pleads as his excuse, that he has not time to do what God demands of him. Let me ask you, sinner, how much time will it take you to do the first great duty which God requires—namely, give Him your heart? How long will this take? How long need you be in making up your mind to serve and love God? Do you not know that this, when done, will be done in one moment of time? And how long need you be in persuading yourself to do it? Your meaning may be this: Lord, it takes me so long to make up my mind to
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