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- There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived…
- As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as…
- A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and…
- If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything…
- I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me. Neither do I have any right…
- That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it…
- The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The subtlety of Satan…
- As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as…
- There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the…
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