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So soon as ever the heart begins to prize Jesus Christ, as the chiefest of all the blessings that ever God bestowed upon the sons of men; and if the soul think, that had he but his part in Christ, he were the happiest man in the world; in thus prizing him, he worships him; and in worshipping him, he hath him.

John Cotton Christ the Fountain of Life; sermons on 1 John 5:12 (published 1651)

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