They deliver the letter, but thou disclosest the sense.
They publish mysteries, but thou unlockest the meaning of the things signified.
They declare the commandments, but thou enablest to keep them.
They shew the way, but thou givest strength to walk in it.
They work only outwardly, but thou instructest and enlightenest the heart.
They water exteriorly, but thou givest the increase.
They cry out with words, but thou givest understanding to the hearing.
5. Let not then Moses speak to me, but thou O Lord my God, the eternal Truth, lest I die and prove fruitless, if I be only outwardly admonished, and not enkindled within.
Lest the word which I have heard and not fulfilled, which I have known and not loved, which I have believed and not observed, rise up in judgment against me.