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We often learn more of God under the rod that strikes us than under the staff that comforts us.

Stephen Charnock

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Stephen Charnock
Age: 52 †
Born: 1628
Born: January 1
Died: 1680
Died: January 1
Theologian
London
England
Comfort
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Comforts
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Strikes

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