| 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 |
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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 |