1. Because of the concupiscence that many beginners in spiritual tastes have, they very ordinarily possess many imperfections from the vice of anger; because, when their flavor and taste in spiritual things run out, they naturally find themselves unpleasant and, with that unpleasantness that they bring with them, they bring bad humor in the things they deal with, and they get easily angered by any little thing, and even sometimes no one suffers. Which often happens after they have had some very pleasing sensible recollection in prayer, which, as that taste and flavor ends, naturally the natural remains bland and listless; well as the child when they take him away from the chest that he was liking his taste. In which natural, when they don't get carried away by reluctance, there is no fault, but imperfection that has to be purged by the dryness and tightness of the dark night.
2. There are also others of these spirituals who fall into another form of spiritual anger, and that is that they get angry against the vices of others with a certain restless zeal, noticing others; and sometimes they give them impetus to rebuke them angrily, and sometimes they even do it, making themselves masters of virtue. All of which is against spiritual meekness.
3. There are others who, when they see themselves imperfect, with not humble impatience become angry with themselves; about which they are so impatient that they would like to be saints in one day. Of these there are many who propose a lot and make great resolutions, and since they are not humble nor do they distrust themselves, the more resolutions they make, the more they fall and the more angry they become, not having the patience to wait for God to give it to them when he is gone. served: which is also against said spiritual meekness; that cannot be completely remedied except by the purgation of the dark night. Although some have so much patience in this of wanting to take advantage, that God would not want to see so much in them.