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Introduction - Preface - First Conversation - Second Conversation - Third Conversation - Fourth Conversation - First Letter - Second Letter - Third Letter - Fourth Letter - Fifth Letter - Sixth Letter - Seventh Letter - Eighth Letter - Ninth Letter - Tenth Letter - Eleventh Letter - Twelfth Letter - Thirteenth Letter - Fourteenth Letter - Fifteenth Letter - Contents -

Pains and sufferings would be a paradise to me while I should suffer with my GOD, and the greatest pleasures would be hell to me if I could relish them without Him. All my consolation would be to suffer something for His sake.

I must, in a little time, go to GOD. What comforts me in this life is that I now see Him by faith; and I see Him in such a manner as might make me say sometimes, I believe no more, but I see. I feel what faith teaches us, and in that assurance and that practice of faith I will live and die with Him.

Continue, then, always with GOD; it is the only support and comfort for your affliction. I shall beseech Him to be with you. I present my service.

Yours, etc.

TWELFTH LETTER

If we were well accustomed to the exercise of the presence of GOD, all bodily diseases would be much alleviated thereby. GOD often permits that we should suffer a little to purify our souls and oblige us to continue with Him.

Take courage; offer Him your pains incessantly; pray to Him for strength to endure them. Above all, get a habit of entertaining yourself often with GOD, and forget Him the least you can. Adore Him in your infirmities, offer yourself to Him from time to time, and in the height of your sufferings beseech Him humbly and affectionately (as a child his father) to make you conformable to His holy will. I shall endeavor to assist you with my poor prayers.

GOD has many ways of drawing us to Himself. He

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