Chapter II.
How there are two kinds of pride.
And
of this pride there are two
kinds: the one, that by which we said that the best of men and
spiritually minded ones were troubled; the other, that which assaults
even beginners and carnal persons. And though each kind of pride is
excited with regard to both God and man by a dangerous elation, yet
that first kind more particularly has to do with God; the second refers
especially to men. Of the origin of this last and the remedies for it
we will by God’s help treat as far as possible in the latter part
of this book. We now propose to say a few things about that former
kind, by which, as I mentioned before, those who are perfect are
especially tried.