The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but the ignorance of his danger.
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Delay of Repentance – Thomas Watson
By the delay of repentance, sin strengthens, and the heart hardens. The longer ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken.
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Mercy is God’s Nature – Thomas Watson
God is more willing to pardon than to punish. Mercy does more multiply in Him than sin in us. Mercy is His nature.
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Doers of the Word – Thomas Watson
Doers of the Word are the best hearers.
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Sin is first a fox then a lion – Thomas Watson
Sin first courts, and then kills. It is first a fox and then a lion.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
What malice really is – Thomas Watson
Malice is mental murder.
– Thomas Watson –
1620-1686
The discontented person – Thomas Watson
The discontented person thinks everything he doth for God too much, and everything God doth for him too little.
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The Christian’s Safety – Thomas Watson
The fear of God is a Christian’s safety. He is invulnerable; nothing can hurt him. Plunder him of his money, he carries a treasure about him of which he cannot be robbed (Isa. 33:6). Cast him into prison his conscience is free; kill his body, it shall rise again. He who has on this breastplate of God’s fear may be shot at, but can never be shot through.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Great Gain of Godliness, 1682
Repentance Needs Sorrow – Thomas Watson
A woman may as well expect to have a child without pangs as one can have repentance without sorrow. He that can believe without doubting, suspect his faith; and he that can repent without sorrowing, suspect his repentance.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668