Christian Philosophy
Christian Philosophy
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Like that of all other good things, the corruption and abuse of it is productive of great evil; but still it is not itself to be exploded.
There is, indeed, a cold philosophy, which seems to discouri^e all the warm sentiments of affection, and will hardly allow them in any thing which concerns religion. It aims at reducing theology to a scholastic science, and would willingly des- cant of the love of God, and the sublimest disco- veries of the gospel, in the same frigidity of temper as it would... explain the metaphysics of Aristotle.
But there is a natural and laudable ardour in the mind of man, whenever it contemplates magni- ficent objects; and which is certainly to be ex- pected, when that object is the Lord God omni- potent, and the human soul, the particle of Deity, aspiring at reunion with the Supreme Being, and meditating on immortality.
Is there not an ardour of enthusiasm, which ad- mires and produces excellence in the arts of music, painting, and poetry ? And shall it be allowed in the humble province of imitative skill, and ex- ploded in contemplating the great archetype of does not produce a change in the heart, but affects the under- standing, leai^ing the will unaltered ; whence it happens that enthusiasm may exist in wicked men, as it appears to have done in the instance of Baalam and others ; but the operation of grace necessarily produces a change in the heart and a love of holiness."— Turrctin.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Like that of all other good things, the corruption and abuse of it is productive of great evil; but still it is not itself to be exploded.
There is, indeed, a cold philosophy, which seems to discouri^e all the warm sentiments of affection, and will hardly allow them in any thing which concerns religion. It aims at reducing theology to a scholastic science, and would willingly des- cant of the love of God, and the sublimest disco- veries of the gospel, in the same frigidity of temper as it would... explain the metaphysics of Aristotle.
But there is a natural and laudable ardour in the mind of man, whenever it contemplates magni- ficent objects; and which is certainly to be ex- pected, when that object is the Lord God omni- potent, and the human soul, the particle of Deity, aspiring at reunion with the Supreme Being, and meditating on immortality.
Is there not an ardour of enthusiasm, which ad- mires and produces excellence in the arts of music, painting, and poetry ? And shall it be allowed in the humble province of imitative skill, and ex- ploded in contemplating the great archetype of does not produce a change in the heart, but affects the under- standing, leai^ing the will unaltered ; whence it happens that enthusiasm may exist in wicked men, as it appears to have done in the instance of Baalam and others ; but the operation of grace necessarily produces a change in the heart and a love of holiness."— Turrctin.
What to read after Christian Philosophy?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Vicesimus Knox to read onlineMoreLess
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