from bodily indisposition or a melancholy temperament, which frequently cause dissatisfaction with all things, the second sign and condition become necessary. The second sign and condition of this purgation are that the memory dwells ordinarily upon God with a painful anxiety and carefulness, the soul thinks it is not serving God, but going backwards, because it is no longer conscious of any sweetness in the things of God. In that case it is clear that this weariness of spirit and aridity are not