216. I have it from angelic wisdom that unless the will and intellect, or affection and thought, or charity and faith, enter into and clothe themselves in works or deeds when possible, they are altogether like puffs of air which pass away, or like mirages which fade and vanish; furthermore, that they remain for the first time in a person and become matters of his life when the person puts them into practice and does them. That is because the final element embraces, contains, and is the foundation of the prior ones. Such a puff of air or mirage is faith separated from good works, and so, too, are faith and charity without their exercise and practice. The only difference is that people who postulate both faith and charity have the knowledge and ability to will to do good works, while people caught up in faith separated from charity do not.