wards
it
with
extreme
velocity.
A
stone
in
the
air
is
no
sooner
let
loose,
and
turned
towards
the
earth,
than
it
tends
to
it
by
its
own
weight
as
its
centre.
It
is
the
same
with
fire
and
water,
which,
being
no
longer
arrested,
run
incessantly
towards
their
centre.
Now
I
say
that
the
soul,
by
the
efibrt
it
has
made
in
inward
recollection,
being
turned
towards
its
centre,
without
any
other
effort,
but
simply
by
the
weight
of
love,
falls
towards
its
centre
;
and
the
more
it
remains
quiet
and
at
rest,
making
no
move-ment
of
its
own,
the
more
rapidly
it
will
advance,
because
it
thus
allows
that
attractive
virtue
to
draw
it
All
the
care,
then,
that
we
need
have
is
to
pro-mote
this
inward
recollection
as
much
as
possible,
not
being
astonished
at
the
difficulty
we
may
find
in
this
exercise,
which
will
soon
be
recompensed
with
a
wonderful
co-operation
on
the
part
of
God,
which
will
render
it
very
easy.
When
the
passions
rise,
a
look
towards
God,
who
is
present
within
us,
easily
deadens
them.
Any
other
resistance
would
irritate
rather
than
appease
them.
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