Treatise on Ethics (1684) pp 98-107 | Cite as
Chapter Eight
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Abstract
On the means furnished by religion for acquiring the love of Order. Jesus Christ is the occasional cause of grace. We must call upon Him with confidence. When we approach the Sacraments, our momentary love of Order is changed into habitual love, because of the permanent desires of Jesus Christ. Proof of this truth essential to the conversion of sinners. Fear of hell as good a motive as the desire for eternal felicity. We must not confuse the motive with the end. The desire to be happy, or self-love, must make us conform to Order, or subject ourselves to the Divine law.
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Virtue People Habitual Disposition Genuine Good Parenthetical Remark Permanent Disposition
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993