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and that thou feel what thou writest, in order that thou
mayest write what thou feelest."
9. "Therefore I desire that thy interior be cleared
from all earthly images and inclinations (Ps. 44, 11);
so that, having put away and forgotten all visible things,
thou mayest center all thy conversation and intercourse
upon thy Lord (Phil. 3, 20), upon me, and upon his
angels; and let all other things be strange and foreign
to thee. In the strength of this virtue and purity, which
I require of thee, thou shalt crush the head of the
ancient serpent and conquer his opposition to thy writing
and laboring. Because thou art so tardy in responding
to the wishes of the Lord, in entering upon the path
He wishes thee to pursue, and in placing full confidence
in his blessed intentions, I tell thee truly
: while attending
to these empty fears, thou art so tardy in responding to
the Lord, in entering upon the path He wishes thee to
pursue and in placing full confidence in his blessed in
tentions, that, precisely on this account, divine Provi
dence has permitted the dragon to be the minister of his
justice in punishing thy unbelief and thy want of
submission to his will. That same enemy has concocted
schemes to draw thee into some faults by setting before
thee his deceits in the garb of a good intention and of
virtuous ends, and by seeking falsely to persuade thee,
that thou art not destined for such high favors and
exalted blessings; and, in order that thou mayest not
merit them, he has made thee dull and tardy in rendering
thanks for them. Thou hast been taken in by the deceit
of deeming these works of the Most High due to thee
in justice, and not as works of grace; and so thou hast
neglected to co-operate to the fullest extent with the
divine graces and hast not corresponded to those thou
receivest without any merit of thy own. It is time,
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