but by a person, for whom you have such an aversion that every little action annoys and irritates you, the remedy then is, to force yourself to incline your will to love him and to regard him, not only because he is a creature like yourself, formed by the Almighty Hand, and formed anew by the same Divine Blood, but also, because he affords you an opportunity, if you will accept it, of becoming like unto your Lord, Who was loving and kind unto all.
CHAPTER XIX.
How to resist the Lusts of the Flesh.
THIS temptation must be dealt with in a way peculiar to itself, and unlike any other. In order, therefore, to fight successfully against it, three periods of time must be observed:—
1. Before the temptation.
2. During the temptation.
3. After the temptation.
1. Before the temptation, the struggle must be against the things which lead to it.
First, you must not war against this vice by confronting it, but, on the contrary, by fleeing with all your might from the thing or person that may have the least likelihood of exciting it.
