„Kristus nám není sladký, dokud se nám hřích nestane hořkým.“
John Flavel (1627–1691) anglický presbyteriánský kněz
Originál: (en) Christ is not sweet till sin be made bitter to us.
Zdroj: Ibid., s. 165.
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