Thomas Brooks Quotes about Grace

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God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you.

God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you.

Thomas Brooks

Grace, Crowns, Mercy

Thomas Brooks (1814). “Apples of Gold for Young Men and Women: and a Crown of Glory for Old Men and Women. Or, The Happiness of Being Good Betimes: and the Honour of Being an Old Disciple ...: Also, The Young Man's Objections Answered, and the Old Man's Doubts Resolved”, p.32

When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes.

Thomas Brooks

Struggle, Grace, Affliction

It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most, who has most communion with God.

Thomas Brooks

Exercise, Grace, Communion

Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.192

Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.

Thomas Brooks

Humility, Nurse, Grace

Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.30

Sin is hell, grace is heaven; what madness it is to look more at hell than heaven.

Thomas Brooks

Heaven, Grace, Looks

He who lives up to a little light shall have more light; he who lives up to a little knowledge shall have more knowledge; he who lives up to a little faith shall have more faith, and he who lives up to a little love shall have more love. Verily the main reason why men are such babes and shrubs in grace is because they do not live up their attainments.

Thomas Brooks

Men, Light, Grace

When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.

Thomas Brooks

Hands, Grace, Affliction

Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious remedies against Satan's devices: being a companion for Christians of all denominations”, p.91

There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.

Thomas Brooks

Men, Grace, Littles

Thomas Brooks (1824). “The select works of ... Thomas Brooks”, p.102

To repent of sin is as great a mark of grace as not to sin.

Thomas Brooks

Grace, Sin, Mark

It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin.

Thomas Brooks

Men, Grace, Sin

Thomas Brooks (1860). “Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks”, p.14