"Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of the Son of God...Would you, then, see the true demerit of sin?-take the measure of it from the mediation of Christ, especially his cross."

-- John Owen

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“My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 161), 1895.
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
“We eat, therefore we hunt.”
“A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.”
“Painting is marvelous; it makes you happier and more patient. Afterwards you do not have black fingers as with writing, but blue and red ones.”
“Our ignorance of God is too great, because our estimations of God are too little.”

Source : Stephen Charnock (1815). “The Works of the Late Rev. Stephen Charnock ... With a Prefatory Dedication and Memoir”, p.666
“I believe That angels breathe And that love will live on and never leave”
“The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.”

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