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Get repentance by an affliction, and then you may look on it as traffic, and not as a trouble, like a merchant's voyage, which has pain in the way, but treasure in the end.

Edward Reynolds — Israel's Prayer in Time of Trouble

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Israel's Prayer in Time of Trouble

Edward Reynolds, Israel's Prayer in Time of Trouble (1649), First Sermon on Hosea 14:1–2 - First Sermon on Hosea 14:1–2 (1649)

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