cient
that
man
should
give
a
passive
consent^
that
he
may
have
entire
and
full
liberty
;
because
having
at
the
beginning
given
himself
to
God,
that
He
may
do
as
He
will
both
with
him
and
in
him,
he
gave
from
that
time
an
active
and
general
assent
to
all
that
God
might
do.
But
when
God
destroys,
burns,
and
purifies,
the
soul
does
not
see
that
all
this
is
for
its
advantage;
it
rather
believes
the
contrary
:
and
as
at
first
the
fire
seems
to
tarnish
the
gold,
so
this
operation
seems
to
despoil
the
soul
of
its
purity.
So
that
if
an
active
and
explicit
consent
were
required,
the
soul
would
find
a
diffi-culty
in
giving
it,
and
often
would
not
give
it.
All
that
it
does
is
to
remain
in
a
passive
contentment,
enduring
this
operation
as
well
as
it
can,
being
neither
able
nor
willing
to
prevent
it.
God
then
so
purifies
this
soul
of
all
natural,
dis-tinct,
and
perceived
operations,
that
at
last
He
makes
it
more
and
more
conformed
to
Himself,
and
then
uniform^
raising
the
passive
capacity
of
the
creature,
enlarging
it
and
ennobling
it,
though
in
a
hidden
and
unperceived
manner,
which
is
termed
mystical.
But
in
all
these
operations
the
soul
must
concur
passively,
