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For as false doctrine is the original cause of all evil plagues and destruction, so is the true executing of the law of God and the preaching of the same, the mother of all godly prosperity.

— Myles Coverdale Coverdale Bible (1535)

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The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.

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If thou be a preacher, and hast the oversight of the flock of Christ, awake and feed Christ's sheep with a good heart ...

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In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun, which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.

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... be ever reading, exhorting, and teaching in God's word, that the people of God run not unto other doctrines ...

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... seeing that light is come into the world, love no more the works of darkness, receive not the grace of God in vain.

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