Sinners would like to be uplifted beyond all fear of death, they would like to be as happy as Christian people are; but they do not want to pay the price—namely, obedience to God by faith in Jesus Christ. Godly people roof in the mansion with their prayers. I never did see either a perfect horse or a perfect man, and I never shall till two Sundays come together. The devil does not keep to his own side of the road, but drives in where we least expect him. It is always better to be openly without an
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