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| Translator's Preface |
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BOOK I PREPARATORY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE |
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1 Of the Contempt of Worldly Vanities |
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37 | (2) |
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2 Of Humility with Respect to Intellectual Attainments |
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39 | (2) |
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3 Of the Knowledge of the Truth |
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41 | (4) |
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4 Of Prudence with Respect to Our Opinions and Actions |
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45 | (2) |
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5 Of Reading the Scriptures, and Other Holy Books |
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47 | (2) |
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6 Of Inordinate Affections |
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49 | (2) |
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7 Of Vain Hope, and Elation of Mind |
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51 | (2) |
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8 Of Avoiding the Familiar Intercourses of the World |
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53 | (2) |
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9 Of Subjection and Obedience |
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55 | (2) |
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10 Of Superfluous Talking |
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57 | (2) |
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11 Of True Peace of Mind, and Zeal for Spiritual Improvement |
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59 | (3) |
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12 Of the Benefit of Adversity |
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62 | (2) |
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13 Of Resisting Temptations |
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64 | (5) |
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14 Of Avoiding Rash Judgment |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (2) |
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16 Of Bearing the Infirmities of Others |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (2) |
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18 Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers |
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77 | (3) |
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19 Of Religious Exercises |
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80 | (4) |
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20 Of Solitude and Silence |
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84 | (5) |
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21 Of Compunction of Heart |
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89 | (3) |
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22 Of the Consideration of Human Misery |
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92 | (4) |
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23 Of the Meditation of Death |
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96 | (5) |
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24 Of the Last Judgment, and the Punishment of Sinners |
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101 | (4) |
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25 Of Zeal in the Total Reformation of Life |
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105 | (8) |
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BOOK II INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MORE INTIMATE ENJOYMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE |
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1 Of Internal Conversation |
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113 | (5) |
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2 Of Humble Submission to Reproof and Shame |
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118 | (4) |
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122 | (2) |
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4 Of Simplicity and Purity |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (2) |
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6 Of the Joy of a Good Conscience |
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128 | (3) |
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7 Of the Love of Jesus above All |
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131 | (2) |
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8 Of the Friendship of Jesus |
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133 | (4) |
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9 Of the Disconsolate State |
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137 | (5) |
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10 Of True Thankfulness for the Grace of God |
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142 | (3) |
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11 Of the Small Number of Those That Love the Cross |
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145 | (3) |
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12 Of the Necessity of Bearing the Cross |
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148 | (9) |
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BOOK III OF DIVINE ILLUMINATION |
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1 Of the Blessedness of Internal Conversation with Christ |
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157 | (2) |
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2 That Christ, Who Is the Truth, Speaketh to the Soul, without the Sound of Words; That His Instructions Are to Be Heard with Humility; and That Many Regard Them Not |
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159 | (4) |
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3 The Soul Imploring the Influence of Grace, Is Instructed to Walk before God in Humility and Truth |
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163 | (4) |
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4 Of the Power of Divine Love |
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167 | (4) |
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5 Of the Trial of True Love |
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171 | (1) |
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6 That the Soul Must Not Despair under the Infirmities of Nature and the Suggestions of Evil Spirits |
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172 | (3) |
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7 Of Concealing the Grace of Devotion under the Veil of Humility |
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175 | (5) |
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8 That All Things Are to Be Referred to God, as the Ultimate End; and That the Service of God Is the Highest Honour, and the Most Perfect Freedom |
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180 | (5) |
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9 That the Good Desires of the Heart Are to Be Carefully Examined and Regulated; and the Evil Subdued by Continual Resistance |
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185 | (5) |
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10 Of Meek Obedience, after the Example of Jesus Christ; and of the Awful Consideration of the Divine Judgments, as the Motive to an Humble Opinion of Ourselves, and Our State in Grace |
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190 | (4) |
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11 That Our Desires Must Be Expressed in Terms of Absolute Resignation to the Divine Will |
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194 | (3) |
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12 That True Comfort Is to Be Found Only in God |
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197 | (3) |
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13 That, in Conformity to the Example of Christ, the Miseries of This Fallen Life Are to Be Borne with Patience and Resignation |
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200 | (4) |
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14 Of Personal Infirmity, and the Miseries of the Present Life |
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204 | (3) |
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15 That the Soul Must Seek Her Repose Only in God |
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207 | (2) |
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15 That God Always Heareth the Prayer of the Humble |
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209 | (3) |
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16 Of the Thankful Remembrance of the Manifold Mercies of God |
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212 | (3) |
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17 Of Four Steps That Lead to Liberty and Peace |
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215 | (4) |
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18 Of Avoiding a Curious Inspection into the Conduct of Others |
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219 | (2) |
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19 In What True Peace of Mind, and Spiritual Perfection Consist |
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221 | (4) |
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20 That Self-Love Is the Chief Obstruction to the Attainment of the Supreme Good |
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225 | (3) |
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21 That the Perverse Judgments, and Cruel Censures of Men, Are Not to Be Regarded |
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228 | (2) |
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22 Of Submission to God in the Hour of Tribulation, and Confidence in Returning Grace |
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230 | (5) |
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23 That the Creator Is to Be Found in Abstraction from the Creatures |
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235 | (3) |
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24 Of Self-Denial, and the Renunciation of Animal Desire |
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238 | (2) |
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25 Of the Instability of the Heart, and of Directing the Intention to God Alone |
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240 | (2) |
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26 That the Soul Which Loves God, Enjoys Him in All Things, and above All; and in Him Findeth Peace |
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242 | (4) |
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27 Against the Fear of Man |
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246 | (2) |
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28 Perfect Freedom Can Only Be Attained by a Total Surrender of Self-Will |
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248 | (3) |
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29 Of Self-Government in the Concerns of the Present Life, and of Having Recourse to God in All Its Difficulties and Dangers |
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251 | (2) |
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30 Against Anxiety and Impetuosity in the Concerns of the World |
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253 | (2) |
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31 That in Man There Is No Good; and That, Therefore, He Has Nothing in Which to Glory |
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255 | (3) |
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32 Of the Contempt of All Temporal Honour, and the Renunciation of All Human Comfort |
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258 | (3) |
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33 Of the Vanity of Human Learning |
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261 | (3) |
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34 Of Disengagedness from the Business of the World,... and the Opinions of Men |
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264 | (2) |
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35 Of Credulity in the Promises and Professions of Men |
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266 | (4) |
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36 Of Confidence in the Righteous Judgment of God, under the Various Accusations of Men |
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270 | (4) |
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37 That All the Afflictions of the Present State Are to Be Patiently Endured for the Hope of Eternal Life |
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274 | (6) |
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38 Of the Desire of Eternal Life, and of the Great Blessedness That Is Promised to Those Who Resolutely Strive to Obtain It |
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280 | (5) |
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38 Of the Resignation of a Desolate Spirit to the Will of God |
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285 | (4) |
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39 That When We Find Ourselves Incapable of the Higher Exercises of Devotion, We Should, with Humility, Practise the Lower; and Account Ourselves Rather Worthy of Affliction than Comfort |
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289 | (4) |
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40 That the Grace of God Dwells Not with Those That Love the World |
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293 | (3) |
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41 Of the Different Characters and Operations of Nature and Grace |
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296 | (9) |
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42 That We Must Deny Ourselves, Take up the Cross of Christ, and Follow Him |
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305 | (3) |
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43 Against Extravagant Dejection, upon Being Sometimes Betrayed by Human Weakness |
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308 | (3) |
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44 Against the Vain and Presumptuous Inquiries of Reason into Subjects That Are above the Comprehension of the Natural Man |
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311 | (6) |
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45 That All Hope and Confidence Is to Be Placed in God Alone |
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