Translator's Introduction

Chapter 1 — On the highest and supreme perfection of man, in so far as it is possible in this life

Chapter 2 — How one can cling to and seek Christ alone, disdaining everything else

Chapter 3 — What the perfection of man consist of in this life

Chapter 4 — How man's activity should be purely in the intellect and not in the senses

Chapter 5 — On purity of heart which is to be sought above all things

Chapter 6 — That the devout man should cleave to God with naked understanding and will

Chapter 7 — How the heart should be gathered within itself

Chapter 8 — How a religious man should commit himself to God in all circumstances whatsoever

Chapter 9 — How much the contemplation of God is to be preferred to all other exercises

Chapter 10 — That one should not be concerned about feeling tangible devotion so much as about cleaving to God with one's will

Chapter 11 — How one should resist temptations and bear trials

Chapter 12 — How powerful the love of God is

Chapter 13 — The nature and value of prayer, and how the heart should be recollected within itself

Chapter 14 — That we should seek the verdict of our conscience in every decision

Chapter 15 — How contempt of himself can be produced in a man, and how useful it is

Chapter 16 — How God's Providence includes everything