OBEDIENCE is a virtue, which renders us most pleasing to God, for it embraces the perfection of justice. We are distinguished in this virtue in three various degrees: the first is obedience to the commandments of God, the second to His counsel, and the third to His inspirations. The first is absolutely necessary for salvation; the second facilitates the observance of the commandments,for if we neglect the counsels, as far as our state permits,we bring ourselves outside the glory of God.