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Book XI. Of the Spirit of Vainglory.

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Book XI.

Of the Spirit of Vainglory.

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Chapter I. How our seventh combat is against the spirit of vainglory, and what its nature.

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Chapter II. How vainglory attacks a monk not only on his carnal, but also on his spiritual side.

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Chapter III. How many forms and shapes vainglory takes.

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Chapter IV. How vainglory attacks a monk on the right had and on the left.

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Chapter V. A comparison which shows the nature of vainglory.

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Chapter VI. That vainglory is not altogether got rid of by the advantages of solitude.

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Chapter VII. How vainglory, when it has been overcome, rises again keener than ever for the fight.

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Chapter VIII. How vainglory is not allayed either in the desert or through advancing years.

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Chapter IX. That vainglory is the more dangerous through being mixed up with virtues.

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Chapter X. An instance showing how King Hezekiah was overthrown by the dart of vainglory.

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Chapter XI. The instance of King Uzziah who was overcome by the taint of the same malady.

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Chapter XII. Several testimonies against vainglory.

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Chapter XIII. Of the ways in which vainglory attacks a monk.

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Chapter XIV. How it suggests that a man may seek to take holy orders.

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Chapter XV. How vainglory intoxicates the mind.

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Chapter XVI. Of him whom the superior came upon and found in his cell, deluded by idle vainglory.

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Chapter XVII. How faults cannot be cured unless their roots and causes have been discovered.

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Chapter XVIII. How a monk ought to avoid women and bishops.

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Chapter XIX. Remedies by which we can overcome vainglory.

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