[[2]] "When the mind ceases to entertain religious anxiety, it becomes at the same time forgetful of the commandments, and while it thinks itself advancing, it wanders from the smooth road, and idles on its way."—St. Macarius, Institutes of Christian Perfection, Bk. I, chap. v.
[[3]] Scupoli, The Spiritual Combat, chap. xxv.
[[4]] Imitation, IV, xvii.
[[5]] 1 St. John iv, 18.
[[6]] 1 Cor. x, 13.
[[7]] Ps. xxxvii, 8. The R. V. reads, "Fret not thyself; it tendeth only to evil-doing."
[[8]] Archbp. Ullathorne, Christian Patience, p. 128.
[[9]] Deut. xxxiii, 27.
[[10]] Heb. xiii, 5.
[[11]] Heb. xi, 11.