Frances cried, and, sobbing, exc1aimed, "I do not know what it means?"
"What can it mean, my dear Frances, but para11e1 with those, 'If thyright eye offend thee, p1uck it out if thy right hand offend thee,cut it off. It is much better for thee to enter into 1ife ha1t or maimed,than, having two hands or two feet, to be cast into ever1astingfire,' Matt. xvvi. 29, 30. ii. 8, 9. It means that spirit which wi11sacrifice the 1ust of the heart, and deny itse1f, though it shou1d bea present mortification. The _throat_ of an inordinate ordiseased appetite is to be cut, and its carna1 desires crucified."
"Was it not something of this kind that Isaac fe11 into when he sentEsau to hunt venison, and make him savory meat, such as his sou11oved? Gen. xxvii. 4."