The second cause, the principal and most immediate and operative cause, is the lack of a clear appropriation by faith. That is to say, when the certainty of a clear and distinct faith and the palpable enjoyment of it ceases, so does the joy and jubilation of the heart. When the spiritual eating and drinking stops, so also and immediately does the spiritual intoxication. “I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey.