Solomon
vii.
11),
for
virtue
flows
naturally
into
the
soul,
and
is
practised
so
easily,
that
it
seems
to
be
quite
natural
to
it.
It
has
within
it
a
germ
of
life
and
fruitfulness,
which
gives
it
a
facility
for
all
good,
and
an
insensibility
to
all
evil
Let
it
then
remain
faith-ful,
and
seek
no
other
frame
of
mind
than
that
of
simple
rest.
It
has
only
to
suffer
itself
to
be
filled
with
this
diyine
effusion.
"
The
Lord
is
in
His
holy
temple
:
let
all
the
earth
keep
silence
before
Him
"
(Hab.
ii.
20).
The
reason
why
inward
silence
is
so
necessary
is,
that
Christ,
being
the
eternal
and
essential
Word,
in
order
that
He
may
be
received
into
the
soul,
there
must
be
a
disposition
corresponding
with
what
He
is.
Now
it
is
certain
that
in
order
to
receive
words
we
must
listen.
Hear-ing
is
the
sense
given
to
enable
us
to
receive
the
words
which
are
communicated
to
us.
Hearing
is
rather
a
passive
than
an
active
sense,
receiving,
and
not
communicating.
Christ
being
the
Word
which
is
to
be
communicated,
the
soul
must
be
attentive
to
this
Word
which
speaks
within
it.
This
is
why
we
are
so
often
exhorted
to
listen
to
God,
and
to
be
attentive
to
His
voice.
Many
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