“The devil’s word is, ‘You may be saved without being born again and converted; you may do well enough without being holy, God doth but frighten you; he is more merciful than to do as he saith, he will be better to you than his word.’ And alas, the greatest part of the world believes this word of the devil before the word of God; just as our sin and misery came into the world. God said to our first parents, ‘If you eat you will die’; and the devil contradicted him, and said, ‘You will not die’: and the woman believed the devil before God. So now the Lord saith, Turn or die; and the devil saith, You will not die, if you do but cry for God’s mercy at the last, and give over the acts of sin when you can practice it no longer. And this is the word that the world believes.” (Call to the Unconverted, Evangelical Press 1976 reprint, pp. 42-43)
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