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 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, 
and beat upon that house; and it read more 
 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, 
and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded 
upon a rock. 
 No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a 
Chappell hard by.
 [No sooner read more 
 No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a 
Chappell hard by.
 [No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel 
hard by.] 
 It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
 [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium read more 
 It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
 [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.] 
 To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy 
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of read more 
 To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy 
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church.
 [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,
  Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.] 
 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat 
countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot read more 
 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat 
countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be referred 
to any other object, point as with silent finger to the sky and 
stars. 
The nearer the church, the further from God.
The nearer the church, the further from God.
 I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of 
mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily read more 
 I never weary of great churches. It is my favourite kind of 
mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when 
it made a cathedral. 
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
 It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast 
themselves most of their being near to read more 
 It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast 
themselves most of their being near to the Church.