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I. Who can doubt it, who listens to the voice of reason and of Scripture?

II. The political history of the world bears equally positive testimony.

III. The history of the Church itself furnishes a solemn and affecting answer to the question.

IV. The human conscience bears no doubtful testimony on this subject.

V. The Holy Scriptures answer our question with solemn and startling emphasis. They reveal a holy God, hating all iniquity, and pledged by every attribute of His being, and by every principle of His government, to oppose, subdue, punish, and hedge up the way of sin.

(J. M. Sherwood, D. D.)

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KJV: And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

WEB: Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;