Doc. of Life (Dick) n. 97

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97. This combat is not grievous, except for those who have relaxed all restraints upon their lusts, and who have deliberately indulged them; and also for those who have confirmed themselves in rejecting the holy things of the Word and the Church. For others, however, it is not grievous; let them resist evils in intention only once a week, or twice in a month, and they will perceive a change.


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