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To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation.

Richard Baxter

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Richard Baxter
Age: 76 †
Born: 1615
Born: November 12
Died: 1691
Died: December 8
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Rowton
Shropshire
Generations
Impossible
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Children
Men
People
Regeneration
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