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A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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Beautiful Lust Religious
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced…the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.
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Principles Religious
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
He who flees will fight again.
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Fight Himself Run
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
Patience is God’s nature.
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God Nature One Liner Patience Religious
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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Conquer God Prayer
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
I believe because it is absurd.
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Believe Myself
Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Growth Old Truth
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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Born Death Difference Life
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Hope One Liner Patience
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Men Moments Prayer
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline Faith Judgement Quality
We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Believe Himself Men Religious
The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Deep Present
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Enemy Hurt Religious
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Forgiveness God Let Go Truth

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