Satan’s time of tempting is usually after an ordinance; and the reason is, because then he thinks he shall find us most secure. When we have been at solemn duties, we are apt to think all is done, and we grow remiss, and leave off that zeal and strictness as before; just as a soldier, who after a battle leaves off his armour, not once dreaming, of an enemy. Satan watches his time, and when we least suspect, then he throws in a temptation.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
Prayer is the offering up of our desires to God in the name of Christ, for such things as are agreeable to his will. It is an offering of our desires. Desires are the soul and life of prayer; words are but the body; now as the body without the soul is dead, so are prayers unless they are animated with our desires.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
Prayer delights God’s ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.
Thomas Watson (Preacher, 1620 – 1686)