“Holy practice is the most decisive evidence of the reality of our repentance. "Bring forth fruits meet for repentance."”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 509.

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Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian 1703–1758

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