163. He who leads a life of charity and faith, practises repentance daily; he reflects on the evils which are with himself: he acknowledges them, guards against them, and prays to the Lord for help. For of himself a man constantly falls, but by the Lord he is constantly raised up, and is led to good. Such is the state of those who are in good. But those who are in evil fall constantly, and are also constantly raised by the Lord; yet they are only led away so as not to fall into the most grievous evils, to which, of themselves, they tend with all their might.