her
by
continual
distractions.
She
can-
no
longer
restrain
herself
by
her
own
efforts,
as
formerly
;
and
what
is
worse,
she
contracts
defilement
at
every
step.
She
complains
to
her
Beloved
that
the
watchmen
that
go
about
the
city
have
found
her
and
wounded
her
(Cant.
v.
7).
I
ought,
however,
to
say
that
persons
in
this
condition
do
not
sin
willingly.
God
usually
reveals
to
them
such
a
deep-seated
corrup-tion
within
themselves,
that
they
cry
with
Job,
"
Oh,
that
Thou
wouldest
hide
me
in
the
grave,
that
Thou
wouldest
keep
me
in
secret,
until
Thy
wrath
be
past
!
"
(Job
xiv.
13).
It
must
not
be
supposed
that
either
here
or
at
any
other
stage
of
progress
God
suffers
the
soul
really
to
fall
into
sin
;
and
so
truly
is
this
the
case,
that
though
they
appear
in
their
own
eyes
the
most
miserable
sinners,
yet
they
can
discover
no
definite
sin
of
which
they
are
guilty,
and
only
accuse
themselves
of
being
full
of
misery,
and
of
having
only
sentiments
contrary
to
their
desires.
'
It
is
to
the
glory
of
God
that,
when
He
makes
the
soul
most
deeply
con-scious
of
its
inward
corruption.
He
does
not
permit
it
to
fall
into
sin.
What
makes
its
sorrow
so
terrible
