making
Himself
more
fully
known
to
it
after
it
falls
;
then
the
poor
soul
is
covered
with
confusion
;
it
would
rather
bear
the
most
severe
chastisement
than
this
goodness
of
God
after
it
has
sinned.
These
persons
are
now
so
full
of
their
own
feelings
that
they
want
to
impart
them
to
others
;
they
long
to
teach
the
whole
world
to
love
God
;
their
senti-ments
towards
Him
are
so
deep,
so
pure,
and
so
dis-interested,
that
those
who
hear
them
speak,
if
they
are
not
divinely
enlightened,
believe
them
to
have
attained
the
height
of
perfection.
They
are
fruitful
in
good
works
;
there
is
no
reasoning
here,
nothing
but
a
deep
and
burning
love.
The
soul
feels
itself
seized
and
held
fast
by
a
divine
force
which
ravishes
and
consumes
it.
It
is
like
intoxicated
persons,
who
are
so
possessed
with
wine
that
they
do
not
know
what
they
are
doing,
and
are
no
longer
masters
of
themselves.
If
such
as
these
try
to
read,
the
book
falls
from
their
hands,
and
a
single
line
suffices
them
;
they
can
hardly
get
through
a
page
in
a
whole
day,
however
assiduously
they
may
devote
themselves
to
it,
for
a
single
word
from
God
awakens
that
secret
instinct
which
animates
and
fires
them,
so
that
love
