The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more …

John Owen
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The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace. ✨ John Owen (1853). The works ..., p.654
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The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace. ✨ John Owen (1853). The works ..., p.654

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