God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which is infinite and the more ardently the soul longeth after God, the more she wills to long after him for God is a Good without drawback, and a well of living water without bottom, and the soul is made in the image of God, and therefore it is created to know and love God.
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