Thomas Brooks (Puritan) - Men Quotes

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Sin which men account small brings God's great wrath on men.

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Time is a jewel more worth than a world. Time is not yours to dispose of as you please; it is a glorious talent that men must be accountable for as well as any other talent.

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There are many fair professors that are foul sinners, and that have much of God, and Christ, and heaven, and holiness in their lips, when they have nothing but sin and hell in their hearts and lives. These men's conversations shame their profession, and therefore they cry against sanctification as a sure and blessed evidence of a man's justification.

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The nearer any soul draws to God, the more humble will that soul lie before God...the most holy men have always been the most humble men...If the work be good, though never so low, humility will put a hand to it; so will not pride.

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The first great work that men are to attend in this world is the eternal safety and security of their souls; the next great work is to know, to be assured, that it shall go well with their souls forever.

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God will call evil men to a strict account for all the outward good that they have enjoyed.

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God has ends and designs in giving evil men outward mercies and present rest from sorrows and sufferings that cause saints to sigh.

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Sins against God's mercy will bring the greatest and sorest judgments upon men's heads and hearts. Mercy is God's Alpha, justice is His Omega.

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