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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

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
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God Jesus Christ Name Particular People Person Remember Think Thinking
It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing
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Chance Ignorance Man Nature Philosophically Real Reason Strictly
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.
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Act Communicate Devotion Fault Great Happiness Happy Other Sacrifice Self
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
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
Anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men’s ignorance of the real an immediate cause.
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Agent Anything Event Ignorance Immediate Merely Real Signify Truly
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
Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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Consider Deeply Duty Holy Interest Read Scripture
The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea Islands.
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Country Custom Discovered East Island Noticed Old Prevail Still Testament
All abuse and waste of God’s creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.
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Abuse Creation Creator Creature God Property Robbery Spoil Waste
He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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Cleansed Completely Death Die Fit Glory Sanctified Sin State
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
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
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts
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Bible God Holiness Man Precept Promise Reasonableness Wise
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
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

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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