Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election. Joseph Hall More Quotes by Joseph Hall More Quotes From Joseph Hall What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest! Joseph Hall fool liberty hate We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy. Joseph Hall wise wish firsts As the most generous vine, if it is not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems, and grows at last weak and fruitless; so dote the best man, if he be not cut short of his desires and pruned with afflictions. If it be painful to bleed, it is worse to wither. Let me be pruned, that I may grow, rather than be cut up to burn. Joseph Hall cutting running men A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself. Joseph Hall opinion men Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good. Joseph Hall worst used evil Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees those objects near which are afar off, and makes great things little,-diminishing the greatest spiritual blessings, and removing far from us threatened evils. Faith looks at the right end, and brings the blessings that are far off in time close to our eye, and multiplies God's mercies, which, in a distance, lost their greatness. Joseph Hall distance eye spiritual Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so. Joseph Hall fool passion men [W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes. Joseph Hall eye death lying Garments that have once one rent in them are subject to be torn on every nail, and glasses that are once cracked are soon broken; such is man's good name once tainted with just reproach. Joseph Hall glasses names men There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion; and all things do succeed as they are taken. To construe an evil, action well is but a pleasing and profitable deceit to myself; but to misconstrue a good thing is a treble wrong,--to myself, the action, and the author. Joseph Hall taken two hands Neutrality in things good or evil is both odious and prejudicial; but in matters of an indifferent nature is safe and commendable. Herein taking of parts maketh sides, and breaketh unity. In an unjust cause of separation, he that favoreth both parts may perhaps have least love of either side, but hath most charity in himself. Joseph Hall neutrality unity evil
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