Augustus Toplady Quotes

A man's free will cannot cure him even of the toothache, or a sore finger; and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul.

Augustus Toplady

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• A man's free will cannot cure him even of the toothache, or a sore finger; and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul.

  

  Augustus Toplady
  • Soul
  • Will
  • Cure