The Soul of a Christian: A Study in the Religious Experience

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Macmillan, 1900 - Christianity - 297 pages

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Page 190 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
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