Plumer, W.S.
To be in Christ is heaven begun. To be with Christ and like Christ is heaven completed. [ROOS]
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Every pious man ought to be far more concerned to derive benefit from afflictions, than to get rid of them. [JJTP]
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Let us never carry a load of malice in our hearts. It is worse than any evil we can suffer at the hand of man. [JJTP]
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It was not until Job prayed for his accusers that God turned his captivity. [JJTP]
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If friends accuse us falsely and act as enemies, let us not forget to pray for them. Job set us the example. [JJTP]
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A propensity to evil thoughts and evil speeches is among the last faults of character from which even good men are delivered. [JJTP]
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Could we but calmly wait and let the God of all the earth do as he pleases, all would be well. We are so wrapped up in selfishness that we over-estimate the importance of our own affairs. [JJTP]
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To judge of an event before the final issue is great folly. It is also sin. It is both arrogant and presumptuous. It also brings much misery with it. [JJTP]
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We should be very careful not to misinterpret the leadings of Providence. No doubt Lot thought that God’s providence pointed him to Sodom; but he was sadly mistaken. [JJTP]
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As a jury, in a criminal case, may receive impressions in the progress of the trial, but should feel bound to suspend judgment until the whole facts of the case are submitted; so nothing can warrant us in pronouncing upon the ways of God till we either see them finished, or understand their import by a revelation from himself. [JJTP]