THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

He (the believer) is hungry and thirsty, for he sees the food of angels

and the drink of heaven. He labours diligently in love, for he beholds

his rest. He is a pilgrim, and he sees his fatherland. He strives in

love for the victory, for he sees his crown. Consolation, peace, joy,

beauty, and riches, and all that the heart can desire, are shown to

the reason which is enlightened to see God in spiritual similitudes

and without measure or limit.... Those who do not possess, at the same

time, the power of rest and action, and are not exercised in both,

have not received this righteousness of the just.

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