John Newton Quotes

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There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.

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If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.

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What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?

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Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.

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Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.

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Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.

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If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.

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Many are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have a seeming desire of salvation, which is not founded upon a truly spiritual discovery of their own wretchedness, and the excellency of Jesus.

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If our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, invective, or scorn—we may think we are doing service of the cause of truth, when in reality we shall only bring it into discredit!

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We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.

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May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

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Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.

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I know not a better rule of reading the Scripture, than to read it through from beginning to end and when we have finished it once, to begin it again. We shall meet with many passages which we can make little improvement of, but not so many in the second reading as in the first, and fewer in the third than in the second: provided we pray to him who has the keys to open our understandings, and to anoint our eyes with His spiritual ointment.

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I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.

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As to myself, if I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.

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So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without emotion it can never be reasonably maintained that it is their natural impulse to wound and kill the dumb animals, or to butcher one another in what is called the field of honour.

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Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.

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Experience is the Lord's school, and they who are taught by Him usually learn by the mistakes they make that in themselves they have no wisdom; and by their slips and falls, that they have no strength.

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To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.

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Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years

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Though the island of Great Britain exhibits but a small spot upon the map of the globe, it makes a splendid appearance in the history of mankind, and for a long space has been signally under the protection of God and a seat of peace, liberty and truth.

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All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.

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Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

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The real or supposed necessity of treating the Negroes with rigor gradually brings a numbness upon the heart and renders those who are engaged in it too indifferent to the sufferings of their fellow creatures.

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Show me what I have to do,
Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith,
Let me die Thy people's death.

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Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

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Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.

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'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears reliev'd;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ'd!

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The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine.

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This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.

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