To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.
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Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse but when they come to be men, they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at
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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.
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