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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, 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. And for what demerit save that. of sin is this evil
inflicted on them? Where- fore, being warned by the magnitude of so
great an evil, they ought to follow the Lamb. that taketh away the
sins of the world.
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