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While you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.
John Selden
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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body 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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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that he knows best what is good for us.
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The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.
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