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Wherefore we must by no means seek, through the supposed mediation of
demons, to avail ourselves of the benevolence or beneficence of the
gods, or rather of the good angels, but through resembling them in the
possession of a good will, through which we are with them, and live
with them, and worship with them the same God, although we cannot see
them with the eyes of our flesh. But it is not in locality we are
distant from them, but in merit of life, caused by our miserable
unlikeness to them in will, and by the weakness of our character; for
the mere fact of our dwelling on earth under the conditions of life in
the flesh does not prevent our fellowship with them. It is only
prevented when we, in the impurity of our hearts, mind earthly
things. But in this present time, while we are being healed that we
may eventually be as they are, we are brought near to them by faith,
if by their assistance we believe that He who is their blessedness is
also ours.
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