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Life and works of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux: Volume 4: Cantica Canticorum Eighty-Six Sermons On The Song Of Solomon

TABLE OF ST. BERNARD'S SERMONS ON THE SONG OF SONGS. SERMON PAGE I. The Title (Cant. i. i) 7 II. The Incarnation of Christ expected (Cant. i. i) 12 III. What it is to kiss the Feet, the Hand, and the Lips of the Lord (Cant i. 1) 17 IV. The threefold progress of the soul, arising from the kiss of the Foot, the Hand, and the Lips of the Lord (Cant i. 1 ) 21 V. Of the Four Orders of Spirits ; viz., the Spirit of God, of the Angels, of man, and of the beast (Cant. i. 1) 24 VI. Of the Supreme and Infinite Spirit, who is God ; and of the sense in which mercy and judgment are called the Feet of God (Cant. i. 1) 29 VII. Of the ardent love of the soul for God ; and of the care and attention that ought to be given to prayer and to psalmody (Cant. i. 1) 33 VIII. That the kiss of God is the Holy Spirit ; and that the Church asks for this kiss, that she may have the knowledge of the Holy Trinity (Cant i. 1) 38 IX. Of the breasts of the Bridegroom : of which the one is patience in waiting for the conversion of sinners ; the other, benignity in receiving them (Cant i. 2) 43 X. Of the three spiritual perfumes : namely, penitence, devotion, and piety (Cant. i. 2) 49 XI. Of two principal facts in hu

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