COLLOQUY XXXV.
Disobedience comes from the Devil
At one time while his Vicar was holding Chapter, the Saint was alone in his cell, praying for the Brethren. One of them, excusing himself for his faults, refused to submit to discipline. The holy man saw this in spirit, and calling one of the Friars, said to him : ‘I see, on the back of that disobedient Brother, a devil, who is holding him tightly round the neck, and he, having spurned the yoke of Obedience, allows himself to be driven about by such a rider. But when I prayed for this Brother, the devil left him in confusion. Go, therefore, and tell him to submit immediately to the orders of holy Obedience.’ The Friar, thus admonished, entered into himself, and at once humbly cast himself at the feet of the Vicar, asking pardon.