Frases de Thomas Watson
Thomas Watson
Fecha de nacimiento: 1616
Fecha de muerte: 1686
Otros nombres: Thomas Watson (Puritan)
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Frases Thomas Watson
„The first sermon that Christ preached, indeed, the first word of his sermon was 'Repent.“
The Doctrine of Repentance (1668)
„The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful.“
from The Lord's Prayer.
Contexto: The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful. So the excellence of a Christian is to answer the end of his creation, which is to hallow God’s name, and live to that God by whom he lives.
„Truth is unerring; it is the star which leads to Christ. Truth is pure“
Psa 119:140
Heaven Taken By Storm
„…too much leniency emboldens sin…“
Heaven Taken By Storm
„…the vinegar of the law, then the wine of the gospel…“
Heaven Taken By Storm
„Seriousness is the Christian's ballast which keeps him from being overturned with vanity.“
The Christian Soldier; or Heaven Taken by Storm (1669).
„Though the way of religion has thorns in it with respect to persecution, yet it is full of roses with respect to that inward peace and contentment that the soul finds in it.“
From Heaven Taken By Storm, Soli Deo Gloria Publications edition, pg. 73.