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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

Adam Clarke

Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father’s house into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining.
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Busy Dark Death Entry Father Good Little Man Room
If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God
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Apostle Follower Forward Hope Jesus Jesus Christ Man Original Patience Spirit Strong Trusting
Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connection with the body; and that it required the dissolution of this physical connection before the moral contagion could be removed.
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Connection Detained Evil Moral Papist Physical Soul
Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility.
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Account Attendant Degree Heard History Lord Saw Spirit
However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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Absorbed Gift Man Must Nothing Preacher Seem
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
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Assuming Deeply Dense Frequently Grab Humility Mask Pride Under
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
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Arrived Degree Eminence Fame Memorial Person Private Public Regretted Written
There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
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Accident Cause Ignorance Merely Real Signify Some Word
Man may be considered as having a twofold origin – natural, which is common and the same to all – patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.
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Common Considered Family Human Man Natural Origin Patronymic Race Same Twofold
Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a present in their hands.
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Approach Bible Island King People Sea Verse
He will enable you to pull down the strong holds of sin and Satan, and that work by which he is pleased will prosper in your hands.
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Enable Hand Jesus Christ Pleased Prosper Satan Sin Strong
To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
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Assert Infinite More Perfection Source Suppose
They must have given up the good opinion of the multitude; and they chose rather to lose their souls than to forfeit their reputation among men!
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Forfeit Good Lose Multitude Opinion Reputation Soul
If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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Faithful Servant God Heart Honor Spirit
To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.
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Fill Filled Fullness Great Greater Thing
This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.
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Creating Holiness Jesus Jesus Christ Likeness Man Perfection Restoration

Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

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