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Manual for interior souls: a collection of unpublished writings

CONTENTS. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE ABBE' GROU xi I. ON TRUE AND SOLID DEVOTION 1 II. ON WHAT TRUE VIRTUE IS 6 III. ON THE MEANS OF ATTAINING TRUE AND SOLID VIRTUE 13 IV. ON THE NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST 18 V. ON THE VIOLENCE WE MUST USE TOWARDS OURSELVES 25 VI. ON THE CROSS 31 VII. ON THE TRUE LIBERTY OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD 38 VIII. ON THE STRENGTH WE HAVE OF OURSELVES, AND OUR STRENGTH IN GOD 45 IX. ON THE CONDUCT OF GOD WITH REGARD TO THE SOUL 51 X. ON THE FEAR OF GOD 57 XI. ON HOLINESS 63 XII. ON COMMERCE : AS A FIGURE OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE 69 XIII. HOW GOD IS ALL, AND THE CREATURE IS NOTHING 75 XIV. ON WHAT GOD ASKS OF US, AND WHAT WE MUST ASK OF GOD 81 XV. ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF TIME 88 XVI. ON THE BLINDNESS OF MAN 95 XVII. ON THE WEAKNESS AND CORRUPTION OF THE HUMAN HEART 101 XVIII. ON THE THkEE WORDS WHICH WERE SAID TO SAINT ARSENIUS — FLY : KEEP SILENCE : REST 108 XIX. ON FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS 115 XX. ON THE PROFIT WE OUGHT TO DERIVE FROM OUR FAULTS 121 XXI. ON THE DIRECTOR 127 XXII. ON THE SPIRIT OF FAITH 134 XXIII. ON THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR 140 XXIV. ON THE WORLD 147 XXV. ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN 153 XXVI. ON THE HUMAN HEART 160 XXVII. ON TEMPTATIONS 167 XXVIII. ON WHA

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