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An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith wicked men commonly confess their sins by wholesale, We are all sinners but the true penitent confesses his sins by retail.
Thomas Brooks
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Thomas Brooks
Age: 77 †
Born: 1880
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: February 15
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Thurgoland
South Yorkshire
Thomas Judson Brooks
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Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.
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That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.
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Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.
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The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.
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An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown.
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If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy.
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If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer 'Action!'
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