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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!

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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
I believe because it is absurd.
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Believe Myself
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
See how these Christians love one another.
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Love Religious Togetherness
If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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Earth Religious Sky
How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Devil Men Sick
The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Blood Christian Seed
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
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Enough God Men Reveal
The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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Nature Poet Rumor
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
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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Hate Ignorance Men Philosophy
For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be slaughtered-if, according to that discipline of ours, it was not more lawful to be slain than to slay?
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Discipline Law Willing
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
Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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Inspirational Work
Patience is God’s nature.
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God Nature One Liner Patience Religious
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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God Human Way
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Fire Food
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Death Philosophy Pleasure
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Character Eyes Woman
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Lust Religious Soul

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