Quote#God & Faith
When men think every thing to be their Faith and their Religion,…
Quote byJeremy Taylor · 1613–1667
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Θεολογία Εκλεκτική: Of the Liberty of Prophesying (1647), section 2.
English (original)
When men think every thing to be their Faith and their Religion, commonly they are so busy in trifles and such impertinencies in which the scene of their mistake lies, that they neglect the greater things of the Law, charity, and compliances, and the gentleness of Christian Communion; for this is the great principle of mischief, and yet is not more pernicious then unreasonable.
— Jeremy Taylor
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