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Is any father so cruel, or hard hearted, as to disown and cast off his son, because he is a fool? No; an innocent ignorance excuses from sin, both before God and man; and God Himself will own that maxim of equity, "Ignorantia excusat peccatum."

(Dr. South.)

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KJV: Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

WEB: being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;