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Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall

Life, Running, Ties

"The Holy State and the Profane State". Book by Thomas Fuller, Book III, 1642.

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Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

Joseph Hall

Wise, Men, Judging

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Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Joseph Hall

Long, Envy, Care

Joseph Hall (1824). “Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall”, p.296

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Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate.

Joseph Hall

Littles, Lasts, Would Be

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Try to be of some use to others.

Joseph Hall

Trying, Use, Benevolence

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Christian society is like a bundle of sticks laid together, whereof one kindles another. Solitary men have fewest provocations to evil, but, again, fewest incitations to good. So much as doing good is better than not doing evil will I account Christian good-fellowship better than an hermitish and melancholy solitariness.

Joseph Hall

Christian, Men, Evil

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.21

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If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Joseph Hall

Christian, Rain, Shining

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “Works: Devotional works”, p.120

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Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Joseph Hall

Teacher, Appreciation, Knowledge

Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall DD Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings”, p.82

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It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

Joseph Hall

Sweet, Flower, Drawing

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It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Joseph Hall

Soul, Sin

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Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Joseph Hall

Let Me, Knows

Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology”, p.75

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What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.

Joseph Hall

Thank You, Memories, Silence

Joseph Hall (1837). “Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings”, p.11

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Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Joseph Hall

Death, Dying, Borders

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Practical works”, p.175

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The life of doctrine is in application.

Joseph Hall

Doctrine, Application

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “Works: Some specialities in the life of Bishop Hall. Letter from the Tower. Bishop Hall's Hard measure. Contemplations on the Old Testament”, p.381

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How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of their own strength and glory, and to be lifted up so high as to lose sight both of the ground whence they rose, and the hand that advanced them.

Joseph Hall

Men, Sight, Hands

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 532, 1895.

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The godly man contrarily is afraid of nothing; not of God, because he knows Him his best friend, and will not hurt him; not of Satan, because he cannot hurt him; not of afflictions, because he knows they come from a loving God, and end in his good; not of the creatures, since "the very stones in the field are in league with Him;" not of himself, since his conscience is at peace.

Joseph Hall

Hurt, Godly, Men

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We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

Joseph Hall

Wise, Wish, Firsts

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.65

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A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Joseph Hall

Positive, Eye, Character

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It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.

Joseph Hall

Christian, Meditation, Divine

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 406, 1895.

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Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Joseph Hall

Prayer, Home, Should

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Revenge commonly hurts both the offerer and sufferer; as we see in a foolish bee, which in her anger invenometh the flesh and loseth her sting, and so lives a drone ever after.

Joseph Hall

Hurt, Revenge, Drones

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There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed us not. Afflictions cannot hurt us without our own impatience. Temptations cannot hurt us, without our own yieldance. Death could not hurt us, without the sting of our own sins. Sins could not hurt us, without our own impenitence.

Joseph Hall

Hurt, Hands, Temptation

Joseph Hall (1867). “Devotions, Sacred Aphorisms and Religious Table Talk: Selected from the Writings of the Eminently Pious and Learned Bishop Hall ; to which is Prefixed a Brief Memoir of the Author”, p.396

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He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

Joseph Hall

Humble, Men, Thinking

Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.65

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Now you say, alas! Christianity is hard; I grant it; but gainful and happy. I contemn the difficulty when I respect the advantage. The greatest labors that have answerable requitals are less than the least that have no regard. Believe me, when I look to the reward, I would not have the work easier. It is a good Master whom we serve, who not only pays, but gives; not after the proportion of our earnings, but of His own mercy.

Joseph Hall

Believe, Giving, Looks

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Perfection is the child of time.

Joseph Hall

Time, Children, Perfection

'Works' (1625) p. 670

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Born: July 1, 1574
Died: September 8, 1656
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