It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appoint…

John Owen
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It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the other ceases living, does but half his work. ✨ John Owen (1851). The Works ..., p.11
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It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the other ceases living, does but half his work. ✨ John Owen (1851). The Works ..., p.11

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