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"Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction."
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Source: John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.57, Baker Books
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