Imitation of Christ

Quamdiu in mundo vivimus sine tribulatione et tentatione esse non possumus. Unde in Job scriptum est: Tentatio est vita hominis super terram. Ideo unusquisque sollicitus esse deberet circa tentationes suas, et vigilare in orationibus, ne Diabolus inveniret locum decipiendi, qui nunquam dormitat, sed circuit quærens quem devoret. Nemo tam sanctus et perfectus est, qui non habeat aliquando tentationes, et plene eis carere non possimus.

So long as we live in the world, we cannot be without trouble and trial. Therefore it is written in Job, The life of man upon the earth is a trial. And therefore ought each of us to be aware of trials and temptations, and watch in prayer, lest the devil find occasion to deceive; for he never sleeps, but goes about seeking whom he may devour. No man is so perfect in holiness that he never has temptations, nor can we ever be wholly free from them.

Imitation of Christ, I, 13:1