of the will confirmed by the understanding; consequently, that true blessedness, as pronounced by the ALMIGHTY, consists in removing all evil from the thought, from the intention, and from the will? I trust, Sir, that I am not perplexing you with useless subtleties, but I confess, that the more I reflect on the above three characters of bliss, as noticed and pointed out to us by the DIVINE MIND, so much the more I feel inclined to believe in, and to be convinced of the truth of, the above interpretation.
Possibly however you are not so well satisfied, on this occasion, as myself, and therefore, if you will allow me, I will adduce a few passages from the Sacred Scriptures, in further confirmation of the spiritual signification of the several bodily acts of walking, of standing, and of sitting, as applied to the mind.
To begin then with walking.
Take now your BIBLE, and turn to the following passages:—“If ye WALK contrary to Me, and will not hearken unto Me; I will also walk contrary to you,” [Levit. xxvi. 21, 23, 24.]. Again, “If ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your GOD, to WALK in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him,” [Deut. xi. 22.; chap. xix. 9.]. Again, “Thou hast delivered my soul from death, that I may WALK before
