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 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