Death did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The… — Joseph Hall Abel Copy Share Image
No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do… — Joseph Hall Affliction Copy Share Image
There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the… — Joseph Hall Bosoms Copy Share Image
Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can… — Joseph Hall Adversity Copy Share Image
Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to… — Joseph Hall Extremes Copy Share Image
For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his… — Joseph Hall Being thankful Copy Share Image
Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of… — Joseph Hall Adversity Copy Share Image
Sorrows, because they are lingering guests, I will entertain but moderately, knowing that the more they are made of the longer they… — Joseph Hall Best friend Copy Share Image
That which the French proverb hath of sickness is true of all evils, that they come on horseback, and go away on… — Joseph Hall Evil Copy Share Image
Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in… — Joseph Hall Benevolence Copy Share Image
There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the… — Joseph Hall Action Copy Share Image
As you see in a pair of bellows, there is a forced breath without life, so in those that are puffed up… — Joseph Hall Breaths Copy Share Image
Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good. — Joseph Hall Best things Copy Share Image
The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow… — Joseph Hall Grows Copy Share Image
Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all,… — Joseph Hall Guilty Copy Share Image
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. — Joseph Hall Birth Copy Share Image
This field is so spacious that it were easy for a man to lose himself in it; and if I should spend… — Joseph Hall Easy Copy Share Image
Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask. — Joseph Hall Asks Copy Share Image
God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with… — Joseph Hall Creatures Copy Share Image
Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow… — Joseph Hall Blunt Copy Share Image
[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes. — Joseph Hall Bed Copy Share Image
How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page. — Joseph Hall Creatures Copy Share Image
Gospel ministers should not only be like dials on watches, or mile-stones upon the road, but like clocks and larums, to sound… — Joseph Hall Alarms Copy Share Image
The idle man is the Devil's cushion, on which he taketh his free ease: who, as he is uncapable of any good,… — Joseph Hall Cushions Copy Share Image
Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies… — Joseph Hall Ambition Copy Share Image
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