Deuteronomy 12:17

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17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:


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By Alexander Payne

Verse 17. You may not appropriate from the memory as belonging to yourself the remains of good and truth stored in the soul by the Lord, either natural, spiritual, or celestial; nor consider that any of the truths of faith or goods thence derived, nor any genuine aspiration after holiness which you have, or worship from genuine affection, or any holy effort after good vivified by influx from heaven, comes from yourself: