Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that; He knows best wheat is good for us. If your boy should ask you for a suit of clothes and give you reasons, would… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us. — John Selden Copy Share Image
We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth. — John Selden Copy Share
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet. — John Selden Copy Share
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we… — John Selden Copy Share
We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered… — John Selden Copy Share
Talk what you will of the Jews,--that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their… — John Selden Copy Share
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious… — John Selden Copy Share
Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written. — John Selden Copy Share
Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and… — John Selden Copy Share
