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It is a false idea that the Saints will escape all the judgments, whilst the wicked suffer; for all flesh is subject to suffer and the righteous shall hardly escape. …So that is an unhallowed principle to say that such and such have transgressed because they have been preyed upon by disease or death, for all flesh is subject to death; and the Savior has said, judge not, lest ye be judged.
It is a false idea that the Saints will escape all the judgments, whilst the wicked suffer; for all flesh is subject to suffer and the righteous shall hardly escape. …So that is an unhallowed principle to say that such and such have transgressed because they have been preyed upon by disease or death, for all flesh is subject to death; and the Savior has said, judge not, lest ye be judged.
God sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living.
I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from me, I should expect it from them; but if they would bear with my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren, I would likewise bear with their infirmities.
I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend?