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Quotation from A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop
“Therefore lett us choose life that wee, and our seede may liue, by obeyeing His voyce and cleaveing to Him, for Hee is our life and our prosperity.”
A Model of Christian Charity, Closing sentence, p. 48 (1838 printing) (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1838)
The final sentence, adapting Moses's farewell charge in Deuteronomy 30:19-20 to the emigrants.
Citation: "Therefore lett us choose life that wee, and our seede may liue, by obeyeing His voyce and cleaveing to Him, for Hee is our life and our prosperity." — John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, Closing sentence, p. 48 (1838 printing) (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1838). (id a-model-of-christian-charity-q8)
Portrait: A Modell of Christian Charity, 1838 printing by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Unknown author, Public domain.
