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The Works of Joseph Hall: Practical works

This compilation includes essays, poems, and other literary works by Joseph Hall, renowned for his insights on ethics, morality, and the human condition. more

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Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

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. more

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“Garments that have once one rent in them are subject to be torn on every nail, and glasses that are once cracked are soon broken; such is man's good name once tainted with just reproach.”

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Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works
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“There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion; and all things do succeed as they are taken. To construe an evil, action well is but a pleasing and profitable deceit to myself; but to misconstrue a good thing is a treble wrong,--to myself, the action, and the author.”

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

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Author:Joseph Hall
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“Death did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The first soul that met with death, overcame death; the first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Death argues not displeasure, because he whom God loved best dies first, and the murderer is punished with living.”

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