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The righteous man. The righteous man
is invincible. No enemy can possibly overcome

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or confront him, and he needs
no other protection than that of his own

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integrity and holiness. As it is
impossible for evil to overcome good, so

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the righteous man can never be brought
low by the unrighteous. Slander, envy,

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hatred, malice can never reach him, nor cause him any suffering,

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and those who try to injure him
only succeed ultimately in bringing ignominy upon themselves.

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The righteous man, having nothing to
hide, committing no acts which requires

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stealth, and harboring no thoughts and
desires which he would not like others to

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know, is fearless and unashamed.
His step is firm, his body upright,

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and his speech direct and without ambiguity. He looks everybody in face.

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How can he fear any who wrongs
none? How can he be ashamed before

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any who deceives none? And ceasing
from all wrong, he can never be

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wronged. The righteous man, performing
all his duties with scrupulous diligence and living

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above sin, is invulnerable at every
point. He who has slain the inward

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enemies of virtue, can never be
brought low by any outward enemy. Neither

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does he seek any protection against them, righteousness being in all sufficient protection.

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The unrighteous man is vulnerable at almost
every point. Living in his passions,

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the slave of his prejudices, impulses, and ill formed opinions, he is

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continually suffering, as he imagines,
at the hands of others. The slanders,

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attacks and accusations of others cause him
great suffering because they have a basis

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of truth in himself, and not
having the protection of righteousness, he endeavors

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to justify and protect himself by resorting
to retaliation in species argument, and even

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to subterfuge and deceit. The partially
righteous man is vulnerable at all those points

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where he falls short of righteousness.
And should the righteous man fall from his

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righteousness and give way to one sin, his invincibility is gone, for he

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has thereby placed himself where attack and
accusation can justly reach and injure him,

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because he has first injured himself.
If a man suffers or is injured through

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the instrumentality of others, let him
look to himself, and, putting aside

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self pity and self defense, he
will find in his own heart the source

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of all his woe. No evil
can happen to the righteous man who has

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cut off the source of evil in
himself, living in the all good,

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and abstaining from sin in thought,
word, and deed, whatever happens to

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him is good. Neither can any
person, event or circumstance cause him suffering,

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for the tyranny of circumstance is utterly
destroyed. For him who has broken

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the bonds of sin. The suffering, the sorrowing, the weary, and

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the broken hearted ever seek a sorrowless
refuge, a haven of perpetual peace.

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Let such fly to the refuge of
the righteous life. Let them come now

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and enter the haven of the sinless
state. For sorrow cannot overtake the righteous.

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Suffering cannot reach him who does not
waste in self seeking his spiritual substance.

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And he cannot be afflicted by weariness
and unrest whose heart is at peace withal