The Trials Connected with the State of Abandonment
I - Unwise Interference: The first trial: the obloquy and unreasonable exactions of persons with a reputation for wisdom and piety.
II - Unjust Judgments: Second trial of the state of abandonment. The apparent uselessness and exterior defects allowed by God in the souls He wills to raise to this state.
III - Self-Contempt: The third trial: interior humiliations
IV - Distrust of Self: The fourth trial of souls in the state of abandonment: the obscurity of their state, and their apparent opposition to the will of God.
V - The Life of Faith: The fruit of these trials. the conduct of the submissive soul
I - Unwise Interference: The first trial: the obloquy and unreasonable exactions of persons with a reputation for wisdom and piety.
II - Unjust Judgments: Second trial of the state of abandonment. The apparent uselessness and exterior defects allowed by God in the souls He wills to raise to this state.
III - Self-Contempt: The third trial: interior humiliations
IV - Distrust of Self: The fourth trial of souls in the state of abandonment: the obscurity of their state, and their apparent opposition to the will of God.
V - The Life of Faith: The fruit of these trials. the conduct of the submissive soul