John Pearson Quotes

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• Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God.
• By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of…
• Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.
• Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the…
• The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the…
• They which have no hope of a life to come, may extend their griefs for the loss of this, and equal the days of their…
• Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition.
• Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth,…
• We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but…

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