Thomas Watson Quotes

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In Adam we all suffered shipwreck and repentance is the only plank left us after shipwreck to swim to heaven.

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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.

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Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

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... the vinegar of the law, then the wine of the gospel...

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Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" (Eccl 9:10). Our work is great, our time short, our Master urgent. We have need therefore to summon together all the powers of our souls and strive as in a matter of life and death, that we may arrive at the kingdom above.

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We may read many truths in the Bible, but we cannot know them savingly, till God by his Spirit shines upon our soul.

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The two great graces essential to a saint in this life are faith and repentance. These are the two wings by which he flies to heaven.

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When zeal like incense burns, first the lamp of knowledge must be lighted.

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Seriousness is the Christian's ballast which keeps him from being overturned with vanity.

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Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth. God does not regenerate us by miracles or revelations, but by the word of truth (James 1:18). As truth is the breeder of grace, so it is the feeder of it (1Ti 4:6). Truth sanctifies: "Sanctify them through Thy truth" (John 17:17).

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O that we would therefore, while we are on this side of the grave, make our peace with God! Tomorrow may be our dying day; let this be our repenting day.

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Truth is unerring; it is the star which leads to Christ. Truth is pure (Psa 119:140)

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Just so is the case of many; God gives them precious time in which they are to provide for a kingdom, and they waste this time of life and cut it all into chips. Let this excite violence in the things of God. It is the main errand of our living here...

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Truth is an antidote against error. Error is the adultery of the mind.

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Repentance is a pure gospel grace. The covenant of works admitted no repentance; there it was, sin and die. Repentance came in by the gospel. Christ has purchased in his blood that repenting sinners shall be saved.

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Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion.

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