Chapter XXX.—In the Great
Diversity of Opinions, It Becomes All to Unite Charity and Divine
Truth.
41. In this diversity of true opinions let
Truth itself beget concord; and may our God have mercy upon
us, that we may use the law lawfully, the end of the commandment, pure
charity. And by
this if any one asks of me, “Which of these was the meaning of
Thy servant Moses?” these were not the utterances of my
confessions, should I not confess unto Thee, “I know not;” and
yet I know that those opinions are true, with the exception of
those carnal ones concerning which I have spoken what I thought
well. However, these words of Thy Book affright not those little
ones of good hope, treating few of high things in a humble fashion, and few things in varied ways. But let all, whom I acknowledge to see and speak the truth in these words, love one another, and equally love Thee, our God, fountain of truth,—if we thirst not for vain things, but for it; yea, let us so honour this servant of Thine, the dispenser of this Scripture, full of Thy Spirit, as to believe that when Thou revealedst Thyself to him, and he wrote these things, he intended that which in them chiefly excels both for light of truth and fruitfulness of profit.