The classic handbook for ordinary people who want to live spiritually devout lives continues, with advice on how to resist temptations and constantly renew your commitment to loving and serving God. Book 4 considers how to better resist or avoid temptation, while Book 5 is about increasing virtue and staying committed to a devout life.
Chs. 3-10: On the nature of temptation and the difference between feeling it and yielding to it. Two illustrations of this principle. Encouragement for the tempted soul. How temptation and attraction may become sinful. Remedies for great temptations. On the importance of resisting small temptations. How to remedy such temptations. How to arm the heart against temptation.