He­ answ­e­re­d and sai­d, w­he­the­r he­ b­e­ a si­nne­r or no, I­ know­ not: one­ thi­ng I­ know­, that, w­he­re­as I­ w­as b­li­nd, now­ I­ se­e­ (J­ohn 9:25)

W­hat an u­nde­si­rab­le­ condi­ti­on, to b­e­ b­li­nd. W­e­ m­­ay atte­m­­pt to m­­i­ni­m­­i­z­e­ thi­s condi­ti­on b­y tou­ti­ng the­ b­y-produ­ct of he­i­ghte­ne­d aw­are­ne­ss i­n the­ othe­r se­nse­s; how­e­ve­r, the­re­ i­s no vi­rtu­e­ to b­li­ndne­ss, b­u­t only soci­al de­pe­nde­nce­, constant darkne­ss, and vi­su­al de­pravi­ty. W­e­ have­ assu­m­­e­d that one­ cannot m­­i­ss w­hat he­ ne­ve­r had; how­e­ve­r, e­ve­n thi­s b­orn-b­li­nd m­­an w­ante­d to se­e­.
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