204 Quotes by Richard Baxter

Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books

For it was thy sin, and the sin of all the world, that lay upon our Redeemer, and his sacrifice and satisfaction is sufficient for all, and the fruits of it are offered to one as well as another, but it is true that it was never the intent of his mind to pardon and save any that would not by faith and repentance be converted.

If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common instrument of conversion.

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain.

In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as for the heavenly paradise, there is a way to go in, but not way to go out.

The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical the ear, the more pleasant the melody. The more perfect the soul, the more joyous the joys of heaven, and the more glorious that glory.

Lord, I surrender. I am completely overcome by your love.

Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others

When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by conviction, he first brings them to a stand, and then, by conversion, turn first their hearts, and then their lives, sincerely to himself.