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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.

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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
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
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
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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Blood Growth Religious
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
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Moments Place Soul
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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God Money
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Break Children Father Spirit World
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Fire Food
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 soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.

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