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CHAP. XIII. In which is shewed what infused and passive Contemplation is, and its wonderful Ef∣fects.
128. YOu must know, that when once the Soul is habituated to internal Recol∣lection, and acquired Contemplation, that we have spoken of; when once 'tis mortified, and desires wholly to be denied its appetites; when once it efficaciously embraces internal and ex∣ternal Mortification, and is willing to dye hear∣tily to its passions and its own ways, then God uses to take it alone by it self, and raise it more than it knows, to a compleate repose, where he sweetly and inwardly infuses in it his light, his love and his strength, inkindling and inflaming it with a true disposition to all manner of Ver∣tue.
129. There the Divine Spouse, suspending its powers, puts it to sleep in a most sweet and pleasant rest: There it sleeps, and quietly re∣ceives and enjoys (without knowing it) what it injoys, with a most lovely and charming calm: There the Soul raised and lifted up to this passive State, becomes united to its great∣est Good, without costing it any trouble or pains for this union: There in that supream