OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 5:29

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Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

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Verse 29. A mind. God speaks like men, and insinuates how agreeable to him is a disposition influenced by a salutary fear. He does not mean that He cannot convert the heart of man. E.—God exerts his power over our will by persuasive invitations. Maimonides.

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