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"The unsound convert takes Christ by halves. He is all for the salvation of Christ, but is not for sanctification. He is for the privileges, but does not appropriate the person of Christ."

— 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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"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."

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