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Thought for the Day 6 February 2010

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Saturday, February 6th, 2010
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We should be on our guard lest we suppose ourselves to have such a clear knowledge of God’s ways, as to rely implicitly on our own notions and feelings. Men attach an undue importance to this or that point in received opinions or practices, and cannot understand how God’s blessing can be given to modes of acting to which they themselves are unaccustomed.

From the sermon ‘Contracted Views in Religion’ (1831) Click here for the full text (leaves site)