Edward Reynolds Quotes

• When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest.

  Edward Reynolds

  Prayer, Mercy, Strongest

  Edward Reynolds (1838). “Israel's prayer in time of trouble: with God's gracious answer; an explication of the fourteenth chapter of Hosea, in seven sermons, preached upon days of solemn humiliation”, p.19

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• God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous.

  Edward Reynolds

  Sins Not, Sanctuary, Mercy

  Edward Reynolds (1838). “Israel's prayer in time of trouble: with God's gracious answer; an explication of the fourteenth chapter of Hosea, in seven sermons, preached upon days of solemn humiliation”, p.15

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• Surely as a man may say of a rock--nothing more quiet, because it is never stirred; and yet nothing more unquiet, because it is ever assaulted--so we may say of the church--nothing more peaceable, because it is established upon a rock; and yet nothing more unpeaceable, because that rock is in the midst of seas, winds, enemies, and persecutions.

  Edward Reynolds

  Men, Rocks, Wind

  Edward Reynolds (1837). “An Explication of the Hundred and Tenth Psalm: Wherein the Several Heads of Christian Religion Therein Contained, Touching the Exaltation of Christ, the Sceptre of His Kingdom, the Character of His Subjects, His Priesthood, Victories, Sufferings, and Resurrection, are Explained and Applied”, p.217

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