CHAPTER 7

Of Humility (Continued)

The seventh degree of humility is, when, not only with his tongue he declareth, but also in his inmost soul believeth, that he is the lowest and vilest of men, humbling himself and saying with the Prophet: “But I am a worm and no man, the reproach of men and the outcast of the people.” “I have been exalted and humbled and confounded.” And also: “It is good for me that Thou hast humbled me, that I may learn Thy commandments.”