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"The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it."

John Owen, English Theologian

Custom, Sense, Shame, World

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"The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it."

John Owen, English Theologian

Custom, Sense, Shame, World

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