> [[at-sl-27|← B2 Ch. IV]] # "Footnotes — Book Ii, Ch. Iv: Counter-attacks" [1]Dark Night, Bk. I, C. II-VII. [1]ST. THERESA, writing to her brother Lorenzo de Cepeda, who complained of vexations of this kind, gave him this wise counsel: “As regards the distress of which you complain, in no instance must it be heeded. Although I be not able to speak from experience, since God has always preserved me from such passions, I understand what occurs. It is the very intensity of the soul’s delight that produces such reaction in nature. With God’s grace that shall pass away, if you will not be disturbed by it.” Letter 138, edition of Vicente de la Fuente. [1]BELLECIUS, Solidæ virtutis impedimenta, P. I, cap. II; BOURDALOUE, Retreat, 3rd Day, 1st Medit.; FABER, Growth in Holiness, C. XXV. [1]Apoc., III, 15-17. [2] Prov., XIV, 12. [3]Ecclus., XIX, 1. [4]Luke, XVI, 10. In the literal sense, the least things mean temporal goods and the greater things those of heaven. [1]Apoc., III,. 18-20. [1]Matth., V, 18. [2]Gal., I, 10. [1]John, VIII, 12. --- > [[at-sl-27|← B2 Ch. IV]]