hand
He
dries
her
tears.
What
a
joy
it
is
to
her
to
see
the
new
goodness
of
her
Beloved,
after
what
she
has
done
!
Yet
He
does
not
restore
her
former
riches,
and
she
does
not
long
for
them,
being
only
too
happy
to
be
looked
upon,
consoled,
and
caressed
by
Him.
At
first
she
receives
His
caresses
with
so
much
confusion,
that
she
dare
not
lift
her
eyes,
but
forgetting
her
past
woes
in
her
present
happiness,
she
loses
herself
in
the
new
caresses
of
her
Beloved,
and
thinking
no
more
of
her
past
miseries,
she
glories
and
rests
in
these
caresses,
and
thereby
compels
the
Bridegroom
to
be
angry
again,
and
to
despoil
her
anew.
.
It
must
be
observed
that
God
despoils
the
loss
little
by
little
;
and
the
weaker
the
souls
may
be,
the
longer
the
spoliation
continues
;
while
the
stronger
they
are,
the
sooner
it
is
completed,
because
God
despoils
them
oftener
and
of
more
things
at
once.
But
however
rough
this
spoliation
may
be,
it
only
touches
superfluities
on
the
outside,
that
is
to
say,
gifts,
graces,
and
favours.
This
leading
of
God
is
so
wonderful,
and
is
the
result
of
such
deep
love
to
the
soul,
that
it
would
