The Inward Offer Is A Kind Of

The Virtue Of Contentment Is The Acquiescence Of The Mind In The Lot God Has Given

Nothing Exists From Eternity But God, And God Is Not The Matter Or A Part Of Any Creature, But Only The Maker.

Therefore, The Church Is Not Absolutely Necessary As An Object Of Faith, Not Even For Us Today, For Then Abraham And The Other Prophets Would Not Have Given Assent To Those Things Which Were Revealed To Them From God Without Any Intervening Help Of The Church.

Faith Is The Virtue By Which, Clinging-to The Faithfulness Of God, We Lean Upon Him, So That We May Obtain What He Gives To Us.

An Idea In Man Is First Impressed Upon Him And Afterwards Expressed In Things, But In God It Is Only Expressed, Not Impressed, Because It Does Not Come From Anywhere Else.