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Chapter 61

           Whowouldusemoneyandpositionbetterthanhemeanttousethem?Whocouldsurpasshiminself-abhorrenceandexaltationofGod’scause?AndtoMr.BulstrodeGod’scausewassomethingdistinctfromhisownrectitudeofconduct:itenforcedadiscriminationofGod’senemies,whoweretobeusedmerelyasinstruments,andwhomitwouldbeaswellifpossibletokeepoutofmoneyandconsequentinfluence.Also,profitableinvestmentsintradeswherethepoweroftheprinceofthisworldshoweditsmostactivedevices,becamesanctifiedbyarightapplicationoftheprofitsinthehandsofGod’sservant.

           ThisimplicitreasoningisessentiallynomorepeculiartoevangelicalbeliefthantheuseofwidephrasesfornarrowmotivesispeculiartoEnglishmen.Thereisnogeneraldoctrinewhichisnotcapableofeatingoutourmoralityifuncheckedbythedeep-seatedhabitofdirectfellow-feelingwithindividualfellow-men.

           Butamanwhobelievesinsomethingelsethanhisowngreed,hasnecessarilyaconscienceorstandardtowhichhemoreorlessadaptshimself.Bulstrode’sstandardhadbeenhisserviceablenesstoGod’scause:"Iamsinfulandnoughtavesseltobeconsecratedbyusebutuseme!"—hadbeenthemouldintowhichhehadconstrainedhisimmenseneedofbeingsomethingimportantandpredominating.Andnowhadcomeamomentinwhichthatmouldseemedindangerofbeingbrokenandutterlycastaway.

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