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Who purgeth not his owne countrie? Shall he purge his whole countrie…
Quote byJohn Napier · 1550–1617
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593) as quoted by Cargill Gilston Knott, Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume (1915).
English (original)
who purgeth not his owne countrie? Shall he purge his whole countrie who purgeth not his owne house? Or shall he purge his house, who is not purged himself by private meditations with his God?
— John Napier
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