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He that would die well must always look for death, every day knocking at the gates of the grave; and then the gates of the grave shall never prevail upon him to do him mischief.

— Jeremy Taylor

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Charity is the great channel through which God passes all his mercy upon mankind.

Holy Dying (1651)

Whoever persecutes a disagreeing person, arms all the world against himself, and all pious people of his own persuasion.

Θεολογία Εκλεκτική: Of the Liberty of Prophesying (1647)

Faith, hope, and charity are the best weapons in the world to fight against intemperance.

Holy Living (1650)

No man speaks more unreasonably, then he that denies to men the use of their Reason in choice of their Religion.

Θεολογία Εκλεκτική: Of the Liberty of Prophesying (1647)

Nothing is to be esteemed evil which God and nature have fixed with eternal sanction.

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