Richard Baxter quote: If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your ...

If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your hope be not acted, but lie asleep, it is next to dead, both in likenss and preparation( 585).

~ Richard Baxter ~

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