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Though sin may be in the Christian, yet it hath no more dominion over him; he hath an unfeigned respect to all God's commandments, making conscience even of little sins and little duties.

— Joseph Alleine Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Two sorts of peace are more to be dreaded than all the troubles in the world — peace with sin, and peace in sin.

An Alarm to the Unconverted aka A Sure Guide to Heaven (1671)

There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

If thy hope be any thing worth, it will purify thee from thy sins.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Converting grace puts God on the throne, and the world at His footstool; Christ in the heart, and the world under Hisfeet.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

"Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service."

An Alarm to the Unconverted aka A Sure Guide to Heaven (1671)

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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