把敬虔人当作可读的书
我看每一个敬虔良善的人，都像一本好书，是主人借给别人阅读的；读者可以为自己的益处，抄录其中佳美的思想和金子般的句段，好叫主人再来索回这本书时，这些收获仍能留在他身边。可是，若这本好书被丢在角落，无人取用，就理当惹动主人不悦，将它收回。
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I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and golden passages that are in it for his own benefit, that they may return with him when the owner shall call for the book again. But in case this excellent book shall be thrown into a corner and no use made of it, it justly provokes the owner to take it away in displeasure.
出处：GraceGems · Short pithy gems from John Flavel
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