heart
is
powerless
to
resist
Him,
even
though
He
may
not
use
an
absolute
and
violent
authority,
unless
it
be
in
some
cases
where
He
permits
it
to
be
so,
in
order
to
manifest
His
power.
He
takes
hearts,
then,
in
this
way,
making
them
burn
in
a
moment
;
but
usually
He
gives
them
flashes
of
light
which
dazzle
them,
and
lift
them
nearer
to
Himself.
These
persons
appear
much
greater
than
those
of
whom
I
shall
speak
later,
to
those
who
are
not
possessed
of
a
divine
discernment,
for
they
attain
outwardly
to
a
high
degree
of
perfection,
God
eminently
elevating
their
natural
capacity,
and
re-plenishing
it
in
an
extraordinary
manner;
and
yet
they
are
never
really
brought
to
a
state
of
annihi-lation
to
self,
and
God
does
not
usually
so
draw
them
out
of
their
own
being
that
they
become
lost
in
Himself.
Such
characters
as
these
are,
how-ever,
the
wonder
and
admiration
of
men.
God
bestows
on
them
gifts
upon
gifts,
graces
upon
graces,
visions,
revelations,
inward
voices,
ecstasies,
ravishments,
&c.
It
seems
as
though
God's
only
care
was
to
enrich
and
beautify
them,
and
to
com-municate
to
them
His
secrets.
All
joys
are
theirs.
