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Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church. – William Ames

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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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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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Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us. – William Ames

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I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family. – Jesse Helms

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To know a persons religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. – Eric Hoffer

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