Letter 14. To a Lady

ON CONFORMITY TO GOD’S WILL.

June 10, 1605.

.... Give heed, my dear child, to become daily more pure in heart Now this purity consists in weighing everything in the scales of the sanctuary, and that is the Will of God. I intreat you not to love anything too ardently, not even virtues, which are sometimes lost in an immoderate pursuit Do you understand me? I allude to your eager wishes. Let us be what we are, and strive to be that well, in order to do honoiu: to Him Who made us. Let us be whatever He wills, so long as we are wholly devoted to Him, but let us not be what we will, contrary to His intentions; for were we the most perfect denizens of Heaven, of what use were it, unless we be such according to God^s Will?

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