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118 received and admitted by it. Let us take then our proof from this Divine precept, contained in the of the, “Thou shalt love the  thy  with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,” [ Matt. xxii. 37.; Mark xii. 30.; Luke x. 27.]

This Divine precept, it is plain, may be viewed under three distinct forms, and impressed on man in three distinct degrees, according to its reception, first in the memory, secondly in the understanding, and thirdly in the will; in other words, first as science, secondly as intelligence, and thirdly as wisdom. It is equally plain, that if the precept be received only as science in the memory, it gains no admission into the mind, or spirit, of man, since the memory is merely an outer court leading to the mind, but makes no part of the mind itself. Nevertheless, as an outer court, it has its important uses, since under that character it serves as a storehouse, in which the documents of what is good and true may be deposited, for the purpose of their being afterwards elevated into the higher or interior principles of the understanding and will.

Let us suppose now, that the above Divine precept, “Thou shalt love the thy  with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,” has been admitted and deposited in the memory. What eye