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

— 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)

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)

The Lord Jesus Christ would have the whole world to know, that though He pardons sin, He will not protect it.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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