Translated from the German.

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""Front cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Translator's Preface ""; ""PART ONE""; ""Prologue""; ""I. Of the First Trials of a Beginner ""; ""II. Of the Supernatural Ecstasy which befell Him ""; ""III. How He married Eternal Wisdom in a Spiritual Manner ""; ""IV. How He wrote the Beloved Name of Jesus on His Heart ""; ""V. Of the Prelude of Divine Consolation by which God encourages many Beginners ""; ""VI. Of Various Visions ""; ""VII. The Rules He observed at Table ""; ""VIII. How He celebrated New Year ""; ""IX. Of the Words 'Lift up Your Hearts' ""

""X. How He celebrated Candlemas """"XI. How He observed Lent ""; ""XII. How He celebrated May Day ""; ""XIII. Of the Sorrowful Way of the Cross, which He walked with Christ when He was led to His Death ""; ""XIV. Of the Useful Virtue that is known as Silence ""; ""XV. Of the Mortification of the Flesh ""; ""XVI. Of the Sharp Cross that He carried on His Back ""; ""XVII. Of His Bed ""; ""XVIII. How He broke off the Habit of Drinking ""; ""XIX. How He was led to the Spiritual School and instructed in the Knowledge of true Self-Surrender ""; ""XX. Of the Painful Descent ""

""XXI. Of Inner Sufferings """"XXII. How He set out to bring Wholesome Help to His Neighbours ""; ""XXIII. Of Manifold Sufferings ""; ""XXIV. Of the Great Sorrow that came to Him through His Own Sister ""; ""XXV. Of the Deep Sorrow that once came upon Him through One of His Companions ""; ""XXVI. Of the Murderer ""; ""XXVII. In Perils of Waters ""; ""XXVIII. Of a Short Respite that God once vouchsafed to Him ""; ""XXIX. Of a Loving Account that He once settled with God ""; ""XXX. How He once came near to Death in His Sufferings ""

""XXXI. How a Man should offer up His Sufferings in Praiseworthy Manner to God """"XXXII. How God in this World compensates a Suffering Man for His Suffering ""; ""PART TWO""; ""XXXIII. Of the Servant's Spiritual Daughter ""; ""XXXIV. Of the First Steps of a Beginner ""; ""XXXV. Of the First Examples and Teachings for a Beginner, and the Need for Moderation in Austerities ""; ""XXXVI. Of the Childlike Devotion of a Beginner in Religion ""; ""XXXVII. How He drew Dissolute Persons to God, and comforted the Suffering ""; ""XXXVIII. Of a Sore Affliction that befell Him about this Time ""

""XXXIX. Of Inner Suffering """"XL. What Sufferings are the Most Useful to Man and the Most Praiseworthy to God ""; ""XLI. How He drew some Loving Hearts from Earthly Love to Divine Love ""; ""XLII. Of Certain Suffering Persons Who were attached to the Servant with Particular Affection ""; ""XLIII. How Christ appeared to Him in the Shape of a Seraph, and taught Him how to Suffer ""; ""XLIV. How Firmly He must contend Who would win the Spiritual Prize ""; ""XLV. Of the Beloved Name of Jesus ""; ""Epilogue""; ""Back cover ""