59. With such men the first thing is to procure for themselves doctrine from the literal sense of the Word: thus they light a lamp for their further progress. After doctrine has been procured, however, and the lamp has been thus lit, they see the Word from it. But those who do not procure doctrine for themselves first enquire whether the doctrine given by others and generally received agrees with the Word; and to those things which agree with the Word they assent, but dissent from those which do not agree. In this way their doctrine is formed for them, and by means of the doctrine their faith. However, this takes place only with those who, not being distracted by the affairs of the world, are able to see; and those, if they love truths for their own sake and apply them to the uses of life, are enlightened by the Lord: others whose lives are in some measure regulated by truths can learn from them.