204 Quotes by Richard Baxter

I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion.

Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.

Surely love is both work and wages.

Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.

Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase.

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.

Take heed to yourselves, lest you perish while you call upon others to take heed of perishing, and lest you famish yourselves while you prepare their food.

The churchyard is the market place where all things are rated at their true value, and those who are approaching it talk of the world and its vanities with a wisdom unknown before.

A holy and heavenly life is a continual pain to the consciences of sinners around you and continually solicits them to change their course.