CHAPTER XXXVIII.^

Treats of the urgent need there is of begging the eternal
Father to grant us the petition, “ Lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Enumerates
and explains some temptations which come from the
devil.

. 1. By temptation is meant, not siifjerings^ but the snares of the devil. 2. Wiles of
the evil one. 3. Humility our safeguard. 4. Fallacious virtues. 5. Their
danger for ourselves and others. 6. Our virtues are unstable. 1. Humility
is our safeguard. 8. Fictitious patience. 9. Imaginai'y poverty of spirit.
10. True and fancied poverty of spirit. 11. Religious poverty and care for
the future. 12. The guai'd we must keep against deceptive virtues.

“AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US EROM EVIL. AMEN.”