CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | PRAYER POSSIBLE AT ALL TIMES, BY THE MOST SIMPLE | [1] |
| II. | FIRST DEGREE OF PRAYER | [6] |
| III. | SECOND DEGREE OF PRAYER, CALLED HERE THE PRAYER OF SIMPLICITY | [13] |
| IV. | SPIRITUAL DRYNESS | [16] |
| V. | ABANDONMENT TO GOD | [18] |
| VI. | SUFFERING | [21] |
| VII. | MYSTERIES | [23] |
| VIII. | VIRTUE | [25] |
| IX. | PERFECT CONVERSION | [27] |
| X. | HIGHER DEGREE OF PRAYER, THAT OF THE SIMPLE PRESENCE OF GOD | [30] |
| XI. | REST IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD—INWARD AND OUTWARD SILENCE | [35] |
| XII. | SELF-EXAMINATION AND CONFESSION | [39] |
| [p vi] XIII. | READING AND VOCAL PRAYER | [42] |
| XIV. | THE FAULTS AND TEMPTATIONS OF THIS DEGREE | [44] |
| XV. | PRAYER AND SACRIFICE EXPLAINED BY THE SIMILITUDE OF A PERFUME | [47] |
| XVI. | THIS STATE NOT ONE OF IDLENESS, BUT OF ACTION | [51] |
| XVII. | DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ACTIONS | [63] |
| XVIII. | EXHORTATIONS TO PREACHERS | [71] |
| XIX. | PREPARATION FOR DIVINE UNION | [77] |