Yes, because it is a phrase that connects two seemingly-opposite things.
Answer:
Magic Johnson (my dad saw him play) was born in 1959 in Lansing, Michigan.
Explanation:
Faustus first began to believe that human Salvation was impossible because "he read the scripture and saw that all human beings sin and are the D word." The other one is that in addition he had "been misled by Mephastophilis, who caused him to read the scriptures."