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kindle-coal

A troublemaker.

Etymology:

  • kindle + fire
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Many a ſharp conflict there hath been betwixt Saint and Saint, ſcuffling in the dark through miſunderſtanding of the truth, and each other: Abraham and Lot at ſtrife. Aaron and Miriam juſtled with Moſes for the wall, till God interpoſed and ended the quarrel by his immediate ſtroak on Miriam. The Apoſtles even in the preſence of their Maſter, were at high words, conteſting who ſhould be greateſt. Now in theve Civil wars among Saints, Satan is the great kindle-coale, though little ſeen, becauſe, like Ahab, he fights in a diſguiſe, playing firſt on one ſide, and then on the other, aggravating every petty injury, and thereupon provoking to wrath and revenge [ …]

Submitted on July 10, 2018

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