"The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning."

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“To fish in troubled waters.”

“Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever.”

“Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.”

“I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.”

“It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.”

“The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it.”

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