I saw a throne in the sky, and on it sat the Lord Jesus Christ as Judge. Before his feet sat the Virgin Mary; and around the throne, there was an army of angels and an infinite multitude of saints. A religious, very learned in theology, stood on a high rung of a ladder which was fixed in the earth and whose summit touched the sky. His gestures were very impatient and restless, as if he were full of guile and malice. He questioned the Judge, saying:

First question. "O Judge, I ask you: You have given me a mouth. May I not say the things that please me?"

Second question. "You have given me eyes. May I not see with them those things that delight me?"

Third question. "You have given me ears. Why am I not to hear with them those things that please me?"

Fourth question. "You have given me hands. Why am I not to do with them what agrees with me?"

Fifth question. "You have given me feet. Why shall I not walk with them as I desire?"

Christ's response to the first question. The Judge, who sat on the throne and whose gestures were meek and very dignified, replied: "Friend, I gave you a mouth that you might speak rationally about things that are useful for your body and soul and about things that belong to my honor."

Response to the second question. "Second, I gave you eyes that you might see evils to be fled and healthful things to be kept."

Response to the third question. "Third, I gave you ears that you might hear those things that belong to truth and honesty."

Response to the fourth question. "Fourth, I gave you hands that with them you might do those things that are necessary for the body and not harmful to the soul."

Response to the fifth question. "Fifth, I gave you feet that you might draw back from love of the world and go to your soul's rest and love and to me, your Creator and Redeemer."