Quote#God & Faith
And therefore you must know that you can forfeit the grace and help…
Quote byRichard Baxter · 1615–1691
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live, Preface..
English (original)
And therefore you must know that you can forfeit the grace and help of God by your willful sinning or negligence, though you cannot, without grace, turn to God. If you will not do what you can, it is just with God to deny you that grace by which you might do more.
— Richard Baxter
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