Chapter VIII

.--Of the great advantage she derived from not

entirely abandoning prayer so as not to lose her soul; and what an excellent remedy this is in order to win back what one has lost. She exhorts everybody to practise prayer, and shows what a gain it is, even if one should have given it up for a time, to make use of so great a good.

## Chapter IX .--By what means God began to rouse her soul and give

light in the midst of darkness, and to strengthen her virtues so that she should not offend Him.

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