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But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God


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Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.



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Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.



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The glory of God is the human person fully alive.



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As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.



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Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.



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He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God.



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Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.



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The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.



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The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature.





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