[1]Saint Paul, I. Cor. x., 13, says: ... God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able: but will even make with temptation an issue, that you may be able to bear it. [2]The Chevalier du Chambon de Mésilliac, who translated this little work of P. Quadrupani’s into French, inserted much additional matter, quotations for the most part from the same authorities frequently cited by the Italian author. These selections he placed at the end of each _Instruction_ under the title of “Additions.” The English translator has changed this arrangement into one which seems more convenient and better calculated to maintain the connection of ideas. Therefore the extracts chosen by the French translator are here inserted in the body of the text, immediately following the paragraphs which suggested them, and are marked by asterisks to distinguish them from the original matter. [3]St. Francis de Sales. [4]Proverbs, XXX, 21-23: “By three things is the earth disturbed ... by a bondwoman, when she is heir to her mistress....” [5]II. Cor., xii., 9. [6]John, vi, 57. [7]Matt. xi., 28. [8]Saint Luke, c. V. vv. 8-10. [9]Luke V., 32. Mark II., 17. Matthew IX., 13. [10]Epist. St. Paul to the Hebrews. [11]St. Paul to the Philippians, IV., 13. [12]Matt. X., 30. [13]Matt. X., 30:—Luke XII., 7.—“_Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted._” [14]III Kings, C. XIX. [15]Ecce in pace est amaritudo mea amarissima. (Isaias.) [16]Saint Francis de Sales. [17]See P. Rodriguez, S. J., Christian Perfection, C. I. [18]Gen. I., 11. [19]Psalm CL., 5. _Let every spirit praise the Lord_. [20]Luke, IX., 54. [21]Ecclesiastes III., 7. [22]Ps. CL., 5. [23]St. Paul, I Cor. I., 13. [24]S. James, Cath. Ep. III., 14-15. [25]S. Paul, I Cor. XIII., 4-5. [26]Proverbs, XXVI., 5. [27]_Imitation_, B. IV., c. VI.: “For if I do not appeal to Thee, I fly from life; and if I intrude myself unworthily I incur Thy displeasure.” [28]S. John, c. XII., v. 47: “For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” Translator’s Notes --Corrected a few palpable typos. --Added several missing quotation marks and asterisks where unpaired ones occurred. End of Project Gutenberg's Light and Peace, by Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani