CHAPTER III
How by little and little we are to build this habitation of peace
Have a care never to permit your heart to become sad, concerned, or solicitous for whatsoever happens; but let your whole endeavor be to keep and preserve this peace, since our Lord tells us, Blessed are the peaceful. (Matt. v 9) Thus doing, he will come and build himself a City of Peace in your soul, a house of delights. He requires no more on your part but that as often as your senses mutiny you hasten to repress and quiet them, still all your powers, movements, thoughts, and actions. But as a city is not built in one day, so neither in one day ought you to pretend to this internal peace, it being no less than to build a house for God and a temple for his Holy Spirit, although, indeed, he be the principle Architect, and without him all your labour were in vain. Now the corner-stone and chief foundation stone of this structure is Humility.
How by little and little we are to build this habitation of peace
Have a care never to permit your heart to become sad, concerned, or solicitous for whatsoever happens; but let your whole endeavor be to keep and preserve this peace, since our Lord tells us, Blessed are the peaceful. (Matt. v 9) Thus doing, he will come and build himself a City of Peace in your soul, a house of delights. He requires no more on your part but that as often as your senses mutiny you hasten to repress and quiet them, still all your powers, movements, thoughts, and actions. But as a city is not built in one day, so neither in one day ought you to pretend to this internal peace, it being no less than to build a house for God and a temple for his Holy Spirit, although, indeed, he be the principle Architect, and without him all your labour were in vain. Now the corner-stone and chief foundation stone of this structure is Humility.
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