Quote#Politics & Power
When we consider how weak we are in ourselves, yea, the very…
Quote byRobert Leighton · 1611–1684
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Forty Thousand Quotations (1917).
English (original)
When we consider how weak we are in ourselves, yea, the very strongest of us, and how assaulted, we may justly wonder that we can continue one day in the state of grace; but when we look on the strength by which we are guarded, the power of God, then we see the reason of our stability to the end; for omnipotency supports us, and the everlasting arms are under us.
— Robert Leighton
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