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Every thing that a man leans upon but God, will be a dart that will certainly pierce his heart through and through. He who leans only upon Christ, lives the highest, choicest, safest, and sweetest life.
Thomas Brooks
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Thomas Brooks
Age: 77 †
Born: 1880
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: February 15
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Thurgoland
South Yorkshire
Thomas Judson Brooks
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There are three things that earthly riches can never do they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath, nor can they every quiet a guilty conscience. And till these things are done man is undone.
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Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit but are mere clouds in the enjoyment.
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Better to bear than to swear, and to die than to lie.
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When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.
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Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb.
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Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.
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The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.
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If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy.
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Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.
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Sin is bad in the eye, worse in the tongue, worse still in the heart, but worst of all in the life.
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The sovereignty of God is that golden sceptre in his hand by which he will make all bow, either by his word or by his works, by his mercies or by his judgements.
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