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This is the highest point of conformity with God, and the nearest resemblance of our Father. To be like him in wisdom, that wretched aim, did cast men as low as hell, but to aspire unto a likeness in love, lifts up the s…
Self-love is the greatest enemy to true Christian love, and pride is the fountain of self-love.
The bond of creation was great, but the tie of redemption is greater. God gave a being to man, that is enough. But God to become a miserable man for man, that is infinitely more. Fellow creatures, that is sufficient for…
If a man be not lowly, to sit down below offences and infirmities, his love cannot rise above them.
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This is the highest point of conformity with God, and the nearest resemblance of our Father. To be like him in wisdom, that wretched aim, did cast men as low as hell, but to aspire unto a likeness in love, lifts up the s…
Self-love is the greatest enemy to true Christian love, and pride is the fountain of self-love.
The bond of creation was great, but the tie of redemption is greater. God gave a being to man, that is enough. But God to become a miserable man for man, that is infinitely more. Fellow creatures, that is sufficient for…
If a man be not lowly, to sit down below offences and infirmities, his love cannot rise above them.