Charity (Whitehead) n. 98

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98. In the world man is not charity as to his form, in face, in body, and in voice; but yet his mind may be; and after death his mind is the spirit in the human form. Nevertheless, a sincere man, who thinks nothing against charity, may be known from his face and voice, and yet with difficulty, because there are such hypocrites, that can simulate to the life, yea, put on the sincerity of charity. But if an angel looks at his face and hears his voice, he discerns his character; because he does not see the material which overveils, but to which the material man gives attention.


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