Doc. of Life (Dick) n. 22

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22. Two things, however, are requisite: the first is, that a man ought to shun evils because they are sins, that is, because they are infernal and diabolical, and consequently opposed to the Lord and contrary to Divine laws: the second is, that a man, as from himself, ought to shun evils as sins, but ought to know and believe that he does so from the Lord. But these two requisites will be treated of in the following articles.


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