Mark, my son, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: _If ye abide in my
words_, then my words abide in you. If thou abidest with thy Will in the
Words of Christ; then his Word and Spirit abideth in thee, and all shall
be done for thee that thou canst ask of him. But if thy Will goeth into
the creature, then thou hast broken off thyself thereby from him. And
then thou canst not any otherwise keep thyself but by abiding
continually with that resigned humility, and by entering into a constant
course of penitence, wherein thou wilt always be grieved at thine own
creaturely Will, and that creatures do still live in thee, that is, in
thy bodily appetite. If thou dost thus, thou standest in a daily dying
from the creatures, and in a daily ascending into heaven in thy will,
which will is also the Will of thy Heavenly Father.