HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER
Who should work in the gracious work of this
book.
FIRST and foremost, I will tell thee who should work in this work, and when,
and by what means: and what discretion thou shalt have in it. If thou asketh me
who shall work thus, I answer thee--all that have forsaken the world in a true
will, and thereto that give them not to active life, but to that life that is
called contemplative life. All those should work in this grace and in this
work, whatsoever that they be; whether they have been accustomed sinners or
none.