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.
JOHN KNOXYe 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.
More John Knox Quotes
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Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.
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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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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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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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O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
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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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One man with God is always a majority.
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As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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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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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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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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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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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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