“We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think.”
Quote by Richard Cecil
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Remains and miscellanies: To which is prefixed, A view of his character by Josiah Pratt
This book is a compilation of various writings, with an introductory section that offers a view of the character of the author or the subject matter discussed in the subsequent texts. more
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