Works before conversion cannot engage God, and works after conversion can not satisfy God - all the endeavor and labor of the creature will never procure it

Quote by Thomas Manton

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I think on the seventh day, God was running around, going, Oh, my God! What...

I think on the seventh day, God was running around, going, Oh, my God! What...

Whether it's a good day or a bad day, we must know how to live...

Whether it's a good day or a bad day, we must know how to live...

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you...

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you...

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...

God is allowed to divide by zero

God is allowed to divide by zero

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have...

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless. That's how God...

No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless. That's how God...

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves -...

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves -...

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...