Posts Tagged ‘the godly man’s picture’
Thomas Brooks on Jacob and Private Prayer
Saturday, April 12th, 2008Jacob did never enjoy so much the presence of God as when he had left the company of men. Oh! the sweet communion that Jacob had with God when he withdrew from his family, and was all alone with his God by the ford Jabbok! Certainly Jacob was never less alone than at this time, [...]
Quotes from The Godly Man’s Picture
Monday, February 4th, 2008Our Puritan Book Club is currently working through Thomas Watson’s The Godly Man’s Picture. And so, I present to you some choice quotes from my reading thus far… (Boldface is mine in the quotes below.)
The soul being so precious, and salvation so glorious, it is the highest point of prudence to make preparations for another [...]
