Treatise on the Love of God |
Contents
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How much God desires we should love | 83 |
How we oftentimes repulse the inspiration and refuse to love | 89 |
Of the first sentiments of love which divine inspirations cause | 98 |
Of the sentiment of the divine love which is had by faith | 104 |
That love is exercised in penitence and first that there | 112 |
How holy benevolence produces the praise of the divine well | 217 |
How we practise the love of benevolence in the praises which | 224 |
BOOK VI | 231 |
A description of contemplation and of the first difference that | 239 |
That contemplation is made without labour which is the third | 247 |
Of the repose of a soul recollected in her wellbeloved | 254 |
Of the outflowing escoulement or liquefaction of the soul | 265 |
Of some other means by which holy love wounds the heart | 272 |
How our Saviours loving attractions assist and accompany | 121 |
BOOK III | 127 |
That we cannot attain to perfect union with God in this | 143 |
A preparation for the discourse on the union of the blessed | 150 |
Of the eternal union of the blessed spirits with God in | 157 |
That there shall be different degrees of the union of | 163 |
OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY | 165 |
How we forsake divine love for that of creatures | 171 |
That we ought to acknowledge all the love we bear to God | 178 |
BOOK V | 196 |
Of the loving condolence by which the complacency of love | 207 |
How the desire to exalt and magnify God separates us from | 215 |
OF THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH HER GOD WHICH | 281 |
PAGR | 298 |
Of those who died by and for divine love | 310 |
That the most sacred Virgin Mother of God died of love | 318 |
BOOK VIII | 325 |
Of the conformity of our will to that will of Gods which | 334 |
That the contempt of the evangelical counsels is a great | 343 |
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Of the union of mans will with Gods in those inspirations which | 356 |
A short method to know Gods will | 362 |
Of the uniou of our will to the goodpleasure of God by indiffer | 375 |
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according actions acts admirable Æschylus affections agreeable amongst angels Apostle appetite Aristotle aspire Augustine beauty behold beloved benevolence Blessed Book Bossuet called Cant cause CHAPTER charity Church complacency concupiscence consent contrary Council of Trent creatures dear Theotimus death delight desire devout dilection divine love divine providence draw Epictetus eternal excellent exercise faith Father favour feel Francis give glory God's grace Gregory Nazianzen heart heaven Holy Ghost holy love honour hope human inclination incomparable inferior infinite inspiration Jesus kiss knowledge light live Lord Louis of Granada lover mercy mother motion movement natural never ourselves Pachomius passions penitence perfect pleasure practised praise pray prayer prayer of quiet reason receive repentance sacred love Saint salvation Saviour sense sensual soul sovereign sovereignly speak spirit spouse supernatural sweetness thee things thou tion Treatise true truly truth understanding union unto venial sin virtue well-beloved whence wish word
Popular passages
Page 187 - O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God ! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
Page 257 - Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled about many things; but, one thing is necessary; Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 377 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 78 - And he is the head of the body, the church : who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Page 128 - He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.
Page 314 - Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Page 77 - He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.
Page 92 - God did not deprive thee of the operation of His love, but thou didst deprive His love of thy co-operation. God would never have rejected thee if thou hadst not rejected His love. O all-good God! Thou dost not forsake unless forsaken, Thou never takest away Thy gifts till we take away our hearts.