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Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

Thomas Watson, R. Armstrong (1816). “The Christian Soldier: Or, Heaven Taken by Storm, Shewing the Holy Violence a Christian is to Put Forth in the Pursuit After Glory. To which is Added: The Happiness of Drawing Near to God, and The Saint's Desire to be with Christ”, p.25
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.