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ds his neighbor, he was determined to leave her privately,without either condemning or accusing her, committing the whole cause toGod. Moreover, Christ sometimes speaks of his human will distinctfrom the divine, as in his prayer in his agony in the garden. Some timeafter, the monks of Vicovara,[2] on the death of their abbot, pitchedupon him to succeed him. At last being in his cell, at thosewords of the psalmist; _I will give thee understanding, and willinstruct thee_, he

Cuthbert, MS. In Calend. Thus, it is notin a crowd, or in idle conversation, but in a retreat, that the angelfinds her. Francis ofSales on the like occasions chose rather to forego or defer his ownprivate devotions, than not to be rea