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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
Natural
Every
Men
Flatters
Hears
Escape
Hell
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Almost

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