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Joseph Hall, a renowned English writer, was born on July 1, 1574, and died on September 8, 1656. Known for his satirical works, Hall's influence has been profound on subsequent literature and thought.

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Famous Joseph Hall Quotes

“Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they posses, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it.”

People Should Shows Wealth Rich Rich People Doing Good Posse Trustees

Author:Joseph Hall

“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.”

Sweet Flower Drawing Touching Honey Bees Abiding

Author:Joseph Hall

“I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.”

Together Mets Vanity Ostentation

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

“The idle man is the devil's cushion.”

Men Devil Laziness Idle Cushions

Book:Works: Devotional works

Source: Works: Devotional works

“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.”

Knows Men Ends Hurt Fields Creatures Conscience Stones League Satan Affliction Godly Loving God Godliness Godly Man

Author:Joseph Hall

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

Science Lost Given Knowledge Rich Grace Teacher Appreciation Torture Jewels Impart Inspirational Teacher Great Teaching Being A Teacher Concealment

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall DD Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall DD Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings

“Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it. They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead, for those who give not of their property till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.”

People Ifs Giving Should Shows Purpose Dies Wealth Rich Property Reserves Rich People Doing Good Benevolence Trustees

Author:Joseph Hall

“Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.”

I Can Christian Religious Bears Weakness Adversity Thanksgiving Affliction

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

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

Should Home Asks Prayer Good Prayer

Author:Joseph Hall

“Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men like poisoned rats, which, when they have tasted of their bane, cannot rest till they drink, and then can much less rest till they die”

Men Want Enough Dies Enjoy Enemy Drink Ambition Rats Torment Bane Discontentment

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

“No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do him the favour to whip him. The world afflicts him not, because it loves him: for each man is indulgent to his own. God uses not the rod where He means to use the Word. The pillory or scourge is for those malefactors that shall escape execution.”

Ifs Men World Mean Use Christian Born Blessing Gods Will Christian Life Execution Affliction Favour Whips Scourge Chastisement

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Source: Select Tracts from the writings of ... J. H. ... Edited by C. Bradley

“Sorrows, because they are lingering guests, I will entertain but moderately, knowing that the more they are made of the longer they will continue: and for pleasures, because they stay not, and do but call to drink at my door, I will use them as passengers with slight respect. He is his own best friend that makes the least of both of them.”

Made Use Christian Pleasure Knowing Doors Sorrow Drink Blessing Christian Life Guests Passengers Lingering Chastisement

Book:Works: Devotional works

Source: Works: Devotional works

“I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly,when I am loosed.”

May Soul Body Earth Christian Death Break Blessing Accounts Prison Christian Life My Soul Chastisement

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all or none: as, indeed, He hath most reason to claim all that made all. But this is nothing but a crafty fetch of Satan; for he knows that if he have any part, God will have none: so the whole falleth to his share alone.”

Ifs Knows Heart Made Reason Whole Seems Would Be Prayer Half Share Claims Gods Will Temptation Satan Reasonable One Half Fetch Crafty

Book:Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

Source: Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

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

Christian Meditation Divine Prove Strongest Wisest

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“Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.”

Firsts Order Calling Mark Election Arguing

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Containing forty-three sermons

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Containing forty-three sermons

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

Thinking Men Humble Be Humble Humble Man

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“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.”

Done Memories Silence Worthy Thank You Everlasting Forgetfulness Thank You God Gratitude To God

Book:Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings

Source: Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings

“Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.”

People Passion Fool Extremes Fanaticism

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“Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.”

Used Taken Blessing Cursed

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

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

Long Care Enjoy Envy Pity I Care

Book:Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

Source: Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

“He is great enough that is his own master.”

Enough Leadership Masters

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

“The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.”

Men Proud Anger Angry Neighbor Envious Proud Man Angry Man

Book:Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments

Source: Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments

“I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist”

Firsts Adventure Lists Follow Me Satirist

Author:Joseph Hall

“For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.”

Might Break Gratitude Legs Necks Being Thankful Difficult Times

Author:Joseph Hall

“I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together. The sun, rising and declining, makes long shadows; at mid day, when he is highest, none at all.”

Long Together Sun Mets Highest Shadow Rising Ostentation Long Shadows

Book:Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

Source: Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall

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

Ifs Wells May Christian Sun Rain Shining Wet Affliction Countenance

Book:Works: Devotional works

Source: Works: Devotional works

“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.”

Ifs Littles Whole Would Be Lasts Life Is Loses Dare Whole Life Desperate Prodigals Live Every Day

Author:Joseph Hall

“Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.”

Men Shows Passion Fool Extremes

Author:Joseph Hall

“Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees those objects near which are afar off, and makes great things little,-diminishing the greatest spiritual blessings, and removing far from us threatened evils. Faith looks at the right end, and brings the blessings that are far off in time close to our eye, and multiplies God's mercies, which, in a distance, lost their greatness.”

Source: Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings

“Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.”

Loses Dare Desperate Laziness Prodigals

Author:Joseph Hall

“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.”

Ifs Hands Hurt Sin Enemy Patient Corruption Temptation Satan Affliction Betrayed Be Patient Impatience

Book: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

Source: 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

“...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.”

Gratitude Covetousness

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

“God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.”

Wells Care God Love Adverbs

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.”

Ifs Wells Body Running Hours Too Much Exercise Clock Good Times Alarms

Author:Joseph Hall

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

Author:Joseph Hall

“A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.”

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works

“And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.”

Ifs Cases Worst Lows Accounts

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“Let me know myself; let others guess at me.”

Book:The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology

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

Firsts Wish Wise Praying

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!”

Hate Liberty Trouble Fool

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.”

Eye Earth Death Lying Bed

Book:Devotional works

Source: Devotional works