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 | | Succeeding writers (every one courting applause for his acuteness in the defence of human natur e) have uniformly, one after the other, gone more widely astray, until the common dogma came to be, that man was corrupted only in the sensual part of his nature, that reason remained entire, and will was scarcely impaired. |
 | | Still the expression was often o n their lips, that man\rquote s natural gifts were corrupted, and his supernatural{\fs16\up12 154{\footnote \pard\plain \f16 {\fs16\up12 154 }{\fs14\up11 154 }{\fs22 The French adds the explanation, \ldblquote Assavoir ceux qui concernoyent la vie celeste;\rdblquote that is to say, those which concern the heavenly life.}}} taken away. |
 | | If any one, then, chooses to make use of this terms without attaching any bad meaning to it, he shall not be troubled by me on that account; but as it cannot be retained without very great danger, I think the abolition of it would be of great advantage to the Church. |
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