5. And to mortify and appease the four natural passions, which are joy, hope, fear and pain, whose harmony and peace out these and other assets, total cure is what it is, and because of great merit and great virtues. 6. Always try to bend: not as easy, but the most difficult, not very tasty, but the most bland, not as tasty, but rather to what they get less pleasure, not what is rest, but to work, not what is comforting, but rather to grief, not as much, but at least, not as high and precious, but as low and despised, not what is wanting something, but do not want anything, do not go looking for the best of temporal things, but the worst, and want to enter in all nakedness and emptiness and poverty of Christ of all that is in the world.7. And these works of heart should embrace them and try to pave the will in them. For if the heart work very soon come to find in them great delight and comfort, working order and discretamente.8. What is that, well trained, well enough to enter the night of sense. But, for good measure, another way to say exercise that teaches us to mortify the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, which are the things he says St. John (1 Jn. 2, 16 ) reign in the world, of which come all other apetitos.9. First, try to act in contempt and hope you all do (and this is against the lust of the flesh). The second, try to speak in their contempt and hope you all do (and this is against the lust of the eyes ). The third, try to think meanly of himself in his contempt and hope you all do (also against themselves, and this is against the pride of life) .10. In conclusion of these warnings and rules should be put here as the lines are written on the Ascent of Mount, which is the figure that is at the beginning of this book, which are to rise to the doctrine, which is the top of the union.
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