“It is a mercy to be driven to God by affliction, that we may not be seduced from Him by prosperity.”

— Richard Baxter

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About Richard Baxter

Theologian • English

Richard Baxter was a highly influential English Puritan church leader, theologian, and prolific writer. Ordained in the Church of England, he became a key figure among the Nonconformists after the Act of Uniformity in...

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