It draws me so often into perilous conversations, and away from silence and meditation with the Spirit.

Lately I have felt almost ready to say that good works are a hindrance to the gate of heaven.

Pride and self-approbation are so often mixed with them.

I feel that nothing has been spoken against the vain attempt to trust in good works which my soul does not fully accord with.

This is a new, a very new experience for me." The foregoing must be understood in the sense of good works hindering better works.