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 cannot so freely be carried into divers affections, as when it is free from this bond.

It is oftentimes very profitable for a man to use some violence to himself, to expel his vain and trifling fancies; after the example of the patriarch Jacob, manfully to wrestle against them, persevering unto the end: after which fight, the victory being obtained, God doth, for the most part, give greater devotion, or more pure contemplation, or some other supernatural gift, which he never denieth to those who faithfully fight in his cause.