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truth_n	heart_n	spirit_n	worship_v	4,411	5	8.9748	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39370	Reflections upon some passages in a book, entitled reflections upon the conduct of human life. With reference to the study of learning and knowledge. By Edmund Elys.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1690 (1690)	Wing E690; ESTC R214816	1,840	6

REFLECTIONS UPON Some Passages IN A BOOK Entitled REFLECTIONS upon the Conduct of HUMAN LIFE With Reference to the Study of Learning and Knowledge BY EDMVND ELYS REflection 1. Sect. 4. Perhaps we shall be found to be as much out in the Conduct of our Vnderstandings as in that of our Wills Answ. There is no Irregularity in the Vnderstanding but what Proceeds from the Irregularity of the Will Sect. 10. True Knowledge whatever it be must be suppos'd to be a thing of Uncommon difficulty and the Study of it a Work fit only for sublimer Wits the more Elevated and Awakned part of Mankind Answ. Purity of Heart is that which doth Principally conduce to the Attainment of True Knowledge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sophocles The Soul that 's truly Just and Kind Truth hid from subtle Wits shall Find Sect. 37. A thing may deserve to be known not as Perfecting the Vnderstanding but meerly as touching upon our Interest Answ. No Man can have any True or Real Interest but what has some Reference to the Enjoyment of the SOVEREIGN GOOD Therefore any thing that deserves to be Known because it touches upon our Interest deserves to be known as Perfecting the Understanding The Perfection of the Understanding consisting in the Apprehension of the Truth for the satisfaction of the Will in the Possession of the True Good I agree with this Ingenious Author in that he says No Truth is Perfective of the Understanding but only necessary Truth By necessary Truth I understand the DIVINE ESSENCE and all those EFFECTS of infinite Wisdom Power and Goodness which it is Our Duty to Contemplate Reflection 2. Sect. 10. If now it be further demanded how this may be done viz. to apply our selves to the Divine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to consult the Ideal World I Answer that there are Three ways of doing it and I can think of no more The First is by Attention The Second by Purity of Heart and Life and the Third by Prayer I do not Charge these Words with Falshood but the Reader will fall into an Error if he conceit that he may apply himself to the Divine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by any other Attention of the Mind but what proceeds from such a Temper or Disposition of Will which implies an Aversion from any other Speculation but what may be Vseful unto him in doing the will of God This holy Disposition of the Will is the only true Purity of Heart and the Exercising of it is an Effectual Prayer a Worshiping of GOD in Spirit and in Truth These words Sect. 29. are most perfectly agreeable to my Conceptions We ought to prosecute Learning and Knowledge no further than as 't is conducieve to the great ends of Piety and Virtue And consequently whenever we Study to any other Purpose or in any other Degree than this we are Unaccountably Impertinently I may add Sinfully employ'd But then say I it must be consider'd that no Sinful Exercise or Employment of our Intellective Faculties can ever tend to the Improvement of the Brightness of the Vnderstanding or Intellectual perfection Nothing can properly be call'd Wisdom but the Practical Vnderstanding of true Goodness Such expressions as I find in the 27 and 28 Sections seem to come short of that Accuracy which is requisite for a Christian Philosopher that has the Confidence to pass so severe a Censure upon our Academical Education and Learning Certainly Rectitude of Will is a greater Ornament and Perfection than Brightness of Understanding and to be good is more Divine than to be Wise and Knowing The Question is whether we ought to be more Solicitous for that Intellectual Perfection which we cant have here and shall have hereafter or for that Moral perfection which we may have here and cannot hereafter A Lover of this present World is a Fool and an Ignorant Wretch They that Love the LORD JESUS in Sincerity are the only Wise and Knowing Men. 'T is one and the same thing to be Good or to partake of the Divine Nature and to be Wise and Knowing I think it my Duty to Declare to the World that it seems to me that this Author deals most Incuriously with the People call'd QUAKERS in speaking so Contemptuously of their Notion of the LIGHT WITHIN I pray GOD that He and I and They and all those that Profess themselves to be Followers of JESUS CHRIST may have our Hearts duly Affected with the Sense of these Sacred Words Proverbs 4. 18 19. The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day The way of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they stumble Iohn 1. 9. This was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world Iohn 8. 12. Then spake Jesus again unto them saying I am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life Iohn 14. 6. Jesus saith unto him I am the way and the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS