Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth… - Thomas Watson

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Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth. God does not regenerate us by miracles or revelations, but by the word of truth (James 1:18). As truth is the breeder of grace, so it is the feeder of it (1Ti 4:6). Truth sanctifies: "Sanctify them through Thy truth" (John 17:17).

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Thomas Watson (c. 1620 – 1686) was an English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author.

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