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hereby destroyed and the Religion will have no secret (meaning) which should not be divulged. Rather
both the hidden and the obvious will be the same." If you inquire, then you should know that this
question raises a grave issue and leads into the science of Revelation departing from the intent of
the
science of practical Religion which is the purpose of these books. For the articles of faith
which we have
already mentioned come under the deeds of the heart which we are required to receive with acceptance
and consent, by fixing the heart on them and adhering to them, not by endeavoring to comprehend
their
realities, since this was not required of all people.
Were it not a part of practical Religion we would not have mentioned it in this book, and were it
not one
of the outward deeds of the heart we would not have mentioned it in the first half of the book.
Real (and
complete) revelation is an attribute of the essence of the heart and its inward part. But if the
discussion
leads to the stirring up of doubt or the shadow of doubt concerning the contradiction of the
visible to the
both the hidden and the obvious will be the same." If you inquire, then you should know that this
question raises a grave issue and leads into the science of Revelation departing from the intent of
the
science of practical Religion which is the purpose of these books. For the articles of faith
which we have
already mentioned come under the deeds of the heart which we are required to receive with acceptance
and consent, by fixing the heart on them and adhering to them, not by endeavoring to comprehend
their
realities, since this was not required of all people.
Were it not a part of practical Religion we would not have mentioned it in this book, and were it
not one
of the outward deeds of the heart we would not have mentioned it in the first half of the book.
Real (and
complete) revelation is an attribute of the essence of the heart and its inward part. But if the
discussion
leads to the stirring up of doubt or the shadow of doubt concerning the contradiction of the
visible to the