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Thus even the most wicked are an example to us that throughout the world the knowledge of God has some power in the hearts of all people.

The blasphemy of the papists is damnable, when they pretend that the light of Scripture merely dazzles the eye. This

If I were inclined to compile a whole volume from Augustine, I could easily show my readers, that I need no words but his.

error can never be eradicated from the heart of man until the true knowledge of God has been implanted in it

true knowledge of God and of the secret of his wisdom comes from faith, because the obedience of faith opens to us the gate of the Kingdom of Heaven.

To this it must be added that a sincere love of the law of God is a sure sign of our adoption because it is a work of the Spirit. . .

Thus Paul denies that the causes of our election can be sought anywhere except in the hidden good pleasure of God. This

The sum is, that man cannot claim a single particle of righteousness to himself, without at the same time detracting from the glory of the divine righteousness.

those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.

Therefore, we are today far from wrong in applying this prophecy to the papists, who urge celibacy and abstinence from foods more forcefully than any precept of God. They

colleagues.' 'Whatever. But Kara called me up

The moral bottom had dropped out of my world without changing a mote of sunlight.

The God-given vocation of theology is to be a servant of the Truth, never his self-appointed master.

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

In later life, people will be impressed that you can quote Shakespeare, and you will sound very intelligent. It's harder to quote trigonometry, or quadratic equations, and not half as romantic.

I]gnorance was never an obstacle to a good sound bite.

I don't think you can dial 911 for a literary emergency.

His features were smudged and indistinct, as though a thumb had smeared itself across an ink drawing of a face. His

Mum," said Christopher. "It's a demon. I don't think a poker will hurt it." "It will where I'm going to put it," said Mrs. Mayer.

Angel and Louis in particular could have catalyzed a coma victim back to consciousness. He knew where Parker and the others were

Yonder come little David With his rock and sling I don't wanna meet him, He's a dangerous man. —"Sit Down Servant" (Traditional)

Americans had endured centuries of patronization by the British. One became inured to it after a while.

He believes it might have been Mark Twain who said that history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.