The Inward Offer Is A Kind Of

The First Act Of Religion, Therefore, Concerns Those Things Which Are Communicated To Us From God. The Other Concerns Those Things Which We Yield To God.

The Virtue Of Contentment Is The Acquiescence Of The Mind In The Lot God Has Given

In The Exercise Of God's Efficiency, The Decree Of God Comes First. This Manner Of Working Is The Most Perfect Of All And Notably Agrees With The Divine Nature.

From Faith, Hope, And Love, The Virtues Of Religion Referring To God, There Arises A Double Act Which Bears On The Spiritual Communion Exercised Between God And Us; The Hearing Of The Word And Prayer.

Everyone Who Understands The Nature Of God Rightly Necessarily Knows That God Is To Be Believed And Hoped In, That He Is To Be Loved And Called Upon, And To Be Heard In All Things.