“As long as a man conceiveth of religion as it is, even the
most sweet and delectable life, so long he will follow it willingly and with
his heart, and despise the temptations and avocations of fleshly gain. He will
be sincere, as not being drawn by other men, or outward advantages, not
frightened into it by a passion or fearfulness, but loving religion for itself,
and for its excellent ends: and then he will be cheerful in all the duties, and
under all the sufferings and difficulties of it: and he will be most likely to
persevere unto the end.”
-Richard Baxter
English Puritan Minister
1615-1691
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