Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
More Quotes from Samuel Rutherford:
See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.Samuel Rutherford
Oh my debt of praise, how weighty is it, and how far run up Oh that others would lend me to pay, and teach me to praise
Samuel Rutherford
Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
Samuel Rutherford
Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.
Samuel Rutherford
I shall think it mercy to my soul, if my faith shall out-watch all this winter-night, and not nod or slumber, till my Lord's summer-day dawn upon me.
Samuel Rutherford
To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
Samuel Rutherford
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