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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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“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit.”

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

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

“Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.”

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“The thing framed says that nothing framed it; the tongue never made itself to speak, and yet talks against him that did; saying that which is made, is, and that which made it, is not. But this folly is infinite as hell, as much without light or bound as the chaos or the primitive nothing.”

Made Light Speak Hell Atheism Infinite Chaos Bounds Tongue Made It Folly Primitive Framed

Book:The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor ...: And, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy Dying : with a Biographical Memoir

Source: The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor ...: And, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy Dying : with a Biographical Memoir

“Certain it is, that as nothing can better do it; so there is nothing greater, for which God made our tongues, next to reciting His praises, than to minister comfort to a weary soul.”

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

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

“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.”

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

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