Very grateful thanks are due to Rev. P. J. Berthier, O.P., for his kind permission to append to this edition a translation of his excellent notes (from the French edition, entitled "De l'Union avec Dieu").
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | Of the Highest Perfection which Man can attain unto in this Life | [15] |
| [II.] | How a Man may despise All Things and cleave to Christ alone | [19] |
| [III.] | The Law of Man's Perfection in this Life | [23] |
| [IV.] | That our Labour must be with the Understanding and not with the Senses | [27] |
| [V.] | Of Purity of Heart, which is to be sought above All Else | [33] |
| [VI.] | That a Man Truly Devout must seek God in Purity Of Mind and Heart | [40] |
| [VII.] | Of the Practice of Interior Recollection | [45] |
| [VIII.] | That a Truly Devout Man should commit himself to God in All that befalls him | [52] |
| [IX.] | The Contemplation of God is to be preferred above All Other Exercises | [57] |
| [X.] | That we should not be Too Solicitous for Actual And Sensible Devotion, but desire rather the Union of our Will with God | [65] |
| [XI.] | In What Manner we should resist Temptation and endure Trials | [70] |
| [XII.] | The Power of the Love of God | [76] |
| [XIII.] | Of the Nature and Advantages of Prayer,—of Interior Recollection | [82] |
| [XIV.] | That Everything should be judged according to the Testimony of our Conscience | [88] |
| [XV.] | On the Contempt of Self: how it is acquired: its Profit to the Soul | [94] |
| [XVI.] | Of the Providence of God, which watches over All Things | [102] |
"It is good for me to adhere to my God."