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Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions

Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
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Feigned
Godliness
Easily
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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