Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
giving-up lust asceticism
Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
anger firsts able
Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.
love christian confused
Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.
peace inward crowns
Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.
fear-of-death ifs conscience
If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
death may thee
Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
fall
Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.
reading humble men
Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.
blessing being-thankful worthy
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
men mouths may
May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
grace inward affliction
The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
men
No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
good-life men holy
Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.
giving heard
I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.