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For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love My creature more than I; but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.
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Be not wroth with us, but spare Thy people and have mercy upon Thine own inheritance; for Thou art merciful unto Thy creature."
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answered He me and said" "Things present are for the present, and things to come for such as are to come.
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For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love My creature more than I; but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.
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In this also thou art marvelous before the Most High:
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in that thou hast humbled thyself, as it becometh thee, and hast not judged thyself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous.
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