Love is of that excellent n... by John Pearson, a British Theologian

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“Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father!”

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Name: John Pearson

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Feb 28, 1612

Date of Death: Jul 16, 1686

Profession: Theologian

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Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.

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Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death.

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Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition.

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The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the Text and Time.

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We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.

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