Treatise Written to a Devout Man
Walter (d. 1396) Hilton's systematic exploration of church and its spiritual implications.
12 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: That he who intends to become a Spiritual Man must first use much
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CHAPTER III: To whom the Contemplative Life appertaineth
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CHAPTER IV: To whom appertained the Mixed Life
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CHAPTER V: How holy Bishops held and used the said Mixed Life
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CHAPTER VI: That kind of Life was most fitting for him for whom this Treatise was
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CHAPTER VII: That a Man's Devotion sometimes will be the greater by reason of the
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CHAPTER VIII: What the Desire of God for Himself is and how that in Cleanness of
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CHAPTER IX: How thou shalt Dispose thee to Devotion
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CHAPTER XI: How a Man shall think on Virtues and upon the Saints
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CHAPTER XII: How a Man shall think of the Holiness of our Lord Jesus and of our
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CHAPTER XIV: How the Consideration and thinking on the Miseries and Perils of this
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CHAPTER XVI: What a Man is to take heed of in his Prayers and Meditations