Deuteronomy 29:19

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19 And it should come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:


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By Alexander Payne

Verse 19. And it comes to pass that when he who is regenerating hears from the Word the warning of the inevitable punishment which follows evil, that he flatters himself that all will be well with him, though he follows the leadings of his unregenerate will, thus from ignorance of truth accepting a manifestly absurd dogma as true doctrine, namely, that salvation is possible for any one who neglects the laws given to enable him to obtain salvation; or that anything can save or be put as a substitute for patiently working out and doing the commandments of the Lord: