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Affliction Quote by Mark Dever

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“From the time of Cain until the last believer before Christ's return, we are all fundamentally in the same boat. We suffer the same spiritual afflictions and tendencies.”

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WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

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Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

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Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die.

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God measures out affliction to our need.

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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

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