possessing it, which is joy; flying from what is opposed to it, which is fear; and if overtaken thereby and suffering, grief. All these passions become evil if the object of love be evil; good if it be good. The inhabitants of the City of God fear, hope, suffer, and rejoice; and because their love is upright so are all their affections. The doctrines of Christianity subject the mind to God, that He should guide and sustain it, and subject all these passions to it, so that, being guided aright, they
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