The soul that rightly receives Christ is in a longing condition; never did the hart pant for the water brooks, never did the hireling desire the shadow, never did a condemned person long for a pardon more than the soul longs for Christ.

— John Flavel Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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