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John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English lawyer, historian, and philosopher. Limited information is available, but he is known for his contributions to the fields of law, history, and philosophy.

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“Nothing is text but what is spoken of in the Bible and meant there for person and place; the rest is application; which a discreet man may do well; but it is his scripture, not the Holy Ghost's. First, in your sermons use your logic, and then your rhetoric; rhetoric without logic is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root.”

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“Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?”

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Book:Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq

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“Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.”

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Book:Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes

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“To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.”

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Book:Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq

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