This
class
of
people
find
far
greater
difficulty
in
entering
the
way
of
faith
than
the
first,
for
as
what
they
already
possess
is
so
great,
and
so
evidently
from
God,
they
will
not
believe
that
there
is
any-thing
higher
in
the
Church
of
God.
Therefore
they
cling
to
it.
O
God
!
how
many
spiritual
possessions
there
are
which
appear
great
virtues
to
those
who
are
not
divinely
enlightened,
and
which
appear
great
and
dangerous
defects
to
those
who
are
so
!
For
those
in
this
way
regard
as
virtues
what
others
look
upon
as
subtle
faults
;
and
even
the
light
to
see
them
in
their
true
colours
is
not
given
to
them.
These
people
have
rules
and
regulations
for
their
obedi-ence,
which
are
marked
by
prudence
;
they
are
strong
and
vigorous,
though
they
appear
dead.
They
are
indeed
dead
as
to
their
own
wants,
but
not
as
to
their
foundation.
Such
souls
as
these
often
possess
an
inner
silence,
certain
sinkings
into
God,
which
they
distinguish
and
express
well
;
but
they
have
not
that
secret
longing
to
be
nothing,
like
the
last
class.
It
is
true
they
desire
to
be
nothing
by
a
certain
perceptible
annihilation,
a
deep
