Quote#Time
Ah, beloved, have not you need to improve your time, who have much…
Quote byThomas Brooks · 1608–1680
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Hypocrite Detected, Anatomized.
English (original)
Ah, beloved, have not you need to improve your time, who have much work to do in a short time: your souls to save, a God to honour, a Christ to exalt, a hell to escape, a race to run, a crown to win, temptations to withstand, corruptions to conquer, afflictions to bear, mercies to improve, and your generation to serve.
— Thomas Brooks
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