Three things are requisite in order to this. The first is, Thou must
resign up thy Will to God, and must sink thyself down to the dust in his
mercy. The second is, Thou must hate thy own Will, and forbear from
doing that to which thy own Will doth drive thee. The third is, Thou
must bow thy soul under the Cross, heartily submitting thyself to it,
that thou mayst be able to bear the temptations of Nature and Creature.
And if thou dost this, know that God will speak unto thee, and will
bring thy resigned Will into Himself, in the supernatural ground, and
then thou shalt hear, my son, what the Lord speaketh in thee.