Edward Reynolds quotes

“When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest.”
-- Edward Reynolds

Source : Edward Reynolds (1838). “Israel's prayer in time of trouble: with God's gracious answer; an explication of the fourteenth chapter of Hosea, in seven sermons, preached upon days of solemn humiliation”, p.19

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“Surely as a man may say of a rock--nothing more quiet, because it is never stirred; and yet nothing more unquiet, because it is ever assaulted--so we may say of the church--nothing more peaceable, because it is established upon a rock; and yet nothing more unpeaceable, because that rock is in the midst of seas, winds, enemies, and persecutions.”
-- Edward Reynolds

Source : Edward Reynolds (1837). “An Explication of the Hundred and Tenth Psalm: Wherein the Several Heads of Christian Religion Therein Contained, Touching the Exaltation of Christ, the Sceptre of His Kingdom, the Character of His Subjects, His Priesthood, Victories, Sufferings, and Resurrection, are Explained and Applied”, p.217

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“God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous.”
-- Edward Reynolds

Source : Edward Reynolds (1838). “Israel's prayer in time of trouble: with God's gracious answer; an explication of the fourteenth chapter of Hosea, in seven sermons, preached upon days of solemn humiliation”, p.15

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“All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.”

“God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.”

“We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.”

“Be grateful for small mercies.”

Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.48, Macmillan

“It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.”

“If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God's mercy.”

“the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.”

“It's not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise!”

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“Curiosity is one of the strongest human incentives”

Source : Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Claude C. Hopkins, John E. Kennedy, Albert D. Lasker “Scientific Advertising Origins”, Lulu.com

“The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.”