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Hold Firmly To Your Word.

You Must Consider, When Reading This Treatise, That Mental Perception, Because Connected With Matter, Is Subject To Conditions Similar To Those To Which Physical Perception Is Subject.

This Must Be Our Belief When We Have A Correct Knowledge Of Our Own Self, And Comprehend The True Nature Of Everything; We Must Be Content, And Not Trouble Our Mind With Seeking A Certain Final Cause For Things That Have None, Or Have No Other Final Cause But Their Own Existence, Which Depends On The Will Of God, Or, If You Prefer, On The Divine Wisdom.

Even When A Person Suffers Pain In Consequence Of A Thorn Having Entered Into His Hand, Although It Is At Once Drawn Out, It Is A Punishment That Has Been Inflicted On Him, And The Least Pleasure He Enjoys Is A Reward; All This Is Meted Out By Strict Justice; As Is Said In The Scripture, "all His Ways Are Judgement" (deut. Xxxii. 4); We Are Only Ignorant Of The Working Of That Judgement.

It Is Hard For A Woman With Whom An Uncircumcised Man Has Had Sexual Intercourse To Separate From Him. In My Opinion This Is The Strongest Of The Reasons For Circumcision.