As full of love, merciful, and ready to forgive as Christ is, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

—Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 3:368

Let us settle it in our minds that saints on earth are not perfect angels, but only converted sinners.

They are sinners renewed, changed, sanctified, no doubt, but they are yet sinners and will be till they die .

—JC Ryle, Daily Readings from all Four Gospels, John 11:17-32

Many [saints] conceive amiss of God, and draw an ill picture of him in their minds, as if he were hard to be pleased, always frowning.

—Thomas Manton, Works 7:194

The sun doth not more naturally shine, nor fire more naturally burn, nor water more naturally flow, than acts of grace and goodness naturally flow from God.

—Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 7:194

All ready from my end

To be saved is to be 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵; not simply to believe his teaching, but to be in him, and to be a sharer in his life, in his death, in his burial, in his resurrection, in his ascension.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Exposition of Ephesians 1, Pg. 153

Before the OPC was named “The Orthodox Presbyterian Church”, one name considered was “The True Presbyterian Church of the World”.

Our Lord did not come to tell us what we have to do in order to save ourselves; He came to save us.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Exposition of Ephesians 1: God’s Ultimate Purpose, Pg. 150

Isn’t this encouraging?

“Remember this, he that does 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 (seeks to resist and battle hidden sinful motions as they arise) does 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 than the most glistering and blustering hypocrite in the world does.”

—Puritan Thomas Brooks, Works 1:88

The fourth volume of Dr. Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley’s Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 4: Church and Last Things has finally arrived, exclusively at Reformation Heritage Books!

Take up and read Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 4 to learn truths of Scripture that…

Christ by his death reconciling God to man, did not alter the will of God, but did what was in accordance to His eternal will; He came not to change His will, but to execute His will: “Behold, I come to do thy will, O God (Hebrews 10:7).”

—Puritan Stephen Charnock, Works 1:228

Remember Christ’s design was ‘to take away sin’, not to take away obedience.

—Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 11.162

What Puritan work would I recommend to someone new to Puritan writings? 👇🏻

William Gurnall’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳, specifically this modernized abridgment available from Banner of Truth

“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”

Richard Sibbes

To the despairing backslider:

“To cure this raging despair, consider, if you have but a mind to return from your great and infamous sins, the Lord is 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 to receive and pardon than you can be to return.”

—Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 15:35

In years of street evangelism I can count on 1 hand the people who immediately asked me “what must I do to be saved?”

This is why we must use the Law. We must define sin. We tend to assume man believes he’s too bad for the gospel, when really he believes he’s too good for it.

God doth not take it well to be limited by us in anything, least of all in his grace.

—Puritan John Owen, Works 6:502

We are prone to think that 𝘸𝘦 are very willing to have forgiveness, but that 𝘎𝘰𝘥 is unwilling to bestow it… but indeed things are quite otherwise.

—Puritan John Owen, Works 6:503

“It is recognized that theological developments after the Reformation did not alter the received doctrine of God.”

—James M. Renihan, To the Judicious and Impartial Reader: Baptist Symbolics Volume 2: A Contextual-Historical Exposition of the 2LBCF, Pg. 79

We must neglect no opportunity that is offered us for the furtherance of the gospel.

—John Calvin, Commentaries XVIII:137, on Peter and John going to the temple at the hour of prayer, Acts 3:2