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One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner read more
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, read more
All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important read more
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in read more
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
