Chap. VIII. _A few more of the Abbé Boileau’s arguments are introduced. Self-flagellations did not make a part of the duties prescribed in the first Monasteries. The only positive instances of flagellations suffered by Saints, or the Candidates for that title in the days we speak of, are those which the Devil has inflicted upon them_, 118 Chap. IX. _Corrections of a flagellatory kind, inflicted by force, were however, though in very early times, the common method of correcting offences of a religious nature; and the power of inflicting them was possessed alike by Bishops, and the Heads of Monasteries_, 131 Chap. X. _Strictness of certain Superiors of Convents, in exerting their power of flagellation. The same is abused by several of them_, 147 Chap. XI. _Disciplines of the same wholesome kind have been prescribed for Novices and such persons as are intended to embrace the ecclesiastical Life_, 158 Chap. XII. _The same discretionary powers of flagellation have been established in the Convents of Nuns, and lodged in the hands of the Abbesses, or Prioresses_, 167 Chap. XIII. _The subject of voluntary flagellations among Christians, is at last introduced. That method of self-mortification appears to have been practised in very early times; but it does not seem to have been universally admitted before the years 1044 and 1056; which was the time Cardinal Damian wrote_, 192 Chap. XIV. _The practice of self-flagellation meets with some opposition; but this is soon over-ruled by the fondness of the Public_, 211 Chap. XV. _Another difficulty. Which is the best plight to be in, for receiving a discipline?_ 223 Chap. XVI. _Confessors at length assume a kind of flagellatory power over their Penitents. The abuses that arise from it_, 227 Chap. XVII. _The Church at large also claims a power of publicly inflicting the discipline of flagellation. Instances of Kings and Princes who have submitted to it_, 249 Chap. XVIII. _The glory of flagellations completed: they are made use of for curing Heresy_, 258 Chap. XIX. _The subject of the merit of flagellations continued. Holy persons, though without any public authority, have used them occasionally to give weight to their admonitions_, 260 Chap. XX. _The fondness of people for flagellations, gives rise to a number of incredible stories on that subject_, 299 Chap. XXI. _A remarkable instance of a flagellation performed in honour of the Virgin Mary_, 310