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Chapter 40.—What Manner of Reader
Scripture Demands.
44. And, therefore, if a man
fully understands that “the end of the commandment is charity,
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith
unfeigned,”1757
and is
bent upon making all his understanding of Scripture to bear upon
these three graces, he may come to the interpretation of these
books with an easy mind. For while the apostle says “love,”
he adds “out of a pure heart,” to provide against anything
being loved but that which is worthy of love. And he joins with
this “a good conscience,” in reference to hope; for, if a man
has the burthen of a bad conscience, he despairs of ever reaching
that which he believes in and loves. And in the third place he
says: “and of faith unfeigned.” For if our faith is free
from all hypocrisy, then we both abstain from loving what is
unworthy of our love, and by living uprightly we are able to
indulge the hope that our hope shall not be in vain.
For these reasons I have been
anxious to speak about the objects of faith, as far as I thought it
necessary for my present purpose; for much has already been said on
this subject in other volumes, either by others or by myself. And
so let this be the end of the present book. In the next I shall
discuss, as far as God shall give me light, the subject of
signs. E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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