Inspirational Quotes by George Burder

“With respect unto its inclinations and operations, wherein it variously exerts its power, in all particular instances, we are continually to watch against it and to subdue it. And this concerns us in all that we are and do,—in our duties, in our calling, in our conversation with others, in our retirements, in the frames of our spirits, in our straits, in our mercies, in the use of our enjoyments, in our temptations. If we are negligent unto any occasion, we shall suffer by it. This is our enemy, and this is the war we are engaged in. Every mistake, every neglect, is perilous.”

“The work of obedience is difficult and of the highest importance; so that if anyone can be negligent therein because God will help and assist him, it is because he hates it, he likes it not. Let others do what they please, I shall endeavour to comply with the apostle's advice upon the enforcement which he gives unto it: "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his own good pleasure." These”

“Holy Spirit of God hath prepared and disposed of the Scripture so as it might be a most sufficient and absolutely perfect way and means of communicating unto our minds that saving knowledge of God and his will which is needful that we may live unto him, and come unto the enjoyment of him in his glory.”

“You name the name of Christ, profess an interest in him, and expect salvation by him; which way will you apply yourselves unto him?”

“the Holy Spirit is the author of this work in us, so that although it is our duty, it is his grace and strength whereby it is performed; as also the manner how it is wrought by him, which is principally intended: [1.]”

“He not only enableth our minds to apprehend the truth, but he shines into our hearts, the seat of spiritual experience, to “give us the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

“But when this Holy Spirit doth, in and by his teaching, breathe into our hearts a holy, divine love unto and complacency in the things we are taught; when he enables us to taste how gracious the Lord is in them, rendering them sweeter unto us than the honey or the honeycomb; when he makes them our delight and joy, exciting and quickening the practical principles of our minds unto a compliance with them in holy obedience,—then have we that unction from the Holy One which will both sanctify and secure our souls unto the end.”

“A ministry devoid of spiritual gifts is a sufficient evidence of a church under a degenerating apostasy.”

“Who would true valour see, / Let him come hither. . . / fancies fly away, / He'll fear not what men say, / He'll labour night and day / To be a pilgrim.”

“Every tub must stand upon its own without the need of assistance.”

“So Christian went on his way, saying: "Here have I seen things rare and profitable; Things pleasant, dreadful; things to make me stable In what I have begun to take in hand: Then let me think on them, and understand Wherefore they showed me where; and let me be Thankful, O good Interpreter, to thee.”

“APOLIÓN: “Tú ya has sido infiel en tu servicio a Él, ¿y cómo esperas recibir de Él una recompensa?”. CRISTIANO: “¿En qué, oh Apolión, le he sido infiel a Él?”. APOLIÓN: “Desfalleciste poco después de salir, cuando casi te ahogas en el Pantano del Desaliento; sí fuiste por caminos equivocados para librarte de tu carga, mientras que deberías haber permanecido hasta que tu Príncipe te hubiera despojado de ella; te quedaste dormido y perdiste tu tesoro; y también casi te convenciste para retroceder al ver a los leones; y cuando hablas de tu viaje, y de lo que has visto y oído, en tu interior tienes deseos de vanagloria en todo lo que dices o haces”. CRISTIANO: “Todo eso es cierto, y mucho más que no has dicho; pero el Príncipe a quien sirvo y honro es misericordioso, y listo para perdonar; pero además, esos delitos me poseían en tu país, porque allí los cometí, y me he quejado bajo su peso y los he lamentado, y he obtenido perdón de mi Príncipe”.”

“pangs,”

“Estos problemas y angustias que experimentas en estas aguas no son una señal de que Dios te haya abandonado, sino que son enviadas para probarte, para ver si traes a tu mente lo que has recibido hasta aquí de su bondad, y vives de Él en tu angustia”.”

“Now, I say a person may be enthusiastic about heaven, but only because they sense and fear the torments of hell. But as their sense and fear of damnation chills and cools, in the same way their desires for heaven and salvation cool also. So then it comes to pass, that when their guilt and fear is gone, their desires for heaven and happiness die, and they return to their former course in life again.”

“(The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain. –”

“At the top of the hill stood a cross and a little below at the bottom was a stone tomb. In my dream, just as Christian came up to the cross his burden loosened from his shoulders and fell off his back. It tumbled and continued to do so down the hill until it came to the mouth of the tomb where it fell inside and was seen no more. Christian was so glad and overjoyed and in his excitement he said, “He has given me rest by his sorrow and life by his death.”

“CHR. I seek an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away [1 Pet. 1:4], and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there [Heb. 11:16], to be bestowed, at the time appointed, on them that diligently seek it.”

“Thus far did I come laden with my sin; Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in Till I came hither: What a place is This! Must here be the beginning of my bliss? Must here the burden fall from off my back? Must here the strings that bound it to me crack? Blest Cross! blest Sepulchre! blest rather be The Man that was put to shame for me”

“Faithful is also a reminder of how important companionship is to the Christian walk, but not more important than the desire for eternal life that motivated Faithful to keep fleeing for his life, no matter how strong the desire for friendship. Chapter”