If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.
Some plague the people with too long sermons for the faculty of listening is a tender thing and soon becomes weary and satiated.
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Some plague the people with too long sermons for the faculty of listening is a tender thing and soon becomes weary and satiated.
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