Devotionals: The Puritans Day by Day

16 August He [David] is weary and weak handed.—2 Sam. 17:2. Many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.—1 Cor. 11:30. ALL the king’s subjects are not his champions. —JOHN BUNYAN. Weak Christians are very apt to three things: to choose their mercies, to choose their crosses, to choose their employments. —THOMAS BROOKS. […]

15 August The way of transgressors is hard.—Prov. 13:15. BOTH authors, actors, and abettors of evil shall rue it together. —JOHN TRAPP. Where iniquity breakfasts, calamity will be sure to dine; to sup where it dines and to lodge where it sups. —JOHN TRAPP. Sin is the womb of our sorrows and the grave of […]

14 August Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.—Prov. 23:5. Riches are not for ever.—Prov. 27:24. RICHES may leave us while we live, we must leave them when we die. —THOMAS FULLER. Riches, as glass, are bright but brittle. —JOHN TRAPP. That which was forty years in gathering, comes […]

13 August Exceeding great and precious promises.—2 Pet. 1:4. IT is better to be low as hell with a promise than in paradise without one. —JOHN FLAVEL. Christ’s performances outstrip his promises. —NEHEMIAH ROGERS. A great part of a Christian’s estate lies in bonds and bills of God’s hand. —JOHN TRAPP. The very possession of […]