Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 7-8 |
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... some of his compeers " sat on a hill retired , and reasoned high of Providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , fixed fate , free will , foreknowledge absolute , " - we can hardly conceive of Moloch joining the band .
... some of his compeers " sat on a hill retired , and reasoned high of Providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , fixed fate , free will , foreknowledge absolute , " - we can hardly conceive of Moloch joining the band .
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