persecute living. — Thomas Watson

You are to follow no man further than he follows Christ.

— John Collins

A hypocrite knows more than he is willing to do; but a true saint desires to do what he knows, and to know more that he may do more, and better. — vavasor Powell

Martyrdom came into the world early-, the first man that died, died for religion. — William Jenkyn

Everything betters a saint. Not only ordinances, word, sacraments, holy society, but even sinners and their sinning. Even those draw forth their graces into exercise, and put them upon godly, broken-hearted mourning. A saint sails with every wind. As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst.

— William lenkyn

‘Tis strange that the saints, who dare not judge any man, yet are said to judge all things, and to be judged of no man-, that they who hurt no man should be said to destroy all men-, that those who have nothing, should be said to be heirs of all, and inherit all things.

— William Erbery

He who is godly is both a diamond and a loadstone-, a diamond for the sparkling of his grace-, and a loadstone, for his attractive virtue in drawing others to the love of God’s precepts. — Thomas Watson

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The saints of God are called His hidden ones, Psalm 83:3. Why so? Not only because they are hid in God’s decree, and hid in Christ’s wounds, but oftentimes God hides them in a time of danger and calamity. He reserved to Himself seven thousand that had not bowed the knee to Baal. The prophet knew not where there was one, but God knew there were seven thousand.

— Thomas Watson

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