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The following quotes are taken from Thomas Watson’s The Godly Man’s Picture.

“True knowledge brings a man out of love with himself.  The more he knows, the more he blushes at his own ignorance.” -23

“Though God requires knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, (Hos. 6:6), yet it is a knowledge accompanied by obedience.  True knowledge not only improves a Christian’s sight, but improves his pace.” -24

“Knowledge which is not applied will only light a man to hell.  It would be better to live a savage than to die an infidel under the gospel.” -26

“Saving knowledge is not by speculation, but by inspiration.” -27

I hope within the next couple of weeks to post my favorite quotes from Thomas Watson’s The Godly Man’s Picture by each characteristic of a Godly man.  I am about half way through the book now and highly recommend it.

I continue to be encouraged and humbled by the words of Thomas Watson.  I have read his The Doctrine of Repentance and The Great Gain of Godliness and have always finished a page written by Thomas Watson desiring more of God and the holiness without which I will not see the Lord.

Check the book out at Westminster Theological Seminary Bookstore.  (Cheaper than Amazon.com)