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The Possibility of Apos
tacy.
If the Condition of n Man s Salvation
Comes to an end in Conversion then
He Cannot Fall.
- *
If tne Condition of Man’s Satvatiou
Continues Through Life He Can
and May Fall.
I SERMON PREACHED BY RKV. N K
MCBUAYMI, AT NEW PROSPECT
CHURCH IN MCLEM RES
cove, waijceA county,
ga., july 5,1883.
Text-Phil. ii. 12, 13. ‘‘Wherefore
uiy beloved as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence ouly, but now
much more in my absence wmk oul
your own salvation with fear and tremb
ling. For it i* God which worketli in
you both to will and to do of His good
pleasure.”
In lh : 8 text is located the ques
tion upon which tve-y theological
hatt'e that has bten fought far ages
hns been fought
The question is what amount of
work will God do in or ler to save
mankind.and what amount of work
will mankind have to do in order
to he suve 3.
Now, upon all the first rr'nci
pies ot Chri-tianity we are attend;
that is to say, we believe in God ;
that He is Cr-ator of all things; in
the fall of man, and in the gift of
the Son of God; that he tasted
death for every man ; tliatitisGod
w' o justifieth theungod l )’ through
faith and tbut man must repent
and helieye in order to he justified.
The only theological question at
issue upon the present occasion is
whether a man who has beenjosti
Tied, can so fall away as to be lost
forever, or r.ot.
The only logical question in my
mind is, does the condition of
man's salvation co.ne to an e d in
conversion, or is it continued
through life?
If the condition of man’s salvation
comes to an end in conversion then
he cannot fail, but if it continues
through li.e, then he can and may
full so as to be lost forever.
The first class of scriptu equota
tions are those scriptures that teach
beyond doubt ibat the condition ol
of man's savation is continued
through life. In Math, the 24th
chapt, 13ih verse you will find
tbit. “He that endureth unto the
end the same shall be saved.”
But you say the end of want?
Rev., the 2nd chapt. 19th versa fv
is said. “Be thou faithful unto
death ar.d I will.give the? a crown
of life.”
But then yon say to whom does
be refer? InHebthe3rd cbtpler
j 12th and 14lh yews it is »>id:
1 “Take heed brethren Its' there he
in any of you an evil heart of un
belief in departing from the living
God. For w./ are made partakers
of Christ if.we hold the beginning
of our confidence steadfast unto
the end.”
From (hese quotations we take
the pos’tiofl that the conditions of
I man’s salvation does continue
, t rough life and ih?l be can ar.d
■ may fall
We now propose to pm cut. lat
class ot quotations li at prov. that
God is a God of me 1 hod. and that
ne hath made his method known
! unto men:
In II- Ihrnn. xv.-2, where it is
said unto A*u, Jo ia and Berjt
man. “The I/jrd is _ rith you
while ye be with him/ and if ye
seek him he will *e found of y >u,
hut if yo» forsake him he will for
s'ke you” and also in first Cliron.
v»viii;9, David in speaking to
Solomon said, Ts thou «eek him lie j
will tie found ol the*; hut if thou I
forsake him he will Cast thee off
forever.”
Again in E*k. xxxii':l3-15:
“when I sbn‘l ay t> the righteous
that he shall surely live, if he
trust to bis own lighiteotfhi egs, and
e.imnvt iniquity, all t*ii» righteous- 1
ne.-s shall lot he < renumbered ; |
hot f r ni* iiuqui'y that he ha’h j
cwimi.i ttd, he afhiU die for it.”j
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1863.
‘Again when I sny unto the nicked,
thou shall, surelv die; if he turn
from hi* sin. ami do that which i*
lawfu'and rii lit; he shall surly
live, ha shall not d-e.’’
In Sim xx'ii: 11 -13, we learn
that Dicid uiquirid of the Lord
<!>UB “Will tile men of Keilah de
liver me up into Ins (Saul’s)
hand! Will Saul come down
will ihe men of Keilah deliver
tne ami my men info the hand
of Saul?” and the Lord told him.
‘He will come down, they will
deliver thee up,” and yet Saul
forhiire to go forth. He never w».nt
to Keilah, nor did the mer. of Kei
lahoe-iver David 01 his men up to
Saul.
Fray, why? I’lirre was no condi
tion named, ar.d yet, aa in thou
sand of cas*B it was implied.
David left So Saul
never went there.
In Jonah iii:4, and Jonah began
to enter into the city, a davs jour
ney, and he cried and said I ' Ye!,
forty days and Ninevah shall be
over thrown.” Yet Ninevah was
net overthrown and why? Because
they repealed at the preaching of
Jonah. A condition implied
th- ugh uot expressed.
Again in Mutt. x x:2B. “Jesus
said unto them, verity I say unto
yen, that ye which have followed
me in the regeneration, when the
Son of 5 an sha'l sit in the throne
of his glory, ye also shall sit upon
twelve throve*. Judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.” A promise
mad? to the twelve Apostles. Judas
being one of the number. “But
heboid, says or.e. ‘Judes was a
devil from the bjg’nning.’” This
assertion I have never been able
to find in die Bible. Ilutin I John
xii :27, it is said that “after the
sop, Sa'an entered it.to him.”
What, Satan enter into a man
where he is a'ready? Strange in
deed! Doss not the word enter ini
ply that Ito w»3 out? If no' I
know nothing of the meaning of
words. Hence he was out, he ca
terer'; and it is said of him, “He
is a Devil.” But to ro'u-n to our
di-cot proof. In the 18 cnapter of
Matt, beginning at the 23 verse,
ar.d c.>ntinu ; ng to Ihe close, Christ
say*, “Therefore is the Kingdom
of Heavrn lik-ned unto a certain
King which would take account of
his servants, and when he hal be
gun to reckon, otic was brought
unto him which owed h'm ten
thousand talents,” and inasmuch
as he had not wherewith to pav,
his Lord commanded that lie and
his wife and his children te sold
and payment mad*. The eerrar t
grieyed fell down at his Lord’s feet
end hegg d him to he patieot with
iut, and he would pay him all.
.and hi* lord taoved with compas
sion for ave him the debt, and he
“Went out at d found one of liis
fellow servants whiuh owed him an
hundred pence; ar.d he” to .k him
violently and vast h’m into prison
until he payed 'he utmost far
thing. Notwithstanding liis in
terCHSt.iii.is, and when it was told
hi* Lord what he had done, he
callef him op and said; ‘Did not i
forg ve thee, the whole debt and
cou (let thou not hav* d tie unto
thv fellow servant even as I have
dene unto thee.”
•'lnasmuch ns thou did it
not thou sbalt he delivered unt >
the hand-of thy tormentors until
thou pay ts e utmost-' faith iig. 8v
likewise shall .ny heavenly father
do 1 so unto you, il y« from your
hearts forgive not every one his
brother their tre-pass's.
igain in Deb vial, 5, 6 is said :
“It rs impossible for those who aie
once ei lightened, an 1 have tasted
of the htavenly gift, and were made
partaf ers of the linlv Ghost, and
have lasted the good word of God,
and the power of the world to
come. If they should fall sway to
renew them again unto repentance,
seeing, they crucify themselves
ihe Son of God afresh at d put Him
to an open shame.”
In lleb. X:2ft.-29, it is said, ‘ If we
►in wi fully after that we hsye re
ceived the knowledge of the truth
ther- remaineth (10 more sacrifice
for tins, hut a Certain fearful
1 looking for of judgment
1 nd fibry indignitum which
I *lifc!l devour the adversaries, Ha
j that desfiaed Muse*' law, died
without merer tinder two or three
witn-used. Os how muelt sore pun
ishment suopos". ye shall, ho he
thought w rthy who had trodden
u ider foot ihe Son of God, and
hath couuted the blood of theC >v
onnnt wherewith he was sanctified
an unholy thing and. hath done
dtspitc to the spirit of Grace.”
Again in It Feter i:5-10, it is
said: ‘Add to your faith virtue,
and to lirtuc, know.rdge; and to
knowledge, temperance; and to
temperance, paiintce; aird to pa
tience, god lines* ; and togodliurs ,
brotherly kindne-s ; and to broth
erly k : n(.’ness, charily, fur if these
thing* be in you and abound, ’liev
make you that ye tthall neither be
harrtn nor unfruitful in the kliowl
edge of our Lord jesus Chri-t
| But he that lacketh these thing* i
blind and cannot see afar rdf, and
hath forgotten that he was purged
from lii* old sina. Wherefore the
rather Irclhren give d ligeme
to make your c tiling and election
sure, for if you do these things you
shall never fall.”
From the quotations in Matthew
of the servant, we are taught tint
th“ pardon was revoked upm the
ground that he failed to comply
with the conditions implied—net
expressr d.
From the quotations in Hebrews
and II Peter we are taught that it
is necessary to comply with tin*
conditions upon which salvation is
offered and if we do these things
we shall never fall ; that is to sav
Add to your faith -virtue to virtue
knowledge to knowledge temper
ance to tempernnee patience to pa
tience godliness to godliness broth
erly kindness to brotherly kindness
cnarity.
Again in Rev ii, God Rpenking
to thoohurchat Ephesus, “E-mem
ber therefore front whence thou art
fallen and repent and do the first
works, or else 1 will come unto thee
quickly and will remove the can
dlestick out of his pace exc-pt
thou rep nt.”
Again in Rv. xxii: 19 it is said
“If nnv man shall tuk.i avay from
the word of thi“ prophecy God shall
t ,kc away his pa t out of the bonk
of life and out of the hoi* city and
front the things which are wii'ten
in this hook.” From these quo
tatio”* we nr l taught that God will
take from those who fail to comply
with the conditions upon which
salvation is .diered even that they
have t.ie cand rstic.K, hi* part nit’
of the hook of li'e and the holy
city. He must have had the can
dlesticb and a part in the hr.lv city,
and nis name written in the hook
of life, or words mean nothing.
We now pit sent that class of quo
tations that teach that tnep who
were in favor with G id have fallen
away and have been lost.
We lake fust the case ol Vianl
the fi'sl King Israel. In I Sain.
x:6, it is said the spirit of the Lord
Will come upon thee (thr. is Paul)
and tiou shall prophecy with them
and halt, he turned into aoothc
man and in the 9th verse wa read.
‘‘Anri it was so that when he had
turned his l»*ck \c go fiom Samuel.
God gave him another heart and
all those signs Cnrtte to pass that
day”
Again xvi:l4, we r. ad *Br f the (
spirt « f the Iv-rd departed form
Halliard an evd spirit from the
Lord lioullcrl him,a d Ssularcr
vant said unto him Behold now, i n
evil spirit from the Lo'd trotllfeth
thee.” In xxvii•:6,ls, wo r-ad
and when Stul inquire I of the
Lord, the Lord ansv ered him not
neither by dreams nor by Urim
nor by prophets and (when been-!
quired ol Samuel) Samuel sa d to
Saul, why has* thr u disquir ted in
to bring me up, and Mml si rwe ed
I am sore rlistressc.i for th- R' dis
tine* make war against m« an '
G-.d is departed from me ami an
sw>reth me no mine neither by
proj lifts nor by dream* therefore I
have called thee tha' thou mnyesl
make known truin' m • what I shall
said Saol onto liis armor bt-*». rj
draw thv etforti and thrust mri;
through therewith’ Irst these uti
ci»CLincised come atirl IhfcFi rue;
th Faugh and abvse me. But bis ar
mor boart-r would no!; for t e Was
sore afraid. 1 nerefir* Saul tm’K j
a awoM, and fell upon it. And
when hi* armor hearer s-w that
Haul wa* dead, he full likewise up
on hi* swr rd, and died with him.’'
By this oisn we are taught that
God turned Saul ir.t> another
man and gate him another
heart and it you say In turned
int-» a hail man ail gave him n
bad heart, we say Gol lots changed.
For in the beginning it ; s sit'd when
he had toad- all things they were
good and not only good; but vert
gjod. Now we say he made him
a good man, gave him a pood heart;
and that Saul turned away from
the Lord urd the Lord forsook
him; ami he fell upon a sword and
kil'ed himst-lf. »
J ohn s-iya no murderer hath
eternal life abiding in him. Jud<*
Iscariot is an-ther example Lit
us now caltn y inquire into the
history of Judas and spe whethef
os not, the tact is clearly estnbli-di
tid dull lie was ever a good man,
a Christian. I oil r in pro-d of
this the following facts and argu
ments. Judas and eleven others
were chosen hy Jesus Christ as his
Apostles. (John xv:l9) and sritd
oul hy him to preach, heal the
sick, cleans'* the leper, raise
the dead, cast, i u>. devils. What!
a Jcsil cast out devils? Impossi
ble. Did Jft,us Ciiri*t olio>so a
devi 1 to do liis work? S' range I
The tllitli is Judas wan Christ’h own
familiar fritnd in whom hetrosled
for in PsUios x! :9 we retd, vie
my own familiar friend in whom
l trusted which dal eit of in
bread ha'li life! up hi* lici-i
against n c.” In John xui: it is
written, I speak not of you all, 1
knew wnom I have ahoton 'out that
the scriptures may bo fulfilled, ho
that, eatetli bread with me, hath tit
led tip h'S heel against tit-. Ie
Acts i:l(5 17. 23 23, it is written:
“Mm and hratliren, this scripture
must need have been fulfilled,
w hi-li the holy Ghost by (ho mouth
of David spake before concerning
luda* whioh was guide to them
that took Jesus For ho was num
bered with us and had obtained
part of this ntinis'iy, and
they ppointad Joseph ca'led Bar
aabns, wlio was surname! Jus'.u
and Mathias, and they prayed and
said, thou L rd, wlticii knows the
hearts of a'l men, show wheiher
these two tliou h*st chosen. That
he may take part of this ministry
and Apoi.t’eship, from whi /h Ju.
das by transgrossi-u fell, th it he
might go to his own p ace. From
t|,es quotations we aie taugictlhat
Judas w»» Christ ftii.iliar fiiend
that he wis one of hir A;> is|lo*,
and that he did hy tra Digression
hill.'
In I Ton. i:18. 20, we find its fol
lows : This charge l commit uit'-'
thee son Timothy aceor iiug to the
prophecies which went' I ctore are
these that thotl by thr in might's!
war a good waifare holding faith
anr! a good onn-eionce; hi Icli some
having put avtay, 0 ncerrdng faith
ha- e made shipwreck. Os Whom
is Hyii eneus and Alexaodc ;
whom I have del vererl unto Hatm.
that, they it ny barn not to blas
pheme. ’
Then in chapt r v:l2 we have the
case of the young widows who bad
“Damn itinn hecau-e tiiey had c.isi
iff t! eir first forth.” By these
quotation* Ye are falubt that we
cm make si ipwr-ik at it cast (put)
off faith. N wif you say that this
was bad faith, you charge Paul
with falselic d, t- r tln-y ‘.hut have j
had faith are already condemned, |
thence they could cot have din n i |
tjoa tier am o hey ci.-t oft hill faith,
hence th- exhortation. "Add to
y. ur faun virtue to Virtue know! j
edge t > knowledge t-rnp-renc- to I
t-mpergio i: pa'ience to pat:-nec
god'ioe»s io godliness trrlhei'y
kindness to h-olherly kindness
rhcli'tv.” and if y udo these things
you will not make shipwreck, nor
have damnation. Nofir if we can
*kow t'-nt tl cy fell by ihe thou
nar.ds will y:n lip satisfied ? “No,”
say* one. “not unless you first show
• hat they were partakers of tlhrid.”
V. ry well, sir. In I Car. x.l-12 we
Sead, ' Moreo-er brethren I would
li'if lhat yt'U should he ignorant
how that ad our fathers’ were un
rl-r the cloud and all piss“d
through the s a, and were all bap
tiz d unto Moses in the cloud and
in the sea, and did s i eat the o;H»o
NO. 2.
spiritual meat, «»•«! did nil drink
the same spiritual drink f.:r they
drank of that spiritual rock thnt
iVlowed llionri on - * thnt rook wna
Christ." Tl eso quotation* plainly
teach Unit all the Children < f T-rarl
thnt were led hy Moses from K'yp
linn bondage into the wilderness
we. e made partakers of Christ, for
they eat of the spiritual meat, ftil'l
drank of the spiritual rock that lot.
lowed them, and lliut rook was
Christ, hut wi'h many of them
God was not well pleased for they
wore overthrown in the*wilderness.
Now tlnse things were for our ex
ample to the intent we should not
lust after evil things as they also
lusted. Bth verse the Apostle svyi:
Neith.r let us commit to'nica'tio’t
ass me of ll.otn Committed and fell
in one day three arid twenty thou
sand. Again in the 12 ye ge he
gives the stro'g exhortation.
Wherefore let him that thinketh
he strndoth take heed lest he full.
From the quotations in the 8 v«r<-o
we are plainly taught that th >so
who had drank of that efcritual
rock did fall by the thousands,
lienee the strong exhortation that
liiin that thinkoth ho stamleth
take heed lest ho fall, teaches plain
ly tin; possibility of a fall. N.nv if
a mart cannot fall, these qitnta'ion <
ire calculated tod*CliVO—t: nmKe
a false impression. If I was to
tnice one of my children and hind
hi u hard and fast in n stock or to
a tree, and then in the midst of the
corn regaliot exclaim to the child
‘‘take heed lest, you f 11-I nek
what would the congregation ll,nk
of me, and what would they hive
»rgl I to say. You first would
th nk 'hat I was iiienn \ or intended
to deceive, and to ray ii I mis not
iusans that I kt.ew the dal I could
not fill, and therefore I in'indod to
deceive. Yon know tbo ' Ongrega
tion would have a right t> arsril
my vurue.ity and charge me vviili
falsilmod iri lliat I had made an
attempt to deceive and to say that
mm cum ot fall is to charge the
pui ot inspiration with the fame
ai d why should (rod attempt to
deceive? But says one, if man can
fall, is there m prevent salvation?
I answer there is salvation Irom
am the power and dominion of sin.
Make the tree good and its frail
w ill he Rood, f r in Malt. vii:l7,-
19, Christ says every Rood Coo
btimr lh forth good fruit; but a
cii rapt true briugolh forth evil
fruit, a good ires cannot bring
forth evil frilit —neither can a cor.
rnpt trie bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth nat forth
good fruit is hewn down and cast
inlrtthe tiro. In the 20th verse He
says wherefore hy their fruits ye
shad know them, lhat is to say by
'h*ir works or wha* they do ye
Hindi know them ’’ John says
ho that is horn of God sini i th not,
tiul says one, he meant tho spirit
sinoeth not -ho ae, did not intend
'o teach tint tl e tody does rot
sin. Christ taught mule the trie
good, end hs frui'S are good, lhat
ir, make a man good and what he
is, and what hedoes is good.
And Christ says in Matthew vi;
24, No man can serve two minders
for either tie will hate the olio and
love the other, or else ho will hold
In iho one anil despise the other—
ye cannot servo God and iriauion.”
Toat is to say you cannot he lead’
hy ihe spirit and hy the flesh
at the eair.e time. I'.iu'f.ayf,Rom
viii;l, 2, there is therefor*'now no
conde-unation to them which are
in Christ Jesus who walk not after
tlie flesh : but after HeSpiri . For
the law Ilf the Spirit of ll r e ill Christ
Jifiuc hath made me free from the
law of eiii and death. Again says
in I Cor. ix:27, I ket p o filler my
body and bring it into rtfhjefition,
le.*l that }>v any means when I
have preach ;d 11 ctiiers I myself
should he a cast uway." Ted me
Pml what you know fduut relig
ion ? ‘‘l know I haye bean tharged
from death unto life because I lo>*e
the hritliren, the things 1 or ne ha
ted mrw I love, the things I o; ce
loved fio w I halo,and we know lout
were this earthly house of our t.ab
err aclc dissolved vre have n build
ing, a bouse not made with bands
eternal in 'he heavens and beside.;
this God’s spirit bears witnrs* w itL
my spirit that I aut a child of G*d
anJ if it child then aa heir of GoJ
rtn 1 uj i!i.t beir with the Lord
Suh C' rthi
K."in tn> i-c quotations vve come
i t" *b* oi.fii'lusi ii thnt if a man Id
! c t ntißc I from (iCufi Onto life that
lie k n ii s ho has be- n eh ingcd. flow,
can a man who lias hern born ot
tlie >pif:t of Gml with one ii lalildc
>s.rr rci snj* that I kn >w I ivi"
g l to bail ten ? I am.*, r ro. Now
in coiicloston I will prioCmt the
two tier riel in contrast:
First t present the theory thnt i i
Ilian "Minot fall.' It (omrsto tire
outside world and gays : “Yon are
a free wor d agent: ‘That in you
bun the power ofliu'nnn vofnion
or a 1 tinim will, i.nd by will Is
meant that yon Imvc th; ability '.a
choose between tw6 cr rtiofe fful
j cts and that you must repent and
turn away from sin, that is quit sin
and believe i n the L-r 1 Jesus Christ
' r vou wi Ihe darane I. There is
no power that can seres yoti' to
, boose or refuse. You must put or>
'lie Lord JisUs Christ or he forever
lust. . But von mv I cloved breth
ren 1 have latter news for you.
You who lia-e been' horn of God
on ii ii'd go foil away iis to be lost
eternally, you may curse and swear
as (till f' ‘'or—commit ad u I Cry and
murder as did' David. In short
yon' may do everything that is bad
and nothing thnt is good and j At if
you lufe been a child of
God, G d will see to it that
yon shall finally be savod. You
may fall under the displeasure of
God mi l reciove tho cbnsteuirg
lod, hut that is all. Heavea ii
your home you cin not, ho lost for
ever. Now I present what I nuefftf
stni.d to he the true theory in con
trast with the theory above, fa
the oiit-'i lo world 1 say you are
free moral age it-;- you have a will
that is unfettered and may choose
'll s day whom you Will serve.
You must repent nud believe the
Gospel, that is leave off yo ir si o'*
and put or tbo Lord Jesus Cluist
or you wi T lie damned forever, etui
you my belovfd brethren wild
have put on tho Lord Jesus
Christ—so walk you ia him; for
you ton are flee moral agents mid
you can, and runy so full as to'be
lost forever. And now to ell tbr se
who believe tl e opposite—let n e
say to you; your theory is the same
as ours, Until a uinn is horn into
the Kingdom afi l if he Cannot fall
he will never ho damaged one par-*
tide if your theory is nover taught
iignin; hut if yo' ir theory lie false
you will be reckoned os tho blind
lending the blind, and it is (aid if
the blind lend the blind, they shall
belli h.JI into the ditch together.
Married In a (treat Hurry.
1 The quickest courtship on res
cord,” said one old resident, “iv is
llmt of Dr. Nick McDowell, who
driving along the stre t io liis
buggy ono day. eflW a beautiful
gir* h nii'difrg at the window. Ho
in,mediately stopped and hitched
his limse' rang the boll, inquire!
tho lady's i lime; wins lisle.red into
tho pallor, announced Ida own
nuonc.siid he «•.« “pleased' with
her appearmre and wished Ui
ii).>rry her at once.” Nothing but
llro kiinwlc tge th «t vlie wan actu
ally in th pf Hence of the celebra
ted physician ki pit l,fir from faint*
i'g. To her plea. ofsurprise at tlio
unexpected aiinounceuici't lie on
ly replied, ‘Now or never.' When
s'ie askfid to take a week tO CtiiieU!-
i,r,’ he said: am goijlg down
sir, et 1 1 att ml a ciiticul ease end
have no time lu spurs right now.'
‘(iivc me a day, then.’ ‘l'hi tell
you what I'll (ko. When 1 uin
through with Him pre fcs*iuna! visit
i'll (Iriv .* around and get a preach*
r If you’ve made lip your mind
to m«rry me by that tune, all right;’
a.id lie ’« ft her breathless snd ulna
tilc In uilieul.te another wold.
\1 hen lie returned they were ajui
e'ly oinrri.'d, ‘Xo cards.”'
St. Louid Puit-Dixputch.
Georgia, liko T«mn»s see, iinds d
g id excuse for not raising more
w.t,l. A Culhbert rounty paper
sayi: “The word is elipp»j and
marketed, md would have been a
s urcc of oend h-rshle revenue
hut for the depredation of numer
ous prowling curs. Oh, for d
IA is’atur : with fie moral cour
age to enact it dog low l*
One week from to-day (lie exp:-
Hi linn «i lootii-ville will be Opened
wiih ill pie-iivc ceren.cnifs. The
preifu'en* wi'J lend bit rr-sencp
to ill * etd a rlistin-. usbed
company wilt b.» anili red to toko
part in the proceeding*. L'm&ciJ e
has wer :* (1 tti f oily for Kuccea* <*f
the en'erprfo*. md on city wiefi'*
Ter lict er r.i.varl than does +'■*
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