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Therefore the words in Psalm 72:7: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace...
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With reference to the elect we might distinguish between three classes. First, there are those who a...
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Love is not only pure joy, and delight, but also great and deep heaviness of heart and sorrow. But l...
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But what, then, is original sin? According to the Apostle it is not only the lack of a good quality ...
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‎What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We sho...
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If anyone attempted to rule the world by the gospel and to abolish all temporal law and sword on the...
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In his life Christ is an example showing
us how to live in his death he is a sacrifice satisfyi...
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
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I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I poss...
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Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me. Amen!
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I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
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I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined t...
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How often have not the demons called 'Nix,' drawn women and girls into the water, and there had comm...
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The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good...
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Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.
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The fewer words the better prayer.
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Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus For some years now I have read through the Bible tw...
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Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Continuing a short series on prayer: I h...
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Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 All who call on God in true faith, earne...
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Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 I have held many things in my hands...
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Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Let every man recognize what he is, and b...
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Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Chri...
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Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three a...
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Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543 All who call on God in true faith, ear...
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Feast of the Holy Innocents The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings th...
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Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Here is the truly Christian life, here is...
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Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles It is for Christ's sake that we believe in the Sc...
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Man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body, in order to work on its account, but also f...
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Continuing a short series on Romans 8: [Of vv. 4-13] You must not understand flesh here as ...
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Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 The authority of Scripture is greater tha...
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Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible: Chris...
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Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to ...
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Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730 I have held many things in my hands,...
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Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your ene...
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For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel
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The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flou...
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