Richard Baxter - Life Quotes

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I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker parts than many others, but yet did profit me more than most; because he would never in prayer or conference speak of God, or the life to come, but with such marvelous seriousness and reverence, as if he had seen the majesty and glory which he talked of.

Richard Baxter
A holy and heavenly life is a continual pain to the consciences of sinners around you and continually solicits them to change their course.

Richard Baxter
Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.

Richard Baxter
If life be long I will be glad, that I may long obey; if short, yet why should I be sad to welcome to endless day?

Richard Baxter
This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.

Richard Baxter
Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Richard Baxter
Holiness is nothing else but the habitual and predominant devotion and dedication of soul, and body, and life, and all that we have to God; and esteeming, and loving, and serving, and seeking Him, before all the pleasures and prosperity of the flesh.

Richard Baxter
Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.

Richard Baxter
This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and the life of them all.

Richard Baxter