Quote by William Ames
The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God. – William Ames

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Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things. – William Ames

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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us the hearing of the word and prayer. – William Ames

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The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. – William Ames

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Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt. – Martin Scorsese

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So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they dont want to hear any of that. – Pat Boone

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I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people – not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion… some places where theres just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult. – Lionel Richie

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