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Speaker 1: The righteous man. The righteous man is invincible. No enemy

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can possibly overcome or confound him. He needs no other

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protection than that of his own integrity and holiness. As

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it is impossible for evil to overcome good, so the

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

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malice can never reach him nor cause him any suffering,

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and those who try to injure him can only succeed

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ultimately in bringing ignominy upon themselves. The righteous man, having

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nothing to hide, committing no acts which require stealth, and

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harboring no thoughts and desires which he would not like

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others to know, is fearless and unashamed. His step is firm,

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his body upright, and his speech direct and without ambiguity.

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He looks everybody in the face. Can he fear any

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who wrongs none? How can he be ashamed before any

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who deceives none? And ceasing from all wrong, he can

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never be wronged, ceasing from all deceit, he can never

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be deceived. The righteous man, performing all his duties with

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scrupulous diligence and living above sin, is invulnerable at every point.

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He who has slain the inward enemies of virtue can

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never be brought low by any outward enemy. Neither does

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he need to seek any protection against them, righteousness being

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an all sufficient protection. The unrighteous man is vulnerable at

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almost every point. Living in his passions, the slave of prejudices, impulses,

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and ill formed opinions, he is continually suffering, as he imagines,

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at the hands of others. The slanders, attacks and accusations

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of others cause him great sufferer, because they have a

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basis of truth in himself, and not having the protection

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of righteousness, he endeavors to justify and protect himself by

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resorting to retaliation and specious argument, and even to subterfuge

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and deceit. The partially righteous man is vulnerable at all

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those points where he falls short of righteousness. And should

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the righteous man fall from his righteousness and give way

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to one sin, his invincibility is gone, for he has

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thereby placed himself where attack and accusation can justly reach

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and injure him, because he has first injured himself. If

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a man suffers or is injured through the instrumentality of others,

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let him look to himself, and, putting aside self pity

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and self defense, he will find in his own heart,

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the source of all his woe. No evil can happen

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to the righteous man, who has cut off the source

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of evil in him, living in the all good and

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abstaining from sin in thought, word, and deed. Whatever happens

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to him is good. Neither can any person, event or

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circumstance cause him suffering, for the tyranny of circumstance is

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utterly destroyed. For him who has broken the bonds of sin,

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the suffering, the sorrowing, the weary and broken hearted ever

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seek a sorrowless refuge, a haven of perpetual peace. Let

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such fly to the refuge of the righteous life. Let

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them come now and enter the haven of the sinless state.

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For sorrow cannot overtake the righteous. Suffering cannot reach him

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who does not waste in self seeking his spiritual substance.

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And he cannot be afflicted by weariness and unrest, whose

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heart is at peace withal