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Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.

— Matthew Henry A commentary upon the holy Bible: Job to Salomon's song (1835)

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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life.

He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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