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"Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service."

— Joseph Alleine An Alarm to the Unconverted aka A Sure Guide to Heaven (1671)

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Two sorts of peace are more to be dreaded than all the troubles in the world — peace with sin, and peace in sin.

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There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.

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If thy hope be any thing worth, it will purify thee from thy sins.

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Converting grace puts God on the throne, and the world at His footstool; Christ in the heart, and the world under Hisfeet.

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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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