Ye be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are become teachers of free will, and defenders of your own righteousness.
JOHN KNOXNeither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.
More John Knox Quotes
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Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
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I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.
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Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.
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One man with God is always a majority.
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Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord’s name by him, offend God.
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The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.
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How good we are as preachers depends – not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily – on how good we are as men.
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Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.
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A man with God is always in the majority.
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Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.
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O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
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When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
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Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
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Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
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