Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like … - John Tillotson

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You need a relationship with Jesus, and I had never heard that before. So when my mom told me about that, I said, "Okay, let me try this. " And so I did.

John Tillotson

Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.

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Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

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