> [[at-sl-18|← B1 Ch. V]] # "Footnotes — Book I, Ch. V: Temptations" [1] RODRIGUEZ, Prat, de la perfect., IIe Part., 3e Tr.; ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Devout Life, P. IV, C. III-X; SCARAMELLI, Guide ascét., t. II, art. X; SCHRAM, Instit. theol, myst., § CXXXVII-CXLIX; MEYER, S. J., Science of the Saints, IV; FABER, Growth in Holiness, XVI; DE LEHEN, The Way of Interior Peace, P. III, C. IV; P. DE SMEDT, Notre vie surnat., IIIe P., ch. III; RIBET, L’Ascétique, ch. X; MGR. GAY, Vie et vertus chrét., t. I, tr. VIII; DOM LEHODEY, Le saint Abandon, p. 332-343; BRUNETEAU, Les Tentations du jeune homme, 1912. [2] James, I, 13. [1] I Cor., X, 13. [2] II Tim., IV, 7. [1] Tobias, XII, 13. [1] Devout Life, Part IV, C. III. [2] St. Francis de Sales tells (Devout Life, Part IV, C. IV.) how St. Catherine of Sienna, having been violently tempted against chastity, was asked by Our Lord: “Tell me, did those filthy thoughts in your heart give you joy or sorrow, regret or delight?” She answered: “Extreme regret and sorrow.” Thereupon Our Lord comforted her by adding that her sorrows were of great merit and of great profit. [1] Devout Life, P. IV, C. VI. [2] “We are sometimes surprised by certain symptoms of pleasure which immediately follow the temptation, before we are well aware of it. This at most can only be a light venial sin; but it becomes greater, if after we have perceived the evil which has befallen us, we stop some time, through negligence, to determine whether we shall admit or reject that delectation.” (Devout Life, P. IV, C. VI). [1] Matth., XXVI, 41. [2] Mark, XIV, 29. [3] I Cor., X, 12. [4] II Cor., X, 13. [1] This softness is well described by MGR. GAY, Christian Life and Virtues, Tr. VIII. “Such a soul sleeps and hence it is exposed to the enemy’s blows. The slothful, indolent, remiss, pusillanimous soul which all sacrifice fills with terror, which all real work lays low, no matter how teeming it may be with desires, remains barren in good resolves and even more so in good deeds. That soul that spares itself in all things, yields to well-nigh all its propensities and lets itself be carried along with the stream.” [2] Devout Life, P. IV, C. IX. [1] Ecclus., XXI, 2. [2] Mk., VIII, 33. [3] Matth., XII, 45. [1] Devout Life, P. IV. C. VII. [2] Luke, XV, 21. [3] Cf. TISSOT, Profiting by Our Faults. [1] De corrept. et gratiâ, cap. I. [2] ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Devout Life, P. IV, C. XII-XV; F. GUILLORÉ, Les secrets de la vie spirituelie; FABER, Growth in Holiness, XXIII; DOM LEHODEY, Le Saint Abandon, The Ways of Mental Prayer, P. II, C. VI; DE SMEDT, Notre vie surnaturelle. [1] ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Devout Life, Part IV, C. XIII. [2] I Cor., III, 2. [1] Devout Life, Part IV, C. XIII. [1] Devout Life, Part IV, C. XIV. [2] Luke, XXII, 42. [3] Id. XXII, 43. [1] St. IGNAT., Exercit. spirit., Regulæ de scrupulis; ALVAREZ DE PAZ, t. II, lib. I, Part. III, cap. XII, § V; SCARAMELLI, Guide ascétique, tr. II, art. XI; SCHRAM, Inst. theol. mysticæ, t. I, § 73-83; St. ALPHONSUS, Theol. moralis, tr. I. De conscientiâ, n. 10-19; LOMBEZ, Interior Peace, P. II, C. VII; FABER, Growth in Holiness, XVII; DUBOIS, L’Ange conducteur des âmes scrupuleuses; DE LEHEN, The Way of Interior Peace, P. IV; RAYMOND, Spiritual Director and Physician, P. II; A. EYMIEU, Le gouv. de soi-même, t. II, L’obsession et le scrupule; DOM LEHODEY, Le saint Abandon, p. 407-414. [1] St. THOM., Ia IIæ, q. 80, a. 4; De Imitatione Christi, 1. III, c. 54. De diversis motibus naturæ et gratiæ; S. IGNATIUS, Exercit. spirit., Regulæ aliquot, etc.; SCARAMELLI, Du discernement des esprits, trad. Brassevin, Paris, 1910; CARD. BONA, De discretione spirituum; RIBET, L’Ascétique, ch. XL; MGR A. CHOLLET, Discernement des espirits, Dict. de Théol., t. IV, 1375-1415, avec une abondante bibliographie; CLARE, The Science of the Spiritual Life, 41-47. --- > [[at-sl-18|← B1 Ch. V]]