Originál: (en) God, as being very tender to me, has not allowed me to be bothered, but would, with one scripture or another, strengthen me against everything; insomuch that I have often said, “Were it lawful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort’s sake.“
Zdroj: [Phillip, Robert, 1839, The life, times, and characteristics of John Bunyan, D. Appleton & Co., 325, angličtina] Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=2diNyFKORN0C&dq/
„Dle Písma svatého jsem se modlil, abych byl světlem, plamenem svíčky.“
„Modleme se, drazí, modleme se, ať Bůh dá milost i našim nepřátelům.“
Originál: (en) Affliction is better than sin, and if God sends the one to cleanse us from the other, let us thank him, and be also content to pay the messenger.
Zdroj: [Harley, Thomas, 2013, Some Birds Sing in Winter: Finding Joy in the Depths of Affliction, WestBow Press, Bloomington, USA, 230, angličtina, 1490806296]. Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=WUyrAAAAQBAJ&pg/
Originál: (en) If God has given you His Son, beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
Zdroj: [Ryle, John Charles, Consider Your Ways: Being a Pastor's Address to His Flock. 10th Thousand, Revised and Adapted to All Seasons, https://books.google.cz/books?id=1s49AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Hunt & Son, Ipswich, 1849, 31, 13, angličtina]
Originál: (en) God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not hit the saint by chance, but by direction. God does not draw His bow at a venture. Every one of His arrows goes upon a special errand and touches no breast but his against whom it is sent. It is not only the grace, but the glory of a believer when we can stand and take affliction quietly.
Zdroj: Termín svatí nepoužívá Caryl v římskokatolickém smyslu, coby (kanonizovaní) světci, ale míní jimi věřící, znovuzrozené křesťany.
Zdroj: [Blessed, Robin P, Age of Broodin, https://books.google.cz/books?id=HQtkAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Partridge, Singapore, 2014, 134, 85, 1482895544, angličtina]
Originál: (en) God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit, go and complain to Him, not to me. I am simply His servant, and if His errand that I am to tell is objectionable, I cannot help it.
Zdroj: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series. S. 65
„Bůh se stal člověkem; a čímpak se stane člověk, stal-li se Bůh člověkem kvůli němu?“
„Bůh na mě seslal mou nemoc, protože chtěl, abych poznal, že nejsem já ten největší, ale on.“
