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 est, omnia suffert. Very charity is patient, and suffereth all things. And in these words it is notable to be marked that he spake of suffering of all things, and outake nothing. Then should all sicknesses of the body by reason be suffered patiently, without murmuration and difficulty. And therefore, as Saint Austin saith : Amanti nichil impossibile, nichil difficile. To him that loveth there is nothing hard, nor nothing impossible.

IV. The Fourth Temptation is Complacence, or pleasance of a man that he hath in himself ; that is spiritual pride, with the which the devil tempteth and beguileth most religious, and devout and perfect men. For when the devil seeth that he may not bring a man out of faith, nor may not induce him into despair, neither to impatience, then he assaileth him by complacence of himself, putting such manner temptations in his heart : O how stable art thou in the faith! how strong in hope! how sad in patience! O how many good deeds hast thou done! and such other thoughts. But against these temptations Isidore saith thus : NoN te arroges, non te jactes, non te INSOLENTER EXTOLLAS, VEL DE TE PRESUMAS, NICHIL BONI TIB! TRiBUAS. Nor boast thou not, nor avaunt thee not proudly, not make not much of thyself wantonly, nor arret not goodness to thy self ; for a man may have so much delectation in such manner of complacence of himself that a man should be damned everlastingly therefore.

And therefore saith Saint Gregory : Quis reminiscendo