"It is not birth only, nor propinquity of……" — John Knox
"It is not birth only, nor propinquity of blood, that makes a king lawfully to reign above a people professing Christ Jesus and his eternal verity; but in his election must the ordinance, which God has established in the election of inferior judges, be observed."
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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 Birth Quotes
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The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason…
— David Attenborough
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Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.
— Marcus Aurelius
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As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
— Francis Bacon
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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as…
— Francis Bacon
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They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should…
— Ginger Baker
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
— James A. Baldwin
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
— Joyce Banda
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
— Amelia Barr
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Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.
— Roseanne Barr
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The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from…
— Charles Baudelaire
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
— Samuel Beckett
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Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
— Max Beerbohm
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