The Adornment Of The Spritual Marriage

1 INTRODUCTION 2 PROLOGUE 3 CHAPTER I. OF THE ACTIVE LIFE 4 CHAPTER II. SHOWING HOW WE SHALL CONSIDER THE COMING OF CHRIST IN THREE WAYS 5 CHAPTER III. OF HUMILITY 6 CHAPTER IV. OF CHARITY 7 CHAPTER V. OF PATIENT ENDURANCE 8 CHAPTER VI. OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST 9 CHAPTER VII. OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENTS 10 CHAPTER VIII. OF THE THIRD COMING OF CHRIST 11 CHAPTER IX. SHOWING WHAT CHRIST WILL DO IN THE DAY OF DOOM 12 CHAPTER X. OF THE FIVE KINDS OF MEN WHO SHALL APPEAR AT THE JUDGMENT 13 CHAPTER XI. OF A SPIRITUAL GOING OUT WITH ALL VIRTUES 14 CHAPTER XII. HOW HUMILITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OTHER VIRTUES 15 CHAPTER XIII. OF OBEDIENCE 16 CHAPTER XIV. OF THE RENUNCIATION OF SELF WILL 17 CHAPTER XV. OF PATIENCE 18 CHAPTER XVI. OF MEEKNESS 19 CHAPTER XVII. OF KINDLINESS 20 CHAPTER XVIII. OF COMPASSION 21 CHAPTER XIX. OF GENEROSITY 22 CHAPTER XX. OF ZEAL AND DILIGENCE 23 CHAPTER XXI. OF TEMPERANCE AND SOBRIETY 24 CHAPTER XXII. OF PURITY 25 CHAPTER XXIII. OF THREE ENEMIES TO BE OVERCOME BY RIGHTEOUSNESS 26 CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE KINGDOM OF THE SOUL 27 CHAPTER XXV. OF A SPIRITUAL MEETING OF GOD AND OURSELVES 28 CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE DESIRE TO KNOW THE BRIDEGROOM IN HIS NATURE 29 PROLOGUE 30 CHAPTER I. HOW WE ACHIEVE SUPERNATURAL SIGHT IN OUR INWARD WORKINGS 31 CHAPTER II. OF A THREE-FOLD UNITY WHICH IS IN US BY NATURE 32 CHAPTER III. OF THE INFLOW OF THE GRACE OF GOD INTO OUR SPIRIT 33 CHAPTER IV. SHOWING HOW WE SHOULD FOUND OUR INWARD LIFE ON A FREEDOM FROM IMAGES 34 CHAPTER V. OF A THREE-FOLD COMING OF OUR LORD IN THE INWARD MAN 35 CHAPTER VI. OF THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD IN THE INWARD MAN 36 CHAPTER VII. OF THE THIRD COMING OF OUR LORD 37 CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE FIRST COMING HAS FOUR DEGREES 38 CHAPTER IX. OF UNITY OF HEART 39 CHAPTER X. OF INWARDNESS 40 CHAPTER XI. OF SENSIBLE LOVE 41 CHAPTER XII. OF DEVOTION 42 CHAPTER XIII. OF GRATITUDE 43 CHAPTER XIV. OF TWO GRIEFS WHICH ARISE FROM INWARD GRATITUDE 44 CHAPTER XV. A SIMILITUDE HOW WE SHOULD PERFORM THE FIRST DEGREE OF OUR INWARD EXERCISE 45 CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER SIMILITUDE CONCERNING THE SAME EXERCISE 46 CHAPTER XVII. OF THE SECOND DEGREE OF OUR INWARD EXERCISE, WHICH INCREASES INWARDNESS BY HUMILITY 47 CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE PURE DELIGHT OF THE HEART AND THE SENSIBLE POWERS 48 CHAPTER XIX. OF SPIRITUAL INEBRIATION 49 CHAPTER XX. WHAT MAY HINDER A MAN IN THIS INEBRIATION 50 CHAPTER XXI. A SIMILITUDE HOW A MAN SHOULD ACT AND BEAR HIMSELF IN THIS CASE 51 CHAPTER XXII. OF THE THIRD DEGREE OF THE SPIRITUAL COMING OF CHRIST 52 CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PAIN AND RESTLESSNESS OF LOVE 53 CHAPTER XXIV. OF ECSTACIES AND DIVINE REVELATIONS 54 CHAPTER XXV. AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW ONE IS HINDERED IN THIS EXERCISE 55 CHAPTER XXVI. ANOTHER EXAMPLE 56 CHAPTER XXVII. A PARABLE OF THE ANT 57 CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE FOURTH DEGREE OF THE COMING OF CHRIST 58 CHAPTER XXIX. SHOWING WHAT THE FORSAKEN MAN SHOULD DO 59 CHAPTER XXX. A PARABLE: HOW ONE MAY BE HINDERED IN THIS FOURTH DEGREE 60 CHAPTER XXXI. OF ANOTHER HINDRANCE 61 CHAPTER XXXII. OF FOUR KINDS OF FEVER WHEREWITH A MAN MAY BE TORMENTED 62 CHAPTER XXXIII. SHOWING HOW THESE FOUR DEGREES IN THEIR PERFECTION ARE FOUND IN CHRIST 63 CHAPTER XXXIV. SHOWING HOW A MAN SHOULD LIVE IF HE WOULD BE ENLIGHTENED 64 CHAPTER XXXV. OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, OR, THE FOUNTAIN WITH THREE RILLS 65 CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FIRST RILL ADORNS THE MEMORY 66 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SECOND RILL ENLIGHTENS THE UNDERSTANDING 67 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE THIRD RILL ESTABLISHES THE WILL TO EVERY PERFECTION 68 CHAPTER XXXIX. SHOWING HOW THE ESTABLISHED MAN SHALL GO OUT IN FOUR WAYS 69 CHAPTER XL. HE SHALL GO OUT TOWARDS GOD AND TOWARDS ALL SAINTS 70 CHAPTER XLI. HE SHALL GO OUT TOWARDS ALL SINNERS 71 CHAPTER XLII. HE SHALL GO OUT TOWARDS HIS FRIENDS IN PURGATORY 72 CHAPTER XLIII. HE SHALL GO OUT TOWARDS HIMSELF AND TOWARDS ALL GOOD MEN 73 CHAPTER XLIV. SHOWING HOW WE MAY RECOGNISE THOSE MEN WHO FAIL IN CHARITY TO ALL 74 CHAPTER XLV. HOW CHRIST WAS, IS, AND EVER WILL BE THE LOVER OF ALL 75 CHAPTER XLVI. REPROVING ALL THOSE WHO LIVE ON SPIRITUAL GOODS IN AN INORDINATE MANNER 76 CHAPTER XLVII. SHOWING HOW CHRIST HAS GIVEN HIMSELF TO ALL IN COMMON IN THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR 77 CHAPTER XLVIII. OF THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE NATURE IN THE TRINITY OF THE PERSONS 78 CHAPTER XLIX. SHOWING HOW GOD POSSESSES AND MOVES THE SOUL BOTH IN A NATURAL AND A SUPERNATURAL WAY 79 CHAPTER L. SHOWING HOW A MAN SHOULD BE ADORNED IF HE IS TO RECEIVE THE MOST INWARD EXERCISE 80 CHAPTER LI. OF THE THIRD COMING OF CHRIST 81 CHAPTER LII. SHOWING HOW THE SPIRIT GOES OUT THROUGH THE DIVINE STIRRING 82 CHAPTER LIII. OF AN ETERNAL HUNGER FOR GOD 83 CHAPTER LIV. OF A LOVING STRIFE BETWEEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND OUR SPIRIT 84 CHAPTER LV. OF THE FRUITFUL WORKS OF THE SPIRIT, THE WHICH ARE ETERNAL 85 CHAPTER LVI. SHOWING THE WAY IN WHICH WE SHALL MEET GOD IN A GHOSTLY MANNER BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT MEANS 86 CHAPTER LVII. OF THE ESSENTIAL MEETING WITH GOD WITHOUT MEANS IN THE NAKEDNESS OF OUR NATURE 87 CHAPTER LVIII. SHOWING HOW ONE IS LIKE UNTO GOD THROUGH GRACE AND UNLIKE UNTO GOD THROUGH MORTAL SIN 88 CHAPTER LIX. SHOWING HOW ONE POSSESSES GOD IN UNION AND REST, ABOVE ALL LIKENESS THROUGH GRACE 89 CHAPTER LX. SHOWING HOW WE HAVE NEED OF THE GRACE OF GOD, WHICH MAKES US LIKE UNTO GOD AND LEADS US TO GOD WITHOUT MEANS 90 CHAPTER LXI. OF HOW GOD AND OUR SPIRIT VISIT EACH OTHER IN THE UNITY AND IN THE LIKENESS 91 CHAPTER LXII. SHOWING HOW WE SHOULD GO OUT TO MEET GOD 92 CHAPTER LXIII. OF THE ORDERING OF ALL THE VIRTUES THROUGH THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST 93 CHAPTER LXIV. OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF THE MOST INTERIOR LIFE 94 CHAPTER LXV. OF THREE KINDS OF MOST INWARD PRACTICES 95 CHAPTER LXVI. SHOWING HOW SOME MEN LIVE CONTRARY TO THESE EXERCISES 96 CHAPTER LXVII. OF ANOTHER KIND OF PERVERTED MEN 97 CHAPTER I. SHOWING THE THREE WAYS BY WHICH ONE ENTERS INTO THE GOD-SEEING LIFE 98 CHAPTER II. HOW THE ETERNAL BIRTH OF GOD IS RENEWED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION IN THE NOBILITY OF THE SPIRIT 99 CHAPTER III. HOW OUR SPIRIT IS CALLED TO GO OUT IN CONTEMPLATION AND FRUITION 100 CHAPTER IV. OF A DIVINE MEETING WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE HIDDENNESS OF OUR SPIRIT 101 PROLOGUE 102 CHAPTER I. THROUGH THREE THINGS A MAN BECOMES GOOD 103 CHAPTER II. THROUGH THREE THINGS A MAN BECOMES INWARD 104 CHAPTER III. THROUGH THREE THINGS A MAN BECOMES GOD-SEEING 105 CHAPTER IV. OF THE SPARKLING STONE, AND OF THE NEW NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF GOD 106 CHAPTER V. OF THE WORKS WHICH GOD WORKS IN ALL IN COMMON AND OF FIVE KINDS OF SINNERS 107 CHAPTER VI. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIRELINGS AND THE FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD 108 CHAPTER VII. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FAITHFUL SERVANTS AND THE SECRET FRIENDS OF GOD 109 CHAPTER VIII. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECRET FRIENDS AND THE HIDDEN SONS OF GOD 110 CHAPTER IX. HOW WE MAY BECOME HIDDEN SONS OF GOD, AND ATTAIN TO THE GOD-SEEING LIFE 111 CHAPTER X. HOW WE, THOUGH ONE WITH GOD, MUST ETERNALLY REMAIN OTHER THAN GOD 112 CHAPTER XI. OF THE GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SAINTS AND THE HIGHEST BRIGHTNESS TO WHICH WE CAN ATTAIN IN THIS LIFE 113 CHAPTER XII. OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST ON MOUNT THABOR 114 CHAPTER XIII. HOW WE OUGHT TO HAVE FRUITION OF GOD 115 CHAPTER XIV. OF THAT COMMON LIFE WHICH COMES FROM THE CONTEMPLATION AND FRUITION OF GOD 116 PROLOGUE 117 CHAPTER I. WHEREFORE THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN 118 CHAPTER II. A SHORT REPETITION OF ALL THE HIGHEST TEACHINGS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR 119 CHAPTER III. OF THE UNION THROUGH MEANS 120 CHAPTER IV. OF THE MEN WHO PRACTISE A FALSE VACANCY 121 CHAPTER V. OF THE UNION WITHOUT MEANS 122 CHAPTER VI. OF HEAVENLY WEAL AND HELLISH WOE 123 CHAPTER VII. SHOWING WHEREFORE ALL GOOD MEN DO NOT ATTAIN TO THE UNMEDIATED UNION WITH GOD 124 CHAPTER VIII. SHOWING HOW THE INWARD MAN SHOULD EXERCISE HIMSELF, THAT HE MAY BE UNITED WITH GOD WITHOUT MEANS 125 CHAPTER IX. OF THE INWARD WORKING OF GOD'S GRACE 126 CHAPTER X. OF THE MUTUAL CONTENTMENT OF THE DIVINE PERSONS, AND THE MUTUAL CONTENTMENT BETWEEN GOD AND GOOD MEN 127 CHAPTER XI. HOW GOOD MEN IN THEIR CONTEMPLATION HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD BEFORE THEM, AND HOW THEY ARE LIFTED UP INTO GOD 128 CHAPTER XII. OF THE HIGHEST UNION, WITHOUT DIFFERENCE OR DISTINCTION 129 CHAPTER XIII. OF THE THREEFOLD PRAYER OF CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE ONE WITH GOD 130 CHAPTER XIV. HERE THE AUTHOR DECLARES THAT HE SUBMITS ALL THAT HE HAS WRITTEN TO THE JUDGMENT OF HOLY CHURCH