Category: Classics of Literature
1. _He that followeth me, walketh not in darkness,_ saith our Lord, _John viii._ 12. These are the words of Christ, by which we are admonished that we must imitate his life and manners, if we would be truly enlightened, and delivered from all blindness of heart.
Let not _Moses_, nor any of the prophets speak to me; but speak thou rather, O Lord God, the inspirer and enlightener of all the prophets; for thou alone without them canst perf...
5. Book IV.These words of so great tenderness, full of sweetness and love, encourage me; but my own sins terrify me, and my unclean conscience keeps me back from approaching to so great my...
1. Book I.1. _He that followeth me, walketh not in darkness,_ saith our Lord, _John viii._ 12. These are the words of Christ, by which we are admonished that we must imitate his life and...
3. Book II.When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and he is sufficient for thee: he will provide for thee, and will be thy faithful _Procurator_ in all things, so that thou needest not trus...
2. xxiv. When that last hour shall come, thouFor it will give a man a great confidence of dying happily, if he has a perfect contempt of the world, a fervent desire of advancing in virtue, a love for discipline, the spirit...
23. xviii. That a man be not a curious13. xxvii. That self love chiefly keeps a10. xv. How we are to be disposed, and what we22. xiv. Of the ardent desire of some devout8. ix. That all things are to be referred7. iii. That the words of God are to be12. xxiii. Of four things which bring15. xlv. That credit is not to be given21. xiii. That a devout soul ought to desire6. xxiv. Of judgment and the punishment14. xxxviii. Of the good government of9. xiv. Of considering the secret judgments20. ix. That we must offer ourselves,16. xlix. Of the desire of eternal life,19. ii. That the great goodness and11. xviii. That temporal miseries are to be17. li. That we must practise ourselves in18. lii. That a man ought not to esteem