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Chapter 24.—The Infirmity of the Human
Mind.
They, then, who see their own mind,
in whatever way that is possible, and in it that Trinity of which I
have treated as I could in many ways, and yet do not believe or
understand it to be an image of God, see indeed a glass, but do not
so far see through the glass Him who is now to be seen through the
glass, that they do not even know the glass itself which they see
to be a glass, i.e. an image. And if they knew this, perhaps
they would feel that He too whose glass this is, should by it be
sought, and somehow provisionally be seen, an unfeigned faith
purging their hearts,1041
that He who is now seen through a
glass may be able to be seen face to face. And if they despise this
faith that purifies the heart, what do they accomplish by
understanding the most subtle disputes concerning the nature of the
human mind, unless that they be condemned also by the witness of
their own understanding? And they would certainly not so fail in
understanding, and hardly arrive at anything certain, were they not
involved in penal darkness, and burdened with the corruptible body
that presses down the soul.1042
| 1042 Wisdom 9.15" id="iv.i.xvii.xxiv-p4.1" parsed="|Wis|9|15|0|0" osisRef="Bible:Wis.9.15">Wisd. ix. 15 | And for what demerit save that of
sin is this evil inflicted on them? Wherefore, being warned by the
magnitude of so great an evil, they ought to follow the Lamb that
taketh away the sins of the world.1043
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