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" To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes. "

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" The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. "

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