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It is the Happiness of his Church that, when the Powers of Earth and Hell combine against it...that the Throne of Grace is of the easiest access-and its Appeal thither is graciously invited by the Father of Mercies, who has assured it, that when his Children ask Bread he will not give them a Stone.

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John Hancock
Age: 56 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 23
Died: 1793
Died: October 8
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