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Yet God repeatedly made known his intention to prevail finally over…
Quote byWilliam Carey · 1761–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792), Introduction.
English (original)
Yet God repeatedly made known his intention to prevail finally over all the power of the Devil, and to destroy all his works, and set up his own kingdom and interest among men, and extend it as universally as Satan had extended his.
— William Carey
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