NEW TESTAMENT

Luke 14:28

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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

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Verse 28. For which of you, and so forth The similitude, which our divine Saviour makes us of, represents the offices and duty of a true Christian, for he has to build within himself and conduct others by his example to war with the devil, the world, and the flesh; and he has to season, purify, and keep all his actions free from corruption by the spiritual salt of mortification and prayer. Tirinus.

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