being
anything
but
sea.
It
is
not,
as
I
have
said,
that
it
does
not
so
retain
its
own
nature,
that,
if
God
so
willed
it,
in
a
moment
it
could
be
separ-ated
from
the
sea;
but
He
does
not
do
this.
Neither
does
it
lose
the
nature
of
the
creature;
and
God
could,
if
He
pleased,
cast
it
ofif
from
His
divine
bosom
:
but
He
does
not
do
it,
and
the
creature
acts
as
it
were
divinely.
But
it
will
be
said
that
by
this
theory
I
deprive
man
of
his
liberty.
Not
so;
he
is
no
longer
free
except
by
an
excess
of
liberty,
because
he
has
lost
freely
all
created
liberty.
He
participates
in
the
uncreated
freedom,
which
is
not
contracted,
bounded,
limited
by
anything;
and
the
soul's
liberty
is
so
great,
so
broad,
that
the
whole
earth
appears
to
it
as
a
speck,
to
which
it
is
not
confined.
It
is
free
to
do
all
and
to
do
nothing.
There
is
no
state
or
condition
to
which
it
cannot
accommodate
itself;
it
can
do
all
things,
and
yet
takes
no
part
in
them.
O
glorious
state
!
who
can
describe
thee,
and
what
hast
thou
to
fear
or
to
apprehend
?
O
Paul
!
thou
couldst
say,
"
who
shall
separate
us
from
the
love
of
Christ?"
"I
am
persuaded,"
