Augustus Toplady quotes
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“Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.”
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“A man's free will cannot cure him even of the toothache, or a sore finger; and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Montague TOPLADY (1837). “The Works of Augustus Toplady ... A New Edition, Complete in One Volume. Printed Verbatim from the First Edition of His Works, 1794”, p.546
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“Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me" (hymn) (1776)
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“Since much wealth too often proves a snare and an incumbrance in the Christian's race, let him lighten the weight by 'dispersing abroad and giving to the poor'; whereby he will both soften the pilgrimage of his fellow travelers, and speed his own way the faster.”
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“Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Montague Toplady, “Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me”
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“To a true believer, death is but going to church: from the church below to the church above.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.274
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“When Christ entered into Jerusalem the people spread garments in the way: when He enters into our hearts, we pull off our own righteousness, and not only lay it under Christ's feet but even trample upon it ourselves.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.263
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“That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture.”
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“I enjoy heaven already in my soul. My prayers are all converted into praises.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Girolamo Zanchi, Augustus Toplady, Justus Lipsius (1811). “The doctrine of absolute predestination stated and asserted”, p.21
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“The greatest judgment which God himself can, in the present life, inflict upon a man is to leave him in the hand of his own boasted 'free'-will.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.283
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“Grace alone makes the elect gracious; grace alone keeps them gracious; and the same grace alone will render them everlastingly glorious in the heaven of heavens.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Girolamo Zanchi, Augustus Toplady, Justus Lipsius (1811). “The Doctrine of Absolute Predestination Stated and Asserted:”, p.181
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“Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1794). “The Works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.250
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“Whom should we love, if not Him who loved us, and gave himself for us?”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.435
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“Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill thy Law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for Sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone!”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Montague Toplady, “Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me”
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“The church of the elect, which is partly militant on earth, and partly triumphant in heaven, resembles a city built on both sides of a river. There is but the stream of death between grace and glory. Death, to God's people, is but a ferry-boat.”
-- Augustus TopladySource : Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.274
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