The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.
ADAM CLARKEThis 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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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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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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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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I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
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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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Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.
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They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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All abuse and waste of God’s creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.
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Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
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Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.
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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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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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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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