George Whitefield citáty

Originál: (en) As God can send a nation or people no greater blessing than to give them faithful, sincere and upright ministers, so the greatest curse that God can possibly send upon a people in this world is to give them over to blind, unregenerate, carnal, lukewarm and unskilled guides.
Zdroj: Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield, revised and corrected with large additions and improvements, to which is appended an extensive collection of his sermons and other writings. S. 454.

Originál: (en) Left to himself, man is half beast and half devil.
Zdroj: [Spurgeon, Charles, Grace Abounding Over Abounding Sin: A Sermon (No. 2012), delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, March 4, 1888, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons34.xi.html, 1.6.2005, 15.3.2016, Christian Classic Ethereal Library, angličtina]

Originál: (en) Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!
Zdroj: [Wakeley, Joseph Beaumont, The prince of pulpit orators: a portraiture of Rev. George Whitefield, M.A.: illustrated by anecdotes and incidents, https://books.google.cz/books?id=Hg8FAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Carlton & Lanahan, New York, 1871, 400, 54, angličtina]

Originál: (en) Fear not your weak body, we are immortal till our work is done.
Zdroj: Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield, revised and corrected with large additions and improvements, to which is appended an extensive collection of his sermons and other writings. S. 127.

Originál: (en) As Christ was born of the Virgin's womb, so must He be spiritually formed in our hearts. As He died for sin, so must we die to sin. And as He rose again from the dead, so must we also rise to a divine life.
Zdroj: Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield, revised and corrected with large additions and improvements, to which is appended an extensive collection of his sermons and other writings. S. 419.

Originál: (en) The word Bible, or book, which I have in my hand, is well applied to the holy scriptures, because it is the book of God, written by him that is, by his order and by those who were inspired by him for that end; and yet, of all writings in the world, these are most neglected! God has condescended to become an author, and yet people will not read his writings. There are very few that ever gave this Book of God, the grand charter of salvation, one fair reading through.
Zdroj: Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield, revised and corrected with large additions and improvements, to which is appended an extensive collection of his sermons and other writings. S. 583.

Originál: (en) I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.
Zdroj: [Newell, Daniel, The life of Rev. Geo. Whitefield: from the London Tract Society; with choice selections from the editions by Drs. Gillie & Phillips, https://books.google.cz/books?id=jtxUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, R. T. Young, New York, 1853, 218, 17, angličtina]

Originál: (en) God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!
Zdroj: [Whitefield, George, 1, The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Late of Pembroke-College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published ; with a Select Collection of Letters Written to His Most Intimate Friends, and Persons of Distinction, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, from the Year 1734, to 1770 ; Including the Whole Period of His Ministry ; Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed, Prepared Himself for the Press, https://books.google.cz/books?id=Z3cuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Edward and Charles Dilly, London, 1771, 480, 33, angličtina]

Originál: (en) If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.
Zdroj: [Whitefield, George, 5, The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Late of Pembroke-College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published ; with a Select Collection of Letters Written to His Most Intimate Friends, and Persons of Distinction, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, from the Year 1734, to 1770 ; Including the Whole Period of His Ministry ; Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed, Prepared Himself for the Press, https://books.google.cz/books?id=Jr8OAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Edward and Charles Dilly, London, 1772, 474, 27, angličtina]

Originál: (en) If one evil thought, if one evil word, if one evil action, deserves eternal damnation, how many hells, my friends, do every one of us deserve, whose whole lives have been one continued rebellion against God!
Zdroj: GILLIES, John. Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield, revised and corrected with large additions and improvements, to which is appended an extensive collection of his sermons and other writings. Middletown : Hunt & Noyes, 1838. 648 s. Dostupné online. S. 456. (angličtina)

Originál: (en) Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified.
Zdroj: [Whitefield, George, Sketches of the life and labours of the Rev. G. W. To which are added two discourses, preached in the year 1739, https://books.google.cz/books?id=oexeAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, John Johnstone, London and Edinburgh, 1849, 312, vi, angličtina]

Originál: (en) Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the field, seal Thy truth, and come home to die.
Zdroj: [Gillies, John, Aaron C. Seymour, Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Rev. George Whitefield: A.M., of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess Dowager of Huntingdon, https://books.google.cz/books?id=FOpNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, T. T. Skillman, Lexington, 1823, 323, 236, angličtina]

Originál: (en) There are many who can may preach the gospel better than I can, but none can preach a better gospel.
Zdroj: [Ironside, H. A, Lectures On Acts, https://books.google.cz/books?id=V-mfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT224&lpg=PT224&dq=%27%27There+are+many+who+can+may+preach+the+gospel+better+than+I+can,+but+none+can+preach+a+better+gospel%27%27&source=bl&ots=7N1n5fapAU&sig=aTTclgLnrZZ5CKcBcB9zvJbV4qA&hl=cs&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic4aOS5sLLAhXBqnIKHeC2Az4Q6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&f=false, Solid Christian Books, 2015, 334, 1514818566, angličtina]

Reported in Ernest Bormann, Force of Fantasy: Restoring the American Dream (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985), p. 73. ISBN 978-0-80932-369-2.

Attributed to Whitefield, in The Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal, Vol. 49 (June 1773 - January 1774), p. 430; this has also been reported as a remark made by Rowland Hill, when he arranged an Easter hymn to the tune of "Pretty, Pretty Polly Hopkins, in The Rambler, Vol. 9 (1858), p. 191; it has also attributed to Charles Wesley, and sometimes his brother John, as well as William Booth, who popularized it as an addage in promoting his The Salvation Army.
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 518.