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ever thus tempted to seek for fair-seem-
ing arguments to justify their neglect of |
some painful duty, or pursuit of some
unholy wish, let them be warned how
they yield to these insidious whisperings
of the Tempter. If they endeavour thus
to darken their vision, whenever it is
painful to them to see the light, who
can say that the dullness of sight, which
they thus wilfully occasion, may not be-
come lasting? Who can say how soon
the time may come when they will be in-
deed unable to distinguish between the
counterfeit and the reality; and sigh, in
vain, for that clearness of sight which
they once possessed; which their own
wantonness has-destroyed, and destroyed
for ever?

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