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ÐÓÓßA€" ) °°xdE°Ï(xAߛРÐ( $" МÌÓ  ÓPrinted›€in€the€Year,€œMDCLXXXVIIIÔ#†XU3X  –Ñt#ÔÐ *g%$ ÐÓÓÌßA€" ) °°xdE°:,xAßÐ ;,‹'& ÐÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°5-xAßÐ  6-†((ý Мò òÑ ý ÑÌÌÌÌThis€document€is€a€transcription€of€an€English€translation€ofÌà  àThe€Spiritual€GuideÌbyÌà  àMiguel€de€MolinosÌÌÌThe€English€translation€was€published€in€London,€in€1688,€and€is€a€translation€of€an€ItalianÏedition€published€in€Venice,€in€1685.€€The€English€translation€has€the€author€as€ð ðDr.ÏMichael€de€Molinosðð.ÌÌÌThe€transcription€was€performed€in€November€and€December€of€1997,€from€a€microfilmedÏcopy€of€the€1688€English€translation.ÌÌÌThe€microfilmed€copy€was€produced€byÌà  àUniversity€Microfilms€InternationalÌà  àAnn€Arbor,€Michigan€48106€U.S.A.Ìand€is€catalogued€asÌà  àM2387€€Molinos,€Miguel€de.€€The€spiritual€guide.Ìà  à[London],€printed,€1688.€8ð$ð.Ð Ð  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Ðhimself€Provincial;€and€he€speaks€very€fine€things€of€it,€and€he€had€so€heartily€read€it€over,€that€theÏimpression€which€it€made€in€his€Mind,€gave€him€the€exact€cue€and€knack€of€that€sort€of€LanguageÏwhich€the€Author€uses,€when€he€throws€himself€headlong€into€darkness€and€obscurity:€And€whenÏthis€Man€had€recommended€the€Book€to€the€sincere€Reader,€after€his€way;€the€next€that€appearsÏto€give€a€Grace€to€it,€is€no€less€a€Man,€than€the€Most€Illustrious€and€most€Reverend€Lord,€theÏArchbishop€of€òòRhegiumóó,€who€tells€us€how€many€great€Offices€in€the€Church€he€had€passððdÐ P 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"` ÐFathers,€and€the€usual€way€of€Mystical€Divines,€he€says€again,€that€the€Author€of€this€Book,€doesÏnot€speak€his€own€Capricios,€but€follows€the€footsteps€of€the€Ancients,€and€builds€upon€theirÏPrinciples,€and€spiritual€Foundations,€that€he€reduces€ððem€to€a€right€and€clear€Method,€bringingÏforth€(says€he)€out€of€his€Treasures,€things€new€and€old;€And€for€the€œStile›€of€the€Book,€he€allowsÏit€to€be€clear,€œeasie,›€plain,€and€full€in€such€crabbed€hard€and€lofty€Subject;€adding€withal,€that€theÏMan€doth€not€decline€Proofs€of€Scripture,€Doctrines€of€the€Fathers,€Decrees€of€Councils,€nor€theÏPrinciples€of€Morality,€and€therefore€he€judges€it€to€be€a€useful€Piece,€and€very€worth€to€beÏPrinted:€and€what€can€be€said€more€to€set€any€Book€off.Ìà  àNext€to€the€Archbishopððs€Approbation,€in€comes€that€of€œFryer›€òòFrancis„Maryóó,€MinisterÐ \*¬%& ÐGeneral€of€the€whole€òòFranciscanóó€Order,€given€from€his€Convent€of€òòAra€œCóóð§ðòòlióó,›€who€speaks€mightyÐ H+˜&' Ðkindly€and€favourably€of€the€Book,€&€recommends€it€to€the€Press.Ð 4,„'( Ðà  àThen€appears€the€Approbation€of€œFryer›€òòDominicóó€of€the€most€holy€Trinity,€Qualifier€andÐ d МÖ€ ÿÿÖ›Counsellour€of€the€holy€Office€of€òòMaltaóó,€and€of€the€òòInquisitionóó€of€òòRomeóó,€Rector€of€the€College€ofÐ Pì ÐòòMissionariesóó,€at€St.€òòPancraceóó,€and€he€blesses€himself€as€he€sits€in€judgement€upon€it,€and€gives€hisÐ <Ø Ðsense€&€liking,€as€formally€as€the€rest.Ìà  àAfter€this€comes€a€famous€òòJesuiteóó,€another€Qualifier€of€the€òòRoman€Inquisitionóó,€and€heÐ  ° Ðtakes€it€to€be€a€Book€of€singular€esteem€and€use,€and€recommends€it€to€others€with€as€muchÏcordial€kindness,€as€he€fancied€he€had€received€good€by€it.Ìà  àAnd€next€to€him€a€great€òòCapucineóó,€that€could€not€forbear€(either€for€the€credit€of€theÐ Ø t ÐBook,€or€himself)€to€tell€the€World,€that€he€had€been€no€less€than€four€several€times,€Provincial€ofÏòòAndaluziaóó,€and€was€at€present€Definitor€General€of€all€his€Order;€and€expresses€himself€muchÐ °L  Ðtaken€with€the€Book,€and€as€a€good€proof€of€so€being,€discourses€upon€it€in€that€Mystical€Way,Ïand€would€by€no€means€have€it€kept€from€being€Published.Ìà  àAll€this€is€òòRomanóó€Approbation€which€signifies€but€little€to€a€Book,€that€must€be€Printed€inÐ t  ÐòòVeniceóó;€and€therefore€the€Reformers€of€the€University€of€òòPaduaóó,€who€License€Books€receiving€aÐ `ü  ÐCertificate€from€their€Secretary,€that€the€Book€had€nothing€in€it€against€Princes,€or€good€Manners,Ïgave€leave€to€a€Stationer€of€òòVeniceóó€to€Print€it€again€there,€in€1676,€upon€the€Authority€of€whichÐ 8Ô  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Ðby€this€Book:€Till€we€know€further€of€the€Author,€there€is€no€more€to€be€said€of€him€than€thatÏsometimes€he€lights€upon€shrewððd€Truths,€and€very€excellent€Thoughts,€as€well€as€mere€Trash€andÏœFoppery.›€Do€but€pardon€him€his€rich€Vein€of€Enthusiasm€and€Gibberish,€and€give€him€leave€nowÏand€then€to€speak€further€than€you€can€see€or€apprehend,€and€you€will€find€things€enough€to€makeÏyou€think€and€attend€to€what€he€œsays:›€But€withal€let€me€tell€you,€that€tis€a€Blessing€to€you€to€liveÏin€a€Country,€where€the€Ministers€of€Religion€do€not€use€to€put€Tricks€up€on€your€UnderstandingÏnor€lead€you€blindly€you€know€not€whither.€And€so€I€rest.ÌÌÓ  ÓòòIn€Molinosððs€Style,óóÐ ø"” ÐÓÇ'ÓÓ  Ӝր ìÖNo„BODY.›Ð  ä#€  ÐÓ  ӜԇîUîXXU3ÔßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°âxAßÐ ã3 ÐÌTHEÌ›ÌÔ#†XU3XîîUa(#ÔÔ‡„)•„XXU3ÔSpiritual€œGuide,Ô#†XU3X„„)•W)#ÔÐ ^ ® ЛÌÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔWhich€disentangles€the€Soul,€and€by€the€Ð ª ú Ðinward€way,€leads€it€to€the€Fruition€of€ÌPerfect€Contemplation,€and€of€the€Ìrich€Treasure€of€Internal€Peace.Ô#†XU3XîîUÁ)#ÔÐ f  МÌßA€" ) °°xdE°%xAßÐ &v  Л̜Ô‡îUîXXU3ÔTheÐ !q  ÐAuthor›€to€the€œReader.Ô#†XU3XîîU+#ԛРE• ÐÓT(ÓÌÓ  ÓòòThere€is€nothing€more€difficult,€than€to€please€all€People,€not€more€œeasie›€and€common€than€toÐ U¥ Ðcensure€Books€that€come€abroad€in€the€World.€All€Books,€without€exception,€that€see€the€light,Ïrun€the€common€Risk€of€both€these€inconveniences,€though€they€may€be€sheltered€under€the€mostÏsublime€Protection,€what€will€become€of€this€little€Book€then,€which€hath€no€Patronage?€TheÏSubject€whereof€being€mystical,€and€not€well„seasoned;€carries€along€with€it€the€commonÏcensure,€and€will€seem€insipid?€Kind€Reader,€if€you€understand€it€not,€be€not€therefore€apt€toÏcensure€the€same.Ìà  àThe€Natural€Man€may€hear€and€read€these€œSpiritual›€Matters,€but€he€can€neverÏcomprehend€them,€as€St.óó€Paul€òòsaithóó;€(I€œCor.c.2›)€The€Natural€Man€receiveth€not€the€things€of€theÐ µ ÐSpirit€of€God.€òòIf€you€condemn€it,€you€condemn€your€self€to€the€number€of€the€wise€men€of€thisÐ ¡ñ ÐWorld,€of€who€St.óó€Denis€òòsays,€that€God€imparts€not€this€Wisdom€to€them,€as€he€does€to€the€simpleÐ Ý Ðand€humble,€though€in€the€opinion€of€Men€they€be€ignorant.Ìà  àMystical€knowledge€proceeds€not€from€Wit,€but€from€Experience;€it€is€not€invented,€butÏproved;€not€read,€but€received;€and€is€therefore€most€secure€and€efficacious,€of€great€help€andÏplentiful€in€fruit;€it€enters€notóó€(œMat.II.›)€òòinto€the€Soul€by€Ears,€nor€by€the€continual€Reading€ofÐ ="  ÐBooks,€but€by€the€free€Infusion€of€the€Holy€Ghost,€whose€Grace€with€most€delightful€intimacy,€isÏcommunicated€to€the€simple€and€lowly.Ìà  àThere€are€some€Learned€Men,€who€have€never€read€these€Matters,€and€some€SpiritualÏMen€that€hitherto€have€hardly€relished€them€and€therefore€both€condemn€them,€the€one€out€ofÏIgnorance,€and€the€other€for€want€of€Experience.Ìà  àBesides,€it€is€certain,€that€he€who€hath€not€the€experience€of€this€sweetness,€cannot€pass€aÏœJudgement›€upon€these€Mysterious€Secrets;€nay,€rather€heððll€be€Scandalized€(as€many€are)€whenÏhe€hears€of€the€Wonders€which€the€Divine€Love€is€wont€to€work€in€œSouls,›€because€he€finds€noÏœsuch›€Rarities€in€his€own.€Who€shall€limit€the€goodness€of€God,€whose€Arm€is€not€shortened,€butÏthat€he€can€do€now€what€he€hath€wrought€at€other€times?€God€calls€neither€the€strongest€nor€theÏrichest€for€their€Merit;€but€calls€rather€the€weakest€and€most€wretched,€that€his€infinite€mercyÐ a,±'+ Ðmay€shine€forth€the€more.̜ր Ö›à  àThis€Science€is€not€Theoretical,€but€Practical,€wherein€Experience€surpasses€the€mostÏrefined€and€ingenious€Speculation.€€Hence€it€was€that€St.óó€œTiresia›€òòadmonished€her€Ghostly€Father,Ð <Ø Ðthat€he€should€not€confer€about€Spiritual€Matters,€but€with€Spiritual€Menóó;€Because,€òòsaid€sheóó,€ifÐ ( Ä Ðthey€know€but€one€way,€or€if€they€have€stopped€œmid„way,›€there€is€no€success€to€be€expected.Ìà  àòòIt€will€soon€appear€that€he€hath€no€experience€of€this€practical€and€mystical€Science,€whoÐ  œ Ðshall€condemn€the€Doctrine€of€this€Book,€and€who€hath€not€read€St.óó€Dennis,€òòSt.óó€Austin,€òòSt.óóÐ ì ˆ ÐGregory,€òòSt.óó€Bernard,€òòSt.óó€Thomas,€òòSt.óó€Bonaventure,€òòand€many€other€Saints€and€Doctors€approvedÐ Ø t Ðby€the€Church,€who€like€expert€men,€approve,€œcommend,›€and€teach€the€Practice€of€this€Doctrine.Ìà  àIt€is€to€be€taken€notice€of,€that€the€Doctrine€of€this€Book€instructs€not€all€sorts€of€Persons,Ïbut€those€only€who€have€the€Senses€and€Passions€well€mortified,€who€have€already€advanced€andÏmade€progress€in€Prayer,€and€are€called€by€God€to€the€inward€way,€who€encourages€and€guidesÏthem,€freeing€them€from€the€obstacles€which€hinder€the€course€to€perfect€Contemplation.Ìà  àI€have€taken€care€to€have€the€Style€of€this€Book€devote,€chaste,€and€useful,€without€theÏornament€of€polite€Sentences,€ostentation€of€Eloquence,€or€Theological€Niceties,€my€only€scopeÏwas€to€teach€the€Naked€Truth,€with€humility,€sincerity€and€perspicuity.Ìà  àIt€is€not€to€be€wondered€at€that€new€Spiritual€Books€are€every€day€published€in€the€World,Ïbecause€God€hath€always€new€Light€to€communicate,€and€Souls€stand€always€in€need€of€theseÏInstructions.€€All€things€have€not€been€said,€nor€every€thing€written,€hence€it€is€that€there€will€beÏWriting€to€the€end€of€the€World.€€Wonderful€were€the€Lights€that€God€Almighty€communicated€toÏhis€Church€by€means€of€the€Angelical€Doctor€St.óó€œThomas,›€òòand€at€the€hour€of€his€Death,€heÐ Ôp Ðhimself€said€that€the€Divine€Majesty€had€at€that€instant€communicated€to€him€so€much€light,€thatÏall€he€had€before€written€came€short€of€it.€€God€has,€then,€and€always€will€have€new€Lights€toÏcommunicate,€without€any€diminution€to€his€own€Infinite€Wisdom.Ìà  àThe€many€and€grievous€pains€and€difficulties€of€the€inward€way€ought€not€to€make€a€SoulÏdespond,€because€it€is€but€reasonable€that€a€thing€of€great€value€should€cost€dear.€€œBe›€of€goodÏcomfort,€and€believe,€that€not€only€those€which€are€here€represented,€but€many€others€also€willÏbe€overcome€with€the€Grace€of€God€and€internal€Fortitude.Ìà  àIt€was€never€my€design€to€treat€of€Contemplation,€nor€in€œdefence›€of€it,€as€many€have€doneÏwho€have€learnedly€and€speculatively€published€whole€Books,€full€of€efficacious€Reasons,ÏDoctrines€and€Authorities€of€Saints€and€of€the€Holy€Scripture,€for€confuting€the€Opinion€of€thoseÏwho€without€any€ground€have€condemned,€and€do€condemn€it.Ìà  àThe€Experience€of€many€œYears›€(by€reason€of€the€many€Souls€who€have€trusted€to€myÏinsufficiency,€for€their€conduct€in€the€inward€way,€to€which€they€have€been€called)€hathÏconvinced€me€of€the€great€necessity€they€are€in€of€having€the€obstacles€taken€out€of€their€way,€theÏinclinations,€affections€and€allurements€removed,€which€wholly€hinder€the€course€and€obstructÏthe€way€to€perfect€Contemplation.Ìà  àThis€whole€Practical€Book€tends€chiefly€to€this€end,€because€it€is€not€enough€to€ascertainÏthe€inward€way€of€Contemplation,€if€the€obstacles€be€not€taken€out€of€the€way€of€those€Souls€thatÏare€called€and€assured,€which€hinder€their€progress€and€œspiritual›€flight;€For€which€end€I€haveÏmade€use€rather€of€what€God€œout›€of€his€infinite€mercy€hath€inspired€into€me,€and€taught€me,€thanÏof€any€thing€that€the€œspeculative›€reading€of€Books€has€œsuggested›€unto€me,€or€furnished€me€with.Ð 0,Ì%) Ðà  àSometimes€(though€very€seldom)€I€quote€the€Authority€of€some€practical€and€œexperiencððd›ÏAuthor,€to€show€that€the€Doctrine€which€is€here€taught€is€not€singular€and€rare.€€It€hath€been€myÏfirst€scope€then,€not€to€ascertain€the€inward€way€but€to€disentangle€and€œunpester›€it;€My€next€hathÏbeen€to€instruct€the€Spiritual€œDivertors›,€that€they€may€not€stop€those€Souls€in€their€course€whichÏare€called€by€these€secret€Paths€to€internal€Peace€and€Supreme€Felicity.€€God€of€his€infiniteÏMercy€grant,€that€an€end€so€much€desired€may€be€obtained.Ìà  àI€hope€in€God,€that€some€of€those€Souls,€whom€his€Divine€Majesty€calls€to€this€œknowledg,›Ïwill€find€profit€from€what€I€have€writ;€for€whose€sake€I€shall€reckon€my€pains€very€well€employed.€ÏThis€has€been€the€only€But€of€my€desire,€and€if€God€(as€certainly€he€will)€accept€and€approveÏthose€pure€desires,€I€shall€be€content€and€have€my€reward.óóÐ ü L  ÐÌÖ€ ìÖà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àœFarewellÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°«xAߛР¬ü  МР »  ÐÓ  ÓÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔÑ n ÑßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°âxAßÐ ã3 ÐÌÖ€ÔÖThe›ÌœÔ#†XU3XîîUkI#ÔÔ‡°&*°XXU3ÔPREFACE.Ô#†XU3X°°&*ÄJ#ԛР:Š Ð̜ԇîUîXXU3Ôò òFirst›€œAdvertisementó óÔ#†XU3XîîU&K#Ô.›Ð þ N ÐÌÓ_IÓœòòà0  àà ° àBy›€two€ways€one€may€go€to€God,€œthe›€first€by€Meditation€and€Discourse€or€œReasoning;€the›€secondÐ  Z  Ðby€pure€Faith€and€œContemplation.óó›Ðö F (#(# М̛Ì1.€There€are€two€ways€of€going€to€God,€the€one€by€Consideration€and€Mental€Discourse,€and€theÏother€by€the€Purity€of€Faith,€an€indistinct,€general€and€confused€knowledge.€The€first€is€calledÏMeditation,€the€second€Internal€Recollection,€or€œacquirððd›€Contemplation.€The€first€is€of€Beginners,Ïthe€second€of€Proficients.€The€first€is€sensible€and€material,€the€second€more€naked,€pure€andÏinternal.Ìà  à2.€When€the€Soul€is€already€accustomed€to€discourse€of€Mysteries,€by€the€help€ofÏimagination,€and€the€use€of€corporal€Images;€being€carried€from€Creature€to€Creature,€and€fromÏœKnowledg›€to€œKnowledg›€(though€with€very€little€of€that€which€it€wants)€and€from€these€to€theÏCreator;€Then€God€is€wont€to€take€that€Soul€by€the€hand€(if€rather€he€calls€it€not€in€the€veryÏbeginning,€and€leads€it€without€ratiocination€by€the€way€of€pure€Faith)€making€the€Intellect€pass€byÏall€considerations€and€œreasonings›,€draws€it€forward,€and€raises€it€out€of€this€material€and€sensibleÏstate,€making€it€under€a€simple€and€obscure€knowledge€of€Faith,€wholly€aspire€to€its€BridegroomÏupon€the€wings€of€Love,€without€any€farther€necessity€of€the€œperswasions›€and€œinformations›€of€theÏIntellect,€to€make€it€love€him,€because€in€that€manner€the€Soulððs€love€would€be€very€scanty,€muchÏdependent€on€Creature,€stinted€to€drops,€and€these€œtoo›€but€falling€with€pauses€and€intervals.Ìà  à3.€By€how€much€less€it€depends€on€Creatures,€and€the€more€it€relies€on€God€alone,€and€hisÏsecret€documents,€by€the€mediation€of€pure€Faith,€the€more€durable,€œfirm,›€œand›€strong€will€thatÏLove€be.€After€the€Soul€hath€already€acquired€the€œknowledg›€which€all€the€meditations€andÏcorporal€Images€of€Creatures€can€give€her;€it,€now,€the€Lord€raise€her€out€of€that€state,€byÏstripping€her€of€ratiocination,€and€leaving€her€in€divine€darkness,€to€the€end€she€may€march€in€theÏœstreight›€Way,€and€by€pure€Faith,€let€her€be€guided,€and€not€love€with€the€scantiness€and€tenuityÏthat€these€direct;€but€let€her€suppose€that€the€whole€World,€and€all€that€the€most€refinedÏconceptions€of€the€wisest€œunderstandings›€can€tell€her,€are€nothing,€and€that€the€goodness€andÏbeauty€of€her€œbeloved,›€infinitely€surpasses€all€their€œknowledg,›€being€œperswaded›€that€all€CreaturesÏare€too€rude€to€inform€her,€and€to€conduct€her€to€the€true€œknowledg›€of€œGod.Ì›à  à4.€She€ought€then€to€advance€forward€with€her€love,€leaving€all€her€understanding€behind.ÏLet€her€love€God€as€he€is€in€himself,€and€not€as€her€imagination€says€he€is,€and€frames€him€to€her;ÏAnd€if€she€cannot€know€him€as€he€is€in€himself,€let€her€love€him€without€knowing€him€under€theÏobscure€veils€of€Faith;€in€the€same€manner€as€a€Son€who€hath€never€seen€his€Father,€but€fullyÏbelieving€those€who€have€given€him€information€of€him,€loves€him,€as€if€he€had€already€seen€him.œÌà  à€›5.The€Soul,€from€which€Mental€Discourse€is€taken,€ought€not€to€strain€her€self,€norÐ b,²'+ Ðsolicitously€seek€for€more€clear€and€particular€knowledge,€but€even€without€the€supports€ofÏsensible€consolations€or€notices,€with€poverty€of€spirit,€and€deprived€of€all€that€the€natural€appetiteÏrequires;€continue€quiet,€firm€and€constant,€letting€the€Lord€work€his€work,€though€she€may€seemÏto€be€alone,€exhausted€and€full€of€darkness:€and€though€this€appear€to€her€to€be€idleness,€it€is€onlyÏof€her€own€sensible€and€material€activity,€not€of€Godððs,€who€is€working€true€œknowledg›€in€her.œÌ›à  à6.€Finally,€the€more€the€Spirit€ascends,€the€more€it€is€taken€off€of€sensible€Objects.€ManyÏare€the€Souls€who€have€arrived€and€do€arrive€at€this€gate,€but€few€have€passed€or€do€pass€it,€forÏwant€of€the€experimental€guide,€and€those€who€have€had,€and€actually€have€it,€for€want€of€a€trueÏsubjection€and€œintire›€submission.œÌ›à  à7.€Theyððll€say,€that€the€œWill€will›€not€love;€but€be€œunactive›,€if€the€Intellect€understand€notÏclearly€and€distinctly,€it€being€a€received€Maxim,€œthat€that›€which€is€not€known,€cannot€be€loved.ÏTo€this€it€is€answered,€that€thoðð€the€Intellect€understand€not€distinctly€by€ratiocination,€Images€andÏConsiderations,€yet€it€understands€and€knows€by€an€obscure,€general€and€confused€Faith;€whichÏœknowledg,›€thoðð€so€obscure,€indistinct,€and€general,€and€being€supernatural,€hath€nevertheless€aÏmore€clear€and€perfect€cognition€of€God,€than€any€sensible€and€particular€notice,€that€can€beÏformed€in€this€life,€because€all€corporal€and€sensible€representation€is€infinitely€distant€from€God.œÌ›à  à8.€We€know€God€more€perfectly€(says€St.€òòDenisó󀄀Mystic.€œTheol›.€œc.I.ðð.2›)€by€Negatives,Ð $À Ðthan€by€Affirmatives.€We€think€more€highly€of€God,€by€knowing€that€he€is€incomprehensible,€andÏabove€all€our€capacity,€than€by€conceiving€him€under€any€image€or€created€beauty,€according€toÏour€rude€understanding.€A€greater€esteem€and€love€then€will€flow€from€this€confused,€obscure€andÏnegative,€than€from€any€other€sensible€and€distinct€way;€because€that€is€more€proper€to€God,€andÏabstracted€from€creatures;€and€this,€on€the€contrary,€the€more€it€depends€on€creatures,€the€less€itÏhath€of€God.œÐ  ¬H ÐÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔÓ  ÓÑ n ÑThe›€œPREFACE.›Ð ° МÌßA€" ) °°xdE°÷xAßÐ øH ЛÌSecond€œAdvertisement.›ÌÌÓ¸`ÓœòòÔ#†XU3XîîU™`#Ôà0  àà ° àDeclaring›€what€Meditation€and€Contemplation€œare,€and›€the€difference€that€is€betwixt€them.óóÐs Ã(#(# ÐÌœÌ9.›€St.€òòJohn€Damasceneóó€(Lib.€3.€œde›€fide,€œc.24.)›€and€other€Saints€say,€that€Prayer€is€a€sallying€out€orÐ 7 ‡  Ðelevation€of€the€Mind€to€God.€God€is€above€all€creatures,€and€the€Soul€cannot€see€him,€norÏconverse€with€him,€if€it€raise€not€it€self€above€them€all.€This€friendly€conversation,€which€the€SoulÏhath€with€God,€thatððs€to€say,€in€Prayer,€is€divided€into€Meditation€and€œContemplation.Ì›à  à10.€When€the€Mind€considers€the€Mysteries€of€our€holy€Faith€with€attention,€to€know€theÏtruth€of€them,€reasoning€upon€the€particulars,€and€weighing€the€circumstances€of€the€same,€for€theÏexciting€of€affections€in€the€Will;€this€mental€discourse€and€pious€Act€is€properly€calledÏœMeditation.Ì›à  à11.€When€the€œSoul›€already€knows€the€truth€(either€by€a€habit€acquired€through€reasoning,Ïor€because€the€Lord€hath€given€it€particular€light)€and€fixes€the€eyes€of€the€Mind€on€theÏdemonstrated€truth,€beholding€it€sincerely€with€quietness€and€silence,€without€any€necessity€ofÏconsiderations,€ratiocinations,€or€other€proofs€of€conviction,€and€the€will€loves€it,€admiring€andÏdelighting€it€self€therein;€This€properly€is€called€the€Prayer€of€Faith,€the€Prayer€of€Rest,€InternalÏRecognition€or€Contemplation.œÌ›à  àœWhich›€òòSt.€Thomasóó€(œ2.2.q.180›.€Art.€3.€œp.4)›€with€all€the€mystical€Masters€says,€òòis€a€sincere,Ð o Ðsweet,€and€still€view€of€the€eternal€truth€without€ratiocination,€or€œreflexion›óó.€But€if€the€SoulÐ  [ Мrejoyces›€in,€or€eyes€the€effects€of€God€in€the€creatures,€and€amongst€them,€in€the€humanity€of€ourÏLord€Christ,€as€the€most€perfect€of€all,€this€is€not€perfect€œContemplation,›€as€òòSt.€Thomasóó€(œibidem.)›Ð ã3 Ðaffirms,€since€all€these€are€means€for€knowing€of€God€as€he€is€in€himself:€And€although€theÏhumanity€of€Christ€be€the€most€holy€and€perfect€means€for€going€to€God,€the€chief€instrument€ofÏour€salvation,€and€the€channel€through€which€we€receive€all€the€good€we€hope€for,€neverthelessÏthe€humanity€is€not€the€chief€good,€which€consists€in€œseeing›€God;€but€as€Jesus€Christ€is€more€byÏhis€divinity€than€his€humanity,€so€he€that€thinks€and€fixes€his€contemplation€always€on€GodÏ(because€the€divinity€is€united€to€the€humanity)€always€thinks€on,€and€beholds€Jesus€Christ,Ïespecially,€the€contemplative€man,€in€whom€Faith€is€more€sincere,€pure€and€exercised.œÌà  à›13.€As€often€as€the€end€is€obtained,€the€means€cease,€and€when€the€Ship€arrives€in€theÏœHarbour›€the€voyage€is€over.€So€if€the€œSoul›€after€it€hath€been€toiled€and€carried€by€means€ofÏmeditation,€arrives€at€the€stillness,€tranquility,€and€rest€of€œContemplation,›€it€ought€then€to€cut€offÏall€œreasonings›,€and€rest€quiet€with€an€amorous€attention,€and€simple€Vision€of€God;€seeing€andÏloving€him,€sweetly€rejecting€all€the€imaginations€that€present€themselves,€calming€the€Mind€in€thatÏDivine€Presence,€recollecting€the€Memory,€and€fixing€it€wholly€on€God,€being€contented€with€aÏgeneral€and€confused€knowledge,€which€is€had€by€the€Mediation€of€Faith,€applying€the€whole€WillÏto€love€him,€wherein€consists€all€their€fruit€of€enjoyment.œÌà  à›14.€òòSt.€Denisóó€(œMyst›.€œTheol›.)€says,€òòAs€for€you,€most€dear€Timothy,€in€applying€your€self€toÐ £+ó&* ÐMystical€Speculations,€abstract€from€the€Senses€and€Operations€of€the€Intellect;€from€all€sensibleÏand€intelligible€Objects,€and€Universally€from€all€things€that€are,€and€are€not;€and€in€anÏunknown€and€inexpressible€Way,€as€much€as€lies€in€the€power€of€Man,€raise€your€self€to€theÏUnion€of€him,€who€is€above€all€Nature€and€Knowledgeóó.€Thus€far€the€Saint.œÐ ( Ä Лà  à15.€It€concerns€us€then,€to€forsake€all€created,€sensible,€intelligible€and€affected€Beings;Ïand€in€short,€every€thing€that€is,€and€is€not,€that€we€may€cast€our€selves€into€the€loving€Bosom€ofÏGod,€who€will€restore€to€us€as€much€as€we€have€left,€increasing€in€us€strength€and€power€to€loveÏhim€more€ardently,€whose€love€will€maintain€it€self€within€this€Holy€and€Blessed€Silence,€which€isÏof€more€worth€than€all€Acts€joined€togetherÌà  à16.€òòSt.€Thomasóó€(Quest.€27.€œ2.ad›€œsecuedum›€œar.)›€says,€òòIt€is€the€least€thing,€that€theÐ °L  ÐUnderstanding€can€know€of€God€in€this€Life,€but€much€what€the€Will€can€have€of€Loveóó.Ð œ8  Ðà  à17.€When€the€Soul€attains€to€this€state,€it€ought€wholly€to€retreat€within€it€self,€in€its€ownÏpure€and€profound€œCenter;›€where€the€Image€of€God€is,€there€is€amorous€attention,€silence,€theÏforgetfulness€of€all€things,€the€application€of€the€Will,€with€perfect€resignation,€hearing€and€talkingÏwith€God€hand€to€hand,€and€in€such€manner,€as€if€there€was€no€other€but€them€two€in€the€World.Ìà  à18.€Good€reason€have€the€Saints€to€say,€that€Meditation€operates€with€œtoyl,›€and€with€fruit;ÏContemplation€without€œtoyl,›€with€quiet,€rest,€peace,€delight,€and€far€greater€fruit.€MeditationÏsows,€and€Contemplation€reaps;€Meditation€seeks,€and€Contemplation€finds;€Meditation€chews€theÏFood,€Contemplation€œtasts›€and€feeds€on€it.Ìà  à19.€All€this€was€said€by€Mystical€òòBernardóó,€upon€these€Words€of€our€Savior;€òòœQuerite›€&Ð è„ Мinvenietis›;€pulsate€&€œaperietur›€vobis.€œLectio›€œopponit›€œori›€solidum€œcibum›,€œMeditatio›€œfrangit›;ÏOratio€œjaporem›€œconciliat›,€œContemplatio›€est€ipsa€œdulcedo›€œque›€œjucundat›€&€œresicit›.óó€Thus€ye€have€anÐ À\ Ðaccount€what€Meditation€and€Contemplation€are,€and€the€difference€that€occurs€betwixt€them.œÐ  ¬H ÐÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔÓ  ÓÑ n ÑThe€PREFACE.Ð ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°÷xAßÐ øH ÐÌThird€Advertisement.ÌÓxÓÌòòÔ#†XU3XîîUüw#Ôà0  àà ° àWhat›€is€the€Difference€betwixt€the€Acquired€and€Active€œContemplation,€and›€the€Infused€andÐ s à МPassive.€With›€the€Signs€whereby€it€is€known,€when€God€will€have€the€œSoul€to›€pass€fromÏMeditation,€to€Contemplation.œóóÐK ›(#(# ÐÌ20.›€There€are€moreover€two€ways€of€Contemplation:€The€one€is€Imperfect,€Active€and€Acquired;ÏThe€other€Infused€and€Passive.€The€Active€(whereof€we€have€treated€hitherto)€is€that€which€mayÏbe€attained€to€by€our€Diligence,€assisted€with€Divine€Grace;€we€gathering€together€the€FacultiesÏand€Senses,€and€preparing€our€selves€by€every€way€that€God€would€have.€So€says€òòœBoias›óó€andÐ ç7  ÐòòœArnaia›óó.œÐ Ó#  Ðà  à›21.€òòSt.€Bernardóó€œ(Psal.€85)€recommends›€this€Active€Contemplation,€discoursing€upon€theseÐ ¿ ÐWords,œ€òòAudiam€quid€loquatur€in€me€Deusóó.€And€he€says€òòOptimam€partem€elegit€Maria,€licet€nonÐ «û Ðminoris€(fortasse)€meriti€sit€apud€Deum€humilis€conversatio€Marth,€sed€de€electione€MariaÏlaudatur:€quoniam€illa€omnino€(quo€ad€nos€spectat)€eligenda,€hc€vero€si€injungitur€patienterÏest€toleranda.óóÐ o¿ Ðà  à›22.€In€like€manner€òòSt.€Thomasóó€(œSecund.q.182›.€art.€2.&3.)€inculcates€this€acquiredÐ [« Ðcontemplation€in€the€following€wordsœ;€òòQuanto€homo€animam€suam,€vel€alterius€propinquius€deoÐ G— Ðconjungit,€tanto€sacrificium€est€deo€magis€acceptum,€unde€magis€acceptum€est€deo€quod€aliquisÏanimam€suam€&€aliorum€applicet€contemplationi€quam€actionióó.€Very€clear€Words€to€stop€theÐ o ÐMouth€of€those€who€condemn€acquired€contemplation.Ìà  à23.€›How€much€the€nearer€a€man€approaches€his€own€Soul,€or€the€Soul€of€another€to€God,Ïso€much€the€more€acceptable€is€the€Sacrifice€to€God;€from€whence€it€is€inferred€(concludes€theÏsame€Saint)€that€the€application€of€a€manððs€own€Soul,€or€the€procuring€that€of€œanothers›€toÏœContemplation,›€is€more€acceptable€to€God,€than€the€applying€of€the€same€to€Action.€It€cannot€beÏsaid,€that€the€Saint€speaks€here€of€infused€Contemplation,€because€it€is€not€in€the€power€of€man,€toÏapply€himself€to€the€infused,€but€to€the€acquiredœ.Ìà  à24.€›Though€it€be€said,€that€we€may€with€the€Lordððs€help,€set€our€selves€to€acquiredÏcontemplation;€nevertheless,€no€man€ought€of€his€own€Head€to€be€so€bold,€as€to€pass€from€theÏstate€of€Meditation€to€this,€without€the€counsel€of€an€expert€Director,€who€shall€clearly€knowÏwhether€his€Soul€be€called€by€God€to€this€inward€way;€or€for€want€of€a€Director,€the€Soul€it€self€isÏto€know€it€by€some€Book,€that€treats€of€these€Matters,€sent€to€him€by€Divine€Providence,€forÏdiscovering€that,€which€without€knowing€what€it€was,€he€experimentally€felt€within€his€own€Heart.ÏBut€though€by€means€of€the€light€which€that€Book€gives€him€he€may€obtain€assurance€enough,€toÏleave€Meditation€for€the€quiet€of€contemplation,€yet€his€œSoul›€will€still€retain€an€ardent€desire€ofÏbeing€more€perfectly€instructedœ.Ìà  à25.€›And€to€the€end€it€may€receive€good€Instruction€in€order€to€that€point,€Iððll€here€give€itÏthe€Signs€whereby€it€shall€know€that€call€to€contemplation.€The€first€and€chief€is,€an€inability€toÏmeditate,€and€if€the€Soul€meditate,€it€will€perform€it€with€much€disquiet€and€œirksomness›,€providedÐ £+ó&* Ðthat€proceed€not€from€the€indisposition€of€Nature,€or€a€melancholy€œHumour›,€or€a€Dryness,Ïspringing€from€the€want€of€Preparationœ.Ìà  à26.€›It€will€be€known€not€to€be€any€of€these€defects,€but€rather€a€true€call,€when€that€SoulÏpasses€a€Day,€a€Month;€nay,€and€many€Months,€without€being€able€to€discourse€in€Prayer.€òòTheÐ ( Ä ÐLord€guides€the€Soul€by€Contemplationóó€(says€the€holy€Mother€Teresa)€òòand€the€Mind€finds€it€selfÐ  ° Ðmuch€disabled€from€meditating€the€Passion€of€Christ,€since€Meditation€is€nothing€else€but€aÏseeking€of€God;€the€Soul€once€finding€him,€and€retaining€the€Custom€of€seeking€him€of€new,€byÏthe€operation€of€the€Will,€it€will€not€be€baffled€with€the€Intellect.óó€Thus€far€the€Saint.œÐ Ø t Ðà  à27.€›The€second€Sign€is,€that€though€it€is€wanting€in€sensible€Devotion,€yet€it€covetsÏSolitude,€and€avoids€conversation.Ìà  àThe€third,€that€the€reading€of€godly€Books€is€usually€tedious€to€it,€because€they€speak€notÏof€the€Internal€Sweetness€that€is€in€its€Heart,€thoðð€it€know€it€not.Ìà  àThe€fourth,€that€though€it€find€it€self€destitute€of€ratiocination,€yet€it€hath€a€firm€purpose€ofÏpersevering€in€Prayer.€The€fifth€is,€that€it€will€experience€a€sense€(with€great€confusion)€of€it€self,Ïabhorring€guilt,€and€entertaining€a€higher€esteem€of€God.œÌà  à28.€The€other€òòContemplationóó€is€perfect€and€infused.€òòWhereinóó€(as€St.€Teresa€says)€òòGodÐ 8Ô  Ðspeaks€to€a€man,€›sequestratingœ€his€intelect,€questioning€his€thought,€and€seizing€(as€they€say)€theÏword€in€his€mouth;€so€that€if€he€would,€he€cannot€speak,€but€with€great€pain.€He€understands,Ïthat€without€the€nosie€of€words,€the€Divine€Master€is€instructing€him,€suspending€all€his€powersÏand€faculties,€because€if€at€that€time€they€should€operate,€they€would€do€more€hurt€than€good.ÏThese€rejoyce,€but€know€not€how€they€rejoyce;€the€Soul€is€inflamed€with€love,€and€conceives€notÏhow€it€loves;€it€knows€that€it€enjoys€what€it€desires,€and€knows€not€the€manner€of€that€enjoyment;Ïwell€it€knows,€that€that€is€not€enjoyment€which€the€intellect€longs€for.€The€Will€embraces€it,Ïwithout€understanding€how;€but€being€unable€to€understand€any€thing,€perceives€it€is€not€thatÏgood,€which€can€be€merited€by€all€the€labours€put€together€which€are€suffered€upon€earth€forÏgaining€it.€It€is€a€gift€of€the€Lord€of€the€Soul,€and€of€Heaven,€who€in€the€end€gives€as€he€is,€and€toÏwhom€he€pleases€as€he€pleases:€Such€is€his€Majesty€in€this,€that€it€does€every€thing,€and€hisÏoperation€is€above€our€nature.óó€All€this€we€have€from€holy€Mother,€in€her€òòWay€to€Perfectionóó,Ð Hä Ðchap.€25.€From€whence€it€follows,€that€this€òòContemplationóó€is€infused,€and€freely€given€by€the€LordÐ 4 Ð Ðto€whom€he€pleases.Ð   !¼ ÐÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔÓ  ÓÑ t ÑThe€PREFACE.Ð ° ÐÌFourth€Advertisement.ÌÓf‘ÓÌÔ#†XU3XîîUG‘#Ôòòà0  àà ° àThe€Burden€of€this€Book€consisting€in€rooting€out€the€Rebellion€of€our€own€Will,€that€we€mayÐ @  Ðattain€to€internal€Peace.óóÐ, |(#(# ÐÌ29.€›The€way€of€inward€Peace,€is€in€all€things€to€be€conform€to€the€pleasure€and€disposition€of€theÏDivine€Willœ.€(Hugo€Cardinalisin€Pf.€13.)€òòIn€omnibus€debemus€subjicere€volis€tatem€nostramÐ ð @ Ðvoluntatis€divine€hc€est€enim€pax€voluntati€nostra€ut€sit€per€omnia€confirmis€voluntati€divineóó.Ð Ü ,  ЛSuch€as€would€have€all€things€succeed€and€come€to€pass€according€to€their€own€fancy,€are€œnotÏcome€to€know›€this€way,€òòœViam›€œpacis›€non€œcognos›€œverunt›óó,€and€therefore€lead€a€harsh€and€bitter€life,Ð ´  Ðalways€restless€and€out€of€œhumour›€without€treading€the€way€of€Peace,€which€consists€in€a€totalÏconformity€to€the€will€of€Godœ.̛րìÖà  à30.€This€conformity€is€the€sweet€yoke€that€introduces€us€into€the€regions€of€internal€PeaceÏand€serenity.€Hence€we€may€know,€that€the€rebellion€of€our€Will€is€the€chief€occasion€of€ourÏdisquiet;€and€that€because€we€will€not€submit€to€the€sweet€yoke€of€the€Divine€Will,€we€suffer€soÏmany€œstreights›€and€perturbations.€O€Soul!€œif›€we€submitted€our€own€to€the€Divine€Will,€and€to€allÏhis€Disposition,€what€tranquility€should€we€feel!€what€sweet€peace!€what€inward€serenity!€whatÏsupreme€felicity€and€earnest€of€bliss!.€This€then€is€to€be€the€burden€of€this€Book:€May€it€pleaseÏGod€to€give€me€his€Divine€Light,€for€discovering€the€secret€Paths€of€this€Inward€Way,€and€chiefÏFelicity€of€perfect€Peaceœ.Ð  ì< ÐÔ‡„)•„XXU3ÔÓ  Óñ¨ñÑ ýo Ññ¨ññ©ñÑ  n Ññ©ñßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐßA€" ) °°xdE°¾xAßÐ ¿ ÐÌñ§ñßA€" ) °°xdE°-xAßñ§ñÐ .~ ÐÖ€ÿÿÖÌÖ€ÖTHEÌÔ#†XU3X„„)•[˜#ÔÔ‡°&*°XXU3ÔSpiritual€GuideÔ#†XU3X°°&*š#ÔÐ ýM ЛÌÔ‡îUîXXU3ÔWhich€leads€the€Soul€to€the€fruition€of€Inward€œPeace.Ð Á  ЛÌßA€" ) °°xdE°xAßÐ  Y  ÐThe€First€œBook.ÌßA€" ) °°xdE°;xAߛР<Œ  ÐÌOf€the€Darkness,€Dryness,€and€Temptations€wherewith€God€purges€œSouls,›€andÏof€Internal€œRecollection.Ô#†XU3XîîU{š#ÔÐ “ã  ÐÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°¢xAßÐ £ó ÐÓz˜ÓÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€œI.›ÌÓ­œÓÌœòòà0  àà ° àTo›€the€end€God€may€rest€in€the€Soul,€the€Heart€is€always€to€be€kept€peaceable€in€whatsoeverÐ vÆ ÐDisquiet,€Temptation€and€Tribulationóó.Ðb²(#(# ÐÌ1.€Thou€art€to€know,€that€thy€Soul€is€the€Center,€Habitation,€and€the€Kingdom€of€God.€ThatÏtherefore,€to€the€end€œthe›€Sovereign€King€may€rest€on€that€œThrone›€of€thy€œSoul,›€thou€ought€to€takeÏpains€to€keep€it€clean,€quiet,€void€and€peaceable;€clean€from€guilt€and€defects;€quiet€from€fears;Ïvoid€of€affections,€desires,€and€thoughts;€and€peaceable€in€temptations€and€tribulations.Ìà  à2.€Thou€ought€always€then€to€keep€thine€Heart€in€peace;€that€thou€may€keep€pure€thatÏTemple€of€God,€and€with€a€right€and€pure€intention,€thou€art€to€work,€pray,€obey€and€suffer,Ïwithout€being€in€the€least€moved,€whatever€it€pleases€the€Lord€to€send€unto€thee.€Because€it€isÏcertain,€that€for€the€good€of€thy€œSoul,›€and€for€thy€spiritual€profit,€he€will€suffer€the€envious€enemyÏto€trouble€that€City€of€Rest,€and€Throne€of€Peace,€with€temptations,€suggestions€and€tribulations,Ïand€by€the€means€of€creature,€with€painful€troubles€and€grievous€persecutionsœ.Ìà  à3.€›Be€constant,€and€cheer€up€thine€heart€in€whatsoever€disquiet€these€tribulations€mayÏcause€to€thee.€Enter€within€it,€that€thou€may€overcome€it;€for€therein€is€the€Divine€Fortress,€whichÏdefends,€protects,€and€fights€for€thee.€If€a€man€hath€a€safe€Fortress,€he€is€not€disquieted,€thoughÏhis€enemies€pursue€him;€because,€by€retreating€within€it,€these€are€disappointed€and€overcome.ÏThe€strong€Castle,€that€will€make€thee€triumph€over€all€thine€enemies,€visible€and€invisible,€andÏover€all€their€snares€and€tribulations,€is€within€thine€own€Soul,€because€in€it€resides€the€Divine€AidÏand€Sovereign€œSuccour›.€Retreat€within€it€and€all€will€be€quiet,€secure,€peaceable€and€œcalm.Ìà  à4.€›It€ought€to€be€thy€chief€and€continual€exercise,€to€œpacifie›€that€Throne€of€thy€Heart€thatÏthe€Supreme€King€may€rest€therein.€The€way€to€œpacifie›€it,€will€be,€to€enter€into€thy€self€by€meansÏof€internal€recollection;€all€thy€protection€is€to€be€Prayer€and€a€loving€recollection€in€the€DivineÏPresence.€When€thou€œseest›€thy€self€more€sharply€assaulted,€retreat€into€that€region€of€Peace,Ð ª+ú&,  Ðwhere€œthouððlt›€find€the€Fortress.€When€thou€are€more€faint„œhearted›,€betake€thy€self€to€this€refuge€ofÏPrayer,€the€only€Armor€for€overcoming€the€enemy,€and€mitigating€tribulation:€thou€ought€not€toÏbe€at€a€distance€from€it€in€a€Storm,€to€the€end€thou€œmayest,›€as€another€òòNoahóó,€experienceÐ <Ø Ðtranquility,€security€and€serenity,€and€to€the€end€thy€will€may€be€resigned,€devote,€peaceful€andÏcourageousœ.Ìà  à5.€›Finally,€be€not€afflicted€nor€discÔ% € Ôouraged€to€see€thy€self€faint„œhearted›,€he€returns€to€quietÏthee,€that€still€he€may€stir€thee,€because€this€Divine€Lord€will€be€alone€with€thee,€to€rest€in€thyÏœSoul,›€and€form€therein€a€rich€Throne€of€Peace;€that€within€thine€own€heart,€by€means€of€internalÏrecollection,€and€with€his€heavenly€Grace,€œthou›€may€look€for€silence€in€tumult,€solitude€inÏcompany,€light€in€darkness,€forgetfulness€in€pressures,€œvigour›€in€despondency,€courage€in€fear,Ïresistance€in€temptation,€peace€in€war,€and€quiet€in€tribulation.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°sxAßÐ t  ÐÔ& ` ÔÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IIÌÓªÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThough€the€Soul€perceive€it€self€deprived€of€Discourse,€or€Ratiocination,€yet€it€ought€toÐ Gã  Ðpresevere€in€Prayer,€and€not€be€afflicted,€because€that€is€its€greater€Felicityóó.Ð3Ï(#(# ÐÌ6.€Thoulððt›€find€thy€self,€as€all€other€Souls€that€are€called€by€the€Lord€to€the€inward€way,€full€ofÏÔ'`ƒªÔconfusion€and€doubts,€because€in€Prayer€thou€hast€failed€in€œDiscourse:›€It€will€seem€to€thee€thatÏGod€does€no€more€assist€thee€as€œformerly,›€that€the€exercise€of€Prayer€is€not€in€thy€power;€thatÏthou€œlosest›€time,€whilstœ€hardly€and€with€great€trouble€thou€canst€make€one€single€Ejaculation€asÏthou€wast€wont€to€do.Ìà  à7.€›How€much€confusion,€and€what€perplexities€will€that€want€of€enlarging€thy€self€inÏmental€œDiscourse›€raise€in€thee?€And€if€in€such€a€juncture€thou€hast€not€a€ghostly€Father,€expert€inÏthe€Mystical€Way,€œthoulððt›€certainly€conclude€that€thy€Soul€is€out€of€order,€and€that€for€the€securityÏof€thy€Conscience,€thou€standest€in€need€of€a€general€confession;€and€all€that€will€be€got€by€thatÏcare,€will€be€the€shame€and€confusion€of€both.€O€how€many€Souls€are€called€to€the€inward€way,Ïand€the€spiritual€Fathers€for€want€of€Understanding€their€case,€instead€of€guiding€and€helping€themÏforwards,€stop€them€in€their€Course,€and€ruin€themœ.Ìà  à8.€›Thou€ought€then€to€be€œperswaded,›€that€thou€may€not€draw€back,€when€thou€œwantest›Ïexpansion€and€discourse€in€Prayer;€that€it€is€thy€greatest€happiness,€because€it€is€a€clear€sign,€thatÏthe€Lord€will€have€thee€to€walk€by€Faith€and€Silence€in€his€Divine€Presence,€which€is€the€mostÏprofitable€and€easiest€Path;€in€respect,€that€with€a€simple€view,€or€amorous€attention€to€God,€theÏSoul€appears€like€a€humble€Supplicant€before€its€Lord,€or€as€an€innocent€Child,€that€casts€it€selfÏinto€the€sweet€and€safe€Bosom€of€its€dear€Mother.€Thus€did€òòœGerson›óó€express€it,€òòThough€I€haveÐ ·&S $ Ðspent€œFourty›€Years€in€Reading€and€Prayer,€yet€I€could€never€find€any€thing€more€efficacious,€norÏcompendious,€for€attaining€to€Mystical€Theology,€than€that€our€œSpirit›€should€become€like€aÏyoung€Child€and€Beggar€in€the€presence€of€God.œóóÐ {)#' Ðà  à9.€›That€kind€of€Prayer€is€not€only€the€easiest,€but€the€most€secure;€because€it€is€abstractedÏfrom€the€operations€of€the€Imagination,€that€is€always€exposed€to€the€Tricks€of€the€Devil,€and€theÏextravagancies€of€Melancholy,€and€Ratiocination,€wherein€the€Soul€is€easily€Distracted,€and€beingÐ ?,Û%* Мwrapt›€up€in€speculation,€reflects€on€it€selfœ.Ìà  à10.€›When€God€had€a€mind€to€instruct€his€own€Captain€òòMosesóó,€and€give€him€the€twoÐ Pì ÐTablets€of€the€Law€(Exod.€œ24.),›€written€in€Stone,€he€called€him€up€to€the€Mountain,€at€what€timeÏGod€being€there€with€him,€the€Mount€was€Darkened€and€environed€with€thick€Clouds,€òòMosesóóÐ ( Ä Ðstanding€idle,€not€knowing€what€to€think€or€say.€Seven€days€after€God€commanded€òòMosesóó,€toÐ  ° Ðcome€up€to€the€top€of€the€Mountain,€where€he€œshowððd›€him€his€Glory,€and€filled€him€with€greatÏConsolationœ.Ìà  à11.€›So€in€the€Beginning,€when€God€intends€after€an€extraordinary€manner,€to€guide€theÏSoul€into€the€School€of€the€divine€and€loving€Notices€of€the€internal€Law,€he€makes€it€go€withÏDarkness,€and€Dryness,€that€he€may€bring€it€near€to€himself,€because€the€Divine€Majesty€knowsÏvery€well,€that€it€is€not€by€the€means€of€ones€œone›€Ratiocination,€or€Industry,€that€a€Soul€drawsÏnear€to€him,€and€understands€the€Divine€Documents;€but€rather€by€silent€and€humble€Resignation.Ìà  à12.€The€Patriarch€òòNoahóó€gave€a€great€instance€of€this;€who€after€he€had€been€by€all€menÐ t  Ðreckoned€a€Fool,€floating€in€the€middle€of€a€raging€Sea,€wherewith€the€whole€World€wasÏoverflowed,€without€Sails€and€Oars;€and€environed€with€wild€Beasts,€that€were€shut€up€in€the€Ark,Ïwalked€by€Faith€alone,€not€knowing€nor€understanding€what€God€had€a€mind€to€do€with€him.œÌà  à13.€›What€most€concerns€thee,€O€redeemed€Soul,€is€Patience,€not€to€desist€from€the€PrayerÏthou€art€about,€though€thou€œcanððst›€not€enlarge€in€Discourse.€Walk€with€firm€Faith,€and€a€holyÏSilence,€dying€in€thy€self,€with€all€thy€natural€Industry,€trusting€that€God€who€is€he€who€is,€andÏchanges€not;€neither€can€err,€intends€nothing€by€thy€good.€It€is€clear€that€he€who€is€at€dying,€mustÏneeds€feel€it,€but€how€well€is€time€employed,€when€the€Soul€is€dead,€dumb,€and€resigned€in€theÏpresence€of€God,€there€without€any€clutter€or€distraction,€to€receive€the€Divine€Influencesœ.Ìà  à14.€›The€Senses€are€not€capable€of€divine€Blessings;€hence€if€thou€would€be€Happy€andÏWise;€be€Silent€and€Believe;€Suffer€and€have€Patience;€be€Confident€and€Walk€on;€it€concerns€theeÏfar€more€to€hold€thy€Peace,€and€to€let€thy€self€be€guided€by€the€hand€of€God,€than€to€enjoy€all€theÏGoods€of€this€World.€And€though€it€seem€to€thee,€that€thou€does€nothing€at€all,€and€art€idle€beingÏso€Dumb€and€Resigned;€yet€it€is€of€infinite€fruit.œÌà  à15.€›Consider€the€blinded€Beast€that€turns€the€Wheel€of€the€Mill,€which€though€it€see€not,Ïneither€know€what€it€does,€yet€does€a€great€Work€in€grinding€the€Corn,€and€although€it€taste€notÏof€it;€yet€its€Master€receives€the€fruit,€and€tastes€of€the€same.€Who€would€not€think,€during€so€longÏa€time€that€the€Seed€lies€in€the€Earth,€but€that€it€were€lost?€Yet€afterwards€it€is€seen€to€spring€up,Ïgrow€and€multiply.€God€does€the€same€with€the€Soul,€when€he€deprives€it€of€Consideration€andÏRatiocination:€œWhilððst›€it€thinks€it€does€nothing,€and€is,€in€a€manner€undone,€in€time€it€comes€to€isÏself€again,€improved,€disengaged,€and€perfect,€having€never€hoped€for€so€much€œfavour.Ìà  à16.€›Take€care€then€that€thou€afflict€not€thy€self,€nor€draw€back,€though€thou€œcanððst›€notÏenlarge€thy€self,€and€discourse€in€Prayer;€suffer,€hold€thy€peace,€and€appear€in€the€presence€ofÏGod;€persevere€constantly,€and€trust€to€his€infinite€Bounty,€who€can€give€unto€thee€constant€Faith,Ïtrue€light,€and€divine€Grace.€Walk€as€if€thou€were€blindfolded,€without€thinking€or€reasoning;€putÏthy€self€into€his€kind€and€paternal€hands,€resolving€to€do€nothing€but€what€his€divine€Will€andÏâ âPleasureœ€is.Ð X*ô#' ÐÔ& o Ôâ ââ ââ âÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°OxAßÐ Pì ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IIIÌÌA€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.ÌÓrÃÓÌ17.€›It€is€the€common€opinion€of€all€the€holy€Men€who€have€treated€of€the€Spirit,€and€of€all€theÏÔ'odðÂÔMystical€œMatters:›€That€the€Soul€cannot€attain€to€perfection€and€an€union€with€God,€by€means€ofÏMeditation,€and€Ratiocination:€Because€that€is€only€good€for€beginning€the€spiritual€Way,€to€theÏend€one€may€acquire€a€habit€of€œKnowledg,›€of€the€beauty€of€œVertue,›€and€ugliness€of€Vice:€whichÏhabit€in€the€opinion€of€Saint€òòTeresaóó,€may€be€attained€to€in€Six€Months€time€and€according€to€S.Ð «G  ÐòòBonaventureóó€(In€œprolp›.€œde›€Mist.€œTheol›.€œpage›€655)€in€two.Ð —3  Ðà  à18.€O€how€are,€in€a€manner€infinite€numbers€of€Souls€to€be€pitied,€who€from€the€beginningÏof€their€Life€to€the€end,€employ€themselves€in€œmeer›€Meditation,€constraining€themselves€toÏReason,€although€God€Almighty€deprive€them€of€Ratiocination,€that€he€may€promote€them€toÏanother€State,€and€carry€them€on€a€more€perfect€kind€of€Prayer,€and€so€for€many€years€theyÏcontinue€imperfect,€and€in€the€beginning,€without€any€progress€or€having€as€yet€made€one€step€inÏthe€way€of€the€Spirit;€beating€their€Brains€about€the€frame€of€the€Place,€the€choice€of€the€Minutes,ÏImaginations,€and€strained€œReasonings›,€seekingœ€God€without,€when€in€the€mean€time,€they€haveÏhim€within€themselves.Ìà  à19.€òò›St.€Austinóó€(œSoliloq›.€C.€31)€complained€of€that,€in€the€time€when€God€led€him€to€theÐ ã ÐMystical€Way,€saying€to€his€Divine€œMajestie,›€òòI,€Lord,€went€wandering€like€a€strayed€Sheep,Ð Ïk Ðseeking€thee€with€anxious€Reasoning€without,€œwhilððst›€thou€wast€within€me,€I€wearied€my€selfÏmuch€in€looking€for€thee€without€and€yet€thou€hast€thy€habitation€within€me;€If€I€long€andÏbreathe€after€thee,€I€went€round€the€Streets€and€Places€of€the€City€of€this€World,€seeking€thee€andÏfound€thee€not;€because,€in€vain€I€sought€without€for€him,€what€was€within€my€self.œóóÐ  Ðà  à20.€›The€Angelical€Doctor€St.€òòThomasóó,€for€all€he€was€so€circumspect€in€his€Writings,€mayÐ k Ðseem€yet€to€jeer€those,€who€go€always€in€search€of€God,€without€by€means€of€Ratiocination,€whenÏthey€have€him€present€within€themselves.€òòThere€is€great€Blindness,€and€excessive€Folly€in€some,óóÐ C ß Ð(says€the€Saint€„€œOcuse›.€6.€C.€3.€œinfin.)›€òòwho€always€seek€God,€continually€sigh€after€God,€oftenÐ /!Ë Ðlong€for€God,€œinvocate›€and€call€upon€God€daily€in€Prayer;€they€themselves€(according€to€theÏApostle)€being€the€living€Temple€of€God,€and€his€true€Habitation,€since€their€œSoul›€is€the€Seat€andÏThrone€of€God,€where€he€continually€rests.€Who€then,€but€a€Fool,€will€look€for€an€InstrumentÏabroad,€when€he€knows€he€has€it€fast€shut€up€within€Doors?€Or€who€can€refresh€himself€with€theÏFood€he€desires,€and€yet€not€taste€it?€Such€exactly€is€the€Live€of€some€just€men,€always€seeking,Ïand€never€enjoying,€and€therefore€all€their€Works€are€imperfect.œóóÐ ·&S $ Ðà  à21.€›It€is€certain,€that€Our€òòLord€Christóó€taught€Perfection€to€all,€and€ever€will€have€all€to€beÐ £'?!% ÐPerfect,€particularly€the€Ignorant€and€Simple.€He€clearly€manifested€this€Truth,€when€for€hisÏApostles,€he€chose€the€Smallest€and€most€Ignorant,€saying€(œMatth›.€œII.)›€to€his€Eternal€Fatheròò,€IÐ {)#' Ðthank€thee,€O€Father,€Lord€of€Heaven€and€Earth,€because€thou€hast€hid€these€things€from€theÏWise€and€Prudent,€and€hast€revealed€them€unto€Babes.óó€And€it€is€certain,€that€these€cannot€acquireÐ S+ï$) ÐPerfection,€by€acute€Meditations,€and€subtle€œReasonings›,€though€they€be€as€capable€as€the€mostÐ ?,Û%* ÐLearned,€to€attain€to€Perfection,€by€the€affections€of€the€Will,€wherein€principally€it€consists.œÌà  à22.€›St.€òòBonaventureóó,€teaches€us€not€to€form€Conceptions€of€any€thing,€no€not€of€God,Ð Pì Ðbecause€it€is€Imperfection€to€make€Representations,€Images,€and€Ideas,€how€subtle€or€ingeniousÏsoever,€either€of€the€Will,€or€of€the€Goodness,€Trinity,€and€Unity;€nay,€of€the€Divine€Presence€itÏself:€In€respect€that,€though€all€these€Representations€appear€òòœDeiform›óó,€yet€are€they€not€God,€whoÐ  ° Ðadmits€of€no€Image,€nor€Form.œ€òòNon€ibióó€(says€the€Saint€„€Mist.€Theol.€p.2.,€Vn.€p.€685.)€òòoportetÐ  œ Ðcogitare€res€de€creaturis€nec€de,€Angelis,€nec€de€Trinitate,€quia€hc€sapientia€per€affectusÏdesideriorum,€non€per€meditationem,€óóprviamòò€debet€consurgere.óó€›We€must€not€here€think€anyÐ Ø t Ðthing€of€Creature,€of€Angles,€nor€of€God€himself,€because€that€Wisdom€and€Perfection,€is€notÏacquired€by€nice€and€quaint€Meditation,€but€by€the€desire€and€affection€of€the€Willœ.Ìà  à23.€›The€holy€man€cannot€speak€more€clearly;€and€thou€œwouldððst›€disquiet€they€self,€andÏleave€off€Prayer,€because€thou€œknowððst›€not,€or€œcanððst›€not€tell€how€to€enlarge€therein,€though€thouÏœmayððst›€have€a€good€Will,€good€Desire,€and€pure€Intention?€If€the€young€Ravens€forsaken€of€theÏold,€because€seeing€them€without€Black€Feathers,€they€think€them€Spurious,€are€by€the€Dew€ofÏHeaven€fed€that€they€may€not€perish;€what€will€he€do€to€redeem€Souls,€though€they€cannot€speakÏnor€reason,€if€they€believe,€trust,€and€open€their€Mouths€to€Heaven,€declaring€their€wants:€It€is€notÏmore€certain€that€the€Divine€Bounty€will€provide€for€them,€and€give€them€their€necessary€Food?œÌà  à24.€›Manifest€it€is,€that€it€is€a€great€Martyrdom,€and€no€small€Gift€of€God,€for€the€Soul,Ïfinding€it€self€deprived€of€the€sensible€Pleasures€it€had,€to€walk€by€holy€Faith€only,€through€theÏdark,€and€œdesart›€Paths€of€Perfection,€to€which,€notwithstanding,€it€can€never€attain€but€by€thisÏpainful,€though€secure€means.€Wherefore€œendeavour›€to€be€constant,€and€not€draw€back,€thoughÏDiscourse€be€wanting€to€thee€in€Prayer,€believe€at€that€time€firmly,€be€quietly€silent,€and€patientlyÏpersevere€if€thou€wouldest€be€happy,€and€attain€to€the€Divine€Union,€eminent€rest,€and€to€theÏœSupream›€Internal€Peace.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°oxAßÐ p  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IV.ÌÓ±ÛÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThe›€Soul€is€not€to€afflict€it€self,€nor€intermit€Prayer,€because€it€sees€it€self€encompassed€withÐ C ß Ðdryness.œóóÐ/!Ë(#(# ÐÌ25.€›Thou€shalt€know€that€there€are€two€œsorts›€of€Prayer,€the€one€tender,€delightful,€amicable,€andÏfull€of€sentiments;€the€other€obscure,€dry,€desolate,€tempted,€and€darksome.€The€first€is€ofÏBeginners,€the€second€of€Proficients,€who€are€in€the€progress€to€Perfection.€God€gives€the€first€toÏgain€Souls,€the€second€to€œpurifie›€them.€With€the€first€he€uses€them€like€Children;€with€the€secondÏhe€begins€to€deal€with€them€as€with€strong€men.œÌà  à26.€›This€first€Way€may€be€called€the€Animal€Life,€and€belongs€to€them€who€go€in€the€tractÏof€the€sensible€Devotion,€which€God€uses€to€give€to€Beginners,€to€the€end€that€being€endowedÏwith€that€small€relish,€as€the€natural€man€is€with€the€sensible€Object,€they€may€addict€themselves€toÏthe€spiritual€Life.€The€second€is€called€the€Life€of€men,€and€belongs€to€those,€who€not€mindingÏsensible€Pleasures,€fight€and€war€against€their€own€Passions,€that€they€may€conquer€and€obtainÏPerfection,€the€proper€employment€of€men.Ð ?,Û%* Ðà  à27.€Assure€thy€self,€that€dryness€or€aridity€is€the€Instrument€of€thy€Good,€because€it€isÏnothing€else€but€a€want€of€sensibility,€that€Remora,€which€puts€a€stop€to€the€flight€of€almost€allÏSpiritual€Men,€and€makes€them€even€draw€back,€and€leave€off€Prayer:€as€may€be€seen€in€manyÏSouls,€which€only€persevere€œwhilððst›€they€taste€sensible€Consolation.œÌà  à28.€›Know€that€the€Lord€makes€use€of€the€Veil€of€Dryness,€to€the€end€we€may€not€knowÏwhat€œhe›€is€working€in€us,€and€so€be€humble;€because€if€we€felt€and€knew€what€he€is€working€in€ourÏSouls,€satisfaction€and€presumption€would€get€in,€imagining€that€we€were€doing€some€good€thing,Ïand€reckoning€our€selves€very€near€to€God;€which€would€be€our€œundoing.Ìà  à29.€›Lay€this€down€as€a€firm€ground€in€thine€Heart,€that€for€walking€in€the€inward€Way,€allÏœsensibilitie›€should€first€be€removed;€œand›€that€the€means€God€uses€for€that€is€œdriness›.€By€that€alsoÏhe€takes€away€œreflection›,€or€that€view,€whereby€the€Soul€Eyes€what€it€is€doing,€the€onlyÏimpediment€that€obstructs€the€œadvancing›€forward,€and€God€communicating€himself,€and€operatingÏin€it.œÌà  à30.€›Thou€œoughtest›€not€then€to€afflict€thy€self,€nor€think€that€thou€œreapest›€no€fruit,€becauseÏin€coming€from€a€Communion€or€Prayer,€thou€hast€not€the€experience€of€many€sentiments,€sinceÏthat€is€a€manifest€Cheat.€The€Husbandman€Sows€in€one€time€and€Reaps€in€another:€So€God,€uponÏoccasions,€and€in€his€own€due€time,€will€help€them€to€resist€Temptations,€and€when€least€thouÏœthinkest›,€will€give€thee€holy€purposes,€and€more€effectual€desires€of€serving€him.€And€to€the€end€,Ïthou€mayest€not€suffer€thy€self€to€be€transported,€by€the€violent€suggestion€of€the€Enemy,€who€willÏenviously€œperswade›€thee,€that€thou€œdoððst›€nothing,€and€that€thou€œlosest›€time,€that€so€thou€mayestÏneglect€Prayer:€Iððll€declare€to€thee€some€of€the€infinite€fruits,€that€thy€Soul€reaps€from€that€greatÏdryness.œÌà  à›31.€The€first€is€to€persevere€in€Prayer,€from€which€fruit€springs€many€other€advantages.Ìà  àII.€Thouððlt€find€a€loathing€of€the€things€of€the€World,€which€by€little€and€little€tends€to€theÏstifling€of€the€bad€desires€of€thy€past€Life,€and€the€production€of€other€new€ones€of€serving€God.Ìà  àIII.€Thouððlt€reflect€upon€many€failings€on€which€formerly€thou€didst€not€reflect.Ìà  àIV.€Thouððlt€find,€when€thou€are€about€to€commit€any€evil,€œan›€œadvertency›€in€thy€Heart,Ïwhich€restrains€thee€from€the€execution€of€it,€and€at€other€times€from€Speaking.€Lamenting,€orÏRevenging€thy€self;€thatððll€take€thee€off€from€some€little€earthy€Pleasure,€or€from€this€or€œtððother›ÏOccasion,€or€Conversation,€into€which€formerly€thou€was€running€in€great€Peace€and€Security,Ïwithout€the€least€Check€or€Remorse€of€Conscience.œÌà  à›V.€After€that€through€frailty,€thou€hast€fallen€in€to€some€light€fault,€œthouððlt›€feel€a€ReproofÏfor€it€in€thy€Soul,€which€will€exceeding€afflict€thee.Ìà  àVI.€Thouððlt€feel€within€thy€self,€desires€of€suffering,€and€of€doing€the€will€of€God.Ìà  àVII.€An€inclination€to€Virtue,€and€greater€ease€in€overcoming€thy€self,€and€conquering€theÏdifficulties€of€the€Passions,€and€Enemies€that€hinder€thee€in€the€way.Ìà  àVIII.€œThoulððt›€know€thy€self€better,€and€be€confounded€also€in€thy€self,€feel€in€thee€a€highÏesteem€of€God€above€all€created€Beings,€a€contempt€of€Creatures,€and€a€firm€Resolution€not€toÏabandon€Prayer,€though€thou€œknowest›€that€it€will€prove€to€thee€a€most€cruel€Martyrdom.œÌà  àIX.€›Thoulððt€be€sensible€of€greater€Peace€in€thy€Soul,€love€to€Humility,€confidence€in€God,Ïsubmission,€and€abstraction€from€all€Creatures;€and€finally€the€Sins€thou€hast€omitted€since€theÏtime€that€thou€exercised€thy€self€in€Prayer,€are€so€many€signs,€that€the€Lord€is€working€in€thy€Soul,Ð 0,Ì%) Ð(though€thou€knowest€it€not)€by€means€of€dry€Prayer;€and€although€thou€feelest€it€not€whilst€thouÏart€in€prayer,€thouððlt€feel€it€in€his€due€time,€when€he€shall€think€it€fit.œÌà  à32.€›All€these€and€many€other€fruits€are€like€new€Buds€that€spring€from€the€Prayer,€whichÏthou€wouldððst€give€over,€because€it€seems€to€thee€to€be€dry,€that€thou€seest€no€Fruit€of€it,€norÏreapest€no€advantage€therefrom.€Be€constant€and€œpersevere›€with€Patience,€for€though€thouÏœknowest›€it€not,€thy€Soul€is€profited€thereby.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°× xAßÐ Ø t ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€V.ÌÌòòÓ  Óà0  àà ° àTreating€of€the€same€thing,€declaring€how€many€ways€of€Devotion€there€are,€and€how€theÐ «G  Ðsensible€Devotion€is€to€be€disposed;€and€that€the€Soul€is€not€idle,€though€it€reason€not.óóЗ3 (#(# ÐÓòÓÌÓ  Ó33.€›There€are€to€be€found€two€sorts€of€Devotion,€the€one€essential€and€true;€the€other€accidentalÏand€sensible.€The€essential,€is€a€promptitude€of€mind€to€do€well,€(1)€(œòòS.Thom›.œ2.2.q.82›.œart.I.óó›)€fulfilÐ [÷  Ðthe€commands€of€God,€and€to€perform€all€things€belonging€to€his€service,€though,€through€humaneÏfrailty,€all€be€not€actually€done€as€is€desired.€(2)€òò(œSuar.t.2.de.Pel.l.2.c.6.n.16›&18.óó)€This€is€trueÐ 3Ï ÐDevotion,€though€it€be€not€accompanied€with€pleasure,€sweetness,€delight,€nor€tears,€but€rather€itÏis€usually€attended€with€temptation,€dryness,€and€darkness.œÌà  à34.€›Accidental€and€sensible€Devotion€is,€(3)€(òòœSt.Bern.Ser.I.de›€œNat.Dom.Suarez›€in€œMolin›Ð ÷“ Ðde€œOration.€c.6.óó)›€when€good€desires€are€attended€with€a€pleasant€softness€of€heart,€tenderness€ofÐ ã Ðtears,€or€other€sensible€affections.€This€is€not€to€be€sought€after,€nay,€it€is€rather€more€secure€toÏwean€the€will€from€it,€and€to€set€light€by€it;€because€besides€that€it€is€usually€dangerous,€it€is€aÏgreat€obstacle€to€progress,€and€the€advancement€in€the€internal€way.€And€therefore€we€ought€onlyÏto€embrace€the€true€and€essential€Devotion,€which€is€always€in€our€power€to€come€by,€seeingÏevery€one€doing€his€duty€may€with€the€assistance€of€the€Divine€Grace€acquire€it.€And€this€may€beÏhad€with€God,€with€Christ,€with€the€Mysteries,€with€the€Virgin,€and€with€the€Saints.œÌà  à35.€›Some€think€that€when€Devotion€and€sensible€Pleasure€are€given€them,€they€areÏœFavours›€of€God,€that€thence€forward€they€have€him,€and€that€the€whole€life€is€to€be€spent€inÏbreathing€after€that€delight;€but€it€is€a€cheat,€because€it€is€no€more,€but€a€consolation€of€nature,Ïand€a€pure€œreflexion›,€wherewith€the€Soul€beholds€what€it€does,€and€hinders€the€doing,€orÏpossibility€of€doing€any€thing,€the€acquisition€of€the€true€light,€and€the€making€of€one€step€in€theÏway€of€perfection.€The€Soul€is€a€pure€Spirit€and€is€not€felt;€and€so€the€internal€acts,€and€of€the€will,Ïas€being€the€acts€of€the€Soul€and€spiritual,€are€not€œsensible:›€Hence€the€Soul€knows€not€if€it€liveth,Ïnor,€for€most€part,€is€sensible€if€it€œacteth›.œÌà  à36.€›From€this€thou€mayest€infer,€œthat€that›€Devotion€and€sensible€Pleasure,€is€not€God,€notÏSpirit,€but€the€product€of€Nature;€that€therefore€thou€œoughtest›€to€set€light€by,€and€despise€it,€butÏfirmly€to€persevere€in€Prayer,€leaving€thy€self€to€the€conduct€of€God,€who€will€be€to€thee€light€inÏaridity€and€darknessœ.Ìà  à37.€›Think€not€that€when€thou€art€dry€and€œdarksom›€in€the€presence€of€God,€with€faith€andÏsilence,€that€thou€œdoððst›€nothing,€that€thou€œlosest›€time,€and€that€thou€are€idle,€because€not€to€waitÏon€God,€according€to€the€saying€of€St.€òòBernardóó€(òòTom.œ5.in›€œFract›.€œde›€œvit›.€œsolit.c.8.p.›€œ90.óó),›€is€theÐ ?,Û%* Ðgreatest€idleness:€òòœOtiosum›€non€est€œvacare›€œDeo›;€œinimo›€negotiorum€omnium€hoc€estóó;€AndÐ d Ðelsewhere€he€œsayeth›,€œthat€that›€idleness€of€the€Soul€is€the€business€of€the€businesses€of€God.€òòHocÐ Pì Ðnegotium€magnum€est€negotium.óóÐ <Ø Ðà  à38.€It€is€not€to€be€said,€that€the€Soul€is€idle;€because€though€it€operate€not€òòActivelyóó,€yet€theÐ ( Ä ÐHoly€Ghost€operates€in€it.€Besides,€that€it€is€not€without€all€activity,€because€it€operates,€thoughÏspiritually,€simply,€and€intimately.€For€to€be€attentive€to€God,€draw€near€to€him,€to€follow€hisÏinternal€inspirations,€receive€his€divine€influences,€adore€him€in€his€own€intimate€center,€reverenceÏhim€with€the€pious€affections€of€the€will,€to€cast€away€so€many€and€so€fantastical€imaginations,Ïand€with€softness€and€contempt€to€overcome€so€many€temptations:€all€these,€I€say,€are€true€actsÏthough€simple,€wholly€spiritual,€&€in€a€manner€imperceptible,€œthrough›€the€great€tranquility,Ïwherewith€the€Soul€exertsœ€them.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°sxAßÐ t  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VI.ÌÓåÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThe›€Soul€is€not€to€be€disquieted,€that€is€sees€it€self€encompassed€with€darkness,€because€that€is€anÐ Gã  Ðinstrument€of€its€greater€felicity.óóÐ3Ï(#(# ÐÌ39.€There€are€two€sorts€of€darkness€:€some€unhappy,€and€others€œhappy€:›€the€first€are€such€as€ariseÏfrom€sin,€and€are€unhappy,€because€they€lead€the€Christian€to€an€eternal€precipice.€The€second€areÏthose€which€the€Lord€suffers€to€be€in€the€Soul,€to€ground€and€settle€it€in€œvertue›;€and€these€areÏhappy,€because€they€enlighten€it,€œfortifie›€it,€and€cause€greater€light€therein,€so€that€thou€œoughtest›Ïnot€to€grieve€and€disturb€thy€self,€nor€be€disconsolate€in€seeing€thy€self€obscure€and€œdarksom›,Ïjudging€that€God€hath€failed€thee,€and€the€light€also€that€thou€formerly€had€the€experience€of;€thouÏœoughtest›€rather€at€that€time€persevere€constantly€in€Prayer,€it€being€a€manifest€sign,€that€God€ofÏhis€infinite€mercy€intends€to€bring€thee€into€the€inward€path,€and€happy€way€of€Paradise.€O€howÏhappy€wilt€thou€be,€if€thou€embrace€it€with€peace€and€resignation,€as€the€instrument€of€perfectÏquiet,€true€light,€&€of€all€thy€spiritual€good.œÌà  à40.€›Know€then€that€the€œstreightest›,€most€perfect€and€secure€way€of€proficients,€is€the€wayÏof€darkness:€because€in€them€the€Lord€placed€his€own€Throne;€And€(òòPsalm€18.óó)€òòHe€madeÐ /!Ë Ðdarkness€his€secret€placeóó.€By€them€the€supernatural€light€which€God€infuses€into€the€Soul,€growÐ "· Ðand€increases.€Amidst€them€wisdom€and€strong€love€are€begotten,€by€darkness€the€soul€isÏannihilated,€and€the€òòspeciesóó,€which€hinder€the€right€view€of€the€divine€truth,€are€consumed.€By€thisÐ ó#! Ðmeans€God€introduces€the€Soul€by€the€inward€way€into€the€Prayer€of€Rest,€and€of€perfectÏcontemplation,€which€so€few€have€the€experience€of.€Finally;€by€darkness€the€œLord›€œpurgest›€theÏsenses€and€sensibility,€which€hinder€the€mystical€progress.Ìà  à41.€See€now€if€darkness€be€not€to€be€esteemed€and€embraced.€What€thou€œoughtest›€to€doÏamidst€them,€is€to€believe,€that€thou€art€before€the€Lord,€and€in€œhis›€Presence;€but€thou€œoughtest›€toÏdo€so,€with€a€sweet€and€quiet€attention;€not€desire€to€know€any€thing,€nor€search€after€delicacies,Ïtenderness€or€sensible€devotions,€nor€do€any€thing€but€what€is€the€good€will€and€pleasure€of€God;ÏBecause€otherwise€thou€wilt€only€make€circles,€all€thy€life€time,€and€not€advance€one€step€towardÏperfection.œÐ ?,Û%* ÐÔ& G ÔÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°OxAßÐ Pì ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VII.ÌÓ2 ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àTo›€the€end€the€Soul€may€attain€to€the€supreme€internal€peace,€it€is€necessary,€that€God€purge€itÐ # ¿ Ðafter€his€way,€because€the€exercises€and€mortifications€that€of€it€self€it€sets€about,€are€notÏsufficient.óóÐû —(#(# ÐÌ42.€So€soon€as€thou€shalt€firmly€resolve€to€œmortifie›€thy€external€senses,€that€thou€œmayððst›€advanceÏÔ'G dÎ Ôtowards€the€high€mountain€of€perfection,€and€union€with€God;€His€divine€Majesty€will€set€his€handÏto€the€purging€of€thy€evil€inclinations,€inordinate€desires,€vain€complacency,€self„love€and€pride,Ïand€other€hidden€vices,€which€thou€œknowest›€not,€and€yet€reign€in€the€inner€parts€of€thy€Soul,€andÏhinder€the€divine€union.Ìà  à43.€œThouððlt›€never€attain€to€this€happy€state,€though€thou€tire€thy€self€out€with€the€externalÏacts€of€mortifications€and€resignation,€until€this€Lord€purge€thee€inwardly,€and€discipline€thee,Ïafter€his€own€way,€because€he€alone€knows€how€secret€faults€are€to€be€purged€out.€If€thouÏpersevere€constantly,€heððll€not€only€purge€thee€from€affections€and€engagements€to€natural€andÏtemporal€goods,€but€in€his€own€time€also€he€will€œpurifie›€thee€with€the€supernatural€and€sublime,Ïsuch€as€are€internal€communications;€inward€raptures€and€œextasies›,€and€other€infused€graces,€onÏwhich€the€Soul€rests€and€enjoys€it€self.œÌà  à›44.€God€will€do€all€this€in€thy€Soul€by€means€of€the€cross,€and€dryness,€if€thou€freely€givethÏthy€consent€to€it€by€resignation,€and€walking€through€those€œdarksom›€and€œdesart›€ways.€All€thouÏhast€to€do,€œis›€to€do€nothing€by€thy€own€choice€œalone.›€The€subjection€of€thy€liberty,€is€that€whichÏthou€œoughtest›€to€do,€quietly€resigning€thy€self€up€in€every€thing€whereby€the€Lord€shall€think€fitÏinternally€and€externally€to€œmortifie›€thee:€because€that€is€the€only€means,€by€which€thy€Soul€canÏbecome€capable€of€the€divine€influences,€œwhilððst›€thou€œsufferest›€internal€and€external€tribulation,Ïwith€humility,€patience,€and€quiet;€not€the€penances,€disciplines€and€mortifications,€which€thouÏœcouldest›€impose€upon€thy€self.Ìà  à45.€The€husbandman€sets€a€greater€esteem€upon€the€plants€which€he€sows€in€the€ground,Ïthan€those€that€spring€up€of€themselves,€because€these€never€come€to€seasonable€maturity.€In€theÏsame€manner€God€esteems€and€is€better€pleased€with€the€œvertue›,€which€he€sows€and€infuses€intoÏthe€Soul€(as€being€sunk€into€its€own€nothingness,€calm€and€quiet,€retreated€within€its€own€center,Ïand€without€any€election)€than€all€the€other€œvertues›€which€the€Soul€pretends€to€acquire€by€its€ownÏelection€and€œendeavours›.Ìà  à46.€It€concerns€thee€only€then,€to€prepare€thine€heart,€like€clean€paper,€wherein€the€divineÏœwisdom›€may€imprint€characters€to€his€own€liking.€O€how€great€a€work€will€it€be€for€thy€Soul€to€beÏwhole€hours€together€in€Prayer,€dumb,€resigned,€and€humble,€without€acting,€knowing,€or€desiringÏto€understand€any€thingœ.Ìâ âÐ {)#' ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ Ôâ ââ ââ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VIII.ÌÓŒÓÌÓ  ÓòòA€Sequel€of€the€same.óóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓµÓÌ47.€›With€new€efforts€thoulððt€exercise€thy€self,€but€in€another€manner€than€œhitherto,›€giving€thyÏÔ'ƒdLÔconsent€to€receive€the€secret€and€divine€operations,€and€to€be€polished,€and€purified€by€this€Lord,Ïwhich€is€the€only€means€whereby€thou€will€become€clean€&€purged€from€thine€ignorance€andÏdissolutions.€Know,€however,€that€thou€art€to€be€plunged€in€a€bitter€sea€of€sorrows,€and€ofÏinternal€and€external€pains,€which€torment€will€pierce€into€the€most€inward€part€of€thy€Soul€andÏBody.Ìà  à48.€Thoulððt€experience,€that€the€creatures€will€forsake€thee,€nay,€those€too€from€whichÏthou€hopedððst€for€most€favour€and€compassion€in€œthy›€streights;€the€brooks€of€thy€faculties€will€beÏso€dried€up,€that€thou€shaltðð€not€be€able€to€form€any€ratiocination,€nay,€nor€so€much€as€to€conceiveÏa€good€thought€of€God.€Heaven€will€seem€to€thee€to€be€of€brass,€and€thou€shalt€receive€no€lightÏfrom€it.€Nor€will€the€thought€comfort€thee,€that€in€times€past€so€much€light€and€devote€consolationÏhave€rained€into€thy€Soul.œÌà  à49.€›The€invisible€enemies€will€pursue€thee€with€scruples,€lascivious€suggestions,€andÏunclean€thoughts,€with€incentives€to€impatience,€pride,€rage,€cursing€and€blaspheming€the€Name€ofÏGod,€his€Sacraments,€and€holy€Mysteries.€Thouððlt€find€a€great€lukewarmness,€loathing,€andÏwearisomness€for€the€things€of€God;€and€obscurity€and€darkness€in€thy€understanding;€a€faintness,ÏConfusion€and€narrowness€of€heart;€such€a€coldness€and€feebleness€of€the€will€to€resist,€that€aÏstraw€will€appear€to€thee€a€beam.€Thy€desertion€will€be€so€œgreat,›€that€thouððlt€think€there€is€noÏmore€a€God€for€thee,€and€that€thou€are€rendered€incapable€of€entertaining€a€good€desire:€so€thatÏthouððlt€continue€shut€up€betwixt€two€walls,€in€constant€streights€and€anguish,€without€any€hopesÏof€ever€getting€out€of€so€dreadful€an€oppression.œÌà  à50.€›But€fear€not:€all€this€is€necessary€for€purging€thy€Soul,€and€making€it€know€its€ownÏmisery,€and€sensibly€perceive€the€annihilation€of€all€the€passions,€and€œdisordinate›€appetites,Ïwherewith€it€œrejoyced›€it€self.€Finally,€to€the€end€the€Lord€may€refine€and€œpurifie›€thee€after€his€ownÏmanner€with€those€inward€torments,€wilt€thou€not€cast€the€òòJonasóó€of€sense€into€the€sea,€thatÐ /!Ë Ðthereby€thou€mayest€procure€it?€With€all€thy€outward€disciplines€and€mortifications,€œthouððlt›€neverÏhave€true€light,€nor€make€one€step€towards€perfection:€so€that€thou€wilt€stop€in€the€beginning,€andÏthy€Soul€will€not€attain€to€the€amiable€rest,€and€œsupream›€internal€peace.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°Ê%xAßÔ& o ÔÐ Ë%g# ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IX.ÌÓx$ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThe›€Soul€ought€not€to€be€disquieted,€nor€draw€back€in€the€spiritual€way,€because€it€finds€it€selfÐ ž(:"' Ðassaulted€by€temptations.œÐ (#(# ÐóóÌ›51.€Our€own€nature€is€so€base,€proud€and€ambitious,€and€so€full€of€its€own€appetites,€its€ownÏÔ'oË%V$Ôjudgements€and€opinions,€that€if€temptations€restrained€it€not,€it€would€be€undone€without€remedy.€Ð N,ê%+ ÐThe€Lord€then€seeing€our€Misery€and€perverse€inclination,€and€thereby€moved€to€compassion,Ïsuffers€us€to€be€assaulted€by€divers€thoughts€against€the€Faith,€horrible€temptations,€and€by€violentÏand€painful€suggestions€of€impatience,€pride,€gluttony,€luxury,€rage,€blasphemy,€cursing,€despair,Ïand€an€infinite€number€of€others,€to€the€end€we€may€know€our€selves€and€be€humble.€€With€theseÏhorrible€temptations,€that€infinite€goodness€humbles€our€pride,€giving€us€in€them€the€mostÏwholesome€medicine.œÌà  à52.€€òòAll€our€righteousness€(as€Isaiah€óósaithòò)€are€as€filthy€ragsóó,€(Chap.€64.€6.)€through€theÐ ì ˆ Ðstñ°ñrñ°ñains€of€vanity,€conceitedness,€and€self„love.€€It€is€necessary€they€be€purified€with€the€fire€ofÏtribulation€and€temptation,€that€so€they€may€be€clean,€pure,€perfect€and€agreeable€to€the€eyes€ofÏGod.Ìà  à›53.€€Therefore€the€Lord€purifies€the€Soul€which€he€calls,€and€will€have€for€himself,€with€theÏrough€file€of€temptation,€with€which€he€polishes€it€from€the€rust€of€pride,€avarice,€vanity,€ambition,Ïpresumption,€and€self„conceitedness.€€With€the€same,€he€humbles,€pacifies€and€exercises€it,€makingÏit€to€know€its€own€misery.€€By€means€thereof€he€purifies€and€strips€the€heart€to€the€end€all€itsÏoperations€may€be€pure,€and€inestimable€value.œÌà  à›54.€€Many€Souls€when€they€suffer€these€painful€torments,€are€troubled,€afflicted,€andÏdisquieted,€it€seeming€to€them,€that€they€begin€already€in€this€life€to€suffer€eternal€punishments;Ïand€if€by€misfortune€they€go€to€an€unexperienced€Confessor,€instead€of€comforting€them,€heÏleaves€them€in€greater€confusion€and€perplexitiesœ.Ìà  à›55.€€That€thou€mayest€not€lose€internal€peace,€it€is€necessary€thou€believe,€that€it€is€theÏgoodness€of€divine€mercy,€when€thus€it€humbles,€afflicts€œand›€œtrys€thee;€since€by€that€means€thyÏSoul€comes€to€have€a€deep€knowledge€of€itself,€reckoning€it€self€the€worst,€most€impious€andÏabominable€of€all€Souls€living,€and€hence€with€humility€and€lowliness€it€abhors€it€self.€€O€howÏhappy€would€Souls€be,€if€they€would€be€quiet€and€believe,€that€all€these€temptations€are€caused€byÏthe€Devil,€and€received€from€the€hand€of€God,€for€their€gain€and€spiritual€profit.Ìà  à56.€›But€thouððlt€say,€that€it€is€not€the€work€of€the€Devil,€when€he€molests€thee€by€means€ofÏcreatures,€but€the€effect€of€thy€neighbours€fault€and€malice,€in€having€wronged€and€injured€thee.ÏKnow€œthat€that€is€another€cunning€and€hidden€temptation,€because€though€God€wills€not€the€sin€ofÏanother,€yet€he€wills€his€own€effect€in€thee,€and€the€trouble€which€accrues€to€thee€from€anotherððsÏfault,€that€he€may€see€thee€emproved€by€the€benefit€of€paticnce.Ìà  à57.€›Doest€thou€receive€an€injury€from€any€man?€there€are€two€things€in€it,€the€sin€of€himÏthat€does€it,€and€the€punishment€that€thou€œsufferest›;€the€sin€is€against€the€will€of€God,€andÏdispleases€him,€though€he€permit€it;€the€punishment€is€conform€to€his€will,€and€he€wills€it€for€thyÏgood,€wherefore€thou€œoughtest›€to€receive€it,€œas›€from€his€hand.€The€Passion€and€Death€of€our€LordÏChrist,€were€the€effects€of€the€wickedness€and€sins€of€òòPilateóó,€and€yet€it€is€certain,€that€God€willedÐ ¼%X" Ðthe€death€of€his€own€œSon›€for€our€redemption.Ìà  à58.€Consider€how€the€Lord€makes€use€of€anotherððs€fault€for€the€good€of€thy€Soul.€O€theÏgreatness€of€the€Divine€Wisdom,€who€can€pry€into€the€depth€of€the€secret€and€extraordinaryÏmeans,€and€the€hidden€paths€whereby€he€guides€the€Soul,€which€he€would€have€purgedœ,Ï›transformed€and€deified.œÌâ âÐ D+à$( ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ Ôâ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€X.ÌÓØ4ÓÌÓ  Óòò›Wherein€the€same€Point€is€handledóó.Ð 7 Ó ÐÓþ4ÓÌ59.€That€the€Soul€may€be€the€habitation€of€the€celestial€King,€it€is€necessary,€that€it€should€be€pureÏÔ'ƒd¬4Ôand€without€any€blemish;€wherefore€the€Lord€purifies€it€as€gold€in€the€furnace€of€terrible€andÏgrievous€temptations.€Certain€it€is,€that€the€œSoul›€never€loves,€nor€believes€more,€than€when€it€isÏafflicted€and€baited€with€such€temptations;€because€those€doubtings€and€fears€that€beset€it,Ïwhether€it€believe€or€not;€whether€it€consent€or€not,€are€nothing€else€but€the€quaintnesses€of€love.Ìà  à60.€The€effects€that€remain€in€the€Soul€make€this€very€clear;€and€commonly€these€are€aÏloathing€of€it€self€with€a€most€profound€acknowledgment€of€the€greatness€and€omnipotence€ofÏGod,€a€great€confidence€in€the€Lord,€that€he€will€deliver€it€from€all€risk€and€danger;€believing€andÏconfessing€with€far€greater€vigour€of€faith,€that€it€is€God€who€gives€it€strength€to€bear€theÏtorments€of€these€temptations,€because€it€would€naturally€be€impossible,€considering€the€force€andÏviolence€wherewith€sometimes€they€attack,€to€resist€one€quarter€of€an€hour.œÌà  à61.€›Thou€art€to€know€then,€that€temptation€is€thy€great€happiness,€so€that€the€more€itÏbesets€thee,€the€more€thou€oughtest€to€rejoyce€in€Peace,€instead€of€being€sad,€and€thank€God€forÏthe€favour€he€does€thee.€In€al€these€temptations,€and€odious€thoughts,€the€remedy€that€is€to€work,Ïis€to€despise€them€with€a€stayed€neglect,€because€nothing€more€afflicts€the€proud€Devil,€than€toÏsee€that€he€is€slighted€and€despised,€as€are€all€things€else€that€he€suggests€to€us.€And€thereforeÏthou€art€to€tarry€with€him,€as€one€that€perceives€him€not,€and€to€possess€thy€self€in€thy€peaceÏwithout€repining,€and€without€multiplying€Reasons€and€Answers;€seeing€nothing€is€moreÏdangerous,€than€to€vie€in€reasons€with€him€who€is€ready€to€deceive€thee.œÌà  à62.€›The€Saints€in€arriving€at€holiness,€passed€through€this€doleful€valley€of€temptation,€andÏthe€greater€Saints€they€were€the€greater€temptations€they€œgrapled›€with.€Nay€after€the€Saints€haveÏattained€to€holiness€and€perfection;€the€Lord€suffers€them€to€be€tempted€with€brisk€temptations,Ïthat€their€Crown€may€be€the€greater,€and€that€the€spirit€of€Vain„glory€may€be€checked,€or€elseÏœhindred›€from€œentring›€in€them,€keeping€them€in€that€manner€secure,€humble,€and€œsollicitous›€of€theirÏcondition.œÌà  à63.€›Finally€thou€art€to€know,€that€the€greatest€Temptation€is€to€be€without€Temptation;Ïwherefore€thou€oughtest€to€be€glad€when€it€assaults€thee,€and€with€Resignation,€Peace€andÏConstancy€resist€it:€Because€if€thou€wilt€serve€God,€and€arrive€at€the€sublime€Region€of€InternalÏPeace;€thou€must€pass€through€that€rugged€Path€of€Temptation;€put€on€that€heavy€Armor;€fight€inÏâ âthat€fierce€and€cruel€War,€and€in€that€burning€Furnace,€polish,€purge,€renew,€and€purifie€thyœ€self.Ð Ë%g# ÐÔ& G Ôâ âÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°OxAßÐ Pì ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XI.ÌÓ÷@ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àDeclaring›€the€Nature€of€internal€Recollection,€and€instructing€the€Soul€how€it€ought€to€behave€itÐ # ¿ Ðself€therein,€and€in€the€Spiritual€Welfare,€whereby€the€Devil€endeavours€to€disturb€it€atÏthat€time.óóœÐû —(#(# ÐÌ64.›€Internal€Recollection€is€Faith,€and€Silence€in€the€Presence€of€God.€Hence€thou€œoughtest›€to€beÏÔ'G du@Ôaccustomed€to€recollect€thy€self€in€his€Presence,€with€an€affectionate€attention,€as€one€that€is€givenÏup€to€God,€and€united€unto€him,€with€Reverence,€Humility€and€Submission,€beholding€him€in€theÏmost€inward€recess€of€thine€own€Soul,€without€Form,€Likeness,€Manner,€or€Figure;€in€the€viewÏand€general€nature€of€a€loving€and€obscure€Faith,€without€any€distinction€of€Perfection€orÏAttribute.œÌà  à65.€›There€thou€art€to€be€with€attention,€and€a€sincere€regard,€with€a€sedate€heedfulness,Ïand€full€of€Love€towards€the€same€Lord,€resigning€and€delivering€thy€self€up€into€his€hands,€to€theÏend€he€may€dispose€of€thee,€according€to€his€good€Will€and€Pleasure;€without€reflecting€on€thyÏself;€nay,€nor€on€Perfection€it€self.€Here€thou€art€to€shut€up€the€Senses,€trusting€God€with€all€theÏcare€of€thy€Welfare,€and€minding€nothing€of€the€affairs€this€Life.€Finally,€thy€Faith€ought€to€beÏpure,€without€Representations€or€Likeness:€Simple€without€œReasonings›,€and€Universal€withoutÏDistinctions.œÌà  à66.€›The€Prayer€of€Internal€Recollection€may€be€well€typified€by€that€Wrestling,€which€theÏholy€Scripture€says,€the€Patriarch€òòJacobóó€had€all€Night€with€God,€until€Day€broke,€and€he€BlessedÐ »W Ðhim.€Wherefore€the€Soul€is€to€persevere,€and€wrestle€with€the€difficulties€that€it€will€find€in€internalÏRecollection,€without€desisting,€until€the€Son€of€internal€Light€begin€to€appear,€and€the€Lord€giveÏit€his€Blessing.œÌà  à67.€›No€sooner€wilt€thou€have€given€thy€self€up€to€thy€Lord€in€this€inward€Way,€but€all€HellÏwill€conspire€against€thee,€seeing€one€single€Soul€inwardly€retired€to€its€own€Presence,€makesÏgreater€War€against€the€Enemy,€than€a€thousand€others€that€walk€externally;€because€the€DevilÏmakes€an€infinite€advantage€of€an€internal€Soul.œÌà  à68.€›In€the€time€of€the€recollection,€Peace€and€Resignation€of€thy€Soul,€God€will€moreÏesteem€the€various€impertinent,€troublesome€and€ugly€thoughts€that€thou€hast,€than€the€goodÏpurposes,€and€high€sentiments.€Know€that€the€effort,€which€thou€thy€self€mayest€make€to€resistÏThoughts,€is€an€impediment,€and€will€leave€thy€Soul€in€greater€œanxitie›.€The€best€thing€that€is€to€beÏdone,€is€sweetly€to€œdispise›€them,€to€know€thine€own€wretchedness,€and€peacefully€make€anÏOffering€to€God€of€the€Trouble.œÌà  à69.›€Though€thou€canst€not€get€rid€of€the€anguish€of€Thoughts,€hast€no€Light,€Comfort,€norÏspiritual€Sentiment:€Yet€be€œnot›€afflicted,€neither€leave€off€recollection,€because€they€are€the€SnaresÏof€the€Enemy:€Resign€thy€self€at€the€time€with€œVigour›,€endure€with€Patience,€and€persevere€in€hisÏPresence;€for€œwhilððst›€thou€œperseverest›€after€that€manner,€thy€Soul€will€be€internally€œemproved›.œÌà  à70.€›Doest€thou€believe€that€when€thou€comest€away€from€Prayer€dry,€in€the€same€mannerÏas€thou€began€it;€œthat€that›€was€because€of€want€of€Preparation,€and€that€hath€done€thee€no€good:Ð ?,Û%* ÐThat€is€a€Fallacy:€Because€the€fruit€of€true€Prayer€consists€not€in€enjoying€the€Light,€nor€in€havingÏKnowledge€of€spiritual€things,€since€these€may€be€found€in€a€speculative€Intellect,€without€trueÏVirtue€and€Perfection;€it€only€consists€in€enduring€with€Patience,€and€persevering€in€Faith€andÏSilence,€believing€that€thou€art€in€the€Lordððs€Presence,€turning€to€him€thy€Heart€with€tranquillity,Ïand€purity€of€Mind.€So€whilst€thou€œperseversest›€in€this€manner,€œthouððlt›€have€the€only€PreparationÏand€disposition€which€at€that€time€is€necessary,€and€shalt€reap€infinite€fruit.œÌà  à71.€›War€is€very€usual€in€this€internal€Recollection,€which€on€the€one€hand€will€deprive€theeÏof€sensibility,€to€try,€humble,€and€purge€thee.€On€the€other,€invisible€Enemies€will€assault€thee€withÏcontinual€Suggestions,€to€trouble€and€disquiet€thee.€Nature€her€self,€apparently,€will€torment€thee,Ïshe€being€always€an€Enemy€to€the€Spirit,€which€in€depriving€her€of€sensible€Pleasures,€remainsÏWeak,€Melancholy,€and€full€of€œIrksomness›,€so€that€it€feels€a€Hell€in€all€Spiritual€Exercises,Ïparticularly€in€that€of€Prayer,€hence€it€grows€œextreamly›€impatient€to€be€at€an€end€of€it,€through€theÏuneasiness€of€Thoughts,€the€lassitude€of€Body,€importunate€Sleep,€and€the€not€being€able€to€curbÏthe€Senses,€every€one€of€which€would€for€it€own€share,€follow€its€own€Pleasure.€Happy€art€thou€ifÏthou€canst€persevere€amidst€this€Martyrdom!œÌà  à74.€›That€great€œDoctoress›,€and€Mystical€Mistress,€òòSanta€Teresaóó,€confirms€all€this€by€herÐ 8Ô  Ðheavenly€Doctrine,€in€the€Letter€she€wrote€to€the€Bishop€of€òòœOsmia›óó,€to€instruct€him,€how€he€was€toÐ $À Ðbehave€himself€in€Prayer,€and€in€the€variety€of€troublesome€thoughts,€which€attack€us€at€that€time,Ïwhere€she€œsays€(òò8.€Of€her€Epistolary.óó):›€òòThere€is€a€necessity€of€suffering€the€trouble€of€a€Troop€ofÐ ü˜ ÐThoughts,€importune€Imaginations,€and€the€impetuosities€of€natural€Notions,€not€only,€of€theÏSoul€through€the€dryness€and€disunion€it€hath,€but€of€the€Body€also,€occasioned€by€the€want€ofÏsubmission€to€the€Spirit,€which€it€ought€to€have.óóœÐ À\ Ðà  à73.€›These€are€called€œdrynesses›€in€Spirituals,€but€are€very€profitable,€if€they€be€embracedÏand€suffered€with€Patience.€Who€so€shall€accustom€himself€to€suffer€them€without€repining,€willÏfrom€that€œlabour›€draw€vast€advantage.€It€is€certain,€that€in€recollection€the€Devil€frequentlyÏcharges€the€Soul€more€fiercely€with€a€Battalion€of€Thoughts,€to€discomfit€the€quiet€of€the€Soul,Ïand€alienate€it€from€that€most€sweet€and€secure€internal€Conversation,€raising€œhorrours›,€to€the€endÏit€may€leave€it€off,€reducing€it€most€commonly€to€such€a€state,€as€if€it€were€lead€forth€to€a€mostÏrigorous€Torment.œÌà  à74.€òò›The€Birds,€which€are€the€Devils,€knowing€thisóó€(said€the€Saint€in€the€above€cited€Letter)Ð  !¼ Ðòòpricks€and€molest€the€Soul€with€Imaginations,€troublesome€Thoughts,€and€the€InterruptionsÐ  "¨ Ðwhich€the€Devil€at€that€time€brings€in,€transporting€the€Thought,€distracting€it€from€one€thing€toÏanother,€and€after€he€hath€done€with€them€attacking€the€Heart,€and€it€is€no€small€fruit€of€Prayer,Ïpatiently€to€suffer€these€Troubles€and€Importunities.€That€is€an€offering€up€of€ones€self,€in€aÏwhole€burnt€Sacrifice,€thatððs€to€say,€to€be€wholly€consumed€in€the€Fire€of€Temptation,€and€noÏpart€spared.óó€See,€how€this€heavenly€Mistress€encourages€to€suffer€and€endure€Thoughts€andÐ ¨&D # ÐTemptations;€because,€provided€they€be€not€consented€to,€they€double€the€profitœ.Ìà  à75.€›As€many€times€as€thou€œexercisest›€thy€self,€calmly€to€reject€these€vain€Thoughts,€soÏmany€Crowns€will€the€Lord€set€upon€thy€Head,€and€though€it€may€seem€to€thee€that€thou€dostÏnothing,€be€œundeceivððd›,€for€a€good€desire€with€firmness€and€œstedfastness›€in€Prayer,€is€very€pleasingÏto€the€Lord.œÌà  à76.€›òòWherefore€to€be€thereóó€(concludes€the€Saint)€òòwithout€sensible€profit,€is€not€lost€time;Ð 0,Ì%) Ðbut€of€great€gain,€œwhilððst›€one€toyls€without€Interest,€and€meerly€for€the€glory€of€God;€and€thoughÏit€may€seem€to€be€toyling€in€vain,€yet€it€is€not€so,€but€it€is€as€with€Children,€who€toyl€and€labourÏunder€the€power€of€their€Father:€though€in€the€evening€they€receive€not€the€wages€for€their€dayððsÏwork,€yet€at€the€yearððs€end€they€enjoy€all.óó€In€fine,€you€see€how€the€Saint€confirms€our€documentÐ ( Ä Ðwith€her€precious€Doctrineœ.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ë xAßÐ ì ˆ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XII.ÌÓ5`ÓÌÓ  ÓòòA€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.óóÐ ¿[  ÐÓ]`ÓÌ77.€›God€loves€not€him€who€does€most,€who€hears€most,€nor€who€shows€greatest€affection,€butÏwho€suffers€most,€if€he€pray€with€faith€and€reverence,€believing€that€he€is€in€the€divine€presence.ÏThe€truth€is€to€take€from€the€Soul€the€prayer€of€the€Senses,€and€of€Nature,€is€a€rigorousÏmartyrdom€to€it,€but€the€Lord€rejoyces,€and€is€glad€in€its€peace,€if€it€be€thus€quiet€and€resigned.ÏUse€not€at€that€time€vocal€Prayer,€because€however€it€be€good€and€holy€in€it€self,€yet€to€use€itÏthen,€is€a€manifest€temptation,€whereby€the€enemy€pretends,€that€God€speaks€not€to€thy€heart,Ïunder€pretext€that€thou€had€not€sentiments,€and€that€thou€losest€time.œÌà  à78.€›God€hath€no€regard€to€the€multitude€of€words,€but€to€the€purity€of€the€intent.€HisÏgreatest€content€and€glory€at€that€time,€is€to€see€the€Soul€in€silence,€desirous,€humble,€quiet,€andÏœresigned.€›Proceed,€persevere,€pray,€and€hold€thy€peace;€for€where€thou€findest€not€a€sentiment,Ïthouððlt€find€a€door€whereby€thou€mayest€enter€into€thine€own€nothingness;€knowing€thy€self€to€beÏnothing,€that€thou€canððst€do€nothing,€nay,€and€that€thou€hast€not€so€much€as€a€good€thoughtœ.Ìà  à79.€›How€many€have€begun€this€happy€practice€of€Prayer,€and€Internal€Recollection,€andÏhave€left€it€off,€pretending€that€they€feel€no€pleasure,€that€they€lose€time,€that€their€thoughtsÏtrouble€them,€and€œthat€that›€Prayer€is€not€for€them,€œwhilððst›€they€find€not€any€sentiment€of€God,€norÏany€ability€to€reason€or€discourse;€whereas€they€might€have€believed,€been€silent,€and€hadÏpatience.€All€this€is€no€more,€but€with€ingratitude€to€hunt€after€sensible€pleasures,€sufferingÏthemselves€to€be€transported€with€self„love,€seeking€themselves,€and€not€God,€because€theyÏcannot€suffer€a€little€pain€and€dryness,€without€reflecting€on€the€infinite€loss€they€sustain,€whereasÏby€the€least€act€of€reverence€towards€God,€amidst€dryness€and€sterility,€they€receive€an€eternalÏreward.œÌà  à80.€›The€Lord€told€the€venerable€Mother€òòFrancesca€œLopez›óó€of€òòœValenza›óó,€and€a€religious€ofÐ ó#! Ðthe€third€Order€of€St.€òòFrancisóó,€three€things€of€great€light€and€consequence€in€order€to€internalÐ ß${" Ðrecollection.€òòIn€the€first€place,€that€a€quarter€of€an€hour€of€Prayer,€with€recollection€of€the€sensesÐ Ë%g# Ðand€faculties,€and€with€resignation€and€humility,€does€more€good€to€the€Soul€than€five€days€ofÏpenitential€exercises,€hair€œcloaths›,€disciplines,€œfastings›,€and€sleeping€on€bare€boards,€becauseÏthese€are€only€mortifications€of€the€body,€and€with€recollection€the€Soul€is€purifiedóó.Ð (+"& Ðà  à81.€òòSecondly,€That€it€is€more€pleasing€to€the€Divine€Majesty,€to€have€the€Soul€in€quietÐ {)#' Ðand€devote€Prayer€for€the€space€of€an€hour,€than€to€go€in€great€Pilgrimages;€because€that€inÏPrayer€it€does€good€to€it€self,€and€to€those€for€whom€it€prays,€gives€delight€to€God,€and€merits€aÏhigh€degree€of€glory,€but€in€pilgrimage,€commonly,€the€Soul€is€distracted,€and€the€SensesÐ ?,Û%* Ðdiverted,€with€a€debilitation€of€œvertue,›€besides€many€other€dangers.óóœÐ d Ðà  à82.€òòThirdly,€That€constant€Prayer€was€to€keep€the€Heart€always€right€towards€God,€andÐ Pì Ðthat€a€Soul€to€be€internal,€ought€rather€to€act€with€the€affection€of€the€Will,€than€the€toyl€of€theÏIntellect.óó€All€this€is€to€be€read€in€her€Life.Ð ( Ä Ðà  à83.€›The€more€the€Soul€rejoyces€in€sensible€love,€the€less€delight€God€has€in€it;€on€theÏcontrary,€the€less€the€œSoul›€rejoyces€in€this€sensible€love,€the€more€God€delights€in€it.€And€knowÏthat€to€fix€the€Will€on€God,€restraining€thoughts€and€temptations,€with€the€greatest€tranquillityÏpossible,€is€the€highest€pitch€of€Praying.œÌà  à84.›€Iððll€conclude€this€Chapter€by€undeceiving€thee€of€the€vulgar€œerrour›€of€those€who€say,Ïthat€in€this€internal€Recollection,€or€Prayer€of€Rest,€the€faculties€operate€not,€and€that€the€Soul€isÏidle€and€wholly€œunactive›.€This€is€a€manifest€fallacy€of€those€who€have€little€experience,€becauseÏalthough€it€operate€not€by€means€of€the€memory,€nor€by€the€second€operation€of€the€Intellect,Ïwhich€is€the€judgment,€nor€by€the€third,€which€is€discourse€or€ratiocination,€yet€it€operates€by€theÏfirst€and€chief€operation€of€the€intellect,€which€is€simple€apprehension,€enlightened€by€holy€Faith,Ïand€aided€by€the€divine€gifts€of€the€holy€Spirit.€And€the€Will€is€more€apt€to€continue€one€act,€thanÏto€multiply€many;€so€that€as€well€the€act€of€the€Intellect,€as€that€of€the€Will€are€so€simple,Ïimperceptible,€and€spiritual,€that€hardly€the€Soul€knows€them,€and€far€less€reflects€upon€themœ.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ûxAßÐ ü˜ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIII.ÌÓNsÓÌÓ  ÓòòWhat€the€Soul€ought€to€do€in€Internal€Recollection.óóÐ Ïk ÐÓwsÓÌ85.€›Thou€oughtest€to€go€to€Prayer,€that€thou€mayest€deliver€thy€self€wholly€up€into€the€hands€ofÏGod,€with€perfect€resignation,€exerting€œan›€act€of€Faith,€believing€that€thou€art€in€the€divineÏPresence,€afterwards€setling€in€that€holy€repose,€with€quietness,€silence€and€tranquility;€andÏendeavouring€for€a€whole€day,€a€whole€year,€and€thy€whole€life€to€continue€that€first€act€ofÏContemplation,€by€faith€and€loveœ.Ìà  à›86.€It€is€not€your€businesses€to€multiply€these€acts,€nor€to€repeat€sensible€affections,Ïbecause€they€hinder€the€Purity€of€the€spiritual€and€perfect€act€of€the€Will,€œwhilððst›€besides€that€theseÏsweet€sentiments€are€imperfect,€(considering€the€reflection€wherewith€they€are€made,€the€self„¼content,€and€external€consolation€wherewhith€they€are€fought€after,€the€Soul€being€drawnÏoutwards€to€the€external€faculties)€there€is€no€necessity€of€renewing€them,€as€the€mystical€òòFalconóóÐ ó#! Ðhath€excellently€expressed€it€by€the€following€similitude.œÌà  à87.€›òòIf€a€Jewel€given€to€a€friend€were€once€put€into€his€hands,€it€is€not€necessary€to€repeatÐ Ë%g# Ðsuch€a€donation€already€made,€by€daily€telling€him,óó€(Sir,€I€give€you€that€Jewel,€Sir,€I€give€youÐ ·&S $ Ðthat€Jewel,€òòbut€to€let€him€keep€it,€and€not€take€it€from€him,€because€provided€he€take€it€not,€orÐ £'?!% Ðdesign€not€to€take€it€from€him,€he€hath€surely€given€it€him.óóœÐ (+"& Ðà  à88.›€In€the€same€manner,€having€once€dedicated,€and€lovingly€resign€thy€self€to€the€will€ofÏGod,€there€is€nothing€else€for€thee€to€do,€but€to€continue€the€same,€without€repeating€new€andÏsensible€acts,€provided€thou€takest€not€back€the€Jewel€thou€hast€once€given,€by€committing€someÏnotable€fault€against€his€divine€Will,€tho€thou€oughtest€still€to€exercise€thy€self€outwardly€in€theÐ ?,Û%* Ðexternal€works€of€thy€calling€and€state,€for€in€so€doing€thou€dost€the€Will€of€God,€and€walkest€inÏcontinual€and€virtual€oration:€òòHe€always€praysóó€(said€òòTheophylactóó)€òòwho€does€good€works,€nor€doesÐ Pì Ðhe€neglect€Prayer,€but€when€he€leaves€off€to€be€just.óóœÐ <Ø Ðà  à89.€›Thou€oughtest€then€to€œslight›€all€those€sensibilities,€to€the€end€thy€Soul€may€beÏestablished,€and€acquire€a€habit€of€internal€recollection€which€is€so€effectual,€that€the€resolutionÏonly€of€going€to€Prayer,€awakens€a€lively€presence€of€God,€which€is€the€preparation€to€the€PrayerÏthat€is€about€to€be€made;€or€to€say€better,€is€no€other€than€a€more€efficacious€continuation€ofÏcontinual€Prayer,€wherein€the€contemplative€person€ought€to€be€settled.œÌà  à90.€›O€how€well€did€the€venerable€Mother€of€òòCantalóó,€the€spiritual€daughter€of€St.€òòFrancisóóÐ Ä ` Ðof€òòSalesóó,€practice€this€Lesson,€in€whole€Life€are€the€following€words,€written€to€her€Master:€òòMostÐ °L  Ðdear€Father,€I€cannot€do€any€act,€it€seems€to€me€always€that€this€is€the€most€firm€and€secureÏdisposition:€my€spirit€in€the€upper€part,€is€in€a€most€simple€unity;€it€is€not€united,€because€when€itÏwould€perform€acts€of€union€(which€it€often€sets€about)€it€finds€difficulty,€and€clearly€perceivesÏthat€it€cannot€unite,€but€be€united.€The€œSoul›€would€make€use€of€this€union,€for€the€service€ofÏMattins,€the€holy€Mass,€preparation€for€the€Communion,€and€œthanksgiving;›€and€in€a€word,€itÏwould€for€all€things€be€always€in€that€most€simple€unity€of€spirit,€without€reflecting€on€any€thingÏelse.óó€To€all€this€the€holy€Father€answered€with€approbation,€perswading€her€to€persist,€and€puttingÐ $À Ðher€in€mind,€that€the€repose€of€God€is€in€peace.œÌà  à91.€›Another€time€she€wrote€to€the€same€Saint€these€words:€œòòEndeavouring›€to€do€someÐ ü˜ Ðmore€special€acts€of€my€simple€intuition,€total€resignation€and€annihilation€in€God,€his€divineÏgoodness€rebuked€me,€and€gave€me€to€understand,€œthat€that›€proceeded€only€from€the€love€of€myÏself,€and€that€thereby€I€offended€my€Soul.óóœÐ À\ Ðà  à92.€›By€this€thou€wilt€be€undeceived,€and€know€what€is€the€perfect€and€spiritual€way€ofÏPraying,€and€be€advised€what€is€to€be€done€in€Internal€recollection:€œThouððlt›€know€that€to€the€endÏLove€may€be€perfect€and€pure,€it€is€expedient€to€retrench€the€multiplication€of€sensible€and€ferventÏActs,€the€Soul€continuing€quiet€and€resting€in€that€inward€Silence.€Because,€tenderness,€delight,Ïand€sweet€sentiments,€which€the€Soul€experiences€in€the€Will,€are€not€pure€Spirits,€but€ActsÏblended€with€the€sensibility€of€Nature.€Nor€is€it€perfect€Love,€but€sensible€Pleasure,€whichÏdistracts€and€hurts€the€Soul,€as€the€Lord€told€the€venerable€Mother€of€òòœCantal›óó.œÐ 4 Ð Ðà  à93.€›How€happy€and€how€well€applied€will€thy€Soul€be,€if€retreating€within€it€self,€it€thereÏshrink€into€its€own€nothing,€both€in€its€Center€and€superiour€Part,€without€minding€what€it€does;Ïwhether€it€recollect€or€not,€whether€it€walk€well€or€ill;€if€it€operate€or€not,€without€heeding,Ïthinking,€or€minding€any€sensible€thing?€At€that€time€the€Intellect€believes€with€a€pure€Act,€and€theÏWill€loves€with€perfect€love,€without€any€kind€of€impediment,€imitating€that€pure€and€continuedÏAct€of€Intuition€and€Love,€which€the€Saints€say€the€Blessed€in€Heaven€have,€with€no€otherÏdifference,€than€that€they€see€one€another€there€Fact€to€Face,€and€the€Soul€here,€through€the€VeilÏof€an€obscure€Faith.œÌà  à94.€›O€how€few€are€the€œSouls,›€that€attain€to€this€perfect€way€of€Praying,€because€theyÏpenetrate€not€enough€into€this€internal€recollection,€and€Mystical€Silence,€and€because€they€stripÏnot€themselves€of€imperfect€reflection,€and€sensible€pleasure!€O€that€thy€Soul,€without€thoughtfulÏœadvertency›,€even€of€it€self,€might€give€it€self€in€Prey€to€that€holy€and€spiritual€Tranquility,€and€sayÏwith€St.€òòAustinóó€(òòIn€his€œConfess.›€œlib.›€9.€œcap.›€10.óó),òò€œSileat›€anima€mea,€&€œtranseat›€œse›,€non€œse›Ð 0,Ì%) Мcogitando›!óó€Let€it€be€silent€and€do€nothing,€forget€it€self,€and€œplung›€into€that€obscure€Faith:€HowÐ d Ðsecure€and€safe€would€it€be,€though€it€might€seem€to€it€that€thus€œunactive›€and€doing€nothing€itÏwere€undone.œÌà  à95.€›Iððll€sum€up€this€doctrine€with€a€Letter€that€the€Illuminated€Mother€of€òòœCantal›óó€wrote€to€aÐ ( Ä ÐSister,€and€great€Servant€of€God:€òòDivine€Bountyóó€(said€she)€òògranted€me€this€way€of€Prayer,€thatÐ  ° Ðwith€a€single€View€of€God,€I€felt€my€self€wholly€dedicated€to€him,€œabsorpt›€and€reposed€in€him;€heÏstill€continued€to€me€that€Grace,€though€I€opposed€it€by€my€Infidelity,€giving€way€to€fear,€andÏthinking€my€self€unprofitable€in€that€state;€for€which€cause,€being€willing€to€do€something€on€myÏpart,€I€quite€spoil€all;€and€to€this€present€I€find€my€self€sometimes€assaulted€by€the€same€Fear,Ïthough€not€in€Prayer,€but€in€other€Exercises€wherein€I€am€always€willing€to€employ€my€self€aÏlittle,€though€I€know€very€well,€that€in€doing€such€acts,€I€come€out€of€my€Center,€and€seeÏparticularly€œthat€that›€simple€View€of€God,€is€my€only€remedy€and€help€still,€in€all€troubles,Ïtemptations,€and€the€events€of€this€Lifeœ.óóÐ t  Ðà  à96.€òò›And€certainly,€would€I€have€followed€my€internal€Impulse,€I€should€have€made€use€ofÐ `ü  Ðno€other€means€in€any€thing€whatsoever,€without€exception;€because€when€I€think€to€œfortifie›€myÏSoul€with€Arts,€œReasonings›€and€Resignations,€then€do€I€expose€my€self€to€new€temptations€andÏstraights:€Besides€that,€I€cannot€do€it€without€great€violence;€which€leaves€me€exhausted€and€dry,Ïso€that€it€œbehoves›€me€speedily€to€return€to€this€simple€Resignation,€knowing€that€God,€in€thisÏmanner,€lets€me€see,€that€it€is€his€Will€and€Pleasure,€that€a€total€stop€should€be€put€to€theÏoperations€of€my€Soul,€because€he€would€have€all€things€done€by€his€own€divine€Activity;€andÏhappily€he€expects€no€more€of€me,€but€this€only€View€in€all€œspiritual›€Exercises,€and€in€all€theÏpains,€temptations€and€afflictions€that€may€œbefal›€me€in€this€life.€And€the€truth€is,€the€quieter€IÏkeep€my€Spirit€by€this€means,€the€better€all€things€succeed€with€me;€and€my€crosses€andÏafflictions€suddenly€vanish.€Many€times€hath€my€blessed€Father€St.óó€Frances€òòofóó€Sales,€òòassured€meÐ ˜4 Ðof€this.œóóÐ „  Ðà  à97.€›òòOur€late€Mother€œSuperiour›,€encouraged€me€firmly€to€persist€in€that€way,€and€not€toÐ p  Ðfear€any€thing€in€this€simple€View€of€God:€She€told€me,€œThat€that›€was€enough,€and€that€theÏgreater€the€nakedness,€and€quietness€in€God€are,€the€greater€sweetness€and€strength€receivethÏthe€Soul,€which€ought€to€œendeavour›€to€become€so€pure€and€simple,€that€it€should€have€no€otherÏsupport,€but€in€God€alone.óóœÐ  !¼ Ðà  à98.€òò›To€this€purpose€I€remember,€that€a€few€days€since,€God€communicated€to€me€anÐ  "¨ ÐIllumination,€which€made€such€an€impression€upon€me,€as€if€I€had€clearly€seen€him;€and€this€itÏis,€That€I€should€never€look€upon€my€self,€but€walk€with€eyes€shut,€leaning€on€my€Beloved,Ïwithout€striving€to€see€nor€know€the€way,€by€which€he€guides€me,€neither€fix€my€thoughts€on€anyÏthing,€nor€yet€beg€œFavours›€of€him,€but€as€undone€in€my€self,€rest€wholly€and€sincerely€on€him.óóÐ ¼%X" ÐHitherto€that€Illuminated€and€Mystical€Mistress,€whose€Words€do€Credit€and€Authorize€ourÏœDoctrine.Ìâ âÐ €("% ÐßA€" ) °°xdE°cxAßÔ& o Ôâ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIV.ÌÓ_™ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àDeclaring›€how€the€Soul€putting€it€self€in€the€Presence€of€God,€with€perfect€Resignation,€by€theÐ 7 Ó Ðpure€act€of€Faith,€walks€always€in€virtual€and€acquired€contemplation.œÐ (#(# ÐóóÌ99.€›Thou€wilt€tell€me€(as€many€Souls€have€told€me)€that€though€by€a€perfect€Resignation€thou€hastÏÔ'od3™Ôput€thy€self€in€the€Presence€of€God,€by€means€of€pure€Faith,€as€hath€been€already€hinted,€yet€thouÏdoest€not€merit€nor€œemprove›,€because€thy€thoughts€are€so€distracted,€that€thou€canst€not€be€fixedÏupon€God.œÌà  à100.€›Be€not€disconsolate,€for€thou€doððst€not€lose€time,€nor€merit,€neither€desist€thou€fromÏPrayer;€because€œit€›is€not€necessary,€that€during€the€whole€time€of€recollection,€thou€shouldððstÏactually€think€on€God;€it€is€enough€that€thou€hast€been€attentive€in€the€beginning;€provided€thouÏdiscontinue€not€thy€purpose,€nor€revoke€the€actual€attention€which€thou€hadst.€As€he,€who€hearsÏMass,€and€says€the€Divine€Office,€performs€his€Duty€very€well,€by€œvertue›€of€that€primary€actualÏattention,€though€afterwards€he€persevere€not,€in€keeping€his€thoughts€actually€fixed€on€God.œÌà  à101.€›This€the€Angelical€Doctor€St.€òòThomasóó€confirms,€in€the€following€wordsÐ 3Ï Ð(òòœ2.2.óóqustòò.82.art.€13.€ad€I.›óó):€òòThat€first€intention€only€and€thinking€of€God€when€one€Prays,€hasÐ » Ðforce€and€value€enough€to€make€the€Prayer,€during€all€the€rest€of€the€time€it€continues,€to€beÏtrue,€œimpetratory›€and€meritorious,€though€all€that€while€there€be€no€actual€contemplation€onÏGod.óó€See€now€if€the€Saint€could€speak€more€clearly€to€our€purpose!œÐ ã Ðà  à102.€›So€that€(in€the€Judgement€of€that€Saint)€the€Prayer€still€continues,€though€theÏImagination€may€ramble€upon€infinite€numbers€of€thoughts,€provided€one€consent€not€to€it,€shiftÏnot€Place,€intermit€not€the€Prayer,€nor€change€the€first€Intention€of€being€with€God.€And€it€isÏcertain,€that€he€changes€it€not,€whilððst€he€does€not€leave€his€Place.€Hence€it€follows€in€soundÏDoctrine,€that€one€may€persevere€in€Prayer,€though€the€Imagination€be€carried€about€with€variousÏand€unvoluntary€thoughts.€òòHe€prays€in€œSpirit›€and€Truthóó€(says€the€Saint€in€the€fore„cited€place)Ð k Ðòòwhoever€goest€to€Prayer€with€the€Spirit€and€Intention€of€Praying,€though€afterwards€throughÐ Wó ÐMisery€and€Frailty€his€Thoughts€may€straggle.óó€œEvagatio›€œvero›€mentis€œqu›€fit€œprter›€œpropositum›,Ð C ß Мorationis›€œfructum›€non€œtollit›.œÌà  à103.€›But€thouððlt€say,€at€least,€art€thou€not€to€remember€when€thou€art€in€the€presence€ofÏGod,€and€often€say€to€him,€òòLord€abide€within€me;€and€I€will€give€my€self€wholly€up€to€thee?óó€IÐ #£  Ðanswer€that€there€is€no€necessity€for€that,€seeing€thou€hast€a€design€to€Pray,€and€for€that€endÏwentððst€to€that€place.€Faith€and€Intention€are€sufficient,€and€these€always€continue;€nay,€the€moreÏsimple€that€remembrance€be,€without€words,€or€thoughts,€œthe›€more€pure,€spiritual,€internal,€andÏworthy€of€God€it€is.œÌà  à104.€›Would€it€not€be€impertinent€and€disrespectful,€if€being€in€the€Presence€of€a€King,€thouÏœshouldððst›€ever€now€and€then€say€to€him,€òòSir,€I€believe€Your€Majesty€is€here?óó€Itððs€the€very€sameÐ (+"& Ðthing.€By€the€eye€of€pure€Faith€the€Soul€sees€God,€believes€in€him,€and€is€in€his€Presence,€and€soÏwhen€the€Soul€believes,€it€has€no€need€to€say,€òòMy€God€thou€art€here;óó€but€to€believe€as€it€doesÐ g*$( Ðbelieve,€seeing€when€Prayer„time€is€come,€Faith€and€Intention€guide€and€conduct€it€to€contemplateÏGod€by€means€of€pure€Faith,€and€perfect€Resignation.œÐ ?,Û%* Ðà  à105.€›So€that,€so€long€as€thou€œretractest›€not€that€Faith,€and€Intention€of€being€resigned,Ïthou€œwalkest›€always€in€Faith€and€Resignation,€and€consequently€in€Prayer,€and€in€virtual€andÏacquired€Contemplation,€although€thou€perceive€it€not,€remember€it€not,€neither€œexertest›€new€ActsÏand€Reflections€thereon;€after€the€example€of€a€Christian,€a€Wife,€and€a€Monk;€who,€though€theyœÏ›exert€us€new€Acts€and€Remembrances,€the€one€as€to€his€Profession,€saying,€òòI€am€a€Monkóó,€theÐ  ° Ðother€as€to€her€Matrimony,€saying€òòI€am€a€Wifeóó,€and€the€third€as€to€his€Baptism,€saying,€òòI€am€aÐ  œ ÐChristianóó,€they€cease€not€for€all€that€from€being,€the€one€Baptized,€the€other€Married,€and€theÐ ì ˆ Ðthird€Professed.€The€Christian€shall€only€be€obliged€to€do€good€Works€in€Confirmation€of€hisÏFaith;€and€to€believe€more€with€the€Heart,€than€with€the€Mouth:€The€Wife€ought€to€giveÏdemonstrations€of€the€Fidelity€which€she€promised€to€her€Husband:€And€the€Monk€of€theÏObedience€which€he€made€profession€of€to€his€œSuperiour›.œÌà  à106.€›In€the€same€manner,€the€inward€Soul€being€once€resolved€to€Believe,€that€God€is€in€it,Ïand€that€it€will€not€desire€nor€act€any€thing€but€through€God,€ought€to€rest€satisfied€in€that€FaithÏand€intention,€in€all€its€Works€and€Exercises,€without€forming€or€repeating€new€Acts€of€the€sameÏFaith,€nor€of€such€a€Resignation.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°#xAßÐ $À ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XV.ÌÓ®ÓÌòòÓ  Ó›A€Sequel€to€the€same€matter.óóÐ ÷“ ÐÓC®ÓÌ107.€This€true€Doctrine€serves€not€only€for€the€time€of€Prayer,€but€also€after€it€is€over,€by€NightÏand€by€Day,€at€all€Hours,€and€in€all€the€daily€Functions€of€thy€Calling,€thy€duty€and€Condition.ÏAnd€if€thou€tell€me,€that€many€times€thou€œforgettest›€during€a€whole€day,€to€renew€thy€resignation,ÏI€answer,€that€though€it€seem€to€thee,€that€thou€are€diverted€from€it,€by€attending€the€dailyÏoccupations€of€thy€Vocation,€as€Studying,€Reading,€Preaching,€Eating,€Drinking,€doing€Business,Ïand€the€like;€thou€art€mistaken;€for€the€one€destroys€not€the€other,€nor€by€so€doing€doest€thouÏneglect€to€do€the€Will€of€God,€nor€to€proceed€in€virtual€Prayer,€as€St.€òòThomasóó€says.œÐ Wó Ðà  à108.€›Because€these€occupations€are€not€contrary€to€his€Will,€nor€contrary€to€thyÏResignation,€it€being€certain,€that€God€would€have€thee€to€Eat,€Study,€take€Pains,€do€Business,Ï&c.€So€that€to€perform€these€Exercises,€which€are€conformððd€to€his€Will€and€Pleasure,€thouÏdepartest€not€out€of€his€Presence,€nor€from€thine€own€Resignation.œÌà  à109.€›But€if€in€Prayer,€or€out€of€it€thou€œshouldððst›€willingly€be€diverted€or€œdistracted,›Ïsuffering€thy€self€deliberately€to€be€transported€into€any€Passion;€then€it€will€be€good€for€thee€toÏrevert€to€God,€and€return€into€his€Divine€Presence,€renewing€the€purest€of€Faith€and€Resignation.ÏHowever€it€is€not€necessary€to€exert€those€Acts,€when€thou€œfindest›€thy€self€in€dryness,€becauseÏdryness€it€good€and€holy,€and€cannot,€how€severe€soever€it€be,€take€from€thy€Soul€the€DivineÏPresence,€which€is€established€in€Faith.€Thou€œoughtest›€never€to€call€dryness€distraction,€because€inÏbeginners€it€is€want€of€sensibility,€and€in€proficient€abstractedness,€by€means€whereof,€if€thou€bearÏit€out€with€constancy,€resting€quiet€in€thine€own€emptiness,€thy€Soul€will€become€more€and€moreÏinward;€and€the€Lord€will€work€wonders€in€it.œÌà  à110.€›Strive€then€when€thou€comest€from€Prayer,€to€the€end€thou€mayst€return€to€it€again,Ð ?,Û%* Ðnot€to€be€distracted,€nor€diverted;€but€to€carry€thy€self€with€a€total€resignation€to€the€Divine€Will,Ïthat€God€may€do€with€thee€and€all€thine,€according€to€his€heavenly€pleasure,€relying€on€him€as€onÏa€kind€and€loving€Father.€Never€recal€that€œIntention,›€and€though€thou€beest€taken€up€about€theÏAffairs€of€the€Condition€wherein€God€hath€placed€thee,€yet€œthouððlt›€still€be€in€Prayer€in€theÏPresence€of€God,€and€in€perpetual€Resignation.€Therefore€St.€òòJohn€œChrysostomóó›€said€òò(Super,€5.€œad›Ð  ° МThessolon›.óó),€òòA€just€man€leaves€not€off€to€Pray,€unless€he€leaves€off€to€be€Just.€He€always€prays,Ð  œ Ðwho€always€does€well;€the€good€desire€is€Prayer,€and€if€the€desire€be€continued,€so€is€also€theÏPrayer.óóœÐ Ø t Ðà  à111.€Thouððlt›€understand€all€that€has€been€said,€by€this€clear€Example,€when€a€man€begins€aÏJourney€to€òòRomeóó,€every€step€he€makes€in€the€Progress€is€voluntary,€and€nevertheless€it€is€notÐ °L  Ðnecessary,€that€at€every€step€he€should€express€his€desire,€or€exert€a€new€act€of€the€Will,€saying,€òòIÐ œ8  Ðam€going€toóó€Rome,€òòI€go€toóó€Rome:€Because,€by€œvertue›€of€that€first€intention€he€had€of€œtravelling›€toÐ ˆ$  ÐòòRomeóó,€the€same€Will€still€remains€in€him;€so€that€he€goes€on€without€saying€so,€though€he€does€notÐ t  Ðwithout€intending€so;€youððll€clearly€find,€besides,€that€this€œTraveller›,€with€one€single€and€explicit€ofÏthe€Will€and€Intention,€travel,€speaks,€hears,€sees,€reasons,€eats,€drinks,€and€does€several€otherÏthings,€without€any€interruption€to€his€first€intention,€not€yet€of€his€actual€œjournying›€to€òòRomeóóœ.Ð 8Ô  Ðà  à112.€›It€is€just€so€in€the€contemplative€Soul:€A€man€having€once€made€the€resolution€ofÏdoing€the€Will€of€God,€and€of€being€in€his€Presence,€he€still€perseveres€in€that€act,€so€long€as€heÏœrecals›€not€the€same,€although€he€be€taken€up€in€hearing,€speaking,€eating,€or€in€any€other€externalÏgood€work€or€function€of€his€Calling€and€Quality.€St.€òòThomas€Aquinasóó€œexpresseth›€all€this€in€fewÐ è„ Ðwordsœ€(òòContra€Gentiles;€l.3.c.I38.Vn€2.óó),€›òòNon€œenim€Oportet€quod€qui€propter€deum€aliquod€iterÐ Ôp Ðarripuit,€in€qualibet€parte€itineris€de€Deo€cogitet€actuóó.Ð À\ Ðà  à113.€›Thouððlt€say,€that€all€Christians€walk€in€this€Exercise,€because€all€have€Faith,€and€mayÏalthough€they€be€not€internal€fulfil€this€Doctrine€especially€such€as€go€in€the€external€Way€ofÏMeditation€and€œRetiocination›.€It€is€true,€all€Christians€have€Faith,€and€more€particularly€they€whoÏMeditate€and€Consider:€But€the€Faith€of€those€who€advance€by€the€inward€Way,€is€much€different,Ïbecause€it€is€a€lively€Faith,€universal€and€indistinct,€and€by€consequent,€more€practical,€active,Ïeffectual,€and€illuminated;€insomuch€as€the€Holy€Ghost€enlightens€the€Soul€that€is€best€disposed,Ïmost,€and€that€Soul€is€always€best€disposed,€which€holds€the€Mind€recollected;€so€proportionablyÏto€the€Recollection€the€Holy€Ghost€Illuminates.€And€albeit€is€be€true,€that€God€communicatesÏsome€light€in€Meditation,€yet€it€is€so€scanty€and€different€from€that€which€he€communicates€to€theÏMind,€recollected€in€a€pure€and€universal€Faith,€that€the€one€to€the€other,€is€no€more€than€like€twoÏor€three€Drops€of€Water€in€respect€of€an€Ocean:€since€in€Meditation€two€or€three€particular€TruthsÏare€communicated€to€the€Soul;€but€in€the€internal€Recollection,€and€the€Exercise€of€pure€andÏuniversal€Faith,€the€Wisdom€of€God€is€an€abundant€Ocean€which€is€communicated€in€that€obscure,Ïsimple,€general€and€universal€Knowledge.œÌà  à114.€›In€like€manner€Resignation€is€more€perfect€in€these€Souls,€because€it€springs€from€theÏinternal€and€infused€Fortitude,€which€grows€as€the€internal€Exercise€of€pure€Faith,€with€SilenceÏand€Resignation,€is€continued:€In€the€manner€that€the€Gifts€of€Godððs€Spirit€grow€in€contemplativeÏSouls;€for€though€these€divine€Gifts€are€to€be€found€in€all€those€that€are€in€a€State€of€Grace,Ïnevertheless,€they€are,€as€it€were,€dead,€without€strength,€and€in€a€manner€infinitely€different€fromÏthese€which€reign€in€contemplative€Persons,€by€reason€of€their€illustration,€vivacity€and€efficacy.œÐ 0,Ì%) Ðà  à115.€›From€all€which,€be€œperswaded›,€that€the€inward€Soul,€accustomed€to€go€daily€atÏcertain€hours€to€Prayer,€with€the€Faith€and€Resignation€I€have€mentioned€to€thee,€walksÏcontinually€in€the€Presence€of€God.€All€holy,€expert€and€mystical€Masters,€teach€this€true€andÏimportant€Doctrine,€because€they€have€all€had€one€and€the€same€Master,€who€is€the€Holy€Ghost.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ÿ xAßÐ  œ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVI.ÌÓÉÓÌòòà0  àà ° àA›€Way€by€which€one€may€enter€into€internal€Recollection,€through€the€most€Holy€Humanity€ofÐ Ó o  ÐLord€Christ.óóœÐ¿[ (#(# ÐÌ116.€›There€are€two€sorts€of€Spiritual€Men€Diametrically€contrary€one€to€another:€The€one€say,ÏThat€the€Mysteries€of€the€Passion€of€Christ,€are€always€to€be€considered€and€Meditated€upon:€TheÏothers€running€to€the€opposite€extreme,€teach,€That€the€Meditation€of€the€Mysteries€of€the€Life,ÏPassion,€and€Death€of€our€œSaviour›,€is€not€Prayer,€nor€yet€a€Remembrance€of€them;€but€the€exaltedÏElevation€to€God,€whose€Divinity€Contemplates€the€œSoul›€in€quiet€and€silence,€ought€only€to€beÏcalled€Prayer.œÌà  à117.€›It€is€certain€that€our€Lord€Christ€is€the€Guide,€the€Door,€and€the€Way;€as€he€himselfÏhath€said€in€his€own€Words€(òòJohnóó€14.):€òòI€am€the€way,€the€truth,€and€the€life.óó€And€before€the€SoulÐ  § Ðcan€be€fit€to€enter€into€the€Presence€of€the€Divinity,€and€be€united€with€it,€it€is€to€be€washed€withÏthe€precious€Blood€of€a€Redeemer,€and€adorned€with€the€rich€robes€of€his€Passion.œÌà  à118.€›Our€Lord€Christ€with€his€Doctrine€and€Example,€is€the€Mirror,€the€Guide€of€the€œSoul,›Ïthe€Way€and€the€only€door€by€which€we€enter€into€those€Pastures€of€Life€Eternal,€and€into€the€vastÏOcean€of€the€Divinity.€Hence€it€follows,€that€the€Remembrance€of€the€Passion€and€Death€of€ourÏœSaviour›€ought€not€wholly€to€be€blotted€out:€nay,€it€is€also€certain,€that€whatsoever€high€elevationÏof€Mind€the€Soul€may€be€raised€to,€it€ought€not€in€all€things€to€separate€from€the€most€holyÏHumanity.€But€then€it€follows,€not€from€hence€neither,€that€the€Soul€accustomed€to€internalÏrecollection,€that€can€no€longer€ratiocinate,€should€always€be€meditating€on,€and€considering€(asÏthe€other€Spiritualists€say)€the€most€holy€œMisteries›€of€our€Saviour.€It€is€holy€and€good€toÏMeditate;€and€would€to€God€that€all€men€of€this€World€practiced€it.€And€the€Soul,€besides€thatÏmeditates,€reasons€and€considers€with€facilitie;€ought€to€be€let€alone€in€that€state,€and€not€pushedÏon€to€another€higher,€so€long€as€in€that€of€Meditation€it€finds€nourishment€and€profit.œÌà  à119.€›It€belongs€to€God€alone,€and€not€to€the€spiritual€Guide,€to€promote€the€Soul€fromÏMeditation€to€Contemplation;€because,€if€God€through€his€special€Grace,€call€it€not€to€this€state€ofÏPrayer,€the€Guide€can€do€nothing€with€all€his€Wisdom€and€Instructions.œÌà  à120.€›To€strike€a€secure€means€then,€and€to€avoid€those€two€so€contrary€œextreams›,€of€notÏwholly€blotting€out€the€remembrance€of€the€Humanity;€and€of€not€having€it€continually€before€ourÏeyes;€we€ought€to€suppose,€that€there€are€two€ways€of€attending€to€the€Holy€Humanity;€that€oneÏmay€enter€at€the€Divine€Port,€which€is€Christ€our€well€being,€The€first€is€by€considering€theÏMysteries,€and€meditating€the€Actions€of€the€Life,€Passion,€and€Death€of€our€œSaviour›.€The€secondÏby€thinking€on€him,€by€the€application€of€the€Intellect,€pure€Faith,€or€Memory.œÌà  à121.€›When€the€Soul€proceeds€in€perfecting€and€œinteriorizing›€it€self,€by€means€of€internalÐ ?,Û%* Ðrecollection,€having€for€sometime€meditated€on€the€Mysteries€whereof€it€hath€been€alreadyÏinformed;€then€it€retains€Faith€and€Love€to€the€Word€Incarnate,€being€ready€for€his€sake€to€doÏwhatever€he€inspires€into€it,€walking€according€to€his€Precepts,€although€they€be€not€alwaiesÏbefore€its€Eyes.€As€if€it€should€be€said€to€a€Son,€that€he€ought€never€to€forsake€his€Father,€theyÏintend€not€thereby€to€oblige€him,€to€have€his€Father€alwaies€in€sight,€but€only€to€have€him€alwaiesÏin€his€Memory,€that€in€time€and€place,€he€may€be€ready€to€do€his€Duty.œÌà  à122.€›The€Soul€then€that€is€entered€into€internal€recollection,€with€the€opinion€andÏapprobation€of€an€expert€Guide,€hath€no€need€to€enter€by€the€first€door€of€Meditation€on€theÏMysteries,€being€alwaies€taken€up€in€meditating€upon€them;€because€that€is€not€to€be€done€withoutÏgreat€fatigue€to€the€Intellect,€not€does€it€stand€in€need€of€such€ratiocinations;€since€these€serveÏonly€as€a€means€to€attain€to€believing,€that€which€it€hath€already€got€the€possession€of.œÌà  à123.€›The€most€noble,€spiritual€and€proper€way€for€œSouls›€that€are€Proficients€in€internalÏrecollection,€to€enter€by€the€Humanity€of€Christ€our€Lord,€and€entertain€a€remembrance€of€him€isÏthe€second€way;€eying€that€Humanity,€and€the€Passion€thereof€by€a€simple€Act€of€Faith,€loving€andÏreflecting€on€the€same€as€the€Tabernacle€of€the€Divinity,€the€beginning€and€end€of€our€Salvation,ÏJesus€Christ€having€been€Born,€Suffered,€and€died€a€shameful€Death€for€our€sakes.œÌà  à124.€›This€is€the€way€that€makes€internal€œSouls›€profit,€and€this€holy,€pious,€swift,€andÏinstantaneous€remembrance€of€the€Humanity,€can€be€no€obstacle€to€them€in€the€course€of€internalÏrecollection,€unless€if€when€the€Soul€enters€into€Prayer,€it€finds€it€self€drawn€back;€for€then€it€willÏbe€better,€to€continue€recollection€and€mental€excess.€But€not€finding€it€self€drawn€back,€theÏsimple€and€swift€remembrance€of€the€Humanity€of€the€Divine€Word,€gives€no€impediment€to€theÏhighest€and€most€elevated,€the€most€abstracted€and€transformed€Soul.œÌà  à125.€›This€is€the€way€that€òòSanta€Teresaóó€recommends€to€the€contemplative,€rejecting€theÐ ¬H Мtumultuary›€Opinions€of€some€School„men.€This€is€the€strait€and€safe€way,€free€from€Dangers,Ïwhich€the€Lord€hath€taught€to€many€Souls,€for€attaining€to€repose,€and€the€Holy€Tranquility€ofÏContemplation.œÌà  à126.›€Let€the€Soul€then,€when€it€enters€into€recollection,€place€it€self€at€the€Gate€of€DivineÏMercy,€which€is€the€amiable€and€sweet€remembrance€of€the€Cross€and€Passion€of€the€Word€thatÏwas€made€Man,€and€Died€for€Love;€let€it€stand€there€with€Humility,€resigned€to€the€Will€of€God,Ïin€whatsoever€it€pleases€the€Divine€Majesty,€to€do€with€it;€and€if€from€that€holy€and€sweetÏremembrance,€it€soon€fall€into€forgetfulness,€there€is€no€necessity€of€making€a€new€repetition,€butÏto€continue€silent€and€quiet€in€the€presence€of€the€Lord.œÌà  à127.€›Wonderfully€does€St.€òòPaulóó€favour€this€our€Doctrine,€in€the€Epistle€which€he€wrote€toÐ ä#€  Ðthe€òòColossiansóó,€wherein€he€exhorts€them€and€us,€that€whether€we€Eat,€Drink,€or€do€anything€else,Ð Ð$l! Ðwe€should€do€it€in€the€Name,€and€for€the€Sake€of€Jesus€Christœ.€òòOmne€quod€cumq;€faritis€inverbo,Ð ¼%X" Ðaut€in€opere,€omnia€in€nomine€Jesu€Christi€facite,€gratias€agentes€Deo€&€Parti€per€ipsum.óó€›GodÐ ¨&D # Ðgrant€that€we€may€all€begin€by€Jesus€Christ,€and€that€in€him,€and€by€him€alone,€we€may€arrive€atÏperfection.œÌâ âÐ l)#& ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ Ôâ ââ ââ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVII.ÌÓïãÓÌòòÓ  Ó›Of€Internal€and€Mystical€Silence.óóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓäÓÌ128.€There€are€three€kinds€of€silence;€the€first€is€of€Words,€the€Second€of€Desires,€and€the€third€ofÏÔ'ƒd¯ãÔThoughts.€The€first€is€perfect;€the€second€more€perfect;€and€the€third€more€perfect.€In€the€first,Ïthat€is,€of€words,€Virtue€is€acquired;€in€the€second,€to€wit,€of€Desires,€quietness€is€attained€to;€inÏthe€third€of€Thoughts,€Internal€Recollection€is€gained.€By€not€speaking,€not€desiring,€and€notÏthinking,€one€arrives€at€the€true€and€perfect€Mystical€Silence,€wherein€God€speaks€with€the€Soul,Ïcommunicates€himself€to€it,€and€in€the€Abyss€of€its€own€Depth,€teaches€it€the€most€perfect€andÏexalted€Wisdom.Ìà  à129.€He€calls€and€guides€it€to€this€inward€Solitude,€and€mystical€Silence,€when€he€œsaies›,ÏThat€he€will€speak€to€it€alone,€in€the€most€secret€and€hidden€part€of€the€Heart.€Thou€art€to€keepÏthy€self€in€this€mystical€Silence,€if€thou€wouldest€hear€the€sweet€and€divine€Voice.€It€is€not€enoughÏfor€gaining€this€Treasure,€to€forsake€the€World,€nor€to€renounce€thine€own€Desires,€and€all€thingsÏcreated;€if€thou€wean€not€thy€self€from€all€Desires€and€Thoughts.€Rest€in€this€mystical€Silence,€andÏopen€the€Door,€that€so€God€may€communicate€himself€unto€thee,€unite€with€thee,€and€transformÏthee€into€himself.œÌà  à130.€›The€perfection€of€the€Soul€consists€not€in€speaking€nor€in€thinking€much€on€God;€butÏin€loving€him€sufficiently:€This€love€is€attained€to€by€means€of€perfect€Resignation€and€internalÏSilence,€all€consists€in€Works:€The€love€of€God€has€but€few€Words.€Thus€St.€òòJohnóó€the€EvangelistÐ Ïk Ðconfirms€and€inculcates€it.€(Epist.€I.€Chap.€3.€œv.›€18)€òòMy€little€Children,€let€us€not€love€in€Word,Ð »W Ðneither€in€Tongue,€but€in€Deed€and€in€Truth.óóÐ §C Ðà  à131.€Thou€art€clearly€convinced€now,€that€perfect€Love€consists€not€in€amorous€Acts,€norÏtender€Ejaculations,€nor€yet€in€the€internal€Acts,€wherein€thou€œtellest›€God,€that€thou€hast€anÏinfinite€Love€for€him,€and€thou€lovest€him€more€than€thy€self.€It€may€be€that€at€that€time€thouÏœseekest›€more€thy€self,€and€the€love€of€thy€self,€than€the€true€Love€of€God,€òòBecause€Love€consistsÐ Wó Ðin€Works,€and€not€in€fair€Discourses.óóÐ C ß Ðà  à132.€That€a€rational€Creature€may€understand€the€secret€desire€and€intention€of€thy€Heart,Ïthere€is€a€necessity€that€thou€shouldest€express€it€to€him€in€Words.€But€God€who€searches€theÏHearts,€standeth€not€in€need€that€thou€shouldest€make€profession€and€assure€him€of€it;€nor€does€heÏrest€satisfied,€as€the€Evangelist€says,€with€Love€in€Word€nor€in€Tongue,€but€with€that€which€is€trueÏand€indeed.€What€avails€it€to€tell€them€with€great€zeal€and€œfervour›,€that€thou€tenderly€and€perfectlyÏloveth€him€above€all€things,€if€at€one€bitter€word,€or€slight€injury,€thou€doest€not€resign€thy€self,Ïnor€are€mortified€for€the€love€of€him?€A€manifest€proof€that€thy€love€was€a€love€in€Tongue€and€notÏin€Deed.œÌà  à133.€›Strive€to€be€resigned€in€all€things€with€Silence,€and€in€so€doing,€without€saying€thatÏthou€lovest€him,€thou€wilt€attain€to€the€most€perfect€quiet,€effectual€and€true€love.€St.€òòPeteróó€mostÐ {)#' Ðaffectionately€told€the€Lord,€that€for€his€sake€he€was€ready,€willingly€to€lay€down€his€Life;€but€atÏthe€word€of€a€young€Damsel,€he€denied€him,€and€there€was€an€end€of€his€Zeal.€òòMary€œMagdelen›óóÐ S+ï$) Ðsaid€not€a€word,€and€yet€the€Lord€himself€taken€with€her€œperfect›€Love,€became€her€œPanagyrist›,Ð ?,Û%* Ðsaying€that€she€had€loved€much.€It€is€internally,€then,€that€with€dumb€Silence,€the€most€perfectÏVirtues€of€Faith,€Hope,€and€Charity€are€œpractised›,€without€any€necessity€of€telling€God,€that€thouÏlovest€him,€œhopest›€and€believest€in€him;€because€the€Lord€knows€better€than€thou€œdoððst›,€what€theÏinternal€Motions€of€thy€Heart€œare.Ìà  à134.€›How€well€was€that€pure€act€of€Love€understood€and€practised€by€that€profound€andÏgreat€œMistick›,€the€Venerable€òòGregory€œLopez›óó,€whose€whole€Life€was€a€continual€Prayer,€and€aÐ L œ Ðcontinued€Act€of€Contemplation;€and€of€so€pure€and€spiritual€Love€of€God,€that€it€never€gave€wayÏto€Affections€and€sensible€Sentiments:ÌÖ€ìÖÖ€ìÖà  à135.€Having€for€the€space€of€three€Years€continued€that€Ejaculation,€òòThy€will€be€done€inÐ  ` ÐTime,€and€in€Eternityóó;€repeating€is€as€often€as€he€breathed;€God€Almighty€discovered€to€him,€thatÐ ü L  Ðinfinite€Treasure€of€the€pure€and€continued€Act€of€Faith€and€Love,€with€Silence€and€Resignation:Ïso€that€he€came€to€say,€That€during€the€thirty€six€Years€he€lived€after,€he€œalwaies›€continued€in€hisÏinward€Man;€that€pure€Act€of€Love,€without€ever€uttering€the€least€Petition,€Ejaculation,€or€anyÏthing€that€was€Sensible,€or€sprung€from€Nature.€O€Incarnate€Seraphim,€and€Dei„œfied›€Man!€HowÏwell€œdidððst›€thou€know€how€to€dive€into€that€internal€and€œmistical›€Silence,€and€to€distinguishÏbetwixt€the€outward€and€inward€Man?œÐ  „Ô  ÐÓ  ÓÑ  o ÑßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°ªxAßÐ «û ÐÌÖ€ ÖTHE›ÌÔ‡„ù—„XX•HÔSpiritual€Guide,Ô#†X•HX„„ù— ù#ÔÐ ’â ÐWhich€leads€the€Soul€to€the€fruition€of€Internal€œPeace.ÌÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°É xAßÐ Ê  ÐÓ,øÓÓ  ÓThe€Second€œBook.Ì›ßA€" ) °°xdE°Ä xAßÐ Å   ÐÌOf€the€Ghostly€Father,€the€Obedience€thatððs€due€to€him;€of€Indiscreet€Zeal,€and€of€Internal€andÏExternal€œPenance.ÌÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°ƒxAßÐ „Ô  ÐÌCHAP.€I.ÌÓúÓÌòòThe€best€way€to€baffle€the€Craft€of€the€Enemy,€is€to€be€Subjected€to€a€Ghostly€Father.óóÐ W§  МÌ1.€›It€is€every€way€convenient,€to€choose€a€Master€experienced€in€the€inward€way,€because€GodÏwill€not€do€all,€what€he€did€to€St.€òòCatharineóó€of€òòœSiena›óó,€whom€he€took€by€the€Hand,€andÐ k Ðimmediately€taught€the€mystical€Way.€If€in€the€Progress€of€Nature€there€is€a€necessity€of€a€Guide;Ïhow€must€it€be€in€the€Progress€of€Grace?€If€in€the€outward€and€visible€œwaies›€there€is€need€of€aÏMaster;€how€must€it€be€for€the€internal€and€secret?€If€it€must€be€so€for€the€Moral,€Scholastic€andÏœExposive›,€Theology,€which€are€plainly€taught;€how€must€it€be€for€that€which€is€mystical,€secret,Ïreserved€and€obscure?€If€in€external€and€political€Actions€and€Practices€it€is€so;€how€must€it€be€inÏthe€internal€Transactions€with€God.œÌà  à2.€›A€Guide€is€in€like€manner€necessary€for€resisting€and€overcoming€the€Craft€and€Wiles€ofÏSatan.€St.€òòAustinóó€gave€many€Reasons€why€God€appointed€that€in€his€Church,€Doctors€andÐ {Ë ÐTeachers,€men€of€the€same€nature€with€others,€should,€for€Light€and€œDoctrin›,€have€theÏPrecedency:€The€œchief›€is,€to€free€us€from€the€craft€and€cunning€of€the€Enemy;€for€should€we€be€leftÏto€our€own€Dictates€and€Natural€Impulse,€for€the€conduct€of€our€Actions,€we€would€trip€andÏstumble€every€foot,€and€at€length€fall€head„long€into€the€Pit;€as€it€happens€to€œHereticks›€and€proudÏPeople:€Now€if€we€œhad€had›€Angels€given€to€us€for€Masters,€then€would€the€Devils€have€œdazled›€ourÏEyes€by€transforming€themselves€into€Angels€of€Light:€therefore€it€was€convenient€that€for€GuidesÏand€œCounsellors›,€God€should€given€us€men€like€our€selves.€And€if€such€a€Guide€be€expert,€heððllÏsoon€know€the€tricks€and€œsubtilties›€of€the€Devil;€which€being€once€known,€as€wanting€substance,Ïthey€soon€œevanish›.œÌà  à3.€›A€Ghostly€Father€ought€to€come€from€the€Hand€of€God,€and€therefore€without€previousÏCircumspection€and€Prayer;€he€is€not€to€be€chosen€but€being€once€chosen,€he€is€not€to€be€left,€butÏfor€most€urgent€reasons;€such€as€are€for€not€knowing€the€œWaies›€and€States,€through€which€GodÏguides€the€Soul;€because€no€man€can€teach€what€he€does€not€know,€according€to€that€true€MaximÏof€Philosophy.̜ր Ö›à  à4.€And€if€he€conceive€not€(as€St.€òòPaulóó€saith)€the€things€of€the€Spirit,€that€will€be€IgnoranceÐ O*Ÿ%- Ðin€him;€because€they€are€to€be€examined€Spiritually,€and€he€wants€experience:€but€the€spiritual€andÏexpert€Man€sees€every€thing€clearly,€and€judges€of€it€as€it€is.€If€a€Guide€then€wants€experience,€it€isÐ ',w'/  Ða€chief€reason€why€one€should€leave€him,€and€œchuse›€another€more€expert;€because€without€such€aÏone,€the€Soul€will€not€profitœ.Ìà  à5.€›To€pass€from€a€bad€into€a€good€state,€there€is€no€necessity€of€Counsel;€but€to€changeÏwhat€is€good€into€better,€there€is€need€of€time,€prayer€and€advice;€because€every€thing€which€isÏbest€in€is€self,€is€not€best€for€every€one€in€particular;€nor€is€every€thing€that€is€good€for€one,€goodÏfor€all:€òòNon€omnibus€omnia€œexpediunt›óó.€Some€are€called€for€the€outward€and€ordinary€Way;€othersÐ  œ Ðfor€the€internal€and€extraordinary,€and€all€are€not€in€the€same€state;€so€that€there€being€so€manyÏand€various€persons€who€are€œingaged›€in€the€mystical€way,€it€is€impossible€for€one€to€make€a€stepÏin€those€secret€and€internal€Paths€without€an€experienced€Guide,€because€instead€of€going€right,Ïheððll€tumble€into€a€Precipice.œÌà  à6.€›When€a€Soul€walks€with€Fear;€doubting€if€it€walk€safely,€and€desires€to€be€clearly€rid€ofÏthese€fears€and€œdoubtings›,€the€securest€way€is€to€submit€to€a€Ghostly€Father;€because€by€theÏinternal€Light€he€clearly€discovers€what€is€Temptation,€and€what€Inspiration,€and€distinguishes€theÏmotions€that€spring€from€Nature,€from€the€Devil,€and€from€the€Soul€it€self,€which€ought€totally€toÏbe€subjected€to€him€who€hath€experience,€and€he€can€discover€the€engagements,€the€Idols€and€badÏhabits€that€hinder€the€Souls€flight;€which€by€this€means€will€not€only€be€delivered€from€the€SnaresÏof€the€Devil,€but€will€proceed€more€in€one€Year,€than€it€could€have€proceeded€in€a€thousand,€withÏother€Guides€of€no€Experience.œÌà  à7.€›In€the€Life€of€the€Illuminated€Father,€Frier€òòJohn€œTauleróó›,€it€is€related€what€that€LaymanÐ ü˜ Ðwho€went€before€him€in€the€State€of€Perfection,€says€of€himself,€How€that€being€taken€off€fromÏthe€World,€and€desirous€to€be€Holy,€he€gave€himself€to€great€abstinence,€till€at€length€beingÏextenuated€and€weak,€he€fell€into€a€Dream,€and€heard€a€voice€from€Heaven€which€said€to€him,ÏòòMan,€if€thou€voluntary€kill€thy€self,€before€the€time,€thou€shalt€pay€dear€to€thy€self€for€it.óó€BeingÐ ¬H Ðfull€of€terror,€he€went€into€a€œDesait›,€and€there€imparted€the€way€he€had€taken,€and€his€AbstinenceÏto€a€holy€Anchorite,€who,€by€the€œfavour›€of€Heaven,€freed€him€from€that€Diabolical€Delusion.€HeÏtold€him,€That€he€followed€that€course€of€Abstinence€that€he€might€please€God.€But€the€AnchoriteÏhaving€asked€him,€By€what€Advice€he€did€it?€And€he€having€made€answer€By€none.€The€AnchoriteÏreplied,€That€is€was€a€manifest€Temptation€of€the€Devil.€From€that€time€forward,€he€opened€hisÏEyes,€and€knowing€his€own€Perdition,€lived€œalwaies›€by€the€Direction€of€a€Spiritual€Father;€and€heÏhimself€affirmed,€That€in€seven€years€space€he€gave€him€greater€Light,€than€all€printed€BooksÏwhatsoever€could€œdo.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ã#xAßÐ ä#€  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€II.ÌÓYÓÌòòÓ  Ó›Of€the€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.œóóÐ ·&S $ ÐÓƒÓÌ8.€›There€is€far€greater€advantage€to€be€had€from€having€a€Master€in€the€mystical€way,€then€fromÏthe€use€of€Spiritual€books;€because€a€practical€Master€tells€us€in€the€nick€of€time,€what€ought€to€beÏdone;€but€in€a€Book€one€may€fall€upon€a€thing€that€is€less€proper,€and€by€that€means€the€necessaryÏInstruction€is€wanting:€Besides,€by€mystical€Books€men€raise€to€themselves€many€false€Notions,Ïthe€Soul€thinking€to€have€that,€which€in€reality€is€hath€not,€and€to€be€farther€on€in€the€mysticalÐ ?,Û%* ÐState,€than€as€yet€it€is;€whence€œspring›€many€prejudices€and€dangers.œÌà  à9.€›It€is€certain€that€the€frequent€Reading€of€mystical€Books,€which€are€not€founded€inÏpractical,€but€œmeer›€speculative€Light,€does€rather€hurt€than€good,€because€it€confounds,€instead€of,Ïenlightening€Souls,€and€fills€them€with€discursive€Notions€that€might€hinder€them;€since€thoðð€theyÏbe€Notices€of€Light,€yet€œthey›€enter€from€without,€render€the€Faculties€dull,€and€fill€them€with€IdeasÏinstead€of€emptying€them,€that€God€may€replenish€them€with€Himself.€Many€do€continually€ReadÏin€these€speculative€Books,€because€they€will€not€submit€to€him€who€may€tell€them,€that€suchÏReading€is€not€convenient€for€them;€whereas€there€is€no€doubt€but€if€they€do€submit,€and€theÏGuide€be€a€man€of€Experience,€he€will€not€allow€it€them:€And€then€they€would€profit,€and€notÏmind€such€Studies€as€the€Souls€do€who€are€submitted,€have€Light,€and€make€improvement.€HenceÏit€follows,€that€it€contributes€much€to€inward€Quiet€and€Security,€to€have€an€experienced€Guide,Ïwho€may€govern€and€instruct€with€actual€Light,€that€the€Soul€may€not€be€deluded€by€the€Devil,Ïnor€by€its€own€Judgment€and€Opinion:€However,€we€do€not€condemn€the€Reading€of€spiritualÏœBooks›€in€general,€seeing€here€we€speak€in€particular€of€Souls€purely€Internal€and€Mystical,€forÏwhom€this€Book€is€written.œÌà  à10.€›All€holy€and€mystical€Masers€confess€that€the€security€of€a€mystical€œSoul,›€consists€in€aÏcordial€Submission€to€its€Ghostly€Father,€communicating€to€him,€whatever€passes€within€it.€AndÏtherefore€he,€who€lives€after€his€own€Opinion,€without€applying€himself€to€a€Spiritual€DirectorÏ(tho€he€take€himself€to€be,€and€is€reputed€spiritual)€opposes€himself€to€the€Doctrine€of€the€Saints,Ïand€of€enlightened€Souls;€because€the€more€a€Soul€is€illuminated€and€united€with€God,€the€moreÏhumble,€œsubmiss›,€subjected€and€obedient€to€the€spiritual€Guide€it€ought€œto€be.€›For€proof€of€thisÏtruth,€Iððll€relate€what€the€Lord€said€to€òòDonna€Marina€œdððEscobar›óó:€It€is€reported€in€her€Life,€thatÐ À\ Ðbeing€Sick,€she€asked€the€Lord,€If€she€should€be€Silent,€and€omit€the€acquainting€her€spiritualÏFather€with€the€extraordinary€things€that€happened€in€her€Soul,€that€she€might€not€tire€her€self,€norÏtrouble€the€same€Father.€To€whom€the€Lord€answered,€òòThat€not€to€give€an€Account€of€them€to€herÐ „  ÐGhostly€Father,€would€not€be€well€done€for€three€Reasons:€First,€Because€as€Gold€is€tried€in€theÏœFurnance›,€and€the€value€of€Stones€known€by€touching€them€with€the€Touch„stone;€so€the€Soul€isÏpurified,€and€the€worth€of€it€known,€when€the€Minister€of€God€tries€it€by€the€Touch„stone.ÏSecondly,€Because€to€avoid€œErrour›,€it€was€convenient€that€matters€should€be€governed,Ïaccording€to€the€Order€instituted€by€God€in€his€Church,€in€the€Scriptures€and€in€the€Doctrine€ofÏthe€Saints.€Thirdly,€That€the€Mercies€which€his€Divine€Majesty€œshews›€to€his€Servants€and€pureÏœSouls,›€may€not€be€concealed,€but€made€manifest,€that€so€Believers€may€be€encouraged€to€serveÏtheir€God,€and€he€be€glorified€in€them.óóœÐ ä#€  Ðà  à11.€›In€the€same€place€she€hath€the€following€words,€conform€to€the€aforesaid€truth:€òòMyÐ Ð$l! ÐConfessor€being€Sick,€and€having€œenjoyned›€me€that€I€should€not€make€a€full€Discovery€of€allÏthings€that€happened€to€me,€to€him,€to€whom,€in€the€meantime,€I€Confessed€my€self,€but€only€ofÏsome€with€prudence;€I€bewailed€my€condition€to€the€Lord,€that€I€had€not€one€to€whom€I€mightÏcommunicate€my€affairs;€and€his€Majesty€made€me€answer,óó€Thou€hast€one€already€who€suppliesÐ €("% Ðthe€want€of€thy€Confessor;€tell€him€all€that€happens€to€œthee.›€òòI€presently€replied,€Not€so€Lord,€NotÐ l)#& Ðso€Lord.óó€(Why?)€òòsaid€the€Lord.€Because€my€Confessor€commanded€me€that€I€should€not€give€himÐ X*ô#' ÐAccount€of€all;€and€I€ought€to€obey€him.€His€Majesty€said€to€me,óó€Thou€hast€pleased€me€by€thatÐ D+à$( Ðanswer,€and€that€I€might€hear€thee€say€so,€I€said€what€thou€hast€heard;€do€so,€yet€still€thou€œmaist›Ð 0,Ì%) Ðacquaint€him€with€some€things,€as€he€himself€bad€thee.œÌà  à12.€›What€òòSanta€Teresaóó€said€of€herself,€comes€in€very€pat€in€this€place:€òòWheneveróó€(œsaies›Ð Pì Ðshe)òò€the€Lord€commanded€me€any€thing,€if€my€Confessor€told€me€another,€I€turned€to€the€LordÐ <Ø Ðand€told€him,€that€I€must€obey€my€œConfessor.›€Afterward€his€Majesty€returned€to€him,€to€the€endÏhe€might€œenjoyn›€it€me€of€new.óó€This€is€sound€and€true€doctrine,€which€secures€œSouls,›€and€dissipatesÐ  ° Ðthe€illusions€of€the€Devil.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°× xAßÐ Ø t ЀÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€III.ÌÓz&ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThe›€Indiscreet€Zeal€of€Souls,€and€the€œdisordinate›€Love€of€our€œNeighbour›,€disturb€internal€Peace.œóóЫG (#(# ÐÌ13.€òò›There€is€not€a€more€acceptable€Sacrifice€to€Godóó€(says€St.€òòGregoryóó,€In€œEzechiel,1›€œHom›.12)Ð ƒ  Ðòòthan€the€ardent€Zeal€of€Soulóó:€For€that€Ministry,€the€Eternal€œGod›€sent€his€own€Jesus€Christ€into€theÐ o  ÐWorld,€and€ever€since€it€hath€been€the€most€noble€and€sublime€of€Offices.€But€if€the€Zeal€beÏindiscreet,€it€brings€a€notable€obstacle€to€the€progress€of€the€Spirit.œÌà  à14.€›No€sooner€does€thou€find€in€thy€self€any€new€and€fervent€light,€but€thou€œwouldððst›€layÏthy€self€wholly€out€for€the€good€of€Souls;€and€in€the€mean€time,€its€odds,€but€œthat€that›€is€self„love,Ïwhich€thou€œtakest›€to€be€pure€zeal.€This€uses€sometime€to€put€on€a€garb€of€a€œdisordinate›€Desire,€ofÏa€vain€complacency,€of€an€industrious€affection€and€proper€esteem;€all€Enemies€to€the€peace€of€theÏSoul.œÌà  à15.€›It€is€never€good€to€love€thy€œNeighbour›€to€the€detriment€of€thine€own€spiritual€good.ÏTo€please€God€in€purity,€ought€to€be€the€only€scope€of€œthy›€Works;€this€ought€to€be€thy€only€desireÏand€thought;€œendeavouring›€to€moderate€thy€œdisordinate›€œfervour›;€that€tranquillity€and€internalÏpeace€may€reign€in€thy€Soul.€The€true€zeal€of€œSouls,›€which€thou€œoughtest›€to€strive€for,€should€beÏthe€true€love€of€thy€God.€That€is€the€œfruitful,›€efficacious,€and€true€zeal,€which€doth€wonders€inÏSouls,€though€œwith›€dumb€Voices.œÌà  à16.€›St.€òòPaulóó€(I€Tim.€4.)€recommended€to€us€first€the€care€of€our€own€Souls,€before€that€ofÐ Wó Ðour€œNeighbour›.€òòTake€heed€unto€thy€self,€and€unto€thy€Doctrineóó,€said€he€in€his€Canonical€Epistle.Ð C ß ÐStruggle€not€to€over€do,€for€when€it€is€time€convenient,€and€thou€canst€be€any€way€useful€to€thyÏNeighbour;€God€will€call€thee€forth,€and€put€thee€in€the€employment€that€will€best€suit€with€thee:ÏThat€thought€belongs€only€to€him,€and€to€thee,€to€continue€in€thy€rest,€disengaged,€and€whollyÏresigned€up€to€the€Divine€will€and€pleasure.€Donððt€think€that€in€that€condition€thou€art€idle:€He€isÏbusied€enough,€who€is€always€ready€waiting€to€perform€the€Will€of€God.€Who€takes€heed€toÏhimself€for€Godððs€sake,€does€every€thing;€because,€one€pure€Act€of€internal€Resignation,€is€moreÏworth€than€a€hundred€thousand€Exercises€for€ones€own€Will.œÌà  à17.€›Though€the€Cistern€be€capable€to€contain€much€Water,€yet€it€must€still€be€without€it,Ïtill€Heaven€favour€it€with€Rain.€Be€at€rest,€blessed€Soul€be€quiet,€humble€and€resigned,€to€everyÏthing€that€God€shall€be€pleased€to€do€with€thee,€leave€the€care€to€God,€for€he€as€a€Loving€Father,Ïknows€best€what€is€convenient€for€thee;€conform€thy€self€totally€to€his€Will,€perfection€beingÏfounded€in€that,€inasmuch€as€he€who€doeth€the€will€of€the€Lord,€is€(Mat.€12.)€his€Mothers€Son,Ïand€Brother€of€the€Son€of€God€himself.Ð ?,Û%* Ðà  à18.€Think€not€that€God€œesteemeth›€him€most,€that€doeth€most.€He€is€most€beloved€who€isÏmost€humble,€most€faithful€and€resigned,€and€most€correspondent€to€his€own€Internal€Inspiration,Ïand€to€the€Divine€will€and€pleasureœ.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE° xAßÔ& ƒ ÔÐ  ° ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IV.ÌÓ©3ÓÌÓ  ÓòòA€Sequel€to€the€Same.óóÐ ç ƒ ÐÓÐ3ÓÌ19.€›Let€all€thy€desires€be€conform€to€the€Will€of€that€God,€who€can€bring€streams€of€Water€out€ofÏÔ'ƒ ‡3Ôthe€dry€Rock,€who€is€much€displeased€with€those€œSouls,›€which€in€helping€others€before€the€time,Ïdefraud€themselves,€suffering€themselves€to€be€transported€by€indiscreet€zeal,€and€vainÏcomplacency.Ìà  à20.€As€it€was€with€the€Servant€of€òòElishaóó,€who€(2Kings,€c.4.)€being€sent€by€the€Prophet,Ð o  Ðthat€with€his€Staff€he€might€raise€a€dead€Child;€because€of€the€complacency€he€had,€it€had€not€theÏeffect,€and€he€was€reproved€by€òòElishaóó.€In€like€manner€the€Sacrifice€of€òòCainóó€was€rejected,€being€theÐ Gã  Ðfirst€that€was€offered€to€God€in€the€World,€through€the€vain„glory€he€had€of€being€the€first,€andÏmore€than€his€own€Father€òòAdamóó,€in€offering€Sacrifice€to€God.œÐ » Ðà  à21.€›In€like€manner€the€Disciples€of€our€Lord€Christ,€were€infected€with€that€evil,€feeling€aÏvain€joy,€when€they€cast€out€Devils,€and€therefore€were€sharply€reproved€by€their€HeavenlyÏMaster.€Before€òòPaulóó€Preached€to€the€Gentiles€the€Gospel€of€the€Kingdom€of€Heaven,€beingÐ ã Ðalready€a€chosen€Vessel,€a€Citizen€of€Heaven,€and€chosen€of€God€for€that€Ministry,€it€wasÏnecessary€to€try€and€humble€him,€shutting€him€up€in€close€Prison;€and€wouldst€thou€become€aÏPreacher€without€passing€through€the€Tryal€of€Men€and€Devils?€And€couldst€thou€thrust€thy€selfÏinto€so€great€a€Ministry,€and€produce€Fruit,€without€passing€through€the€fiery€tryal€of€temptation,Ïtribulation,€and€passive€purgation?œÌà  à22.€›It€concerns€thee€more€to€be€quiet€and€resigned€in€a€holy€case,€than€to€do€many€andÏgreat€things,€by€thy€own€judgment€and€opinion;€think€not€that€the€œheroick›€Actions€which€greatÏSaints€have€done,€and€do€in€the€Church,€are€Works€of€their€own€Industry;€for€all€things€as€wellÏspiritual€as€temporal,€to€the€shaking€of€the€last€Leaf,€are€by€Divine€Providence€Decreed€from€allÏEternity.€He€that€does€the€Will€of€God,€does€all€things;€this€thy€Soul€ought€to€œendeavour›,€restingÏin€a€perfect€Resignation€to€whatever€the€Lord€is€pleased€to€dispose€of€thee;€œacknowledg›€thy€selfÏunworthy€of€so€high€a€Ministry,€as€the€guiding€of€Souls€to€Heaven,€and€then€œthouððlt›€put€noÏobstacle€to€the€rest,€internal€peace,€and€heavenly€flight€of€thy€Soul.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°¶&xAßÐ ·&S $ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€V.ÌÓœ=ÓÌ›Ó  ÓòòLight,€Experience,€and€a€Divine€Call,€are€necessary€for€guiding€Souls€in€the€inward€Way.œóóÐ Š)&#( ÐÓÃ=ÓÌ23.€Thouððlt›€think€and€with€great€confidence€too,€that€thou€art€in€a€condition,€to€guide€Souls€in€theÏway€of€the€Spirit,€and€perhaps,€that€may€be€secret€Vanity,€spiritual€Pride,œ€›and€plain€Blindness;Ð N,ê%+ Ðseeing€besides,€that€this€high€employment€requires€supernatural€Light,€total€abstraction,€and€otherÏqualities€which€I€shall€mention€to€thee€in€the€following€Chapters;€the€Grace€of€a€Call€is€alsoÏnecessary,€without€which€all€is€but€vanity,€confidence€and€self„conceit;€because,€thoðð€it€be€a€holyÏand€good€thing€to€guide€Souls,€and€conduct€them€to€Contemplation;€yet€how€œknowððst›€thou€thatÏGod€would€have€thee€so€employed?€And€though€thou€œknowest›€(which€yet€is€not€œeasie›)€that€thouÏhast€great€Light€and€Experience,€yet€what€evidence€hast€thou€that€the€Lord€would€have€thee€to€beÏof€that€Profession?œÌà  à24.€›This€Ministry€is€of€such€importance€that€it€is€not€our€parts€to€take€it€upon€us,€until€itÏplease€God,€by€means€of€our€œSuperiours›€and€spiritual€Guides,€to€place€us€therein;€otherwise€itÏwould€be€a€heavy€prejudice€to€us,€though€it€might€be€profitable€to€our€œNeighbour›.€What€œavaileth›€itÏus€to€gain€the€whole€World€to€God,€if€our€own€Soul€thereby€suffer€detriment?œÌà  à25.€›Howsoever€evident€it€may€be€to€thee,€that€thy€Soul€is€endowed€with€internal€light€andÏexperience;€the€best€thing€still€that€thou€canst€do,€is€to€keep€quiet€and€resigned€in€thine€ownÏnothingness,€until€God€call€thee€for€the€Good€of€Souls:€That€belongs€only€to€him,€who€knows€thyÏsufficiency€and€abstraction:€It€is€not€thy€part€to€make€that€judgment,€neither€to€press€into€thatÏMinistry;€because,€if€thou€are€governed€by€thine€own€opinion€and€judgment,€in€an€affair€of€so€highÏconcern,€self„love€will€blind,€undo,€and€deceive€thee.œÌà  à26.›€If€then€experience,€light,€and€sufficiency€are€not€sufficient,€without€the€grace€of€a€CallÏto€œqualifie›€one€for€that€employment,€how€must€it€be€without€sufficiency?€how€must€it€be€withoutÏinternal€light?€without€due€experience,€which€are€gifts€not€communicated€to€all€Souls;€but€toÏabstracted€and€resigned€Souls,€and€to€such€as€have€advanced€to€perfect€annihilation,€by€the€way€ofÏterrible€tribulation,€and€passive€purgation.€Be€œperswaded›,€O€blessed€Soul,€that€all€works,€which€inÏœthis›€profession€are€not€governed€by€a€true€zeal,€springing€from€pure€love,€and€a€purged€Soul,Ïœcloath›€the€Soul€with€vanity,€self„love,€and€spiritual€pride.œÌà  à27.€›O€how€many€self€confident€men€by€their€own€judgment€and€opinion,€undertake€thisÏMinistry;€and€instead€of€pleasing€God,€emptying€and€abstracting€their€own€Souls,€(though€theyÏmay€do€some€good€to€their€œNeighbour›)€are€filled€with€Earth,€Straw,€and€Self„conceit!€Be€quietÏand€Resigned,€renounce€thy€own€Judgment€and€Desire,€sink€down€into€the€Abyss€of€thy€ownÏInsufficiency€and€Nothingness;€for€there€only€œthouððlt›€find€God,€the€true€Light,€thy€Happiness,€andÏgreatest€Perfection.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°÷"xAßÐ ø"” ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VI.ÌÓJÓÌ›òòÓ  ÓInstructions€and€Counsels€to€Confessors€and€Spiritual€Directors.œóóÐ Ë%g# ÐÓGJÓÌ28.€›The€highest€and€most€profitable€Ministry,€is€that€of€a€Confessor,€and€Spiritual€Director;€andÏirreparable€are€the€damages,€if€it€be€not€well€performed.Ìà  à29.€It€would€be€prudently€done,€to€œchuse›€a€Patron€for€so€great€a€Ministry;€and€that€shouldÏbe€the€Saints€to€whom€one€has€greatest€Devotion.Ìà  à30.€The€chief€and€most€secure€Document€is,€to€œendavour›€the€internal€and€continualÏretirement;€and€so€heððll€walk€well€in€all€the€exercises€and€employments€of€his€own€State€andÐ ?,Û%* ÐCalling,€particularly€in€that€of€the€œCoufession›€seat;€for€when€the€Soul€inwardly€Recollected,€salliesÏout€to€be€employed€in€those€external€and€necessary€Exercises,€it€is€God€who€Illuminates€andÏWorks€in€them.œÌà  à31.€›In€the€Conduct€of€œSouls›€that€are€Internal,€Documents€are€not€to€be€given€to€them,€butÏwith€mildness€and€prudence:€The€Obstacles€which€hinder€the€Influences€of€God,€are€only€to€beÏtaken€out€of€the€way;€however€it€may€be€needful€to€arm€them€with€that€holy€Counsel€ofœ€òòSacretumÐ  œ Ðmeum€mihióó.Ð ì ˆ Ðà  à32.€›Many€Souls€think,€that€all€Confessors€are€capable€of€internal€Matters;€but€besides,€thatÏis€a€mistake,€it€is€found€by€experience€to€be€a€great€prejudice€to€communicate€them€to€those€whoÏare€not€so:€Because,€tho€God€hath€placed€them€in€the€inward€Way,€yet€theyððll€not€know€theseÏmatters,€nor€advise€them€to€Souls,€for€want€of€experience;€so€that€theyððll€hinder€the€Progress€toÏContemplation,€enjoying€them€to€Meditate€by€force,€thoðð€they€cannot;€and€by€that€means,€theyÏstun€and€ruin€instead€of€helping€them€in€their€Flight:€for€God€will€have€them€to€advance€toÏContemplation,€and€they€draw€them€to€Meditation,€because€they€know€no€other€way.œÌà  à33.€›If€a€Confessor€would€reap€Fruit,€he€is€not€to€look€out€for€any€Soul€that€he€may€GuideÏit;€it€concerns€them€to€come€of€themselves,€and€all€are€not€to€be€admitted,€especially€if€they€beÏWomen,€because€they€are€not€wont€to€come€with€sufficient€disposition:€Not€to€make€ones€self€aÏMaster,€nor€be€willing€to€appear€so,€is€an€excellent€means€of€doing€good.Ìà  à34.€The€Confessor€is€to€make€use€of€the€name€of€òòDaughteróó,€as€little€as€he€can;€because€it€isÐ ü˜ Ðmost€dangerous,€God€being€so€Jealous,€and€the€Epithet€so€Amorous.œÌà  à35.€›The€Employments€which€a€confessor€accepts€of,€out€of€his€Confession€seat,€ought€toÏbe€but€few;€because€God€will€not€have€him€to€be€an€Agent€in€Business;€and€if€it€were€possible,€heÏshould€not€be€seen,€but€in€his€œConfession›€chairœ.Ìà  à36.€›A€God„father,€or€Executor€to€a€Manððs€last€Will€and€Testament,€he€ought€not,€so€muchÏas€once,€to€be,€all€his€life€long,€because€it€brings€many€disturbances€to€the€Soul,€all€of€ððœum›€contraryÏto€the€Perfection€of€so€high€a€Ministry.Ìà  à37.€The€Confessor€or€spiritual€Director€never€ought€to€Visit€his€spiritual€Daughters,€not€soÏmuch€as€in€case€of€Sickness,€unless€he€should€indeed€be€then€sent€for,€on€the€part€of€her€that€is€ill.œÌà  à38.€›If€the€Confessor€procures€an€inward€and€outward€Recollection,€his€words€will€be€(thoððÏhe€knows€it€not)€like€Coals€kindled,€setting€their€Souls€afire.œÌà  à39.€›In€the€Confessionary,€his€Reproofs€must€be€ordinarily€gentle€and€sweet,€œaltho›ðð€in€theÏPulpit€they€are€severe€and€rigorous;€because€in€this€he€ought€to€be€raging€as€a€Lyon,€and€in€that,Ïhe€ought€to€put€on€the€meekness€of€a€Lamb:€O€how€powerful€is€sweet€Reproof€for€Penitents!€InÏthe€œConfessionary›€they€are€already€moved;€but€in€the€Pulpit€their€blindness€and€hardness,€makes€itÏnecessary€to€frighten€ððœum›:€yet€these€ought€to€be€œperswaded›€and€reproved€rigorously,€who€comeÏindisposed,€and€would€have€Absolution€by€force.œÌà  à40.€›When€all€that€is€possible,€is€done€for€the€benefit€of€Souls,€the€Fruit€of€it€is€not€to€beÏœlookt›€after;€because€the€Devil€doth€œsubtilly›€make€that€seem€his€own,€which€is€Godððs;€and€assaultsÏwith€self€Conceit€and€vain€Complacency,€the€capital€Enemies€of€Annihilation;€which€the€ConfessorÏalways€ought€to€bring€about€for€such€a€spiritual€Dying.œÌà  à41.€Altho›ðð€he€often€see€that€Souls€are€not€advantaged,€and€that€those€which€are€edified,Ïloose€the€Spirit,€let€him€not€be€disquieted€at€this,€but€possess€himself€in€peace,€like€the€GuardianÐ 0,Ì%) ÐAngles;€then€let€him€take€courage€inwardly,€with€the€sense€of€his€own€Sincerity,€becauseÏsometimes€God€suffers€such€a€thing€among€other€ends,€to€humble€him.œÌà  à42.€›The€Confessor€ought€to€avoid€himself,€and€perswade€the€Souls€under€his€conduct,Ïalso,€to€avoid€all€sort€of€outwardness,€œbecause›€it€is€much€abhorred€by€the€Lord.Ìà  à43.€Although€he€ought€not€to€order€Souls€to€be€Communicated,€nor€take€any€CommunionÏfrom€ððem,€whether€for€œTryal›€or€Mortification€(since€there€are€infinite€œwaies›€of€Trying€ððem€andÏMortifying€ððem,€without€so€great€a€prejudice)€yet€he€ought€not€to€be€niggardly€with€those€SoulsÏwhich€are€moved€by€a€true€Desire,€because€Jesus€Christ€œindured›€not€to€be€shut€upœ.Ìà  à44.€›Experience€œshews›€us€that€ððœtis›€a€difficult€thing€to€fulfil€a€Penance,€when€it€is€great€andÏimmoderate:€ððœtis›€œalwaies›€best€to€have€it,€of€some€profitable€and€moderate€matter.œÌà  à45.€›If€the€Spiritual€Father€œshews›,€with€any€singularity,€a€greater€affection€to€a€Daughter,Ïand€such€as€gives€very€great€disturbance€to€others€of€her€Sex:€here€he€must€use€privacy€andÏprudence,€and€must€not€speak€to€any€with€particularity;€because€the€Devil€loves€to€make€strifeÏwith€the€Guide€of€Souls,€and€makes€use€of€those€very€words€to€disturb€others.œÌà  à46.€›The€continual€and€principle€Exercise€of€Souls,€purely€Mystical,€must€be€in€the€interiorÏMan,€producing€with€privacy,€the€destruction€of€Self„love,€and€the€encouraging€of€ððem€to€theÏenduring€of€inward€Mortifications;€by€which€the€Lord€Cleanses,€Annihilates€and€perfects€themœ.Ìà  à47.€€›The€Desire€of€Revelations,€uses€to€be€a€great€hindrance€to€the€interior€Soul,€especiallyÏto€Women;€and€there€is€not€an€ordinary€Dream,€but€they€will€Christen€it€with€the€name€of€aÏVision.€ððœTis›€necessary€to€shew€abhorrence€to€all€these€hindrances.œÌà  à48.€›Although€Silence€be€a€difficult€thing€to€Women,€in€the€things€which€the€DirectorÏorders€ððem,€yet€must€he€procure€it:€since€it€is€not€good€that€the€things€inspired€into€him€from€theÏLord,€should€become€the€Mark€for€Censures€to€shoot€at.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ƒxAßÐ „  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VII.ÌÓ]dÓÌòòà0  àà ° àWherein›€the€same€thing€is€treated€of;€Discoursing€the€Interests€which€some€Confessors€andÐ Wó ÐSpiritual€Directors€use€to€have;€in€which€are€declared€the€Qualities€which€they€ought€toÏhave€for€the€Exercise€of€Confession,€and€also€for€the€Guiding€of€Souls€through€theÏMystical€Way.œóóÐ"·(#(# ÐÌ49.€›The€Confessor€ought€to€get€Penitents€œincouraged›€to€Prayer;€especially€when€they€oftenÏpresent€themselves€at€his€Feet,€and€make€known€to€him€their€Desire€that€they€have€of€theirÏSpiritual€Good.œÌà  à50.€›The€Maxim€which€the€Confessor€ought€mostly€to€observe,€that€he€may€never€comeÏinto€Perdition,€is,€Not€to€accept€any€Present,€though€the€whole€World€were€offered€him.œÌà  à51.€›Though€there€are€abundance€of€Confessors,€yet€they€are€not€all€good€ones,€becauseÏsome€of€ððem€know€but€little;€others€are€very€Ignorant;€others€betake€themselves€to€the€œApplauses›Ïof€the€Gentry;€some€seek€the€œFavours›€of€their€Penitents;€some€their€Presents;€some€are€full€ofÏSpiritual€Ambition,€and€seek€Credit€and€Fame,€getting€a€multitude€of€Spiritual€Children€toÏthemselves;€others€affect€their€Mastership€and€Command;€other,€affect€the€Visions€andÐ ?,Û%* ÐRevelations€of€their€Spiritual€Children,€and€instead€of€despising€ððem,€the€only€way€of€securing€ððemÏto€Humility,€they€commend€ððem,€that€they€may€not€leave€ððem€off€and€make€them€write€ððem€thatÏthey€may€œshewððem›€abroad€for€Ostentation:€All€this€is€Self„love€and€Vanity€in€these€Guides,€andÏgreat€prejudice€to€the€Spiritual€Profit€of€Souls:€since€it€is€certain,€that€all€these€respects€andÏinterests€serve€only€to€hinder€the€use€and€exercise€of€their€Office,€with€advantage€and€profit;Ïwhich€requires€an€universal€freedom€from€such€things,€and€whose€end€and€aim€ought€only€to€beÏthe€glory€of€God.œÌà  à52.€›Other€Confessors€there€are,€which€with€ease€and€lightness€of€œAeart›,€do€believe,€andÏapprove,€and€commend€all€Spirits:€Others€falling€into€the€vicious€œextream›,€do€condemn€withoutÏany€reserve,€all€Visions€and€Revelations;€such€things€are€neither€to€be€believed€all,€nor€condemnedÏall:€Others€also€there€are€who€are€so€œenamoured›€of€the€Spirit€of€their€Spiritual€Daughters,€thatÏwhatever€they€Dream,€let€ððem€be€never€so€much€Deceit,€they€reverence€ððem€as€sacred€Mysteries!ÏO€what€a€world€of€Miseries€are€known€in€the€Church€by€these€means!€Others€Confessors€there€areÏalso,€having€on€the€Garb€of€worldly€œCourtesie›€and€Civility,€having€little€regard€to€the€holy€Place€ofÏthe€œConfessionary›,€discoursing€with€their€Penitents€concerning€things€vain,€superfluous€distractive,Ïand€far€from€that€decency€which€the€Sacrament€requires,€and€from€that€disposition€which€shouldÏbe€fit€to€receive€divine€Grace;€making€particularly€like€discourses,€and€about€the€œHoushold›€AffairsÏof€their€Penitents,€before€they€come€to€accuse€themselves€of€their€sins:€whereupon€that€littleÏDevotion€which€they€brought€along€with€ððem€to€the€Sacrament,€becomes€œcoolððd›€and€good€forÏnothing:€Sometimes€it€happens€that€many€Penitents€are€fain€to€wait€to€be€Confessed,€who€are€fullÏof€business€of€their€own,€and€when€they€see€such€a€long€demur,€they€grow€weary€and€sad,€and€fallÏinto€impatience,€losing€the€actual€disposition€of€Mind€wherewith€they€were€before€prepared€toÏreceive€so€healthful€a€Sacrament:€whereupon€the€medley€of€these€distractive,€superfluous€and€vainÏmatters,€not€only€make€ððem€lose€their€precious€time,€but€also€œprejudiceth›€the€holy€Place,€theÏSacrament;€the€disposition€of€the€Penitent€who€is€confessed,€and€that€of€others€who€wait€to€beÏconfessed;€all€of€ððem€considerable€mischiefs,€and€worthy€to€be€redressed.œÌà  à53.€›For€Confession,€there€are€some€good;€but€for€the€Government€of€Spirits€by€theÏmystical€Way,€there€are€so€few€(says€Father€òòJohn€œDavila›óó)€that€in€a€thousand,€you€shall€possiblyÐ Hä Ðfind€one:€St.€òòFrancisóó€of€òòSalesóó€says,€òòOne€among€ten€thousandóó:€And€the€illuminated€òòœThauler›óó€says,Ð 4 Ð ÐòòThat€in€a€hundred€thousand,€it€was€a€hard€thing€to€find€one€expert€Master€of€Spirit.óó€The€reasonÐ  !¼ Ðis,€because€there€are€so€few€who€dispose€themselves€to€receive€the€mystical€Science:òò€œPauci›€adÐ  "¨ Мeam›€œrecipiendam›€œse›€œdisponunt›óó;€said€òòHenry€œArpias›óó€(Lib.€3.€Par.€3.€Cap.€22)€Would€to€God€it€wereÐ ø"” Ðnot€so€true€as€it€is.€For€then€there€would€not€be€so€many€Cheats€in€the€World,€and€there€would€beÏmore€Saints€and€fewer€Sinnersœ.Ìà  à54.€›When€the€spiritual€Guide€desires€effectually,€that€all€should€be€in€love€with€œVertue›,€andÏthe€love€which€they€have€of€God,€is€pure€and€perfect,€with€few€Words,€and€few€Reasons,€he€willÏreap€a€very€great€deal€of€Benefitœ.Ìà  à55.€›If€the€œinteriour›€Soul,€when€it€is€in€the€cleansing€it€self€of€Passions,€and€in€the€time€ofÏabstraction,€has€not€a€sure€Guide€to€curb€in€the€retirement€and€solitude,€to€which€its€InclinationÏand€great€œPropension›€draws€it,€it€will€be€unable€and€unfit€for€exercises€of€Confession,€PreachingÏand€Study,€and€also€for€those€of€its€own€Obligation,€State€and€Calling.œÌà  à56.€›The€œskilful›€Director€therefore,€ought€to€mind€carefully€when€the€Powers€of€it€begin€toÐ 0,Ì%) Ðbe€œimployed›€in€God,€that€there€may€not€be€given€too€free€access€to€solitude,€commanding€the€SoulÏnot€to€omit€the€outward€exercises€of€its€state,€as€of€Study,€and€other€Employments,€œaltho›ðð€theyÏshould€seem€distractive,€so€that€they€be€not€contrary€to€his€Calling;€because€the€Soul€is€so€muchÏAbstracted€in€Solitude,€is€so€turned€inward€in€its€retirement,€and€is€removed€to€such€a€degree€fromÏœExteriority›,€that€if€it€afterwards€apply€it€self€again,€it€doth€it€with€œtoyl›€and€resistance,€and€withÏprejudice€to€its€powers,€and€the€strength€and€soundness€of€Head:€which€is€considerable€hurt,€andÏworthy€the€weighting€of€spiritual€Directors.œÌà  à57.€›But€if€these€have€no€Experience,€they€will€not€know€when€the€abstraction€is€formed,Ïand€at€the€same€time,€thinking€it€Holy€Counsel,€will€encourage€ððem€to€Retirement,€and€findÏdestruction€in€it:€O€how€necessary€it€is€that€the€Guide€be€expert€in€the€spiritual€and€mystical€way!œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°‡xAßÐ ˆ$  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VIII.ÌÓN}ÓÌòòÓ  ÓPursues€the€same€Matter.óóÐ [÷  ÐÓz}ÓÌ58.€›Those€that€govern€Souls€without€Experience€go€in€the€dark,€and€arrive€not€at€theÏUnderstanding€of€the€states€of€the€Soul€in€their€internal€and€supernatural€Operations,€they€onlyÏknow€that€sometimes€the€Soul€is€well,€and€that€it€has€Light;€other€times€that€it€is€in€Darkness;€butÏwhat€the€state€of€all€these€is,€and€what€is€the€Root€from€whence€these€Changes€grow,€they€neitherÏknow€nor€understand,€nor€can€œverifie›€it€by€means€of€Books,€till€they€come€to€find€it€experimentallyÏin€themselves,€in€whose€Furnace€the€true€and€actual€Light€is€made.œÌà  à52.›€If€the€Guide€hath€not€passed€himself€œthro›ðð€the€secret€and€painful€ways€of€the€œinteriour›Ïwalk,€how€can€he€comprehend€or€approve€it?€It€will€be€no€small€œfavour›€to€the€Soul,€to€find€oneÏonly€experienced€Guide€to€strengthen€it€in€insuperable€Difficulties,€and€assure€it€in€the€continualÏdoubts€of€this€Voyage:€otherwise€he€will€never€get€to€the€holy€and€precious€Mount€of€Perfection,Ïwithout€an€extraordinary€and€singular€Grace.œÌà  à60.€›The€spiritual€Director,€which€lives€disinterested,€longs€more€for€the€internal€SolitudeÏthan€the€Employment€of€Souls:€and€if€any€spiritual€Master€is€displeased€when€a€Soul€goes€fromÏhim,€and€leaves€him€for€another€Guide,€ððœtis›€a€clear€sign,€that€he€did€not€live€disinterested,€norÏsought€purely€the€Glory€of€God,€but€his€own€proper€Esteem.œÌà  à61.€›The€same€loss€and€evil€comes,€when€the€Director€is€secretly€diligent€to€draw€someÏSoul€to€his€direction,€which€goes€under€the€government€of€another€Guide;€this€is€a€notableÏmischief;€for€if€he€holds€himself€for€a€better€Director€than€œtððother›,€he€is€proud;€and€if€he€knowsÏhimself€to€be€a€worse,€he€is€a€œTraytor›€to€God,€to€that€Soul,€and€to€himself,€during€the€prejudice€heÏdoes€to€the€advantage€and€good€of€his€œNeighbours.Ìà  à62.€›In€like€manner€there€is€another€considerable€hurt€that€discovers€it€self€in€spiritualÏMasters,€which€is,€that€they€do€not€suffer€the€Souls€Guided€by€ððem,€to€communicate€with€others,Ïtho€they€are€more€Holy,€Learned,€and€Expert€than€themselves:€all€this€is€Interest,€Self„love,€andÏEsteem€of€themselves.€They€do€not€permit€Souls€thus€to€œunburthen›€and€vent€themselves,€for€fearÏthey€should€loose€ððem,€and€that€it€may€not€be€said,€that€their€Spiritual€Children€seek€thatÏSatisfaction€in€others,€which€they€cannot€find€in€them;€and€for€the€most€part,€by€these€imperfectÐ ?,Û%* Ðends,€they€hinder€Souls€from€being€advantaged.œÌà  à63.›€From€all€these,€and€infinite€other€imputations,€the€Director€is€free€that€is€once€arrivedÏat€hearing€the€inward€Voice€of€God,€by€having€passed€through€Tribulation,€Temptation,€andÏpassive€Purgation;€because€that€interior€Voice€of€God€works€innumerable€and€marvelous€EffectsÏin€the€Soul,€which€gives€place€to€it,€hearkens€to€it,€and€relishes€it.œÌà  à64.€›It€is€of€so€great€Efficacy,€that€it€rejects€worldly€œHonour›,€Self„conceit,€SpiritualÏAmbition,€the€desire€of€Fame,€a€wish€to€be€Great,€a€presumption€of€being€the€only€Man,€andÏthinking€that€he€knows€all€things;€it€bids€adieu€to€Friends,€Friendship,€Visits,€Letters€ofÏComplement,€Commerce€of€the€Creature,€Interest€with€Spiritual€Children,€Mastership,€andÏBusiness;€it€turns€away€too€much€inclination€to€Confessor„ship,€the€Affection€that€is€œdisorderððd›€inÏthe€Government€of€Souls,€that€makes€a€man€think€he€is€fitting€for€it;€it€moves€Self„love,€Authority,ÏPresumption,€treating€of€Profit,€making€a€shew€of€the€Letters€which€a€man€writes,€œshewing›€thoseÏwrit€by€his€Spiritual€children,€to€make€known€what€a€great€Workman€he€is;€it€turns€away€the€EnvyÏof€other€Masters€and€Teachers,€and€the€procuring€more€Customers€to€his€chair€of€Confession.œÌà  à65.€›Lastly,€this€interiors€Voice€of€God€in€the€Soul€of€Director,€begets€a€mean€Value,€andÏSolitariness,€and€Silence,€and€Forgetfulness€of€Friends,€Relations€and€Spiritual€Children;€becauseÏit€makes€him€never€remember€ððem,€but€when€they€are€speaking€to€him.€This€is€the€only€sign€toÏknow€the€Disinterestedness€of€a€Master;€and€therefore€such€a€one€doth€more€good€by€silent,€thanÏthousands€of€others€that€make€never€so€great€a€noise€with€their€infinite€Documents.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ÓxAßÐ Ôp ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IX.ÌÓuŽÓÌòòà0  àà ° àShewing›€how€a€simple€and€ready€Obedience€is€the€only€means€of€for€walking,€safely€in€theÐ §C Ðinward€Way,€and€of€procuring€internal€Peace.óóœÐ“/(#(# ÐÌ66.€›If€thou€dost€in€good€earnest€resolve€to€deny€thy€Will,€and€do€Godððs€Obedience€isœ€›theÏnecessary€means;€whether€it€be€by€the€indissoluble€knot€of€thy€Vow,€made€in€the€hands€of€thyÏSuperior€in€thy€Religion,€or€the€free€tying€of€thy€self€by€the€Dedication€of€thy€Will,€to€a€SpiritualÏand€expert€Guide,€that€hath€the€Qualities€sewn€before€in€the€precedent€Chapters.œÌà  à67.›€Thou€wilt€never€get€up€the€Mountain€of€Perfection,€nor€to€any€high€Throne€of€PeaceÏInternal,€if€thou€art€only€œgovernððd›€by€thy€own€Will:€This€cruel€and€fierce€Enemy€of€God,€and€ofÏthy€Soul,€must€be€conquered;€thy€own€Direction,€thy€own€Judgement,€must€be€subdued€andÏdeposed€as€Rebels,€and€reduced€to€Ashes€by€the€Fire€of€Obedience:€there€it€will€be€found,€as€in€aÏTouch„stone,€whether€the€Love€thou€œfollowest›€be€thine€own,€or€Divine;€there€in€that€HolocaustÏmust€thine€own€Judgment,€and€thine€own€Will€be€Annihilated€and€brought€to€its€last€Substance.œÌà  à68.€›An€ordinary€Life€under€Obedience,€is€worth€more€than€that€which€of€its€own€will€dothÏgreat€œPennance›;€because€obedience€and€subjection,€besides€that€they€are€free€from€the€deceits€ofÏSatan,€are€the€truest€Holocaust€which€can€be€sacrificed€to€God€on€the€Altar€of€our€Heart.€WhichÏmade€a€great€Servant€of€God€say,€òòThat€he€had€rather€gather€Dung€by€Obedience,€than€be€caughtÐ g*$( Ðup€to€the€third€Heaven€of€his€own€will.œóóÐ S+ï$) Ðà  à69.€›You€will€know€that€Obedience€is€a€ready€way€to€arrive€quickly€at€Perfection:€ððœtis›Ð ?,Û%* Ðimpossible€for€a€Soul€to€purchase€it€self€true€œpreace›€of€Heart,€if€it€doth€not€deny€and€overcome€itsÏown€judgment€and€rebellion:€And€the€means€of€denying€and€overcoming€ones€Judgment,€is€to€beÏwilling€in€every€thing€to€obey€with€resolution,€him€that€stands€in€Godððs€place;€because€the€HeartÏremains€free,€secure,€and€œunburthenððd›€by€all€that€which€goes€from€the€Mouth,€with€trueÏSubmission,€to€the€Ears€of€the€Spiritual€Father.€(òòœEffundite›€coram€œillo›€œcorda›€œvestra›óó,€Pl.€61.)€TheÐ  ° Ðmost€effectual€means€therefore€to€advance€in€the€way€of€the€Spirit,€is€to€imprint€this€in€the€Heart,Ïthat€a€manððs€spiritual€Director€stands€in€Godððs€place,€and€whatever€he€orders€and€says,€is€said€andÏordered€from€the€Divine€Mouth.œÌà  à70.€›The€Lord€often„times€manifested€to€that€venerable€Mother€òòAnn€Maryóó€of€S.€òòJosephóó€aÐ Ä ` ÐòòœFransciscan›óó€Nun;€That€she€should€rather€obey€her€spiritual€Father,€then€Himself,€òò(History€of€herÐ °L  ÐLifeóó,€ðð€42.)€To€the€venerable€Sister€òòCatherine€œPaulucci›óó,€the€Lord€also€one€day€said,€òòYou€ought€toÐ œ8  Ðgo€to€your€spiritual€Father,€with€pure€and€sincere€Truth,€as€if€you€came€to€Me,€and€not€inquireÏwhether€he€be€or€be€not€Observant,€but€you€ought€to€think€that€he€is€Governed€by€the€HolyÏGhost,€and€that€he€is€in€My€stead,óó€(Her€Life,€Book€2.€Ch.€16)€adding,€òòWhen€Souls€shall€observeÐ `ü  Ðthis,€I€will€not€permit€that€any€be€Deceived€by€him.óó€O€Divine€Words€worthy€to€be€imprinted€in€theÐ Lè  ÐHearts€of€those€Souls€which€desire€to€advance€in€Perfection!œÌà  à71.€›God€revealed€to€Lady€òòMarinaóó€of€òòœEscobar›óó,€that€if€our€Lord€Christ€would€have€herÐ $À Ðcommunicate€after€his€mind,€and€her€spiritual€Father€should€say€nay;€she€was€obliged€to€follow€theÏmind€of€her€spiritual€Father:€And€a€Saint€was€œlowerððd›€down€from€Heaven€to€tell€her€the€reason€ofÏit;€which€was,€òòThat€in€the€first€there€might€be€Cheat,€but€in€the€second€noneóó.œÐ è„ Ðà  à72.€›The€Holy€œGhost›€advises€us€all€in€the€òòProverbsóó€(Ch.€3.)€that€we€take€Counsel,€and€trustÐ Ôp Ðnot€in€our€own€œWisom›:€òòNe€œinnitaris›€œprudenti›€œtuóó›.€And€says€by€òòœTobit›óó,€That,€to€do€well,€thouÐ À\ Ðnever€œoughtest›€to€govern€thy€self€with€thine€own€proper€judgment;€but€always€must€ask€othersÏmind€and€judgment,€(Ch.€4.€14.€òòœConsilium›€semper€a€œsapiente›€œperquire›óó.)€Although€the€spiritualÐ ˜4 ÐFather€Err€in€giving€counsel,€you€can€never€Err€in€taking€it,€and€following€it;€because€you€actÏwisely:€òòQui€œjudiceo›€œalterius›€œoperatur›,€œprudenter›€œoperatur›óó.€And€God€doth€not€suffer€Directors€toÐ p  ÐErr,€that€he€may€preserve,€thoðð€it€should€be€with€Miracles,€the€visible€Tribunal€of€the€spiritualÏFather;€from€whence€is€known€with€all€Safety,€what€is€the€Divine€Will.œÌà  à73.€Besides,€that€this€is€the€common€Doctrine€of€all€the€Saints,€of€all€the€Doctors€andÏMasters€of€Spirit,€Christ€our€Lord€gave€credit€and€security€to€it,€when€he€said,€That€the€spiritualÏFather€should€be€understood€and€obeyed€just€like€Himself:€òòQui€vos€audit,€mea€auditóó€(St.€Luke€10)Ð  "¨ ÐAnd€this€even€when€their€Works€do€not€correspond€with€their€Words€and€Counsels;€as€is€manifestÏby€St.€òòMatthewóó,€Chap.€1.€òòQucunque€dixerint€vobis€facite,€secundum€autem€opera€eorum€noliteÐ ä#€  Ðfacere.óóÐ Ð$l! ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°§&xAßÐ ¨&D # ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€X.ÌÓ«£ÓÌÓ  ÓòòPursues€the€same.óóÐ {)#' ÐÓÑ£ÓÌ74.€›The€Soul€which€is€observant€of€holy€Obedience,€is,€as€St.€òòGregoryóó€says€(3.€Lib.€in€òòJobóó,€Cap.Ð S+ï$) Ð13.)€œPossessour›€of€all€œVertues›:€It€is€rewarded€by€God€for€its€œHumilty›€and€Obedience,€illustratingÐ ?,Û%* Ðand€teaching€its€own€Guide,€to€whose€direction€it€ought€(as€being€in€Godððs€place)€to€be€every€wayÏsubject,€discovering€freely,€œcleerly›,€faithfully€and€simply€all€the€thoughts,€all€the€works,Ïinclinations,€inspirations,€and€temptations€that€it€knows€of€it€self:€In€this€manner€the€Devil€cannotÏdeceive€it;€and€it€becomes€secure€of€giving€an€account€of€its€actions€to€God€without€fear,€as€wellÏthose€actions€which€it€doth€commit,€as€those€it€doth€omit.€Insomuch,€that€whoever€would€walkÏwithout€a€Guide,€if€he€is€not€deceived,€he€is€very€near€it,€because,€Temptation€will€seemÏInspiration€to€him.œÌà  à75.›€Thou€œoughtest›€to€know,€that€to€be€perfect,€it€is€not€enough€to€obey€and€œhonour›ÏœSuperiours›,€but€it€is€also€necessary€to€obey€and€œhonour›€œInferiours›.Ìà  à76.€Obedience€therefore,€to€make€it€perfect,€must€be€voluntary,€pure,€ready,€chearful,Ïinternal,€blind€and€persevering:€Voluntary,€without€force€and€fear:€Pure,€without€worldly€interestÏand€respect,€or€self€love,€but€purely€for€God:€Ready,€without€reply,€excuse€or€delay:€Chearful,Ïwithout€inward€affliction,€and€with€diligence:€Internal,€because€it€must€not€only€be€exterior€andÏapparent,€but€from€the€mind€and€heart:€Blind,€without€ones€own€judgment,€but€submitting€thatÏjudgment€with€the€will:€to€his€that€Commands€it,€without€searching€into€the€Intention,€End,€orÏReason€of€the€Obedience€Persevering,€with€firmness€and€constancy€unto€Death.œÌà  à77.€òò›Obedienceóó€(according€to€St.€òòBonaventureóó€(tract.€8.€òòœCollationum›óó)€òòmust€be€ready,Ð $À Ðwithout€a€delay;€Devout€with€œtyring›,€Voluntary€without€contradiction,€Simple,€withoutÏexamination,€Persevering€without€resting;€Orderly€without€breaking€off;€Pleasant€withoutÏtrouble;€Valiant€without€Faint„heartedness,€and€Universal€without€exception.óó€Remember,€OÐ è„ Ðblessed€Soul!€That€œaltho›€thou€hast€a€mind€to€do€the€divine€Will,€with€all€diligence,€thou€wilt€neverÏfind€the€way,€but€by€the€means€of€Obedience.€When€a€man€is€resolved€to€be€governed€by€himself,Ïhe€is€lost€and€deceived:€Although€the€Soul€have€very€profound€signs,€that€it€is€a€good€Spirit€thatÏspeaks€to€it;€yet€unless€it€submit€to€the€judgment€of€the€Spiritual€Director,€let€it€be€esteemed€anÏevil€Spirit:€So€says€òòœGerson›óó,€(òòTract.€de€dist.€œverar›.€Num.€19.óó)€and€many€other€Masters€of€Spirit.œÐ „  Ðà  à78.›€This€Doctrine€will€be€confirmed€by€that€case€of€St.€òòTeresaóó.€The€holy€Mother,€seeingÐ p  Ðthat€Lady€òòCatherineóó€of€òòœCordona›óó,€led€a€life€of€great€and€rigid€Penance€in€the€Wilderness,€resolvedÐ \ø Ðto€imitate€her,€contrary€to€the€judgment€of€her€spiritual€Father,€who€forbid€her;€Then€the€Lord€toldÏher€(in€her€Life€òò366óó.)€You€must€by€no€means€do€this,€Daughter;€the€good€way€thou€hast€secure;Ð 4 Ð Ðthou€œseest›€all€the€Penance€that€òòCatherineóó€doth,€but€I€value€more€thy€Obedience.€She€from€thatÐ  !¼ Ðtime€forward,€vowed€to€obey€her€spiritual€Father:€and€in€the€òòœ26th.óó›€Chapter€of€her€Life,€we€read,Ð  "¨ Ðthat€God€often€told€her,€that€she€must€not€omit€to€acquaint€her€spiritual€Father€with€her€wholeÏœSoul,›€and€the€graces€that€she€had€done€her,€and€that€she€should€always€take€care€to€obey€him€inÏeverything.Ìà  à79.€Thou€œseest›€how€God€hath€been€willing€to€secure€that€heavenly€and€important€DoctrineÏby€the€holy€Scripture,€the€Saints,€the€Doctors,€by€Reasons,€and€by€Examples,€a€purpose€to€rootÏout€altogether€the€deceits€of€the€Enemy.œÌâ âÐ €("% ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ Ôâ ââ ââ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XI.ÌÓ¤³ÓÌòòà@ÄÄìàWhen,€and€in€what€things€this€Obedience€doth€most€concern€the€interior€Soul.óóˆÐ 7 Ó ÐÌ80.€›That€you€may€know€when€Obedience€is€most€necessary,€I€will€advise€thee,€that€when€thouÏÔ'ƒdd³Ôshalt€find€the€horrible€and€importunate€suggestions€of€the€Enemy,€greatest€upon€thee,€when€thouÏshalt€suffer€most€darkness,€anguish,€œdrowth›,€œforsakings›,€when€thou€shalt€see€thy€self€most€besetÏwith€temptations,€wrath,€rage,€blasphemy,€lust,€cursing,€tediousness,€despair,€impatience,€andÏdesolation;€then€ððœtis›€most€necessary€for€thee€to€believe,€and€obey€an€expert€Director,€resting€thyÏself€on€his€holy€Counsel,€that€thou€œmayððst›€not€suffer€thy€self€to€be€carried€away€by€the€strongÏœperswasion›€of€the€Enemy,€who€would€make€thee€believe€in€affliction,€and€heavy€desertion,€thatÏthou€art€lost€and€abhorred€by€God,€that€thou€art€out€of€his€œfavour›,€and€that€Obedience€is€pastÏdoing€thee€any€good.œÌÌà  à81.€›Thou€shalt€find€thy€self€encompassed€with€troublesome€scruples,€griefs,€anguish,Ïdistress,€martyrdoms,€distrusts,€œforsakings›€of€the€Creatures,€and€troubles€so€bitter,€that€thyÏafflictions€shall€seem€past€comfort,€and€thy€torments€unconquerable.€O€blessed€Soul!€how€happyÏwilt€thou€be,€if€thou€dost€but€believe€thy€Guide,€and€subject€thy€self€œto€to›€him€and€obey€him?€ThenÏwilt€thou€walk€safe€by€the€secret€and€œinteriour›€way€of€the€dark€night,€œaltho›€thou€œmayððst›€seem€toÏthy€self€to€live€in€œErrour›,€and€that€thou€art€worse€then€ever;€that€thou€œseest›€nothing€in€thy€Soul,Ïbut€abomination€and€signs€of€condemnation.œÌà  à82.€›Thou€wilt€think€verily,€that€thou€art€possessed€by€an€evil€Spirit;€because€the€signs€ofÏthis€interior€exercise,€and€horrible€tribulation,€seem€as€bad€as€the€invasions€of€infernal€Furies€andÏDevils.€Then€take€care€to€believe€thy€Guide€firmly,€for€thy€true€Happiness€consists€in€œthy›Ïobedience.œÌà  à83.€›You€must€consider€that€when€the€Devil€sees€a€Soul€totally€denying€it€self,€andÏsubmitting€to€the€obedience€of€its€Director,€he€makes€a€strange€uproar€all€Hell€over€to€hinder€thisÏinfinite€Good,€and€this€holy€Sacrifice:€Full€of€envy€and€fury€as€he€is,€he€uses€to€make€strifeÏbetween€the€two,€inspiring€the€Soul€with€œwearisomness›,€anger,€aversion,€resistance,€distrust,€andÏhatred€against€the€Guide,€and€sometimes€he€makes€use€of€his€Tongue€to€bespatter€him€with€manyÏReproaches;€But€if€this€Director€be€an€expert€one,€he€laughs€at€theses€subtle€Snares€and€diabolicalÏœCraftynesses›.€And€however€the€Devil€may€œperswade›€the€Souls€of€such€a€state,€with€diversÏsuggestions,€not€to€believe€their€Director,€that€they€may€not€obey€him,€nor€profit€under€him;€yetÏnevertheless€they€may€believe,€and€they€do€believe€enough€to€obey,€thoðð€it€be€without€their€ownÏsatisfaction.œÌà  à84.€›Thou€wilt€ask€of€thy€Guide€some€Liberty,€or€wilt€communicate€to€him€some€GraceÏreceived.€If€in€denying€thee€that€Liberty,€or€rejecting€that€Grace,€that€thou€œmayððst›€not€grow€proud,Ïthou€œwithdrawest›€thy€self€from€his€Counsel,€and€œleavest›€him,€it€is€a€sign€that€the€œFavour›€was€false,Ïand€that€thy€spirit€walks€in€danger:€But€if€thou€doest€believe€and€obey,€œaltho›ðð€he€do€soundlyÏdisplease€thee,€ððœtis›€a€sign€that€thou€art€alive€and€œunmortified›;€nevertheless,€thou€wilt€profit€withÏthat€violent€and€working€Medicine:€because€thoðð€the€œinferiour›€part€be€troubled€and€do€resent,€yetÐ ?,Û%* Ðthe€œsuperiour›€part€of€the€Soul€doth€embrace€him,€and€will€be€humbled€and€mortified;€because€itÏknows€that€this€is€the€divine€Will.€And€thoðð€thou€dost€not€know€it,€yet€œsatisction›€goes€onÏœemproving›€in€thy€Soul,€and€so€doth€the€confidence€that€thou€hast€in€thy€Guide.œÌà  à85.€›The€means€of€denying€self€love,€and€of€laying€down€ones€own€judgment,€you€mustÏknow,€is€subjecting€it€altogether€with€true€submission€to€the€Counsel€of€the€spiritual€œPhysitian›.€IfÏhe€hinders€you€your€pleasure,€or€demands€what€you€desire€not,€thousands€of€false€and€idle€reasonsÏdo€presently€get€about€his€holy€Counsel;€where€it€is€presently€known€that€the€Spirit€is€notÏaltogether€mortified,€nor€his€own€judgment€blinded,€which€are€œirreconcileable›€Enemies€to€a€readyÏand€blind€obedience,€and€the€peace€of€the€Soul.œÌà  à86.€›Then€ððœtis›€necessary€to€overcome€thy€self€and€thy€quick€sentiments,€to€despise€thoseÏfalse€and€lying€reasons,€by€obeying,€holding€thy€tongue,€and€executing€his€holy€Counsel,€becauseÏthat€is€the€way€to€root€up€thy€appetite€and€thine€own€judgment.œÌà  à87.›€For€this€reason€the€ancient€Fathers,€as€expert€and€œskilful›€Masters€of€Spirit,€did€exerciseÏtheir€Disciples€in€divers€and€extraordinary€Ways:€To€some€they€gave€order€to€plant€Lettice€withÏthe€leaves€downward;€to€others,€to€Water€dry€and€œwhithered›€Trees;€to€others,€to€sew€and€œunsew›Ïagain,€many€times,€their€œCloaths›;€all€œmarvellous›€and€effectual€stratagems€to€make€œtryal›€of€simpleÏobedience€and€to€cut€by€their€roots€the€weeds€of€their€own€Will€and€Judgment.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ûxAßÔ& ƒ ÔÐ ü˜ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XII.ÌÓ·ÇÓÌÓ  ÓòòTreats€of€the€same.óóÐ Ïk ÐÓßÇÓÌ88.€›Know€that€thou€canst€not€fetch€one€step€in€the€way€of€the€Spirit,€till€thou€œendeavourest›€toÏÔ'ƒü•ÇÔconquer€this€fierce€Enemy,€thy€own€judgment:€And€the€Soul€that€will€not€know€this€hurt,€canÏnever€be€cured.€A€sick€man€that€knows€his€Disease,€knows€for€certain,€that€œaltho›ðð€he€is€œadry›,€yet€itÏis€not€good€for€him€to€drink,€and€that€the€œPhysick›€prescribed€him,€thoðð€it€be€bitter,€yet€is€profitableÏfor€him:€Therefore€he€believes€not€his€Appetite,€nor€trusts€in€his€own€Judgment,€but€yields€himselfÏup€to€a€œskilful›€œPhysitian,›€obeying€him€in€every€thing,€as€the€means€of€his€Recovery€and€Cure:€TheÏknowledge€that€he€is€sick,€helps€him€not€to€trust€to€himself,€but€to€follow€the€wise€judgment€of€hisÏDoctor.œÌà  à89.€›We€are€all€sick€of€the€Disease€of€self€love,€and€our€own€judgment;€we€are€all€full€of€ourÏselves;€we€are€œalwaies›€desiring€things€hurtful€to€us;€and€that€which€does€us€good,€is€unpleasant€andÏirksome€to€us:€ððœTis›€necessary€therefore€for€him€that€is€Sick,€to€use€the€means€of€Recovery;€whichÏis,€not€to€believe€our€own€judgments€and€œdistemperððd›€sentiments,€but€the€wise€Judgment,€of€theÏspiritual€and€œskilful›€œPhysitian›,€without€reply€or€excuse,€despising€the€seeming€reasons€of€self„love;Ïand€so,€if€we€obey,€we€shall€certainly€recover,€and€this€love€of€ours,€which€is€the€Enemy€of€ourÏease,€and€peace,€and€perfection,€and€the€spirit,€will€be€overcome.œÌà  à90.€›How€often€will€thine€own€judgment€deceive€thee?€And€how€much€wilt€thou€change€thyÏjudgment€with€shame,€when€thou€hast€trusted€to€thine€own€self?€If€any€man€should€deceive€theeÏtwice€or€thrice,€wouldst€thou€ever€trust€him€more?€Why€therefore,€dost€thou€repose€confidence€inÏthine€own€judgment,€which€has€so€often€œcozenððd›€thee?€O€blessed€Soul,€believe€no€more,€believeÐ ?,Û%* Ðnot;€subject€thy€self€with€true€submission€and€follow€blindfold€this€Obedienceœ.Ìà  à91.€›Thou€wilt€be€much€satisfied€to€have€an€experienced€Guide,€and€wilt€esteem€him€a€greatÏHappiness;€but€ððœtwil›€little€avail€thee,€if€thou€œvaluest›€thy€own€judgment€more€than€his€Counsel,€andÏdost€not€submit€to€it€in€all€truth€and€simplicity.œÌà  à92.€›Suppose€a€great€man€be€sick€of€a€dangerous€Disease:€He€has€in€his€House€a€famousÏand€œskilful›€Physitian;€and€he€quickly€knows€the€Disease,€the€causes,€the€conditions,€and€the€stateÏof€it,€and€knowing€for€certain€that€the€Distemper€is€to€be€treated€with€severe€Cauteries€he€ordersÏòòLenitivesóó€for€it:€Now,€is€not€this€a€great€disorder?€If€his€sure€that€òòLenitivesóó€will€do€little€good,€andÐ Ø t Ðthat€Cauterizing€is€the€proper€way,€why€does€he€not€apply€it€to€him?€Because,€œaltho›ðð€the€sickÏperson€would€have€his€health,€yet€the€Physitian€knows€best,€and€that€he€is€not€disposed€to€takeÏthose€strong€Medicines,€and€therefore€like€a€wise€man,€orders€him€gentle€òòLenitivesóó;€because€thoððÐ œ8  Ðhe€may€not€presently€get€up€again€by€ððem€,€yet€he€keeps€the€Disease€from€being€mortal.œÌà  à93.€›What€matter€is€it,€if€you€have€the€best€Director€in€the€World,€if€yet€not€withstandingÏyou€want€true€submission?€œaltho›ðð€he€be€a€man€of€skill€and€knows€the€grievance€and€the€remedy,€heÏdoth€not€apply€the€proper€œPhysick›,€which€concerns€you€most€to€deny€your€Will;€because€he€knowsÏyour€very€Heart€and€Spirit,€that€it€is€not€disposed€to€let€the€infirmities€of€your€own€judgment€beÏremoved.€So€you€will€never€be€cured,€and€it€will€be€a€Miracle,€if€he€can€keep€you€in€Grace,€with€soÏfierce€an€Enemy€of€your€Soul€about€you.œÌà  à94.€›Thy€Director€will€scorn€all€manner€of€œFavours›,€if€he€be€a€wise€man;€as€if€thy€Spirit€mayÏnot€be€well€grounded,€believe€him,€obey€him,€embrace€his€Counsel,€because€with€this€contempt,€ifÏthe€Spirit€be€feigned€and€of€the€Evil€One,€the€secret€Pride€formed€by€him€that€counterfeits€theseÏSpirits,€will€soon€be€known;€but€if€the€Spirit€be€real:€though€thou€œfindððst›€displeasure€in€thisÏhumiliation:€it€will€serve€thee€for€an€extraordinary€good.œÌà  à95.›€If€the€Soul€take€delight€in€esteem,€and€in€having€the€favours€which€it€receives€fromÏGod,€made€open€and€publick;€if€it€doth€not€obey€and€believes€not€its€Director,€which€thinksÏmeanly€of€ððem,€ððtis€all€a€lie€and€cheat,€and€the€Devil€is€that€Angel€that€transforms€himself.€TheÏSoul€seeing€that€the€skilful€Director€despises€these€cheats,€if€the€Spirit€be€evil,€withdraws€theÏfeigned€affection,€which€it€shewed€him,€and€endeavours€by€little€and€little€to€get€from€him,€seekingÏsome€other€that€its€cheats€may€take€with:€for€the€proud€can€never€keep€company€with€those€thatÏhumble€ððem:€but€on€tððotherside,€if€the€Spirit€be€true€and€of€God,€by€these€means€the€love€andÏconstancy€increases€by€enduring€ððem,€desiring€much€more€its€own€contempt,€from€whence€theÏsoundness€and€sincerity€of€the€Spirit€becomes€qualified€without€deceit.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°Ï$xAßñ­ñÔ& o Ôñ­ñÐ Ð$l! ÐÌÓ  ÓCAAP.€XIII.ÌÓ¯ÛÓÌòòà0  àà ° àFrequent›€Communion€is€an€œeffectunl›€means€of€getting€all€œVertues›,€and€in€particular,€InternalÐ £'?!% ÐPeace.œóóÐ(+"&(#(# ÐÌ96.€›There€are€four€things€the€most€necessary€to€get€Perfection€and€internal€Peace:€The€first€isÏñ­ñÔ'oÐ$ˆÛÔñ­ñPrayer,€the€second€Obedience;€the€third€frequent€Communion;€the€fourth€internal€Mortification.ÏAnd€now€since€we€have€treated€of€Prayer€and€Obedience,€it€will€be€fitting€to€treat€also€ofÐ ?,Û%* ÐCommunion.œÌà  à97.€›You€ought€to€know€that€many€Souls€there€are€that€deprive€themselves€of€the€infiniteÏbenefit€of€this€precious€Food,€by€judging€that€they€are€not€sufficiently€prepared,€and€that€no€lessÏthan€an€Angelical€Purity€is€necessary€for€it.€if€thou€hast€a€pure€end,€a€true€desire€of€doing€the€WillÏof€God,€without€looking€at€sensible€Devotion,€or€thine€own€Satisfaction,€come€with€confidence,Ïbecause€thou€art€well€disposed.œÌà  à98.€›On€this€Rock€of€Desiring€to€do€the€Divine€will,€all€difficulties€must€be€broken,€allÏscruples€overcome,€all€temptations,€doubts,€fears,€resistances€and€contradictions:€And€althoughÏthe€best€Preparation€for€the€Soul,€be€often€Communicating,€because€one€Communion€disposes€itÏfor€another;€yet€I€will€shew€the€two€ways€of€Preparation:€The€first€for€the€exteriour€Souls€whichÏhave€good€Desire€and€Will.€And€the€second,€for€Spiritual€Ones€which€live€Internally,€and€have€aÏgreater€Light€and€Knowledge€of€God,€of€his€Mysteries,€of€his€Operations€and€Sacraments.œÌà  à99.€›The€Preparation€for€the€exterior€Souls,€is€to€be€Confessed€and€retire€from€theÏCreatures,€before€the€Communion€to€stand€still€and€consider€whet€is€to€be€received,€and€who€is€itÏthat€receives€it,€and€that€he€goes€to€do€the€greatest€business€in€the€World,€which€is€to€receive€theÏgreat€God.€What€a€singular€œfavour›€is€that€Purity€it€self€condescends€to€be€received€by€Faith!ÏMajesty€by€Vileness!€the€œCreatour›€by€the€Creature!œÌà  à100.€›The€second€Preparation€in€order€to€the€œinteriour›€and€spiritual€Souls,€must€be€toÏœendeavour›€to€live€with€greater€Purity€and€Self„denial,€with€an€universal€taking€ones€self€off€fromÏthe€World,€with€an€inward€Mortification€and€continual€Retirement:€and€when€they€walk€in€thisÏWay,€they€have€no€need€of€any€actual€preparation,€because€their€Life€is€a€continual€and€perfectÏPreparation.œÌà  à101.€›If€thou€œdoððst›€not€know€these€œVertues›€in€thy€œSoul,›€for€the€same€reason€thou€mustÏoften€draw€near€to€this€œSoveraign›€Table€to€get€ððem.€Never€let€it€hinder€thee,€to€see€thy€self€dry,Ïdefective€and€cold;€because€frequent€œCommunion›€is€the€œPhysick›€that€cures€those€diseases,€andÏincreases€œVertue›:€for€the€same€reason€that€thou€art€Sick,€thou€must€go€to€the€œPhysian›;€and€thatÏthou€art€Cold€to€the€Fire.œÌà  à102.€›If€thou€œdrawest›€near€with€humility,€with€a€desire€of€doing€the€Divine€Will,€and€withÏthe€leave€of€thy€Confessor,€thou€œmayst›€receive€it€every€day,€and€every€day€thou€wilt€grow€betterÏand€better.€Never€be€afraid€for€seeing€thy€self€without€that€affectionate€and€sensible€love,€whichÏsome€men€say€is€necessary:€because€this€sensible€affection€is€not€perfect,€and€ordinarily€it€is€givenÏto€weak€and€nice€Souls.œÌà  à103.€›Thou€wilt€say€that€thou€œfeelest›€thy€self€indisposed,€without€devotion,€without€œfervour›,Ïwithout€the€desire€of€this€Divine€food,€so€as€to€ask€how€thou€must€frequent€it?€believe€for€certain,Ïthat€none€of€these€things€doth€hinder€or€hurt€thee,€whilst€you€preserve€this€purpose€firm,€not€toÏsin,€and€your€Will€determined€to€avoid€every€offence:€and€if€thou€hast€confessed€all€those€thatÏthou€œcouldst›€remember,€doubt€not€but€that€thou€are€well€prepared€to€come€to€this€Heavenly€andÏDivine€Table.œÌâ âÐ l)#& ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßñ«ñÔ& ƒ Ôâ ââ ââ âñ«ñÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIV.ÌÓ;ëÓÌòòÓ  ÓPursues€the€same€Matter.óóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓfëÓÌ104.€›Thou€must€know€that€in€this€unspeakable€Sacrament,€Christ€is€united€with€the€Soul,€is€madeÏñ«ñÔ'ƒdöêÔñ«ñone€thing€with€it,€whose€fineness€and€purity€is€the€most€profound€and€admirable,€and€the€mostÏworthy€of€consideration€and€thanks.€Great€was€the€pureness€of€him€in€being€made€Man;€greaterÏthat€of€dying€ignominiously€on€the€Cross€for€our€sake,€but€the€giving€of€himself€whole€and€entireÏto€man€in€this€admirable€Sacrament,€admits€no€comparison:€This€is€singular€œfavour›,€and€infiniteÏpureness:€because€there€is€no€more€to€give;€no€more€to€receive.€O€that€we€could€but€comprehendÏhim!€O€that€we€could€but€know€him.œÌà  à105.€›That€God€being€what€he€is,€should€be€communicated€to€my€Soul!€that€God€should€beÏwilling€to€make€a€reciprocalty€of€union€with€it,€which€of€it€self€is€meer€misery!€O€Souls,€if€weÏcould€but€feed€our€selves€at€this€Heavenly€Table!€O€that€we€could€scorch€our€selves€at€thisÏburning€fire!€O€that€we€could€become€one€and€the€same€spirit€with€this€Soveraign€Lord!€whoÏwithholds€us?€who€deceives€us?€who€takes€us€off€from€burning€like€òòSalamandersóó,€in€the€DivineÐ 3Ï Ðfire€of€this€holy€Table?œÌà  à106.€ððTis›€true,€O€Lord,€that€thou€œentrest›€into€me€a€miserable€creature,€but€true€also€it€is,Ïthat€thou€at€the€same€time€œremainest›€in€thy€glory€and€brightness,€and€in€thy€self.€Receive€meÏtherefore€O€my€Jesus,€in€thy€self,€in€thy€beauty€and€Majesty.€I€am€infinitely€glad€that€the€vilenessÏof€my€Soul€cannot€prejudice€thy€beauty:€thou€œentrest›€therefore€into€me,€without€going€out€of€thyÏself;€thou€œlivest›€in€the€midst€of€thy€brightness€and€magnificence,€thoðð€thou€art€in€my€darkness€andÏmisery.œÌà  à107.€›O€my€Soul,€how€great€is€thy€vileness!€(òòJob€7€Chap.óó)€how€great€thy€poverty!€what€isÐ “/ Ðman,€Lord,€that€thou€art€so€mindful€of€him?€that€thou€œvisitest›€him€and€makest€him€great?€What€isÏman,€that€thou€œputtest›€such€an€esteem€upon€him,€being€willing€to€have€thy€delights€with€him€andÏdwell€personally€with€thy€œgreatnesses›€in€him?€how,€O€Lord,€can€a€miserable€creature€receive€anÏinfinite€Majesty?€humble€thy€self,€O€my€œsoul,›€to€the€very€depth€of€nothing,€confess€thyÏunworthiness,€look€upon€thy€misery,€and€acknowledge€the€wonders€of€the€Divine€Love,€whichÏsuffers€it€self€to€be€mean€in€this€incomprehensible€Mystery,€that€it€may€be€communicated€andÏunited€with€thee.œÌà  à108.€›O€the€greatness€of€love,€which€the€amiable€Jesus€is,€in€a€small€host?€who€is€thereÏsubject€in€some€manner€to€man,€giving€himself€whole€and€sacrificing€himself€for€him€to€the€EternalÏFather!€O€œSoveraign›€Lord,€keep€back€my€heart€strongly,€that€it€may€never€more€return€to€itsÏimperfect€liberty,€but€all€annihilated€may€die€to€the€world,€and€remain€united€with€thee.œÌà  à109.›€If€thou€œwouldððst›€get€all€œVertues›€in€the€highest€degree,€come€blessed€œSoul,›€come€withÏfrequency€to€this€most€holy€Table;€for€there€they€do€all€œdwell.›€Eat,€O€my€œSoul,›€of€this€HeavenlyÏFood,€eat€and€continue,€come€with€humility,€come€with€Faith€to€feed€of€this€White€and€DivineÏBread:€for€this€is€the€Mark€of€Souls,€and€from€hence€Love€draws€its€Arrows,€saying,€Come,€OÏSoul,€and€eat€this€œsavoury›€Food,€if€thou€œwouldððst›€get€Purity,€Charity,€Chastity,€Light,€Strength,ÏPerfection€and€œPeace.Ð ?,Û%* ЇßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XV.ÌÓ ùÓÌòòà0  àà ° àDeclaring€when€Spiritual€and€Corporal€Penances€ought€to€be€used,€and€how€hurtful€they€are,Ð 7 Ó Ðwhen€they€are€done€indiscreetly€according€to€ones€own€Judgment€and€Opinion.óóÐ# ¿(#(# ÐÌ110.›€It€is€to€be€known,€that€there€are€some€Souls€who,€to€make€too€great€advances€in€Holiness,Ïbecome€much€behindhand€in€it,€by€doing€indiscreet€Penances;€œilke›€those€who€would€sing€moreÏthan€their€strength€allows€ððem,€who€strain€themselves€till€they€are€tired,€and€instead€of€doingÏbetter,€do€worse.œÌà  à111.€›Many€have€fallen€into€this€Precipice,€for€want€of€subjecting€their€judgment€to€theirÏspiritual€Fathers;€whilst€they€have€imagined,€that€unless€they€give€themselves€up€to€rigid€Penances,Ïthey€never€can€be€Saints,€as€if€sanctity€did€only€consist€in€them.€They€say,€that€he€that€sows€little,Ïreaps€little;€but€they€sow€no€other€seed,€with€their€indiscreet€Penances,€than€Self„love,€instead€ofÏrooting€it€up.Ìà  à112.€But€the€worst€of€these€indiscreet€Penances,€is,€that€by€the€use€of€these€dry€and€barrenÏSeverities,€is€begotten€and€naturalized€a€certain€bitterness€of€heart€towards€themselves€and€theirÏœneighbours›,€which€is€a€great€stranger€to€the€true€Spirit:€towards€themselves,€because€they€do€notÏfeel€the€sweetness€of€Christððs€Yoke,€the€sweetness€of€Charity,€but€only€the€asperity€of€Penances;Ïwhereby€their€nature€becomes€œimbitterððd›;€and€hence€it€follows,€that€such€men€become€exasperatedÏwith€their€œNeighbours›,€to€the€marking€and€reproving€much€their€faults,€and€holding€of€them€forÏvery€defective,€for€the€same€reason€that€they€see€ððem€go€a€less€rigorous€way€than€themselves:Ïhence€they€grow€proud€with€their€exercises€of€Penance,€seeing€few€that€do€after€ððem,€and€thinkingÏthemselves€better€than€other€folks,€whereupon€they€much€fall€in€the€account€of€their€œVertues›.ÏHence€comes€the€envy€of€others,€to€see€them€less€penitent€and€greater€œfavourites›€of€God;€a€clearÏproof,€that€they€fixed€their€confidence€in€their€own€proper€diligences.œÌà  à113.€›Prayer€is€the€nourishment€of€the€Soul;€and€the€Soul€of€Prayer€is€internal€mortification:Ïfor€however€bodily€Penance,€and€all€other€exercises€chastening€the€flesh,€be€good€and€holy€andÏpraiseworthy,€(so€as€they€be€moderated€by€discretion,€according€to€the€state€and€quality€of€everyÏone,€and€by€the€help€of€the€spiritual€Directorððs€judgment)€yet€thou€will€never€gain€any€œvertue›€byÏthese€means,€but€only€vanity€and€the€wind€of€vain„glory,€if€they€do€not€grow€from€within.ÏWherefore€now€thou€shalt€know€when€thou€art€to€use€most€chiefly€External€Penancesœ.Ìà  à114.€›When€the€Soul€begins€to€retire€from€the€World€and€Vice,€it€ought€to€tame€the€bodyÏwith€œrigour›,€that€it€may€be€subject€to€the€Spirit€and€follow€the€Law€of€God€with€ease;€then€itÏconcerns€you€to€manage€the€Weapons€of€Haircloth,€Fasting€and€Discipline,€to€take€from€the€fleshÏthe€roots€of€sin;€but€when€the€Soul€enters€into€the€way€of€the€Spirit,€œimbracing›€internalÏmortification,€corporal€chastisements€ought€to€be€relaxed,€because€there€is€trouble€enough€in€theÏSpirit:€the€heart€is€œweakned›,€the€breast€suffers,€the€brain€is€weary,€the€whole€Body€grieved€andÏdisabled€for€the€functions€of€the€Soul.œÌà  à115.€›The€wise€and€skillful€œDirecter›€therefore€must€consider,€not€to€give€way€to€these€SoulsÏto€perform€such€excesses€of€Corporal€and€External€Penance,€to€whom€he€moves€the€great€love€ofÏGod,€which€they€do€conceive€in€the€internal,€œdarksom›€and€cleansing€retirement€of€em;€because€œððtis›Ð ?,Û%* Ðnot€good€to€spend€the€Body€and€the€Sprit€all€at€once,€nor€break€their€strength€by€rigorous€andÏexcessive€Penances,€seeing€they€are€œweakned›€by€internal€mortification.€For€which€reason€St.ÏòòIgnatius€œLoyola›óó€said€very€well€in€his€Exercises,€That€in€the€cleansing€way,€Corporal€PenancesÐ <Ø Ðwere€necessary,€which€in€the€illuminating€way€ought€to€be€moderated,€and€much€more€in€theÏœunitive›.œÌà  à116.€›But€thou€wilt€say,€That€the€Saints€always€used€œgrevious›€Penances.€I€answer,€that€theyÏdid€ððem€not€with€indiscretion,€nor€after€their€own€proper€judgment,€but€with€the€opinion€of€theirÏœSuperious›€and€Spiritual€Directors€which€permitted€ððem€to€use€them,€because€they€knew€them€toÏbe€moved€inwardly€by€the€Lord€to€those€œrigours›,€to€confound€the€misery€of€sinners€by€theirÏexamples,€or€for€many€other€reasons.€Other€times€they€gave€them€leave€to€use€them€to€humble€theÏœfervour›€of€their€Spirit€and€counterpoise€their€Raptures;€which€are€all€particular€Motives€and€makeÏnot€any€general€Rule€for€all.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°_xAßÐ `ü  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVI.ÌÓ ÓÌÓ  Óòò›The€great€difference€between€External€and€Internal€Penances.œóóÐ 3Ï ÐÓ· ÓÌ117.€›Know€that€the€Mortifications€and€Penances€which€some€one€undertakes€of€himself,€are€lightÏ(although€they€may€be€the€most€rigorous,€which€œhithero›€have€been€done)€in€comparison€to€thoseÏhe€takes€from€anotherððs€hands:€because€in€the€first,€he€himself€enters€at€his€own€will,€which€abateÏthe€grief,€the€more€voluntary€it€is,€whilst€at€last€he€doth€but€that€which€he€is€willing:€But€in€theÏsecond,€all€that€is€œindured›,€is€painful:€and€the€way€also€painful,€in€which€it€is€œindured›,€that€is€to€say,Ïby€the€will€of€another.œÌà  à118.€›This€is€that€which€Christ€our€Lord€told€St.€òòPeteróó,€(St.€òòJohnóó€21.€18.)€When€thou€wastÐ “/ Ðyoung€and€a€beginner€in€œvertue›,€thou€œgirdest›€and€œmortifiedst›€thy€self;€but€when€thou€goest€toÏgreater€Schools,€and€shall€be€a€proficient€in€œvertue›,€an€other€shall€gird€and€œmortifie›€thee:€and€thenÏif€thou€wilt€œfollow›€me€perfectly,€altogether€denying€thy€self,€thou€must€leave€that€cross€of€thine,Ïand€take€up€mine,€that€is,€be€contented€that€another€œcrucifie›€thee.œÌà  à119.€›There€must€be€no€difference€made€between€these€and€those,€between€thy€Father€andÏthy€Son,€thy€Friend€and€thy€Brother;€these€must€be€the€first€to€œmortifie›€thee,€or€to€rise€up€againstÏthee,€whether€with€reason€or€without€reason,€thinking€the€œvertue›€of€thy€Soul,€cheat,€œhypocrisie›€orÏimprudence,€and€putting€stumbling„blocks€in€the€way€of€thy€holy€Exercises.€This,€and€much€moreÏwill€befall€thee€if€thou€wilt€heartily€serve€the€Lord,€and€make€thy€self€pure€from€his€hand.œÌà  à120.€›Hold€it€for€certain,€that€however€good€those€Mortification€and€External€Penances€be,Ïwhich€thou€shalt€undertake€of€thine€own€self,€thou€wilt€never€by€those€only€purchase€perfection:Ïfor€although€they€tame€the€Body,€yet€they€œpurifie›€not€the€Soul,€nor€purge€the€internal€Passions,Ïwhich€do€really€hinder€perfect€Contemplation€and€the€Divine€Union.œÌà  à121.€›ððœTis›€very€œeasie›€to€œmortifie›€the€Body€by€means€of€the€œSpirit;›€but€not€the€Sprit€byÏmeans€of€the€Body.€True€it€is,€that€in€Internal€Mortification,€and€that€of€the€Spirit,€it€muchÏconcerns€you,€for€conquering€your€Passions€and€rooting€up€your€own€Judgment€and€self„love,€toÏœlabour›€even€to€death,€without€any€manner€of€sparing€your€self,€although€the€Soul€be€in€the€highestÐ ?,Û%* Ðstate:€and€therefore€the€principal€diligence€ought€to€be€in€Internal€Mortification:€because€CorporalÏand€External€Mortification€is€not€enough,€though€it€be€good€and€holy.œÌà  à122.€›Though€a€man€should€receive€the€punishments€of€all€men€together,€and€do€theÏroughest€Penances€that€ever€have€been€done€in€Godððs€Church,€yet€if€he€do€not€deny€himself€andÏœmortifie›€himself€with€œinteriour›€mortification,€he€will€be€far€from€arriving€at€perfection.œÌà  à123.€›A€good€proof€of€this€truth€is€that€which€œbefel›€Saint€òòHenry€œSuson›óó,€to€whom€afterÐ  œ Ðtwenty€years€of€rigorous€Hair„cloth,€Discipline,€and€Abstinence€so€great,€that€even€to€read€ððem€isÏenough€to€make€ones€hair€stand€on€end,€God€communicated€light€by€means€of€an€œExtasie›,€byÏwhich€he€arrived€at€the€knowledge€that€he€had€not€yet€begun,€and€it€was€in€such€a€manner,€as€that,Ïtill€the€Lord€mortified€him€with€temptations€and€great€persecutions,€he€never€could€arrive€atÏperfection,€(his€Life,€òòchapóó.€23.)€Hence€thou€wilt€clearly€know€the€great€difference€that€there€isÐ œ8  Ðbetween€External€and€Internal€Penances,€and€Internal€and€External€Mortification.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°_xAßÐ `ü  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVII.ÌÓ8ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àHow›€the€Soul€is€to€carry€it€self€in€the€Faults€it€doth€commit,€that€œit›€may€not€be€disquieted€thereby,Ð 3Ï Ðbut€reap€good€out€of€it.œóóл(#(# ÐÌ124.€When€thou€fallest€into€a€fault,€in€what€matter€soever€it€be,€do€not€trouble€nor€afflict€thy€selfÏfor€it:€for€they€are€effects€of€our€frail€nature,€stained€by€Original€Sin;€so€prone€to€Evil,€that€it€hathÏa€necessity€of€a€most€special€Grace€and€Priviledge,€as€the€most€holy€Virgin€had,€to€be€free€andÏexempt€from€Venial€Sins.€(òòCouncil€ofóó€Trent,€òòSess.€6.€Can.€23.óó)Ð »W Ðà  à125.€›If€when€thou€œfallest›€into€a€fault€or€a€piece€of€neglect,€thou€dost€disturb€and€chide€thyÏself,€ððœtis›€a€manifest€sign,€that€secret€pride€doth€still€reign€in€thy€soul:€didst€thou€believe,€that€thouÏœcouldððst›€not€more€fall€into€faults€and€frailties?€if€God€permits€some€failings€even€in€the€most€holyÏand€perfect€men,€it€is€to€leave€ððem€some€remnant€of€themselves€of€the€time€that€they€wereÏbeginners,€to€keep€ððem€more€secure€and€humble,€it€is€that€they€may€think€always,€that€they€areÏnever€departed€from€that€state,€whilst€they€still€keep€upon€the€faults€of€their€beginnings.œÌà  à126.€›What€dost€thou€marvel€at,€if€thou€œfallest›€into€some€light€fault€or€frailty?€humble€thyÏself;€know€thy€misery€and€thank€God€that€he€has€preserved€thee€from€infinite€sins,€into€which€thouÏœmnððt›€have€infallibly€fallen,€and€wouldst€have€fallen€according€to€thy€inclination€and€appetite:€WhatÏcan€be€expected€from€the€slippery€ground€of€our€nature,€but€œstumps›,€œbryers›€and€thorns?€ððœTis›€aÏMiracle€of€Divine€Grace,€not€to€fall€every€moment€into€faults€innumerable.€We€should€offend€allÏthe€œWorld,›€if€God€should€not€hold€his€hand€continually€over€us.œÌà  à127.›€The€common€enemy€will€make€thee€believe,€that,€as€soon€as€thou€œfallest›€into€anyÏfault,€thou€dost€not€go€well€grounded€in€the€way€of€the€Spirit,€that€thou€œwalkest›€in€Error,€thatÏthou€hast€not€in€earnest€reformed€thy€self,€that€thou€didst€not€make€well€the€general€confession,Ïthat€thou€hast€not€true€grief,€and€therefore€art€out€of€God€and€of€his€œfavour›:€and€if€thou€shaltÏsometimes€commit€again,€by€misfortune,€a€venial€fault,€how€many€fears,€frights,€confusions,Ïdiscouragements€and€various€discourses€will€the€Devil€put€into€thy€œherrt›?€he€will€represent€to€thee,Ïthat€thou€œemployest›€thy€time€in€vain;€that€thou€dost€just€as€much€as€comes€to€nothing;€that€thyÐ ?,Û%* ÐPrayer€doth€thee€no€good;€that€thou€œdisposest›€not€the€self,€as€thou€œoughtest›,€to€receive€the€holyÏSacrament;€that€thou€dost€not€œmortifie›€thy€self,€as€thou€œpromiseth›€to€God€daily;€that€Prayer€andÏCommunion€without€Mortification€is€œmeer›€vanity:€herewith€would€he€make€thee€distrust€of€theÏDivine€Grace,€telling€thee€of€thy€misery€and€making€a€œGyant›€of€it,€and€putting€into€thy€head,€thatÏevery€day€thy€Soul€grows€worse€instead€of€better,€whilst€it€so€often€repeats€those€failings.œÌà  à128.€›O€blessed€Soul,€open€thine€eyes,€suffer€not€thy€self€to€be€carried€away€by€the€deceitfulÏand€gilded€tricks€of€Satan,€who€seeks€thy€œruine›€and€œcowardise›€with€these€lying€and€seemingÏreasons:€Cut€off€these€discourses€and€considerations,€and€shut€the€gate€against€these€vainÏThoughts€and€diabolical€Suggestions;€lay€aside€these€vain€fears,€and€remove€this€faint„heartedness,Ïknowing€thy€misery,€and€trusting€in€the€Mercy€Divine:€and€if€to€morrow€thou€dost€fall€again,€asÏthou€œdidððst›€to€day,€trust€again€the€more€in€that€œsupream›,€and€more€than€infinite€Goodness,€soÏready€to€forget€our€faults,€and€receive€us€into€his€Arms€as€dear€Children.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°_xAßÐ `ü  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVIII.ÌÓ )ÓÌÓ  ÓòòTreateth€of€the€Same€Point.óóÐ 3Ï ÐÓ5)ÓÌ129.€›At€all€times€therefore€thou€œoughtest›,€when€thou€œseest›€thy€self€in€fault,€with€out€losing€time,Ïor€making€discourses€upon€the€failing,€to€drive€away€vain€Fear€and€œCowardise›,€without€disturbingÏor€chiding€thy€self,€but€knowing€thy€fault€with€Humility,€looking€on€thy€misery,€œrowling›€thy€selfÏwith€a€loving€confidence€on€the€Lord,€going€into€his€presence,€asking€him€Pardon€heartily,€andÏwithout€noise€of€words;€keep€thy€self€reposed€in€doing€this,€without€discoursing€whether€he€hathÏor€hath€not€forgiven€thee,€returning€to€thy€Exercises€and€Retirements,€as€if€thou€œhasððst›€not€Sinned.œÌà  à130.€›Would€not€he€be€a€œmeer›€Fool,€which€running€at€œTurneament›€with€others,€and€fallingÏin€the€best€of€the€Career,€should€lie€weeping€on€the€ground,€and€afflicting€himself€with€discoursesÏupon€his€fall?€Man€(they€would€tell€him)€loose€no€time,€get€up€and€take€the€Course€again;€for€heÏthat€rises€again€quickly,€and€continues€his€Race,€is€as€if€he€had€never€fallen.œÌà  à131.›€If€thou€hast€a€desire€to€get€to€a€high€degree€of€Perfection€and€inward€Peace,€thouÏmust€use€the€Weapon€of€Confidence€in€the€Divine€Goodness,€night€and€day,€and€always€whenÏthou€œfallest›.€This€humble€and€loving€Conversation,€and€total€Confidence€in€the€Mercy€Divine,€thouÏmust€exercise€in€all€faults,€imperfections,€and€failings€that€thou€shalt€commit,€either€by€advertenceÏor€inadvertency.Ìà  à132.€And€although€thou€often€œfallest›,€and€œseest›€thy€Pusillanimity,€and€œendeavour›€to€getÏcourage,€and€afflict€not€thy€self;€because€what€God€doth€not€do€in€forty€Years,€he€sometimes€dothÏin€an€instant,€with€a€particular€Mystery,€that€we€may€live€low€and€humble,€and€know€that€ððœtis›€theÏWork€of€his€powerful€Hand,€to€free€us€from€Sins.œÌà  à133.›€God€also€is€willing,€of€ineffable€Wisdom,€that,€not€only€by€Vertues,€but€also€by€VicesÏand€the€Passions€wherewith€the€Devil€seeks€and€pretends€to€strike€us€down€to€the€bottomless€Pit,Ïwe€make€a€Ladder€to€scale€Heaven€withœ.€òòAscendamus€etiam€per€vitia€&€passiones€nostrasóó,€saysÐ g*$( ÐSt.€òòAustineóó€(òòSerm.€3.€de€Ascens.óó)€›That€we€may€not€make€Poison€of€Physick,€and€Vices€of€Vertues,Ð S+ï$) Ðby€becoming€vain€by€ððem;€God€would€have€us€make€Vertues€of€Vices,€healing€us€by€that€veryÐ ?,Û%* Ðthing€which€would€hurt€us:€So€says€St.€òòGregoryœóó,€òòQuia€ergo€nos€de€medicamento€vulnus€facimus,Ð d Ðfacit€ille€de€vulnere€medicamentum;€ut€qui€virtute€percutimur,€vitio€curemuróó,€(Lib.€37.c.9.)Ð Pì Ðà  à134.€›By€means€of€small€failings,€the€Lord€makes€us€know€that€his€Majesty€is€that€whichÏfrees€us€from€great€ones;€and€herewith€he€keeps€us€humbled€and€vigilant;€of€which€our€proudÏNature€hath€most€need:€And€therefore€though€thou€oughtest€to€walk€with€great€care,€not€to€fallÏinto€any€fault€or€imperfection,€if€thou€seest€thy€self€fallen€once€and€a€thousand€times,€thouÏoughtest€to€make€use€of€the€Remedy€which€I€have€given€thee,€that€is,€a€loving€Confidence€in€theÏDivine€Mercy:€These€are€the€Weapons€with€which€thou€must€fight€and€conquer€Cowardise€andÏvain€Thoughts:€This€is€the€means€thou€oughtest€to€use,€not€to€lose€time,€not€to€disturb€thy€self,Ïand€reap€good:€This€is€the€Treasure€wherewith€thou€must€enrich€thy€Soul:€and€lastly,€hereby€mustÏthou€get€up€the€high€Mountain€of€Perfection,€Tranquility€and€Internal€Peace.œÐ  œ8  ÐÓ  Óñ¤ñÑ ýn Ññ¤ññ¥ñÑ  l Ññ¥ñßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°ªxAßÐ «û ÐÌTHE›ÌÌÔ‡„ù—„XX•HԜր0ì ÖÖ€1ì Ö›Spiritual€Guide,Ô#†X•HX„„ù—Ê7#ÔÐ ~Î ÐÌÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔWhich€brings€the€Soul€to€the€getting€of€Inward€œPeace.Ô#†X•HXîîJM^8#ÔÐ Ê  ÐÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°Ù xAßÐ Ú *  МòòThe›€Third€œBook.óóÐ é 9  ЛßA€" ) °°xdE°Ô xAßÐ Õ %  ÐÓÜ6ÓÌœà0  àà ° àOf›€œSpiritual›€Martyrdoms€whereby€God€Purges€Souls;€of€œContemplation,›€infused€and€passive;€ofÏPerfect€Resignation,€Inward€Humility,€Divine€Wisdom,€True€Annihilation,€and€InternalÏœPeace.Ð (#(# ÐÌ›ßA€" ) °°xdE°xAßÐ €Ð  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€I.ÌÓ;ÓÌòòÓ  ÓThe€Difference€between€the€Outward€and€Inward€Man.œóóÐ S£ ÐÓG;ÓÌ1.€›THERE€are€two€sorts€of€Spiritual€Persons,€Internal€and€External:€these€seek€œGod›€by€without,Ïby€Discourse,€by€Imagination€and€Consideration:€they€œendeavour›€mainly€to€get€œVertues›,€manyÏœAbstinences›,€Maceration€of€Body,€and€Mortification€of€the€Senses:€they€give€themselves€toÏrigorous€Penance;€they€put€on€Sack„cloth,€chastise€the€flesh€by€Discipline,€endeavour€silence,€bearÏthe€presence€of€God,€forming€him€present€to€themselves€in€their€Idea€of€him,€or€their€Imagination,Ïsometimes€as€a€Pastor,€sometimes€as€a€Physician,€and€sometimes€as€a€Father€and€Lord:€theyÏdelight€to€be€continually€speaking€of€God,€very€often€making€fervent€Acts€of€Love;€and€all€this€isÏArt€and€Meditation:€by€this€way€they€desire€to€be€great,€and€by€the€power€of€voluntary€andÏœexteriour›€Mortifications,€they€go€in€quest€of€sensible€Affections€and€warm€Sentiments,€thinkingÏthat€God€resides€only€in€them,€when€they€have€ððem.€This€is€the€External€Way,€and€the€Way€ofÏBeginners,€and€though€it€be€good,€yet€there€is€no€arriving€at€Perfection€by€it;€nay,€there€is€not€soÏmuch€as€one€step€towards€it,€as€Experience€œshews›€in€many,€that€after€fifty€years€of€this€externalÏexercise,€are€void€of€God,€and€full€of€themselves,€having€nothing€of€spiritual€Men,€but€just€theÏname€of€such.œÌà  à2.›€There€are€others€truly€Spiritual,€which€have€passed€by€the€beginnings€of€the€InteriourÏWay€which€leads€to€Perfection€and€Union€with€God;€and€to€which€the€Lord€called€ððem€by€hisÏinfinite€Mercy,€from€that€outward€Way,€in€which€before€they€exercised€themselves.€These€menÏretired€in€the€inward€part€of€their€Souls,€with€true€Resignation€into€the€Hands€of€God,€with€a€totalÏputting€off€and€forgetting€even€of€themselves;€do€always€go€with€a€œraisððd›€Spirit€to€the€Presence€ofÏthe€Lord,€by€the€means€of€pure€Faith,€without€Image,€Form€or€Figure,€but€with€great€assuranceÏfounded€in€tranquility€and€rest€Internal:€in€whose€infused€meeting€and€entertainment,€the€spiritÏdraws€with€so€much€force,€that€it€makes€the€Soul€contract€inwardly,€the€Heart,€the€Body€and€allÏthe€Powers€of€it.œÌà  à3.€›These€Souls,€as€they€are€already€passed€by€the€œinteriour›€Mortification,€and€have€beenÐ _,¯'/  Ðcleansed€by€God€with€the€Fire€of€Tribulation,€with€infinite€and€horrible€Torments,€all€of€themÏordained€by€his€hand,€and€after€his€way,€are€Masters€of€themselves,€because€they€are€œintirely›Ïsubdued€and€denied;€which€makes€them€live€with€great€Repose€and€internal€Peace:€and€although€inÏmany€occasions€they€feel€Resistance€and€Temptations,€yet€they€become€presently€Victorious,Ïbecause€being€already€Souls€of€Proof,€and€indued€with€Divine€Strength,€the€motions€of€PassionsÏcannot€last€long€upon€them;€and€although€vehement€Temptations€and€troublesome€Suggestions€ofÏthe€Enemy€may€persevere€a€long€time€about€them,€yet€they€are€all€œconquerððd›€with€infinite€gain;ÏGod€being€he€that€Fights€within€them.œÌà  à4.€›These€Souls€have€already€procured€themselves€a€great€Light,€and€a€true€Knowledge€ofÏChrist€our€Lord,€both€of€his€Divinity€and€his€Humanity:€They€exercise€this€infused€KnowledgeÏwith€a€quiet€Silence€in€the€inward€entertainment,€and€the€superiour€part€of€their€Souls,€with€aÏSpirit€free€from€Images€and€external€Representations,€with€a€love€that€is€pure€and€stripped€of€allÏCreatures;€they€are€raised€also€from€outward€Actions€to€the€love€of€Humanity€and€Divinity;€soÏmuch€as€they€enjoy,€they€forget,€and€in€all€of€it€they€find€that€they€love€their€God€with€all€theirÏHeart€and€Spirit.œÌà  à5.€›These€blessed€and€sublimated€Souls€take€no€pleasure€in€any€thing€of€the€World,€butÏcontempt€and€in€being€alone,€and€in€being€forsaken€and€forgotten€by€every€body:€They€live€soÏdisinterested€and€taken€off,€that€though€they€continually€receive€many€supernatural€Graces,€yetÏthey€are€not€changed,€no€not€at€those€inclinations,€being€just€as€if€they€had€not€received€ððem,Ïkeeping€always€in€the€in„most€of€their€Hearts€a€great€lowliness€and€contempt€of€themselves;Ïalways€humbled€in€the€depth€of€their€own€unworthiness€and€vileness:€In€the€same€manner€they€areÏalways€quiet,€serene,€and€possessed€with€evenness€of€mind€in€Graces€and€œFavours›€extraordinary,Ïas€also€in€the€most€rigorous€and€bitter€Torments.€There€is€no€News€that€œchears›€ððem;€no€SuccessÏthat€makes€them€sad;€Tribulation€never€disturb€them;€nor€the€œinteriour›,€continual€and€divineÏCommunication€make€ððem€vain€and€conceited;€they€remain€always€full€of€holy€and€filial€Fear,€in€aÏwonderful€Peace,€Constancy€and€Serenity.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°GxAßÐ Hä ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€II.ÌÓ¨MÓÌòòÓ  Ó›Pursues€the€Same.œóóÐ "· ÐÓÒMÓÌ6.€›In€the€external€Way€they€take€care€to€do€continual€Acts€of€all€the€Vertues,€one€after€another,€toÏget€to€the€attainment€of€ððem:€They€pretend€to€purge€Imperfections€with€Industries,€proportionableÏto€Destruction;€they€take€care€to€root€up€Interests,€one€after€another,€with€a€different€and€contraryÏExercise.€But€though€they€endeavour€never€so€much,€they€arrive€at€nothing:€because€we€cannotÏdo€any€thing€which€is€not€Imperfection€and€Misery.œÌà  à7.€›But€in€the€inward€Way€and€loving€Entertainment€in€the€Presence€Divine,€as€the€Lord€isÏhe€that€works,€œVertue›€is€established,€Interests€are€rooted€up,€Imperfections€are€œdestroyððd›€andÏPassions€removed;€which€makes€the€Soul€free€unexpectedly,€and€taken€off,€when€occasions€areÏrepresented,€without€so€much€as€thinking€of€the€good€which€God€of€his€infinite€Mercy€preparedÏfor€ððem.œÐ ?,Û%* Ðà  à8.€›It€must€be€known€that€these€œSouls,›€though€thus€Perfect,€as€they€have€the€true€Light€ofÏGod,€yet€by€it€they€know€profoundly,€their€own€miseries,€weakness€and€imperfections,€and€whatÏthey€yet€want€to€arrive€at€Perfection,€towards€which€they€are€walking;€they€are€afflicted€and€abhorÏthemselves;€they€exercise€themselves€in€a€loving€fear€of€God,€and€contempt€of€themselves,€butÏwith€a€true€Hope€in€God,€and€œDis›„confidence€in€themselves.€The€more€they€are€humbled€with€trueÏcontempt€and€knowledge€of€themselves,€the€more€they€please€God,€and€arrive€at€a€singular€respectÏand€veneration€in€his€Presence.€Of€all€the€good€Works€that€they€do,€and€of€all€that€they€continuallyÏsuffer,€as€well€within€as€without,€they€make€no€manner€of€account€before€that€Divine€Presence.œÌà  à9.€›Their€continual€Exercise€is,€to€enter€into€themselves,€in€God,€with€quiet€and€silence;Ïbecause€there€is€his€Center,€Habitation€and€Delight.€They€make€a€greater€account€of€this€interiourÏRetirement,€than€of€speaking€of€God;€they€retire€into€that€interiour€and€secret€Center€of€the€Soul,Ïto€know€God€and€receive€his€Divine€Influence,€with€fear€and€loving€reverence;€if€they€go€out,€theyÏgo€out€only€to€know€and€despise€themselves.œÌà  à10.€›But€know€that€few€are€the€Souls€which€arrive€at€this€happy€State;€because€few€thereÏare€that€are€willing€to€embrace€contempt,€and€suffer€themselves€to€be€Refined€and€Purified;€uponÏwhich€account,€although€there€are€many€that€enter€into€this€interiour€Way,€yet€ððtis€a€rare€thing€forÏa€Soul€to€go€on,€and€not€stick€upon€the€entrance.€The€Lord€said€to€a€Soul,€ð ðThis€inward€Way€isÏtread€by€few;€ððtis€so€high€a€Grace,€that€none€deserves€it;€few€walk€in€it,€because€ððtis€no€other€thanÏa€Death€of€the€senses;€and€few€there€be€that€are€willing€so€to€Die€and€be€Annihilated;€in€whichÏdisposition€this€so€soveraign€a€Gift€is€founded.ððœÌà  à11.€›Herewith€thou€wilt€undeceive€thy€self,€and€perfectly€know€the€great€difference€whichÏthere€is€between€the€external€and€internal€Way,€and€how€different€that€Presence€of€God€is€whichÏarise€from€Meditation,€from€that€which€is€Infused€and€Supernatural,€arising€from€the€interior€andÏinfused€œIntertainment›,€and€from€passive€Contemplation;€and€lastly,€you€will€know€the€greatÏdifference€which€is€between€the€outward€and€inward€Man.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°[xAßÐ \ø ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€III.ÌÓùZÓÌòòà0  àà ° àThe›€means€of€obtaining€Peace€Internal,€is€not€the€Delight€of€Sense€nor€Spiritual€Consolation,€butÐ /!Ë Ðthe€denying€of€Self„love.œóóÐ"·(#(# ÐÌ12.€›It€is€the€saying€of€S.€òòBernardóó,€That€to€serve€God,€is€nothing€else€but€to€do€Good€and€sufferÐ ó#! ÐEvil.€He€that€would€go€to€Perfection€by€the€means€of€sweetness€and€consolation,€is€mistaken:€YouÏmust€desire€no€other€Consolation€from€God,€than€to€end€your€Life€for€his€sake,€in€the€state€of€trueÏObedience€and€Subjection.€Christ€our€Lordððs€way€was€not€that€of€Sweetness€and€Softness,€nor€didÏhe€invite€us€to€any€such,€either€by€his€words€or€Example,€when€he€said,€„„òòHe€that€will€come€afterÐ £'?!% Ðme,€let€him€deny€himself,€and€let€him€take€up€his€Cross€and€follow€me,óó€(òòSt.óó€Matth.€24.€26.)€TheÐ (+"& ÐSoul€that€would€be€United€to€Christ,€must€be€conformable€to€him,€following€him€in€the€way€ofÏsuffering.œÌà  à13.€›Thou€wilt€scarce€begin€to€relish€the€sweetness€of€Divine€Love€in€Prayer,€but€theÏEnemy€with€his€deceitful€Craftiness€will€be€kindling€in€thy€Heart€desires€of€the€Desert€andÐ ?,Û%* ÐSolitude,€that€thou€mayest€without€any€bodies€hindrance€œspred›€the€sails€to€continual€&€delightfulÏPrayer.€Open€thine€eyes€and€consider€that€this€counsel€and€desire€is€not€conformable€to€the€trueÏcounsel€of€Christ€our€Lord,€who€has€not€invited€us€to€follow€the€sweetness€and€comfort€of€ourÏown€Will,€but€the€denying€of€our€selves,€saying,€òòœAbneget›€œsemetipsum›óó:€As€if€he€should€say,€He€thatÐ ( Ä Ðwill€follow€me,€and€come€unto€Perfection,€let€him€part€with€his€own€Will€wholly,€and€leaving€allÏthings,€let€him€œintirely›€submit€to€the€Yoke€of€Obedience€and€Subjection,€by€means€of€Self„œdenyal›,Ïwhich€is€the€truest€Cross.œÌà  à14.€›There€are€many€Souls€dedicated€to€God,€which€receive€from€his€Hand€great€Thoughts,ÏVisions,€and€mental€Elevations,€and€yet€for€all€that,€the€Lord€keeps€from€ððem,€the€Grace€ofÏworking€Miracles,€understanding€hidden€Secrets,€foretelling€future€Contingencies,€as€heÏcommunicates€these€things€to€other€Souls€which€have€constantly€gone€through€Tribulations,ÏTemptations,€and€the€true€Cross,€in€the€state€of€perfect€Humility,€Obedience€and€Subjection.œÌà  à15.€O€what€a€great€Happiness€is€it€for€a€Soul€to€be€subdued€and€subject!€what€great€RichesÏis€it€to€be€Poor!€what€a€mighty€honour€to€be€despised!€what€a€height€is€it€to€be€beaten€down!€whatÏa€comfort€is€it€to€be€afflicted!€what€a€credit€of€knowledge€is€it€to€be€reputed€Ignorant!€and€finally,Ïwhat€a€Happiness€of€Happinesses€is€it€to€be€Crucified€with€Christ!€This€is€that€lot€which€theÏApostle€gloried€in,€òòNos€autem€gloriari€oportet€in€cruce€Domini€nostri€Jesu€Christióó)€(òòGalóó.€6.€14.)Ð $À ÐLet€others€boast€in€their€Riches,€Dignities,€Delights€and€Honours;€but€to€us€there€is€no€higherÏhonour,€than€to€be€denied,€despised€and€crucified€with€Christ.Ìà  à16.€›But€what€a€grief€is€this,€that€scarce€is€there€one€Soul€which€despises€spiritual€pleasuresÏand€is€willing€to€be€denied€for€Christ,€œimbracing›€his€Cross€with€love,€òòMulti€œsunt›€œvocati›;€œpauci›€œvero›Ð Ôp Мelecti›óó,€(òòMattóó.€22.)€says€the€Holy€Ghost:€many€are€they€who€are€œcallððd›€to€perfection,€but€few€areÐ À\ Ðthey€that€arrive€at€it:€because€they€are€few€who€œimbrace›€the€Cross€with€patience,€constancy,€peaceÏand€resignation.œÌà  à17.€›To€deny€ones€self€in€all€things,€to€be€subject€to€anotherððs€judgment,€to€œmortifie›Ïcontinually€all€inward€passions,€to€annihilate€ones€self€in€all€respects,€to€follow€always€that€whichÏis€contrary€to€ones€own€will,€appetite€and€judgment,€are€things€that€few€can€do:€many€are€thoseÏthat€teach€ððem,€but€few€are€they€that€œpractise›€ððem.œÌà  à18.€›Many€Souls€have€undertaken,€and€daily€do€undertake,€this€Way;€and€they€persevere€allÏthe€while€they€keep€the€sweet€relish€of€their€primitive€œFervour›;€but€this€sweetness€and€sensibleÏdelight€is€scarce€done,€but€presently,€upon€the€overtaking€of€a€Storm€of€Trouble,€Temptation€andÏDryness€(which€are€necessary€things€to€help€a€man€up€the€high€Mountain€of€Perfection)€they€falterÏand€turn€back:€a€clear€sign€that€they€sought€themselves,€and€not€God€or€Perfectionœ.Ìà  à19.›€May€it€please€God,€that€the€Souls€which€have€had€light,€and€been€called€to€an€inwardÏpeace,€and€by€not€being€constant€in€dryness€and€tribulation€and€temptation,€have€started€back€mayÏnot€be€cast€into€outer€darkness,€with€him€that€had€not€on€him€a€wedding€garment;€although€he€wasÏa€servant,€for€not€being€disposed,€giving€himself€up€to€self„love.œÌà  à20.€›This€Monster€must€be€vanquished,€this€seven„headed€beast€of€self„love€must€beÏbeheaded,€in€order€to€get€up€to€the€top€of€the€high€mountain€of€peace.€This€Monster€put€his€headÏevery„where;€sometimes€it€gets€amongst€Relations,€which€œstranglely›€hinder€with€theirÏconversation;€to€which€nature€easily€letððs€it€self€be€lead;€sometimes€it€gets€with€a€good€look€ofÏgratitude,€into€passionate€affection,€and€without€restraint,€towards€the€Confessor;€sometimes€intoÐ 0,Ì%) Ðaffection€to€most€subtle€Spiritual€vain„glories€and€temporal€ones,€and€niceties€of€honour;€whichÏthings€stick€very€close;€sometimes€it€cleaves€to€spiritual€pleasures,€staying€even€in€the€gifts€ofÏGod,€and€in€his€graces€freely€bestowed;€sometimes€it€desires€exceedingly€the€preservation€ofÏhealth,€and€with€disguise,€to€be€used€well,€and€its€own€proper€profit,€and€conveniences;€sometimesÏit€would€seem€well,€with€very€curious€œsubtilties›:€and€lastly,€it€cleaves€with€a€notable€propensity,€toÏits€own€proper€judgment€and€opinion€in€all€things;€the€roots€of€which€are€closely€fixed€in€its€ownÏwill:€All€these€are€effects€of€Self„love,€and€if€they€be€not€denied,€impossible€it€is€that€a€man€shouldÏever€get€up€to€the€height€of€perfect€Contemplation,€to€the€highest,€œhappiess›€of€the€loving€Union,Ïand€the€lofty€Throne€of€Peace€Internal.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°›xAßÐ œ8  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IV.ÌÓsÓÌòòà0  àà ° àOf›€two€œSpiritual›€Martyrdoms,€wherewith€God€œcleanseth›€the€Soul€that€he€unites€with€Himself.œóóÐo (#(# ÐÌ21.€›Now€you€shall€know€that€God€uses€two€ways€for€the€Cleansing€the€Souls€which€he€wouldÏperfect€and€enlighten,€to€unite€ððem€closely€to€himself:€The€first€(of€which€we€will€treat€in€this€andÏthe€following€Chapter)€is€with€the€bitter€Waters€of€Afflictions,€Anguish,€Distress,€and€inwardÏTorments.€The€second€is,€with€the€burning€Fire€of€an€inflamed€Love,€a€Love€impatient€and€hungry:ÏSometimes€he€makes€use€of€both€in€those€Souls€which€he€would€fill€with€Perfection;€sometimes€heÏputs€ððem€into€the€strong€steeping€of€Tribulations,€and€inward€and€outward€Bitterness,€scorchingÏððem€with€the€Fire€of€rigorous€Temptation;€sometimes€he€puts€ððem€into€the€Crucible€of€anxious€andÏdistrustful€Love,€making€ððem€fast€there€with€a€mighty€force;€because€so€much€the€greater€as€theÏLord€would€have€the€Illumination€and€Union€of€a€Soul€to€be,€so€much€the€more€strong€is€theÏTorment€and€the€Purgation;€because€all€the€Knowledge€and€Union€with€God,€arises€fromÏsuffering,€which€is€the€truest€proof€of€Love.œÌà  à22.€›O€that€thou€œwouldððst›€understand€the€great€Good€of€Tribulation!€This€is€that€whichÏœblots›€out€Sins,€cleanses€the€Soul,€and€produces€Patience:€this€in€Prayer€inflames€it,€œinlarges›€it,€andÏputs€it€upon€the€exercise€of€the€most€sublime€act€of€Charity:€this€œrejoyces›€the€Soul,€brings€it€nearÏto€God,€calls€it€to,€and€gives€it€entrance€into€Heaven:€The€same€is€that€which€tries€the€trueÏServants€of€God,€and€renders€ððem€sweet,€valiant€and€constant:€that€is€it€which€makes€God€hearÏððem€with€speed.€òòAd€œdominum›,€cum€œtribularer›,€œclamavi›€&€œexaudivit›€meóó,€(Ps.€119.)€ððœTis›€that€whichÐ #£  ÐAnnihilates,€Refines€and€Perfects€ððem:€and€finally,€this€is€that€which€of€Earthly,€makes€SoulsÏHeavenly,€of€Humane,€Divine,€transforming€ððem€and€uniting€ððem€in€an€admirable€manner€with€theÏLordððs€Humanity€and€Divinity.€It€was€well€said€by€St.€òòAugustineóó,€That€the€Life€of€the€Soul,€uponÐ Ë%g# ÐEarth€is€Temptation.€Blessed€is€the€Soul€which€is€always€opposed,€if€it€doth€constantly€resistÏTemptation.€This€is€the€means€which€the€Lord€makes€use€œof€to›€Humble€it,€to€Annihilate€it,€toÏSpend€it,€to€œMortifie›€it,€to€Deny€it,€to€Perfect€it,€and€fill€it€with€this€Divine€Gifts:€By€this€means€ofÏTribulation€and€Temptation€he€comes€to€Crown€and€Transform€it.€œPerswade›€thy€self€thatÏTemptations€and€œFightings›€are€necessary€for€the€Soul,€to€make€it€Perfect.œÌà  à23.€›O€blessed€Soul,€if€thou€knowest€how€to€be€constant€and€quiet€in€the€Fire€ofÏTribulation,€and€wouldððst€but€let€thy€self€be€washed€with€the€bitter€Waters€of€Affliction,€howÐ ?,Û%* Ðquickly€wouldððst€thou€find€thy€self€rich€in€heavenly€Gifts;€how€soon€would€the€Divine€BountyÏmake€a€rich€Throne€in€thy€Soul,€and€a€goodly€Habitation€for€thee€to€refresh€and€solace€thy€self€inÏit!œÌà  à24.€›Know€that€this€Lord€hath€his€repose€no€where€but€in€quiet€Souls,€and€in€those€in€whichÏthe€Fire€of€Tribulation€and€Temptation€hath€burnt€up€the€dregs€of€Passion,€and€the€bitter€Water€ofÏAfflictions€hath€washed€off€the€filthy€spots€of€inordinate€Appetites;€in€a€word,€this€Lord€reposesÏnot€himself€any€where,€but€where€Quietness€reigns,€and€Self„love€is€banished.œÌà  à25.€›But€thou€wilt€never€arrive€at€this€happy€State,€nor€find€in€thy€Soul€the€precious€PledgeÏof€Peace€Internal,€although€thou€hast€gotten€the€better€of€the€External€Senses€by€the€Grace€ofÏœGod,›€till€it€become€purified€from€the€disordered€Passions€of€Concupiscence,€Self„esteem€DesireÏand€Thoughts,€how€spiritual€soever,€and€many€other€Interests€and€secret€Vices,€which€lye€withinÏthe€very€Soul€of€thee,€miserably€œhindring›€the€peaceable€entrance€of€that€great€Lord€into€it,€whoÏwould€be€united€and€transformed€with€thee.œÌà  à26.€›The€very€œVertues›€acquired,€and€not€purified,€are€a€hindrance€to€this€great€Gift€of€theÏPeace€of€the€Soul:€and€more,€the€Soul€is€clogged€by€an€inordinate€desire€of€sublime€Gifts,€by€theÏAppetite€of€feeling€spiritual€Consolation,€by€sticking€to€Infused€and€Divine€Graces,€œintertaining›€itÏself€in€ððem,€and€desiring€more€of€ððem,€to€enjoy€ððem,€and€finally,€by€a€desire€of€begin€great.œÌà  à27.€›O€how€much€is€there€to€be€purified€in€a€Soul€that€must€arrive€at€the€holy€Mountain€ofÏPerfection,€and€of€Transformation€with€God!€O€how€disposed,€naked,€denied,€annihilated€oughtÏthe€Soul€to€be,€which€would€not€hinder€the€entrance€of€this€Divine€Lord€into€it,€nor€his€continualÏCommunication.œÌà  à28.€›This€disposition€of€preparing€the€Soul,€in€its€bottom,€for€Divine€Entrance,€must€ofÏnecessity€be€made€by€the€Divine€Wisdom.€If€a€Seraphim€is€not€sufficient€to€œpurifie›€the€Soul,€howÏshall€a€Soul€that€is€frail€miserable€and€without€experience,€ever€be€able€to€œpurifie›€it€self?œÌà  à29.€›Therefore€the€Lord€himself€will€dispose€thee€and€prepare€thee€passively€by€a€way€thouÏœunderstandest›€not,€with€the€Fire€of€Tribulation€and€inward€Torment,€without€any€other€dispositionÏon€thy€side,€than€a€consent€to€the€internal€and€external€Cross.œÌà  à30.€›Thou€wilt€find€within€thy€self€a€passive€dryness,€darkness,€anguish,€contradictions,Ïcontinual€resistance,€inward€desertions,€horrible€desolations,€continual€and€strong€suggestions,Ïand€vehement€temptations€of€the€Enemy;€finally,€thou€wilt€see€thy€self€so€afflicted,€that€thou€wiltÏnot€be€able€to€lift€up€thy€Heart,€being€full€of€sorrow€and€heaviness,€nor€do€the€least€act€of€Faith,ÏHope€or€Charity.œÌà  à31.€›Here€thou€wilt€see€thy€self€forlorn€and€subject€to€Passions€of€impatience,€anger,€rage,Ïswearing,€and€disordered€appetites,€seeming€to€thy€self€the€most€miserable€Creature,€the€greatestÏSinner€in€the€World,€the€most€abhorred€of€God,€deprived€and€œstript›€of€all€œVertue›,€with€a€pain€likeÏthat€of€Hell,€seeing€thy€self€afflicted€and€desolate,€to€think€that€thou€hast€altogether€lost€God;€thisÏwill€be€thy€cruel€cutting€and€most€bitter€torment.œÌà  à32.€›But€though€thou€shalt€see€thy€self€so€oppressed,€seeming€to€thy€self€to€be€proud,Ïimpatient€and€œwrothful›;€yet€these€temptations€shall€lose€their€force€and€power€upon€thee,€theyÏshall€have€no€place€in€thy€Soul,€by€a€secret€œVertue›,€the€œsoveraign›€Gift€of€inward€Strength,€whichÏrules€in€the€in„most€part€of€it,€conquering€the€most€œaffrightening›€punishment€and€pain,€and€theÏstrongest€temptation.œÐ 0,Ì%) Ðà  à33.€›Keep€constant,€O€blessed€Soul,€keep€constant;€for€it€will€not€be€as€thou€imaginest,€norÏart€thou€at€any€time€nearer€to€God,€than€in€such€cases€of€desertion;€for€although€the€Sun€is€hid€inÏthe€Clouds,€yet€it€changes€not€its€place,€nor€a€jot€the€more€loses€its€brightness.€The€Lord€permitsÏthis€painful€desertion€in€thy€Soul,€to€purge€and€polish€thee,€to€cleanse€thee€and€dis„robe€thee€of€thyÏself;€and€that€thou€mayest€in€this€manner€be€all€his,€and€give€thy€self€wholly€up€to€him,€as€hisÏinfinite€Bounty€is€intirely€given€to€thee,€that€thou€mayest€be€his€delight;€for€although€thou€dostÏgroan,€and€lament,€and€weep,€yet€he€is€joyful€and€glad€in€the€most€secret€and€hidden€place€of€thyÏSoul.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°¯xAßÐ °L  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€V.ÌÓÊÓÌòòà0  àà ° àHow›€important€and€necessary€it€is,€to€the€œinteriour›€Soul,€to€suffer€blindfold€this€first€andÐ ƒ  ÐSpiritual€Martyrdomœ.óóÐo (#(# ÐÌ34.€€To€the€end€that€the€Soul€of€Earthly€may€become€Heavenly,€and€may€come€to€that€greatestÏgood€of€Union€with€God,€it€is€necessary€for€it€to€be€purified€in€the€Fire€of€Tribulation€andÏTemptation:€And€although€it€be€true,€and€a€known€and€approved€Maxim,€That€all€those€that€ServeÏthe€Lord,€must€suffer€troubles,€persecutions€and€tribulations:€yet€the€happy€Souls€which€areÏGuided€by€God,€by€the€secret€way€of€the€interiour€Walk,€and€of€purgative€Contemplation,€mustÏsuffer€above€all,€strong€and€horrible€Temptations€and€Torments,€more€bitter€than€those€wherewithÏthe€Martyrs€were€crowned€in€the€Primitive€Church.Ìà  à›35.€€The€Martyrs,€besides€the€shortness€of€their€Torment,€which€hardly€endured€days,€wereÏcomforted,€with€a€clear€light€and€special€help,€in€hope€of€the€near€and€sure€Rewards.€€But€theÏdesolate€Soul€that€must€dye€in€it€self,€and€put€off,€and€make€clean€its€Heart,€seeing€it€selfÏabandoned€by€God,€surrounded€by€temptations,€darkness,€anguish,€affliction,€sorrows€and€rigidÏœdrowths›,€doth€taste€of€Death€every€moment€in€its€painful€Torment€and€tremendous€Desolation,Ïwithout€feeling€the€least€comfort,€with€an€affliction€so€great,€that€the€pain€of€it€seems€nothing€elseÏbut€a€Death€prolonged,€and€a€continual€Martyrdom:€wherein€with€great€reason€it€may€be€said,€thatÏalthough€there€be€many€Martyrs,€yet€there€are€few€Souls€which€follow€Christ€our€Lord€with€PeaceÏand€Resignation€in€such€Tormentsœ.Ìà  à36.€›Then€it€was€men€that€œMartyrððd›€ððem;€and€God€comforted€their€Souls:€but€now€it€is€GodÏthat€afflicts€and€hides€himself;€and€the€Devils,€like€cruel€Executioners,€have€a€thousand€ways€toÏtorment€the€Soul€and€Body,€the€whole€Man€being€Crucified€within€and€without.œÌà  à37.€›Thy€sorrows€will€seem€to€thee€insuperable,€and€thy€afflictions€past€the€power€ofÏcomfort,€and€that€Heaven€rains€no€more€upon€thee:€thou€wilt€feel€thy€self€œbegirt›€with€griefs,€andÏbesieged€with€sorrows€Internal,€from€the€darkness€of€thy€powers,€from€the€weakness€ofÏdiscourses:€strong€Temptations€will€afflict€thee,€painful€distrusts€and€troublesome€scruples;€nayÏLight€and€Judgment€will€forsake€thee.œÌà  à38.€›All€the€Creatures€will€give€thee€trouble;€spiritual€Counsels€will€bring€thee€pain;€theÏreading€of€Books,€how€holy€soever,€will€not€comfort€thee,€as€it€used€to€do:€If€they€speak€to€theeÏof€Patience,€they€will€exceedingly€trouble€thee:€the€fear€of€losing€God€through€thy€unthankfulnessÐ ?,Û%* Ðand€want€of€returns,€will€torment€thee€to€the€Soul;€if€thou€œgroanest›€and€œbeggest›€help€of€God,€thouÏwill€find,€instead€of€comfort,€inward€reproof€and€dis„œfavour›;€like€another€òòœCanaanitish›óó€Woman,€toÐ Pì Ðwhom€he€made€no€answer€at€first,€and€then€treated€her€as€the€Creature€he€was€speaking€of€[*€hereÏòòMolinosóó€is€beside€his€Text.]œÐ ( Ä Ðà  à39.€›And€although€at€this€time€the€Lord€will€not€abandon€thee,€because€it€would€beÏimpossible€to€live€one€moment€without€his€help,€yet€the€œsuccour›€will€be€so€secret€that€thy€Soul€willÏnot€know€it,€nor€be€capable€of€hope€and€consolation;€nay,€it€will€seem€to€be€without€remedy;Ïsuffering,€like€condemned€persons,€the€pains€of€Hell,€òò(œCircumdederunt›€me€œdolores›€mortis,€&Ð Ø t Мpericula›€œinferni›€œinvenerunt›€meóó,€Ps.€114)€and€it€would€change€ððem,€as€such,€with€a€violent€Death,Ð Ä ` Ðwhich€would€be€a€great€comfort;€but€(like€those)€the€end€of€those€afflictions€and€œbitternesses›€willÏseem€impossible.œÌà  à40.€›But€if€thou,€O€blessed€Soul,€œshouldððst›€know€how€much€thou€art€beloved€and€defendedÏby€that€Divine€Lord,€in€the€midst€of€thy€living€torments,€thou€wouldst€find€ððem€so€sweet,€that€itÏwould€be€necessary€that€God€should€work€a€Miracle,€to€let€thee€live.€Be€constant,€O€happy€Soul,Ïbe€constant€and€of€good€courage;€for€however€intolerable€thou€art€to€thy€self,€yet€thou€wilt€beÏprotected,€œinriched›,€and€beloved€by€that€greatest€Good,€as€if€he€had€nothing€else€to€do,€than€toÏlead€thee€to€Perfection,€by€the€highest€steps€of€love:€and€if€thou€œdoððst›€not€turn€away€butÏœpreseverest›€constantly,€without€leaving€off€thy€undertaking,€know,€that€thou€œofferest›€to€God€theÏmost€accepted€Sacrifice;€so,€that€if€this€Lord€were€capable€of€pain,€he€would€find€no€ease€till€heÏhas€completed€this€loving€Union€with€thy€Soul.œÌà  à41.€›If€from€the€Chaos€of€Nothing,€his€Omnipotence€has€produced€so€many€wonders,€whatÏwill€he€do€in€thy€Soul,€created€after€his€own€Image€and€Likeness,€if€thou€œkeepest›€constant€quiet,Ïand€resigned,€with€a€true€knowledge€of€thy€Nothing?€Happy€Soul,€which,€even€when€ððœtis›Ïdisturbed,€afflicted€and€œdisconsolated›,€keeps€steady€there€within,€without€going€forth€to€declareÏœexteriour›€Comfort.œÌà  à42.€›Afflict€not€thy€self€too€much,€and€with€inquietude,€because€these€sharp€MartyrdomsÏmay€continue;€persevere€in€Humility,€and€go€not€out€of€thy€self€to€seek€aid;€for€all€the€goodÏconsists€in€being€silent,€suffering,€and€holding€patience€with€rest€and€resignation:€there€will€thouÏfind€the€Divine€strength€to€overcome€so€hard€a€warfare:€he€is€within€thee€that€œfightest›€for€thee:Ïand€he€is€strength€it€self.œÌà  à43.€›When€thou€shalt€come€to€this€painful€state€of€fearful€desolation,€weeping€andÏlamentation€are€not€forbidden€thy€Soul,€œwhilest›€in€the€upper€part€of€it,€it€keeps€resigned.€Who€canÏbear€the€Lordððs€heavy€hand€without€tears€and€Lamentation?€That€great€Champion€òòJobóó,€even€heÐ ä#€  Ðlamented;€so€did€Christ€our€Lord,€in€his€œforsakings›:€but€their€œweepings›€were€accompanied€withÏresignation.Ìà  à44.€Afflict€not€thy€self,€though€God€do€œcrucifie›€thee€and€make€œtryal›€of€thy€fidelity;€imitateÏthe€Woman€of€òòCanaanóó,€who€being€rejected€and€injured,€did€importune€and€persevere,€humblingÐ ”'0!$ Ðher€self€and€following€him,€though€she€were€treated€as€she€was.€It€is€necessary€to€drink€the€cupÏand€not€go€back:€if€the€scales€were€taken€from€thine€eyes,€as€they€were€from€St.€òòPaulððsóó,€thouÐ l)#& Мwouldððst›€see€the€necessity€of€suffering€and€glory,€as€he€did;€esteeming€more€the€being€Crucified,Ïthan€being€an€Apostle.œòòÐ D+à$( Ðóóà  à45.€›Thy€good€luck€consists€not€in€œinjoying›,€but€in€suffering€with€quiet€and€resignation.€St.Ð 0,Ì%) ÐòòTeresaóó€appeared€after€her€death€to€a€certain€Soul,€and€told€it,€that€she€had€only€been€rewarded€forÐ d Ðher€pain;€but€had€not€received€one€dram€of€reward€for€so€many€œExtasies›€and€Revelations€andÏComforts€that€she€had€here€enjoyed€in€this€World.œÌà  à46.€›Although€this€painful€martyrdom€of€horrible€desolation€and€passive€purgation€be€soÏtremendous,€that€with€reason€it€hast€gotten€the€name€of€Hell€amongst€œmystick›€Divines,€(because€itÏseems€impossible€to€be€able€to€live€a€moment€with€so€grievous€a€torment;€so€that€with€greatÏreason€it€may€be€said,€that€he€that€suffers€it,€lives€dying,€and€dying€lives€a€œlingring›€death)€yetÏknow,€that€it€is€necessary€to€endure€it,€to€arrive€at€the€sweet,€joyous€and€abundant€riches€of€highÏcontemplation€and€loving€union:€and€there€has€been€no€holy€Soul,€which€has€not€passed€throughÏthis€spiritual€martyrdom€and€painful€torment.€St.€òòGregoryóó€the€Pope,€in€the€two€last€Months€of€hisÐ °L  ÐLife;€St.€òòFrancisóó€of€òòAssizeóó€two€years€and€a€half;€St.€òòMary€Maudlinóó€of€òòœPazzi›óó€five€years;€St.€òòRoseóó€ofÐ œ8  ÐòòPeruóó€fifteen€years;€and€after€such€miracles,€as€made€the€world€amazed,€St.€òòDominickóó€œsufferððd›€itÐ ˆ$  Ðeven€till€half€an€hour€of€his€happy€òòexitóó.œÐ t  ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°KxAßÐ Lè  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VI.ÌÓú®ÓÌ47.€›The€other€more€profitable€and€meritorious€martyrdom€in€Souls€already€advanced€in€perfectionÏand€deep€contemplation,€is,€a€fire€of€divine€love,€which€burns€the€œsoul›€and€makes€it€painful€withÏthe€same€love:€sometimes€the€absence€of€its€beloved€afflicts€it;€sometimes€the€sweet,€ardent€andÏwelcome€weight€of€the€loving€and€divine€Presence€torments€it:€This€sweet€martyrdom€alwaysÏmakes€it€sigh€sometimes€if€it€enjoys€and€has€its€beloved,€for€the€pleasure€of€having€him;€so€that€isÏcannot€contain€it€self;€other€times,€if€he€does€not€manifest€himself,€through€the€ardent€anxiety€ofÏseeking,€finding€and€enjoying€him:€all€this€is€panting,€suffering€and€dying€for€love.œÌà  à48.€›O€that€thou€œcouldððst›€but€come€to€conceive€the€contrariety€of€accidents€that€anÏœinamourððd›€Soul€suffers!€the€œcombate›€so€terrible€and€strong€on€one€side;€so€sweet€and€melting€andÏamiable€on€the€other!€the€martyrdom€so€piercing€and€sharp€with€which€love€torments€it;€and€theÏcross€so€painful€and€sweet€withal,€without€ever€being€in€the€mind€of€getting€free€from€it€œwhilððst›Ïthou€œlivððst›!œÌà  à49.€›Just€so€much€as€light€and€love€increases,€just€so€much€increases€the€grief€in€seeing€thatÏgood€absent,€which€it€loves€so€well.€To€feel€it€near€it€self€is€enjoyment;€and€never€to€have€doneÏknowing€and€possessing,€it,€consumes€its€life:€it€has€food€and€drink€near€its€mouth,€œwhilððst›€it€wantsÏeither,€and€cannot€be€satisfied:€it€sees€it€self€swallowed€up€and€œdrownððd›€in€a€sea€of€love,€œwhilððst›Ïthe€powerful€hand€that€is€able€to€save€it,€is€near€it;€and€yet€doth€not€do€it;€nor€doth€it€know€whenÏhe€will€come,€who€it€so€much€does€desire.œÌà  à50.€›Sometimes€it€hears€the€inward€voice€of€its€beloved,€which€courts€and€calls€it;€and€a€softÏand€delicate€whisper,€which€goes€forth€from€the€secret€of€the€Soul,€where€it€abides,€which€piercesÏit€strongly,€even€like€to€melt€and€dissolve€it,€in€seeing€how€near€it€hath€him€within€it€self,€and€yetÏhow€far€off€from€it,€œwhilððst›€it€cannot€come€to€possess€him.€This€intoxicates€t,€œimbases›€it,€scares€it,Ïand€fills€it€with€œunsatisfiableness›:€and€therefore€love€is€said€to€be€as€strong€as€death,€œwhilððst›€it€killsÏjust€as€that€doth.œÌÐ ?,Û%* ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ ÔÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VII.ÌÓ>¸ÓÌ›Ó  ÓòòInward€Mortification€and€Perfect€Resignation€are€necessary€for€obtaining€Internal€Peace.œóóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓg¸ÓÌ60.€›The€most€subtle€Arrow€that€is€shot€at€us€from€Nature,€is,€to€induce€us€to€that€which€isÏÔ'ƒd¸Ôunlawful,€with€a€œpretence›,€that€is€may€be€necessary€and€useful.€O€how€many€Souls€have€œsufferððd›Ïthemselves€to€be€lead€away,€and€have€lost€the€spirit€by€this€œguilded›€Cheat!€Thou€wilt€never€œtast›€theÏdelicious€Manna€[òòœQuod›€œnemo›€œnovit›,€nisi€qui€œaccipit›óó,€(òòApoc.€ch.€2.óó)€œunless›€thou€dost€perfectlyÐ Ó o  Ðovercome€thy€self€even€to€die€in€thy€self;€because€he€who€œendeavours›€not€to€die€to€his€Passions,€isÏnot€well€disposed€to€receive€the€Gift€of€Understanding,€without€the€infusion€whereof€it€isÏimpossible€for€him€to€go€in€into€himself€and€be€changed€in€his€Spirit;€and€therefore€those€that€keepÏwithout€having€nothing€of€it.œÌà  à52.€›Never€disquiet€thy€self€for€any€accident:€for€inquietude€is€the€door€by€which€the€œEnemyÏ›gets€into€the€Soul€to€rob€it€of€its€peace.Ìà  à53.€Resign€and€deny€thy€self€wholly;€for€though€true€self„denial€is€harsh€at€the€beginning,Ïððœtis›€œeasie›€in€the€middle€and€becomes€most€sweet€in€the€end.œÌà  à54.€›Thou€wilt€find€thy€self€far€from€Perfection,€if€thou€dost€not€find€œGod›€in€every€thing.Ìà  à55.€Know€that€pure,€perfect€and€essential€Love€consists€in€the€Cross,€in€self„denial€andÏresignation,€in€perfect€humility,€in€poverty€of€spirit,€and€in€a€mean€opinion€of€thy€self.œÌà  à56.€›In€the€time€of€strong€temptation,€desertion€and€desolation,€ððtis€necessary€for€thee€toÏget€close€into€thy€center,€that€thou€mayððst€only€look€at€and€contemplate€God,€who€keeps€hisÏthrone€and€his€abode€in€the€bottom€of€thy€Soul.Ìà  à57.€Thou€wilt€find€impatience€and€bitterness€of€heart€to€grow€from€the€depth€of€sensible,Ïempty€and€mortified€love.Ìà  à58.€True€love€is€known,€with€its€effects,€when€the€Soul€is€profoundly€humbled,€and€desiresÏto€be€truly€mortified€and€despised.Ìà  à59.€Many€there€be,€who,€however€they€have€been€dedicated€to€Prayer,€yet€have€no€relishÏof€God;€because€in€the€end€of€their€Prayers,€they€are€neither€mortified€nor€attend€upon€God€anyÏlonger:€for€obtaining€that€peaceable€and€continual€attending,€ððtis€necessary€to€get€a€great€purity€ofÏmind€and€heart,€great€peace€of€soul,€and€an€universal€resignationœ.Ìà  à60.€›To€the€simple€and€the€mortified,€the€recreation€of€the€senses€is€a€sort€of€death:€theyÏnever€go€to€it,€unless€compelled€by€necessity€and€edification€of€their€œneighbours›.Ìà  à61.€The€bottom€of€our€soul,€you€will€know,€is€the€place€of€our€happiness.€There€the€LordÏshews€us€wonders:€there€we€œingulf›€and€lose€our€selves€in€the€immense€ocean€of€his€infiniteÏgoodness,€in€which€we€keep€œfixt›€and€unmoveable.€There,€there€resides€the€incomparable€fruitionÏof€our€Soul€and€that€eminent€and€sweet€rest€of€it.€An€humble€and€œresignððd›€Soul,€which€is€come€toÏthis€bottom,€seeks€no€more€than€œmeerly›€to€please€God,€and€the€holy€and€loving€spirit€teaches€itÏevery€thing€with€his€sweet€and€enlivening€unction.œÌà  à62.€›Amongst€the€Saints€there€are€some€œgigantick›€ones,€who€continually€suffer€withÏpatience€indispositions€of€body,€of€which€God€takes€great€care.€But€high€and€sovereign€is€theirÏgift,€who€by€the€strength€of€the€Holy€Ghost,€suffer€both€internal€and€external€crosses€with€contentÐ ?,Û%* Ðand€resignation.€This€is€that€sort€of€holiness€so€much€the€more€rare,€as€it€is€more€precious€in€theÏsight€of€God.€The€spiritual€ones,€which€walk€this€way,€are€rare:€because€there€are€few€in€theÏworld,€who€do€totally€deny€themselves,€to€follow€Christ€crucified,€with€simpleness€and€bareness€ofÏspirit,€through€the€œloansom›€and€thorny€ways€of€the€Cross,€without€making€œreflexions›€uponÏthemselves.œÌà  à63.€›A€Life€of€Self€denial€is€above€all€the€Miracles€of€the€Saints;€and€it€doth€not€knowÏwhether€it€be€alive€or€dead;€lost€or€gained;€whether€it€agrees€or€resists:€this€is€the€trne€resignedÏLife.€But€although€it€should€be€a€long€time€before€thou€comest€to€this€state,€and€thou€shouldððstÏthink€not€to€have€made€one€step€towards€it,€yet€affright€not€thy€self€at€this,€for€God€uses€to€bestowÏupon€a€Soul€that€Blessing€in€one€moment,€which€was€denied€it€for€many€years€before.œÌà  à64.›€He€that€desires€to€suffer€blindfold,€without€the€comfort€of€God€or€the€creatures,€isÏgotten€too€far€onwards€to€be€able€to€resist€unjust€accusations€which€his€enemies€make€against€him,Ïeven€in€the€most€dreadful€and€interior€desolation.Ìà  à65.€The€spiritual€man€that€lives€by€God,€and€in€him,€is€inwardly€contented€in€the€midst€ofÏhis€adversities;€because€the€Cross€and€œAffliction›€are€his€Life€and€Delight.Ìà  à66.€Tribulation€is€a€great€treasure,€wherewith€God€œhonours›€those€that€be€his,€in€this€life:Ïtherefore€evil€men€are€necessary€for€those€that€are€good;€and€so€are€the€Devils€themselves,€whichÏby€afflicting€us€do€try€to€œruine›€us:€but€instead€of€doing€us€harm,€they€do€us€the€greatest€goodÏimaginable.Ìà  à67.€There€must€be€tribulation€to€make€a€manððs€life€acceptable€to€God;€without€it,€ððœtis›€likeÏthe€Body€without€the€Soul,€the€Soul€without€Grace,€the€Earth€without€the€Sun.Ìà  à68.€With€the€wind€of€tribulation€God€separates,€in€the€floor€of€the€Soul,€the€Chaff€from€theÏCorn.Ìà  à69.€When€God€crucifies€in€the€inmost€part€of€the€Soul,€no€creature€is€able€to€comfort€it;Ïnay,€comforts€are€but€grievous€and€bitter€crosses€to€it.€And€if€it€be€well„instructed€in€the€laws€andÏdiscipline€of€the€ways€of€pure€love,€in€the€time€of€great€desolation€and€inward€troubles,€it€oughtÏnot€to€seek€abroad€among€the€creatures€for€comfort,€nor€lament€it€self€with€them,€nor€will€it€beÏable€to€read€Spiritual€Books:€because€this€is€a€secret€way€of€getting€at€a€distance€from€sufferingœ.Ìà  à70.€›Those€Souls€are€to€be€pitied,€who€cannot€find€in€their€hearts€to€believe,€thatÏTribulation€and€Suffering€is€their€greatest€Blessing.€They€who€are€perfect€ought€always€to€beÏdesirous€of€dying€and€suffering,€being€always€in€a€state€of€death€and€suffering:€vain€is€the€man€whoÏdoth€not€suffer:€because€he€is€born€to€œtoyl›€and€suffering;€but€much€more€the€Friends€and€Elect€ofÏGod.Ìà  à71.€Undeceive€thy€self,€and€believe,€that€in€order€to€thy€Soulððs€being€totally€transformedÏwith€God,€it€is€necessary€for€it€to€be€lost€and€be€denied€in€its€life,€sense,€knowledge,€and€power;Ïand€to€die€living,€and€not€living;€dying,€and€not€dying;€suffering,€and€not€suffering;€resigning€up,Ïand€not€resigning€up€it€self,€without€reflecting€upon€any€thing.Ìà  à72.€Perfection,€in€its€followers,€receives€not€its€glories€but€by€Fire€and€Martyrdom,€Griefs,ÏTorments,€Punishments€and€Contempt,€suffered€and€endured€with€gallantry€and€courage;€and€heÏthat€would€have€some€place€to€set€his€feet€on€and€rest€himself,€and€does€not€go€beyond€the€reasonÏof€reason€and€of€sense,€will€never€get€into€the€secret€cabinet€of€knowledge,€though€by€reading€heÏmay€chance€to€get€a€taste€and€relish€the€understanding€of€it.œÐ 0,Ì%) ЇßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€VIII.ÌÓµÔÓÌ›òòÓ  ÓPursues€the€Same€Matter.œóóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓâÔÓÌ73.€›You€must€know,€that€the€Lord€will€not€manifest€himself€in€thy€Soul,€till€it€be€denied€in€it€self,Ïand€dead€in€its€senses€and€powers:€nor€will€it€ever€come€to€this€state,€till€being€perfectly€resigned,Ïit€resolves€to€be€with€God€all€alone;€making€an€equal€account€of€Gifts€and€œContempts›,€Light€andÏDarkness,€Peace€and€War.€In€œsumm›,€that€the€Soul€may€arrive€at€perfect€quietness€and€supremeÏinternal€peace,€it€ought€first€to€die€in€it€self,€and€live€only€in€God€and€for€him:€and€the€more€dead€itÏshall€be€in€it€self,€the€more€shall€it€know€God:€but€if€it€doth€not€mind€this€continual€denying€of€itÏself€and€internal€mortification,€it€will€never€arrive€at€this€state,€nor€preserve€God€within€it;€andÏthen€it€will€be€continually€subject€to€accidents€and€passions€of€the€mind,€such€as€are€judging,Ïmurmuring,€resenting,€excusing,€defending,€to€keep€its€œhonour›€and€reputation,€which€are€enemiesÏto€Perfection,€Peace,€and€the€Spirit.œÌà  à74.€›Know€that€the€diversity€of€states€amongst€those€that€be€spiritual,€consists€only€in€dyingÏall€alike;€but€in€the€happy,€which€die€continually,€God€hath€his€œhonour›,€his€blessing€and€delightsÏhere€below.Ìà  à75.€Great€is€the€difference€which€is€between€doing,€suffering,€and€dying;€doing€is€delightfulÏand€belongs€to€beginners;€suffering,€with€desire,€belongs€to€those€who€are€proficients;€dyingÏalways€in€themselves,€belongs€to€those€who€are€accomplished€and€perfect;€of€which€number€thereÏare€very€few€in€the€world.œÌà  à76.€›How€happy€wilt€thou€be,€if€thou€hast€no€other€thought,€but€to€die€in€thy€self!€thou€wiltÏthen€become€not€only€victorious€over€thine€enemies,€but€also€over€thy€self:€in€which€victory€thouÏwilt€certainly€find€pure€love,€perfect€peace,€and€divine€wisdom.œÌà  à77.€›It€is€impossible€for€a€man€to€be€able€to€think€and€live€mystically€in€a€simpleÏunderstanding€of€the€divine€and€infused€wisdom,€if€he€does€not€first€die€in€himself€by€the€totalÏdenying€of€sense,€and€the€reasonable€appetite.Ìà  à78.€The€true€lesson€of€the€spiritual€man,€and€that€which€thou€oughtest€to€learn,€is,€to€leaveÏall€things€in€their€place,€and€not€meddle€with€any,€but€what€thy€office€may€bind€thee€to:€becauseÏthe€Soul€which€leaves€every€thing€to€find€God,€doth€then€begin€to€have€all€in€the€eternity€it€seeks.Ìà  à79.€Some€Souls€there€are,€who€seek€repose:€others€without€seeking€have€the€pleasure€of€it;Ïothers€have€a€pleasure€in€pain;€and€others€seek€it.€The€first€do€as€good€as€nothing;€the€second€areÏin€the€way€towards€it;€the€third€run,€and€the€last€fly.œÌà  à80.€›The€disesteem€of€delights,€and€the€counting€of€ððem€torment,€is€the€property€of€a€trulyÏmortified€man.Ìà  à81.€Enjoyment€and€Internal€Peace€are€the€Fruits€of€the€Spirit€Divine;€and€no€man€gets€ððemÏinto€his€possession,€if€in€the€closet€of€his€soul€he€is€not€a€resigned€man.Ìà  à82.€Thou€seest€that€the€displeasures€of€the€good€pass€presently€away;€but€for€all€thatÏendeavour€never€to€have€ððem,€nor€to€stop€in€ððem:€for€they€damnifie€thy€health,€disturb€thy€reason,Ïand€disquiet€thy€spirit.Ìà  à83.€Amongst€other€holy€Counsels€which€thou€must€observe,€remember€well€this€thatÐ ?,Û%* Ðfollows:€Look€not€upon€other€mens€faults,€but€thine€own:€keep€silence€with€a€continued€internalÏconversation:€œmortifie›€thy€self€in€all€things€and€at€all€hours,€and€by€this€means€thou€wilt€get€freeÏfrom€many€imperfections,€and€make€thy€self€Commander€of€great€œVertues›.œÌà  à84.€›Mortifie€thy€self€in€not€judging€ill€of€any€body€at€any€time;€because€the€suspicion€of€thyÏneighbour€disturbs€the€purity€of€heart,€discomposes€it,€brings€the€Soul€out€and€takes€away€itsÏrepose.œÌà  à85.€›Never€wilt€thou€have€perfect€resignation,€if€thou€mindððst€humane€respects,€andÏreflectest€upon€the€little€idol€of€what€people€say.€The€Soul€that€goes€by€the€inward€way,€will€soonÏlose€it€self,€if€once€it€come€to€look€at€reason€amongst€the€creatures,€and€in€commerce€andÏconversation€with€ððem.€There€is€no€other€reason,€than€not€to€look€at€reason;€but€to€imagine€thatÏGod€permits€grievances€to€fall€on€us,€to€humble€and€annihilate€us€and€make€us€live€whollyÏresigned.œÌà  à86.€›Behold€how€God€makes€greater€account€of€a€Soul€that€lives€internally€resigned,€thanÏof€another€that€doth€miracles,€even€to€the€raising€of€the€dead.Ìà  à87.€Many€Souls€there€are,€which,€though€they€exercise€Prayer,€yet€because€they€are€notÏmortified,€are€always€imperfect€and€full€of€self„love.Ìà  à88.€Hold€it€for€a€true€maxim,€that€no€body€can€do€a€grievance€or€injury€to€a€œSoul›€despisedÏby€it€self,€and€one€that€is€nothing€in€its€own€account.Ìà  à89.€Finally,€be€of€hope,€suffer,€be€silent,€and€patient:€let€nothing€affright€thee:€all€of€it€willÏhave€an€time€to€end:€God€only€is€he€that€is€unchangeable:€patience€brings€a€man€in€every€thing.€HeÏthat€hath€God,€hath€all€things;€and€he€that€hath€him€not,€hath€nothing.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°«xAßÐ ¬H ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€IX.ÌÓÕèÓÌ›òòÓ  ÓFor€the€obtaining€of€Internal€Peace,€ððœtis›€necessary€for€the€Soul€to€know€its€misery.œóóÐ  ÐÓéÓÌ90.€›If€the€Soul€should€not€fall€into€some€faults,€it€would€never€come€to€understand€its€own€misery,Ïthough€it€hears€men€speak€and€reads€spiritual€Books;€nor€can€it€ever€obtain€precious€peace,€if€it€doÏnot€first€know€its€own€miserable€weakness:€because€there€the€remedy€is€difficult,€where€there€is€noÏclear€knowledge€of€the€defect.€God€will€suffer€in€thee€sometimes€one€fault,€sometimes€another,Ïthat€by€this€knowledge€of€thy€self,€seeing€thee€so€often€fallen,€thou€mayððst€believe€that€thou€art€aÏœmeer›€nothing;€in€which€knowledge€and€belief€true€peace€and€perfect€humility€is€founded:€and€thatÏthou€mayððst€the€better€search€into€thy€mystery€and€see€what€thou€art,€I€will€try€to€undeceive€theeÏin€some€of€thy€manifold€imperfections.œÌà  à91.€›Thou€art€so€quick€and€nice,€that€it€may€be€if€thou€dost€but€trip€as€thou€walkest€orÏfindest€thy€way€molested,€thou€feelest€even€Hell€it€self:€if€thou€are€denied€thy€due€or€thy€pleasureÏopposed,€thou€presently€briskest€up€with€a€warm€resentment€of€it.€If€though€œspiest›€a€fault€in€thyÏneighbour,€instead€of€pitying€him,€and€thinking€that€thou€they€self€art€liable€to€the€same€failing,Ïthou€indiscreetly€reprovest€him;€if€thou€seest€a€thing€convenient€for€thee€and€canst€not€compass€it,Ïthou€growest€sad€and€full€of€sorrow;€if€thou€receivest€a€slight€injury€from€thy€neighbour,€thouÏchidest€at€him€and€complainest€for€it:€insomuch€that€for€any€trifle€thou€art€inwardly€and€outwardlyÐ ?,Û%* Ðdiscomposed€and€losest€thy€self.œÌà  à92.€›Thou€wouldððst€be€penitent,€but€with€anotherððs€patience;€and€if€the€impatience€stillÏcontinues,€thou€layest€the€fault€with€much€pains€upon€thy€companion,€without€considering,€thatÏthou€art€intolerable€to€thy€self:€and€when€the€rancour€is€over,€thou€cunningly€dost€return€to€makeÏthy€self€vertuous,€giving€documents€and€relating€spiritual€sayings€with€artifice€of€wit,€withoutÏmending€thy€past€faults.€Although€thou€willingly€dost€condemn€thy€self,€reproving€thy€faultsÏbefore€others,€yet€this€thou€dost€more€to€justifie€thy€self€with€him€that€sees€thy€faults,€that€thouÏmayððst€return€again€afresh€to€the€former€esteem€of€thy€self,€than€through€any€effect€of€perfectÏhumility.œÌà  à93.€›Other€times€thou€dost€œsubtilly›€œalledge›,€that€is€it€not€through€fault€but€zeal€of€justice,Ïthat€thou€œcomplainest›€of€thy€œneighbour›.€Thou€believest€for€the€most€part€that€thou€art€œvertuous›,Ïconstant€and€œcouragious›,€even€to€the€giving€up€thy€life€into€the€tyrantððs€hand,€solely€for€the€sakeÏof€divine€love;€yet€thou€canst€scarce€hear€the€least€word€of€anger€but€presently€thou€dost€afflictÏand€trouble€and€disquiet€thy€self.€These€are€all€industrious€engines€of€self„love€and€the€secret€prideÏof€thy€soul.€Know€therefore€that€self„love€reigns€in€thee,€and€that€from€purchasing€this€preciousÏpeace,€that€is€thy€greatest€œhindrance.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°xAßÐ ¬ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€X.ÌÓõÓÌòòà0  àà ° àIn›€which€is€shewed€and€discovered€what€is€the€false€humility,€and€what€the€true;€with€the€effectsÐ ã Ðof€ððem.œóóÐÏk(#(# ÐÌ94.€›Thou€must€know€that€there€are€two€sorts€of€humility;€one€false€and€counterfeit,€the€other€true.ÏThe€false€one€is€theirs,€who,€like€water€which€must€mount€upward,€receive€an€external€fall€andÏartificial€submission,€to€rise€up€again€immediately.€These€avoid€esteem€and€honour,€that€so€theyÏmay€be€took€to€be€humble;€they€say€of€themselves,€that€they€are€very€evil,€that€they€many€beÏthought€good;€and€though€they€know€their€own€misery,€yet€they€are€loth€that€other€folks€shouldÏknow€it.€This€is€dissembled€humility,€and€feigned,€and€nothing€but€secret€pride.œÌà  à95.›€Theirs€is€the€true€humility,€which€have€gotten€a€perfect€habit€of€it;€these€never€think€ofÏit,€but€judge€humbly€of€themselves;€œthey›€do€things€with€courage€and€patience;€they€live€and€dye€inÏGod;€they€mind€not€themselves€nor€the€Creatures;€they€are€constant€and€quiet€in€all€things;€theyÏsuffer€molestation€with€joy,€desiring€more€of€it,€that€they€may€imitate€their€dear€and€despisedÏJesus;€they€covet€to€be€reputed€trifles€and€sport€by€the€World;€they€are€contented€with€what€GodÏœalots›€ððem,€and€are€convinced€of€their€faults€with€a€pleasing€shame;€they€are€not€humbled€by€theÏcounsel€of€Reason,€but€by€the€affection€of€the€Will;€there€is€no€œhonour›€that€they€look€after,€norÏinjury€to€disturb€ððem.;€no€trouble€to€vex€ððem;€no€prosperity€to€make€ððem€proud;€because€they€areÏalways€immovable€in€their€Nothing,€and€in€themselves€with€absolute€peace.Ìà  à96.€And€that€thou€mayst€be€acquainted€with€interiour€and€true€Humility,€know,€that€it€dothÏnot€consist€in€external€Acts,€in€taking€the€lowest€place,€in€going€poor€in€cloaths,€in€speakingÏsubmissively,€in€shutting€the€eyes,€in€affectionate€sighing,€nor€in€condemning€thy€ways,€calling€thyÏself€miserable,€to€give€others€to€understand€that€thou€art€humble:€It€consists€only€in€the€contemptÐ ?,Û%* Ðof€thy€self,€and€the€desire€to€be€despised,€with€a€low€and€profound€knowledge,€without€concerningÏthy€self,€whether€thou€art€esteemed€humble€or€no,€though€an€Angel€should€reveal€such€a€thing€toÏthee.œÌà  à97.€›The€torrent€of€Light€wherewith€the€Lord€with€his€Graces€inlightens€the€soul,€doth€twoÏthings:€It€discovers€the€Greatness€of€God,€and€at€the€same€time€the€Soul€knows€its€own€stench€andÏmisery,€insomuch,€that€no€Tongue€is€able€to€express€the€depth€in€which€it€is€overwhelmed,€beingÏdesirous€that€every€one€should€know€its€Humility,€and€ððtis€so€far€from€vain„glory€andÏComplacency,€as€it€sees€that€Grace€of€God€to€be€the€meer€Goodness€of€him,€and€nothing€but€hisÏMercy,€which€is€pleased€to€take€pity€on€it.œÌà  à98.€›Thou€shalt€never€be€hurt€by€Men€or€Devils,€but€by€thy€self,€thy€own€proper€Pride,€andÏthe€violence€of€thy€Passions;€take€heed€of€thy€self,€for€thou€of€thy€self,€art€the€greatest€Devil€of€allÏto€thy€self.œÌà  à99.€›Have€no€Mind€to€be€esteemed,€when€God€incarnate€was€called€Fool,€Drunkard,€andÏsaid€to€have€a€Devil.€O€the€Folly€of€Christians!€that€we€should€be€willing€to€enjoy€Happiness,Ïwithout€being€willing€to€imitate€him€on€the€Cross,€in€Reproaches,€Humility,€Poverty,€and€in€otherÏœVertues›!œÌà  à100.€›The€truly€humble€Man€is€at€rest€and€ease€in€his€Heart;€there€he€stands€the€Tryal€ofÏGod,€and€Men,€and€the€Devil€himself,€above€all€reason€and€discretion€possessing€himself€in€PeaceÏand€Quietness,€looking€for,€with€all€Humility,€the€pure€pleasure€of€God,€as€well€in€Life€as€Death:ÏThings€without€do€no€more€disquiet€him,€than€if€they€never€were.€The€Cross€to€him,€and€evenÏDeath€it€self,€are€Delights,€though€he€make€no€such€shew€outwardly:€But€oh!€who€do€we€speakÏof?€for€few€there€are€of€these€sort€of€humble€Men€in€the€whole€World!œÌà  à101.€Hope€thou,€and€desire,€and€suffer,€and€dye€without€any€Bodies€knowing€it;€for€hereinÏconsists€the€humber€and€perfect€Love.€O€how€much€Peace€wilt€thou€find€in€thy€Soul,€if€thou€dostÏprofoundly€humble€thy€self,€and€even€hugg€Contempt!Ìà  à102.€›Thou€wilt€never€be€perfectly€œhnmble›,€though€thou€œknowest›€thy€own€Misery,€unlessÏthou€desirest€that€all€Men€should€know€it:€then€thou€wilt€avoid€Praises,€embrace€Injuries,€despiseÏevery€thing,€that€makes€a€fair€shew,€even€to€thine€own€self:€and€if€any€Tribulation€come€upon€thee,Ïblame€none€for€it;€but€Judge€that€œit›€comes€from€Godððs€Hand,€as€the€Giver€of€every€Good.œÌà  à103.›€If€thou€wouldððst€bear€thy€Neighbours€faults,€cast€thine€Eyes€upon€thine€own:€and€ifÏthou€thinkest€to€thy€self,€that€thou€hast€made€any€Progress€in€Perfection€by€thy€self,€know€thatÏthou€art€not€humble€at€all,€nor€hast€yet€made€one€step€in€the€way€of€the€Spirit.œÌà  à104.€›The€degrees€of€Humility,€are€the€qualities€of€a€Body€in€the€Grave;€that€is,€to€be€in€theÏlowest€place,€buried€like€one€thatððs€dead,€to€stink,€and€be€corrupted€to€it€self,€to€be€dust,€andÏnothing€in€ones€own€account;€finally,€if€thou€wouldððst€be€Blessed,€learn€to€despise€thy€self,€and€toÏbe€despised€by€others.œÌâ âÐ ”'0!$ ÐßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÔ& ƒ Ôâ ââ ââ âÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XI.ÌÓ× ÓÌ›òòÓ  ÓMaxims€to€know€a€simple,€humble,€and€true€Heart.œóóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓ ÓÌ105.€›Encourage€thy€self€to€be€Humble,€embracing€Tribulations€as€Instruments€of€thy€Good;ÏÔ'ƒd— Ôrejoyce€in€Contempt,€and€desire€that€God€may€be€thy€only€Refuge,€Comfort€and€Protector.Ìà  à106.€None,€let€him€be€never€so€great€in€this€World,€can€be€greater€than€he€that€is€in€the€eyeÏand€favour€of€God:€and€therefore€the€truly€humble€Man€despises€whatever€there€is€in€the€World,Ïeven€to€himself,€and€puts€his€only€trust€and€repose€in€God.Ìà  à107.€The€truly€humble€Man€suffers€quietly€and€patiently€internal€troubles,€and€he€is€theÏMan€that€makes€great€way€in€a€little€time,€like€one€that€sails€before€the€Wind.Ìà  à108.€The€truly€humble€Man€finds€God€inall€things;€so€that€whatever€contempt,€injury€orÏaffront€comes€to€him€by€means€of€the€Creatures,€he€receives€it€with€great€peace€and€quiet€Internal,Ïas€sent€from€the€Divine€Hand,€and€loves€greatly€the€instrument€with€which€the€Lord€tryes€him.Ìà  à109.€He€is€not€yet€arrived€at€profound€Humility€that€is€taken€with€Praise,€though€he€doesÏnot€desire€it,€nor€seek€it,€but€rather€avoids€it:€because€to€an€humble€Heart€praises€are€bitter€crossesÏalthough€it€be€wholly€quiet€and€immovable.Ìà  à110.€He€has€no€internal€Humility€who€doth€not€abhor€himself,€with€a€mortal,€but€withal€aÏpeaceable€and€quiet€hatred:€But€he€will€never€come€to€possess€this€treasure,€that€has€not€a€low€andÏprofound€knowledge€of€his€own€vileness,€rottenness€and€misery.Ìà  à111.€He€that€is€upon€excuses€and€replies,€has€not€a€simple€and€humble€heart,€especially€ifÏhe€dost€this€with€his€Superiours:€because€replies€grow€from€a€secret€pride€that€reigns€in€the€Soul;Ïand€from€thence€the€total€ruine€of€it.Ìà  à112.€Perfidiousness€supposes€little€submission,€and€this€less€humility;€and€both€togetherÏthey€are€the€œfewel›€of€inquietude,€discord€and€disturbance.Ìà  à113.€The€humble€heart€is€not€disquieted€by€imperfections,€though€these€do€grieve€it€to€theÏSoul;€because€they€are€against€its€loving€Lord:€nor€is€he€concerned€that€he€cannot€do€great€things;Ïfor€he€always€stands€in€his€own€Nothing€and€Misery;€nay,€he€wonders€at€himself,€that€he€can€doÏany€thing€of€œVertue›,€and€presently€thanks€the€Lord€for€it,€with€a€true€knowledge€that€it€is€God€thatÏdoth€all,€and€remains€dissatisfied€with€what€he€does€himself.œÌà  à114.€›The€truly€humble€man,€though€he€see€all,€yet€he€looks€upon€nothing€to€judge€it,Ïbecause€he€judge€ill€only€of€himself.œÌà  à115.€›The€truly€humble€man€doth€always€find€an€excuse€to€defend€him€that€mortifies€him,Ïand€least€in€a€sound€intention:€Who€therefore€would€be€angry€with€a€Man€of€good€intention?œÌà  à116.€›So€much€(nay€more)€doth€false€humility€displease€God,€as€true€Pride€does;€becauseÏthat€is€Hypocrisy€besides.œÌà  à117.€›The€truly€humble€Man,€though€every€thing€falls€out€contrary€to€him,€is€neitherÏdisquieted€nor€afflicted€at€it;€because€he€is€prepared,€and€thinks€he€deserves€no€less;€he€is€notÏdisquieted€under€troublesome€Thoughts,€wherewith€the€Devil€seeks€to€torment€him,€nor€underÏtemptations,€tribulations€and€desertions,€but€rather€acknowledges€his€unworthiness,€and€is€affectedÏthat€the€Lord€chastises€him€by€the€Devilððs€means,€though€he€be€a€vile€instrument;€all€he€suffersÐ ?,Û%* Ðseems€nothing€to€him,€and€he€never€doth€a€thing€that€he€thinks€worth€any€great€matter.œÌà  à118.€›He€that€is€arrived€at€perfect€and€inward€Humility,€although€he€be€disturbed€atÏnothing,€as€one€that€abhors€himself,€because€he€knows€his€imperfection€in€every€thing,€hisÏingratitude€and€his€misery,€yet€he€suffers€a€great€Cross€in€induring€himself.€This€is€the€sign€toÏknow€true€humility€of€Heart€by.€But€the€happy€Soul€which€is€gotten€to€this€holy€hatred€of€it€self,Ïlives€overwhelmed,€drowned€and€swallowed€up€in€the€depth€of€its€own€Nothing;€out€of€which€theÏLord€raises€him€by€communicating€Divine€Wisdom€to€him,€and€filling€him€with€Light,€Peace,ÏTranquility€and€Love.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°¯xAßÐ °L  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XII.ÌÓ5ÓÌ›Ó  ÓòòInward€solitude€is€that€which€chiefly€brings€a€Man€to€the€purchase€of€Internal€Peace.œóóÐ ƒ  ÐÓ^ÓÌ119.€›Know€that€although€œexteriour›€Solitude€doth€much€assist€for€the€obtaining€internal€Peace,€yetÏthe€Lord€did€not€mean€this,€when€he€œspake›€by€his€Prophet,€(òòHos.óó€2.€14.)€òòI€will€bring€her€œinto›Ð Gã  Ðsolitude,€and€speak€privately€to€heróó:€But€he€meant€the€œinteriour›€Solitude,€which€œjoyntly›€conducesÐ 3Ï Ðto€the€obtaining€the€precious€Jewel€of€Peace€Internal.€Internal€Solitude€consists€in€the€œforegetting›Ïall€the€Creatures,€in€disengaging€ones€self€from€ððem,€in€a€perfect€nakedness€of€all€the€affections,Ïdesires,€thoughts,€and€ones€own€will.€This€is€the€true€Solitude€where€the€Soul€reposes€with€aÏsweet€and€inward€serenity€in€the€arms€of€its€œcheifest›€good.œÌà  à120.€›O€what€infinite€room€is€there€in€a€Soul€that€is€arrived€at€this€divine€Solitude!€O€whatÏinward,€what€retired,€what€secret,€what€spacious,€what€vast€distances€are€there€within€a€happyÏSoul€that€is€once€come€to€be€truly€Solitary!€There€the€Lord€converses€and€communicates€himself,Ïinwardly€with€the€Soul:€there€he€fills€it€with€himself,€because€it€is€empty;€cloaths€it€with€Light,€andÏwith€his€Love,€because€it€is€naked;€lifts€it€up,€because€ððtis€low;€and€unites€it€with€himself,€andÏtransforms€it,€because€it€is€alone.œÌà  à121.€›O€delightful€Solitude,€and€œGifer›€of€eternal€Blessings!€O€œMirrour›,€in€which€the€eternalÏFather€is€always€beheld!€There€is€great€reason€to€call€thee€Solitude;€for€thou€art€so€much€alone,Ïthat€there€is€scarce€a€Soul€that€looks€after€thee,€that€loves€and€knows€thee.€O€Divine€Lord!€How€isÏit€that€Souls€do€not€go€from€Earth€to€this€Glory!€How€come€they€to€lose€so€great€a€good,€throughÏthe€only€love€and€desire€of€created€things!€Blessed€Soul,€how€happy€wilt€thou€be,€if€thou€œdoððst›€butÏleave€all€for€God!€seek€him€only,€breathe€after€none€but€him,€let€him€only€have€thy€sighs.€DesireÏnothing,€and€then€nothing€can€trouble€thee;€and€if€thou€œdoððst›€desire€any€good,€how€spiritual€soeverÏit€be,€let€it€be€in€such€a€manner,€that€thou€mayest€not€be€disquieted,€if€thou€œmissest›€it.Ìà  à122.€If,€with€this€liberty,€thou€wilt€give€thy€Soul€to€God,€taken€off€from€the€World,€freeÏand€alone,€thou€wilt€be€the€happiest€creature€upon€Earth;€because€the€most€High€has€his€secretÏhabitation€in€this€holy€Solitude;€in€this€œDesart›€and€Paradise,€is€enjoyed€the€conversation€of€God,Ïand€it€is€only€in€this€internal€Retirement€œthat€that›€œmarvellous›,€powerful€and€divine€Voice€is€heard.œÌà  à123.€›If€thou€wouldððst€enter€into€this€Heaven€of€Earth,€forget€every€care€and€every€thought;Ïget€out€of€thy€self,€that€the€love€of€God€may€live€in€thy€Soul.œÌà  à124.€›Live€as€much€as€ever€thou€canst,€abstracted€from€the€Creatures;€dedicate€thy€selfÐ ?,Û%* Ðwholly€to€thy€Creator,€and€offer€thy€self€in€Sacrifice€with€Peace€and€quietness€of€Spirit:€Know,Ïthat€the€more€the€Soul€disrobes€it€self,€the€more€way€it€makes€into€this€interiour€Solitude,€andÏbecomes€cloathed€with€God,€and€the€more€lonesome€and€empty€of€it€self€the€Soul€gets€to€be,€theÏmore€the€divine€Spirit€fills€it.œÌà  à125.€›There€is€not€a€more€blessed€Life€than€a€solitary€one;€because€in€this€happy€Life,€GodÏgives€himself€all€to€the€Creature,€and€the€Creature€all€to€God€by€an€intimate€and€sweet€union€ofÏLove.€O€how€few€are€there€that€come€to€relish€this€true€Solitude!œÌà  à126.€›To€make€the€Soul€truly€Solitary,€it€ought€to€forget€all€the€Creatures,€and€even€it€self;Ïotherwise€it€will€never€be€able€to€make€any€near€approach€to€God.€Many€men€leave€and€forsake€allÏthings,€but€they€do€not€leave€their€own€liking,€their€own€will,€and€themselves;€and€therefore€theseÏtruly€solitary€ones€are€so€few;€wherefore€if€the€Soul€does€not€get€off€from€its€own€Appetite€andÏDesire,€from€its€own€will,€from€spiritual€Gifts,€and€from€repose€even€in€the€Spirit€it€self,€it€neverÏcan€arrive€at€this€high€felicity€of€internal€Solitude.œÌà  à127.€›Go€on,€blessed€Soul!€go€on,€without€stop,€towards€this€blessedness€of€internalÏSolitude:€See€how€œGod›€calls€thee€to€enter€into€thy€inward€Center,€where€he€will€renew€thee,Ïchange€thee,€fill€thee,€œcloath›€thee,€and€shew€thee€a€new€and€Heavenly€Kingdom,€full€of€joy,€peace,Ïcontent€and€serenity.œÌÌÔ& ƒ ÔßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ûxAßÐ ü˜ ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIII.ÌÓÐ+ÓÌÓ  Óòò›In€which€is€shewed€what€infused€and€passive€œContemplation,›€is,€and€its€wonderful€Effects.œóóÐ Ïk ÐÓù+ÓÌ128.€›You€must€know,€that€when€once€the€Soul€is€habituated€to€internal€Recollection,€and€acquiredÏœÔ'ƒüm+ÔContemplation,›€that€we€have€spoken€of;€when€once€ððœtis›€mortified,€and€desires€wholly€to€be€deniedÏits€Appetites;€when€once€it€efficaciously€embraces€internal€and€external€Mortification,€and€isÏwilling€to€dye€heartily€to€its€passions€and€its€own€ways,€then€God€uses€to€take€it€alone€by€it€self,Ïand€raise€it€more€then€it€knows,€to€a€œcompleat›€repose,€where€he€sweetly€and€inwardly€infuses€in€itÏhis€Light,€his€Love€and€his€Strength,€œinkindling›€and€inflaming€it€with€a€true€disposition€to€allÏmanner€of€œVertue.Ìà  à129.€›There€the€Divine€Spouse,€suspending€its€Powers,€puts€it€to€sleep€in€a€most€sweet€andÏpleasant€rest:€There€it€sleeps,€and€quietly€receives€and€enjoys€(without€knowing€it€)€what€it€enjoys,Ïwith€a€most€lovely€and€charming€Calm:€There€the€Soul€raised€and€lifted€up€to€this€passive€State,Ïbecomes€united€to€its€greatest€Good,€without€costing€it€any€trouble€or€pains€for€this€Union:€ThereÏin€that€œsupream›€Region,€and€sacred€Temple€of€the€Soul,€that€greatest€Good€takes€itsÏComplacency,€manifests€it€self,€and€creates€a€relish€from€the€Creature,€in€a€way€above€Sense€andÏall€humane€understanding:€There€also€only€the€pure€Spirit,€who€is€God,€(the€purity€of€the€SoulÏbeing€œuncapable›€of€sensible€things)€rules€it,€and€gets€the€mastership€of€it,€communicating€to€it€itsÏillustrations,€and€those€Sentiments€which€are€necessary€for€the€most€pure€and€perfect€Unionœ.Ìà  à130.€›The€Soul€coming€to€it€self€again€from€these€sweet€and€divine€œEmbracings›,€becomesÏrich€in€light€and€love,€and€a€mighty€esteem€of€the€divine€Greatness,€and€the€knowledge€of€its€ownÏMisery,€finding€it€self€all€changed€divinely,€and€disposed€to€embrace,€to€suffer,€and€to€practiceÐ ?,Û%* Ðperfect€œVertue›.œÌà  à131.€›A€simple,€pure,€infused,€and€perfect€Contemplation,€therefore€is€a€known€and€inwardÏmanifestation€which€God€gives€of€himself,€of€his€goodness,€of€his€Peace,€of€his€sweetness,€whoseÏobject€is€God,€pure,€unspeakable,€abstracted€from€all€particular€thoughts,€within€an€inward€silence:Ïbut€it€is€God€delights€us,€God€that€draws€us,€God€that€sweetly€raises€us€in€a€spiritual€and€pureÏmanner,€an€admirable€gift,€which€the€divine€Majesty€bestows€to€whom€he€will,€as€he€will,€andÏwhen€he€will,€and€for€what€time€he€will,€though€the€state€of€this€Life€be€rather€a€state€of€the€crossÏof€Patience,€of€humility,€and€of€suffering,€than€of€enjoying.œÌà  à132.€›Never€wilt€thou€enjoy€this€divine€Nectar,€till€thou€art€advanced€in€Vertue€and€inwardÏMortification;€till€thou€doest€heartily€endeavour€to€fix€in€thy€Soul€a€great€Peace,€silence,Ïforgetfulness€and€internal€solitude:€How€is€it€possible€to€hear€the€sweet,€inward€and€powerfulÏVoice€of€God€in€the€midst€of€the€noise€and€tumults€of€the€Creatures?€And€how€can€the€pure€spiritÏbe€heard€in€the€midst€of€Considerations€and€discourses€of€Artifice?€If€the€Soul€will€not€continuallyÏdye€in€it€self,€denying€it€self€to€all€these€Materiallities€and€satisfactions,€the€Contemplation€can€beÏno€more€but€a€meer€vanity,€a€vain€complacency€and€Presumption.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°#xAßÔ& ƒ ÔÐ $À ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIV.ÌÓK9ÓÌòòÓ  ÓPursues€the€Same€Matter.óóÐ ÷“ ÐÓv9ÓÌ133.€›God€doth€not€always€communicate€himself€with€equal€abundance€in€this€sweetest€and€infusedÏÔ'ƒ$)9ÔContemplation:€sometimes€he€grants€this€Grace€more€than€he€doth€at€other€times;€and€sometimesÏhe€expects€not€that€the€Soul€should€be€so€dead€and€denied,€because€this€Gift€being€his€œmeer›€Grace,Ïhe€gives€it€when€he€pleases,€and€as€he€pleases;€so€that€no€general€rule€can€be€made€of€it,€nor€anyÏrate€set€to€his€Divine€greatness:€nay,€by€means€of€this€very€Contemplation€be€comes€to€deny€it€toÏannihilate€and€dye.œÌà  à134.›€Sometimes€the€Lord€gives€greater€light€to€the€understanding;€sometimes€greater€loveÏto€the€will.€There€is€no€need€here€for€the€Soul€to€take€any€pains€or€trouble;€it€must€receive€whatÏGod€gives€it,€and€rest€united,€as€he€will€have€it;€because€His€Majesty€is€Lord,€and€in€the€very€timeÏthat€he€lays€it€asleep,€he€possesses€and€fills€it,€and€works€in€it€powerfully€and€sweetly,€without€anyÏindustry€or€knowledge€of€its€own:€insomuch,€that€before€ever€it€is€aware€of€this€so€great€Mercy,€itÏis€gained,€convinced,€and€changed€already.œÌà  à135.€›The€Soul€which€is€in€this€happy€state,€hath€two€things€to€avoid,€the€activity€of€humanÏSpirit,€and€œinterestedness›:€Our€humane€Spirit€is€unwilling€to€dye€in€it€self,€but€loveth€to€be€doingÏand€discoursing€after€its€way,€being€in€Love€with€its€own€Actions.€A€Man€had€need€to€have€a€greatÏfidelity,€and€œdevesting›€himself€of€selfishness,€to€get€a€perfect€and€passive€Capacity€of€the€DivineÏInfluences;€the€continual€habits€of€operating€freely,€which€it€has,€are€a€hindrance€to€its€annihilation.Ìà  à136.€The€second€is€interestedness€in€contemplation€it€self:€Thou€must€therefore€procure€inÏthy€Soul€a€perfect€devesting€of€all€which€is€not€God,€without€seeking€any€other€end€or€interest,Ïwithin€or€without,€but€the€Divine€Will.œÌà  à137.€›In€a€word,€the€manner€that€thou€must€use,€on€thy€part,€to€fit€thy€self€for€this€pure,Ð ?,Û%* Ðpassive,€and€perfect€Prayer,€is,€a€total€and€absolute€consignment€of€thy€self€into€the€hands€of€God,Ïwith€a€perfect€submission€to€his€most€holy€Will,€to€be€busied€according€to€his€Pleasure€andÏDisposition,€with€a€perfect€resignation.Ìà  à138.€Thou€must€know,€that€few€be€the€Souls€which€arrive€at€this€infused€and€passiveÏPrayer;€because€few€of€ððem€are€capable€of€these€divine€influences€with€a€total€nakedness€and€deathÏof€their€own€activity€and€Powers,€those€only€which€feel€it,€know€it€so,€that€this€perfect€nakednessÏis€acquired€(by€the€help€of€Godððs€Grace)€by€a€continual€and€inward€mortification,€dying€to€all€itsÏown€inclinations€and€desires.Ìà  à139.€At€no€time€must€thou€look€at€the€effects€which€are€wrought€in€thy€Soul,€butÏespecially€herein;€because€it€would€be€a€hindrance€to€the€divine€operations,€which€enrich€it,€so€toÏdo:€all€that€thou€hast€to€do€is€to€pant€after€indifference,€resignation,€forgetfulness,€and,€without€thyÏbeing€sensible€of€it;€the€greatest€good€will€leave€in€thy€Soul€a€fit€disposition€for€the€practice€ofÏvertue,€an€true€love€of€the€Cross€of€thy€own€contempt,€of€thy€Annihilation,€and€greater€andÏstronger€desires€still€of€thy€greater€Perfection,€and€the€most€pure€and€affective€Union.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°7xAßÔ& o ÔÐ 8Ô  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XV.ÌÓ§FÓÌòòà0  àà ° àOf›€the€two€means,€whereby€the€Soul€ascends€up€to€infused€Contemplation,€with€the€Explication€ofÐ  § Ðwhat€and€how€many€the€steps€of€it€are.œóóÐ÷“(#(# ÐÌ140.€›The€means€whereby€the€Soul€ascends€to€the€felicity€of€Contemplation€and€Affective€Love,ÏÔ'o8…FÔare€two;€the€Pleasure,€and€the€Desires€of€it.€God€uses€at€first€to€fill€the€Soul€with€sensibleÏPleasures;€because€ððtis€so€frail€and€miserable,€that,€without€this€preventive€Consolation,€it€cannotÏtake€wing€towards€the€fruition€of€Heavenly€things.€In€this€first€step€it€is€disposed€by€Contrition,Ïand€is€exercised€in€Repentance,€meditating€upon€the€Redeemerððs€Passion,€rooting€out€diligently€allÏworldly€desires€and€vicious€Courses€of€Life:€because€the€Kingdom€of€Heaven€suffers€violence,€andÏthe€faint„heart,€the€delicate€never€conquer€it,€but€those€that€use€violence€and€force€withÏthemselves.œÌà  à141.€›The€second€is€the€Desires.€The€more€the€things€of€Heaven€are€delighted€in,€the€moreÏthey€are€desired;€and€from€thence€there€do€ensue€upon€spiritual€Pleasures,€desires€of€enjoyingÏheavenly€and€divine€Blessings,€and€contempt€of€worldly€ones.€From€these€desires€arises€theÏinclination€of€following€Christ€our€Lord,€who€said,€òòI€am€the€wayóó,€(St.€òòJohnóó€14.€6)€the€steps€of€hisÐ ó#! Ðimitation,€by€which€a€Man€must€go€up,€are€Charity,€Humility,€Meekness,€Patience,€Poverty,€Self„¼contempt,€the€Cross,€Prayer,€and€Mortification.œÌà  à142.€›The€steps€of€infused€Contemplation€are€three.€The€first€is€Satiety.€When€the€soul€isÏfillððed€with€God,€it€conceives€a€Hatred€to€all€worldly€things;€then€ððtis€quiet€and€satisfied€only€withÏDivine€Love.Ìà  à143.€The€second€is€intoxication.€And€this€step€is€an€excess€of€Mind,€and€an€Elevation€ofÏSoul,€arising€from€Divine€Love€and€satiety€of€it.œÌà  à144.›€The€third€is€Security.€This€step€turns€out€all€fear:€the€soul€is€so€œdrencht›€with€loveÏdivine,€and€resigned€up€in€such€a€manner€to€the€divine€good€pleasure,€that€it€would€go€willingly€toÐ ?,Û%* ÐHell,€if€it€did€but€know€it€so€to€be€the€will€of€the€most€high.€In€this€step€it€feels€such€a€certain€BondÏof€the€divine€Union,€that€it€seems€to€it€an€impossible€thing,€to€be€separated€from€its€beloved,€andÏhis€infinite€Treasure.œÌà  à145.€›There€are€six€other€steps€of€Contemplation,€which€are€these,€Fire,€Union,€Elevation,ÏIllumination,€Pleasure,€and€Repose.€With€the€first€the€Soul€is€œinkindled›,€and€being€œinkindled›,€isÏanointed;€being€anointed,€is€raised;€being€raised,€Contemplates;€Contemplating,€it€receivesÏPleasure;€and€receiving€Pleasure,€it€finds€repose.€By€these€steps€the€soul€rises€higher,€beingÏabstracted€and€experienced€in€the€Spiritual€and€Internal€way.Ìà  à146.€In€the€first€step,€which€is€Fire,€the€Soul€is€illustrated,€by€the€means€of€a€divine€andÏardent€ray,€in€kindling€the€affections€divine,€and€drying€up€those€which€are€but€humane.€TheÏsecond€is€the€Unction,€which€is€a€sweet€and€spiritual€Liquor,€which€diffusing€it€self€all€the€SoulÏover,€teaches€it,€strengthens€it,€and€disposes€it€to€receive€and€contemplate€the€divine€truth:€andÏsometimes€it€extends€even€to€nature€it€self,€corroborating€it€by€patience,€with€a€sensible€pleasureÏthat€seems€celestial.œÌà  à147.€›The€third€is€the€Elevation€of€the€Inner€Man€over€it€self,€that€it€may€get€fittest€to€theÏclear€fountain€of€pure€love.œÌà  à148.›€The€fourth€step,€which€is€Illumination,€is€an€infused€knowledge,€whereby€the€SoulÏcontemplates€sweetly€the€divine€truth,€rising€still€from€one€clearness€to€another,€from€one€light€toÏanother,€from€knowledge€to€knowledge,€begin€guided€by€the€Spirit€Divineœ.Ìà  à149.€›The€fifth€is€a€œSavoury›€Pleasure€of€the€divine€sweetness,€issuing€forth€from€theÏplentiful€and€precious€fountain€of€the€Holy€Ghost.Ìà  à150.€The€sixth€is€a€sweet€and€Admirable€tranquility,€arising€from€the€conquest€of€œFightings›Ïwithin,€and€frequent€Prayer;€and€this,€òòveryóó,€òòveryóó€few€have€Experience€of.€Here€the€abundance€ofÐ ¬H ÐJoy,€and€Peace€is€so€great,€that€the€soul€seems€to€be€in€a€sweet€sleep,€solacing€and€reposing€it€selfÏin€the€Divine€breast€of€Love.Ìà  à151.€Many€other€steps€of€Contemplation€there€are,€as€œExtasies›,€Raptures,€Melting,ÏòòœDelinquium›ððsóó,€Glee,€Kisses,€Embraces,€Exultation,€Union,€Transformation,€œExpousing›,€andÐ \ø ÐMatrimony,€which€I€omit€to€explain,€to€give€no€occasion€to€Speculation:€And€because€there€areÏwhole€Books€which€treat€of€these€Points;€though€they€are€all€for€him€who€finds€nothing€of€ððem,Ïany€more€than€a€blind€Man€doth€of€œColour›,€or€a€deaf€Man€of€œMusick›.€In€a€word,€by€these€steps€weÏget€up€to€the€Chamber€and€repose€of€the€œpacifick›€King€and€the€true€òòSolomonóó.œÐ  "¨ ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°ã#xAßÐ ä#€  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVI.ÌÓZÓÌ›òòÓ  ÓSigns€to€know€the€Inner€Man,€and€the€Mind€thatððs€Purged.œóóÐ ·&S $ ÐÓAZÓÌ152.€›The€Signs€to€know€the€Inner€Man€by,€are€four.€The€first,€If€the€understanding€produce€notÏother€Thoughts€than€those€which€stir€up€to€the€light€of€Faith;€and€the€Will€is€so€habituated,€that€itÏbegets€no€other€Acts€of€Love€than€of€God,€and€in€order€to€him.€The€second,€If,€when€he€ceasesÏfrom€an€External€Work,€in€which€he€was€employed,€the€Understanding€and€the€Will€are€presentlyÏand€easily€turned€to€God.€The€third,€if€in€œentring›,€upon€Prayer,€he€forgets€all€outward€things,€as€ifÐ ?,Û%* Ðhe€had€not€seen€nor€used€ððem.€The€fourth,€If€he€carries€himself€orderly€towards€outward€things,€asÏif€he€were€œentring›€into€the€World€again,€fearing€to€embroil€himself€in€Business,€and€naturallyÏabhorring€it,€unless€when€Charity€requires€it€of€him.œÌà  à153.€›Such€a€Soul€as€this€is€free€from€the€outward€Man,€and€easily€enters€into€the€interiourÏsolitude,€where€it€sees€none€but€God€and€it€self€in€him:€loving€him€with€quiet€and€peace€and€trueÏLove.€There€in€that€secret€Center€God€is€kindly€speaking€to€it,€teaching€it€a€new€Kingdom,€andÏtrue€Peace€and€Joy.Ìà  à154.€This€Spiritual,€abstracted€and€retired€Soul€hath€its€Peace€no€more€broken,€thoughÏoutwardly€it€may€meet€with€Combats;€because€through€the€infinite€distance,€tempests€do€neverÏreach€to€that€serenest€Heaven€within,€where€pure€and€perfect€Love€resides;€and€though€sometimesÏit€may€be€naked,€forsaken,€fought€against€and€desolate,€this€is€only€the€fury€of€the€storm,€whichÏthreatens€and€rages€no€where€but€without.œÌà  à155.€›This€secret€Love€within,€hath€four€effects:€The€first€is€called€Illumination,€which€is€aÏœsavoury›€and€experimental€Knowledge€of€the€greatness€of€God,€and€of€its€own€nothing.€TheÏsecond€is€Inflammation,€which€is€an€ardent€desire€of€being€burnt,€like€the€òòSalamanderóó,€in€this€kindÐ Lè  Ðand€divine€fire.€The€third€is€Sweetness,€which€is€a€peaceable,€joyful,€sweet€and€intimate€fruition.ÏThe€fourth,€is€a€swallowing€up€of€the€Powers€in€God;€by€which€immersion€the€Soul€is€so€muchÏœdrencht›€and€filled€with€God,€that€it€canððt€any€longer€seek,€or€will€any€thing,€but€its€greatest€andÏinfinite€good.Ìà  à156.€From€this€fullest€satiety,€two€effects€arise.€The€first€is,€a€great€Courage€to€suffer€forÏGod.€The€second€is,€a€certain€hope€or€assurance€that€it€can€never€lose€him,€nor€be€separated€fromÏhim.Ìà  à157.€Here€in€this€internal€retirement,€the€beloved€Jesus€hath€his€Paradise,€to€whom€we€mayÏgo€up,€standing€and€conversing€on€the€Earth.€And€if€thou€desirest€to€know€who€he€is,€who€isÏaltogether€drawn€to€this€inward€retirement,€with€enlightened€Exemplification€in€God,€I€tell€thee,€itÏis€he€that€in€adversity,€in€discomfort€of€Spirit,€and€in€the€want€of€necessities€stands€firm€andÏunshaken.€These€constant€and€inward€Souls€are€outwardly€naked€and€wholly€diffused€in€God,Ïwhom€they€continually€do€Contemplate:€they€have€no€spot;€they€live€in€God€and€of€himself;€theyÏshine€brighter€than€a€thousand€Suns;€they€are€beloved€by€the€Son€of€God;€they€are€the€darlings€ofÏGod€the€Father,€and€elect€Spouses€of€the€Holy€Ghost.œÌà  à158.€›By€three€signs€is€a€mind€that€is€purged,€to€be€known,€as€St.€òòThomasóó€says€in€a€TreatiseÐ  "¨ Ðof€his.€The€first€sign€is€diligence,€which€is€a€strength€of€Mind,€which€banishes€all€neglect€and€sloth,Ïthat€it€may€be€disposed€with€earnestness€and€confidence€to€the€pursuit€of€vertue.€The€second€isÏseverity;€which€likewise€is€a€strength€of€Mind€against€Concupiscence,€accompanied€with€an€ardentÏlove€of€roughness,€vileness€and€holy€Poverty.€The€third€is€benignity€and€sweetness€of€Mind,€whichÏdrives€away€all€rancour,€envy,€aversion€and€hatred€against€ones€neighbour.œÌà  à159.€›Till€the€mind€be€purged,€the€affection€purified,€the€memory€naked,€the€understandingÏbrightened,€the€will€denied€and€set€a€fire,€the€Soul€can€never€arrive€at€the€intimate€and€affectiveÏunion€with€God,€and€therefore€because€the€Spirit€of€God€is€purity€it€self,€and€light€and€rest,€theÏSoul,€where€he€intends€to€make€his€abode,€must€have€great€Purity,€Peace,€attention€and€quiet.ÏFinally€the€precious€Gift€of€a€purged€Mind,€those€only€have,€who€with€continual€diligence€do€seekÏLove€and€retain€it,€and€desire€to€be€reputed€the€most€vile€in€the€World.œÐ 0,Ì%) ЇßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°cxAßÐ d ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVII.ÌÓ¾kÓÌòòÓ  Ó›Of€Divine€Wisdom.óóÐ 7 Ó ÐÓêkÓÌ160.€Divine€Wisdom€is€an€intellectual€and€infused€knowledge€of€the€divine€perfections€and€thingsÏEternal;€which€ought€rather€to€be€called€Contemplation€than€Speculation.€Science€is€acquired€andÏbegets€the€knowledge€of€Nature.€Wisdom€is€infused€and€begets€the€Knowledge€of€the€DivineÏGoodness.€That€desires€to€know€what€is€not€to€be€attained€unto€without€pains€and€sweat:€ThisÏdesires€not€to€know€what€it€doth€know,€although€it€understands€it€all.€In€a€word,€the€Men€who€areÏscientificœal›€entertain€themselves€in€the€knowledge€of€the€things€of€the€World;€and€the€wise€liveÏswallowed€up€in€God€himself.œÌà  à161.€›Reason€enlightened€in€the€Wise€is€a€high€and€simple€elevation€of€Spirit,€whereby€heÏsees,€with€a€clear€and€sharp€sight€all€that€is€œinferiour›€to€him,€and€what€concerns€his€Life€andÏEstate.€This€is€that€which€renders€the€Soul€simple,€illustrated,€uniform,€spiritual,€and€altogetherÏintroverted,€and€abstracted€from€every€created€thing.€This€moves€and€draws€away€with€a€sweetÏViolence,€the€hearts€of€the€humble€and€teachable,€filling€them€with€abundance€of€sweetness,Ïpeace,€and€pleasantness.€Finally,€the€wise€Man€says€of€it,€that€it€brought€him€all€good€things€atÏonce.€òòœVenerunt€mihi€omnia€bona€pariter€cum€illaóó,€Wisd.€7.€II.Ð  § Ðà  à162.€›You€must€know,€that€the€greatest€part€of€Men€lives€by€Opinion,€and€judges€accordingÏto€the€œdeceivableness›€of€imagination€and€œSence›:€but€the€Man€thatððs€wise€judges€of€every€thingÏaccording€to€the€real€verity,€which€is€in€it;€whose€business€is€to€understand,€conceive,€penetrateÏinto,€and€transcend€every€created€being,€even€to€himself.œÌà  à163.€›ððœTis›€a€great€property€of€a€wise€Man€to€do€much€and€say€little.Ìà  à164.€Wisdom€is€discovered€in€the€works€and€words€of€the€wise;€because€he€being€absoluteÏmaster€of€all€his€passions,€motions,€and€affections€is€know€in€all€his€doings,€like€a€quiet€and€stillÏwater,€in€which€wisdom€shines€with€clearness.œÌà  à165.€›The€understanding€of€mystical€truths€is€secret€and€shut€up€from€Men€who€are€purelyÏœScholastical›,€unless€they€be€humble;€because€it€is€the€Science€of€Saints,€and€none€know€it€butÏthose€which€heartily€love€and€seek€their€own€Contempt:€Therefore€the€Souls,€who€by€œimbracing›Ïthis€means,€get€to€be€purely€mystical€and€truly€humble,€dive€even€to€the€profoundestÏapprehensions€of€the€Divinity:€and€the€more€sensually€men€do€live€according€to€flesh€and€blood,Ïthe€greater€distance€are€they€at€from€this€mystical€Scienceœ.Ìà  à166.€›Ordinarily€it€is€seen€that€in€the€man€which€hath€much€œscholastical›€œand›€speculativeÏKnowledge,€divine€Wisdom€doth€not€predominate;€yet€they€make€an€admirable€composition,€whenÏthey€both€meet€together.€The€men€of€Learning,€who€by€Godððs€Mercy€have€attained€to€this€œmystick›ÏScience,€are€worthy€of€Veneration€and€Praise€in€Religionœ.Ìà  à167.€›The€external€actions€of€the€mystical€and€wise,€which€they€do€rather€passively€thanÏactively,€though,€they€are€a€great€torment€to€ððem,€yet€are€ordered€prudently€by€ððem,€by€number,Ïweight,€and€measure,œÌà  à168.€›The€Sermons€of€Men€of€Learning,€who€want€the€Spirit,€though€they€are€made€up€ofÏdivers€stories,€elegant€descriptions,€acute€discourses,€and€exquisite€Proofs,€yet€are€by€no€meansÐ ?,Û%* Ðthe€word€of€God;€but€the€word€of€Men,€plated€over€with€false€Gold:€These€Preachers€spoilÏChristians,€feeding€ððem€with€wind€and€vanity,€and€so€they€are,€both€of€ððem,€void€of€God.œÌà  à169.€›These€Teachers€feed€their€Hearers€with€the€wind€of€hurtful€œsubtilties›,€giving€ððemÏstones€instead€of€Bread,€leaves€instead€of€Fruit,€and€œunsavoury›€Earth€œmixt›€with€poisoned€HoneyÏinstead€of€true€Food.€These€are€they€that€hunt€after€œhonour›,€raising€up€an€idol€of€reputation€andÏapplause,€instead€of€seeking€Godððs€Glory,€and€the€spiritual€Edification€of€Men.œÌà  à170.€›Those€that€preach€with€Zeal€and€sincerity,€preach€for€God.€Those€that€preach€withoutÏððem,€preach€for€themselves.€Those€that€preach€the€word€of€God€with€spirit,€makes€it€takeÏimpression€in€the€Heart;€but€those€that€Preach€it€without€spirit,€carry€it€no€farther€than€to€the€ear.œÌà  à171.€›Perfection€doth€not€consist€in€teaching€it,€but€in€doing€it;€because€he€is€neither€theÏgreatest€Saint,€nor€the€wisest€Man,€that€knows€the€Truth€most,€but€he€that€practices€it.œÌà  à172.€›ððœTis›€a€constant€Maxim,€That€Divine€Wisdom€begets€Humility;€and€that€which€isÏacquired€by€the€Learned,€begets€Pride.œÌà  à173.€›Holiness€does€not€consist€in€forming€deep€and€subtle€conceits€of€the€Knowledge€andÏattributes€of€God,€but€in€the€Love€of€God,€and€in€self„denial.€Therefore€ððœtis›€œfrequentlier›€observed,Ïthat€Holiness€is€more€amongst€the€simple,€and€humble,€than€among€the€learned.€How€many€poorÏold€Women€are€there€in€the€World,€which€have€little€or€nothing€of€humane€science,€but€are€rich€inÏthe€love€of€God!€How€many€Divines€do€we€see€that€are€over€head€and€ears€in€their€vain€Wisdom,Ïand€yet€very€bare€in€things€of€true€light€and€Charity!Ìà  à174.€Remember€that€ððœtis›€always€good€to€speak€like€one€that€learns,€and€not€like€one€thatÏknows:€Count€it€a€greater€œHonour›€to€be€reputed€a€œmeer›€Ignoramus,€than€a€man€of€Wisdom€andÏPrudence.Ìà  à175.€However,€the€Learned,€who€are€purely€speculative,€have€some€little€Sparks€of€Spirit,Ïyet€these€do€not€fly€out€from€the€simple€bottom€of€eminent€and€divine€Wisdom,€which€hath€aÏmortal€hatred€to€Forms€and€Speciesððs:€the€mixing€of€a€little€Science€is€always€a€hindrance€toœ€theÏeternal,€profound,€pure,€simple,€and€true€Wisdom.ÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°GxAßÐ Hä ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XVIII.ÌÓw‚Ó€ÌÓ  ÓòòTreating€of€the€Same.óóÐ "· ÐÓ¢‚ÓÌ176.€›There€are€two€ways€which€lead€to€the€œknowledg›€of€œGod.›€The€one€remote,€the€other€near:ÏThe€first€is€called€Speculation;€the€second,€Contemplation.€The€Learned,€who€follow€œScientifical›ÏSpeculation€by€the€Sweetness€of€sensible€Discourses,€get€up€to€God€by€this€means,€as€well€as€theyÏcan,€that€by€this€help€they€may€be€able€to€love€him:€But€none€of€those€who€follow€that€way€whichÏthey€call€œScholastical›,€ever€arrives€by€that€only,€to€the€Mystical€Way,€or€to€the€Excellence€ofÏUnion,€Transformation,€Simplicity,€Light,€Peace,€Tranquility€and€Love,€as€he€doth,€who€is€broughtÏby€the€Divine€Grace€by€the€mystical€way€of€Contemplation.Ìà  à177.€These€men€of€Learning,€who€are€œmeerly›€œscholastical›,€donððt€know€what€the€Spirit€is,Ïnor€what€it€is€to€be€lost€in€God:€nor€are€they€come€yet€to€the€taste€of€the€sweet€Ambrosia€which€isÏin€the€inmost€depth€and€bottom€of€the€Soul,€where€it€keeps€its€Throne,€and€communicates€it€selfÐ ?,Û%* Ðwith€incredible,€intimate€and€delicious€affluence:€Nay,€some€there€are€which€do€œeððen›€condemn€thisÏmystical€Science,€because€they€neither€do€understand€nor€relish€it.œÌà  à178.€›The€Divine€who€doth€not€taste€the€sweetness€of€Contemplation,€has€not€other€reasonÏto€give€for€it,€but€because€he€enters€not€by€the€Gate€which€St.€òòPaulóó€points€to,€when€he€says,€òòSiÐ ( Ä Ðquis€inter€œvos›€œvidetur›€sapiens€esse,€œstultus›€fiat€œut›€sit€sapiensóó,€I€Cor.€3.18.€If€any€one€among€yeÐ  ° Ðseem€to€himself€to€be€wise,€let€him€become€a€fool€that€he€may€be€wise;€let€him€shew€his€humilityÏby€reputing€himself€ignorant.œÌà  à179.€›ððœTis›€a€general€Rule;€and€also€a€Maxim€in€œMystick›€Theology,€That€the€œPractic›€oughtÏto€be€gotten€before€the€Theory.€That€there€ought€to€be€some€experimental€Exercise€ofÏsupernatural€Contemplation,€before€the€search€of€the€knowledge,€and€an€enquiry€after€the€fullÏapprehension€of€it.œÌà  à180.€›Although€the€mystical€Science€does€commonly€belong€to€the€humble€and€simple,€yetÏnotwithstanding€that,€men€of€Learning€are€not€œuncapable›€of€it,€if€they€do€not€seek€themselves€norÏset€any€great€value€upon€their€own€artificial€knowledge;€but€more,€if€they€can€forget€it,€as€if€theyÏnever€had€it,€and€only€make€use€of€it,€in€its€own€proper€place€and€time,€for€preaching€andÏdisputing€when€their€turn€comes,€and€afterwards€give€their€minds€to€the€simple€and€nakedÏContemplation€of€God,€without€form,€figure€or€considerationœ.Ìà  à181.€›The€Study,€which€is€not€ordered€for€Godððs€glory€only,€is€but€a€short€way€to€Hell;€notÏthrough€the€Study,€but€the€Wind€of€Pride,€which€begets€it.€Miserable€is€the€greatest€part€of€Men€atÏthis€time,€whose€only€Study€is€to€œsatisfie›€the€unsatisfiable€curiosity€of€Nature.œÌà  à182.€›Many€seek€God€and€find€him€not;€because€they€are€more€moved€by€curiosity€thanÏsincere,€pure€and€upright€intention:€they€rather€desire€Spiritual€Comforts€than€God€himself;€and€asÏthey€seek€him€not€with€truth,€they€neither€find€God€nor€Spiritual€Pleasures.œÌà  à183.€›He€that€does€not€endeavour€the€total€denying€of€himself,€will€not€be€truly€abstracted;Ïand€so€can€never€be€capable€of€the€truth€and€the€light€of€the€Spirit.€To€go€towards€the€mysticalÏScience,€a€man€must€never€meddle€with€things€which€are€without,€but€with€prudence,€and€in€thatÏwhich€his€Office€calls€him€to.€Rare€are€men€who€set€a€higher€price€upon€hearing€than€speaking?ÏBut€the€wise€and€purely€mystical€Man€never€speaks€but€when€he€cannot€help€it;€nor€doth€heÏconcern€himself€in€any€thing€but€what€belongs€to€his€Office,€and€then€he€carries€himself€with€greatÏPrudence.œÌà  à184.€›The€spirit€of€Divine€Wisdom€fills€men€with€Sweetness,€governs€them€with€Courage,Ïand€enlightens€those€with€excellence€who€are€subject€to€its€direction.€Where€the€Divine€SpiritÏdwells,€there€is€always€simplicity€and€a€holy€Liberty.€But€Craft€and€Double„mindedness,€Fiction,ÏArtifices,€Policy€and€worldly€Respects,€are€Hell€it€self€to€wise€and€sincere€men.œÌà  à185.›€Know€that€he€who€would€attain€to€the€Mystical€Science,€must€be€denied€and€takenÏoff€from€five€things:€1.€From€the€Creatures.€2.€From€Temporal€things.€3.€From€the€very€Gifts€ofÏthe€Holy€Ghost.€4.€From€himself.€5.€He€must€be€lost€in€God.€This€last€is€the€œcompleatest›€of€all;Ïbecause€that€Soul€only€that€knows€how€to€be€so€taken€off,€is€that€which€attains€to€being€lost€inÏGod,€and€only€knows€where€to€be€in€safety.œÌà  à186.›€God€is€more€satisfied€with€the€affection€of€the€Heart,€than€that€of€Worldly€Science.ÏððœTis›€one€thing€to€cleanse€the€Heart€of€all€that€which€captivates€and€pollutes€it,€and€another€to€do€aÏthousand€things,€though€good€and€holy,€without€minding€that€purity€of€Heart€which€is€the€main€ofÐ 0,Ì%) Ðall€for€attaining€of€Divine€Wisdom.œÌà  à187.€›Never€wilt€thou€get€to€this€Sovereign€and€Divine€Wisdom,€if€thou€hast€not€strength,Ïwhen€God€œcleanseth›€thee€in€his€own€time,€not€only€of€thy€œadherency›€to€Temporal€and€NaturalÏBlessings,€but€further,€to€Supernatural€and€Sublime€ones,€such€as€internal€Communications,ÏœExtasies›,€Raptures,€and€other€gratuitous€Graces,€whereon€the€Soul€rests€and€entertains€it€self.œÌà  à188.€›Many€Souls€come€short€of€arriving€to€quiet€Contemplation,€to€divine€Wisdom€andÏtrue€Knowledge,€notwithstanding€that€they€spend€many€Hours€in€Prayer,€and€receive€theÏSacrament€every€day;€because€they€do€not€subject€and€submit€themselves€wholly€and€entirely€toÏhim€that€hath€Light,€nor€deny€and€conquer€themselves,€nor€give€up€themselves€totally€to€God,Ïwith€a€perfect€divesting€and€disinteresting€of€themselves:€In€a€word,€till€the€Soul€be€purified€in€theÏFire€of€Inward€Pain,€it€will€never€get€to€a€State€of€Renovation,€of€Transformation,€of€perfectÏContemplation,€of€divine€Wisdom€and€affective€Union.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°_xAßÐ `ü  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XIX.ÌÓþ™ÓÌòòÓ  Ó›Of€true€and€perfect€Annihilationœ.óóÐ 3Ï ÐÓ)šÓÌ189.€›Thou€must€know€that€all€this€œFabriek›€of€Annihilation€hath€its€foundation€but€in€twoÏPrinciples.€The€first€is,€to€keep€ones€self€and€all€worldly€things€in€a€low€esteem€and€value;€fromÏwhence€the€putting€in€practice€of€this€Self„divesting,€and€of€Self„renunciation€and€forsaking€allÏcreated€things,€must€have€its€rise,€and€that€with€the€affection,€and€in€deed.œÌà  à190.€›The€second€Principle€must€be€a€great€esteem€of€God,€to€love,€adore€and€follow€himÏwithout€the€least€interest€of€ones€own,€let€it€be€never€so€holy.€From€these€two€Principles€will€ariseÏa€full€conformity€to€the€Divine€Will.€This€powerful€and€practical€conformity€to€the€Divine€Will€inÏall€things,€leads€the€Soul€to€Annihilation€and€Transformation€with€God,€without€the€mixture€ofÏRaptures,€or€external€œExtasies›,€or€vehement€Affections:€This€way€being€liable€to€many€illusions,Ïwith€the€danger€of€weakness€and€anguish€of€the€understanding,€by€which€path€there€is€seldom€anyÏthat€gets€up€to€the€top€of€perfection,€which€is€acquired€by€œtððother›€safe,€firm€and€real€way,€thoughÏnot€without€a€weighty€Cross;€because€therein€the€Highway€of€Annihilation€and€Perfection€isÏfounded;€which€is€seconded€by€many€gifts€of€Light€and€divine€Effects,€and€infinite€other€Graces,Ïòògratis€œdatóó,€yet€the€Soul€that€is€annihilated€must€be€uncloathed›€of€it€all,€if€it€would€not€have€ððemÐ #£  Ðbe€a€hindrance€to€it€in€its€way€to€Deification.œÌà  à191.›€As€the€Soul€makes€continual€progress€from€its€meanness,€it€ought€to€walk€on€to€theÏpractice€of€Annihilation,€which€consists€in€the€abhorring€of€Honour,€Dignity€and€Praise;€thereÏbeing€no€reason€that€Dignity€and€Honour€should€be€given€to€Vileness€and€a€meer€Nothingœ.Ìà  à192.€›To€the€Soul€that€is€sensible€of€its€own€Vileness,€it€appear€an€impossible€thing€toÏdeserve€any€thing;€ððœtis›€rather€confounded€and€knows€it€self€unworthy€of€œVertue›€and€Praise:€itÏembraces€with€equal€courage€all€occasions€of€Contempt,€Persecution,€Infamy,€Shame€and€Affront;Ïand€as€truly€deserving€of€such€reproaches,€it€renders€the€Lord€thanks,€when€it€lights€upon€suchÏoccasions,€to€be€treated€as€it€deserves;€and€knows€it€self€also€unworthy,€that€he€should€use€hisÏJustice€upon€it;€but€above€all,€ððœtis›€glad€of€contempt€and€affront,€because€its€God€gets€great€gloryÐ ?,Û%* Ðby€it.œÌà  à193.€›Such€a€Soul€as€this€always€chooses€the€lowest,€the€vilest,€and€the€most€despisedÏdegree,€as€well€of€place,€as€of€œcloathing›,€and€of€all€other€things,€without€the€least€affectation€ofÏsingularity;€being€of€the€opinion,€that€the€greatest€Vileness€is€beyond€its€deserts,€andÏacknowledging€it€self€also€unworthy€even€of€this.€This€is€the€practice€that€brings€the€Soul€to€a€trueÏAnnihilation€of€it€self.œÌà  à114.€›The€Soul€that€would€be€perfect,€begins€to€œmortifie›€its€Passions;€and€when€ððœtis›Ïadvanced€in€that€Exercise,€it€denies€it€self;€then€with€the€Divine€Aid,€it€passes€to€the€State€ofÏNothing,€where€it€despises,€abhors€and€plunges€it€self€upon€the€knowledge€that€it€is€nothing,€that€itÏcan€do€nothing,€and€that€it€is€worth€nothing.€From€hence€springs€the€dying€in€it€self,€and€in€itsÏsenses,€in€many€ways,€and€at€all€hours;€and€finally,€from€this€spiritual€Death€the€true€and€perfectÏAnnihilation€derives€its€original;€insomuch,€that€when€the€Soul€is€once€dead€to€its€will€andÏunderstanding,€ððœtis›€properly€said€to€be€arrived€at€the€perfect€and€happy€state€of€Annihilation,Ïwhich€isœ€›the€last€disposition€for€Transformation€and€Union,€which€the€Soul€it€self€doth€notÏunderstand,€because€ððœtwould›€not€be€annihilated€if€it€should€come€to€know€it.€And€although€it€doÏget€to€this€happy€state€of€Annihilation,€yet€it€must€know€that€it€must€walk€still€on,€and€must€beÏfurther€and€further€purified€and€annihilated.€[Here€is€most€delicious€œNonsence›,€and€a€very€curiousÏBull.]œÌà  à195.€›You€must€know,€that€this€Annihilation€to€make€it€perfect€in€the€Soul,€must€be€in€aÏmanððs€own€Judgment,€in€his€Will,€in€his€Works,€Inclinations,€Desires,€Thoughts,€and€in€it€Self:€soÏthat€the€Soul€must€find€it€self€dead€to€its€Will,€Desire,€Endeavour,€Understanding€and€Thought;Ïwilling,€as€if€it€did€not€will;€desiring,€as€if€it€did€not€desire;€understanding,€as€if€it€did€notÏunderstand;€thinking,€as€if€it€did€not€think,€without€inclining€to€any€thing,€embracing€equallyÏœContempts›€and€œHonours›,€Benefits€and€Corrections.€O€what€a€happy€Soul€is€that€which€is€thusÏdead€and€annihilated!€It€lives€no€longer€in€it€self,€because€God€lives€in€it:€And€now€it€may€mostÏtruly€be€said€of€it,€that€it€is€a€renewed€òòœPhenix›óó;€because€ððœtis›€changed,€spiritualized,€transformed€andÐ p  Ðdeified.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°3 xAßÐ 4 Ð ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XX.ÌÓ,­ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àIn›€which€is€shewed€how€this€Nothing€is€the€ready€way€to€obtain€Purity€of€Soul,€perfectÐ #£  ÐContemplation,€and€the€rich€Treasure€of€Peace€internal.œóóÐó#!(#(# ÐÌ196.€›The€way€to€attain€that€high€state€of€a€Mind€reformed,€whereby€a€man€immediately€gets€to€theÏgreatest€Good,€to€our€first€Original,€and€to€the€highest€Peace,€is€his€Nothingness:€œEndeavour›,€OÏSoul,€to€be€always€buried€in€that€misery.€This€Nothing,€and€this€acknowledged€Misery,€is€theÏmeans€by€which€the€Lord€works€wonders€in€thy€Soul.€œCloath›€thy€self€with€this€Nothing,€and€withÏthis€Misery,€and€see€that€this€Misery€and€this€Nothing€be€thy€continual€Food€and€Habitation,€evenÏto€the€casting€down€thy€self€low€therein;€and€then€I€assure€thee,€that€thou€being€in€that€manner,€theÏNothing,€the€Lord€will€be€the€Whole€in€thy€Soul.œÌà  à197.€›Why,€œthinkest›€thou,€do€infinite€Souls€hinder€the€abundant€Current€of€the€divine€gifts?Ð ?,Û%* ÐððœTis›€only€because€they€would€be€doing€something,€and€have€a€desire€to€be€great:€all€this€is€to€comeÏaway€from€internal€Humility,€and€from€their€own€Nothing;€and€therefore€they€prevent€thoseÏwonders€which€that€infinite€goodness€would€work€in€ððem.€They€betake€themselves€to€the€veryÏgifts€of€the€Spirit,€and€there€they€stick,€that€they€may€come€out€from€the€Center€of€Nothing,€andÏso€the€whole€Work€is€œspoilððd›.€They€seek€not€God€with€truth,€and€therefore€they€find€him€not:€ForÏknow€thou€must,€that€there€is€no€finding€of€Him,€but€in€the€undervaluing€of€our€own€selves,€and€inÏnothing.œÌà  à198.›€We€seek€our€selves€every€time€we€get€out€of€our€Nothing;€and€therefore€we€never€getÏto€quiet€and€perfect€Contemplation.€Creep€in€as€far€as€ever€thou€canst€into€the€truth€of€thyÏNothing,€and€then€nothing€will€disquiet€thee:€Nay,€thou€wilt€be€humble€and€ashamed,€losingÏopenly€thy€own€reputation€and€esteem.œÌà  à199.€›O€what€a€strong€Bulwark€wilt€thou€find€of€that€Nothing!€Who€can€ever€afflict€thee,€ifÏonce€thou€dost€retire€into€that€Fortress?€Because€the€Soul€which€is€despised€by€it€self,€and€in€itsÏown€œknowledg›€is€Nothing,€is€not€capable€of€receiving€Grievance€or€Injury€from€any€Body.€TheÏSoul€which€keeps€within€its€Nothing,€is€internally€silent,€lives€œresignððd›€in€any€torment€whatsoever,Ïby€thinking€it€less€than€what€it€doth€deserve:€It€shuns€the€œsuspition›€of€a€œNeighbour›,€never€looks€atÏother€folks€faults,€but€its€own€is€free€from€abundance€of€Imperfections,€and€becomes€CommanderÏof€great€Virtue.€Whilst€the€Soul€keeps€still€and€quiet€in€its€nothing,€it€perfects€it,€it€enriches€it,€theÏLord€draws€his€own€Image€and€Likeness€in€it,€without€any€thing€to€hinder€it.œÌà  à200.€›By€the€way€of€òòNothingóó€thou€must€come€to€lose€thy€self€in€God€(which€is€the€lastÐ è„ Ðdegree€of€perfection)€and€happy€wilt€thou€be,€if€thou€canst€so€lose€thy€self;€then€thou€wilt€get€thyÏself€again,€and€find€thy€self€most€certainly.€In€this€same€Shop€of€òòNothingóó,€Simplicity€is€made;Ð À\ Ðinterior€and€infused€recollection€is€possessed,€quiet€is€obtained,€and€the€heart€is€cleansed€from€allÏmanner€of€imperfections.€O€what€a€Treasure€wilt€thou€find,€if€thou€shalt€once€fix€thy€habitation€inÏòòNothingóó€and€if€thou€once€œgettest›€but€œIððsnugg›€into€the€Center€of€òòNothingóó,€thou€will€never€concernÐ „  Ðthy€self€with€any€thing€that€is€without€(the€great€ugly€large€step€that€so€many€thousand€Souls€doÏstumble€at)€unless€it€be€as€thy€Office€may€call€thee€to€it.œÌà  à201.€›If€thou€dost€but€get€shut€up€in€òòNothingóó,€(where€the€blows€of€adversity€can€neverÐ Hä Ðcome)€nothing€will€vex€thee€or€break€thy€peace.€This€is€the€way€of€getting€to€the€command€of€thyÏself,€because€perfect€and€true€dominion€doth€only€govern€in€òòNothingóó:€with€œthe›€Helmet€of€òòNothingóóÐ  !¼ Ðthou€will€be€too€hard€for€strong€temptations€and€the€terrible€suggestions€of€the€envious€enemy.€[IÏœdefie›€all€the€òòQuakersóó€in€òòEnglandóó€to€match€this€incomparable€piece€of€œNonsence›€and€œEnthusiastick›Ð ø"” ÐCant.]œÌà  à202.€›Knowing€that€thou€art€nothing,€that€thou€canst€do€nothing,€and€art€worth€justÏnothing,€thou€wilt€quietly€embrace€passive€œdrynesses›,€thou€wilt€endure€horrible€desolations;€thouÏwilt€undergo€spiritual€martyrdoms€and€inward€torments.€By€means€of€this€òòNothingóó€thou€must€dieÐ ¨&D # Ðin€thy€self,€many€ways,€at€all€times,€and€all€hours.Ìà  à203.€Who€must€awaken€the€Soul€out€of€that€sweet€and€pleasant€Sleep,€if€once€it€comes€toÏtake€a€Nap€in€Nothing?€This€is€the€way€that€òòDavidóó€got€a€perfect€annihilation,€without€so€much€asÐ l)#& Ðknowing€it.€òòAd€œnihilum›€œredactus›€œsum›€de€œnescivi›óó,€œòòPsalóó›.€17.€Keeping€thy€self€in€òòNothingóó,€thou€wiltÐ X*ô#' Ðbar€the€door€against€every€thing€that€is€not€God;€thou€wilt€retire€also€from€thine€own€self,€andÏwalk€toward€that€internal€solitude,€where€the€Divine€Spouse€speaks€in€the€Heart€of€his€Bride,Ð 0,Ì%) Ðteaching€her€high€and€divine€Wisdom.€Drown€thy€self€in€this€òòNothingóó,€and€there€shalt€thou€find€aÐ d Ðholy€Sanctuary€against€any€Tempest€whatsoever.œÌà  à204.€›By€this€way€must€thou€return€to€the€happy€state€of€Innocence€forfeited€by€our€firstÏParents.€By€this€Gate€thou€must€enter€into€the€happy€land€of€the€living,€where€thou€wilt€find€theÏgreatest€Good,€the€breath€of€Charity,€the€beauty€of€Righteousness,€the€œstreight›€Line€of€Equity€andÏJustice,€and,€in€sum,€every€jot€and€tittle€of€Perfection.€Lastly,€do€not€look€at€òònothingóó,€desireÐ  œ Ðòònothingóó,€will€òònothingóó,€nor€œendeavour›€òònothingóó,€and€then€in€every€thing€thy€Soul€will€live€œreposððd›,Ð ì ˆ Ðwith€quiet€and€enjoyment.œÌà  à205.€›This€is€the€way€to€get€purity€of€Soul,€perfect€contemplation€and€peace€internal;€walkÏtherefore€in€this€safe€path,€and€œendeavour›€to€overwhelm€thy€self€in€this€òòNothingóó,€œendeavour›€to€loseÐ °L  Ðthy€self,€to€sink€deep€into€it,€if€thou€hast€a€mind€to€be€annihilated,€united€and€transformed.œÌÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°sxAßÐ t  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XXI.ÌÓÑÅÓÌ›Ó  ÓòòOf€the€high€Felicity€of€internal€Peace,€and€the€wonderful€Effects€of€it.œóóÐ Gã  ÐÓúÅÓÌ206.€›The€Soul€being€once€annihilated€and€renewed€with€perfect€nakedness,€finds€in€its€superiourÏpart€a€profound€peace,€and€a€sweet€rest,€which€brings€it€to€such€a€perfect€Union€of€love,€that€it€isÏjoyful€all€over.€And€such€a€Soul€as€this€is€already€arrived€to€such€a€happiness,€that€it€neither€willsÏnor€desires€any€thing€but€what€its€Beloved€wills;€it€conforms€it€self€to€this€Will€in€all€emergencies,Ïas€well€of€comfort€as€anguish,€and€rejoyces€also€in€every€thing€to€do€the€Divine€Good€Pleasure.Ìà  à207.€There€is€nothing€but€what€comforts€it;€nor€doth€it€want€any€thing,€but€what€it€can€wellÏwant:€To€die,€is€enjoyment€to€it;€and€to€live,€is€its€joy.€It€is€as€contented€here€upon€Earth,€as€it€canÏbe€in€Paradise;€it€is€as€glad€under€privation,€as€it€can€be€in€possession;€in€sickness€as€it€can€be€inÏhealth;€because€it€know€that€this€is€the€will€of€its€Lord.€This€is€its€life,€this€is€its€glory,€its€paradise,Ïits€peace,€its€repose,€its€rest,€its€consolation€and€highest€happinessœ.Ìà  à208.›€If€it€were€necessary€to€such€a€Soul€as€this,€which€is€gotten€up€by€the€steps€ofÏannihilation€to€the€region€of€peace,€to€make€its€choice,€it€would€œchuse›€desolation€before€comfort,Ïcontempt€before€honour;€because€the€loving€Jesus€made€great€esteem€of€reproach€and€pain:€if€itÏfirst€endured€the€hunger€of€the€blessings€of€Heaven,€if€it€thirsted€for€God,€if€it€had€the€fear€ofÏlosing€him,€the€lamentation€of€heart,€and€the€fighting€of€the€Devil;€now€things€are€altered,€andÏhunger€is€turned€into€satisfying,€the€thirst€into€satiety,€the€fear€into€assurance,€the€sadness€into€joy,Ïthe€weeping€into€merriment,€and€the€fierce€fighting€into€the€greatest€peace.€O€happy€Soul,€thatÏenjoys€here€on€earth€so€great€a€felicity!€Thou€must€know,€that€these€kind€of€Souls€(though€fewÏthey€are)€be€the€strong€Pillars€which€support€the€Church,€and€such€as€abate€the€divine€indignation.Ìà  à209.€And€now€this€Soul€that€is€entered€into€the€heaven€of€peace,€acknowledges€it€self€fullÏof€God€and€his€supernatural€gifts,€because€it€lives€grounded€in€a€pure€love,€receiving€equalÏPleasure€in€light€and€darkness,€in€night€and€day,€in€affliction€and€consolation.€Through€this€holyÏand€heavenly€indifference,€it€never€loses€its€peace€in€adversity,€nor€its€tranquility€in€tribulations,Ïbut€sees€it€self€full€of€unspeakable€enjoyments.œÌà  à210.€›And€although€the€Prince€of€Darkness€makes€all€the€assaults€of€Hell€against€it,€withÐ ?,Û%* Ðhorrible€temptations,€yet€it€makes€head€against€ððem,€and€stands€like€a€strong€Pillar;€no€moreÏhappening€to€it€by€ððem,€than€happens€to€a€high€mountain€and€a€deep€valley€in€the€time€of€stormÏand€tempest.œÌà  à211.€›The€valley€is€œdarkned›€with€thick€clouds,€fierce€tempests€of€hail,€thunder,€lightning€andÏhail„stones,€which€looks€like€the€picture€of€Hell:€at€the€same€time€the€lofty€Mountain€glitters€byÏthe€bright€beams€of€the€Sun,€in€quietness€and€serenity,€continuing€clear,€like€heaven,€immovableÏand€full€of€light.œÌà  à212.€›The€same€happens€to€this€blessed€soul;€the€valley€of€the€part€below€is€sufferingÏtribulations,€combats,€darkness,€desolations,€torments,€martyrdoms€and€suggestions;€and€at€theÏsame€time,€on€the€lofty€mountain€of€the€higher€part€of€the€Soul,€the€true€Sun€casts€its€beams;€itÏœenflames›€and€enlightens€it;€and€so€it€becomes€clear,€peaceable,€resplendent,€quiet,€serene,€being€aÏœmeer›€ocean€of€joy.œÌà  à213.›€So€great€therefore€is€the€quiet€of€this€pure€Soul,€which€is€gotten€up€the€mountain€ofÏtranquility,€so€great€is€the€peace€of€its€spirit,€so€great€the€serenity€and€œchearfulness›€that€is€within,Ïthat€a€remnant€œand›€glimmering€of€God€do€rebound€even€to€the€outside€of€it.œÌà  à214.€›Because€in€the€throne€of€quiet€are€manifest€the€perfections€of€spiritual€beauty;€hereÏthe€true€light€of€the€secret€and€divine€Mysteries€of€our€holy€faith,€here€perfect€humility,€even€to€theÏannihilation€of€it€self,€the€amplest€resignation,€chastity,€poverty€of€spirit,€the€sincerity€andÏinnocence€of€the€Dove,€external€modesty,€silence€and€internal€fortitude,€liberty€and€purity€of€heart;Ïhere€the€forgetfulness€of€every€created€thing,€even€of€it€self,€joyful€simplicity,€heavenlyÏindifference,€continual€Prayer,€a€total€nakedness,€perfect€disinterestedness,€a€most€wiseÏcontemplation,€a€conversation€of€heaven;€and€lastly,€the€most€perfect€and€serene€peace€within,€ofÏwhich€this€happy€soul€may€say€what€the€wise€man€said€of€wisdom,€that€all€other€graces€cameÏalong€in€the€company€with€her.€œòòVenerunt€mihi€omnia€bona€pariter€cum€illaóó.€Wisd.€7.€11.Ð ˜4 Ðà  à215.€›This€is€the€rich€and€hidden€treasure,€this€is€the€lost€groat€of€the€Gospel;€this€it€theÏblessed€life,€the€happy€life,€the€true€life,€and€the€blessedness€here€below.€O€thou€lovely€greatnessÏthat€œpassest›€the€knowledge€of€the€sons€of€men!€O€excellent€supernatural€life,€how€admirable€andÏunspeakable€art€thou,€for€thou€art€the€very€œdraught›€of€blessedness!€O€how€much€dost€thou€raise€aÏsoul€from€earth,€which€loses€in€its€view€all€things€of€the€vileness€of€earth!€thou€art€poor€to€lookÏupon;€but€inwardly€thou€are€full€of€wealth:€thou€œseemest›€low,€but€art€exceeding€high;€in€a€word,Ïthou€art€that€which€makest€men€live€a€life€divine€here€below.€Give€me,€O€Lord,€thou€greatestÏgoodness,€give€me€a€good€portion€of€this€heavenly€happiness€and€true€peace,€that€the€World,Ïsensual€as€it€is,€is€neither€capable€of€understanding€nor€receiving.œ€òòQuem€mundus€non€potestÐ ä#€  Ðaccipere.óóÐ Ð$l! ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°§&xAßñ¯ññ®ñÔ& o Ôñ®ññ¯ñÐ ¨&D # ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€XXII.ÌÓ„ÜÓÌòòà0  àà ° àA›€mournful€Exclamation€and€lamentable€Moan€to€God€for€the€Small€Company€of€Souls€thatÐ {)#' Ðarrive€at€Perfection,€the€Loving€Union€and€the€Divine€Transformationœ.óóÐg*$((#(# ÐÌ216.€›O€Divine€Majesty,€in€whose€presence€the€Pillars€of€Heaven€do€quake€and€tremble!€O€thouÐ ?,Û%* Мñ¯ññ®ñÔ'odqÜÔñ®ññ¯ñGoodness,›€more€than€infinite,€in€whose€love€the€œSeraphins›€burn!€give€me€leave,€O€Lord,€to€lamentÏour€blindness€and€ingratitude.€We€all€live€in€Mistakes,€seeking€the€foolish€world,€and€forsakingÏthee,€who€art€our€God.€We€all€forsake€thee,€the€Fountain€of€Living€Waters,€for€the€stinking€Dirt€ofÏthe€World.œÌà  à217.€›O€we€children€of€men,€how€long€shall€we€follow€after€lying€and€vanity?€Who€is€it€thatÏhath€thus€deceived€us,€that€we€should€forsake€God€our€greatest€good?€Who€is€it€that€speaks€theÏmost€truth€to€us?€Who€is€it€that€loves€us€most?€Who€defends€us€most?€Who€is€it€that€doth€more€toÏshew€himself€a€Friend,€who€more€tender€to€shew€himself€a€Spouse,€and€more€good€to€be€a€Father?Ïthat€our€blindness€should€be€so€great,€that€we€should€all€forsake€this€greatest€and€infiniteÏgoodness?œÌà  à218.€›O€Divine€Lord!€what€a€few€Souls€are€there€in€the€World,€which€do€serve€thee€withÏperfection!€how€small€is€the€number€of€those,€who€are€willing€to€suffer,€that€they€may€followÏChrist€crucified,€that€they€may€embrace€the€Cross,€that€they€may€deny€and€contemn€themselves!€OÏwhat€a€scarcity€of€Souls€is€there,€which€are€disinterested€and€totally€naked!€how€few€are€thoseÏSouls€which€are€dead€to€themselves€and€alive€to€God,€which€are€totally€resigned€to€his€divineÏgood€pleasure!€How€few€those,€who€are€œadornððd›€with€simple€obedience,€profound€œknowledg›€ofÏthemselves;€and€true€humility!€how€few€those,€which€with€an€entire€indifference€give€upÏthemselves€into€the€hands€of€God,€to€do€what€he€pleases€with€ððem!€how€few€are€there€of€thoseÏpure€Souls€which€be€of€a€simple€and€disinterested€heart,€and€which,€putting€off€their€ownÏunderstanding,€œknowledg›,€desire€and€will,€do€long€for€self„denial€and€spiritual€death!€O€what€aÏscarcity€of€Souls€is€there€which€are€willing€to€let€the€Divine€Creator€work€in€ððem€a€mind€to€suffer,Ïthat€they€may€not€suffer,€and€to€die,€that€they€may€not€die!€How€few€are€the€Souls€which€areÏwilling€to€forget€themselves,€to€free€their€hearts€from€their€own€affections,€their€own€desires,€theirÏown€satisfactions,€their€own€love€and€judgments!€that€are€willing€to€be€led€by€the€highway€of€self„¼denial€and€the€internal€way!€that€are€willing€to€be€annihilated,€dying€to€themselves€and€theirÏsenses!€that€are€willing€to€let€themselves€be€emptied,€purified€and€œuncloathed›,€that€God€may€fillÏand€œcloath›€and€perfect€ððem!€In€a€word,€how€small,€O€Lord,€is€the€number€of€those€Souls€which€areÏblind,€deaf€and€dumb€and€perfectly€contemplative!œÌà  à219.€›O€the€shame€of€us€the€Children€of€òòAdamóó!€who,€for€a€thing€of€œmeer›€vileness,€doÐ €Ð Ðdespise€true€felicity,€and€hinder€our€greatest€good,€the€rich€treasure€and€infinite€goodness!€GreatÏreason€has€Heaven€to€lament,€that€there€are€so€few€Souls€to€follow€its€precious€path„wayœ.€òòViÐ X ¨ ÐSion€lugent,€eo€quod€non€sint€qui€veniant€ad€solennitatem.óó€Lam.€1.4Ð D!” ÐÌÌòòÖ€0ì ÖÖ€1ìÖà8  àI€submit€every€thing,€with€humble€prostration,€to€the€Correction€of€the€HolyóóÐ $X" ÐRoman€Catholick€Church.Ð ô$D #Ð Ð  Ðò òÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÓ  ÓÑ  € ÑßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°þxAßÐ ÿO ÐÌÖ€ÖTHEÌÔ#†X•HXîîJM‚ê#ÔÔ‡„ù—„XX•HÔCONTENTSÔ#†X•HX„„ù—¥ë#ÔÐ N ž Ðó óÓ¡êÓÌÓ  ÓFirst€Advertisement.ÌÓìÓòòBy€two€Ways€one€may€go€to€God;€the€first€by€Meditation€and€Discourse,€or€Reasoning;Ð † Ö  Ðthe€second€by€pure€Faith€and€Contemplationóó.Ð r   ÐÌÓ  ÓSecond€Advertisement.ÌÓøìÓòòDeclaring€what€Meditation€and€Contemplation€are,€and€the€difference€that€is€betweet€them.óóÐ 6†  ÐÌÓ  ÓThird€Advertisement.ÌÓŸíÓòòWhat€is€the€difference€betwixt€the€Acquired€and€Active€Contemplation,€and€the€Infused€andÐ úJ ÐPassive;€with€the€Signs€whereby€it€is€known,€when€God€will€have€the€Soul€to€pass€fromÏMeditation€to€Contemplation.óóÐ Ò" ÐÌÓ  ÓFourth€Advertisement.ÌÓÌîÓòòThe€Burden€of€this€Book€consisting€in€rooting€out€the€Rebellion€of€our€own€Will,€€that€we€mayÐ –æ Ðattain€to€Internal€Peace.óóÐ  ‚Ò  ÐÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°;xAßÐ <Ø ÐÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÓ  ÓFirst€BookÔ#†X•HXîîJMð#ÔÐ Kç ÐÓðÓßA€" ) °°xdE°n xAßÐ o  Ðà0  àà ° àOf€the€Darkness,€Dryness,€and€Temptations€wherewith€God€purges€Souls,€and€of€InternalÏRecollection.Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àà ° àChap.€1.€òòTo€the€end€God€may€rest€in€the€Soul,€the€Heart€is€always€to€be€kept€peaceable€inÐ B Þ Ðwhatsoever€Disquiet,€Temptation€and€Tribulationóó.Ð. Ê (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€2.€òòThough€the€Soul€perceive€it€self€deprived€of€Discourse,€or€Ratiocination,€yet€it€ought€toÐ ¶  Ðpresevere€in€Prayer,€and€not€be€afflicted,€because€that€is€its€greater€Felicityóó.Т (#(# ÐChap.€3.€òòA€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.óóÐ òŽ  Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€4.€òòThe€Soul€is€not€to€afflict€it€self,€nor€intermit€Prayer,€because€it€sees€it€self€encompassedÐ Þz  Ðwith€dryness.óóÐÊf (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€5.€òòTreating€of€the€same€thing,€declaring€how€many€ways€of€Devotion€there€are,€and€howÐ ¶R  Ðthe€sensible€Devotion€is€to€be€disposed;€and€that€the€Soul€is€not€idle,€though€it€reasonÏnot.óóÐŽ*(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€6.€òòThe€Soul€is€not€to€be€disquieted,€that€is€sees€it€self€encompassed€with€darkness,€becauseÐ z Ðthat€is€an€instrument€of€its€greater€felicity.óóÐf(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€7.€òòTo€the€end€the€Soul€may€attain€to€the€supreme€internal€Peace,€it€is€necessary,€that€GodÐ Rî Ðpurge€it€after€his€way,€because€the€Exercises€and€Mortifications€that€of€it€self€it€setsÏabout,€are€not€sufficient.óóÐ*Æ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€8.€òòA€Sequel€of€the€same.óóв(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€9.€òòThe€Soul€ought€not€to€be€disquieted,€nor€draw€back€in€the€Spiritual€way,€because€it€findsÐ ž Ðit€self€assaulted€by€Temptations.Ð (#(# Ðóóà0  àà ° àChap.€10.€òòWherein€the€same€Point€is€handledóó.ÐÚv(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€11.€òòDeclaring€the€Nature€of€Internal€Recollection,€and€instructing€the€Soul€how€it€ought€toÐ Æb Ðbehave€it€self€therein,€and€in€the€Spiritual€Walfare,€whereby€the€Devil€endeavours€toÏdisturb€it€at€that€time.óóО:(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€12.€òòA€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.óóЊ &(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€13.€òòWhat€the€Soul€ought€to€do€in€Internal€Recollection.óóÐv!(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€14.€òòDeclaring€how€the€Soul€putting€it€self€in€the€presence€of€God,€with€perfectÐ b"þ  ÐResignation,€by€the€pure€act€of€Faith,€walks€always€in€virtual€and€acquiredÏcontemplation.Ð (#(# Ðóóà0  àà ° àChap.€15.€òòA€Sequel€to€the€same€matter.óóÐ&%Â#(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€16.€òòA€Way€by€which€one€may€enter€into€Internal€Recollection,€through€the€most€HolyÐ &®$ ÐHumanity€of€Lord€Christ.óóÐþ&š %(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€17.€òòOf€Internal€and€Mystical€Silence.óóÐê'†!&(#(# ÐÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°­*xAßÐ ®*J$) ÐÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÓ  ÓThe€Second€Book.Ô#†X•HXîîJMÇý#ÔÐ ½*Y$* ÐÓæýÓà0  àà ° àOf€the€Ghostly€Father,€the€Obedience€thatððs€due€to€him;€of€Indiscreet€Zeal,€and€of€Internal€andÐ á+}%+ ÐExternal€Penance.Ð (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€1.€òòThe€best€Way€to€baffle€the€Craft€of€the€Enemy,€is€to€be€Subject€to€a€Ghostly€Father.óóÐPì(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€2.€òòA€Sequel€of€the€same€Matter.óóÐ<Ø(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€3.€òòThe€Indiscreet€Zeal€of€Souls,€and€the€disordinate€Love€of€our€Neighbour,€disturbÐ ( Ä ÐInternal€Peace.óóÐ °(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€4.€òòA€Sequel€of€the€Same.óóÐ œ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€5.€òòLight,€Experience,€and€a€Divine€Call,€are€necessary€for€guiding€Souls€in€the€InwardÐ ì ˆ ÐWay.óóÐØ t(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€6.€òòInstructions€and€Counsels€to€Confessors€and€Spiritual€Directors.óóÐÄ `(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€7.€òòWherein€the€same€thing€is€treated€of;€discoursing€the€Interests€which€some€ConfessorsÐ °L  Ðand€Spiritual€Directors€use€to€have,€in€which€are€declared€the€Qualities€which€they€oughtÏto€have€for€the€Exercise€of€Confession,€and€also€for€the€Guiding€of€Souls€through€theÏMystical€Way.óóÐt (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€8.€òòPursues€the€same€Matter.óóÐ`ü (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€9.€òòShewing€how€a€simple€and€ready€Obedience€is€the€only€means€of€for€walking€safely€inÐ Lè  Ðthe€inward€Way,€and€of€procuring€Internal€Peace.óóÐ8Ô (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€10.€òòPursues€the€same.óóÐ$À(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€11.€òòWhen,€and€in€what€things€this€Obedience€doth€most€concern€the€Interior€Soul.óóЬ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€12.€òòTreats€of€the€same.óóÐü˜(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€13.€òòFrequent€Communion€is€an€effectunl€Means€of€getting€all€Vertues,€and€in€particular,Ð è„ ÐInternal€Peace.óóÐÔp(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€14.€òòPursues€the€same€Matter.óóÐÀ\(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€15.€òòDeclaring€when€Spiritual€and€Corporal€Penances€ought€to€be€used,€and€how€hurtfulÐ ¬H Ðthey€are€when€they€are€done€indiscreetly,€according€to€ones€own€Judgment€and€Opinion.óóИ4(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€16.€òòThe€great€difference€between€External€and€internal€Penances.óóЄ (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€17.€òòHow€the€Soul€is€to€carry€it€self€in€the€faults€it€doth€commit,€that€it€may€not€beÐ p  Ðdisquieted€thereby,€but€reap€good€out€of€it.óóÐ\ø(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€18.€òòTreateth€of€the€Same€Point.óóÐHä(#(# ÐÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE° "xAßÐ  "¨ ÐÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÓ  ÓThe€Third€Book.Ô#†X•HXîîJMl #ÔÐ "· ÐÓ‹ ÓÌà0  àà ° àOf€Spiritual€Martyrdoms€whereby€God€Purges€Souls;€of€Contemplation€Infused€and€Passive;€ofÏPerfect€Resignation,€Inward€Humility,€Divine€Wisdom,€True€Annihilation,€and€InternalÏPeace.Ð (#(# ÐÌà0  àà ° àChap.€1.€òòThe€Difference€between€the€Outward€and€Inward€Man,óóÐÛ'w!%(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€2.€òòPursues€the€same,óóÐÇ(c"&(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€3.€òòThe€Means€of€obtaining€Peace€Internal,€is€not€the€delight€of€Sense€nor€SpiritualÐ ³)O#' ÐConsolation,€but€the€denying€of€Self„love,óóП*;$((#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€4.€òòOf€two€Spiritual€Martyrdoms,€wherewith€God€cleanseth€the€Soul,€that€he€unites€withÐ ‹+'%) ÐHimself,óóа(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€5.€òòHow€important€and€necessary€it€is,€to€the€interiour€Soul,€to€suffer€blindfold€this€firstÐ œì Ðand€Spiritual€Martyrdom,óóЈØ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€6.€òòOf€Divine€Love,óóÐtÄ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€7.€òòInward€Mortification€and€Perfect€Resignation€are€necessary€for€obtaining€InternalÐ `° ÐPeace,óóÐL œ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€8.€òòPursues€the€Same€Matter,óóÐ8 ˆ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€9.€òòFor€the€obtaining€of€Internal€Peace,€ððtis€necessary€for€the€Soul€to€know€its€miseryóóÐ$ t(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€10.€òòIn€which€is€shewed€and€discovered€what€is€the€false€Humility,€and€what€the€true;€withÐ  ` Ðthe€effects€of€ððem,óóÐü L (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€11.€òòMaxims€to€know€a€simple,€humble,€and€true€Heart,óóÐè 8 (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€12.€òòInward€solitude€is€that€which€cheiefly€brings€a€Man€to€the€purchase€of€Internal€Peace,óóÐÔ$ (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€13.€òòIn€which€is€shewed€what€Infused€and€Passive€Contemplation€is,€and€its€wonderfulÐ À  ÐEffects.óóЬü (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€14.€òòPursues€the€Same€Matter,óóИè (#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€15.€òòOf€the€two€Means,€whereby€the€Soul€ascends€up€to€Infused€Contemplation,€with€theÐ „Ô  ÐExplication€of€what€and€how€many€the€steps€of€it€are,óóÐpÀ(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€16.€òòSigns€to€know€the€Inner€Man,€and€the€Mind€thatððs€Purged,óóÐ\¬(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€17.€òòOf€Divine€Wisdom.óóÐH˜(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€18.€òòTreating€of€the€Same,óóÐ4„(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€19.€òòOf€True€and€Perfect€Annihilation.óóÐ p(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€20.€òòIn€which€is€shewed€how€this€Nothing€is€the€ready€way€to€obtain€purity€of€Soul,€perfectÐ  \ ÐContemplation,€and€the€rich€Treasure€of€Peace€Internal,óóÐøH(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€21.€òòOf€the€high€felicity€of€Internal€Peace,€and€the€wonderful€Effects€of€it,óóÐä4(#(# Ðà0  àà ° àChap.€22.€òòA€Mournful€Exclamation€and€Lamentable€moan€to€God€for€the€small€Company€ofÐ Ð  ÐSouls€that€arrive€at€Perfection,€the€Loving€Union€and€the€Divine€Transformation,óóм (#(# ÐÌÌÓ  ÓÖ€ìÖFINISÐ  €Ð ÐÑ ýr ÑÌÓÖÓò òÌßA€" ) °°xdE°‡xAßÐ ˆØ ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°‚xAßÐ ƒÓ ÐÌÌÌÓ  ÓA€BRIEFÌÌÔ‡°fz°XX•HÔTREATISEÔ#†X•HX°°fzø#ÔÔ‡èÑßèXX•HÔÐ . ~  ÐÌÔ#†X•HXèèÑßB#ÔÔ‡¼Þ0¼XX•HÔCONCERNINGÔ#†X•HX¼¼Þ0š#ÔÐ ŠÚ  ÐÌÔ‡èÑßèXX•HÔDaily€CommunionÔ#†X•HXèèÑßü#Ô.Ð ŠÚ  ÐÌÔ‡¼Þ0¼XX•HÔDIVIDEDÔ#†X•HX¼¼Þ0d#ÔÐ úJ ÐÌÔ‡èÑßèXX•HÔInto€Three€Chapters.Ô#†X•HXèèÑßÃ#ÔÐ úJ ÐÌó óÔ‡ Fý XX•HÔÓãÓÌßA€" ) °°xdE°¡xAßÐ ¢ò ÐÌÓ  ÓÔ#†X•HX  Fý2#ÔÔ‡¼Þ0¼XX•HÔComposððd€in€SPANISHÔ#†X•HX¼¼Þ0è#ÔÔ‡ Fý XX•HÔÐ é9 ÐÌÔ#†X•HX  Fý@#ÔÔ‡„ù—„XX•HÔBy€Dr.€òòMichael€de€Molinosóó€Priest,Ô#†X•HX„„ù—˜#ÔÔ‡ Fý XX•HÔÐ 5… ÐÌAnd€Translated€into€à @ àITALIANÌAnd€Published€by€another€Devout€Priest.ÌÌÓ¹ÓßA€" ) °°xdME°t#xAßÐ u#Å ÐÓ  ÓENGLISHEDòòÐ „#Ô 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4 „  ÐFaith€or€good€Manners,€or€repugnant€to€the€Reverence€due€to€the€Sacrament,€&c.€he€takes€it€toÏbe€worthy€to€be€Printed€for€divers€and€sundry€reasons.€So€that€though€it€met€not€with€thoseÏAcclamations€which€the€former€Book€did,€(the€reason€whereof€you€will€presently€smell€out,€whenÏyou€read€it)€yet€these€three€Testimonies€(besides€the€pains€that€the€devout€Priest€(as€he€callsÏhimself)€took€to€get€it€out€of€óóSpanishòò€into€óóItalianòò)€were€enough€to€give€it€Credit€and€Authority€inÐ Ð  Ðthe€World:€And€as€it€came€tackððt€to€tððother€Book€so€ððtwas€pity€to€make€it€part€Company.óóÐ ¼  Ðà  àòòBut€whilst€these€Reverend€Gentlemen€have€been€so€kind€to€help€it€into€the€World,€andÐ ¨ø Ðspeak€such€good€things€of€it,€ððtis€plain€that€they€either€winkððt€at,€or€did€not€know€one€grossÏContradiction€that€it€makes€to€the€foregoing€Book;€and€that€is€this:€That€this,€óóMich.€MolinosòòÐ €Ð Ðdoes€lay€it€down€as€a€Principle,€in€his€óóSpiritual€Guideòò,€That€the€Penitent€ought€to€resign€up€hisÐ l¼ ÐWill,€his€Judgment,€his€Knowledge,€his€Choice€to€the€determination€of€his€Spiritual€Director.ÏAnd€produces€Examples€for€it,€and€tells€him,€that€he€must€be€led€blindfold€by€his€Confessor,Ïthough€he€should€put€him€upon€never€so€useless€and€nonsensical€Penance€and€Mortification,€asÏplanting€Lettice€with€the€Roots€upwards,€&c.€(a€specimen€of€which€sort€of€asinine€andÏundisputing€Obedience€is€to€be€seen€pressed€by€the€Founder€of€the€Jesuitical€Order,€in€hisÏEpistle€to€the€Brethren€of€his€Society,€óóReg.€Soc.€Jesuòò,€Cap.€óó18òò.€wherein€he€instances€in€AbbotÐ ôD ÐóóJohnòò,€that€watered€a€withered€Tree€for€a€whole€Year€together;€(Which€did€him€as€much€good€as€ifÐ à0 Ðhe€had€tied€a€Whiting€to€his€Girdle.)€And,€at€his€Superiourððs€command,€tried€to€move€a€vastÏStone€which€was€beyond€the€strength€of€many€men€together€to€do;€which€he€had€no€more€reasonÏto€do,€than€to€knock€his€Head€against€it).€And€the€reason€that€is€given€for€this€sort€of€affectedÏand€foolish€Humility,€forsooth,€must€be€because€the€Father€Confessor€is€in€Godððs€place,€andÏwhatever€he€enjoyns€his€Penitent,€must€be€done€by€an€absolute€and€unlimited€Obedience,€withoutÏasking,€why€or€wherefore,€or€entring€into€any€thoughts€of€the€reasonableness€orÏunreasonableness,€convenience€or€inconvenience,€good€or€hurt€of€such€a€ranting€sort€ofÏDiscipline:€And€what€fine€work€may€there€be€sometimes€done,€when€a€silly€Priest€meets€with€aÏPenitent€that€is€as€wise€as€himself?€But€if€the€business€be€really,€thus,€then€whatððs€the€reason€thatÏthis€Author€doth€so€often€in€this€Treatise,€flie€in€the€face€of€the€Ministers,€(who€in€his€sense,€areÏthese€Confessors)€and€tax€them€with€I€know€not€what,€and€make€most€lamentable€out„criesÏagainst€ððem€for€hindring€their€Penitents€from€Daily€Communion?€This€is€going€backward€andÏforward,€saying€and€unsaying€again:€For€if€the€Confessor€have€a€power€of€disposing€of€hisÏPenitentððs€(I€was€going€to€say€Clientððs)€Will,€&c.€as€he€pleases,€and€an€unaccountable€EmpireÏand€Government€over€him;€I€would€fain€see€how€he€can€advise€him€amiss?€And€why€should€allÏthis€noise€be€made€against€these€Ministers€who€are€made€Judges€of€the€disposition€of€theirÐ  +ð&*  ÐPeople,€whom€they€Shrine,€and€therefore€are€presumed€to€do€no€more€than€what€there€is€reasonÏfor,€in€hindring€ððem€from€Daily€Communion?óóÐ œì Ðà  àòòIf€the€foregoing€Book€were€first€Pennððd€by€the€Author,€then€he€either€retracted€hisÐ ˆØ Ðjudgment,€in€this€Treatise,€or€else€forgot€himself,€(which€he€presses€often€as€a€Duty€of€Religion.)ÏIf€this€Treatise€was€Pennððd€first,€then€the€Author€was€willing€to€give€Confessors€more€scope€andÏpower€in€[his€óóSpiritual€Guideòò]€than€he€though€fit€to€allow€ððem€in€his€[óóDaily€Communionòò.]Ð L œ ÐHowever€the€matter€was,€there€is€a€filthy€Mistake€some€where€or€other;€to€press€blind€ObedienceÏto€Confessors€in€one€Book,€and€yet€bawl€at€ððem€for€requiring€it€in€another.€€The€least€that€can€beÏsaid€of€it,€is,€that€ððtis€an€argument€of€an€inconstant€or€forgetful€Head,€And€I€leave€it€to€him€toÏmake€it€out,€or€to€any€body€else€that€has€a€mind€to€clear€the€point.€The€Treatise€it€self€is€likeÏother€Popish€Treatises€upon€that€Subject;€only€ððtis€a€question,€whether€the€Author€be€so€farÏAnnihilated€yet€(as€his€word€is)€as€to€believe€Transubstantiation€so€stoutly€as€others€of€thatÏCommunion€would€make€us€believer€they€do.€He€hath€been€mightily€conversant€inÏModernCasuists€and€Schoolmen,€and€that€makes€him€so€ill€a€Divine,€as€to€tell€us€of€receivingÏgood€by€the€Sacrament€óóex€opere€operatoòò;€i.e.€Never€minding€what€is€done,€but€only€the€doing€theÐ ˜è  Ðbare€action€of€it.€I€could€not€forbear€shewing€a€mark€of€dislike,€when€I€found€him€quoting€twoÏsuch€bouncing€Authorities€out€of€St.€óóAustineòò€and€St.€óóJeromeòò€for€delivering€Souls€out€of€PurgatoryÐ pÀ Ðby€the€efficacy€of€Mass.€I€confess€they€are€very€pregnant€for€his€purpose,€if€he€can€but€shew€usÏthose€Words€in€the€true€Writings€of€those€two€Fathers:€but€to€send€us€to€the€Man€in€the€Moon€toÏknow€further,€this€is€not€fair€nor€Scholar„like.€If€any€man€else€will€undertake€to€shew€us€thoseÏWords€in€the€undoubted€and€unforgððd€Works€of€St.€óóAustineòò€and€St.€óóJeromeòò,€he€will€make€me€(forÐ  p Ðmy€part)€in€that€point.ÌÌÖ€ìÖà€ÌÌ@(#àA€Quietist.óóˆÐ  ä4 ÐßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°ªxAßÐ «û ÐÌÓ  ÓÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÌTHEÌÔ#†X•HXîîJMp;#ÔÔ‡°fz°XX•HÔAUTHORððSÔ#†X•HX°°fz·;#ÔÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÐ î> ÐAdvertisement.Ô#†X•HXîîJM<#ÔÐ Æ  ÐÓd;ÓÌÌòòTis€none€of€my€intention€to€Discourse€in€this€subject€by€the€way€of€Humane€Respect€or€Passion,Ð    Ðnor€to€defend€hard€Controversies,€nor€promote€my€own€Opinions;€and€though€I€have€Written€thisÏshort€Treatise€at€the€continual€ingagements€and€instances€of€Zealous€Persons,€yet€Godððs€greaterÏGlory,€and€the€Spiritual€advantage€of€Souls,€have€been€my€only€desire:€Nor€is€it€any€less€myÏdesign,€that€by€this€Treatise€and€these€Reasons,€the€Faithful€should€govern€themselves€in€theÏbusiness€of€frequent€Communion,€without€the€Prudent€and€Holy€Counsel€of€their€SpiritualÏFathers;€because€I€always€look€upon€it€more€fitting€to€obey€their€Orders,€though€it€should€hinderÏthe€Communion,€than€to€communicate€every€day€according€to€their€own€Sense€and€Judgment.ÏThis€Compendium€of€the€Reasons€and€Authorities€of€Councils,€Saints,€and€Doctors,€is€onlyÏdrawn€up€a„purpose,€that€Confessors€may€see€the€small€reason€there€is€to€hinder€those€SoulsÏfrom€taking€the€Communion,€which€desire€it,€receive€good€by€it,€and€are€obedient€to€theirÏDirections.óóÐ  æ6 ÐÑ  a ÑßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°ªxAßÐ «û ÐÌÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÓ  ÓÖ€ ÔÖÖ€ÔÖA€ShortÐ ¦ö ÐÌÔ#†X•HXîîJMA#ÔÔ‡Ü °ÜXX•HÔTREATISEÔ#†X•HXÜÜ °B#ÔÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔÐ î> ÐÌConcerningÌÌÔ#†X•HXîîJM`B#ÔÔ‡èÑßèXX•HÔDaily€Communion.Ô#†X•HXèèÑßÄB#ÔÐ ¦ö  ÐÌÓ AÓÌßA€" ) °°xdûÿE°xAßÐ V  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€I.ÌÓ”CÓÌà0  àà ° àòòNo€Minister€ought€to€keep€a€faithful€Person€from€the€Communion,€that€does€desire€and€ask€it,Ð Ù) Ðwhilst€he€doth€not€know€his€Conscience€defiled€with€mortal€Sin.óóÐÅ(#(# ÐÌThe€Council€of€òòTrentóó,€treating€of€the€Preparation€which€Priests€and€Layman€ought€to€make€for€theÐ í Ðworthy€Receiving€of€the€Holy€Eucharist,€hath€these€following€words,€(òòSessóó.€13,€òòCapóó.€17.)€TheÐ ‰Ù ÐCustom€of€the€Church€makes€it€clear,€that€Examination€and€Proof€is€necessary€in€order€to€theÏCommunion;€that€no€man,€knowing€himself€guilty€of€mortal€Sin,€though€he€may€seem€Contrite€toÏhimself,€come€to€the€Sacrament,€unless€he€have€before€been€at€Sacramental€Confession.€WhichÏcomprehends€all€Christians,€and€even€Priests,€who€are€bound€by€their€Office€to€Celebrate€it:€fromÏwhence€ððtis€clearly€to€be€inferred,€that€the€Council€makes€no€other€disposition€necessary€for€theÏCommunicating€of€Laymen,€and€the€Priestððs€saying€Mass,€than€not€to€have€any€mortal€Sin.€WhyÏthen€should€the€Ministers€be€a€hindrance€to€those€which€have€that€disposition?Ìà  àThe€Ministers€will€not€say€that€their€Authority€is€greater€than€that€of€the€Council;€nor€thatÏthey€are€more€Learned€than€all€those€Fathers€of€the€Church€that€came€to€it;€nor€will€they€say,€less,Ïthat€they€have€a€greater€light€from€God,€than€that€which€he€then€communicated€to€his€Spouse,€theÏChurch:€Therefore€the€Ministers€ought€not€to€require€a€greater€disposition,€than€being€withoutÏmortal€Sin,€whilst€the€Council€requires€no€more.Ìà  àEither€the€Ministers€and€Priests,€which€say€Mass€daily,€have€this€Holiness€and€PerfectionÏthemselves,€which€they€require€in€Laymen,€or€else€they€have€it€not:€they€will€not€say€they€have€it,Ïbecause€it€would€then€be€pride€in€ððem:€If€they€have€it€not,€and€yet€Celebrate€Mass€every€day,€whyÏdo€they€require€it€from€Laymen,€in€order€to€the€granting€ððem€the€Communion€daily?€ððTis€good€toÏadvise€ððem€to€this€Perfection,€but€if€they€should€not€have€it,€it€will€not€be€reasonable€to€depriveÏððem€of€so€great€a€good,€because€they€may€have€reason€to€fear€that€Christ€our€Lord€may€say€to€ððemÏas€he€did€to€the€òòPhariseesóó,€(St.€òòMatthewóó€23.24)€That€they€bind€heavy€burthens€upon€men,€andÐ  *]%( Ðthey€themselves€will€not€touch€ððem€with€one€of€their€fingers.€And€that€also€is€verified€which€òòDavidóóÐ ù*I&) Ðsaid,€(òòPsalmóó€61.€10)€That€men€are€deceitful€in€the€weight.€òòMendaces€filii€hominum€in€staterisóó;Ð å+5'*  ÐSince€they€have€one€weight€for€themselves€and€another€for€Laymen.Ìà  àIf€the€Council€judges€that€not€being€in€mortal€Sin,€is€a€worthy€disposition€towards€sayingÏMass€daily,€consecrating€and€offering€Sacrifice,€which€is€the€holiest€Service,€how€much€moreÏworthy€will€such€a€disposition€be€for€only€the€receiving€the€Communion?Ìà  àIf€Councils,€the€Church,€Popes,€Saints,€and€Doctors€tequire€no€greater€disposition€toÏreceive€fruit€from€this€Sacrament,€than€not€being€in€mortal€Sin,€why€must€the€Ministers€require€aÏgreater?Ìà  àThe€Council€of€òòTrentóó€hath€the€following€words:€(Sess.€28.€Cap.€6.)€òòOptaret€quidem€SanctaÐ Ø t ÐSynodus€ut€in€singulis€missis€fideles€adstantes,€non€solum€spirituali€affectu,€sed€SacramentaliÏetiam€Eucharisti€preceptione€Communicarent,€quo€ad€eos€hujus€sacrificii€fructus€uberiorÏperveniret:óó€That€is,€the€holy€Council€would€look€upon€it€as€a€very€good€thing€that€in€every€daysÐ œ8  ÐMass,€the€Faithful€who€assist€at€it,€would€be€Communicated,€not€only€Spiritually€and€in€theirÏdesires,€but€also€Sacramentally€by€receiving€the€Holy€Eucharist,€that€they€might€thus€obtain€theÏmore€abundant€benefit€by€this€most€Holy€Sacrament.€The€Council€therefore€desires€that€theÏFaithful€would€communicate€every€day€that€they€hear€Mass,€with€the€disposition€of€having€noÏmortal€Sin,€as€it€signified€òòSessóó.€13.€òòchapóó.€7.€Will€any€Ministers€say,€that€this€is€not€well,€and€soÐ 8Ô  Ðopenly€set€themselves€in€opposition€to€the€desires€of€the€Church?Ìà  àThe€Congregation€of€the€Council€declared€it€an€Errour€that€any€Bishops€in€a€CapriccioÏshould€limit€and€hinder€Daily€Communion€from€being€taken€by€Merchants€and€House„keepers:ÏThe€holy€òòRotaóó€reports€it€in€the€year€1587€(òòBarbos.€in€Council.€Trid.€Sup.€c.€óó22.)€and€after€it€hadÐ è„ ÐDecreed€that€all€Laymen€might€be€communicated,€even€every€day,€though€they€should€beÏMerchants€and€House„keepers,€it€adds€the€following€words:€ð"ð€òòQua€propter€exhortandi€suntÐ À\ Ðfideles,€ut€sicut€quotidie€peccant,€ita€quotidie€medicinam€accipient:óó€That€is,€wherefore€theÐ ¬H ÐFaithful€are€to€be€exohorted,€that€as€they€Sin€daily,€so€they€daily€receive€this€Medicine€of€theÏSacrament€of€the€Eucharist.€And€the€same€Coucil€of€òòTrentóó€says.€(Sess.€13.€c.€2.€de€Instit.€Sanctiss.Ð „  ÐSacr.)€òòQui€manducat€me,€ipse€vivet€propter€me,€&€tanquam€antidotum,€quo€liberemur€a€culpisÐ p  Ðquotidianis€&€a€peccatis€mortalibus€prfervemur:ó󀄄„„€The€Communion€is€as€an€Antidote€to€freeÐ \ø Ðus€from€daily€Sins,€and€preserve€us€from€mortal€Sins.€If€the€Council€and€its€Decree€speaks€here,Ïnot€of€the€òòBasilsóó€and€òòAntoniesóó,€nor€of€the€òòCatharinesóó€and€òòClaresóó,€as€some€say€it€is€required€forÐ 4 Ð Ðððem€to€be,€but€of€those€that€Sin€daily;€why€should€they€be€kept€from€the€Medicine,€that€they€mayÏnot€Sin?Ìà  àThe€Council€of€òòMilanóó€(òò3€de€Euch.óó)€and€that€of€òòCabilonóó€(òòCant.óó€46.)€are€of€the€same€mind.Ð ø"” Ðà  àThe€blessed€òòPius€Quintusóó€says,€(Catech.€Rom.€2.€p.€c.€4.€ðð.€60.)€The€Curates€are€bound€toÐ ä#€  Ðexhort€the€Faithful€often,€that€as€they€hold€it€necessary€to€feed€the€Body€daily,€so€they€hold€it€alsoÏnecessary€to€feed€the€Soul€as€often€with€this€Sacrament:€because€the€Children€of€òòIsraelóó€did€eatÐ ¼%X" ÐòòMannaóó€in€the€wilderness€daily;€and€that€òòMannaóó€was€the€Figure€of€this€sacred€Food;€And€thatÐ ¨&D # Ðsentence€[Thou€sinnest€every€day,€be€communicated€also€every€day.]€is€not€only€St.€òòAugustineóóððs,Ð ”'0!$ Ðbut€the€saying€of€all€the€Saints.Ìà  àSt.€òòIgnatiusóó,€Bishop€and€Martyr,€(òòEpist.€ad€Eph.óó)€exhorts€that€we€often€come€and€receiveÐ l)#& Ðthe€Eucharist;€because€the€frequency€of€it€weakens€the€power€of€Satan.€The€Council€ofÏòòAlexandriaóó€says,€(òòDe€Euch.c.óó€5.)€That€without€this€frequency,€it€will€be€a€hard€matter€to€preserveÐ D+à$( ÐGrace.€St.€òòJohn€Chrisostomeóó€(òòIn€Epistóó.€S.€òòPaul€ad€Tim.óó)€says,€It€is€no€rashness€for€a€Christian€toÐ 0,Ì%) Ðcome€often€to€the€Sacrament:€he€that€remembers€not€a€great€fault€of€himself,€may€come€to€it€everyÏday.Ìà  àòòTheophylactóó€(òòIn€Prim.€S.€Paul€ad€Corinth.óó€II.)€says,€To€know€whether€thou€mayestÐ <Ø ÐCommunicate,€be€thou€the€Judge,€and€having€examined€thy€self,€thou€mayest€do€it,€withoutÏstaying€for€a€Festival.,€unless€thou€findest€thy€self€burthened€with€a€great€fault.Ìà  àSt.€òòCyprianóó€(òòIn€Orat.€Dom.€Serm.€6.óó)€says,€Let€us€ask€this€daily€Bread,€being€in€no€greatÐ  œ Ðfault€let€us€receive€this€Bread€every€day,€which€gives€us€Life€Eternal;€and€let€us€beg€that€ourÏBread,€which€is€Christ€our€Lord,€may€be€daily€given€us,€to€keep€us€in€his€Grace:€No€small€loss€itÏis,€to€forbear€Communicating€every€day.Ìà  àSt.€òòHilaryóó€says,€(òòDe€Consectrat.€dist.óó€2.€òòcap.óó€51.)€If€thy€Sins€are€not€so€greivous€as€toÐ °L  Ðdeserve€Excommunication,€not€being€mortal,€if€they€should€be€mortal,€after€Confession,€as€òòSuarezóóÐ œ8  Ðexpounds€it,€òòDispóó.€60.òòSessóó.€3)€never€keep€off€from€the€daily€Medicine,€which€is€the€Body€andÐ ˆ$  ÐBlood€of€the€Lord.Ìà  àSt.€òòAmbroseóó€says,€(5€òòde€Sacram.€c.óó€4.)€Receive€daily,€that€which€is€to€help€thee€daily:€heÐ `ü  Ðthat€does€not€deserve€to€receive€it€every€day,€doth€not€deserve€to€receive€it€in€a€whole€year:€SinsÏare€daily€committed,€and€therefore€this€Divine€Bread€is€for€every€day.€Thou€offendest€every€day,Ïwash€thy€self€therefore€of€thy€Sin€every€day€in€the€Fountain€of€Repentance;€and€if€thou€comestÏevery€day€to€this€Divine€Sacrament,€thou€wilt€find€wholesome€Medicine,€and€not€the€Poison€ofÏJudgment.Ìà  àSt.€Jerom€says,€(òòIn€Apol.€Cont.€Jovin.óó)€We€should€always€receive€the€Holy€Eucharist,€thatÐ è„ Ðwe€may€be€without€mortal€Sin:€And€in€his€time,€which€was€the€Year€470,€he€says,€the€holyÏCustom€of€Communicating€every€day,€continued€in€òòRomeóó€and€in€òòSpainóó.Ð À\ Ðà  àSt.€òòAugustineóó€says,€(òòTractóó.€26.€òòin€Johanóó.)€If€thou€comest€without€Sin,€come€and€welcome;Ð ¬H Ðððtis€Bread€and€not€Poyson;Ìà  àAgain,€(òòEp.€de€ver.€Dom.€Ser.óó€28.)€ððTis€better€to€Communicate€for€Devotion,€than€let€itÐ „  Ðalone€for€Reverence.€And€in€another€place,€This€is€the€daily€Bread,€receive€it€daily,€because€it€willÏdaily€do€thee€good,€and€thou€mayest€receive€it€every€day.Ìà  àSome€ascribe€that€sentence€to€the€same€Father,€òòQuotidie€Eucharisti€CommunionemÐ Hä Ðpercipere,€nec€laudo€nec€reprehendo.óó€With€which€a€Bishop€reproved€S.€òòCatharineóó€of€òòSienaóó,Ð 4 Ð Ðbecause€she€took€the€Sacrament€every€day:€and€the€Saint€replied€to€him,€how€he€durst€reprove€inÏher,€that€which€St.€òòAustineóó€durst€not€reprove?€òòBellarmineóó€therefore€(òòDe€Script.€Eccles.óó€in€theÐ  "¨ ÐYear€420.)€says€that€this€sentence€is€not€S.€òòAustineóóððs,€but€òòGennadiusóóððs€of€òòMarseillesóó;€and€so€manyÐ ø"” Ðother€Authors€assure€us.Ìà  àS.€òòGregoryóó€(òòDe€Confeor€d.€2.€c.€Quid€sit€Sanguis.óó)€says,€The€Lord€gave€us€this€SalutaryÐ Ð$l! ÐSacrament€to€pardon€our€daily€sins;€let€us€receive€it€every€day.Ìà  àSt.€òòBernardóó€(òòIn€Serm.€de€Cna€Dom.óó)€says,€The€wounded€man€seeks€Medicine:€we€are€allÐ ¨&D # Ðof€us€wounded,€when€we€have€Sinned;€our€Medicine€is€the€Divine€Sacrament:€receive€it€daily€andÏthou€wilt€recover€daily.Ìà  àSt.€òòApolloniusóó€(òòIn€vitis€Patrum€ejus€vita.óó)€advised€his€Monks€to€be€communicated€everyÐ l)#& Ðday,€that€they€might€be€preserved€in€Grace.Ìà  àSt.€òòBonaventureóó,€(òòDe€Pracept.€Relig.€Procesóó.€7.€òòcóó.€21.)€Though€thou€shouldst€find€thy€selfÐ D+à$( Ðlukewarm,€with€little€Fervour€in€thee,€yet€trusting€in€the€Mercy€of€God,€thou€mayst€safely€come€toÐ 0,Ì%) Ðthe€Communion:€if€thou€thinkððst€thy€self€unworthy,€(so€that€thou€remembrest€no€mortal€Sin€ofÏthine€own)€come;€because€the€weaker€thou€art,€the€greater€need€hast€thou€of€the€Physitian.€ThouÏdoððst€not€receive€Christ€to€sanctify€Him,€but€that€he€may€sanctify€thee.Ìà  àThe€Council€of€òòAlexandriaóó€(òòCapóó.€5.€òòde€Eucharóó.)€says,€Without€this€frequency,€ððtis€hard€toÐ ( Ä Ðkeep€in€Grace.Ìà  àS.€òòAntonyóó€of€òòFlorenceóó€(òòParóó.€3.€òòlibóó.€14.€òòcapóó.€12.€ðð€5.€&€6.)€says,€Those€that€live€well€mustÐ  œ Ðbe€sure€to€be€advised€to€receive€this€most€holy€Sacrament€frequently;€because€as€long€abstinenceÏfrom€bodily€Food,€weakens€the€Body,€and€disposes€it€for€Death,€so€the€much€abstaining€from€thisÏspiritual€Food,€weakens€the€Soul,€spends€the€fervour,€and€by€degrees€inclines€it€to€mortal€Sin.Ìà  àPope€òòAdrianóó€(òòIn€óó4€òòSent.€Tract.€de€Euchar.óó)€says,€When€once€the€preparation€is€madeÐ °L  Ðaccording€to€Humane€frailty,€ððtis€safer€to€receive€than€keep€from€the€most€Holy€Sacrament.Ìà  àSt.€òòThomas€Aquinasóó€(3€òòPar.€óóqust.€80.€òòartóó.€10.)€asks,€If€it€be€lawful€to€CommunicateÐ ˆ$  Ðevery€day?€And€answers€with€St.€òòAustineóó,€This€is€daily€Bread:€receive€it€every€day,€that€thouÐ t  Ðmayest€every€day€be€profited€by€it.Ìà  àSt.€òòIsidoreóó€(òòLibóó.€3.€òòde€Eccles.€Officóó.)€hath€this,€Some€say,€that€if€there€be€no€Sin,€theÐ Lè  ÐCommunion€ought€to€be€taken€daily;€and€they€say€well,€if€they€receive€it€with€Veneration€andÏHumility.Ìà  àSt.€òòAnacleteóó,€Pope,€(òòDe€Conscer.€distóó.€I€&€2.€òòca.€Peractaóó.)€perceiving€Daily€CommunionÐ ¬ Ðgrow€into€disuse,€brought€it€up€again,€ordering,€that€after€Consecration€all€those€that€were€presentÏshould€be€communicated,€because€this€Custom€(as€he€says€in€a€Decree€of€his)€was€established€byÏthe€Apostles€and€kept€hy€the€òòRomanóó€Church:€and€those€that€did€not€communicate,€were€turnððdÐ Ôp Ðout€of€the€Church.Ìà  àòòInnocentóó€the€Third€(òòin€tract.€Miss.€libóó.€4.€òòcapóó.€44.)€says,€He€may€communicate€who€has€hisÐ ¬H Ðconscience€free€from€mortal€sin,€and€is€grieved€for€that€which€is€venial.Ìà  àSt.€òòAthanasiusóó,€(I€òòad€Cor.€probit€autemóó)€having€examined€thy€Conscience,€always€come€toÐ „  Ðthe€Communion,€without€staying€for€a€holy€day.Ìà  àòòHenriquezóó€relates€it,€(òòlibóó.€8.€òòde€Euchar.€capóó.€88.€òònóó.€2.)€that€St.€òòAustinóó,€St.€òòAmbroseóó,€andÐ \ø ÐSt.€òòJeromeóó,€do€commend€those€who€communicate€daily,€without€fail.€Those€that€the€ConfessorÐ Hä Ðshall€judge€worthy€of€absolution,€may€be€advised€by€him€to€receive€the€Communion,€though€theyÏfear€an€easie€relapse.€ððTis€not€necessary€to€make€an€experiment€of€frequent€Communion€from€aÏmanððs€good€and€profit€by€it:€because€spiritual€profit€(which€is€insensible)€is€much€less€found€thanÏcorporal€profit.Ìà  àòòThomas€a€Kempisóó€(òòlibóó.€4.€òòde€imit.€Christióó)€says,€If€I€am€luke„warm€when€I€doÐ ä#€  Ðcommunicate,€what€should€I€be,€if€I€should€not€communicate?€I€would€add,€if€I€am€naughty€when€IÏdo€communicate,€by€not€communicating€I€should€offend€the€whole€world€and€damn€my€self.Ìà  àThe€following€Doctors€defend€Daily€Communion€with€very€strong€reasons,€which€forÏbrevity€sake€are€omitted.Ìà  àòòInnocentóó€the€Third,€òòtract.€de€Missa,€lib.óó€4.€òòcap.óó€44.Ð €("% Ðà  àSt.€òòAthanasiusóó,€I€òòCoróó.€II.€òòprobit€autemóóÐ l)#& Ðà  àòòHeneriquezóó,€òòlibóó.€8.€òòde€Euchar.€cóó.€88.€òònóó.€2.Ð X*ô#' Ðà  àòòThomas€a€Kempis,€libóó.€4.€òòde€imit.€Christi,€capóó.€3.Ð D+à$( Ðà  àòòAlexanderóó€of€òòHalesóó,€4€òòpart.€qustóó.€51.€òòartóó.€10.Ð 0,Ì%) Ðà  àòòGersonóó,€òòin€opere€tripart.€capóó€19.Ð d Ðà  àThe€Patriach€of€òòJerusalemóó,€òòinóó€4.€òòdistóó.€12.€òòqustóó.€2.Ð Pì Ðà  àòòJohn€Colaya,€inóó€4.€òòsent€distóó.€12.€òòqóó.€2Ð <Ø Ðà  àòòRanieróó€of€òòPisaóó.òò€I€part.tract.€Euchar.€capóó.€26.Ð ( Ä Ðà  àòòMartinóó€of€òòLedesmaóó,€òòpóó.€I.€òòqóó.€4.€òòartóó€10.Ð  ° Ðà  àòòNider,€in€prceptóó.€3.€òòcapóó.€12.€òònóó.€12.Ð  œ Ðà  àòòAstensisóó,€òòin€sumóó.€2.€òòpar.€lib.óó€4.€òòtit.óó€27.Ð ì ˆ Ðà  àFather€òòSalmeron,€tom.óó€9.€òòtractóó.€41.Ð Ø t Ðà  àFather€òòFrancis€Suarez.€tomóó.€3.€òòdispóó.€63.€òòsectóó.€3.Ð Ä ` Ðà  àòòDurandinóó€4.€òòdistóó.€12.€òòquóó.€5.Ð °L  Ðà  àòòVictoria,€in€Sum.€qust.óóÐ œ8  Ðà  àòòJohnóó€of€òòFriburgóó,€òòsum€lib.óó€3.€òòde€Euchar.€tit.óó€24.Ð ˆ$  Ðà  àòòJohn€Altestaing,€libóó.€4.€òòcapóó.€5.Ð t  Ðà  àòòGabriel€Mayor,€in€sum.tractóó.€3.€òòde€Euch.óóÐ `ü  Ðà  àòòRaimond,€in€sum.€tractóó.€3.€òòde€Euchar.óóÐ Lè  Ðà  àòòPeter€de€Soto,€inóó€4€òòdistóó.€22.€òòqu.€I.€artóó.€10.Ð 8Ô  Ðà  àòòLewis€Blois.€dialog.€Suson.óóÐ $À Ðà  àòòStephen€Boluser,€libóó.€4.€òòdistóó.€12.€òòquóó.€14.Ð ¬ Ðà  àòòRosela,€sum.€tractóó.€3.€òòde€Euchar.óóÐ ü˜ Ðà  àFather€òòChristopheróó€of€òòMadridóó,€òòde€frequent.€Commun.€capóó.€I.Ð è„ Ðà  àòòReynalds,€de€prudent.€Conf.€c.óó€I€I.Ð Ôp Ðà  àòòFrancis€de€Lavata,€verb.€Euchar.€propof.óó€18.€Ð À\ Ðà  àòòDionysius€Carthusianus,€de€Euch.€cap.óó€5.Ð ¬H Ðà  àòòJohn€Mayor,€inóó€4€òòdist.óó€9.€òòqu.€óó1òò.óóÐ ˜4 Ðà  àòòVenantius€Fortunatus,€in€Orat.€Dominic.óóÐ „  Ðà  àCardinal€òòHosias,€de€Cerem.€sol.óó€371Ð p  Ðà  àBishop€òòPerez,€de€Sacram.€qu.óó€80.€òòar.óó€9.Ð \ø Ðà  àòòVivaldus,€de€Euch,€n.€óó139.Ð Hä Ðà  àòòChristopher€Morenus,€lib.€Claredad€de€simples.óóÐ 4 Ð Ðà  àòòJames€Baius,€de€instit.€relig.€Christ.€lib.óó€2.€òòcap.€óó19.Ð  !¼ Ðà  àThe€illumniate€Father€òòJohn€Thaulerus,€Serm.óó€òòI.€Dom.€óó7€òòpost€Trin.óóÐ  "¨ Ðà  àòòAlphonse€Rodriguez,óó€2.€òòp.€treat.óó€8.€òòcap.óó€10.Ð ø"” Ðà  àòòAntony€Molina,€tract.óó€7.€òòpag.óó€870Ð ä#€  Ðà  àòòLewis€Fandone,€tract.€de€divin.€Sacram.€p.óó€2.€òòcapóó.€II.Ð Ð$l! Ðà  àFather€òòJosephóó€of€St.€òòMary,€tract.€de€Com.óóÐ ¼%X" Ðà  àòòRaimund€Sebunde,€dialóó€7.€òòcapóó.€17.Ð ¨&D # Ðà  àòòMauras€Antonius,€de€Euch.€cap.óó€5.Ð ”'0!$ Ðà  àòòPeter€Marsilia,€Memor.€Compost.€fol.óó€62.Ð €("% Ðà  àFather€òòAntony€de€Alvaradoóó,€in€his€Guide€of€Slaves,€fol.€414.Ð l)#& Ðà  àòòAlphonseóó€of€òòChinchillaóó,€òòtract.€Commun.€document.óó€3.Ð X*ô#' Ðà  àFather€òòLewisóó€of€òòGranadaóó,€òòtractóó.€3.€òòcapóó.€8.€òòsectóó.€2.Ð D+à$( Ðà  àòòVillalobosóó,€I€òòpart.€tract.óó€3.€òòdifóó.€4.€òònóó.€3.Ð 0,Ì%) Ðà  àòòAlmai,€inóó€4€òòdistóó.€26.Ð d Ðà  àòòJohn€Sanchez,€dist.€óó23.€òònóó.€13Ð Pì Ðà  àòòPalao,€inóó€4€òòdistóó.€31.€òòdiscóó.€2.Ð <Ø Ðà  àòòBasil,€lib.óó€I€òòMatrim.€cap.óó€12.€òòn.óó€6.Ð ( Ä Ðà  àòòVeracruzóó.€3.€òòpar.€spec.€art.óó€16.Ð  ° Ðà  àòòSa.€de€verb.€Euchar.€n.óó€12Ð  œ Ðà  àòòHenry€Henriquez,€in€sum.€lib.óó€8€òòde€Euchar.€cap.óó€48Ð ì ˆ Ðà  àòòFerreróó,€Art€of€knowing€Jesus,€3€òòpart.€dialóó.€5.Ð Ø t Ðà  àòòEscobaróó,€òòlibóó.€2.€òòsessóó.€4.€òòde€notat.€san.óóÐ Ä ` Ðà  àòòMendoza,€paróó.€3.€òòtract.€de€Sacr.€instr.óó€32.Ð °L  Ðà  àòòCassian,€in€Vitis€Patrum.óóÐ œ8  Ðà  àòòMedini,€lib.óó€I.€òòcapóó.€14.Ð ˆ$  Ðà  àòòJerom€Perez,€in€sum.€Theolog.óóÐ t  Ðà  àòòAdrian,€in€óó4€òòsent.€tract.€de€Euchar.óóÐ `ü  Ðà  àFinally,€the€illuminate€òòThauleróó€says,€that€to€receive€the€most€holy€Sacrament€withoutÐ Lè  Ðmortal€sin,€as€has€been€said,€does€more€good€than€to€hear€a€hundred€Masses,€or€a€hundredÏSermons:€and€so€say€many€Authors,€as€òòJerom€Perezóó€relates€(òòinsum.€Theolog.€de€Euch.óó)€that€heÐ $À Ðdoes€but€once€receive€the€most€holy€Sacrament€without€mortal€sin,€gets€more€grace€by€it,€than€ifÏhe€should€go€thrice€in€Pilgrimage€to€the€holy€Sepulcher€at€òòJerusalemóó;€and€that€never€did€any€bodyÐ ü˜ Ðcommunicate,€without€obtaining€particular€Grace€thereby,€and€a€singular€degree€of€Charity€whichÏhe€had€not€before,€though€he€were€never€so€lukewarm€and€dry.Ìà  àA€grave€religious€man€adds€this€consideration,€That€if€all€the€Charity€should€be€putÏtogether,€which€all€man€have€had€or€shall€have,€which€have€been,€are,€or€shall€be,€and€the€merits€ofÏððem€all,€and€the€praises€that€have€been€given€and€shall€be€given,€and€all€the€good€works€whichÏhave€been€done€and€shall€be€done,€and€the€torments€of€Martyrs,€the€Fastings,€Disciplines,€andÏHair„cloaths€of€all€the€Saints,€Confessors,€Patriarchs,€Virgins€and€Prophets,€with€whatever€elseÏthat€shall€be€done€as€long€as€the€World€indures;€put€it€all€together,€and€it€doth€not€please€God€soÏmuch,€as€the€receiving€of€this€Divine€Sacrament.Ìà  àOthers€say,€as€the€abovesaid€Author€relates,€that€if€all€the€Quires€of€Angels,€all€theÏCourtiers€of€Heaven,€and€the€most€holy€Virgin€(Mistress€of€ððem€all,€who€incomparably€exceed€ððemÏall)€should€meet€together,€it€is€not€in€their€power€to€do€a€more€pleasing€Sacrifice€to€God,€nor€aÏmore€acceptable€Offering,€than€Saying€of€Mass,€or,€when€men€communicate,€to€offer€to€hisÏMajesty€that€Divine€Sacrament.Ìà  àSt.€òòCyrilóó€(in€S.€òòJohanóó,€òòcóó.€37.€&€òòlibóó.€4.€òòcóó.€17.)€affirms,€that€the€only€delaying€of€it€neverÐ Ð$l! Ðcreates€a€better€disposition€to€it;€and€it€commonly€happens,€that€those€who€are€slowest€to€come€toÏthe€Communion,€come€less€prepared:€and€further,€these€following€Reasons€do€make€it€evident.€ToÏcommunicate€worthily€without€mortal€sin€is€good€of€it€self;€to€forbear€it,€is€not€so:€To€go€often€toÏthe€Sacrament€is€a€product€of€Charity:€to€delay€it,€comes€from€negligence€or€fear:€better€is€theÏwork€of€Charity€than€that€of€Fear.€He€that€communicates€gets€the€better€of€him€that€lets€it€alone€inÏthe€good€he€receives€by€the€Sacrament€òòEx€opere€operatoóó:€and€at€the€most€may€easily€be€equal€toÐ X*ô#' Ðhim,€since€the€desire€of€communicating€worthily,€is€no€less€good,€than€keeping€from€it€out€ofÏreverence.€If€it€be€sometimes€good€to€abstain,€it€ought€to€be€for€the€obtaining€or€preserving€theÐ 0,Ì%) Ðreverence€and€devotion€of€it:€and€for€this€reason€the€frequency€of€the€most€holy€Sacrament€is€notÏof€less€advantage,€since€thereby€the€Soul€gets€cleansed€of€those€evil€habits€and€affections€andÏnatural€imperfections€that€we€have.Ìà  àIf€the€Scripture€therefore€in€many€places,€if€the€Apostles,€Councils,€Popes,€and€the€SaintsÏand€Doctors€do€advise€us€to€daily€communion,€without€limitation€or€laxing,€and€if€there€be€no€LawÏdivine€or€humane€to€forbid€it€to€him€that€has€no€mortal€sin€to€hinder€him,€what€is€the€reason€thatÏthe€Ministers€should€forbid€or€limit€that€which€neither€Christ€nor€the€Church€nor€any€Law€doesÏlimit?€ððTwill€be€prudence€therefore€not€to€oppose€the€Sayings€of€Doctors,€Saints,€Popes€andÏCouncils,€to€get€free€from€the€punishment€given€to€many€Ministers€for€forbidding€of€it.Ìà  àFather€òòBernadinoóó€of€òòVillagasóó,€in€the€Life€of€St.€òòLutgardóó,€chap.€25.€says,€that€among€otherÐ °L  Ðpersons€that€thought€ill€of€the€frequent€communion€of€that€Saint,€the€Abbess€was€one,€who€beingÏled€by€an€indiscreet€zeal,€ordered€her€not€to€communicate€so€often:€to€whom€the€humble€VirginÏreturned€this€Answer,€with€great€reverence,€That€she€was€ready€and€prepared€to€obey€her€orderÏwith€content,€but€she€knew€for€certain,€that€this€disfavour€she€did€her,€would€displease€JesusÏChrist,€and€that€in€the€punishment€which€would€follow,€she€would€quickly€understand€how€ill€sheÏdid,€in€depriving€her€of€the€Communion.€The€Saint€obeyed,€and€in€recompence€of€her€obedience,€itÏseems,€the€Lord€making€good€the€Voice€of€her€Prophecy,€sent€the€Abbess€a€great€fit€of€sickness,Ïwhich€afflicted€her€much€with€continual€and€sharp€pains,€till€acknowledging€her€fault,€and€that€thisÏchastisement€befel€her€for€her€indiscreet€zeal€used€to€the€Saint,€she€sent€for€her€and€gave€her€leaveÏto€follow€her€holy€custom,€and€so€the€fault€ending,€the€punishment€ended€also,€and€the€diseaseÏwhich€had€brought€her€to€a€very€sad€condition.€Other€persons€also€who€in€like€manner€used€toÏkeep€a€pother€with€the€Saint€about€her€often€Communions,€repenting€of€what€they€had€done,€asktÏher€pardon.€And€other€of€their€complices€in€their€prate€and€gossippings,€because€they€never€laid€toÏheart€what€they€had€said€of€her,€were€punished€of€God€with€a€sudden€death.Ìà  àIn€the€third€Book€of€St.€òòGertrudesóó€Life€òòchapóó.€23.€ððtis€told,€that€a€certain€Preacher€orÐ „  ÐConfessor,€being€a€little€warmððd€with€the€zeal€of€Godððs€Honour,€took€a€pet€at€some€religiousÏWomen,€thinking€that€they€were€often€communicated:€At€this€the€Saint€made€a€Prayer,€and€asktÏthe€Lord,€Whether€this€were€acceptable€to€him,€or€no?€The€Lord€make€her€this€answer;€it€beingÏmy€delight€to€be€with€the€children€of€men,€and€I€having,€of€infinite€love,€left€this€Sacrament€to€beÏoften€received€in€remembrance€of€me,€and€being€in€it€to€the€faithful€to€the€Worldððs€end,€whosoeverÏshall,€with€words€or€other€ways€of€perswasion,€to€go€about€to€hinder€any€from€taking€it,€who€areÏfree€from€mortal€sin,€doth€in€a€certain€manner€hinder€me,€and€rob€me€of€my€pleasure€and€delight,Ïwhich€I€might€have€with€ððem.€Some€Ministers€there€are€who€have€had€a€mind€to€restrain€thisÏmatter€too€much:€as€if€the€Sacrament€were€not€instituted€for€Laymen,€or€as€if€they€had€no€right€toÏask€it€as€often€as€they€are€disposed€to€receive€it.€O,€as€if€Christ€our€Lord€had€instituted€it€with€aÏlimitation€or€precept,€that€is€should€not€be€taken€but€by€such€and€such€men,€and€on€such€and€suchÏdays.Ìà  àExpert€Teachers€do€strangely€wonder€to€see€the€scruple€and€cautiousness,€with€whichÏsome€Confessors€speak€about€this€matter,€as€if€the€Communion€were€a€very€dangerous€thing€forÏSouls,€or€through€the€too€much€frequenting€of€it,€the€Honour€of€God€or€the€Vertue€of€theÏSacraments€must€need€be€lost€or€lessened:€whereas€the€frequency€of€it€is€the€very€remedy€andÏhealth€of€Souls€and€the€work€in€which€there€is€the€greatest€honour€done€to€God€and€which€theyÐ 0,Ì%) Ðought€most€to€endeavour,€who€desire€his€glory.Ìà  àAnd€if€the€Minister€should€at€any€time€find€himself€dissatisfied€at€this,€let€him€peruse€thatÏholy€Appointment€of€the€Church,€(òòDe€Consecr.€dist.óó€2.€òòAug.€in€Ps.€óó48.)€òòNon€prohibeatÐ <Ø Ðdispensator€manducare€pingues€terra€in€mensa€Domini.óó€And€if€the€dispenser€himself€cannotÐ ( Ä Ðhinder€this,€much€less€can€they€hinder€it,€who€have€nothing€to€do€to€dispense€it:€and€if€this€whichÏhas€been€said€is€not€enough,€let€him€be€afraid€of€those€infinite€Punishments€which€God€has€risedÏupon€those€Ministers€which€have€forbid€it.Ìà  àBut€for€all€this,€the€Communion€should€always€be€used€at€the€spiritual€Fatherððs€order,€whoÏneither€ought€to€hinder€nor€delay€it,€when€he€knows€the€Soul,€that€desires€it€and€reaps€good€of€it,Ïto€be€so€disposed€as€the€Council€requires.€And€if€another€Confessor€should€order€him€the€quiteÏcontrary,€let€him€follow€the€judgment€of€that€ghostly€Father,€who€knows€better€than€any€other,Ïhow€his€Conscience€is,€and€by€whose€Counsel€he€goes€and€acts€safely.ÌÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°KxAßÐ Lè  ÐÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€II.ÌÓY¯ÓÌòòà0  àà ° àAnswering€the€Reasons€which€those€Ministers€give,€which€hinder€the€Faithful€fromÐ » ÐCommunicating,€and€the€Priest€from€Celebrating,€having€their€Consciences€free€fromÏMortal€Sin.óóÐ÷“(#(# ÐÌEither€the€Communion€must€be€forbidden€to€those€that€ask€it€and€desire€it€without€the€guilt€ofÏMortal€Sin,€because€they€are€not€worthy€of€it,€or€for€the€greater€reverence€of€it,€or,€because€muchÏFamiliarity€breeds€Contempt,€or€else€for€Mortification€and€Penance:€The€first€reason,€of€not€beingÏworthy,€is€not€sufficient;€because€if€they€make€a€Christian€forbear,€till€he€be€worthy€of€theÏCommunion,€then€he€must€never€receive€it:€because€no€man€is€worthy€to€receive€Christ,€no€notÏHeaven€it€self.€Whereupon€many€holy€men€say,€that€the€Communion€taken€to€day€is€a€dispositionÏfor€that€to€morrow.Ìà  àBesides,€that€Councils,€the€Saints€and€Doctors€do€assure€us,€that€not€being€in€Mortal€sin,€isÏthat€necessary€worthiness€and€disposition€which€is€required€for€the€Communion;€we€are€not€to€goÏto€it,€as€worthy,€but€as€having€need€of€it:€we€do€not€go€to€sanctifie€Jesus€Christ,€but€to€beÏsanctified€and€healed€by€him,€by€the€means€of€the€Sacrament,€as€St.€òòAmbroseóó€tells€us,€„„€òòI€who€doÐ #£  Ðcontinually€sin,€ought€continually€to€receive€the€Medicine€of€this€Sacrament€against€the€pestilentÏDisease€of€Sin.óó€(Ep€208.)Ð ß${" Ðà  àNor€may€a€Christian€be€debarrððd€the€Communion€for€the€second€reason€of€greaterÏreverence,€because€ððtis€contrary€to€St.€òòAustinððsóó€Doctrine,€who€says,€(òòEp.óó€26.€òòde€verb.€Dom.€Serm.óóÐ ·&S $ Ð28.)€that€ððtis€better€to€communicate€through€Devotion,€than€let€it€alone€through€Reverence.ÏòòDionysius€Carthusianusóó€says€the€same€thing,€ððTis€better€to€communicate€through€Love,€thanÐ (+"& Ðabstain€from€it€through€Humility€and€Fear,€(òòDe€Euch.€cap.óó€5.€òòsectóó.€6.)€There€is€not€more€devotion,Ð {)#' Ðlove€and€respect€shewed€to€God€by€less€frequent€coming€to€the€Sacrament:€but€rather€he€loves€andÏfears€God€most,€who€without€mortal€sin,€and€with€a€desire€of€his€own€spiritual€advantage,€comesÏevery€day€to€it:€and€the€delaying€of€it€is€not€a€greater€disposedness€nor€veneration,€but€a€manifestÐ ?,Û%* Ðtemptation.Ìà  àBy€keeping€away,€they€think€to€find€better€devotion€and€fervour,€and€in€the€mean€time€theyÏare€dry,€luke„warm€and€cold,€as€we€see€by€experience.€These€people€that€will€not€communicateÏunless€they€be€sensibly€and€actually€devout,€are€like€those€who€are€cold,€who€will€not€come€nearÏthe€fire,€till€they€are€warm;€or€like€those€sick€men€that€will€not€ask€the€Physicians€counsel,€till€theyÏare€grown€well.€Christððs€Body€is€like€a€spiritual€fire,€let€us€approach€towards€it,€and€it€will€warmÏus.€The€flesh€of€Christ,€says€òòDamasceneóó,€is€a€live€coal,€which€heats€and€burns.Ð ì ˆ Ðà  àThe€third€reason€which€some€give€for€the€hindring€Christians€the€Communion,€that€desireÏand€ask€it,€is€a€certain€whimsey€or€òòcapricioóó,€which€they€imprint€in€their€minds,€telling€ððem,€that€toÐ Ä ` Ðgo€frequently€to€the€Sacrament€is€too€much€familiarity,€and€that€this€breeds€contempt,€òòNimiaÐ °L  Ðfamiliaritas€parit€contemptum.óó€O€hurtful€Deceit!€O€pernicious€Doctrine!€though,€taught€by€theÐ œ8  ÐMinisters€with€no€bad€zeal.€Is€it€possible,€that€among€so€many€Saints€and€Doctors€of€the€ChurchÏwhich€have€written€professedly€upon€this€Point,€as€is€manifest€by€the€former€Chapter,€none€of€ððemÏshould€light€upon€the€reason,€that€these€Ministers€talk€of?€ððTis€well€inferred€therefore,€that€ððtis€ofÏsmall€consideration€and€account.Ìà  àTrue€it€is,€that€to€much€familiarity€is€sometimes€the€occasion€of€contempt,€but€of€what,€andÏto€whom?€The€too€much€familiarity€with€a€vile€thing,€occasions€contempt,€but€how€can€familiarÏconversation€with€a€thing€that€is€grave,€good,€and€amiable,€how€can€this€cause€contempt?€InÏearthly€things€familiarity€begets€contempt;€because€the€more€one€man€gets€acquainted€and€intimateÏwith€another,€he€discovers€his€defects€by€degrees,€and€so€values€him€less€then€he€did€at€first.€ButÏwith€God€the€thing€is€quite€otherwise:€because€as€the€creature€proceeds€in€the€knowledge€of€thatÏfountain€of€true€perfection,€by€the€same€measure€the€love€and€esteem€of€that€great€Lord€growsÏmore.Ìà  àIf€by€communicating€daily€there€could€be€any€defect€discovered€in€Jesus€Christ,€certain€itÏis,€that€this€frequency€and€familiarity€would€breed€contempt€of€him;€but€the€more€that€boundlessÏocean€of€perfection€is€received,€the€more€is€his€goodness€known,€and€the€greater€doth€the€love,Ïthe€respect€and€the€reverence€to€him€grow.€And€if€it€were€true,€that€to€much€frequency€occasionedÏcontempt,€it€would€be€necessary€to€give€laws€to€God€himself,€and€take€care€not€to€render€himselfÏso€easie€and€familiar€to€the€Saints€and€Angels€of€Heaven,€with€whom€he€hath€so€great€andÏcontinual€an€intimacy.€Who€is€more€familiar€with€God€than€he€Angels€who€continually€behold€hisÏdivine€countenance?€and€what,€doth€this€make€ððem€leave€off€honouring,€reverencing€and€lovingÏhim?Ìà  àBut€they€will€say,€it€is€not€good€to€abuse€this€familiarity€and€intimacy€with€God.€What€aÏblindness€is€this!€what€should€the€meaning€of€this€be,€unless€they€would€not€have€us€so€united€withÏGod,€and€have€a€mind€that€we€should€serve€him€at€a€distance,€and€not€near€and€more€by€name€thanÏaffection.€These€words€arise€rather€from€the€little€will€they€have€that€we€should€receive€this€divineÏLord,€than€from€the€respect€of€not€displeasing€him:€if€they€had€true€charity,€and€did€but€heartilyÏlove€Jesus€Christ,€they€would€despise€all€fear,€and€not€remove€us€from€the€frequency€of€this€divineÏSacrament;€nay,€they€would€desire€and€prompt€us€on€to€receive€him€daily,€that€we€might€be€unitedÏunto€God.Ìà  àIf€they€know,€that€Christ€desires€to€be€united€with€us,€why€should€they€be€unwilling€thatÏwe€should€be€united€with€him€our€great€Lord,€fearing€where€no€fear€is?€if€they€see€that€an€infiniteÐ 0,Ì%) ÐGod€desires€our€familiarity€and€friendship,€what€is€it€that€they€build€upon,€to€hinder€us€from€beingÏhis€friends?€do€they€think€that€by€this€continual€frequency€that€will€be€tedious€to€us,€without€whichÏevery€thing€else€is€tedious?€do€they€believe€that€that€will€make€our€life€uneasie,€which€gives€us€life?Ïthat€that€good€will€be€a€trouble€to€us,€from€which€all€goodness€proceeds?€and€in€a€word,€that€heÏwho€is€the€pleasure€and€delight€of€all€Creatures,€of€all€the€Seraphims,€of€all€the€Saints,€and€of€theÏwhole€Court€of€Heaven,€will€be€a€tediousness€to€us?€true€it€is,€that€he€satiates,€but€never€becomesÏtedious.Ìà  àNor€any€less€ought€a€Christian€to€be€denied€the€Communion,€to€mortifie€him,€which€is€theÏfourth€reason:€because€in€Mortification,€to€be€without€the€Communion,€he€only€exercises€oneÏVertue,€and€in€the€Communion€he€exercises€ððem€all.€Would€it€therefore€be€well€that€a€Christian,Ïfor€obtaining€one€Virtue,€should€be€deprived€of€all€the€rest?€ððTis€great€pity€to€deprive€him€of€theÏgreat€good€he€receives€in€the€Communion,€only€for€mortification„sake:€which€being€well€thoughtÏof,€will€prove€rather€a€privation€of€good€than€the€vertue€of€mortification.Ìà  àBesides,€to€be€able€to€say€Mass€and€communicate€perfectly,€it€is€not€the€best€way€to€leaveÏoff€communicating€and€celebrating:€but€rather€ððtis€the€best€that€can€be,€to€say€Mass€andÏcommunicate€every€day,€though€it€be€with€some€imperfections.€To€inable€a€man€to€pray€perfectly,Ïor€to€obtain€some€vertue€in€perfection,€ððtis€not€a€good€way€to€leave€off€doing€acts€of€that€vertue.ÏWho€will€say,€that€to€make€a€perfect€Prayer,€ððtis€a€good€way€to€let€it€alone€some€days?€and€that€toÏhave€patience,€ððtis€a€good€way€not€to€do€any€acts€of€it?€rather€the€best€means€to€obtain€patienceÏand€to€make€a€perfect€Prayer,€is€to€exercise€those€things€day€by€day,€though€there€should€be€someÏimperfection€in€ððem.Ìà  àIf€the€divine€Majesty€vouchsafes€to€be€with€sinners,€to€lodge€in€their€houses,€to€eat€withÏððem€at€the€same€Table,€(for€which€he€bears€for€his€Arms€and€commands€to€be€fixed€on€the€doorsÏof€his€house€an€Inscription,€that€says,€òòThis€Lord€receives€sinners€and€eats€at€one€Table€with€ððemóó)Ð ˜4 Ðwhy€is€the€Minister€and€Servant€of€this€same€Lord€so€loath€to€receive€a€Christian,€if€he€be€changedÏand€mended€by€repentance?€is€it€therefore€reason€that€the€Ministers€of€this€Lord€should€limit€aÏthing€not€limited€by€their€Master?Ìà  àThe€Lord€invitesus,€and€calls€us€to€his€banquet:€and€will€the€servant€pretend€to€give€leaveÏto€those€who€are€invited,€when€they€are€introduced€to€God€in€his€own€house?€Let€ððem€come€in,€ifÏthey€have€no€mortal€sin€about€ððem:€and€if€they€have,€ððtis€washed€away€in€the€fountain€ofÏrepentance.€Put€this€on€the€account€of€their€Lord,€that€will€have€it€so,€and€commands€it,€though€itÏseem€inconvenient€to€the€Minister,€wherefore€the€Lord€may€answer€him€with€great€reason,€ð ðððTisÏwell€known,€that€the€sinner€costs€the€nothing,€and€that€having€so€narrow€a€breast€as€thou€hast,Ïthou€admittest€him€not€to€the€Communion,€though€he€desires€it€and€I€invite€him€to€it:€but€I€cameÏdown€from€Heaven€for€him,€and€was€made€man,€suffering€33€years€incredible€torments,€even€toÏdeath€it€self.€I€will€have€him,€thus€penitent€as€he€is,€and€because€I€am€God,€I€have€a€heart€ofÏinfinite€extend,€where€all,€how€wicked€soever€they€may€have€been,€do€come,€if€they€turn€to€me€andÏbecome€reformððd€by€means€of€repentance.ððÌà  àChrist€our€Lord€moves€the€tongue€of€Angels€to€exhort€men€to€frequent€Communion,€andÏthe€Prince€of€darkness€moves€the€tongues€of€men€to€perswade€ððem€the€contrary.€The€Angel€said€toÏòòElijahóó,€(I€òòKingsóó€19.€7.)€òòArise€and€eat,€for€thou€hast€a€long€journey€to€go.óó€So€the€Angel€perswadesÐ D+à$( Ðhim€to€the€Communion;€and€not€only€once,€but€twice€he€awaked€the€Prophet€that€was€asleep,€toÐ 0,Ì%) Ðeat€Bread,€the€figure€of€the€Eucharist.€ððTis€the€propriety€of€Angels€to€invite€to€frequentÏCommunion.€Well€did€St.€òòJeromóó€say,€„„òò„He€is€an€Angel€to€thee€who€puts€thee€upon€theÐ Pì ÐCommunion,€and€a€Devil€that€hinders€thee€from€it.óóÐ <Ø Ðà  àððTis€plain,€that€the€Devil€shews€himself€against€this€Sacrament€more€than€any€other,€in€thatÏhe€seeks€by€so€many€disturbances€and€ways€to€hinder€it,€amongst€which€ððtis€not€the€least€powerfulÏand€effectual€which€he€makes€use€of€by€Preachers€and€Confessors,€and€Ministers€themselves,Ïbecause€many€of€ððem€with€a€cloak€of€zeal€disturb€it.€Those€who€reckon€themselves€Ministers€ofÏJesus€Christ,€ought€to€make€it€their€proper€work€and€business€to€set€themselves€against€the€DevilððsÏintentions;€not€depriving€people€of€their€Daily€Communion,€but€advising€ððem€to€it,€and€procuringÏit€for€ððem.Ìà  àFryer€òòJosephóó€of€St.€òòMaryóó,€after€he€had€told€us€the€words€of€the€holy€Council€of€òòTrentóó,Ð œ8  Ðwhere€he€says€„„„€that€he€desires€that€all€men€would€communicate€daily€(in€his€òòApology€forÐ ˆ$  Ðfrequent€Communionóó)€has€these€following€words€„„„€Is€it€therefore€possible,€O€my€ChristianÐ t  ÐFathers€and€Brethren,€that€the€Church€should€have€any€such€children€who€do€so€openly€contradictÏher;€and€that,€understanding€from€their€Mother,€that€it€would€be€a€good€thing€for€Christians€toÏcommunicate€every€day,€they€should€say€it€is€not€convenient,€and€so€oppose€themselves€to€her€andÏcontradict€her?€Certainly€this€looks€like€the€Devilððs€temptation,€to€hinder€the€growth€of€Souls,Ïthough€it€be€done€with€good€zeal,€and€to€such€as€be€zealous€of€Godððs€honour,€and€of€the€ChurchÏtheir€Mother,€this€will€not€look€well€„„„€Thus€far€the€Author.Ìà  àNow€let€any€Summist€and€Learned€Man,€that€has€a€great€opinion€of€himself,€see€whether€itÏbe€lawful€to€oppose€the€Authority€of€so€great€a€Tribunal€and€the€laudable€Custom€of€the€ChurchÏand€her€Declarations,€against€the€Practice€and€Doctrine€of€the€Apostles,€and€against€the€PreachingÏof€the€holy€Doctors€of€the€Church.Ìà  àLet€not€man€mutter€or€deny€the€holy€Communion,€(says€òòLewis€Fundone,€tract.€de€diu.Ð ˜4 ÐSacr.€p.€óó2.òò€cóó.€21.€òòfolóó.€149.)€as€if€there€were€no€occasion€for€it,€and€let€him€have€a€care€that€God€doÐ „  Ðnot€deny€him€Heaven;€since€to€condemn€this,€is€to€condemn€the€commendable€Customs€and€mostÏancient€Practice€of€the€Church€and€the€greatest€Servants€of€God.€„„€Thus€far€the€Author.Ìà  àFather€òòPeteróó€of€òòMarsellesóó,€a€òòBenedictineóó,€(òòaddit.€ad€memor.€Compostel.€fol.óó€62.)€says,Ð Hä Ðð ðThat€as€often€as€a€man€communicates€without€the€guilt€of€mortal€sin,€either€by€not€havingÏcommitted€it,€or€by€being€pardoned€it,€he€receives€grace€by€it.€This€disposition€is€not€of€so€smallÏmoment,€as€some€think,€since€the€holy€Councel€of€òòTrentóó€thinks€it€enough€for€reverence€andÐ  "¨ Ðholiness.€They€are€mightily€to€be€commended,€that€do€their€best€to€perswade€the€faithful€toÏcommunicate€daily;€and€consequently,€what€a€great€error€and€prejudice€of€Soul€are€they€thatÏhinder€Lay„men€the€Sacramental€Communion€every€day.Ìà  àNothing€but€Mortal€sin€(says€St.€òòThomasóó)€can€keep€a€Christian€from€the€Communion.Ð ¼%X" ÐHow€therefore€does€it€come€to€pass,€that€the€Ministers€keep€men€from€it,€when€they€have€noÏMortal€sin€to€indispose€ððem.Ìà  àIt€would€be€well€considered€that€Christ€is€in€this€Sacrament€for€salve€for€our€wounds,€forÏcomfort€to€our€troubles,€and€for€strength€in€our€adversities,€and€lastly€for€a€pledge€and€memorialÏof€the€love€that€he€bears€to€Souls,€and€that€this€great€Lord€stands€crying€out€whether€there€be€anyÏthat€would€have€him,€and€the€Souls€answer€that€they€will€have€him,€but€asking€the€Ministers€of€theÏChurch€to€give€ððem€their€Lord,€and€divide€to€them€their€daily€bread,€the€Ministers€turn€the€deaf€earÐ 0,Ì%) Ðto€it,€being€stewards€for€Gods€house,€and€are€very€pinching€and€niggardly€in€distributing€thatÏwhich€the€Lord€commands,€and€so€freely€gives.Ìà  àSuch€a€stinginess€as€this€is€to€be€lamented€with€Tears€of€Blood.€Who€would€not€weep€toÏsee€that€when€Gods€hand€is€so€open€in€giving,€his€servants€should€be€so€close„fisted€and€covetousÏin€distributing:€and€that€God€being€so€bountiful€of€his€own€blessings€which€cost€him€his€blood,Ïthey€should€be€so€greedy€in€a€thing€that€cost€ððem€nothing?€and€in€a€word,€this€Sacrament€beingÏthat€open€fountain€of€òòDavidóó,€free€to€all€the€Sons€of€òòJacobóó,€who€go€to€it€for€the€precious€waterÐ ì ˆ Ðwithout€giving€any€thing€for€it,€the€Ministers€sell€it€so€dear€that€it€costs€many€even€tears€of€bloodÏto€obtain€it:€which€gives€ððem€the€lamentation€of€òòJeremyóó,€that€they€are€fain€to€buy€the€water€whichÐ Ä ` Ðis€their€own,€as€dear€as€if€it€did€belong€to€some€body€else.Ìà  àMaster€òòJohn€dðð€Avilaóó,€a€Man€known€sufficiently€for€his€exemplar€Goodness€and€LearningÐ œ8  Ðand€Preaching,€being€asked€whether€a€Superiour€or€one€that€had€the€cure€of€Souls,€might€deny€theÏCommunion€to€him€that€should€ask€it€of€him€every€day,€not€having€lawful€impediment,€madeÏanswer€thus,€My€opinion€is,€that€no€lawful€impediment€appearing,€the€Prelate€(and€he€that€in€hisÏroom€hath€the€business€of€Administrating€the€Eucharist)€is€obliged€to€give€it€to€him€that€is€underÏhim,€every€time€that€he€asks€it.€He€that€denies€the€most€holy€Sacrament,€is€unjust,€and€deprivesÏhim€of€his€right€and€due€that€asks€it.€A€Christian€(as€S.€òòThomasóó€says)€has€so€much€a€right€to€ask€it,Ð $À Ðthat€the€Prelate€cannot€deny€it€him,€except€if€be€for€a€publick€sin.€Asking€it€in€publick€he€ought€toÏgive€it€him,€though€he€knows€that€he€has€Sin€in€secret:€and€then€how€much€more€ought€he€to€oneÏthat€asks€it€devoutly?€he€is€cruel,€he€takes€away€the€Spiritual€Bread€from€his€Child,€and€I€mustÏcondemn€him€for€a€sinner€in€it.€All€this€says€the€above€mentioned€Author€(in€his€òòTreatóó.€23.€òòPartóó€3.)Ð Ôp Ðà  àWill€they€say,€if€it€be€a€good€and€holy€thing€to€Communicate€every€day,€why€doth€not€theÏChurch€then€command€it?€and€why€did€not€the€Founders€of€Religions,€who€were€indued€with€soÏmuch€light,€leave€it€for€a€rule?€and€why€did€not€some€Saints€imbrace€this€frequency?€Saint€òòMarkóóÐ ˜4 Ðthe€Evangelist€cut€off€his€Thumb,€that€they€might€not€make€him€ordain.€Saint€òòFrancisóó€of€òòAssiseóóÐ „  Ðwould€never€be€a€Priest.€Saint€òòBenetóó€was€a€long€time€without€Communicating.€Before€I€come€toÐ p  Ðanswer,€I€will€ask€whether€be€well,€that€a€man€in€health€should€not€eat€something€every€day,Ïbecause€the€Law€doth€not€command€it?€why€have€some€Saints€abstained€from€food€some€days?Ïwhether€single€life€be€good€and€not€Marriage,€as€S.€òòPaulóó€says,€(I€òòCoróó.€7.)€because€the€LawÐ 4 Ð Ðcommands€it€not?€and€why€some€Saints€have€not€been€Married?€whether€it€be€a€good€and€holyÏthing€to€hear€Mass€daily,€because€the€Church€does€not€command€it?€and€why€some€Saints€haveÏretired€into€the€desert,€where€they€could€not€hear€it?Ìà  àAgain,€before€I€come€to€answer,€I€will€suppose€that€some€examples€of€the€Saints€are€moreÏto€be€admired€than€imitated,€and€that€therefore€they€do€not€make€a€general€rule;€that€if€some€haveÏnot€Communicated,€they€were€only€a€few;€and€they€that€did€Communicate,€numberless:€andÏtherefore€ððtwill€be€more€safe€to€follow€the€most€and€not€the€fewest.€I€answer€the€difficulty€and€theÏquestion;€that€things€necessary€ought€to€be€commanded,€that€which€is€evil€ought€to€be€prohibited,Ïand€that€which€is€good€and€holy€ought€to€be€advised.€The€holy€Church€doth€always€act€rightly,Ïand€therefore€she€doth€not€command€the€faithful€to€Communicate€daily:€because€how€holy€andÏgood€a€thing€soever€it€be,€yet€ððtis€not€essentially€necessary:€and€the€precept€of€the€Church,€alwaysÏlooks€at€the€benefit€of€the€faithful,€and€so€great€is€our€luke„warmness,€and€the€frailty€of€our€times,Ïthat€a€precept€of€Daily€Communion€would€be€an€occasion€of€sin€and€ruine,€and€therefore€theÐ 0,Ì%) ÐChurch€does€not€injoyn€Christians€by€precept€any€more€than€one€Communion€in€a€year,€though€theÏdesires€that€through€devotion€men€would€Communicate€every€day.Ìà  àMany€men€shift€off€their€coming€daily€to€this€Divine€Banquet,€that€they€may€not€be€takenÏnotice€of€€for€it,€and€that€they€may€give€no€occasion€to€others€to€grumble:€and€the€MinistersÏhearing€this€reason,€hold€their€tongues€and€rest€satisfied.€O€hurtful€silence!€must€they€permit,€forÏworldly€respects,€that€the€faithful€should€lose€so€great€a€benefit?€Is€it€possible€that€they€should€letÏððem€live€at€a€distance,€and€separate€from€God€and€his€sweet€and€loving€friendship,€because€theÏworld€should€not€censure€ððem?€if€there€should€be€any€great€account€made€of€what€the€world€says,Ïnot€only€the€soul€would€be€lost,€but€also€the€judgment.€Is€it€not€known,€that€the€world€makes€it€itsÏbusiness€to€speak€ill€of€what€good€is,€and€to€persecute€those€that€do€not€take€part€with€it?Ìà  àAll€those€that€serve€great€men,€do€make€open€shew€of€the€degree€of€their€office,€greatnessÏand€dignity;€and€shall€a€Christian€think€it€a€shame€to€himself€to€communicate,€and€be€seen€in€theÏservice€of€Jesus€Christ?€If€it€were€an€evil€work€to€Communicate€every€day,€it€might€breed€scandal;Ïbut€if€it€be€the€best€work€that€a€Christian€can€do,€why€should€he€keep€from€it€through€an€idle€fearÏof€offending€his€neighbour?€The€Jews€were€offended€at€the€good€works€of€Jesus€Christ,€but€for€allÏthat,€his€Majesty€never€left€off€doing€ððem.€He€that€doth€ill€and€interprets€the€good€that€others€do€inÏan€evil€sense,€ððtis€he€that€gives€cause€for€the€scandal:€but€to€do€well,€was€never€a€scandal,€muchÏless€can€so€great€good,€as€Communicating€be€one.€If€a€man€should€take€offence€by€seeing€us€eat,Ïsurely€we€would€not€for€all€that€be€such€fools€as€to€starve€our€selves.Ìà  àWe€ought€to€take€great€heed€of€following€vanities€and€wordly€pleasures,€that€we€many€notÏby€them€offend€or€scandalize€our€Neighbour:€from€these€vices€we€ought€to€keep€our€selves,€notÏfrom€Daily€Communion,€because€this€cannot€cause€scandal,€but€will€rather€edifie€our€Neighbour,Ïand€by€our€good€example,€it€may€be,€he€may€come€to€change€his€life€and€resolve€himself€toÏfrequent€the€Sacraments.€O€how€many€people€are€there€that€are€cheated€by€these€wordly€respects!ÏO€unhappy€men!€they€are€not€ashamed€to€be€base€in€their€lives,€and€yet€they€are€ashamed€to€beÏChristians€and€to€be€known€for€such!ÌÌÌßA€" ) °°xdE°3 xAßÐ 4 Ð Ðà  àÌÓ  ÓCHAP.€III.ÌÓÝÓÌòòà0  àà ° àWherein€are€shewn€some€of€the€great€benefits,€of€of€which€a€faithful€man€is€deprived,€by€beingÐ #£  Ðprohibited€the€Communion,€when€he€is€sufficiently€disposed€for€it.óóÐó#!(#(# ÐÌThat€the€Minister€may€see€and€take€good€notice€of€the€hurt€which€he€does,€by€depriving€theÏfaithful€of€the€Communion,€that€desire€and€ask€it€without€the€guilt€of€Mortal€Sin,€it€will€beÏnecessary€to€lay€before€him€some€of€those€infinite€benefits€of€which€he€defrauds€ððem,€only€in€oneÏCommunion,€that€he€may€undeceive€himself€that€deprives€ððem€of€infinite€good€for€mortificationÏsake.Ìà  àFirst€he€deprives€such€a€one€of€the€increase€of€grace€and€glory€which€he€receives€in€theÏCommunion,€whose€effect€is€infallible,€òòex€opere€operatoóó,€though€he€should€have€venial€sins€aboutÐ S+ï$) Ðhim.€He€also€deprives€him€of€the€mortification€of€all€his€five€senses€and€powers,€which€he€thereinÐ ?,Û%* Ðperforms,€whilst€his€Eyes,€his€Smelling,€his€Tast,€his€Touch,€his€Imagination,€his€UnderstandingÏand€all€his€knowledge€and€capacity€do€tell€him€that€that€Host€is€Bread:€by€all€this€he€is€humbled,Ïmortified,€and€subdued,€whilst€he€belies€that€it€is€not€that€which€he€feels€and€tasts,€but€that€his€GodÏand€Lord€is€in€it.€He€deprives€him€also,€by€taking€the€Communion€from€him,€of€the€cleansing€of€hisÏsins€and€evil€habits,€and€being€preserved€from€ððem€for€the€time€to€come;€of€many€helps€which€areÏtherein€administered€to€him€for€the€performance€of€every€good€thing,€and€avoiding€every€evil€one?Ïand€it€may€happen€that€the€Eternal€Salvation€of€Damnation€of€a€Soul€may€depend€upon€one€ofÏthese€helps.€He€deprives€him€of€the€lessening€the€pains€of€Purgatory,€which€is€participated€in€everyÏCommunion.€He€deprives€him€of€the€highest€acts€of€Faith,€Hope€and€Charity,€which€he€exercises,Ïby€believing€that€he€receives€that€God,€who€he€sees€not,€nor€feels,€and€hoping€in€him,€whom€heÏhad€not€seen€and€being€united€with€him€by€love.Ìà  àGod€is€goodness€it€self,€and€he€is€willing€to€be€communicated€through€love€to€Souls,€byÏmeans€of€the€Divine€and€Sacramental€Bread:€Is€there€a€greater€happiness€in€the€world?€can€thereÏbe€a€greater€felicity?€and€shall€there€be€any€Minister€to€deprive€the€Soul€of€this€benefit?€In€thisÏwonderful€Sacrament€Christ€is€united€to€the€Soul,€and€becomes€one€and€the€same€thing€with€it.€òòInÐ Lè  Ðme€manet€&€ego€in€illoóó€(St.€òòJohnóó)€5.€which€fineness€of€love€is€the€most€profound,€admirable€andÐ 8Ô  Ðworthy€of€consideration€and€gratitude,€because€there€is€not€more€to€give€nor€to€receive:€and€whatÏMinister€shall€deprive€the€soul€of€this€boundless€grace?Ìà  àAll€Blessings€do€here€meet€together€in€this€precious€Food,€here€all€desires€of€God€areÏfulfilled,€here€is€the€loving€and€sacramental€Union,€hereððs€the€Peace,€the€Conformity,€theÏTransformation€of€God,€with€the€Soul,€and€the€Soul€with€God.€By€receiving€Jesus€in€thisÏSacrament,€the€Eternal€Father€and€the€Divine€Spirit€is€also€received;€here€are€all€the€Vertues,ÏCharity,€Hope,€Purity,€Patience,€and€Humility:€because€Christ€our€Lord€begets€all€Vertue€in€theÏSoul,€by€means€of€this€heavenly€Food:€and€what€a€Heart€must€the€Ministers€have€to€forbid€theÏSoul€so€great€a€Happiness.Ìà  àIf€one€only€degree€of€Grace€is€a€gift€of€inestimable€Value€and€so€precious,€that€ððtis€not€toÏbe€bought€for€a€thousand€Worlds€being€a€particle€of€God€himself,€and€a€formal€participation€of€theÏDivine€Nature,€which€makes€us€his€Children€and€Friends,€Heirs€of€Heaven,€and€the€Habitation€ofÏthe€most€Holy€Trinity:€and€if€never€so€little€Grace€be€worth€more€than€all€the€Vertues,€Alms,€andÏPenances,€and€the€removing€Mountains€(as€St.€òòPaulóó€says)€and€giving€all€away€to€the€Poor,€is€aÐ  !¼ Ðmeer€Nothing€without€Grace:€How€then€can€it€be€well€to€deprive€the€Faithful€of€the€increase€ofÏGrace,€which€he€might€find€only€in€one€Communion?€How€can€the€Minister€deprive€him€of€thatÏand€of€many€others€that€follow€it,€without€giving€ððem€other€things€equivalent€to€those€they€lose?Ìà  àWhat€can€be€of€equal€value€with€habitual€Grace,€which€a€faithful€Man€might€receive?Ïneither€can€the€Humility€which€he€may€exercise,€nor€the€Reverence,€nor€the€Mortification,€uponÏthe€account€of€which€he€leaves€off€the€Communion,€be€worth€so€much;€nor€are€they€equivalent€toÏthat€Grace€only,€which€he€loses,€and€which€he€might€have€had€by€receiving€that€Communion.Ìà  àAnd€now€lets€make€up€this€Account.€If€Restitution€ought€to€be€(as€all€the€Doctors€say)Ïconformable€to€the€Good,€which€was€taken€from€oneððs€Neighbour,€what€can€he€restore,€whichÏdeprives€a€faithful€Man€of€God€himself?Ìà  àWould€it€not€be€great€want€of€Charity€to€take€from€a€Man€a€Mount€of€Gold,€only€to€gatherÏup€a€little€Grain?€Only€for€one€Grain€of€Mortification,€(if€yet€there€is€any€in€it)€the€Ministers€doÐ 0,Ì%) Ðdeprive€a€Christian€of€a€whole€Mount€of€Blessings,€which€are€heaped€up€together€in€theÏCommunion:€If€there€were€no€other€way€to€mortifie€and€try€the€Soul,€but€this,€it€ought€not€to€beÏused;€because€by€this€Mortification€they€deprive€him€of€a€greater€good:€but€there€are€infinite€waysÏof€proving€and€mortifying€the€Soul€besides,€without€doing€it€so€great€a€Spiritual€Prejudice.Ìà  àThe€Blessings€of€this€Sacrament€donððt€end€here;€because,€besides,€the€increase€of€Grace,€itÏsustains€and€gives€new€strength€to€the€Soul,€to€resist€Temptations;€it€satisfies€the€desires,€takesÏaway€the€hunger€of€temporal€things,€unites€with€Christ€and€his€Members,€who€are€the€Just€andÏRighteous,€breaks€the€power€of€Satan,€gives€strength€to€suffer€Martyrdom,€pardons€the€VenialÏSins,€to€which€he€that€Communicates€doth€not€stand€affected;€and€keeps€from€Mortal€Sins,€byÏvertue€of€the€aid€which€it€doth€contribute.Ìà  àThe€Body€of€Christ€(says€St.€òòBernardóó,€òòan€Serm.€Dom.óó)€is€Medicine€to€the€Sick,€ProvisionÐ œ8  Ðfor€the€Pilgrim,€fresh€Strength€to€the€Weary,€it€delights€the€Strong,€it€heals€the€wounded,€itÏpreserves€the€Health€of€Soul€and€Body.€And€whoever€is€a€worthy€Communicant,€is€made€moreÏstrong€to€receive€Contempt,€more€patient€to€suffer€Reproof,€more€fit€to€indure€Troubles,€moreÏready€for€Obedience,€and€to€return€the€Lord€Thanks.Ìà  àSt.€òòLeoóó€Pope€(òòde€prc.€ser.óó€14.€òòde€pass.€Dominióó)€says,€that€when€a€man€is€Communicated,Ð 8Ô  ÐChrist€comes€to€honour€him€with€his€Presence,€to€anoint€him€with€his€Grace,€to€cure€him€with€hisÏMercy,€to€heal€him€with€his€Blood,€to€raise€him€by€his€Death,€to€illuminate€him€with€his€Light,€toÏinflame€him€with€his€Love,€to€comfort€him€with€his€infinite€Sweetness,€to€be€united€and€espousedÏwith€his€Soul,€to€make€him€partaker€of€his€Divine€Spirit,€and€of€all€the€Blessings€which€heÏpurchasððd€us€by€his€Cross.Ìà  àDost€thou€seek€(says€St.€òòBonaventureóó,€òòde€prc.óó)€where€God€is?€thou€must€expect€to€findÐ À\ Ðhim€in€this€Divine€Sacrament,€which€being€worthily€received,€does€pardon€Sins,€mittigateÏPassions,€gives€light€to€the€Understanding,€satiates€the€Soul,€revives€Faith,€encourages€Hope,Ïinkindles€Charity,€increases€Devotion,€fills€with€Grace,€and€is€the€rich€Pledge€of€Glory.Ìà  àThis€Sacrament€(says€St.€òòThomasóó€òòOpuscóó.€58.€òòde€Sacr.€cap.óó€21,€22,€23)€drives€away€evilÐ p  ÐSpirits,€defends€us€from€Concupiscence,€washes€off€the€Stains€of€the€Heart,€appeases€Gods€Anger,Ïilluminates€the€Understanding,€to€know€him€inflames€the€Will,€to€love€him,€delights€the€memoryÏwith€Sweetness,€confirms€the€whole€man€in€Goodness,€frees€him€from€Punishment€Everlasting,Ïmultiplies€the€merits€of€good€Life,€and€brings€him€to€his€Eternal€Country.€The€Body€of€the€LordÏ(as€he€pursues€it,€òòcapóó.€24.)€produces€Three€principal€Effects.€First,€it€destroys€Sin.€Secondly,€itÐ  "¨ Ðincreases€Spiritual€Blessings.€Thirdly,€it€comforts€menððs€Souls;€and€in€Chap.€25€he€says,€it€satiatesÏthe€Spirit€to€follow€what€is€good;€it€comforts€and€strengthens€the€Soul,€to€shun€what€is€evil,€itÏpreserves€the€Life€always€to€praise€the€Lord.€As€it€is€a€Sacrifice,€it€remits€the€Sins€of€those€whoÏare€a€live,€and€lightens€the€punishment€of€those€who€are€in€Purgatory,€and€augments€the€accidentalÏGlory€of€those€who€are€in€Heaven.€Lastly,€the€Body€of€Christ€is€called€the€Sacrament€of€Charity;Ïbecause€it€makes€us€partakers€of€the€Spirit€Divine,€of€the€sweet€Abode€of€Christ€himself,€and€theÏrich€Transformation€of€God.Ìà  àððTwould€be€an€endless€thing€to€relate€the€Blessings,€which,€according€to€the€saying€ofÏSaints,€they€do€receive€from€this€Sacrament,€who€come€to€partake€of€it€without€Mortal€Sin:€and€ofÏall€these€doth€the€Minister€deprive€a€Christian,€when€he€only€forbids€him€one€Communion.Ìà  àBut€more€than€this,€depriving€ððem€of€the€Communion,€he€deprieves€all€the€Saints€ofÐ 0,Ì%) ÐHeaven,€all€the€Angels,€the€most€holy€Virgin,€and€Christ€himself€of€that€accidental€glory€whichÏaccrues€to€them€by€every€Communion€received€in€grace.€If€the€Saints€in€Heaven€have€a€specialÏaccidental€glory,€by€every€good€work,€though€never€so€small,€that€is€done€here€below,€as€manyÏpious€Authors€are€of€opinion,€with€how€much€more€reason€will€they€have€it€by€a€work€so€sublimeÏas€the€Communion€is,€wherein€there€is€included€an€immensity€of€all€the€wonderful€works€of€God?ÏòòMemoriam€fecit€mirabilium€suorum,€Psalóó.€110.Ð L œ Ðà  àAnd€if€from€one€only€Communion€there€are€so€many€blessings,€as€are€specified€before,€toÏbe€obtained,€what€will€there€be€of€the€sacrifice€of€the€Mass,€the€gravest,€the€highest€work€that€is€inÏHeaven€or€Earth?€And€shall€there€then€be,€Ministers,€who€under€pretence€of€Penance,ÏMortification,€or€the€old€way,€must€hinder€Priests€so€great,€so€holy,€and€so€fruitful€a€sacrifice?Ìà  àSaint€òòJeromóó€said,€òòinóó€(òòMissis€defunct.€Pavi.€c.€óó14.)€that€at€the€least€the€Soul€suffers€not€inÐ è 8  ÐPurgatory,€whilst€Mass€is€said€for€it€[ððtwas€well€the€Author€did€not€point€to€us€where€this€blindÏpassage€is,€in€Saint€òòJeromesóó€Works.]€Saint€òòAustinóó€assures€us,€(òòBallesteróó€in€the€Book€of€theÐ À  ÐCrucifix€of€S.€Saviour,€f.€207.)€that€the€Divine€Sacrifice€is€never€Celebrated,€but€one€of€these€twoÏthings€follow€upon€it,€either€the€Conversion€of€a€sinner,€or€the€leting€loose€of€some€Soul€out€ofÏPurgatory,€[this€is€a€much€Saint€òòAustinsóó€saying,€as€tððother€is€Saint€òòJeromesóó.]€òòWilliamÐ „Ô  ÐAltisiodorensisóó€was€not€contented€with€one€Soul;€but€affirmed,€that€by€every€Mass€there€were€theÐ pÀ ÐLord€knows€how€many€Souls€that€got€away€from€thence.€òòSeveriusóó€in€St.€òòMartinððsóó€Life€gives€anÐ \¬ Ðaccount€that€he€set€as€many€souls€at€liberty€with€his€Masses,€as€persons€assisted€at€the€hearing€ofÏððem.Ìà  àVenerable€òòBedeóó€says,€that€the€Priest,€who,€being€not€lawfully€hindred,€doth€neglect€to€sayÐ  p ÐMass,€deprives€the€most€holy€Trinity€of€glory€and€praise,€the€Angels€of€joy,€Sinners€of€pardon,€theÏRighteous€of€grace€and€help,€the€souls€in€Purgatory€of€cooling€and€refreshment,€the€Church€of€theÏheavenly€benefit€of€Jesus€Christ€our€Lord,€and€the€Priest€himself€of€Medicine€and€help.Ìà  àIf€every€Mass€therefore€has€all€this€of€its€own,€what€Minister€under€the€colour€of€zeal€shallÏbe€so€bold€as€to€hinder€and€defraud€the€Trinity,€the€Angels,€the€Virgin,€the€Church,€the€Righteous,ÏSinners,€the€Souls€in€Purgatory,€and€the€Priests€themselves€that€desire€to€celebrate,€so€much€gloryÏand€so€much€good?€without€doubt€though€this€be€done€with€zeal,€yet€ððtis€want€of€consideration,Ïand€it€will€be€well,€to€premeditate€and€consider€it€better,€before€any€goes€about€to€hinder€it.ÌÌÌÓ  ÓÖ€ìÖÖ€ ìÖTHE€END.Ð  D!” ÐßA€" ) °°xdE°¯xAßÐ ° ÐÌßA€" ) °°xdE°ªxAßÐ «û ÐÌÌÔ‡îJMîXX•HÔTHEÔ#†X•HXîîJM;0#ÔÐ ’â ÐÌÔ‡°fz°XX•HÔCONTENTS.Ô#†X•HX°°fz–0#ÔÐ ¢ ò ÐÌÓ  Óà0  àà ° àCHAP.€I.€òòNo€Minister€ought€to€keep€a€faithful€Person€from€the€Communion,€that€does€desire€andÐ f ¶  Ðask€it,€whilst€he€doth€not€know€his€conscience€defiled€with€mortal€Sin.óóÐR ¢ (#(# ÐÌà0  àà ° àCHAP.€II.€òòAnswering€the€Reasons€which€those€Ministers€give,€which€hinder€the€Faithful€fromÐ *z  ÐCommunicating,€and€the€Priest€from€Celebrating,€having€their€Consciences€free€fromÏMortal€Sin.óóÐR (#(# ÐÌà0  àà ° àCHAP.€III.€òòWherein€are€shewn€some€of€the€great€benefits,€of€of€which€a€faithful€man€is€deprived,Ð Ú* Ðby€being€prohibited€the€Communion,€when€he€is€sufficiently€disposed€for€it.óóÐÆ(#(# Ð