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Although believers by nature are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

George Whitefield (1904). “Selected Sermons of George Whitefield: With an Introduction and Notes by the Rev. A.R. Buckland ...”, p.185, CCEL
Although believers by nature are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.