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I resolve to live in private what lives worldly men attempt to live in public. In the same way that I used to live to please others in the public life I resolve to live in private, pleasing the eye of God. A gentleman is a gentleman insomuch as he's as much a gentleman in private as he is in public. I intend to lead a private life, in purity, that is as much if not more exciting than my public life. I seek the praises of Jesus Christ rather than the praises of those around me, of my generation, of what is commonly accepted or praised in my present day and age, in my congregation, and elsewhere. I seek to do those things that will edify and build me up in the sight of my God.
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