The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
WILLIAM COWPERA life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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