Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
JONATHAN EDWARDS
JONATHAN EDWARDS
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Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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