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Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery.

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
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Sinners
Condemn
Sinner
Perpetual
Souls
Misery
Bestiality
Consider
Wilfully
Hear
Intemperance

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