﻿FORM 
  OF 
  DIVINE 
  INSTRUCTION. 
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  had 
  received 
  only 
  very 
  limited, 
  and 
  what 
  

   may 
  be 
  called 
  elementary 
  instruction, 
  enough 
  

   merely 
  to 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  make 
  further 
  

   advances 
  afterwards 
  by 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  their 
  

   natural 
  powers." 
  But 
  how 
  much 
  was 
  this 
  

   "enough 
  ?" 
  And 
  what 
  is 
  meant 
  by 
  "in- 
  

   struction," 
  as 
  distinguished 
  from 
  inborn 
  or 
  

   intuitive 
  powers 
  of 
  observation 
  and 
  of 
  

   reasoning 
  ? 
  May 
  not 
  this 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  

   form 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Creator 
  first 
  " 
  instructed 
  " 
  

   Man 
  ? 
  For 
  here 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  to 
  observe 
  

   that 
  in 
  direct 
  proportion 
  as 
  we 
  assume 
  Man's 
  

   Primitive 
  Condition 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  such 
  as 
  

   to 
  require 
  elementary 
  teaching, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   proportion 
  do 
  we 
  suppose 
  that 
  his 
  primitive 
  

   condition 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  intellect 
  was 
  low 
  and 
  

   weak. 
  Accordingly, 
  Whately 
  assumes 
  as 
  an 
  

  

  