Hugh Latimer Quotes

• Play the man, Mastre Ridley; we shall this day light such a cndle, by God's grace in England, as I trust shall never be put out.

  Hugh Latimer

  Life, Success, Men

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• Wherever you observe persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on il the persecuted side.

  Hugh Latimer

  Lying, Sides, Persecution

  "The sermons of Right Reverend Father in God".

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• Say the truth and shame the devil.

  Hugh Latimer

  Devil, Shame

  Hugh Latimer, George Elwes Corrie (1844). “Sermons: Edited for the Parker Society”, p.506

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• Saviour! teach me, day by day,
  Love's sweet lesson to obey;
  Sweeter lesson cannot be,
  Loving Him who first loved me.
  Charity is the very livery of Christ.

  Hugh Latimer

  Sweet, First Love, Charity

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 395, 1895.

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• When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.

  Hugh Latimer

  Men, Leaving, Forgiving

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• The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is. Let them therefore have sufficient to maintain them.

  Hugh Latimer

  Christ, Equal, Poorest

  Hugh Latimer (1842). “Select Sermons and Letters of Dr. Hugh Latimer”, p.79

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• As every lord giveth a certain livery to his servants, charity is the very livery of Christ. Our Saviour, Who is the Lord above all lords, would have His servants known their badge, which is love.

  Hugh Latimer

  Charity, Christ, Lord

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• O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good doctrine, as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel!

  Hugh Latimer

  Doctrine, Would Be, Corn

  Hugh Latimer (1978). “Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer”, p.42, Associated University Presse

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• We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.

  Hugh Latimer

  Strong, Enemy, Weakness

  Hugh Latimer (1858). “The sermons and life of ... Hugh Latimer, some time bishop of Worcester”, p.162

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• In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated.

  Hugh Latimer

  Enemy, Deceit, Bouquets

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