Tell me how it is that in this room there are three candles and but one light, and I will explain to you the mode of the Divine existence.
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John Wesley Quote
“If we take away this foundation, that man is by nature foolish and sinful, fallen short of the glorious image of God, the Christian system falls at once ; nor will it deserve as honorable an appellation as that of a cunningly devised fable.”
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