Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing …

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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. ✨ John Bunyan (1859). The Works of John Bunyan: Experimental, doctrinal, and practical, p.102
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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. ✨ John Bunyan (1859). The Works of John Bunyan: Experimental, doctrinal, and practical, p.102

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