The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.
JOHN KNOXStudy to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.
More John Knox Quotes
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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.
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O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.
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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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Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
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But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.
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I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
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I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
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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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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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Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
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In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.
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I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.
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