365 Quotations from Welsh Christians

The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees. Philip Henry 1630-1696

If the end of one mercy were not the beginning of another, we were undone. Philip Henry 1630-1696

The pilot is wise though the sea is rough. Philip Henry 1630-1696

The happiness of heaven is the constant keeping of the Sabbath. Heaven is called a Sabbath, to make those who have Sabbaths long for heaven, and those who long for heaven love Sabbaths. Philip Henry 1631-1696

‘Tis no easy matter to be saved. ‘Twas difficult work to Jesus Christ to work redemption for us. ‘Tis difficult work to the Spirit to work grace in us, and to carry it on against corruptions, temptations, distractions. Philip Henry 1631-1696

Holiness is the symmetry of the soul. Philip Henry

The purposes of god are his concealed promises; the promises - his revealed purposes. Philip Henry 1630-1696

It is easier to go six miles to hear a sermon, than to spend one quarter of an hour in meditating upon it when I come home. Philip Henry 1631-1696

Sorrow is sin’s echo, and as the echo answers the voice best where there are broken walls and ruined buildings to return it, so is sorrow when reverberated by a broken ruined heart. Philip Henry 1630-1696

It is the great duty of all Christians to put off anger. It unfits for duty… A man cannot wrestle with God and wrangle with his neighbor at the same time. Short sins often cost us long and sad sorrows. Philip Henry 1630-1696

All grace grows as Love to the Word of God grows. Philip Henry 1631-1696

I will not say, as the beggars at our door used to do, 'I'll never ask anything of Him again;' but, on the contrary, 'He shall hear oftener from me than ever,' and I will love God the better, and love prayer the better, as long as I live. Philip Henry 1631-1696