You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do you suppose this would be any excuse for you, if you should commit the same crime?
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The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is.Jupiter Hammon
If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you and make you think lightly of it, and that it is a book of no worth.
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Riches and honours which drown the greater part of mankind, who have the gospel, in perdition, can be little or no temptations to us.
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It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out.
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Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is.
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We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
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