[22]. [Ch. xviii. § 16].

[23]. [Ch. xviii. § 17].

[24]. Avila.

[25]. [Ch. xxv. § 18].

[26]. [§ 9].

[27]. "Other will . . . Lord's will." These words--in Spanish, "Otra voluntad, sino hacer la de nuestro Señor"--are not in the handwriting of the Saint; perhaps it was Father Bañes who wrote them. The MS. is blurred, and the original text seems to have been, "libre alvedrio ni guerra" (De la Fuente).

[28]. St. Vincent. Ferrer, Instruct. de Vit. Spirit. c. xiv. p. 14: "Si dicerent tibi aliquid quod sit contra fidem, et contra Scripturam Sacram, aut contra bonos mores, ahhorreas earum visionem et judicia, tanquam stultas dementias, et earum raptus, sicut rabiamenta"--which word the Saint translates by "rabiamientos."

[29]. Psalm liv. 7: "Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbæ?"

[30]. Job iv. 17: "Numquid homo Dei comparatione justificabitur?"