The Great Gain of Godliness - Quotes from Ch. 10, 11, & 12
Ch. 10 - God Records The Piety Of His People
From The Great Gain of Godliness, by Thomas Watson
“We may be losers for him, but we shall not be losers by him.” -p. 106
“God will not upbraid his people with their former offenses.” -p. 107
“A mother may sooner be unnatural than God forgetful.” -p. 109
Ch. 11 - God Rewards The Piety Of His People
“It is better to lie prostrate at God’s feet, and to meet him with tears in our eyes rather than weapons in our hands. We overcome God, not by resistance, but by repentance.” -p.116
Ch. 12 - God Rewards His People By Owning Them
“Many failings do not invalidate the covenant of grace. I grant the least sin makes a trespass upon the covenant, but it does not cancel it.” -p. 119
“The Lord may give a man riches and not love him.” -p. 121
“We are not free from God’s anger as a Father. but as a Judge.” -p. 122
“Indeed if salvation has no better pillar to rest upon than man’s will (as the Arminians hold) no wonder if there is falling away; but a Christian’s stability in grace is built upon a surer basis, namely, God’s ‘everlasting (or inviolable) covenant.” -p. 123
“A star may sooner fall out of its place than a true believer be plucked away from God.” -p.123
