"Although I never lack the presence and plain……" — John Knox
"Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels."
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32 Quotes by John Knox
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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods…
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I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
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I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again.…
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to…
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As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching…
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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have…
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As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is…
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The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is…
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Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither…
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Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth…
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More Abounds Quotes
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most…
— Teresa of Avila
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
— Mel Brooks
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
— Samuel Butler
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There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise,…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Beer is a wholesome liquor.....it abounds with nourishment
— Benjamin Rush
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
— John Owen
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Like taxes, radioactivity has long been with us and in increasing amounts; it is not to be hated and feared,…
— Unknown Author
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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
— Calvin Coolidge
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One of the greatest blessings we can offer to the world is the power of a Christ-centered home where the…
— Richard G. Scott
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O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains…
— Pope Leo XIII
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Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money.
— Marsilio Ficino
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This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are…
— Richard V. Allen
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