Peace

“When the strings of the lute are snarled up, the lute is not fit to make music. So when a Christian’s spirit is perplexed and disturbed, he cannot make melody in his heart to the Lord.”

“Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.”

“Two things destroy the peace and tranquility of our lives; our bewailing past disappointments, or fearing future ones.”

“I know I am bidden follow peace with all men, but I know also I am bidden follow it with holiness; and since I could not obtain peace without prejudice to holiness, I thought myself obliged to let it go.”

“God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.”

“He that is not a son of Peace is not a son of God. All other sins destroy the Church consequentially; but Division and Separation demolish it directly.”

“Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.”

“If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a glass slipper on a gouty foot.”

“Though the way of religion has thorns in it with respect to persecution, yet it is full of roses with respect to that inward peace and contentment that the soul finds in it.”

“If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within.”

“The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.”

“The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.”

“To have sweet sleep we must have sweet lives, sweet tempers, sweet meditations, and sweet love.”

“We can never be happy, restful, or spiritually healthy till we become holy.”

“Those who feed upon the Word grow strong and peaceful and are by God's grace hidden from the strife of tongues.”

“You may think you find peace in Christ when you have no outward troubles, but is Christ your peace when the Assyrian comes into the land, when the enemy comes?”

“We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.”

“As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.”

“The happiness which the Lord Jesus procured for believers, includes a perfect freedom from sin, and all afflictive evils, their just consequence, and the fruition of righteousness, peace and joy, in which the kingdom of God consists.”

“He that is not a son of Peace is not a son of God.”

“This is the bottom of all peace, confidence, and consolation, the grace and mercy of our Maker, of the God of the whole earth.”

“See in the meantime that your faith brings forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.”

“This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.”

“If Christians must be peaceable-minded, what shall we say to those who are given to strife and contention?”

“They may go about their business in peace, and God provides for them.”

“The work of meekness is to calm the spirit, so as that the inward peace may not be disturbed by any outward provocation.”

“Is there no spiritual dwelling-place to which we may continually repair in this desolate world, and, repairing to it, find rest and peace?”

“True happiness, joy, and peace will ever be strangers to your heart until it tastes the love of the Savior.”

“They feel something which tells them that old things are passed away, and all things become new; that guilt is gone, that peace is restored; that Heaven’s door is open, and hell’s door is shut.”

“O how sweet is that peace which faith breeds! it is a plant of the heavenly paradise; it is a Christian's festival! it is his music: it is as Chrysostom speaks, the anticipation of heaven. 5.”