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Quotation from An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens by William Carey

“This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation.”

William Carey

An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, Section I (William Carey, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (Leicester, 1792), via Project Gutenberg #11449)

Section I, on Christ's command to the apostles to preach the gospel to every creature.

Citation: "This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation." — William Carey, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, Section I (William Carey, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (Leicester, 1792), via Project Gutenberg #11449). (id carey-enquiry-q1)

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