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Meanings of present evil in English

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Usage of present evil in English
1
No other being can possibly deliver us from this present evil world.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
2
First, because sorrow is about present evil, whereas fear is future evil.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
3
The present evil seemed to him more intolerable than any other.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
4
The present evil always seemed to him the worst.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
5
But the present evil was great enough, for the furious Spaniards were hot on the trail.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
6
Again, it seems more arduous to strive to overcome a present evil, than a future evil.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
7
The Gnostics believed in two temporal ages: the first or present evil; the second or future benign.
Valis
8
First their present evil condition; and secondly what can be done in some degree to remedy it.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 / Historical...
9
The present evil phenomena, therefore, are rectified in other regions, and in some future period of existence.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
10
We had no help for it, but to trust to Providence and bear our present evil patiently.
The Little Savage
11
The discharge of a present evil is no cure, if there be not a general amendment of condition.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 17
12
If only enough money might be earned to tide over the present evil day, all might be well.
The Way We Live Now
13
But sorrow is for present evil.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
14
This made them reflect seriously on what was passed, which, however, was no remedy for the present evil.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 03
15
He would have been glad to see the ugly dwarf again, rather than remain in his present evil case.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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But all those for whose sins Jesus hath died "He delivers from this present evil world" (Gal.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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