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Slip 102E
Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
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Exodus 39–40, 1 Peter 1–5
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
At such a time I must arm myself and encounter the devil with this text, namely: That Jesus Christ died for me, and through him I have a gracious God and Father; Christ hath made an atonement for me.
After conversion we need bruising so that we might remember that we are reeds and not oaks. Even reeds need bruising because of the remaining pride in our nature and to show us that we live by mercy. Such bruising may he…
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.