In every sound convert the judgment is brought to approve of the laws and ways of Christ, and subscribe to them as most righteous and reasonable; the desire of the heart is to know the whole mind of Christ; the free and resolved choice of the heart is determined for the ways of Christ, before all the pleasures of sin, and prosperities of the world; it is the daily care of his life to walk with God.
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Joseph Alleine Quote
“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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