Charity (Whitehead) n. 177

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177. That such things are externals of worship, and that the externals of worship are signs of charity, will be seen in the following order:

(I.) Charity itself is in the internal man, and its sign is in the external. (II.) When charity is in the internal man, and constitutes it, then all the acts of worship that are performed in externals are signs of it. (III.) Worship in the external man proceeding from charity in the internal, appears to the angels as a standard bearer with a banner in his hand. But worship in the external man not proceeding from charity in the internal, appears to the angels as an actor with a firebrand in his hand.


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