Philip Schaff (ed.) · 946 of 1143
Chapter X. How the recollection of our sins should be avoided.
How the recollection of our sins should be avoided.
we must endeavour to rouse ourselves to this praiseworthy , by aiming at virtue and by the desire for the kingdom of heaven rather than by dangerous recollections of sins, for a man is sure to be suffocated by the pestilential smells of the sewer as long as he chooses to stand over it or to stir its filth.
