Puritan quotes on
Holy Spirit
8 quotes
“He is no pastor who doth not feed his flock.”
“No man preaches that sermon well to others that doth not first preach it to his own heart.”
“This Spirit of whom we treat is in himself a distinct, living, powerful, intelligent, divine person.”
“The Holy Spirit is more intimate, as it were, unto the principles of our souls than they are to themselves.”
“It is the work of the Holy Spirit to enable us to believe the Scripture to be the word of God, and infallibly to evidence it unto our minds.”
“His work it is to support, cherish, relieve, and comfort the church, in all trials and distresses.”
“Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God hath promised.”
“There is in prayer an unbosoming of a man's self, an opening of the heart to God, an affectionate pouring out of the soul in requests, sighs, and groans.”
