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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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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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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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If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, youll get back cash. If you dont have faith, youll get soggy bread. – Don King

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Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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