The Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection

Table of Contents

1. The Life of Alphonsus RodriguezThe Life of Alphonsus Rodriguez
2. The Translator to the ReaderThe Translator to the Reader
3. Alphonsus Rodriguez to the Society of JesusAlphonsus Rodriguez to the Society of Jesus

Volume I, the First Treatise: On the Esteem and Affection We Ought to Have for What- Ever Relates to Our Spiritual Advancement; and on Many Other Things Conducive to It

1. The Great Value We Ought to Set on Spiritual ThingsVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter I
2. What a Love and Ardent Desire of Perfection We Ought to HaveVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter II
3. That an Ardent Desire of Our Spiritual Advancement Is a Means and Disposition Most Proper for Obtaining Favours from GodVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter III
4. The More We Apply Ourselves to Spiritual Things, the More Earnestly Shall We Desire ThemVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter IV
5. That the Desire a Man Has of Becoming Perfect in Virtue, Ts a Great Mark that He Is in a State of GraceVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter V
6. That not to Advance in Virtue Ts to Go BackVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter VI
7. That a Good Means of Attaining Perfection Is to Continually Think on What We Are Deficient In—without Thinking on What We Have AcquiredVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter VII
8. To Aim at the Highest Things, Is Very Conducive to the Attainment of PerfectionVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter VIII
9. How Important Tt Is not to Neglect the Smallest ThingsVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter IX
10. Another Weighty Reason Which Shews How Extremely Requisite Tt Ts to Attach Importance to Small ThingsVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter X
11. That the Business and Concern of Our Spiritual Advancement Are to be Undertaken not Ina General, but in a Particular Manner; and of What Great Importance It 1s to Put in Execution the Good Intentions with Which God Inspires UsVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XI
12. In Order to Attain Perfection, We Should Never Deliberately Commit Any Fault, Nor be Remiss in Our Endeavours to Become PerfectVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XII
13. Of Three Other Means Which Conduce Very Much to Our Further Advancement in VirtueVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XIII
14. That We Should Behave Ourselves All Our Life-time in Religion, After the Same Manner We Did the First Day We Entered into UVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XIV
15. That It Is Very Advantageous to Consider and Often to Ask Ourselves, for What End We Entered into ReligionVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XV
16. Of Some Other Things Which May Contribute Much to Our Advancement in Virtue and PerfectiunVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XVI
17. Of the Perseverance We Ought to Have Tn VirtueVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XVII
18. Of Spiritual Exhortations, and What Ts Requisite to Derive Advantage from ThemVolume I, Treatise I, Chapter XVIII

Volume I, the Second Treatise: Of the Perfection of Our Ordinary Actions

1. That Our Advancement and Perfection Consist in Performing Well Our Ordinary ActionsVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter I
2. Perfection Consists in Such Easy Matters, that We Ought to be Extremely Encouraged to Labour to Attain TtVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter II
3. In What the Goodness and Perfection of Our Actions Consist, and Some Means to Help Us to Perform Them Well.;Volume I, Treatise II, Chapter III
4. That Another Means to Perform Our Actions Well, Is to Imagine Each One the Only One We Have to DoVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter IV
5. Another Means of Doing Our Actions Well, Is to Perform Each One as If It Were the Very Last Action of Our LifeVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter V
6. That to Perform Our Actions Well, We Ought to Think of the Present Day OnlyVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter VI
7. That Tt Is Exceeding Advantageous to Accustom Ourselves to Do All Our Actions Very WellVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter VII
8. Of How Great Importance It Is to a Religious not to Relax in the Way of VirtueVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter VIII
9. Of What Importance It Is, that Novices Employ Their Time Well, and Perform Their Religious Duties with Great Exactness, During Ther NoviceshipVolume I, Treatise II, Chapter IX

Volume I, the Third Treatise: Of the Integrity and Purity of Intention We Ought to Have in All Our Actions

1. That We Ought to Fly Vainglory in Our ActionsVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter I
2. In What the Malignity of Vainglory ConsistsVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter II
3. How Prejudicial Vainglory IsVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter III
4. That the Temptation of Vainglory Attacks not Only Those that Enter into the Way of Perfection, but Even Such as Are Most Advanced in ItVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter IV
5. That Those Who Labour for the Salvation of Their Neighbour Have More Reason Than Others to be Upon Their Guard Against VaingloryVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter V
6. Of Several Remedies Against VaingloryVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter VI
7. Of the End We Ought to Propose to Ourselves in Our ActionsVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter VII
8. What Is Requisite on Our Part, that We May Always Act with a Great Purity of IntentionVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter VIII
9. That Our Distractions and Remissness Ought not to be Ascribed to Our Exterior Occpuations, but to Our Negligence ThereinVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter IX
10. How Advantageous It Is to Perform Our Actions After the Manner Already DescribedVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter X
11. The Rectitude and Purity of Intention We Ought to Have Tn All Our Actions, More Fully ExplainedVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter XI
12. Several Marks to Know When We Act Purely for God, and When We Seek Ourselves in What We DoVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter XII
13. What Ts Requisite on Our Part to Obtain Every Day a Greater Purity of IntentionVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter XIII
14. Of Three Degrees of Perfection, by Which We May Elevate Ourselves to a Great Purity of Intention, and a Most Perfect Love of GodVolume I, Treatise III, Chapter XIV

Volume I, the Fourth Treatise: Of Union and Fraternal Charity

1. Of the Merit and Excellency of Union and Fraternal CharityVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter I
2. ¢ of the Necessity of Maintaining the Spirit of Union and Charity, and of the Manner of Doing SoVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter II
3. Certain Reasons Taken from Holy Scripture, Which Evince the Obligation We Are Under of Living in the Spirit of Union, &cVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter III
4. What This Union Is, Which We Ought to Have with Our BrethrenVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter IV
5. What Fraternal Charity Particularly Requires of Us, and the Most Proper Means of Preserving TVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter V
6. Of Two Other Things that Charity Still Requires of UsVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter VI
7. That We Ought to Feel and Testify a Great Esteem of Our Brethren; and Always Speak Well of ThemVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter VII
8. That We Ought to Abstain from Relating Anything that May Anger the Person to Whom We Relate ItVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter VIII
9. That Good and Fair Words Conduce Very Much to the Preservation of Charity; While the Contrary Tends to Tts DestructionVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter IX
10. That We Ought to Abstain from All Kind of Raillery, that May Offend Our Brother, or Give Him Any DispleasureVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter X
11. That We Ought to Abstain from Disputes and Contentions with Our Brethren, and Also from Reprehending ThemVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XI
12. Of the Sweetness We Ought to Have in Our Words and Actions, in Order to Acquit Ourselves Well of CharityVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XII
13. How We Ought to Behave Ourselves Towards Our Brethren, When There Has Happened Any Dispute in Which We Have Given Them Any Cause _ of UneasinessVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XIII
14. Three Things We Ought to Practise When Any One Has Given Us Any Subject of DiscontentVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XIV
15. Of Rash Judgments, and in What Their Heinousness Particularly ConsistsVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XV
16. Of the Roots and Causes Whence Rash Judgments Proceed, and the Remedies We Must Apply to ThemVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XVI
17. A Confirmation of the Foresaid Doctrine by ExamplesVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XVII
18. Of These Sorts of Particular Attachments and Friendships Which Are 7 to be ReprehendedVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XVIII
19. Of the Second Sort of Friendship We Ought to AvoidVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XIX
20. Of a Third Sort of Union, Very Prejudicial to ReligionVolume I, Treatise IV, Chapter XX

Volume I, the Fifth Treatise: Of Prayer

1. Of the Merit and Excellency of PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter I
2. Of the Necessity of PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter II
3. Of the Obligations We Have unto God, for Bestowing Upon Us So Easy, So Excellent, and So Necessary a Thing, as Prayer IsVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter III
4. Of Two Sorts of Mental PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter IV
5. An Explanation of Two Sorts of Prayer, Taken from Holy ScriptureVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter V
6. In Whitch This Doctrine Is‘more Particularly Explained and ConfirmedVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter VI
7. Of the Ordinary Sort of Mental PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter VII
8. Of the Necessity of MeditationVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter VIII
9. Of the Great Advantage We May Derive from Meditation; and How We Are to Perform TtVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter IX
10. Of Other Advantages Found in Prayer. -Volume I, Treatise V, Chapter X
11. Of the Method to be Observed in Prayer, and the Advancement to be Derived from TtVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XI
12. Of How Great Importance It Is to Dwell-upon These Acts and Affectionate Motions of the WillVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XII
13. An Answer to the Complaints of Such as Say They Are not Capable of MeditatingVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XIII
14. Two Advertisements, Which May Considerably Help Us to Make OurVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XIV
15. How We Are to Understand, that in Prayer We Must Take to Heart Those Things We Stand Most in Need Of, and Insist on Them Till We Have Obtained ThemVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XV
16. Of the Means of Exercising Ourselves a Long While in Prayer Upon the Same Subject; and of a Very Profitable Manner or Form of Prayer Which Is Made by Our Descending to ParticularsVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XVI
17. That We Must Meditate Deliberately on the Mysteries of the GospelVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XVII
18. That It Is Always in Our Power to Make Our Prayer Well, and to Derive _ Advantage from ItVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XVIII
19. Other Means of Making Our Mental Prayer WellVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XIX
20. That We Must Content Ourselves with the Form of Prayer I Have Now Spoken Of, and Neither be Afflicted, Nor Complain, When We Are not Raised by God to More Sublime PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XX
21. Of the Cause of Distractions in Prayer, and the Remedies to be Applied to ThemVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXI
22. Of Some Other Helps to Persevere with Attention and Respect in PrayerVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXII
23. Of the Great Comfort and Consolation that Those Who Are Subject to Distractions in Prayer Ought to HaveVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXIII
24. Of the Temptation of Sleep; Whence It Comes; and the Remedies We May Use to Overcome ItVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXIV
25. That Besides the Ordinary Times Allotted for Prayer, It Is Very Convenient to Take Some Other Time to Apply Ourselves ThereuntoVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXV
26. The Fruit We Ought to Reap from the Spiritual Ever CiseVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXVI
27. Of Some Advertisements Which Will Help Us to Derive Still Greater Advantage from the Spiritual ExerciseVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXVII
28. Of Spiritual Reading; How Important It Ts; How T Ts to be Done ProperlyVolume I, Treatise V, Chapter XXVIII

Volume I, the Sixth Treatise: Of the Presence of God

1. Of the Exercise of the Presence of God, and the Great Advantages Included ThereinVolume I, Treatise VI, Chapter I
2. In What the Exercise of Walking Always in God’s Presence ConsistsVolume I, Treatise VI, Chapter II
3. Of the Acts of the Will in Which This Exercise Chiefly Consists, and After What Manner They Are to be ProducedVolume I, Treatise VI, Chapter III
4. In Which This Exercise Is More Particularly Explained, and a Very Easy, Profitable, and Perfect Means Ts Prescribed, of Walking Always in the Presence of GodVolume I, Treatise VI, Chapter IV
5. How Different This Mode of Walking in the Presence of God Ts from Other Modes that Are Practised, and the Advantages that This Has Above All OthersVolume I, Treatise VI, Chapter V

Volume I, the Seventh Treatise: Of the Examen of Conscience

1. Of How Great Importance This Examen of Conscience IsVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter I
2. Upon What the Particular Examen Ought to be MadeVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter II
3. Two Very Important Advices to be Followed in Making Choice of a Proper Subject for the Particular ExamenVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter III
4. That the Particular Examen Must be Made Only on One Thing at a TimeVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter IV
5. How We Oughtto Divide the Examen, According to the Parts and Degrees of VirtuesVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter V
6. That We Ought not Readily Change the Matter of Our Particular Examen; and How Long Wt Is to be Continued on the Same SubjectVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter VI
7. How We Ought to Make Our Particular ExamenVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter VII
8. That in Our Examens We Must Chiefly Dwell Upon Making Acts of Sorrow for Our Faults and Resolutions of AmendmentVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter VIII
9. That It Ts Very Profitable to Add Some Penance to Our ExamenVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter IX
10. ‘Of the General Examen of ConscienceVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter X
11. That the Examen of Conscience Is a Means to Assist Us in Practising All Other Helps that Regard Our Spiritual Progress; and that the Reason Why We Profit So Little by I Ts, Because We Take not Sufficient Care to Make Tt WellVolume I, Treatise VII, Chapter XI

Volume I, the Eighth Treatise: Of Conformity to the Will of God

1. In Which Two Principles Are Established Concerning Conformity to the Will of GodVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter I
2. In Which the Second Truth or Principle Is More ParticularlyVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter II
3. Of the Great Advantages We Receive from a Conformity to the Will of GodVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter III
4. That a Perfect Conforming Ourselves to God’s Will Is to Enjoy Beatitude Upon EarthVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter IV
5. That There Ts No True Content but in God Alone: and that Wt Ts not to be Obtained by Any Other MeansVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter V
6. Ancther Proof that Conformity to the Will of God Ts a Means of ContentVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter VI
7. Of Some Other Advantages We Derive from Conformity to the Will of GodVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter VII
8. Wherein It Is Proved, by Several Examples, How Pleasing to God Conformity to the Divine Will IsVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter VIII
9. Of Some Other Helps that Will Make This Practice of Conformity More Sweet and Easy to UsVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter IX
10. Of God’s Fatherly and Special Providence Over Us; and the Filial Confidence We Are to Have in HimVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter X
11. Some Examples Taken from Holy Scripture, to Help Us to Attain Perfect Confidence in GodVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XI
12. How Profitable I Is to Join Prayer with This Exercise of Conformity, and How We Are to Descend to Particulars Till We Arrive to the Third Degree of ConformityVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XII
13. Of the Conformity a Religious Person Should Have to the Divine Will, So Asto Go and Live Tn What Part of the World Obedience Shall Assign HimVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XIII
14. Of the Indifference a Religious Is to Have for All Charges and Functions Wherein Obedience Employs HimVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XIV
15. Of the Conformity We Ought to Have to the Will of God in the Distribution of Natural Gifts and TalentsVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XV
16. Of the Conformity We Are to Have to the Will of Giod in Time of SicknessVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XVI
17. That During Our Sickness, We Are not to Repose Our Trust and Hope Tn the Assistance and Knowledge of Physicians, but in God Alone: and that We Are to Conform Ourselves to His Will, not Only as to the Sickness Tn General, but Also to Every and Each Particular PainfulVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XVII
18. What Has Been Said Tn the Preceding Chapter Ts Confirmed by ExamplesVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XVIII
19. Of the Conformity We Are to Have to the Will of God, as Well in Order So to Death as to LifeVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XIX
20. Some Reasons Why We May Lawfully and Piously Wish for DeathVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XX
21. What Has Been Said in the Preceding Chapter, Confirmed by ExamplesVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXI
22. Of the Conformity We Are to Have to the Wil of God in All Public CalamitiesVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXII
23. That a View of Our Sins, and a True Repentance, Help Us to Support with All Resignation Both General and Particular Ajjlictions Sent Us Srom GodVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXIII
24. The Conformity We Are to Have to the Will of God in Aridity of Prayer; and What We Understand by the Word AridityVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXIV
25. Wherein Are Fully Answered the Objections and Complaints of Those Who Are Troubled with Aridity and Desolations in PrayerVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXV
26. How We May Convert Aridities and Desolations into a Good Profitable PrayerVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXVI
27. Of Some Other Reasons that Ought to Move Us to Comfort Ourselves, and Conform to the Divine Will, in These Aridities and Desolations Wn PrayerVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXVII
28. That It Is Very Improper to Discontinue Prayer Upon Account of the Desolation and Aridities We Find ThereinVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXVIII
29. What Has Been Already Said Ts Confirmed by Divers ExamplesVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXIX
30. Of the Conformity We Ought to Have to the Will of God in the Participation of All Other Virtues and Supernatural GiftsVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXX
31. Of the Conformity We Are to Have Tate Wap Seb GiftsVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXXI
32. Of the Conformity and Union with God by the Means of a Perfect Love, and the Practice We Are to Observe Tn This EerciseVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXXII
33. How Much This Exercise Is Recommended To.us in Holy ScriptureVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXXIII
34. How We May Still Enlarge Upon This ExerciseVolume I, Treatise VIII, Chapter XXXIV

Front matter of Volume II

1. Alphonsus Rodriguez to the ReaderAlphonsus Rodriguez to the Reader

Volume II, the First Treatise: On Mortification,

1. That We Must Join Mortification to Prayer, to be a Help One to the OtherVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter I
2. In What Mortification Consists, and How Necessary Tt TsVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter II
3. That One of the Greatest Punishments God Inflicts Upon Man, Ts to Give Him Up to His Own Desires, and Permit Him to Follow His OwnVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter III
4. Of the Hatred of Ourselves, and of the Spirit of Mortification and Penance U& ProducesVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter IV
5. That Our Advancement in Perfection Depends Upon MortificationVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter V
6. That Mortification Is Peculiarly Necessary for Religious, but Above All, for Those Who Are Employed in the Exercises of Charity Towards Their NeighbourVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter VI
7. Of Two Sorts of Mortification and Penance. -Volume II, Treatise I, Chapter VII
8. That Mortification Is not a Hatred of Ourselves, but Rather a True Love of Our Soul, and Even of Our Body AlsoVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter VIII
9. That He Who Mortifies not Himself, Leads not the Life of a Christian, Nor Even Ofaman. —Volume II, Treatise I, Chapter IX
10. That There Is Less Pain and Trouble in Mortifying, Than in not Mortifying OurselvesVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter X
11. In Which I Begin to Treat of the Exercise of MortificationVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XI
12. How the Exercise of Mortification Ought to be Put in PracticeVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XII
13. Of Mortification in Lawful and in Different Things, as Also in Those that Are of ObligationVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XIII
14. That We Ought to Mortify Ourselves Chiefly in that Vice or PassionVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XIV
15. That We Must not Neglect the Mortifying Ourselves in Small Matters, and How Pleasing This Kind of Mortification Is unto God, and Useful Sor Our Advancement in PerfectionVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XV
16. That It Ts Very Dangerous to Neglect or Contemn Mortification in Small ThingsVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XVI
17. Three Very Important Admonitions Upon This SubjectVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XVII
18. That It Ts Always Necessary to Exercise Ourselves in Mortification; How Advanced Soever We be in VirtueVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XVIII
19. Of Two Sufficient Means to Render Mortification Sweet and Easy; Which Are the Grace of God and His Holy Love.,Volume II, Treatise I, Chapter XIX
20. Another Means to Render the Exercise of Mortification Sweet and Easy, Which Ts the Hope of Future RecompenseVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XX
21. What Has Been Said in the Preceding Chapter, Confirmed by Some ExamplesVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XXI
22. Another Help to Render the Practice of Mortification Very Easy; Which Is, the Example of Our Suffering SaviourVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XXII
23. Of the Three Degrees Ef MortificationVolume II, Treatise I, Chapter XXIII

Volume II, the Second Treatise: Modesty and Silence

1. How Necessary Modesty Is for the Edification and Profit of Our NeighbourVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter I
2. How Necessary Modesty Is for Our Own Particular AdvancementVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter II
3. Of the Error of Those Who Make Little Account of This Exterior Modesty, as not Being Essential to PerfectionVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter III
4. Of the Profit and Advantage of SilenceVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter IV
5. That Silence Is a Very Great Help to PrayerVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter V
6. That Silence Ts One of the Chief Means to Obtain Perfection. ~Volume II, Treatise II, Chapter VI
7. That Modesty, Recollection, and Silence, Do not Make Us Melancholy, but Rather Pleasant and AgreeableVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter VII
8. What Is to be Observed in SpeakingVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter VIII
9. Of DetractionVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter IX
10. We Are Never to Give Ear to DetractionVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter X
11. Against LyingVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter XI
12. That a Religious Ought to Abstain from All Kind of Bantering and RailleryVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter XII
13. That All Our Entertainments and Discourses Ought to be of God; How We Are to Make Them SoVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter XIII
14. Another Weighty Reason, that Proves the Great Importance of Conversing on Spiritual SubjectsVolume II, Treatise II, Chapter XIV

Volume II, the Third Treatise: On Humility

1. Excellence and Necessity of HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter I
2. That Humility Is the Foundation of All Other VirtuesVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter II
3. A View of the Principal Virtues, to Shew More Particularly How Humility Ts the Foundation of Them AllVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter III
4. That They Whose Profession It Is to Labour for the Salvation of Others, Have Particular Need of Humility,Volume II, Treatise III, Chapter IV
5. Of the First Degree of Humility, Which Is to Have an Humble Opinion of One’s SelfVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter V
6. Of the Knowledge of One’s Self, Whick Is the Source of Humility, andVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter VI
7. The Consideration of Our Sins Is Very Proper to Make Us Know Ourselves and Acquire HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter VII
8. How We Are to Exercise Ourselves in the Knowledge of Ourselves, So as not to Lose Courage and Con, EeVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter VIII
9. Of the Advantages Found in the Exercise of Self-knowledgeVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter IX
10. That the Knowledge of One’s Self, Instead of Making Us Lose Courage, Adds New StrengthVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter X
11. Some Other Advantages Which Accompany Self-knowledgeVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XI
12. Of What Importance Is It to Practise the Knowledge of OurselvesVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XII
13. Of the Second Degree of Humility, and in What It ConsistsVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XIII
14. The Steps We Must Ascend By, in Order to Attain the Second Degree of HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XIV
15. Of the Fourth Step, Which Is to Wish to be Despised and to ‘Rejoice ThereatVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XV
16. That the Perfection of Humility and of All Other Virtues, Consists in Performang the Acts Thereof with Pleasure; and of How Great Importance This Is for Our Perseverance in Virtue,Volume II, Treatise III, Chapter XVI
17. ‘Wherein Is More Particularly Explained, What that Perfection 1s, Which We Must Try to Raise Ourselves To, in This Second Degree of HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XVII
18. Of Some Means Which May be Made Use of to Attain This Second Degree of Humility, and Particularly of the Ecample of Jesus ChristVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XVIII
19. Of Some Reflections, Which May Serve to Make Us HumbleVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XIX
20. Of Some Other Human Considerations Which May Help to Make UsVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XX
21. That a Most Sure Way to Gain the Esteem of Men, T3 to Become Virtuous and HumbleVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXI
22. That Humility Is the Means to Acquire Inward Peace of Mind, and that We Cannot Have Peace Without HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXII
23. Another More Efficacious Way to Acquire the Virtue of Humility; Which Is, to Practise ItVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXIII
24. The Preceding Doctrine Confirmed by Some ExamplesVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXIV
25. The Exercises of Humility, Which Are Practised Ameng Us of the SocietyVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXV
26. That We Must Beware of Saying Any Thing that May Tend to Our; Own PraiseVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXVI
27. How We Are to Exercise Ourselves in the Second Degree of Humility, by Means of PrayerVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXVII
28. How the Partienlar Examen of the Virtue of Humility Ta to be MadeVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXVIII
29. Humility Compatible with the Desire of ReputationVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXIX
30. The Third Degree of HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXX
31. In What the Third Degree of Humility Consists,Volume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXI
32. A More Ample Explanation of the Same SubjectVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXII
33. A Further Explanation of the Third Degree of Humility; and Whence at Comes, that They Who Are Truly Humble Stall Look Upon Themselves as the Least and Worst of AllVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXIII
34. How Just and Holy Men, May with Truth Look Upon Themselves, as the - Worst and Last of Men; and Style Themselves the Greatest Sinners In: the World. |Volume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXIV
35. That the Third Degree of Humility Ts a Means to Overcome All Kind of Temptations, and to Acquire All Virtues in PerfectionVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXV
36. That Humility Ts not Contrary to Magnanimity, but Is the Source and Foundation ThereofVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXVI
37. Of Several Other Great Advantages, Which Are Found in the Third Degree of HumilityVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXVII
38. Of the Great Favours God Confers Upon the Humble, and Why He Raises Them So HighVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXVIII
39. How Important It Is to Have Recourse to Humility, Thereby to Supply What We Otherwise Stand in Need Of, and to Hinder God from Humbling and Chastising UsVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XXXIX
40. A Confirmation of the Foregoing Doctrine by Some ExamplesVolume II, Treatise III, Chapter XL

Volume II, the Fourth Treatise: On Temptations

1. That We Are All in This Life Exposed to TemptationVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter I
2. That Some Are Tempted at the Beginning of Their Conversion and Others AfterwardsVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter II
3. Why God Is Pleased at Our Being Tempted, and the Advantages ThereofVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter III
4. Of Some Other Advantages Which Temptations Bring with ThemVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter IV
5. That Temptations Serve to Make Us the More Sensible of Our Weakness, and to Have Recourse to GodVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter V
6. That the Just Are Proved, and Purified by Temptations; and that Virtue Thereby Takes the Deeper RootVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter VI
7. That Temptations Serve to Make Us More Careful and FerventVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter VII
8. That the Saints and Servants of God, not Only Did not Afflict Themselves at Temptations, but on the Contrary Rejoiced; Because of the Profit They Derived from ThemVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter VIII
9. That Temptation Serves Both to Instruct Ourselves and OthersVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter IX
10. The Remedies for Temptations, and First that We Must Keep Up Our Courage, and be Joyful in ThemVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter X
11. That the Devil Is Able to Do but Very Little Against UsVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XI
12. That # Ts a Great Help in Temptations to Think that We Fight in God’s PresenceVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XII
13. Of Two Reasons Which May Excite Us, to Fight with Confidence and Courage in TemptationVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XIII
14. That God Permits None to be Tempted Above Their Strength, and Therefore We Ought not to be Discouraged, How Long or Violent Soever the Temptation May Happen to beVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XIV
15. A Good Means of Overcoming Temptations Is to Diffide in Ourselves, andVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XV
16. That Prayer Is a Powerful Remedy Against Temptation; Some Short and Fervent Prayers Proper to be Made in Time of TemptationVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XVI
17. Of Two Other Remedies Against TemptationsVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XVII
18. Two Other Important Remedies; Viz.: to Crush Temptations in the Beginning, and to Avoid IdlenessVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XVIII
19. Temptations that Disguise Themselves to Us, Under the Appearance of Good. to Know Them Well, 13 a Great Remedy Against All Sorts of TemptationsVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XIX
20. How We Ought to Behave Ourselves, in Temptations Against Faith and Purity; and What Remedies We Ought to Make Use ofVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XX
21. That According to the Difference of Temptations, We Must Help Ourselves with Different Means to Resist ThemVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XXI
22. Of Several Very Profitable Directions for the Time of TemptationVolume II, Treatise IV, Chapter XXII

Volume II, the Fifth Treatise: On Disokderly Affections for Our Relations

1. How Much It Imports a Religious to Abstain from Paying Visits to His RelationsVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter I
2. That a Religious Ought to Avoid, Far as in His Power, Visits from His Relations, and Correspondence with Them by LettersVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter II
3. That a Religious Ought not to Return to His Native Place, Even Though It Were to Preach ThereVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter III
4. That a Religious Otight Most Particularly Abstain from Interfering in the Temporal Concerns of His FamilyVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter IV
5. The Doctrine of the Preceding Chapter, Confirmed by ExamplesVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter V
6. Other Evils, Occasioned by Our Too Great Affection for Our Relations.— Jesus Christ Himself Warns Us HereofVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter VI
7. Disorderly Affection for Relations Sometimes Disguises Itself, Under Pretexts of Duty and Piety; the Remedy to be Applied TheretoVolume II, Treatise V, Chapter VII

Volume II, the Sixth Treatise: On Joy and Sadness

1. The Great Evils Occasioned by SadnessVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter I
2. That We Ought to Serve God with Joy—reasons that Oblige Us to Do SoVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter II
3. That the Small Faults into Which We Fall, Ought not to Make Us Lose Our Cheerfulness and Contentment of MindVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter III
4. Of the Causes and Remedies of SadnessVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter IV
5. That Prayer Ts an Excellent Remedy Against SadnessVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter V
6. That Sadness Ts Produced by Tepidity in God’s Service. What Joy a Good Conscience GivesVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter VI
7. That There Is a Laudable and Holy SadnessVolume II, Treatise VI, Chapter VII

Volume II, the Seventh Treatise: On the Advantages and Infinite Treasures We Possess in Jesus — Christ. How We Are to Meditate Upon the Mysteries of His Passion—-what Fruit We Ought to Reap from Thence

1. The Advantages and Infinite Treasures We Possess in Jesus ChristVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter I
2. How Profitable and How Pleasing to God It Ts, to Meditate Upon theVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter II
3. How We Ought to Meditate Upon the Passion of Jesus Christ.— the Motions of Compassion Ut Ought to Excite in UsVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter III
4. That Sorrow and Contrition for Our Sins, Is One of the Fruits We Ought to Reap from Meditating on the Sufferings of Our SaviourVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter IV
5. Third Affection—the Love of GodVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter V
6. The Affection of Gratitude to GodVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter VI
7. Of the Affections.of Admiration and HopeVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter VII
8. Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, Which Is the Chief Advantage We Ought to Derive from the Meditation of His Life and PassionVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter VIII
9. In Which Is Confirmed by Examples, How Pleasing Tt Is to God, that We Meditate on the Sufferings of Jesus ChristVolume II, Treatise VII, Chapter IX

Volume II, the Eighth Treatise: On Holy Communion, and the Sacrifice of the Mass

1. Of the Exceeding Great Love God Has Shewn Us, in Tnstituting the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, and of the Inestimable Benefits: Contained ThereinVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter I
2. Adorable Wonders, that Faith Teaches Us, Concerning the Blessed Sacrament of the EucharistVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter II
3. The Preparation We Ought to Bring with Us, When We Approach This Divine SacramentVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter III
4. That We Must Approach Holy Communion with Great Purity of Soul, not Only in Regard to Mortal Sins, but Even to the Least Venial FaultsVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter IV
5. Another Disposition, and a More Particular Preparation, for Approaching This Divine SacramentVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter V
6. Some Other Pious Considerations, that May Help Us to Prepare for Holy CommunionVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter VI
7. What We Are to Do After Communion, and What Our Thanksgiving After It, Ought to beVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter VII
8. Another Kind of ThanksgivingVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter VIII
9. The Fruit We Ought to Reap from Holy CommunionVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter IX
10. That Frequent Communion, Ts a Great Remedy Against All Sorts of Temptations, and that I Helps in a Most Particular Manner to Preserve ChastityVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter X
11. Another Fruit We Ought to Reap from Communion, Which Is, to Unite Ourselves to Jesus Christ, and to Transform Ourselves into HimVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XI
12. Another Fruit We Ought to Reap from Holy Communion, Which Is, to Resign Ourselves Entirely into God’s Hands. of the Manner Wherein We Ought to Prepare Ourselves, in Order to Obtain It, and of the Thanksgiving We Ought Afterwards to Make,Volume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XII
13. Whence It Is that Many Persons Who Often Approach the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Feel not Those Wonderful Effects Which Tt Ordinarily WorksVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XIII
14. Of the Holy Sacrifice of the MassVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XIV
15. How We Areto Hear MassVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XV
16. Some Examples to Shew the Advantages of Hearing Mass Every DayVolume II, Treatise VIII, Chapter XVI

Volume III, the First Treatise: On the End for Which the Society of Jesus Was Instituted. the Means Which Are Conducive to This End; and Which Regard Religious in General

1. Of the End and Institution of the Society of JesusVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter I
2. What a Glorious Enterprise It Is to Labour for the Salvation of Souls— How Precious and Meritorious This Labour IsVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter II
3. That This Pious Enterprise Regards the Whole Society in General, and that Even Those Who Are not Priests Have a Part in TVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter III
4. That to Labour Profitably for the Salvation of Souls, It Ts Necessary a Jirst to be Well Grounded in VirtueVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter IV
5. That the Care of the Advancement of Our Neighbour, Ought not to Render Us Negligent in What Regards Our Own, but on the Contrary It Ought to Oblige Us More Seriously to Apply Ourselves to ItVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter V
6. : that We Ought to Take Care not to Fall into Another Extreme, Which TsVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter VI
7. Some Remedies Against Timidity of Those Who Dare not Engage in the Employments of Charity Lest They Should Thereby Lose Their Own SoulVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter VII
8. Of the Means to Produce Fruit in Souls. —of Sanctity of Life, Which Is the First MeansVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter VIII
9. Of Prayer, Which Is the Second Means to Produce Fruit in SoulsVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter IX
10. The Third Means of Producing Fruit in Our Neighbour Ts a Great Zeal for Their SalvationVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter X
11. The Same Subject ContinuedVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XI
12. Three Things Which Contribute Very Much to Give Us This ZealVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XII
13. What Zeal Is Pleasing, and What Ts Displeasing to GodVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XIII
14. Another Means of Succeeding in Our Ministry Is, to Regard Only What Belongs to the Soul, Without Letting Ourselves be Influenced by Outward Appearances.;Volume III, Treatise I, Chapter XIV
15. Another Means to Produce Fruit in Souls Is, not to Confide in Ourselves, but to Put Our Whole Confidence in GodVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XV
16. That Confidence in God Is Another Very Efficacious Means to Obtain Javours from HimVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XVI
17. The Want of Confidence Is Very Displeasing to GodVolume III, Treatise I, Chapter XVII
18. That We Ought not to be Discouraged, Though We Perceive We Produce Very Little or No Fruit in Souls,Volume III, Treatise I, Chapter XVIII

Volume III, the Second Treatise: On the Three Principal Vows of Religion——the Advantages of a Religious State,

1. That the Perfection of a Religious Consists in an Exact Observance of the Vows of Poverty, Chastity, and ObedienceVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter I
2. Why We Bind Ourselves by Vow to These Three VirtuesVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter II
3. - Other Advantages Derived from the Obligation of VowsVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter III
4. Why the Oblation We Make of Ourselves to God in Religion by Means of Vows, Is Styled by the Saints a Second Baptism and a MartyrdomVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter IV
5. That the Obligation We Contract by the Vows of Religion, So Far from Diminishing Our Liberty, Renders It More PerfectVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter V
6. The Great Advantages of Religion—the Obligation We Have to Giod for Having Called Us to TtVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter VI
7. A Continuation of the Same SubjectVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter VII
8. The Renewing of Vows, Which Is a Custom Practised Amongst Us.— Lhe Fruit Which May be Reaped from ItVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter VIII
9. A Continuation of the Same SubjectVolume III, Treatise II, Chapter IX

Volume III, the Third Treatise: The Vow of Poverty

1. That the Vow of Poverty Is the Foundation of Evangelical PerfectionVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter I
2. Of the Greatness of the Reward God Bestows Upon the Poor in SpiritVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter II
3. That God Rewards the Poor in Spirit, not Only in the Other Life, but in * This AlsoVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter III
4. In What True Poverty ConsistsVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter IV
5. Of the Fault of Some Religious, Who in Religion Place Their Affection Upon Trifles, Having Left Considerable Estates in the WorldVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter V
6. Of the Three Different Degrees of PovertyVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter VI
7. « Means to Acquire and Preserve Poverty of SpiritVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter VII
8. Another Efficacious Help to Obtain and Preserve This Poverty of SpiritVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter VIII
9. What Has Been Said in the Preceding Chapter, Ws Confirmed by Several Examples,Volume III, Treatise III, Chapter IX
10. The Obligation of the Vow of PovertyVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter X
11. How Far Tt Ts Against the Vow of Poverty to Give or Receive Without Permission, Anything, Though Even Tt Should not Belong to the HouseVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter XI
12. A Solution of Some Difficulties Which Relate to the Vow of PovertyVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter XII
13. An Objection Is Answered, and Thereby This Subject 1s More Clearly Elucidated. /Volume III, Treatise III, Chapter XIII
14. That the Vow of Poverty Obliges Under Pain of Mortal SinVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter XIV
15. Whether a Religious Can, Without Leave of His Supertor, Receive Money Tn Order to Do Works of Charity with It; and What Those Cases Are, Wherein He Would Sin Against His Vow of Poverty by Doing SoVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter XV
16. Some Examples in Confirmation of What Has Been SaidVolume III, Treatise III, Chapter XVI

Volume III, the Fourth Treatise: On Chastity

1. Of the Excellency of Chastity, and the Degrees by Which We Ought to Raise Ourselves to Perfection in This VirtueVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter I
2. That to Live Chaste, We Must Necessarily Mortify Ourselves, and Keep a Strict Watch Over Our Senses, Particularly Our EyesVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter II
3. That We Ought to be Very Nice and Careful, Even Tn the Least Thing Which Relates to ChastityVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter III
4. _ that the Least Offence Against Chastity Ts to be Told in ConfessionVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter IV
5. Of the Nature of Love; How Violent and Dangerous @ Passion It I=— How Much We Ought to Dread ItVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter V
6. Certain Remedies Against Temptations to ImpurityVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter VI
7. That Penance and Mortification of Our Flesh Ts a Very Good Remedy Against All Temptations to ImpurityVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter VII
8. Several Other Remedies Against Temptations to ImpurityVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter VIII
9. That the Fear of God Is the Most Sovereign Remedy Against Temptations to ImpurityVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter IX
10. The Advantages Which Flow from the Fear of GodVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter X
11. The Preceding Doctrine Confirmed by ExamplesVolume III, Treatise IV, Chapter XI

Volume III, the Fifth Treatise: On Obedience,

1. Excellency of the Virtue of ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter I
2. Of the Necessity of ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter II
3. ~ of the First Degree of ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter III
4. Of the Second Degree of Obedience,Volume III, Treatise V, Chapter IV
5. Of the Third Degree of ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter V
6. Blind ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter VI
7. Obedience in Spiritual MattersVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter VII
8. What Has Been Said in This Treatise Confirmed by Several ExamplesVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter VIII
9. Whence Proceeds that Opposition We Find in Our Judgment to the Orders of ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter IX
10. The Explanation of St. Paul’s Three Arguments for ObedienceVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter X
11. That to Look on Your Superior as on Jesus Christ Himself, Is an Excellent Means to Obtain Obedience in PerfectionVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XI
12. That to Acquire This Virtue, We Must Obey Our Superior as Christ HimselfVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XII
13. Of Other Advantages Which Arise from Obeying the Superior as We Would Christ HimselfVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XIII
14. That God Looks on Disobedience and Disrespect to @ Supertor as an Injury Done to HimselfVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XIV
15. That Obedience Does not Hinder Us from Representing Our Difficulties to the Superior: the Manner of Doing ItVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XV
16. Of Too Much Solicitude for the Things Which Relate to the Body, and How Necessary It Ts to Avoid All Singularity in This PointVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XVI
17. An Objection AnsweredVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XVII
18. The Preceding Dectrine Confirmed by Several ExamplesVolume III, Treatise V, Chapter XVIII

Volume III, the Sixth Treatise: On the Observance of Rules

1. Of the Favours God Has Bestowed on Religious, by Guarding and For-. Tifying Them with Rules. |Volume III, Treatise VI, Chapter I
2. That Our Perfection Consists in the Observance of Our RulesVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter II
3. That Though Our Rules Do not Oblige Under Pain of Sin, Yet We Ought Observe Them ExactlyVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter III
4. The Levity of the Matter Commanded by the Rule Is No Excuse for Our Violating It. This Circumstance, on the Contrary, Renders Us More Inexcusable, ~Volume III, Treatise VI, Chapter IV
5. How Dangerous a Thing Tt Ts to Contemn Our Rules, Though but in Small ThingsVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter V
6. The Great Advantages Derived from an Exact Observance of Rules Even in the Least ThingsVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter VI
7. The Preceding Doctrine Confirmed by ExamplesVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter VII
8. Some Other Causes of the Non-observance of Rules.—the Remedy that May be Applied ThereuntoVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter VIII
9. Some Other Means Which May Contribute to an Exact Observance of Our RulesVolume III, Treatise VI, Chapter IX

Volume III, the Seventh Treatise: On the Fidelity Which All Ought to Have in Laying Open the Bottom of Their Heart and Conscience to Their Superiors and Ghostly Fathers

1. How Necessary It Is to Make Ourselves Known to Superiors Exactly as We AreVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter I
2. That Great Comfort and Repose of Mind Is Produced by Keeping Nothing Hid from Our Superior or Ghostly Father: of Several Other Advantages Derived from This PracticeVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter II
3. To Lay Open Our Hearts to Our Superior or Ghostly Father, Ts A@ Most Excellent Remedy Against TemptationsVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter III
4. That We Ought not Neglect to Discover Our Temptations to Our Ghostly Father Under Pretence that We Already Know the Remedies He Will Counsel Us to Make Use ofVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter IV
5. That We Must Never Omit Discovering Anything to Our Ghostly Jather Under Pretence that I Ts InconsiderableVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter V
6. A Solution of the Difficulties Which Might Hinder Us from Giving an Exact Account of Our InteriorVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter VI
7. An Answer to the Principal Difficulty Which Usually Hinders Us from Sreely Discovering Ourselves to Our SuperiorVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter VII
8. Another Answer to the Aforesaid DifficultyVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter VIII
9. That We Are Under Great Obligations to God for Having Rendered This Account of Conscience Amongst Us So Easy: the Cause of This FucilityVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter IX
10. In What Manner We Are to Render an Account of ConscienceVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter X
11. An Answer to Several Difficulties Resulting from What Has Been Said in the Preceding ChaptersVolume III, Treatise VII, Chapter XI

Volume III, the Eighth Treatise: On Fraternal Correction

1. That Correction Is a Mark of Charity: How Useful Tt IsVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter I
2. That It 13 Pride Which Hinders Us from Receiving Corrections So Well as We OughtVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter II
3. Of the Inconveniences Resulling from not Receiving Correction in Good PartVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter III
4. Of How Great Importance It Is to Receive Correction WellVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter IV
5. What Has Been Said in the Foregoing Chapter Confirmed by ExamplesVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter V
6. Of the Rule that Obliges Us Presently to Discover to Our Superior the Faults of Our BrethrenVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter VI
7. Some Important Admonitions Concerning This MatterVolume III, Treatise VIII, Chapter VII