Henry Scougal Quotes

• True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or in the apostle's phrase, it is Christ formed in us.

  Henry Scougal

  Real, Soul, Phrases

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• The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by
  the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things
  doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble
  and well placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit
  into a conformity with the perfections which it loves.

  Henry Scougal

  Mean, Perfection, Soul

  Henry Scougal (1775). “The life of God in the soul of man. Or, The nature and excellency of the Christian religion. And An account of the beginnings and advances of a spiritual life. 2 letters [by H. Scougal. With a preface by G. Burnet].”, p.31

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• God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, He at last made a gift of Himself.

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  Blessing, Long, Stubborn

  Henry Scougal (2013). “The Life of God in the Soul of Man”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• We must not indulge our inclinations, as we do little children, till they grow weary of the thing they are unwilling to let go. We must not continue our sinful practices in hopes that the divine grace will one day overpower our spirits, and make us hate them for their own deformity.

  Henry Scougal

  Letting Go, Children, Hate

  Henry Scougal (1775). “The life of God in the soul of man. Or, The nature and excellency of the Christian religion. And An account of the beginnings and advances of a spiritual life. 2 letters [by H. Scougal. With a preface by G. Burnet].”, p.66

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