No man ever thinks of going to a physician until he feels that there is disease upon him: he may be diseased, and that mortally, but till he knows and believes that he is so he seeks not for a remedy. No man cries for a deliverer, until he believes himself to be in danger: he may be in danger, and yet be ignorant of it, and his danger is often greatest when he is least alarmed; but until he knows his danger, he has no desire for deliverance. Just so, the sinner is diseased; but he will never repair to Christ as a physician, till he knows that Christ only is the Physician of souls. The sinner is in danger, but never will he flee to Christ for refuge, until he is convinced, that without Christ he must perish.

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