Quotes from Thomas Watson

What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God.

We shall never go to heaven when we die—unless we are in heaven while we live.

is a command of God to pray without ceasing, 1 Thess. 5:17. The meaning is—not that we should be always praying—but that we should every day set some time apart for prayer.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.

After a bitter pill, God gives sugar.

We spend our years with sighing; it is a valleyof tears; but death is the funeral of all our sorrows.

He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.

Though God is the fountain of grace—yet the saints are the pipes which transmit the living streams to others.

Why are Christians so disquieted in their minds? They are taking care when they should be casting care.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Meditation is the chewing upon the truths we have heard. The beasts in the old law which did not chew the cud were unclean; the professing Christian who does not by meditation chew the cud, is to be accounted unclean. Meditation is like the watering of the seed; it makes the fruits of grace to flourish.