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HERE BEGINNETH THE FOUR AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER
That God giveth this grace freely without any means, and that it may not be come to with means.
AND if thou askest me by what means thou shalt come to this work, I beseech Almighty God of His great grace and His great courtesy to teach thee Himself. For truly I do thee well to wit that I cannot tell thee, and that is no wonder. For why, that is the work of only God, specially wrought in what soul that Him lieth without any desert of the same soul. For without it no saint nor no angel can think to desire it. And I trow that our Lord as specially and as oft —yea! and more specially and more oft—will vouchsafe to work this work
