God,
begin
to
rest
in
their
condition,
and
gradually
and
insensibly
to
lose
the
loving
activity
in
seeking
after
God
which
formerly
characterised
them,
being
satis-fied
with
their
joy
which
they
substituted
for
God
Himself;
and
this
rest
would
be
to
them
an
irrepa-rable
loss,
if
God,
in
His
infinite
goodness,
did
not
draw
them
out
of
this
state
to
lead
them
into
one
more
advanced.
But
before
speaking
of
it,
let
us
look
at
the
imperfections
of
this
stage.
