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<p>&quot;<strong>The things which are highly esteemed among men </strong><br />
    are an abomination in the sight of God!&quot; Luke 16:15<br />
    <br />
    <strong>The pride, ambition, pleasures, and amusements</strong>, in <br />
    which we see thousands and tens of thousands engaged <br />
    —and sailing down the stream into a dreadful gulf of <br />
    eternity—are all an abomination in the sight of God!<br />
    <br />
    Whereas <strong>the things which men despise</strong>, such as . . .<br />
    faith,<br />
    hope,<br />
    love,<br />
    humility,<br />
    brokenness of heart,<br />
    tenderness of conscience,<br />
    contrition of spirit,<br />
    sorrow for sin,<br />
    self-loathing, <br />
    self-abasement,<br />
    looking to Jesus,<br />
    taking up the cross,<br />
    denying one's self,<br />
    walking in the narrow path that leads to eternal life,<br />
    —are despised by all—and by none so much as mere heady <br />
    religious professors—who have a name to live, while dead.<br />
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    &quot;The things which are highly esteemed among men <br />
    are an abomination in the sight of God.&quot; Luke 16:15