Inspirational Quotes by Thomas Watson
“There is no one member of the body breaks forth more in God’s dishonour than the tongue.”
“A carnal person can no more value spiritual blessings than a baby can value a diamond necklace.”
― Thomas Watson ,
from All Things for Good
“A man may as well go to hell for not working in his calling, as for not believing.”
“Sin is like a poison, which corrupts the blood, infects the heart, and without a sovereign Antidote, brings death. Such is the venomous nature of sin, it is deadly and damning. Sin is worse than hell, but yet God, by His mighty overruling power, makes sin in the issue turn to the good of His people. Hence the golden saying of Augustine, ‘God would never permit evil, if He could not bring good out of evil.’” - Thomas Watson”
― Thomas Watson ,
from All Things for Good
“Read not the word carelessly, but with seriousness and affection; as the oracle of heaven, the well of salvation, the book of life.”
“Conscience is God’s diocese, where none has right to visit, but He who is the Bishop of our souls (1 Peter 2:25”
― Thomas Watson ,
from All Things for Good
“A shaking hand may as well write a line steadily, as we can keep our hearts fixed in prayer without the Spirit of God.”
“A thousand prayers and praises and do not honor God so much—as the mortifying of one lust! "Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams." 1 Samuel 15:22. "Upon mount Zion there shall be deliverance and holiness," Obadiah 17. When these two go together, deliverance and holiness; when, being made monuments of mercy, we are patterns of piety; then a deliverance comes in love, and we may say as Hezekiah, "You have in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption.”
“In heaven we will need no repentance, because we will have no sin. We will not need faith, because we will see God face to face. But love to God will abide forever. Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8).”
“If, when God speaks to us in his word, we are deaf, when we speak to him in prayer, he will be dumb.”
“Affliction may leap on us as the viper did on Paul, but at last it shall be shaken off.”
“Why are Christians so disquieted in their minds? They are taking care when they should be casting care.”
“None ever complained of serving God: it was their comfort and their crown on their death-bed.”
“a- Como ser humano. “Eres el más hermoso de los hijos de los hombres…” (Salmos 45:2). El hebreo enfatiza en la forma, lo cual denota excelencia en la belleza: pues aunque se dijo que no había hermosura en Él (Isa.53:2), se decía en cuanto a sus aflicciones, que tanto le desfiguraban, y por así decirlo, dibujo un velo sobre su gloria. Sin embargo, y sin duda alguna, la persona de Cristo fue incomparablemente hermosa, como observan Jerónimo y Crisóstomo; y si su cuerpo sobre la tierra fue tan hermoso, ¡cuán hermoso será ahora en los cielos! El apóstol lo llama “uncuerpoglorioso”(Fil.3:21). Si Cristo puede hacer a un lirio del campo más hermoso que Salomón en todo su esplendor ¿Cuán precioso es Él en sí mismo? ¿Cuán blanco es el lirio que crece en el paraíso?”
“Seguramente la ignorancia en estos días es grande. Una cosa es no saber, otra cosa es no estar dispuesto a saber: "los hombres amaron más las tinieblas que la luz" (Juan 3:19).”
“La piedad consiste en una armonía exacta entre principios y prácticas piadosas”
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He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In 1646 he commenced a sixteen year pastorate at St. Stephen's, Walbrook. He showed strong Presbyterian views during the civil war, with, however, an attachment to the king, and in 1651 he was imprisoned briefly with some other ministers for his share in Christopher Love's plot to recall Charles II of England.
He was released on 30 June 1652, and was formally reinstated as vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook. He obtained great fame and popularity as a preacher until the Restoration, when he was ejected for nonconformity. Not withstanding the rigor of the acts against dissenters, Watson continued to exercise his ministry privately as he found opportunity. Upon the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672 he obtained a license to preach at the great hall in Crosby House. After preaching there for several years, his health gave way, and he retired to Barnston, Essex, where he died suddenly while praying in secret. He was buried on 28 July 1686.
Thomas Watson was an English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author.
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In 1646 he commenced a sixteen year pastorate at St. Stephen's, Walbrook. He showed strong Presbyterian views during the civil war, with, however, an attachment to the king, and in 1651 he was imprisoned briefly with some other ministers for his share in Christopher Love's plot to recall Charles II of England.
He was released on 30 June 1652, and was formally reinstated as vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook. He obtained great fame and popularity as a preacher until the Restoration, when he was ejected for nonconformity. Not withstanding the rigor of the acts against dissenters, Watson continued to exercise his ministry privately as he found opportunity. Upon the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672 he obtained a license to preach at the great hall in Crosby House. After preaching there for several years, his health gave way, and he retired to Barnston, Essex, where he died suddenly while praying in secret. He was buried on 28 July 1686.