there
all
your
longings
and
troubles,
your
agitations
and
anxieties,
will
be
reduced
to
perfect
rest.
It
is
to
be
remarked,
that
in
proportion
as
fire
approaches
its
centre,
it
always
approaches
rest,
although
its
swiftness
increases.
It
is
the
same
with
the
soul
:
as
soon
as
sin
ceases
to
hold
it
back,
it
seeks
indefatigably
to
find
God
;
and
if
it
were
not
for
sin,
nothing
could
impede
its
course,
which
would
be
so
speedy,
that
it
would
soon
attain
its
end.
But
it
is
also
true
that,
in
proportion
as
it
approaches
God,
its
speed
is
augmented,
and
at
the
same
time
becomes
more
peaceful;
for
the
rest,
or
rather
the
peace,
since
it
is
not
at
rest,
but
is
pursuing
a
peace-ful
course,
increases
so
that
its
peace
redo.ubles
its
speed,
and
its
speed
increases
its
peace.
The
hindrances,
then,
arise
from
sins
and
imperfec-tions,
which
arrest
for
a
time
the
course
of
the
soul,
more
or
less,
according
to
the
magnitude
of
the
fault
Then
the
soul
is
conscious
of
its
activity,
as
though
when
fire
was
going
on
towards
its
centre,
it
encoun-tered
obstacles,
such
as
pieces
of
wood
or
straw
:
it
would
resume
its
former
activity
in
order
to
consume
these
obstacles
or
barriers,
and
the
greater
the
ob-
