The Following of Christ
John (c. ) Tauler's comprehensive work on fundamental Christian theology and spiritual discipline.
20 Chapters
Table of Contents
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The Following of Christ
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PREFACE.
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CONTENTS.
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The other part of this little Book teacheth how a man can come by four
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In the first place, this book teacheth how poverty is a (state of) being
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In the next place, how true poverty is a free capacity or power (vermögen)
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In the third place, how true poverty is a pure working.
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In man is a natural work, a work of grace and a godly work. In the first
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Secondly, of the work and knowledge of grace.
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In the third place. Of the godly work and of three kinds of men.
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The Spirit of God speaketh in man without image and form, life, light, and
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What a perfect will is, whereof the works and virtue are essential.
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In the first place, the teaching and the life of our Lord Jesus Christ impel a
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In the third place, this ought to drive man to a poor life, that he may die to
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In the fourth place, the perfection of a contemplative life should impel a man
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Four ways lead a man to a poor, perfect, contemplative life, seeing God
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The other way which leadeth a man into a poor, perfect, contemplative life,
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The third way of a poor, perfect life, when you contemplate God internally,
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The fourth way that leadeth a man into a poor, perfect, contemplative life, is
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For three reasons man should draw in all his senses.