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The Reformed by Richard Baxter

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If your hearts are not set on the goal of your labors, if you do not desire to see the conversion and edification of your hearers, and if you do not study and preach in hope, you are not likely to see much success. Just as it is the sign of a false, self-seeking heart that can be content to be doing without seeing any fruit of his labor, so I have observed that God seldom blesses anyone's work so much as his whose heart is set upon the success of it.

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The Reformed Pastor: The Duties and Methods of Labors for the Souls of Men [Updated and Annotated]

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