Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Prayers without Works, are Nothing Worth, either for Other People, or for our selves [For Other People] I say, because there is a Double Duty Incumbent upon us in the Exercise of Those Powers, and Abilities, which Providence has given us for the Common Good of Both. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ There is also a Pompous, and a Noisie Devotion, that cries aloud to be heard of Men; Which is by so much the more Odious in the fight of God then the Other, as an Hypocritical Affectation of Religion, is Worse then a Drowsie Heartlessness of Duty. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ THIS is but after the Common Guise of the Warld, for people when they are put to a Plunge, to cry out to Heaven for Help, without Helping Themselves; whereas Providence Assists No Body that does not put his Own Shoulders to the Work. ”
