\ Jesus Christ and Saint Paul use the order of charity, not of the
intellect, for they wish to warm, not to teach ; the same with Saint
Augustine. This order consists mainly in digressions on each
point which may illustrate the main end, and keep it ever in view.
God and the Apostles 'oreseeing that the seed of pride would
cause heresies to spring up, and not wishing to give them occa-
sion to arise by defining them, have placed in the Scripture and
the prayers of the Church contrary words and sentences to
produce their fruit in time.
So in morals he gives charity ^ produce fruits contrary to lust.
He who knows the will of his master will be beaten with more
stripes, because of the power he has by his knowledge. Qui
Justus est justificetttr adhuc, because of the power which he has
by justice, from him who has received most will the greatest
account be demanded, because the aid received has given him
greater power.
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There is an universal and essential difference between the
actions of the will and all other actions.
The will is one of the chief organs of belief, not that it forms
belief, but that things are true or false according to the side on
which we view them. The will which chooses one side rathei
than the other turns away the mind from considering the
qualities of all that it does not like to see, thus the mind, moving
in accord with the will, stays to look at the side it chooses,
and so judges by what it sees.
