The spiritual conflict writen in Italian by a deuout seruant of God ; and lately translated into English out of the same language.

of thy nature, before thou put in practise thy desire, yea al∣thogh it should be from God; for that the worke following such a mortification, shall be more gratefull vnto him, then if it should be done with the greedines of nature; and some∣time the mortification will more please him, then the worke it selfe.

And thus abandoning the desires not good, or not im∣bracing the good, til first thou haue repressed thy naturall motions, thou shalt be sure to keepe in peace, and in securi∣tie the castle of thy hart; which also is needfull, that thou keep frō certaine inward reprehen∣sions against thy selfe, which sometimes are of the deuill:

although (because they accuse thee of some defect) they seem to come from God; by their fruites thou shalt know from whence they do proceede. If they make thee humble, keep thee peaceable, and diligent in doing good, & take not from thee thy confidence in God, receiue them as from God: but if they confound thee, and make thee ful of pusilanimity, distrustfull, and slow to do good, and especially in that that thou art reprehended in: holde thee assured, that they come from the aduersarie, and therefore giue no eare vnto them, but continue thy exercise.