35. Ego, inquit, lux in saeculum veni, ut omnis qui crediderit in me, non maneat in tenebris
[XIX.] So far as it has been given us, let us have wisdom, and let us understand that the good Lord God sometimes withholds even from His saints either the certain knowledge or the triumphant joy of a good work, just in order that they may discover that it is not from themselves, but from Him that they receive the light which illuminates their darkness, and the sweet grace which causes their land 374 i.e., the soil of their hearts; see above, at the end of ch. 27. to yield her fruit.
CAPUT XIX.
Per gratiam et cognitio boni et delectatio. Nos quantum concessum est sapiamus; et intelligamus, si possumus, Dominum Deum bonum ideo etiam sanctis suis alicujus operis justi aliquando non tribuere vel certam scientiam, vel victricem delectationem, ut cognoscant non a se ipsis, sed ab illo sibi esse lucem, qua illuminentur tenebrae eorum, et suavitatem qua det fructum suum terra eorum.