“Let men be ever so great enemies to Christ, yet as soon as He sets Himself in their hearts they will love Him, own, serve and suffer for Him.”—Dyer.
“Do not legalise the gospel; as if part remained for you to do and suffer; and Christ were but half-mediator; or as if you were to bear part of your own sin, and make satisfaction. Let sin break thy heart, but not thy hope.”—Wilcox.
“If a dog bark at a sheep, the sheep will not bark again at the dog.”—Dodd.
“In its best estate free-will was but a weather-cock which turned at the breath of a serpent’s tongue. It made a bankrupt of our father Adam; it pulled down the house and sold the land, and sent all the children to beg their bread.”—Rutherford.
“The minister is worth nothing who cannot make the devil roar.”—Ryland.
“A good man was observing to me today, that, “many ministers speak so sparingly and so coldly of the gospel privileges of the saints, that one would imagine they thought themselves no more than scarecrows, set up on purpose to frighten God’s people from the corn.””—7th May, 1770.
“What recompense did the prophets receive (from the world) for all their labours and expense of spirits (in preaching) but saws, swords, and dungeons? It is almost as much the character of a minister to be much in affliction; as to be much in spirit, and much in labour, ‘To preach,’ said Luther, ‘is only another name for deriving and entailing the world’s hatred upon ourselves.’ But we may justly suspect that we are not true to our master when we are dandled on the world’s knees.”—Manton.
“Too many modern preachers resemble auctioneers, who put up heaven to the highest bidder.”—Serle.