| 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 |
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