CHAPTER XII. ^

That one who truly loves God must care little for life or
honour. That one who seeks after perfection must
despise honours.

1. Having renounced all else, religious must renounce themselves, 2. The re-
ligious life a martyrdom. 3. Joy brought by mortification. 4. Contempla-
tion incompatible with a desire for honour or riches. 5. Forsaking all
things. 6. Humility. 7. Proud thoughts corrected by outward acts of
humility. 8. Evil arising in convents from a regard for honour. 9. Wrong
done by taking offence.