Walter Hilton, The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection (London, 1908 reprint of the older English text), Book I, Part I, ch. I, "That the inward State of the Soul should be like the outward," p. 1

Ghostly Sister in Christ Jesus, I pray thee that in the calling to which our Lord hath called thee for His service, thou rest contented, and abide constantly therein, travailing busily with all the powers of thy soul to…