Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Among the purposes of the book are: (1) mod els of discriminating statements of experience; (2) checks to extravagance in religious language; (3) Cautions against professing obtainments before they are reached (4) to show the easy possibility of los ing the very highest graces, and (5) the wisdom of frank and open confession of serious lapses.