Pithy gems from the Puritan George Swinnock, 1627–1673

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The world is a great inn where we are to stay a night; not a home where we are to dwell forever.

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He who would not fall into the river of wickedness; must not come near the river's edge.

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The more a man knows God, the more he abhors himself.

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A little faith will take the soul to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to the soul.

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Sin is sweet in the mouth, but bitter in the belly.

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Earthly comforts are sweet like honey; but if we feed on them immoderately, they will make us sick.

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A holy heart, is the garden where the flowers of grace grow.

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The wicked man's prosperity is but a golden chain, to bind him to eternal misery.

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Time is a most precious commodity; eternity depends on how it is spent.

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The devil tempts us that he may ruin us; God tries us that He may crown us.

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A holy heart, is always a humble heart.

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A little sin will damn a soul; if it is not pardoned.

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Christ is the only remedy for a sin-sick soul.

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Only the soul that sees the ugliness of his sin, will see the beauty of the Savior.

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The Christian must look upon himself as a pilgrim; and the world as his road, not his rest.

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Sin may please for a moment, but it will pain for an eternity.

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Prayer is the key that opens the treasure-house of divine mercy.

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A holy heart prefers Christ’s cross, to the world’s crown.

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If you would not be condemned with the world, then you must not be conformed to the world.

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The more we meditate on Heaven, the less we shall love earth.

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