For it is with the mysteries of our religion, as with wholesome pills for the sick, which swallowed whole, have the virtue to cure; but chewed, are for the most part cast up again without effect.

Summary

This quote suggests that the mysteries of religion should be accepted and revered without question or scrutiny. It compares them to pills that must be taken as a whole in order to have a healing effect. If these mysteries are not treated with respect and accepted as they are, without doubt or over-analysis, they become meaningless and ineffective, much like pills that are chewed and then spit out. This quote implies that blind faith and acceptance of religious mysteries are necessary for their intended impact.

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