Thou comest that thou mayst be sanctified by me, and united unto me, that thou mayst receive new grace, and be enflamed anew to amendment.
CHAPTER X.
That a devout soul ought to desire with her whole heart to be united unto Christ in the sacrament.
The voice of the disciple.
WHO will give me this, O Lord, to find thee alone, and open my whole heart unto thee, and enjoy thee as my soul desireth?
And that no man may look toward me, nor any creature move or regard me, but thou alone mayst speak unto me, and I to thee, as the beloved is wont to speak to his beloved, and a friend to banquet with his friend?
This I pray for, this I desire, that I may be wholly united unto thee, and may withdraw my heart from all created things.
That I may [♦]by often communicating, learn more and more to relish heavenly and eternal things.
[♦] “be” replaced with “by” per Errata