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One great law for all who would be truly led by God's Pillar of cloud and fire, is to take no step at the bidding of self-will or without the clear moving of the heavenly Guide. Though the direction be new and the way seem beset with difficulty, there is never any risk, provided we are only led of God. Each new advance needs separate and special authority from Him, and yesterday's guidance is not sufficient for to-day.

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Jonathan Edwards · Charity and Its Fruits; or, Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life, ed. Tryon Edwards (London: James Nisbet & Co., 1852), Lecture VIII, "The Spirit of Charity the Opposite of a Selfish Spirit" (1 Cor. 13:5), p. 157
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