Book I. Containing A Preparation For The Whole Treatise. Book I. Containing A Preparation For The Whole Treatise.
Chapter II. How the will variously governs the powers of the soul.
Chapter III. How the will governs the sensual appetite.
Chapter V. Of the Affections of the Will.
Chapter VI. How the Love of God Has Dominion Over Other Loves.
Chapter VII. Description of Love in General.
Chapter VIII. What Kind of Affinity (Convenance) It Is Which Excites Love.
Chapter IX. That Love Tends to Union.
Chapter X. That the Union to Which Love Aspires is Spiritual.
Chapter XI. That There Are Two Portions In The Soul, And How.
Chapter XII. That in These Two Portions of the Soul There Are Four Different Degrees of Reason.
Chapter XIII. On The Difference Of Loves.
Chapter XIV. That Charity May Be Named Love.
Chapter XV. Of The Affinity There Is Between God And Man.
Chapter XVI. That We Have A Natural Inclination To Love God Above All Things
Chapter XVII. That We Have Not Naturally The Power To Love God Above All Things.
Chapter XVIII. That The Natural Inclination Which We Have To Love God Is Not Useless.
The Second Book. The History Of The Generation And Heavenly Birth Of Divine Love.
Chapter I. That The Divine Perfections Are Only A Single But Infinite Perfection.
Chapter II. That In God There Is But One Only Act, Which Is His Own Divinity.
Chapter III. Of The Divine Providence In General.
Chapter IV. Of The Supernatural Providence Which God Uses Towards Reasonable Creatures.
Chapter V. That Heavenly Providence Has Provided Men With A Most Abundant Redemption.
Chapter VI. Of Certain Special Favours Exercised By The Divine Providence In The Redemption Of Man.
Chapter VII. How Admirable The Divine Providence Is In The Diversity Of Graces Given To Men.
Chapter VIII. How Much God Desires We Should Love Him.
Chapter X. How We Oftentimes Repulse The Inspiration And Refuse To Love God.
Chapter XI. That It Is No Fault Of The Divine Goodness If We Have Not A Most Excellent Love.
Chapter XII. That Divine Inspirations Leave Us In Full Liberty To Follow Or Repulse Them
Chapter XIV. Of The Sentiment Of Divine Love Which Is Had By Faith.
Chapter XV. Of The Great Sentiment Of Love Which We Receive By Holy Hope.
Chapter XVI. How Love Is Practised In Hope.
Chapter XVII. That The Love Which Is In Hope Is Very Good, Though Imperfect.
Chapter XIX. That Penitence Without Love Is Imperfect.
Chapter XX. How The Mingling Of Love And Sorrow Takes Place In Contrition.
Chapter XXI. How Our Saviour's Loving Attractions Assist And Accompany Us To Faith And Charity.
Book III. Of The Progress And Perfection Of Love.
Chapter I. That Holy Love May Be Augmented Still More And More In Every One Of Us.
Chapter II. How Easy Our Saviour Has Made The Increase Of Love.
Chapter III. How A Soul In Charity Makes Progress In It.
Chapter IV. Of Holy Perseverance In Sacred Love.
Chapter V. That The Happiness Of Dying In Heavenly Charity Is A Special Gift Of God.
Chapter VI. That We Cannot Attain To Perfect Union With God In This Mortal Life.
Chapter VIII. Of The Incomparable Love Which The Mother Of God, Our Blessed Lady, Had.
Chapter IX. A Preparation For The Discourse On The Union Of The Blessed With God.
Chapter X. That The Preceding Desire Will Much Increase The Union Of The Blessed With God.
Chapter XI. Of The Union Of The Blessed Spirits With God, In The Vision Of The Divinity.
Chapter XIV. That The Holy Light Of Glory Will Serve For The Union Of The Blessed Spirits With God.
Chapter XV. That There Shall Be Different Degrees Of The Union Of The Blessed With God.
Book IV. Of The Decay And Ruin Of Charity.
Chapter I. That As Long As We Are In This Mortal Life We May Lose The Love Of God.
Chapter II. How The Soul Grows Cold In Holy Love.
Chapter III. How We Forsake Divine Love For That Of Creatures.
Chapter IV. That Heavenly Love Is Lost In A Moment.
Chapter V. That The Sole Cause Of The Decay And Cooling Of Charity Is In The Creature's Will.
Chapter VI. That We Ought To Acknowledge All The Love We Bear To God To Be From God.
Chapter VII. That We Must Avoid All Curiosity, And Humbly Acquiesce In God's Most Wise Providence.
Book V. Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.
Chapter I. Of The Sacred Complacency Of Love; And First Of What It Consists.
Chapter II. How By Holy Complacency We Are Made As Little Infants At Our Saviour's Breasts.
Chapter IV. Of The Loving Condolence By Which The Complacency Of Love Is Still Better Declared.
Chapter V. Of The Condolence And Complacency Of Love In The Passion Of Our Lord.
Chapter VI. Of The Love Of Benevolence Which We Exercise Towards Our Saviour By Way Of Desire.
Chapter VIII. How Holy Benevolence Produces The Praise Of The Divine Well-Beloved.
Chapter IX. How Benevolence Makes Us Call All Creatures To The Praise Of God.
Chapter X. How The Desire To Praise God Makes Us Aspire To Heaven.
Book VI. Of The Exercises Of Holy Love In Prayer.
Chapter I. A Description Of Mystical Theology, Which Is No Other Thing Than Prayer.
Chapter II. Of Meditation The First Degree Of Prayer Or Mystical Theology.
Chapter V. The Second Difference Between Meditation And Contemplation.
Chapter VII. Of The Loving Recollection Of The Soul In Contemplation.
Chapter VIII. Of The Repose Of A Soul Recollected In Her Well-Beloved.
Chapter IX. How This Sacred Repose Is Practised.
Chapter X. Of Various Degrees Of This Repose, And How It Is To Be Preserved.
Chapter XII. Of The Outflowing (escoulement) Or Liquefaction Of The Soul In God
Chapter XIII. Of The Wound Of Love.
Chapter XIV. Of Some Other Means By Which Holy Love Wounds The Heart.
Chapter XV. Of The Affectionate Languishing Of The Heart Wounded With Love.
Book VII. Of The Union Of The Soul With Her God, Which Is Perfected In Prayer.
Book XII. Containing Certain Counsels For The
Progress Of The Soul In Holy Love.