Quote#God & Faith
I would be willing to live and be farther serviceable to God and his…
Quote byOliver Cromwell · 1599–1658
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted from "Dying Sayings" of Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Thomas Carlyle.
English (original)
I would be willing to live and be farther serviceable to God and his people; but my work is done. Yet God will be with his people.
— Oliver Cromwell
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