William Chillingworth quotes
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“If men do their best endeavours to free themselves from all errors, and yet fail of it through human frailty, so well I am persuaded of the goodness of God, that if in me alone should meet a confluence of all such errors of all the Protestants in the world that were thus qualified, I should not be so much afraid of them all, as I should be to ask pardon for them.”
-- William ChillingworthSource : William Chillingworth (1820). “The works of William Chillingworth, 1: in three volumes”, p.111
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“Passionate expression and vehement assertion are no arguments, unless it be of the weakness of the cause that is defended by them, or of the man that defends it.”
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“I once knew a man out of courtesy help a lame dog over a stile, and he for requital bit his fingers.”
-- William ChillingworthSource : 'The Religion of Protestants' (1637)
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Source : Adin Ballou (1848). “Christian non-resistance, in all its important bearings, illustrated and defended”, p.87
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“The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.”
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“The work that Christ started but could not finish, I - Adolf Hitler - will conclude.”
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“I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.”
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