In fact, you must know...
that the prolixity [langdradigheid van, lang wachten op] of good...
is alone the most certain proof, that assures God and the soul of the state she is in.
A prolonged state of patience in the sufferings and painful encounters of life, a repeated prayer without ever tiring of repeating it, a faithfulness, constancy and sameness of manners in all circum-stances, form a sufficient ground, watered by the blood of one’s own heart, in which God feels called by all the acts of the creature as though by many assurances that He can fulfill His greatest designs.
And the creature herself feels in the prolixity of her acts...
the dominion of herself and the assurance...
that she will not waver.
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