lix.) must be referred to the mind, in so far as the latter is active; therefore (IV.Def.

viii.) it is virtue itself.

This was our first point.

Again, in proportion as the mind rejoices more in this divine love or blessedness, so does it the more understand (V.xxxii.); that is (V.iii.

Coroll.), so much the more power has it over the emotions, and (V.xxxviii.) so much the less is it subject to those emotions which are evil; therefore, in proportion as the mind rejoices in this divine love or blessedness, so has it the power of controlling lusts.