Samuel Rutherford

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

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

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.

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

To believe Christs cross to be a friend as he himself is a friend is also a special act of faith.

See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.

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

My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.

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

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

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

Christ has no velvet crosses.

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

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Of all created comforts God is the lender you are the borrower not the owner.