Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters …

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Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. ✨ John Milton (1859). The prose works of John Milton, p.183
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Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. ✨ John Milton (1859). The prose works of John Milton, p.183

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