John Berridge Quotes & Sayings

Make me like a little child, Simple, teachable, and mild; Seeing only in Thy light; Walking only in Thy might! — John Berridge

Avoid all controversy in preaching, talking, or writing; preach nothing down but the devil, and nothing up but Jesus Christ. — John Berridge

The Bible is a precious storehouse, and the Magna Charta of a Christian. There he reads of his Heavenly Father's love, and of his dying Saviour's legacies. There he sees a map of his travels through the wilderness, and a landscape, too, of Canaan. — John Berridge

A Christian never falls asleep in the fire or in the water, but grows drowsy in the sunshine. — John Berridge

All decays begin in the closet; no heart thrives with out much secret converse with God, and nothing will make amends for the want of it. — John Berridge

Run, John, and work, the law commands,
Yet give me neither feet nor hand.
Much better new the Gospel brings:
It bids me fly and gives me winds. — John Berridge