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Madam, in God's presence I speak: I never delighted in the weeping of any of God's creatures; yea I can scarcely well abide the tears of my own boys whom my own hand corrects, much less can I rejoice in your Majesty's weeping.

— John Knox The Thundering Scot (1957)

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I have a testimony this day in my conscience, before God, however the world rage.

From a corrupt and venomed fountain can spring no wholesome water.

The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstruous Regiment of Women (1558)

But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.

The very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks.

I am a watchman...For that reason I am bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.

World Studies for Christian Schools (2000)

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