Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Wasting a good gift of God like clean air shows vanity and disrespect.
- In plain terms
- Polluting clean air is wasteful and disrespectful to God.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not waste or corrupt good gifts like clean air.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gifts do you take for granted?
- How do you show respect for nature?
Another view
The quote assumes smoking is inherently corrupting without noting modern context.
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