To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.''. -John Tillotson

 

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.''.


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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.''.

John Tillotson

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might also seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

John Tillotson

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

John Tillotson

Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

John Tillotson

So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very near it and have it almost in our hands it flies farther from us than it was at first.

John Tillotson