If I were but sure that I should live to see the coming of the Lord, it would be the joyfulest tidings in the world. O that I might see His kingdom come! It is the characteristic of His saints to love His appearing, and to look for that blessed hope. "The Spirit and the bride say, Come." "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
- Richard Baxter
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Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might... Holiness is nothing else but the habitual and predominant devotion and dedication of soul, and body, and life,... Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and,... Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others
Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance.
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