has
neither
boat
nor
carriage,
nor
any
other
alterna-tive
than
that
of
going
on
foot,
if
you
remove
his
feet,
you
place
advancement
beyond
his
reach;
so
with
these
souls
;
if
you
take
away
their
works,
which
are
their
feet,
they
can
never
advance.
And
I
believe
this
to
be
the
cause
of
the
contests
which
now
agitate
the
religious
world.
Those
who
are
in
the
passive
way,
conscious
of
the
blessedness
they
experience
in
it,
would
compel
all
to
walk
with
them
;
those,
on
the
contrary,
who
are
in
what
I
have
termed
the
state
of
medi'Miim,
would
confine
all
to
their
way,
which
would
involve
inestimable
loss.
What
must
be
done
then
?
We
must
take
the
middle
course,
and
see
for
which
of
the
two
ways
souls
are
fitted.
This
may
be
known
in
some
by
the
opposition
they
have
to
remaining
at
rest,
and
allowing
them-selves
to
be
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God
;
by
a
confusion
of
faults
and
defects
into
which
they
fall
without
being
conscious
of
them
;
or,
if
they
are
possessed,
of
natural
prudence,
by
a
certain
skill
in
concealing
their
faults
from
others
and
from
themselves
;
by
their
ad-
