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Thou art standing all this while at the door of eternity, and death is waiting to open the door, and put thee in(247).
Thou art standing all this while at the door of eternity, and death is waiting to open the door, and put thee in(247).
Approximate author period: c. 1653 AD · renaissance
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- Richard Baxter
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- Approximate author period: c. 1653 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1615 to 1691; Wikidata Q680070, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q680070 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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