(16 quotes found)
“After a storm comes a calm”
Mathew Henry
“The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.”
“There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.”
“To fish in troubled waters.”
“Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.”
“It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.”
“The better day, the worse deed.”
“Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.”
“They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.”
“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.”
