The old gentleman paused to let his words sink in. “If the Prince receives the petition and asks him, ‘What is your name?’ and he answers, ‘Old Good-Deed,’ what do you think Emmanuel would say but, ‘Truly is old Good-Deed still alive in Mansoul? Then let old Good-Deed save you from your distresses.’ And if that is what He says, I am sure we are lost, for not a thousand old Good-Deeds can save Mansoul.” (Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. – Titus 3:5)
