Part, Chapter

  1  Pref,   2|                            Oh, the devil, the devil!" we say, when
  2  Pref,   2|                 Oh, the devil, the devil!" we say, when we might
  3  Pref,   2|          God! God!" and making the devil tremble. Of course we might,
  4  Pref,   2|        themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.3~
  5  Pref,   2|         the devil than I am of the devil himself.3~
  6  Pref,   2|           of perfection of how the devil invents "laws by which we (
  7  Pref,   2|           tied"; his adversary the devil "clapping his hands to his
  8  Unic,   2|           Yet in spite of this the devil did not cease tempting me
  9  Unic,   3|        fear more than by love. The devil suggested to me that I could
 10  Unic,   4|          them. If at that time the devil had attacked me openly,
 11  Unic,   5|        dearly. It was now that the devil began to unsettle my soul,
 12  Unic,   5|            inspired in them by the devil, they will stop at nothing.
 13  Unic,   7|            I was failing Thee. The devil, beneath the guise of humility,
 14  Unic,   7|     distressed me so much that the devil would depart confounded
 15  Unic,   7|          Youth, sensuality and the devil invite and incline them
 16  Unic,   7|            religious houses by the devil. I cannot think why we should
 17  Unic,   7|            of the body. It was the devil who encouraged me in this
 18  Unic,   7|          have been the work of the devil, and other things of that
 19  Unic,   7|     scruple is an invention of the devil, who finds it extremely
 20  Unic,   8|      thousand kinds into which the devil leads it, the Lord, I am
 21  Unic,   8|          him not be tempted by the devil, as I was, to give it up
 22  Unic,   8|            they are afraid of. The devil does well to instil fear
 23  Unic,   8|           intolerable power of the devil's assaults or because of
 24  Unic,   8|             the assaults which the devil makes upon a soul in order
 25  Unic,  10|          us believe that, when the devil begins to tempt us about
 26  Unic,  10|           least be no gain for the devil. The Lord well knows that,
 27  Unic,  11|       numerous obstacles which the devil at first sets in his path
 28  Unic,  11|       setting out upon it, for the devil knows what harm will come
 29  Unic,  11|         and difficulties which the devil sets before him that if
 30  Unic,  11|      thoughts, remembering how the devil put such thoughts into the
 31  Unic,  11|            will be produced by the devil; and so it is well that
 32  Unic,  12|         the dangers into which the devil may lead us.~
 33  Unic,  12|         such attempts, because the devil can foster illusions in
 34  Unic,  12|       experience through which the devil thought to send him to perdition.
 35  Unic,  13|      certain temptations which the devil is sometimes wont to prepare.
 36  Unic,  13|         must be, for I believe the devil does a great deal of harm
 37  Unic,  13| disorganize the soul and which the devil does his best to incapacitate
 38  Unic,  13|           to me this device of the devil; and so, whenever the devil
 39  Unic,  13|        devil; and so, whenever the devil suggested that I should
 40  Unic,  13|           temptation either of the devil or of my own weakness; and
 41  Unic,  13|                        This is the devil's doing. He seems to make
 42  Unic,  13|     ourselves and walk warily. The devil tells us that this distress
 43  Unic,  13|          consults learned men, the devil will not deceive him with
 44  Unic,  14|          things come from God, the devil may sometimes be able to
 45  Unic,  15|     pleasure bestowed on us by the devil or sought by ourselves,
 46  Unic,  15|      aridity. If it comes from the devil, I think a practised soul
 47  Unic,  15|                                The devil, in such a case, can do
 48  Unic,  15|           to pleasure given by the devil, but will be unable to disregard
 49  Unic,  15|           in high esteem. When the devil, being altogether a liar,
 50  Unic,  15|          and pleasures sent by the devil, is the initial determination
 51  Unic,  15|        this is not the work of the devil. For, even though they keep
 52  Unic,  19|           a matter about which the devil kept plaguing me, and I
 53  Unic,  19|          blind I was! How well the devil succeeds in his purpose
 54  Unic,  19|      matter of some concern to the devil.~
 55  Unic,  19|        very true this was; for the devil was never powerful enough
 56  Unic,  19|         often. Good reason had the devil for tempting me, telling
 57  Unic,  19|           a proud humility did the devil find in me when I ceased
 58  Unic,  19|          grave a peril as when the devil put this idea into my head
 59  Unic,  19|         the principle on which the devil tempted Judas, except that
 60  Unic,  19|        with what a fine remedy the devil provided me and with what
 61  Unic,  19|                                The devil would have encouraged me
 62  Unic,  19|            have come from God, the devil will later be able to practise
 63  Unic,  19|         the deception by which the devil wins his prey. When a soul
 64  Unic,  19|           has this confidence, the devil is able to deprive it of
 65  Unic,  19|          it look to it -- lest the devil trick it into abandoning
 66  Unic,  23|         have been subjected by the devil to serious illusions and
 67  Unic,  23|            to wonder if it was the devil who wanted to suspend my
 68  Unic,  23|          be good all the time! The devil must think this very important
 69  Unic,  23|             whereas, if it was the devil, he could do me little harm
 70  Unic,  23|         offend Him -- in fact, the devil could not fail to be the
 71  Unic,  23|            ways of vanquishing the devil. So great was the love which
 72  Unic,  23|           this was the work of the devil, but I was afraid lest on
 73  Unic,  23|            had been deluded by the devil, surely it was better for
 74  Unic,  23|           are being deluded by the devil. The matter should be very
 75  Unic,  23|           my trouble came from the devil, and the wisest thing for
 76  Unic,  23|           Him to be deluded by the devil.189 This was the greatest
 77  Unic,  23|            obstacles and fears the devil sets before those who are
 78  Unic,  25|            locution comes from the devil, it not only fails to leave
 79  Unic,  25|         the locution came from the devil. Besides being left in a
 80  Unic,  25|          knowing why, for what the devil actually says is not evil,
 81  Unic,  25|       pleasures and joys which the devil bestows are, in my opinion,
 82  Unic,  25|          it quite certain that the devil will not deceive, and that
 83  Unic,  25|         what it is saying, but the devil is certainly taking the
 84  Unic,  25|    convinced that it came from the devil than I previously was that
 85  Unic,  25|           a sign that it is of the devil that, if the whole world
 86  Unic,  25|             when it comes from the devil, all that is good is hidden
 87  Unic,  25|                 None the less, the devil can play many tricks; and
 88  Unic,  25|          was being deceived by the devil and that I must communicate
 89  Unic,  25|         clearly a deception of the devil. Only my confessor consistently
 90  Unic,  25|           even if it came from the devil, and that in that case I
 91  Unic,  25|           often be coming from the devil. As I never now spent hours
 92  Unic,  25|      tribulation and fear that the devil might be deceiving me, and
 93  Unic,  25|            serve Him in truth, the devil will fly from these truths
 94  Unic,  25|   understand these fears. "Oh, the devil, the devil we say, when
 95  Unic,  25|         fears. "Oh, the devil, the devil we say, when we might be
 96  Unic,  25|          God! God!" and making the devil tremble. Of course we might,
 97  Unic,  25|        themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
 98  Unic,  25|         the devil than I am of the devil himself. For he cannot harm
 99  Unic,  27|        that I was being led by the devil; I did my best to believe
100  Unic,  27|     devoted to deliver me from the devil. I made novenas and commended
101  Unic,  27|            it is that in which the devil has the least power of interference,
102  Unic,  27|          is the state in which the devil has the least power of interference.
103  Unic,  27|         the senses, from which the devil can pluck any advantage.
104  Unic,  28|         open to delusions from the devil. At that time I was not
105  Unic,  28|           I cannot imagine how the devil could ever have suggested
106  Unic,  28|          its effects show that the devil has no power over it. Three
107  Unic,  28|       deceived, I do not think the devil will deceive it if it walks
108  Unic,  28|        from God will recognize the devil's work almost at once; he
109  Unic,  28|          And further, I think, the devil's consolations must be different
110  Unic,  28|            has had experience, the devil will be unable to do it
111  Unic,  28|          was being deceived by the devil and that it was all the
112  Unic,  28|           not believe that, if the devil were doing this to delude
113  Unic,  28|         guard against me, lest the devil should deceive him into
114  Unic,  28|           that, if I did this, the devil -- assuming it to be the
115  Unic,  28|              assuming it to be the devil -- would not hurt me, and
116  Unic,  29|            told of it that I had a devil that some of them wanted
117  Unic,  29|          was being deceived by the devil. So, as I was quite unable
118  Unic,  29|       myself that it came from the devil, whereupon it would not
119  Unic,  29|           vision had come from the devil even if the alternative
120  Unic,  29|            visions were not of the devil; some of these I shall describe
121  Unic,  30|        most people said was of the devil was really the work of the
122  Unic,  30|       whenever I was told that the devil was deceiving me, I would
123  Unic,  30|         and it was invented by the devil so that he might unsettle
124  Unic,  30|           experience by now of the devil's work that he sees I know
125  Unic,  30|           which is the work of the devil, the soul has not light
126  Unic,  30|        faith in His mercy, for the devil is not powerful enough to
127  Unic,  30|        This is an invention of the devil, and one of the most grievous
128  Unic,  30|            after escaping from the devil's wiles, I see quite clearly
129  Unic,  30|         such occasions is that the devil suddenly lays hold on my
130  Unic,  30|            is worse still, for the devil then makes me so peevish
131  Unic,  31| representations made to her by the devil and of tortures which he
132  Unic,  31|           inflicted upon me by the devil I shall now speak of others
133  Unic,  31|            On another occasion the devil was with me for five hours,
134  Unic,  31|           this was the work of the devil, for I saw beside me a most
135  Unic,  31|      relieve such torture; for the devil had made me pound the air242
136  Unic,  31|          gives him permission, the devil can do so much harm to a
137  Unic,  31|   office-book -- when actually the devil himself alighted on the
138  Unic,  31|           thought that perhaps the devil was trying to impede their
139  Unic,  31|            wholly possessed by the devil. For it seemed to me that
140  Unic,  31|           sometimes being that the devil tells him that punctiliousness
141  Unic,  32|           have said, caused by the devil -- none of them is of the
142  Unic,  32|           on so calmly and see the devil carrying off as many souls
143  Unic,  32|           convent very little; the devil must have had something
144  Unic,  33|                        And now the devil began to contrive that one
145  Unic,  34|         Brief arrived, because the devil had organized a great plot
146  Unic,  34|            was an invention of the devil to bring some evil upon
147  Unic,  35|            them) of that kind. The devil seems to be frightening
148  Unic,  36|            hours afterwards -- the devil plunged me into a spiritual
149  Unic,  36|          not trouble about it. The devil also asked me if people
150  Unic,  36|                                The devil would also put it to me
151  Unic,  36|          said, might it not be the devil himself who had induced
152  Unic,  36|        that it was the work of the devil, understand the truth and
153  Unic,  36|       instant I had done this, the devil fled, leaving me quiet and
154  Unic,  36|     fatigued, but I laughed at the devil, for I saw clearly that
155  Unic,  36|           all the trouble that the devil was taking to hurt a few
156  Unic,  36|          for the efforts which the devil was making to prevent the
157  Unic,  36|           this tangle in which the devil now involved us was the
158  Unic,  38|            and how complete is the devil's dominion over the soul
159  Unic,  38|           illusion produced by the devil to dishonour that person'
160  Unic,  39|          prayer, I saw beside me a devil, in a great fury, tearing
161  Unic,  39|  experience of mine was not of the devil. He told me not to suppose
162  Unic,  39|           that God could allow the devil to have so much to do with