Quote#Truth
Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth. God does…
Quote byThomas Watson · 1616–1686
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Heaven Taken By Storm.
English (original)
Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth. God does not regenerate us by miracles or revelations, but by the word of truth (James 1:18). As truth is the breeder of grace, so it is the feeder of it (1Ti 4:6). Truth sanctifies: "Sanctify them through Thy truth" (John 17:17).
— Thomas Watson
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