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Chapter VI. Rules for the Consolation of the Tempted.

§ 1. Diligence in custody of the heart. § 2. Sorrow in desire; that is to say, sorrow is true when reason vehemently desires to grieve for sin, and to have an intellectual hatred of it. § 3. Falls from human frailty. § 4. The assaults of vices and temptations. § 5. Perseverance in holy resolutions. § 6. Confidence in the assistance of the grace of God, not in our own strength. § 7. Of prayer.