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As prayer without faith is but a beating of the air, so trust without prayer but a presumptuous bravado. He that promises to give, and bids us trust His promises, commands us to pray, and expects obedience to his commands. He will give, but not without our asking.
Puritan Sermons 1659-1689, Richard Owen Roberts, 1981, v.1, p. 374.
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Do not then spend the strength of your zeal for your religion in censuring others. The man that is most busy in censuring others is always least employed in examining himself.
A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 278.
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The man that is most busy in censuring others is always least employed in examining himself.