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The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by
the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things
doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble
and well placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit
into a conformity with the perfections which it loves.
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We must not indulge our inclinations, as we do little children, till they grow weary of the thing they are unwilling to let go. We must not continue our sinful practices in hopes that the divine grace will one day overpower our spirits, and make us hate them for their own deformity.
Henry Scougal
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Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.
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Henry Scougal
Born:
1650
Died:
1678
(aged 28)
Bio:
Henry Scougal was a Scottish theologian, minister and author.
Known for:
The life of God, in the soul of man
The works of the Rev. Henry Scougal
God's Abundant Life
Ascent of the Pilgrim: Pilgrim's Pantry
Henry Scougal on Wikipedia
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