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CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
TAGE
CHAP.
I.
2.
3
Of following Christ, and despising all the
vanities of the world
Of having a humble sentiment of one's self.
Of the doctrine of truth
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Of acquiring peace and zeal in spiritual pro-
Of the advantage of adversity
Of resisting temptation
Of avoiding rash judgment
Of works done out of charity
Of bearing the defects of others
Of a monastic life.
Of the example of the holy Fathers
Of the exercises of a good religious man
Of the love of solicitude and silence
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Of compunction of heart
Of the consideration of the misery of man
Of the thoughts of death
Of judgment, and the punishment of sins
Of the fervent amendment of our whole life.
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IO.
II.
Of the love of Jesus above all things
Of familiar friendship with Jesus.
Of the want of all comfort
Of the King's highway of the Holy Cross
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Of gratitude for the grace of God
Of the small number of the lovers of the
Cross of Jesus.
BOOK III.
1.
Of the internal speech of Christ to a faithful
soul.
That the words of God are to be heard with
humility, and that many weigh them not 109
A prayer to implore the grace of devotion 112
That we ought to walk in truth and humility
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8.
Of the wonderful effect of divine love
Of the proof of a true lover
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That grace is to be hidden under the guar- dianship of humility
Of acknowledging our unworthiness in the
sight of God
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128
That all things are to be referred to God as
to our last end
130
10.
That it is sweet to serve God, despising this
world
131
11.
That the desires of our heart are to be ex-
Of learning patience, and of fighting against
concupiscence.
Of the obedience of a humble servant after
the example of Jesus Christ
Of considering the secret judgments of God,
lest we be puffed up with our own good
works
How we are to be disposed, and what we are
to say, when we desire anything
A prayer for fulfilling the Will of God. 145
That true comfort is to be sought in God
alone
. 141
144
146
That we ought to cast all our care upon God 148
That temporal miseries are to be borne with
patience, after the example of Jesus Christ 150
Of supporting injuries, and who is proved to
be truly patient
Of the confession of our infirmity, and of the
miseries of this life
That we are to rest in God above all goods
and gifts.
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27.
Of four things which bring much peace
prayer against evil thoughts
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161
A prayer for the enlightening of the mind
That we are not to be curious in inquiring
into the lives of others
In what things the firm peace of the heart
and true progress consist
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169
Of the eminence of a free mind, which hum-
ble prayer produces better than reading. 171
That self-love chiefly keeps a person back
from the Sovereign Good
A prayer for cleansing the heart and obtain-
ing heavenly wisdom
Against the tongues of detractors
How in the time of tribulations God is to
be invoked and blessed
Of asking the divine assistance, and of con-
fidence of recovering grace
Of disregarding all things created, that so
we may find the Creator.
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176
29.
Of the inconstancy of our heart, and of direct-
ing our final intention to God.
188
34.
That he, who loveth God, relisheth Him
above all things and in all things
189
35.
That there is no being secure from tempta-
tion in this life.
Against the vain judgments of men
Of a pure and full resignation of ourselves
for obtaining freedom of heart
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