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If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thine injustice. He that confesses his sin, begins his journey toward salvation. He that is sorry for it, mends his pace. He that forsakes it, is at his journey's end.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Writer
Havering
Injustice
Forsakes
Ends
Confesses
Begins
Wouldst
Salvation
Forsake
Thou
Thine
Sorry
Justified
Sin
Pace
Toward
Acknowledge
Mends
Journey

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