| ASSURANCE | 信心的確據 |
| That faith which is never assaulted with doubting is
but a fancy. Assuredly that assurance which is ever secure is but a dream. Robert Bolton 不受懷疑攻擊的信心只是虛幻，溫室中的確據只是夢想而已。 |
| A soul under assurance is
unwilling to go to heaven without company. Thomas Brooks 得著確據的靈魂不願單獨奔走天路。 |
| Assurance is a glory in the bud, it is the suburbs
of paradise. Thomas Brooks 確據是含苞待放的榮耀，是鄰近樂園的郊區。 |
| Assurance makes heavy
afflictions light, long afflictions short, bitter afflictions sweet. Thomas Brooks 確據使得沈重的苦難變得輕省，漫長變成片刻，苦澀轉為甘甜。 |
| The more the soul is conformed to Christ, the more
confident it will be of its interest in Christ. Thomas Brooks 心靈越是合乎基督心意，對基督的確據一樣與日遽增。 |
| Though no man merits
assurance by his obedience, yet God usually crowns obedience with assurance. Thomas Brooks 雖然沒有人因為順服而得到確據，但上帝通常會為順服加上確據的冠冕。 |
| Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of
faith. Stephen Charnock 確據是出自信心根基的果實。 |
| Assurance is from God every
bit as much as faith is. J. C. P. Cockerton 確據如同信心，每一點一滴都來自於上帝。 |
| Assurance hath a narrow throat, and may be choked
with a small sin. Thomas Fuller 確據的咽喉很窄小，很容易就會被一點小罪噎到。 |
| Assurance is, as it were,
the cream of faith. William Gurnall 確據一向就是信心的精華。 |
| A well-grounded assurance of heaven and happiness,
instead of puffing a man up with pride, will make and keep him very humble. Matthew Henry 從天而來、充滿喜樂的確據不會把一個人吹噓得傲氣十足，反而會讓他萬分謙卑。 |
| I think the first essential
mark of the difference between true and false assurance is to be found in the fact that
the true works humility. A. A. Hodge 我想確據真偽假的辨別，基本之道就在於真正的確據行之以謙。 |
| Sin can never quite bereave a saint of his jewel,
his grace; but it may steal away the key of the cabinet, his assurance. William Jenkyn 罪惡全然無法奪去聖徒的珠寶，就是他所得到恩典；但是罪惡可以偷走珠寶櫃的鑰匙，那就是確據。 |
| The Holy Spirit is no
septic, and the things he has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but
assertions - surer and more certain than sense or life itself. Martin Luther 聖靈不是懷疑論者，祂寫在我們心上的不是懷疑及含糊的看法，而是堅定的信念 — 這信念遠比感覺或生命還來得確定。 |
| Faith is our seal; assurance of faith is God's seal. Christopher Nesse 信心是我們的簽章，信心的確據則是上帝的簽章。 |
| Assurance of hope is more
than life. It is health, strength, power, vigour, activity, energy, manliness,
beauty. J. C. Ryle 滿有確據的盼望不只是賦予生命，還加上健康、強壯、能力、活力、活動、精力、有氣概的、美麗的。 |
| No less a person than God is needed to assure us of
God's love. Richard Sibbes 上帝之外，無人能讓我們確信上帝的愛。 |
| If the priesthood of all
believers is the first fruit of justification, 'assurance' is the second. John R. W. Stott 如果「信者皆為祭司」是因信稱義的第一顆果實，那「信心確據」就是第二顆果實。 |
| A letter may be written, when it is not sealed; so
grace may be written in the heart, and the Spirit may not set the seal of assurance to it. Thomas Watson 信雖寫好，若未封緘豈能寄出；而若恩典已經寫在心上，聖靈若未以確據封緘，信徒何能得著幫助？ |
| Sanctification is the seed;
assurance is the flower which grows out of it. Thomas Watson 聖潔為種子，確據則是聖潔種子生成的花朵。 |
| The jewel of assurance is best kept in the cabinet
of a humble heart. Thomas Watson 確據的珠寶最好存放在謙卑心靈的盒子。 |