and
turned
off
at
certain
points.
Such
are
the
souls
in
the
passive
way
of
sight
Their
strength
is
very
abundant
;
they
are
laden
with
gifts,
and
graces,
and
celestial
favours
;
they
are
the
admiration
of
their
generation
and
numbers
of
saints
who
shine
as
stars
in
the
Church
have
never
passed
this
limit.
This
class
is
composed
of
two
kinds.
The
first
com-menced
in
the
ordinary
way,
and
have
afterwards
been
drawn
to
passive
contemplation.
The
others
have
been,
as
it
were,
taken
by
surprise
;
they
have
been
seized
by
the
heart,
and
they
feel
themselves
loving
without
having
learned
to
know
the
object
of
their
love.
For
there
is
this
difference
between
divine
and
human
love,
that
the
latter
supposes
a
previous
acquaintance
with
its
object,
because,
as
it
is
outside
of
it,
the
senses
must
be
taken
to
it,
and
the
senses
can
only
be
taken
to
it
because
it
is
communicated
to
them
:
the
eyes
see
and
the
heart
loves.
It
is
not
so
with
divine
love.
God,
having
an
absolute
power
over
the
heart
of
man,
and
being
its
origin
and
its
end,
it
is
not
neces-sary
that
He
should
make
known
to
it
what
He
is.
He
takes
it
by
assault,
without
giving
it
battle.
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