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Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Havering
Heaven
Find
Sinners
Sinner
Finds
Tongue
Ears
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Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.
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Too much is a vanity enough is a feast.
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Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds.
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Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
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To fear death is the way to live long to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
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Wouldst thou multiply thy riches? diminish them wisely or wouldst thou make thy estate entire? divide it charitably. Seeds that are scattered increase but, hoarded up, they perish.
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Thy ignorance in unrevealed mysteries is the mother of a saving faith, and thy understanding in revealed truths is the mother of a sacred knowledge understand not therefore that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand understanding is the wages of a lively faith and faith is the reward of an humble ignorance.
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Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
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It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.
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Death aims with fouler spiteAt fairer marks.
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That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving to God for its success.
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Think not thy love to God merits God's love to thee His acceptance of thy duty crowns His own gifts in thee man's love to God is nothing but a faint reflection of God's love to man.
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If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink the chronical disease of Popularity is shame if thou be once up, beware from fame to infamy is a beaten road.
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I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed.
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Even as the needle that directs the hour, (Touched with the loadstone) by the secret power Of hidden Nature, points upon the pole Even so the wavering powers of my soul, Touch'd by the virtue of Thy spirit, flee From what is earth, and point alone to Thee.
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Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.
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