Philip Henry Quotes
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Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God.
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Be as much troubled by unjust praises, as by unjust slanders.
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All grace grows as Love to the Word of God grows.
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It is easier to go six miles to hear a sermon, than to spend one quarter of an hour in meditating upon it when I come home.
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Can I pull out right eyes for Christ and cut off right hands, etc.?
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The Lord Jesus did not take to himself this honour of being a Mediator; he was called to it, appointed of God for such a purpose.
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It is commonly said that covetousness is one of the reigning sins of old age. How strange that it should be so! Especially considering what they have seen, and known, and it may be, felt of the emptiness and uncertainty of riches. They have witnessed how often they make themselves wings. What! And not yet convinced! What! Almost at the end of thy journey, and yet loading thyself with thick clay! Think of the time of day. It is almost night; even sun-set. And art thou unmindful of the grave? The body is bending downwards, let the heart be upwards.
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I will not say, as the beggars at our door used to do, ‘I’ll never ask anything of Him again;’ but, on the contrary, ‘He shall hear oftener from me than ever,’ and I will love God the better, and love prayer the better, as long as I live.
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If the end of one mercy were not the beginning of another, we were undone.
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Can I swim against the stream, be good in bad times and places?
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Can I choose to undergo the greatest suffering rather than commit the least sin?
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Can I embrace Christ with His cross?
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Can I work for God, though there were no wages?
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The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees.