Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Henry Scougal

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Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Henry Scougal (1650–1678) was a Scottish theologian, minister and author.

Scottish - Author | 1650 - June 13, 1678

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True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or in the apostle's phrase, it is Christ formed in us.

Henry Scougal

The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble and well placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit into a conformity with the perfections which it loves.

Henry Scougal

We must not indulge our inclinations, as we do little children, till they grow weary of the thing they are unwilling to let go. We must not continue our sinful practices in hopes that the divine grace will one day overpower our spirits, and make us hate them for their own deformity.

Henry Scougal

God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, He at last made a gift of Himself.

Henry Scougal

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Henry Scougal

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