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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready

If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.

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Fighting, Men, Giving

Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many failings which must be borned with by others.

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Be Patient, Failing, Endeavor
St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1542, Moody Publishers

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

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Temptation, Who We Are, Shows

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

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Acceptance, Cast Away, Crosses

Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.

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Men, Wings, Two
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

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Advice, Feelings, Might

Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.

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Giving Up, Lust, Asceticism

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

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Remember, Duty, Position

No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.

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Order, Temptation, Secret

I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.

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Book, Littles, Found
G K Chesterton, John Bunyan, Brother Lawrence, Andrew Murray, R A Torrey (2013). “Hendrickson Christian Classics Audio Library”, p.18, Hendrickson Publishers

A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.

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Heaven, Grace, Soul

O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.

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Giving, Done, Lord

When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.

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Spiritual, Powerful, Giving

A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.

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Jesus, Growth, Spirit
"Imitation of Christ". Book by Thomas a Kempis, Book II, Chapter I,

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

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All Things, Ifs, Thyself

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

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Book, Heart, Glasses

Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.

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Sweet, Love Is, Light

It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.

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Mind, Gains, God Love
Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.7, Courier Corporation

Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.

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Teacher, Heart, Light

Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.

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Flattery, Rich, Willing

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

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Love, Believe, Loving Someone

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

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Spiritual, Inspirational Life, Men
"Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume".

My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil self by the sight of some delightful good in the present. Let it not overcome me, my God. Let not flesh and blood conquer me. Let not the world and its brief glory deceive me, nor the devil trip me by his craftiness. Give me courage to resist, patience to endure, and constancy to persevere. Give me the soothing unction of Your spirit rather than all the consolations of the world, and in place of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Your name.

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Love, Sight, Self
Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.74, Courier Corporation

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

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Fighting, Men, Lust

Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.

Thomas a Kempis
Reading, Humble, Men

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