Charity (Coulson) n. 114

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114. 5. Whatever proceeds from such a man derives from that form that it is a likeness of it; thus it is charity.

There are three things that proceed; there is thought, there is speech, and there is action. From a man who is a form of charity, there proceeds thought from the affection that is charity, speech from the voice which is of affection, and in which there is the affection of the thought, and action by means of a movement in which there is charity. This movement proceeds from effort; and the affection of the thought makes the effort.


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