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thing that you hear told, you will not fall into error, no 

 matter whether the comments that you hear be right 

 or wrong, if God has given you the spirit that leads to a 

 right understanding. For every man who is gifted with 

 proper insight and gets into the right path at the be- 

 ginning will be able to find the highways of reason and 

 to determine what expressions are suitable and will best 

 fit the circumstances. Now gather from .these things 

 whatever you can that may give insight; but it does not 

 seem necessary to discuss them further. 



XLIX 



INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAS ALLOWED THE DECISION 



TO BE FRAMED ACCORDING TO THE STERN 



DEMANDS OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE 



Son. God reward you, sire, for being so patient in 

 answering all the questions that I am asking. I find, 

 however, that you think my queries wander about in 

 a childish way, but as I cannot keep to the subject of 

 the conversation that we have begun, my questions will 

 come down here and there, as one might expect of youth- 

 ful ignorance. Still, it seems that it is better to have 

 asked than not about the matter that I brought up last, 

 namely, how one is to determine whether the glosses 

 are correct or not. Now I understand perfectly your 

 statement that a man does not tell a lie about God, if 

 he tells God's purposes as if they were His own words; 

 for whatever God has determined in His own soul, He 

 has already spoken to Himself in His thoughts, whether 

 He has uttered them with His lips or not; wherefore 



