by other voluntary penitential works, and by patience in our sufferings.
79. What shall we have to expect, if we neglect to make due satisfaction to the Divine Justice?
We shall have so much the more to suffer in Purgatory, and that without any merit for Heaven.
80. Are we, after Confession, under no other obligation than to satisfy the Divine Justice?
We are also obliged,
1. To repair to the utmost of our power, the scandal we have given and the injury we have unjustly done to our neighbor; and
2. To employ the means necessary not to relapse into sin, and to amend our life.
1. Example of Zacheus: ' Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of anything, I restore him fourfold' (Luke xix, 8). 2. 'Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee' (John v. 14).
81. What should they think, who always relapse into their former grievous sins?
That their Confessions are much to be suspected, and that their state is extremely dangerous.
'When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man ... he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first' (Luke xi. 26).
82. What means should we especially use in order that we may not relapse into sin?
We should, 1. Strictly follow the instructions and directions of our Confessor; 2. Carefully avoid the occasions of sin; 3. Daily examine our conscience; 4. Be assiduous in praying, in hearing the word of God, and receiving the Sacraments of Penance and of the Holy Eucharist; and 5. We should often meditate on the Four Last Things of man.
Application. When you have sinned, go to Confes-
