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CHAP. 5.--THAT THE PASSIONS WHICH ASSAIL THE SOULS OF
CHRISTIANS DO NOT SEDUCE THEM TO VICE, BUT EXERCISE
THEIR VIRTUE.
We need not at present give a careful and copious exposition
of the doctrine of Scripture, the sum of Christian
knowledge, regarding these passions. It subjects
the mind itself to God, that He may rule and aid it, and the
passions, again, to the mind, to moderate and bridle them,
and turn them to righteous uses. In our
ethics, we do not so much inquire whether a pious soul is
a
CHRISTIANS DO NOT SEDUCE THEM TO VICE, BUT EXERCISE
THEIR VIRTUE.
We need not at present give a careful and copious exposition
of the doctrine of Scripture, the sum of Christian
knowledge, regarding these passions. It subjects
the mind itself to God, that He may rule and aid it, and the
passions, again, to the mind, to moderate and bridle them,
and turn them to righteous uses. In our
ethics, we do not so much inquire whether a pious soul is
a