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God Quotes by Joseph Hall
- Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.
- No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do him the favour…
- Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all or…
- What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful…
- If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.
- Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees…
- God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.
- We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.
- How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.
- Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of the church, and…
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