James Logan (October 20, 1674-October 31, 1751) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1731-39, and private Secretary of William Penn. He stated:
<Remember thou art by profession a Christian; that is, one who art called after the immaculate Lamb of God, who, by offering Himself a sacrifice for thee, atoned for thy sins....Rouse with the more simple servants of nature, and borrowing one hour from the sleep of sluggards, spend it in thy chamber in dressing thy soul with prayer and meditation, reading the Scriptures....
Remember that the same enemy that caused thy first parents to forfeit their blessed condition, notwithstanding the gate is now open for restoration, is perpetually using his whole endeavors to prevent thee from attaining this, and frustrate to thee the passion of thy Redeemer.> 1674JL001
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Endnotes:
1674JL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). James Logan. Wilson Armstead, Memoirs of James Logan. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, Oregon: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, Texas), p. 288-289.