Charity (Whitehead) n. 15

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15. And does not see that he who cherishes hatred to another, who acts the adversary and enemy to him, who burns with revenge, and desires his death, does not love the neighbor? That he who would commit whoredom with the wife of another, who would seduce virgins and desert them, and violate women, does not love the neighbor? That he who would despoil, and under various pretenses steal his goods, who would injure the reputation of another by slander, and so by false witness, does not love the neighbor? Nor yet he who covets his house, his wife, or anything that is his neighbor's. Hence it is plain that not to will to do evil to the neighbor is of charity.


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