CONTENTS

I. [A very Devout Treatise, named Benjamin,] of the Mights and Virtues of Man's Soul, and of the Way to True Contemplation, compiled by a Noble and Famous Doctor, a man of great holiness and devotion, named Richard of Saint Victor

[The Prologue]

Cap. I. [How the Virtue of Dread riseth in the Affection]

Cap. II. [How Sorrow riseth in the Affection]

Cap. III. [How Hope riseth in the Affection]

Cap. IV. [How Love riseth in the Affection]

Cap. V. [How the Double Sight of Pain and Joy riseth in the Imagination]

Cap. VI. [How the Virtues of Abstinence and Patience rise in the Sensuality]

Cap. VII. [How Joy of Inward Sweetness riseth in the Affection]

Cap. VIII. [How Perfect Hatred of Sin riseth in the Affection]

Cap. IX. [How Ordained Shame riseth and groweth in the Affection]

Cap. X. [How Discretion and Contemplation rise in the Reason]

II. [Divers Doctrines Devout and Fruitful], taken out of the Life of that Glorious Virgin and Spouse of Our Lord, Saint Katherin of Seenes

III. [A Short Treatise of Contemplation] taught by Our Lord Jesu Christ, or taken out of the Book of Margery Kempe, Ancress of Lynn

IV. [A Devout Treatise compiled by Master Walter Hylton] of the Song of Angels

V. [A Devout Treatise called the Epistle of Prayer]

VI. [A very necessary Epistle of Discretion] in Stirrings of the Soul

VII. [A Devout Treatise of Discerning of Spirits], very necessary for Ghostly Livers