leave
them
the
shadow
of
anything
that
could
be
named,
either
in
God
or
out
of
God.
And
He
so
raises
them
above
all
by
the
loss
of
all,
that
nothing
less
than
God
Himself,
either
in
earth
or
heaven,
can
stop
them.
Nothing
can
harm
them,
because
there
is
no
longer
anything
hurtful
for
them,
by
reason
of
their
union
with
God,
which,
in
associating
with
sinners,
contracts
no
defilement,
because
of
its
essential
purity.
This
is
more
real
than
I
can
express
:
the
soul
par-ticipates
in
the
purity
of
God
;
or
rather,
all
natural
purity
having
been
annihilated,
the
purity
of
God
alone
exists
in
its
nothingness
;
but
so
truly,
that
the
heart
is
in
perfect
ignorance
of
evil,
and
powerless
to
commit
it,
which
does
not
however
prevent
the
pos-sibility
of
its
falling
;
but
this
seldom
happens
here,
because
the
profound
nothingness'
of
the
soul
does
not
leave
anything
that
can
be
appropriated
to
itself;
and
it
is
appropriation
alone
which
can
cause
sin,
for
that
which
no
longer
exists
cannot
sin.
The
peace
of
those
in
this
condition
is
so
in-variable
and
^so
profound,
that
nothing
either
in
earth
or
hell
can
disturb
it
for
a
moment.
The
senses
are
still
susceptible
to
suffering;
but
when
