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Some think it humility not to believe that God is bestowing his gifts upon them.
Some think it humility not to believe that God is bestowing his gifts upon them. Let us clearly understand this, and that it is perfectly clear God bestows his gifts without any merit whatever on our part; and let us be grateful to His Majesty for them; for if we do not recognise the gifts received at his hands, we shall never be moved to love him. It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.
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