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‘One must do a great deal for the devil in order to do a little for God’. (а) Who is the speaker? (b) What does he want to say?
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23/03/2021 7:10 pm
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
‘One must do a great deal for the devil in order to do a little for God’.
(а) Who is the speaker?
(b) What does he want to say?
(c) Give the meaning of the word ‘devil’.
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23/03/2021 7:10 pm

(a) The Bishop is the speaker.
(b) He wants to say that one has to do a lot to remove wickedness (devil) in doing a bit of service to God.
(c) ‘a wicked being’ (satan).
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