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Rh we say of this division and disjunction of principles in the human mind, or with what comparison shall we compare it? Is it not like separating the right side of the body from the left, and thus putting asunder what hath joined together? Is it not making the right eye say to the left, I have no need of thee, whilst the left retorts, in its turn, I have no need of thee? Is it not putting the same language of independence into the mouth of the right ear, the right hand, and the right foot, in regard to its brother and companion the left? May it not therefore be properly and with truth asserted of those who exalt the commandments to the exclusion of a creed, or who exalt charity in a state of separation from faith, that they cut off their left hands and feet, pull out their left eyes, and stop their left ears? On the other hand, may it not, with the same truth and propriety, be asserted of those, who magnify a creed to the exclusion of the commandments, or who annihilate charity by assigning to faith all the power of salvation, that they are the companions of the left-handed Ehud, a Benjamite, ['Judges iii. 15.]; and of the seven hundred chosen men left-handed, ['Judges xx. 17.]; and besides, that their right eyes, right ears, and right feet, are discarded from all communication and connection with the left.

Allow me then, my good Friend, to close my long