The
Seventh Chapter
VAIN
is the man who puts his trust in men, in created things.
Do
not be ashamed to serve others for the love of Jesus Christ
and to seem poor in this world.
Do not be self-sufficient but place your trust in God. Do
what lies in your power and God will aid
your good will. Put no trust in your own learning nor in
the cunning of any man, but rather in the
grace of God Who helps the humble and humbles the proud.
If
you have wealth, do not glory in it, nor in friends because
they are powerful, but in God Who
gives all things and Who desires above all to give Himself.
Do not boast of personal stature or of
physical beauty, qualities which are marred and destroyed
by a little sickness. Do not take pride in
your talent or ability, lest you displease God to Whom belongs
all the natural gifts that you have.
Do
not think yourself better than others lest, perhaps, you be
accounted worse before God Who
knows what is in man. Do not take pride in your good deeds,
for God's judgments differ from those
of men and what pleases them often displeases Him. If there
is good in you, see more good in
others, so that you may remain humble. It does no harm to
esteem yourself less than anyone else,
but it is very harmful to think yourself better than even
one. The humble live in continuous peace,
while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
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