He  chooses  different  ways  of  turning  us.  He  is  very  patient
with  us.  Some  turn  faster,  some  slower  ;  some  were  not
turned  so  far  away,  or  for  so  long  a  time,  or  did  not  so
wholly  turn  their  backs  upon  God  ;  some  have,  perhaps,
scarcely  perceived  the  steps  whereby  they  had  been  brought
back.  Yet  this  is  the  history  of  almost  all  who  have  been
deeply  turned  to  God  at  all.  God  met  them  in  their  way,
where  they  were  going.  He,  in  Whom  we  are,  met  them
mostly  in  merciful  displeasure,  as  they  turned  from  Him,
that  they  might  turn  to  Him,  and  find  Him  in  love.  He

P  ,-*nBp  ver.  26.  q  S.  Aug.  ad  loc.
