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41. In this diversity of true opinions let Truth itself beget
concord. and may our God have mercy upon us, that we may use the law
lawfully,a the end of the commandment, pure charity. And by this if
any one asks of me, "Which of these was the meaning of Thy servant
Moses?" these were not the utterances of my confessions, should I
not confess unto Thee, "I know not;" and yet I know that those
opinions are true, with the exception of those carnal ones concerning
which I have spoken what I thought well. However, these words of
Thy Book affright not those little ones of good hope, treating few of
high things in a humble fashion, and few things in varied ways.s But
let all, whom I acknowledge to see and speak the truth in these
words, love one another, and equally love Thee, our God, fountain
of truth,- if we thirst not for vain things, but for it; yea, let
us so honour this servant of Thine, the dispenser of this Scripture,
full of Thy Spirit, as to believe that when Thou revealedst Thyself
to him, and he wrote these things, he intended that which in them
chiefly excels both for light of truth and fruitfulness of profit.
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