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Jeremy Taylor, a renowned English author, was born on August 15, 1613, and passed away on August 13, 1667. His works, primarily focused on religion and philosophy, have been highly appreciated by readers.

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“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.”

“No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.”

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“Humility is like a tree, whose root when it sets deepest in the earth rises higher, and spreads fairer and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every step of its descent is like a rib of iron.”

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Book:The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: Life of Christ

Source: The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: Life of Christ

“God is everywhere present by His power. He rolls the orbs of heaven with His hand; He fixes the earth with His foot; He guides all creatures with His eye, and refreshes them with His influence; He makes the powers of hell to shake with His terrors, and binds the devils with His word.”

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Book:The House of Understanding: Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Taylor by Margaret Gest

Source: The House of Understanding: Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Taylor by Margaret Gest

“God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.”

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Book:The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: With an Essay, Biographical and Critical ...

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