know what humility is in itself. Then we shall be able to understand more clearly in truth of spirit what its cause is. In itself, humility is nothing else but a man’s true understanding and awareness of himself as he really is. It is certain that if a man could truly see and be conscious of himself as he really is, he would indeed be truly humble.117 There are two causes of this meekness: One is the foulness, wretchedness and weakness into which a man has fallen by sin. As long as he lives in this