The Lord Jesus Christ would have the whole world to know, that though He pardons sin, He will not protect it.
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Joseph Alleine Quote
“A man may as certainly miscarry by his seeming righteousness and supposed graces, as by gross sins; and that is, when a man doth trust in these as his righteousness before God, for the satisfying His justice, appeasing His wrath, procuring His favor, and obtaining his own pardon.”
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