Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by John Pearson

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Last updated on December 25, 2024.

John Pearson
British - Theologian
February 28, 1612 - July 16, 1686

Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God.

By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

John Pearson

The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the Text and Time.

John Pearson

We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.

John Pearson

Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death.

John Pearson

Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition.

John Pearson

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.

John Pearson

They which have no hope of a life to come, may extend their griefs for the loss of this, and equal the days of their mourning with the years of the life of man.

John Pearson

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father!

John Pearson

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by John Pearson

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