"In knowing God, each of us also knows himself."
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"When a certain shameless fellow mockingly asked a pious old man what God had done before the creation of the world the latter aptly countered that he had been building hell for the curious."
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"Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it."
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"Lawful worship consists in obedience alone."
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"The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith."
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"When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?"
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"Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law"
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"A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction"
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"Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'."
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"There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom."
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"All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good."
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"Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men."
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"If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is impossible for any man to obtain even the minutest portion of right and sound doctrine without being a disciple of Scripture."
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"When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life, but even despise and scorn it."
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"Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to do, they measure him by their own carnal stupidity, and neglecting solid inquiry, fly off to indulge their curiosity in vain speculation."
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"Satan, who is a wonderful contriver of delusions, is constantly laying snares to entrap ignorant and heedless people."
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"He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him."
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"While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it."
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"It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be spectators of this beauteous theatre, but also enjoy the multiplied abundance and variety of good things which are presented to us in it."
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"To crave wealth and honor, to demand power, to pile up riches, to gather all those vanities which seem to make for pomp and empty display, that is our furious passion and our unbounded desire.On the other hand, we fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means."
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