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reason, does not acknowledge as her true
children those who believe without inspiration. It is not that she excludes
reason and custom. On the contrary, the mind must be opened to proofs, must
be confirmed by custom and offer itself in humbleness to inspirations, which
alone can produce a true and saving effect. Ne evacuetur crux Christi.32

246. Order.--After the letter That we ought to seek God, to write the letter
On removing obstacles, which is the discourse on "the machine," on preparing
the machine, on seeking by reason.

247. Order.--A letter of exhortation to a friend to induce him to seek. And
he will reply, "But what is the use of seeking? Nothing is seen." Then to
reply to him, "Do not despair." And he will answer that he would be glad to
find some light, but that, according to this very religion, if he believed
in it, it will be of no use to him, and that therefore he prefers not to
seek. And to answer to that: The machine.

248. A letter which indicates the use of proofs by the machine.--Faith is
different from proof; the one is human, the other is a gift of God. Justus
ex fide vivit.33 It is this faith that God Himself puts into the heart, of
which the proof is often the instrument, fides ex auditu;34 but this faith
is in the heart, and makes us not say scio, but credo.35

249. It is superstition to put one's hope in formalities; but it is pride to
be unwil