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• Little sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins on a little temptation. It is devilish to sin without a temptation; it is little less than devilish to sin on a little occasion. The less the temptation is to sin, the greater is that sin.

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  Men, Temptation, Littles

  Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.31

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• An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith; wicked men commonly confess their sins by wholesale, We are all sinners; but the true penitent confesses his sins by retail.

  Thomas Brooks

  Men, Wicked, Retail

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• How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns!

  Thomas Brooks

  Soul, Gowns, Riches

  Thomas Brooks, Jay Patrick Green, Sr. (2000). “A Mute Christian Under the Rod & Apples of Gold”, p.166, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• There are three things that earthly riches can never do; they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath, nor can they every quiet a guilty conscience. And till these things are done man is undone.

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  Men, Wrath, Divine Justice

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.204

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• Sin may rebel, but it shall never reign in any saint.

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  Rebel, Saint, May

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.404

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• Sin will usher in the greatest and the saddest losses that can be upon our souls.

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  Loss, Soul, Sin

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.309

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• We trust as we love, and where we love. If we love Christ much, surely we shall trust him much.

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  Christ, Ifs

  Thomas Brooks (1859). “Smooth stones taken from ancient brooks, by C.H. Spurgeon, a collection of sayings from the works of T. Brooks”, p.18

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• He that puts on a religious habit abroad to gain himself a great name among men, and at the same time lives like an atheist at home, shall at the last be uncovered by God and presented before all the world for a most outrageous hypocrite.

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  Religious, Atheist, Home

  "The Privy Key of Heaven". Book by Thomas Brooks, 1665.

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• The only ground of God's love is his love.

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  Love Is, His Love, God's Love

  Thomas Brooks “Heaven On Earth”, Lulu.com

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• Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb.

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  Prayer, Men, Dumb

  Thomas Brooks “Heaven On Earth”, Lulu.com

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• He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

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  Punishment, May, Whipping

  Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.41

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• If you would have a clear evidence that little love, that little faith, that little zeal, you have is true? Then live up to that love, live up to that faith, live up to that zeal that you have; and this will be evidence beyond all contradiction.

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  Faith, Littles, Christianity

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.82

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• Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.

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  Lying, Heart, Secret

  Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.195

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• Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart.

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  Heart, Fire, Light

  "The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks".

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• A well-grounded assurance is always attended with three fair handmaids: love, humility and holy joy.

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  Truth, Humility, Joy

  Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.108

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• It is better to have a sore than a seared conscience.

  Thomas Brooks

  Conscience

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.348

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• Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.

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  Humility, Men, Joy

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.461

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• Better to bear than to swear, and to die than to lie.

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  Lying, Bears, Swear

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.58

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• It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin.

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  Men, Grace, Sin

  Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.14

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• The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost, and things will get no better till we get back to His realized presence and power. Samuel Chadwick Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

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  Prayer, Breathing, Roots

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• Cold prayers always freeze before they reach heaven .

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  Prayer, Heaven, Cold

  Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.107

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• Truth is mighty and will prevail

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  Truth Is

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• Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.

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  Humble, Men, Mourning

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.12

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• The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low.

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  Fall, Temptation, Way

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.36

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• There is the seed of all sins--of the vilest and worst of sins--in the best of men.

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  Men, Sin, Best Of Me

  Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.41

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