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The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

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
Cannot
Twigs
Able
Bend
Delay
Sin
Gets
Strength
Longer
Twig
Tree
Rooting

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