and
in
proportion
as
the
working
of
God
becomes
stronger,
the
soul
must
continually
yield
to
Him,
until
He
absorbs
it
altogether.
We
do
not
say,
then,
as
some
assert,
that
there
must
be
no
ac/ion
;
since,
on
the
contrary,
this
is
^Ae
door;
but
only
that
we
must
not
remain
in
ity
seeing
that
man
should
tend
towards
the
perfection
of
his
end,
and
that
he
can
never
reach
it
without
quitting
the
first
means,
which,
though
they
were
necessary
to
introduce
him
into
the
way,
would
greatly
hinder
him
afterwards,
if
he
attached
himself
obstinately
to
them.
This
is
what
Paul
said,
"
I
forget
those
things
which
are
behind,
and
reach
forth
unto
those
things
which
are
before
;
I
press
toward
the
mark"
(Phil.
iii.
13,
14).
Should
we
not
consider
a
person
destitute
of
reason
who,
after
undertaking
a
journey,
stopped
at
the
first
inn,
because
he
was
assured
that
several
had
passed
it,
that
a
few
had
lodged
there,
and
that
the
landlord
lived
there
?
What
the
soul
is
required
to
do,
then,
is
to
advance
towards
its
end^
to
take
the
shortest
road,
not
to
stop
at
the
first
point,
and,
following
the
advice
of
St
Paul,
to
suffer
itself
to
be
"led
by
the
Spirit
of
God"
(Rom.
viiL
14),
who
will
