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Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light.

William Law

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William Law
Age: 75 †
Born: 1686
Born: January 1
Died: 1761
Died: April 9
Theologian
Writer
King's Cliffe
Northamptonshire
Nature
Departed
Light
Excluded
Nothing
Beam
Divine
Hell
Religious
Christian
Else

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