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    After a storm comes a calm.

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    A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.

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    A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

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    All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.

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    All this and heaven too.

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    A man that is endued with the powers of reason, by which he is capable of knowing, serving, glorifying, and enjoying his Maker, and yet lives without God in the world, is certainly the most despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun.

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    A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.

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    As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

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    A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.

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    Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.

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    Blushing is the colour of virtue.

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    Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.

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    Brotherly love is the badge of Christ's disciples.

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    Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.

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    By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Him as Emmanuel, God with us.

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    Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.

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    Christ died. He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to follow Him, He left not silver or gold, but something far better-His PEACE!

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    Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

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    Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.

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    Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.

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    Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation.

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    Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.

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    Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.

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    Everlasting life is a jewel of too great a value to be purchased by the wealth of this world.

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    Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.

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    Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

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    For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel.

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    God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.

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    God cannot be represented by an image. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. We wrong God, and put an affront upon him, if we think so. God honoured man in making his soul after his own likeness; but man dishonours God if he makes him after the likeness of his body. The Godhead is spiritual, infinite, immaterial, incomprehensible, and therefore it is a very false and unjust conception which an image gives us of God.

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    God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.

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    God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.

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    God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

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    God took Eve from the side of Adam, not from his foot to be his menial or slave or servant, not from his head to be his mental superior, and did take him from that which is nearest his heart, that he might love her, and that which is under his arm, that he might protect her.

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    Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

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    Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.

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    Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.

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    He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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    He that is in haste may contract much guilt in a little time. What we say or do unadvisedly when we are hot, we must unsay or undo again when we are cool, or do worse.

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    He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

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    Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.

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    Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

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    Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church.

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    If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.

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    If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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    If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights, and our family worship the most valuable of our family comforts. This will sanctify to us all the conveniences of our houses, and reconcile us to the inconveniences of it.

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    If we would be angry and not sin, we must be angry at nothing but sin; and we should be more jealous for the glory of God than for any interest or reputation of our own.

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    In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.

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    In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the instructions that are given us unless our minds be possessed with a holy reverence of God, and every thought within us be brought into obedience to Him.... As all our knowledge must take rise from the fear of God, so it must tend to it as its perfection and centre. Those know enough who know how to fear God, who are careful in every thing to please Him and fearful of offending Him in any thing; this is the Alpha and Omega of knowledge.

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    I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either not fit for me, or I shall have it in due time.

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    I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.