Preliminary Discourse, p. lxxx.

Now of these three, the office of Christ, as our prophet, is the means used by the Holy Spirit for working the redemption of the understanding of men; that faculty by which we acquire the knowledge on which proceed both our inward principles of conduct and our outward acts of power.

I

[cannot]

forbear expressing my regret that Mr. Irving has not adhered to the clear and distinct exposition of the understanding,

genere et gradu

, given in the

Aids to Reflection

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