Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylorwas a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language. He is remembered in the Church of England's calendar of saints with a Lesser Festival on 13 August...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth15 August 1613
prayer
Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.
real soul contracts
Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls.
gold proud riches
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
prayer men looks
When we pray for any virtue, we should cultivate the virtue as well as pray for it; the form of your prayer should be the rule of your life; every petition to God is a precept to man. Look not, therefore, upon your prayers as a method of good and salvation only, but as a perpetual monition of duty. By what we require of God we see what he requires of us.
prayer heart sacrifice
No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.
heart ties together
He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.
humble humility iron
Humility is like a tree, whose root when it sets deepest in the earth rises higher, and spreads fairer and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every step of its descent is like a rib of iron.
return action praise
When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.
world scripture ghost
The Holy Ghost is certainly the best preacher in the world, and the words of Scripture the best sermons.
wise stars men
A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.
gratitude integrity blessing
The private and personal blessings we enjoy- the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty and integrity- deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life.
faith believe blessing
Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comforted and happy
ignorance proud be-proud
To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.
prayer needs body
The body of our prayer is the sum of our duty; and as we must ask of God whatsoever we need, so we must watch and labor for all that we ask.