The Kayelton Group

“See Satan how he pitches his nets and lays his ambushes to induce and persuade us to come into them, what sayeth he?  Dost thou not see thyself forsaken of thy God?  Where are the promises whereunto thou didst trust?  Now here thou sees thyself to be a wretched, forlorn creature.  So then thou right well sees that God hath deceived thee, and that the promises whereunto thou trusted appertain nothing at all unto thee.  See here the subtlety of Satan.”  John Calvin  (1509-1564)

“The special reason why the believer desires to be freed from the company of the wicked is, because they always tempt the pious by relating the pleasures of the world, which are nothing but fables, filthy, fleeting pleasures, more fallacious than real—nothing like the grand and solid pleasure that always flows from a pious observance of the law of the Lord.”  Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)

“God never intended that any one should wrestle with evil without the power of the Spirit.”  Norval Geldenhuys  (1918-1964)

Sound faith is neither suspicious nor curious; it believes what God says, without sight, without examining.”  Richard Clerke  (1634)

“A servant of the Lord is better provided for than the greatest favourites and minions of princes.” Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“He that makes half repentance, makes none.” J.J. Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)

“There are no circumstances in this life, and none in death, where God cannot assist us.” Albert Barnes (1798-1870)

“Regard no more either flesh or earth; your bliss is not here. Jesus Christ has placed it on high at the right hand of the Father, in the palace of his holiness. Let this excellent hope sweeten all the evil which you suffer here below.” John Daille (1594-1670)

“The first attempt to render spiritual obedience will quickly convince us of our utter helplessness. We might as soon create a world, as create in our hearts one pulse of spiritual life. And yet our inability does not cancel our obligation. Shall God lose his right, because sin has palsied our ability? Charles Bridges; 1794-1869

“Now, if the soul be not mute and silent under the rod, how is it possible that it should ever hear the voice of the rod, or that it should ever hearken to the voice of every twig of the rod?” Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)