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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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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
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
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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Atheist Men Nature Prayer
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
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Apperance Blind Easy Kind
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Born Death Religious
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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Dog God Sarcastic Truth
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Deep Present
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Character Eyes Woman
Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Fear Foundation Safety
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
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
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
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence

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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