Examine yourself attentively, not only on the sins you have committed since your last confession, but also on the faults you may have committed in making it; but beware of scrupulosity or anxiety; for in this examination it is only necessary that you should use such a moral diligence as any temporal concern might require, where it is neither your intention nor your interest to be deceived. For this purpose, calmly recollect on the different occasions of sin which have since fallen in your way, or to which your state and condition of life exposes you; the places you have frequented, the persons you nave conversed with; &c. &c.; in the doing of which the following table of sins will greatly assist you. {85} Sins Against God. In Matters of Faith. Have you been guilty of heresy, or disbelief of any article of faith, or of voluntarily doubting of any article of faith? Have you rashly exposed yourself to the danger of infidelity, by reading bad books, keeping wicked company, going into places of worship belonging to other communions during the time of their service, and joining with them in their worship? Have you, by word or deed, denied your faith, or railed at or despised holy things? Have you been ignorant of the articles of your faith and the duties of your religion, or have you been negligent in instructing, or procuring the necessary instructions for those under your care? Have you given credit to dreams, taken notice of omens, or made any other superstitious observations? Have you used charms or spells, or consulted fortune-tellers, or made use of any other superstitious practices to find out things to come, recover things lost, &c. How often? and with what scandal and ill example to others? Of Hope. Have you despaired of salvation, or of the forgiveness of your sins? Have you rashly presumed upon God's goodness, continuing to offend him because he is merciful; going on in your sins, without any thought of amendment, depending upon a death-bed repentance? Have you relied upon yourself rather than upon divine grace; or neglected for a long time to return to God by repentance, after falling into mortal sin? Of Charity. Have you loved any creature as much or more than God? Have you murmured against the providence of God, resisted his inspirations, refused to submit to his divine will, not prevented evil when you could and ought, committed sins through human respect? Of Religion. Have you made a sacrilegious confession or communion? Have you received the sacraments of confirmation or matrimony in the state of mortal sin? Have you abused the holy scripture, or profaned holy places or sacred things? Have you blasphemed God or his saints?