CHAP. II. A Sequel of the same Matter.
8. THere is far greater Advantage to be had from having a Master in the mystical Way, than from the use of Spiritual Books; be∣cause a practical Master tells in the nick of time, what ought to be done; but in a Book one may fall upon a thing that is less proper, and by that means the necessary Instruction is wanting: Besides, by mystical Books men raise to them∣selves many false Notions, the Soul thinking to have that, which in reality it hath not, and to be farther on in the mystical State, than as yet it is; whence spring many prejudices and dangers.
9. It is certain that the frequent Reading of mystical Books, which are not founded in pra∣ctical, but meer speculative Light, does rather hurt than good, because it confounds, instead of enlightening Souls, and fills them with discour∣sive