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Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
Author
Theologian
Writer
Sir y Fflint
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Goats
Lambs
Forever
Dies
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May
Men

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