indignation
against
her
which
makes
Him
leave
her.
She
does
not
see
that
it
is
in
order
to
make
her
run
that
He
flees,
that
it
is
in
order
that
He
may
purify
her
that
He
suffers
her
to
become
so
soiled.
When
we
put
iron
in
the
fire,
to
purify
it
and
to
purge
it
from
its
dross,
it
appears
at
first
to
be
tarnished
and
blackened,
but
afterwards
it
is
easy
to
see
that
it
has
been
purified.
Christ
only
makes
His
bride
experience
her
own
weak-ness,
that
she
may
lose
all
strength
and
all
support
in
herself,
and
that,
in
her
self-despair,
He
may
carry
her
in
His
arms,
and
she
may
be
willing
to
be
thus
borne;
for
whatever
her
course
may
be,
she
walks
as
a
child;
but
when
she
is
in
God,
and
is
borne
by
Him,
her
progress
is
infinite,
since
it
is
that
of
God
Himself.
In
addition
to
all
this
degradation,
the
bride
sees
others
adorned
with
her
spoils.
When
she
sees
a
holy
soul,
she
dare
not
approach
it;
she
sees
it
adorned
with
all
the
ornaments
which
her
Bridegroom
has
taken
from
Her
;
but
though
she
admires
it,
and
sinks
into
the
depths
of
nothingness,
she
cannot
desire
to
have
these
ornaments
again,
so
conscious
