The holy practises of a devine lover, or, The sainctly [sic] Ideots Deuotions the contents of the booke are contained in the ensuinge page.

Title

The holy practises of a devine lover, or, The sainctly [sic] Ideots Deuotions the contents of the booke are contained in the ensuinge page.

Author

More, Gertrude, 1606-1633.

Publication

Printed at Paris :: by Lewis De La Fosse ...,

1657.

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Spiritual life -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• table of contents
• THE PREFACE. TO MY MOST DEARE∣lie beloued Friends in Christ Iesus.
• A SVMMARIE of Perfection.
  • And now heere followeth the sum∣marie itselfe of Perfection con∣sistinge of ten Articles.
• COMMENDATIO Quotidiana.
• DIRECTIONS.
• A Catalogue of such Bookes as maye much helpe, comfort, and encrease the Deuotion of Contemplatiue spi∣rits, such as are well grounded, & instructed alreadie in the Catholike Faith and haue passed through the necessarie rudiments of actiue Pre∣parations.
  • A
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • L.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
• poem
• illustration
• HOLY EXERCISES OR SAINCTLY IDEOTS DEVOTIONS. THE POENITENT.
  • THE FIRST EXERCISE.
  • THE II. EXERCISE.
  • THE III. EXERCISE.
  • THE IV. EXERCISE.
  • THE V. EXERCISE.
  • THE VI. EXERCISE.
  • THE VII. EXERCISE.
  • THE VIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE IX. EXERCISE.
  • THE X. EXERCISE.
  • THE XI. EXERCISE.
  • THE XII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIV. EXERCISE.
  • THE XV. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVI. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIX. EXERCISE.
  • THE XXI. EXERCISE.
• CERTAYNE AMOROVS speeches of the sole to her selfe in Prayer. The VVhich are a good forme, or matter of Prayer vvhen the soule is not able, or apt to speake immediate∣lye to God.
  • THE FIRST EXERCISE.
  • THE II. EXERCISE.
  • THE III. EXERCISE.
  • THE IV. EXERCISE.
    • An example of Acts, which a Soule maye Exercisee towards God as absent from Her.
    • An example of speakinges supposed to be made by God to the soule.
• ACTS OF LOVE, AND vvellvvishinge tovv∣ards God.
  • THE FIRST EXERCISE.
  • THE II. EXERCISE.
  • THE III. EXERCISE.
  • THE IV. EXERCISE.
• CERTAINE AMOROVS Aspirations, to be vsed accor∣dinge to the Direstions, and the Disposition of the soule.
• ACTS OF RESIGNATION To be vsed accordinge TO THE DIRECTIONS. ACTS OF RESIGNATION in things concerninge the Body.
  • THE FIRST EXERCISE.
  • THE II. EXERCISE.
  • THE III. EXERCISE.
    • Heere follow Resignations about externall Goods.
  • THE IV. EXERCISE.
  • THE V. EXERCISE.
  • THE VI. EXERCISE.
  • THE VII. EXERCISE.
  • THE VIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE IX. EXERCISE.
  • THE X. EXERCISE.
  • THE XI. EXERCISE
  • THE XII. EXERCISE.
    • An Act for a timerous, or scru∣pulous Conscience.
  • THE XIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIV. EXERCISE.
    • An Exercise of Deuotion to our Blissed Lady Mother of God.
    • An Exercse to the Holy Angells, and especiallye the Angell Guardian.
  • AN EXERCISE OF Deuotion.
    • Towards our Holy Father, and Re∣ligious founder S. Bennet.
• HAYLE IESVS. Or Acts vppon the life, and Passio of our Sauiour Isus-Christ.
  • THE FIRST EXERCISE.
  • THE II. EXERCISE.
  • THE III. EXERCISE.
  • THE IV. EXERCISE.
  • THE V. EXERCISE.
  • THE VI. EXERCISE
  • THE VII. EXERCISE.
  • THE VIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE IX. EXERCISE.
  • THE X. EXERCISE.
  • THE XI. EXERCISE.
  • THE XII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIII. EXERCISE.
  • The XIV. EXERCISE.
  • THE XV. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVI. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XVIII. EXERCISE.
  • THE XIX. EXERCISE.
  • THE XX. EXERCISE.
  • THE XXI. EXERCISE.
    • A Dittie to the same subiect.
• THE TOPP OF THE HEAVENLIE LADDER OR THE HIGHEST STEPPE of Prayer, and Per∣fection. And the progresse, and comple∣ment of the foreaid Practises, and Deuotions.
  • TRVE HAPPINESSE IN A Monasticall life.
  • THE XXI. CHAPTER. An Entrye, and good beginninge of a Spirituall iorney, shewinge how the soule is to be haue herselfe in∣teriorlye, and exteriorlye accord∣inge to the Example of a pilgrime goinge to Ierusalem.
  • THE XXII. CHAPTER. Of certayne temptations, and lettin∣gs, which soules haue from their spirituall enemies in their iorney to Spirituall Ierusalem, and of the remedie against the same.
  • THE XXIII. CHAPTER. Of a generall remedie against the temptation, and troubles, pro∣ceedinge from the flesh, the world, or the enemie.
• DEVOVT IDEOT.
• TO THE V. R MADAME CATHERINE GASCOIGNE MOST VVORTHY ABBESSE of the English Monasterie of our Ladies of Comfort in Cambray.