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.
ADAM CLARKEI have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
More Adam Clarke Quotes
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Al its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
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This is the case with thousands: they appear desirous of knowing the truth, but have not patience to wait in a proper way to receive an answer to their question.
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Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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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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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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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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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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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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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect
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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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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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