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The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and in the room thereof a home-bred idol of self-sufficiency set up, and the world persuaded to worship it. But that the building climb no higher, let all men observe how the word of God overthrows this babylonian tower.

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John Owen · The Advantage of the Kingdom of Christ in the Shaking of the Kingdoms of the World (sermon on Ezek. 17:24 preached before the House of Commons, 24 October 1651), in Works, ed. William H. Goold, vol. 8 (London and Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter, [1850–53]), p. 335
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