Chapter 10.—To See God, the Soul
Must Be Purified.
10. Wherefore, since it is our
duty fully to enjoy the truth which lives unchangeably, and since
the triune God takes counsel in this truth for the things which He
has made, the soul must be purified that it may have power to
perceive that light, and to rest in it when it is perceived. And
let us look upon this purification as a kind of journey or voyage
to our native land. For it is not by change of place that we can
come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of
pure desires and virtuous habits.