Be Convinced That, If Man Were Able

At Times The Truth Shines So Brilliantly That We Perceive It As Clear As Day. Our Nature And Habit Then Draw A Veil Over Our Perception, And We Return To A Darkness Almost As Dense As Before. We Are Like Those Who, Though Beholding Frequent Flashes Of Lightning, Still Find Themselves In The Thickest Darkness Of The Night.

There Are Four Different Theories Concerning Divine Providence; They Are All Ancient, Known From The Time Of The Prophets, When The True Law Was Revealed To Enlighten These Dark Regions.

It Is Of Great Advantage That Man Should Know His Station, And Not Imagine That The Whole Universe Exists Only For Him.

I Find It Expressed In Various Passages Of Scripture That The Fact That God Knows Things While In A State Of Possibility, When Their Existence Belongs To The Future, Does Not Change The Nature Of The Possible In Any Way; That Nature Remains Unchanged; And The Knowledge Of The Realisation Of One Of Several Possibilities Does Not Yet Effect That Realisation. This Is Likewise One Of The Fundamental Principles Of The Law Of Moses Concerning Which There Is No Doubt Nor Any Dispute.

You Must Accept The Truth From Whatever Source It Comes.