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That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
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Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching,…
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a…
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the…
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Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it…
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If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were…
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Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do…
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Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too…
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If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of…
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How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had…
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a…
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The mind always functions in an eccentric way, the mind is always an idiot. The really intelligent person has no mind. Intelligence…
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Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.
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Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
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If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people.…
— John Eliot
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Seriously, I do not know what to say of this book [ Absalom, Absalom!] except that it seem to point to the…
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