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Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.

Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
Escape
Mountain
Behinds
Behind
Lives
Look
Lest
Looks
Haste
Consumed

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