Chapter LXXVI. How he delivered a brother from assaults of the devil

110. It happened that a certain brother had long been vexed by temptation of the spirit, which is a more subtle and dangerous thing than the enticement of the flesh. At last he came to S. Francis, and fell humbly at his feet shedding a flood of bitter tears, but his deep sobbing prevented him from saying anything. The father was moved to pity for him, and, perceiving him to be vexed by wicked impulses, said: "I bid you, ye devils, in the power of God, henceforth not to assault my brother as ye have hitherto presumed to do". Presently the blackness of darkness was dispersed and the brother rose up free; and he felt no more molestation than if he had never been molested.