Mysticism in English Literature by Caroline F. E. Spurgeon
page 107 of 156 (68%)
page 107 of 156 (68%)
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If thou humblest thyself, thou humblest me.
Thou also dwellst in Eternity. Thou art a man: God is no more: Thy own humanity learn to adore, For that is my Spirit of Life.[75] Similarly the union of man with God is the whole gist of that apparently most chaotic of the prophetic books, _Jerusalem_. The proof of the divinity of man, it would seem, lies in the fact that he desires God, for he cannot desire what he has not seen. This view is summed up in the eight sentences which form the little book (about 2 inches long by 1½ inches broad) in the British Museum, _Of Natural Religion_. Here are four of them. Man's perceptions are not bounded by organs of perception, he perceives more than sense (tho' ever so acute) can discover. None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if he had none but organic perceptions. Man's desires are limited by his perceptions, none can desire what he has not perceiv'd. The desires and perceptions of man untaught by anything but organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense. The solution of the difficulty is given in large script on the last of the tiny pages of the volume: |
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