Evidences of Christianity
Evidences of Christianity
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Internalpurity with him is everything. Now I contend that this is the onlydiscipline which can succeed; in other words, that a moral system whichprohibits actions, but leaves the thoughts at liberty, will beineffectual, and is therefore unwise. I know not how to go about theproof of a point which depends upon experience, and upon a knowledge ofthe human constitution, better than by citing the judgment of personswho appear to have given great attention to the subject, and to be wellqualified to ...form a true opinion about it. Boerhaave, speaking of thisvery declaration of our Saviour, "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lustafter her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart, " andunderstanding it, as we do, to contain an injunction to lay the checkupon the thoughts, was wont to say that "our Saviour knew mankind betterthan Socrates. " Hailer, who has recorded this saying of Boerhaave, addsto it the following remarks of his own:--(Letters to his Daughter. ) "Itdid not escape the observation of our Saviour that the rejection ofany evil thoughts was the best defence against vice: for when adebauched person fills his imagination with impure pictures, thelicentious ideas which he recalls fail not to stimulate his desires witha degree of violence which he cannot resist.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Internalpurity with him is everything. Now I contend that this is the onlydiscipline which can succeed; in other words, that a moral system whichprohibits actions, but leaves the thoughts at liberty, will beineffectual, and is therefore unwise. I know not how to go about theproof of a point which depends upon experience, and upon a knowledge ofthe human constitution, better than by citing the judgment of personswho appear to have given great attention to the subject, and to be wellqualified to ...form a true opinion about it. Boerhaave, speaking of thisvery declaration of our Saviour, "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lustafter her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart, " andunderstanding it, as we do, to contain an injunction to lay the checkupon the thoughts, was wont to say that "our Saviour knew mankind betterthan Socrates. " Hailer, who has recorded this saying of Boerhaave, addsto it the following remarks of his own:--(Letters to his Daughter. ) "Itdid not escape the observation of our Saviour that the rejection ofany evil thoughts was the best defence against vice: for when adebauched person fills his imagination with impure pictures, thelicentious ideas which he recalls fail not to stimulate his desires witha degree of violence which he cannot resist.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Paley, William, 1743-1805 to read onlineMoreLess
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