Therefore he wrestles in many a Man (that is of a strong Complexion, in whom the Virgin does often behold herself) so very hard, continually supposing he shall get the Virgin, and that she shall be generated for him: And the more the Soul resists him, and draws near to the Heart of God, and pants to yield itself over thereto (where the amiable Virgin not only freely looks upon it, but dares even for a long Time even to sit in its Nest, [mgr. in] the Tincture of the Soul,) the more strong and [eager or] desirous does the Spirit of this World come to be.

Thus it goeth also with the bestial body, when it has once tasted of the sweetness of God, then it continually hungereth and thirsteth after this...