| "Therefore, quit trying to persuade me; for I am His servant, and I will follow Him." (79) "they who lack the beginning have neither middle nor end." (331) "...this Man will die before one of those committed to His trust should be lost." (368) "those who throw dirt at him are such as hate his goodness, but...the dirt will not stick upon his clothes; and so it will be with anyone who truly lives innocently in the world. Whoever they be that would make such men dirty, they labor all in vain, for in time, God will cause their innocence to shine like the dawn and their righteousness as the noonday." (377) "Though because of worldly desires, faithless ones can pawn, mortgage, or sell what they have--and themselves to boot--yet those who have faith, Saving Faith--though perhaps little of it--can't do it. Here, therefore, my Brother, is your mistake." (168) "Thus being launched again into the gulf of misery, they perish and eternally in their own deceptions unless a miracle of grace prevents it." (199) "To eat up the sin of God's people is no sign that one possesses their virtues. Nor can I belieave that one who is of this opinion can presently have in him faith or love." (333) "True," said Christian, "I was born in your empire. Yet serving you was hard, and the wages you paid were such that a man couldn't live on them, 'for the wages of sin is death.' " (78) "until grace displays itself and overcomes the soul with its glory, it's entirely without strength to oppose sin... nor will any who understands either reason or grace believe that such a man can be a monument to grace when he is a slave to his own corruptions." (345) "What is more worthy than the use of the tongue and mouth of people on Earth than to speak of the things of the God of Heaven?" (101) "...when He passes sentence upon all the workers of iniquity, be they angels or men, you'll also have a voice in that judgment because they were His and your enemies." (207) "When in bed, we need not lie awake to talk with God. He can visit us while we sleep and cause us then to hear His voice. Our heart often wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to it either by words and proverbs or by signs and similitudes, as well as if one were awake." (291) |
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