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    Within that awful volume lies
    The mystery of mysteries!
    Happiest they of human race,
    To whom God has granted grace
    To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
    To lift the latch, and force the way:
    And better had they ne'er been born,
    Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

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But Thy good word informs my soul
How I may climb to heaven.

But Thy good word informs my soul
How I may climb to heaven.

by Isaac Watts Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.

Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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His studie was but litel on the Bible.

His studie was but litel on the Bible.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere
Free from corruption, or entire, or clear,
Are uncorrupt, sufficient, read more

And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere
Free from corruption, or entire, or clear,
Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire
In all things which our needful faith require.

by John Dryden Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man who was read more

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the
God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my
tongue.

by Bible Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun,
It gives a light to every age,
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A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun,
It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.

by William Cowper Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse;
This book of starres lights to eternal blisse.

Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse;
This book of starres lights to eternal blisse.

by George Herbert Found in: Scripture Quotes,
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It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the
Gospel is good fare."

It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the
Gospel is good fare."

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The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

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