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It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
Approximate author period: c. 1688 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Mathew Henry
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- Approximate author period: c. 1688 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Commentaries. Timothy iii.
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