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CHAPTER VII. Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul. I HAVE dwelt thus at length on these points, on a due examination of which…
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CHAPTER II. Meditation on the Benefit conferred on us by God in calling us to His Service. 1. CONSIDER the points on which you are…
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CHAPTER XII. Of Sadness and Sorrow. S. PAUL says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of…
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CHAPTER XI. Anxiety of Mind. ANXIETY of mind is not so much an abstract temptation, as the source whence various temptations arise. Sadness, when defined,…
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CHAPTER X. How to strengthen the Heart against Temptation. EXAMINE from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained…
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CHAPTER VI. When Temptation and Delectation are Sin. THAT princess, whom we have already taken as an illustration, was not to blame in the unlawful…
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CHAPTER IV. Two striking Illustrations of the same. THIS distinction, which is very important, is well illustrated by the description S. Jerome gives of a…
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CHAPTER III. Of Temptations, and the difference between experiencing them and consenting to them. PICTURE to yourself a young princess beloved of her husband, to…
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CHAPTER XXXVII. Of Wishes. EVERYBODY grants that we must guard against the desire for evil things, since evil desires make evil men. But I say…
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CHAPTER XXX. Further Counsels as to Conversation. LET your words be kindly, frank, sincere, straightforward, simple and true; avoid all artifice, duplicity and pretence, remembering…