CHAPTER
XIV.
THE
FAULTS
COMMITTED
IN
THIS
DEGREE
—
DISTRACTIONS,
TEMPTATIONS
—
THE
COURSE
TO
BE
PURSUED
RESPECT-ING
THEM.
A
S
soon
as
we
fall
into
a
fault,
or
have
wandered,
we
must
turn
again
within
ourselves
;
because
this
fault
having
turned
us
from
God,
we
should
as
soon
as
possible
turn
towards
Him,
and
suffer
the
penitence
which
He
Himself
will
give.
It
is
of
great
importance
that
we
should
not
be
anxious
about
these
faults,
because
the
anxiety
only
springs
from
a
secret
pride
and
a
love
of
our
own
excellence.
We
are
troubled
at
feeling
what
we
are.
If
we
become
discouraged,
we
shall
grow
weaker
yet
;
and
reflection
upon
our
faults
produces
a
vexa-tion
which
is
worse
than
the
sin
itself.
A
truly
humble
soul
does
not
marvel
at
its
weak-ness,
and
the
more
it
perceives
its
wretchedness,
the
more
it
abandons
itself
to
God,
and
seeks
to
