It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities.
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Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree.
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Birth: | 27th December, 1555 |
Death: | 11th May, 1621 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Theologian |
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Johann Arndt was born in Edderitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was a German Lutheran theologian who wrote several influential books of devotional Christianity. He studied at Helmstadt, Wittenberg, Strasbourg, and Basel. His principal work, True Christianity, was still popular in Germany in the 1800's, and has been translated into almost all European languages.
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