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John Calvin Quotes: But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.
         

But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.


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