purity
and
selfishness
which
there
is
in
the
heart
of
man,
which,
bringing
him
to
see
himself
as
he
is
apart
from
God,
causes
him
to
cry
with
David,
"
I
am
a
worm
and
no
man
"
(Ps.
xxii.
6),
and
with
Job,
"
If
I
wash
myself
with
snow
water,
and
make
my
hands
never
so
clean,
yet
shalt
Thou
plunge
me
in
the
ditch,
and
mine
own
clothes
shall
abhor
me
"
(Job
«.
30,
31).
It
is
not,
then,
that
this
poor
bride
commits
the
faults
of
which
she
imagines
herself
guilty,
for
in
heart
she
was
never
purer
than
now;
but
her
senses
and
natural
powers,
particularly
the
senses,
being
unsupported,
wander
away.
Besides
which,
as
the
speed
of
her
course
towards
God
redoubles,
and
she
forgets
herself
more,
it
is
not
to
be
wondered
at
that
in
running
she
soils
herself
in
the
muddy
places
through
which
she
passes;
and
as
all
her
attention
is
directed
towards
her
Beloved,
although
she
does
not
perceive
it
by
reason
of
her
own
condition,
she
thinks
no
more
of
herself,
and
does
not
notice
where
she
steps.
So
that,
while
believing
herself
most
guilty,
she
does
not
willingly
commit
a
single
sin;
though
all
her
sins
appear
