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confidence_n unbosom_v the_o thing_n belong_v to_o his_o conscience_n and_o give_v account_v as_o he_o be_v oblige_v of_o each_o thing_n that_o pass_v in_o the_o interior_a of_o his_o soul_n and_o god_n who_o best_o know_v to_o choose_v the_o fit_a mean_n to_o bring_v his_o end_n about_o have_v design_v the_o publish_n of_o this_o life_n whereby_o to_o leave_v to_o all_o faithful_a man_n a_o pattern_n of_o perfect_a a_o christian_n do_v so_o dispose_v of_o thing_n that_o this_o his_o director_n dwell_v for_o several_a year_n out_o of_o paris_n he_o be_v oblige_v to_o acquaint_v he_o by_o letter_n with_o his_o interior_a disposition_n they_o become_v by_o this_o mean_n much_o more_o perfect_o discover_v unto_o we_o than_o any_o otherway_v they_o can_v and_o last_o we_o be_v indeed_o uncapable_a of_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o a_o man_n interior_a but_o by_o his_o own_o declaration_n and_o that_o which_o we_o understandin_fw-mi saint_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o yet_o make_v up_o the_o 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that_o my_o intent_n and_o design_n in_o set_v forth_o this_o work_n be_v that_o the_o matter_n thereof_o shall_v be_v no_o otherwise_o understand_v than_o as_o ground_v upon_o the_o testimony_n and_o faith_n of_o man_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o h._n church_n and_o that_o by_o the_o name_n of_o saint_n which_o i_o several_a time_n attribute_v to_o mounseur_fw-fr renty_n i_o mean_v only_o that_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o virtue_n far_o exceed_v the_o common_a sort_n and_o do_v use_v this_o word_n only_o in_o that_o sense_n that_o s._n paul_n give_v it_o to_o all_o the_o faithful_a and_o not_o to_o put_v he_o in_o the_o number_n of_o saint_n canonize_v which_o to_o do_v belong_v only_o to_o the_o holy_a sea_n a_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n and_o section_n part_n i._o chap._n 1._o his_o birth_n infancy_n and_o youth_n page_n 1_o chap._n 2._o his_o marriage_n and_o course_n of_o life_n to_o the_o age_n of_o 27_o year_n page_n 10_o chap._n 3._o his_o entire_a change_n and_o call_v to_o high_a perfection_n page_n 17_o chap._n 4._o his_o virtue_n in_o general_a page_n 24_o chap._n 5._o the_o source_n from_o whence_o those_o virtue_n flow_v page_n 30_o part_n ii_o chap._n 1._o his_o penance_n and_o austerity_n 37_o chap._n 2._o his_o poverty_n of_o spirit_n 47_o sect._n 1._o his_o outward_a poverty_n 48_o chap._n 3._o his_o humility_n 54_o sect._n 1._o his_o humility_n of_o heart_n 58_o sect._n 2._o the_o pursuit_n of_o his_o humility_n of_o heart_n 67_o sect._n 3_o his_o humility_n in_o his_o word_n 77_o sect._n 4._o his_o humility_n in_o his_o action_n 75_o sect._n 5._o his_o love_n of_o a_o private_a and_o retire_a life_n 84_o chap._n 4._o the_o disesteem_v he_o make_v of_o the_o world_n 88_o chap._n 5._o his_o partience_n 94_o sect._n 1._o a_o pursuit_n of_o the_o same_o subject_n 100_o sect._n 2._o his_o domestic_a cross_n 107_o chap._n 6._o his_o mortification_n 112_o part_n iii_o chap._n 1._o his_o application_n to_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o neighbour_n 121_o chap._n 2._o his_o charity_n to_o his_o neighbour_n in_o general_a 126_o sect._n 1._o his_o charity_n to_o the_o poor_a 133_o sect._n 2._o his_o charity_n to_o poor_a sick_a man_n 140_o sect._n 3_o more_o concern_v the_o same_o charity_n and_o the_o success_n thereof_o 145_o sect._n 4._o his_o zeal_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o neighbour_n 150_o sect._n 5._o more_o of_o the_o same_o subject_n 154_o sect._n 6._o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o same_o subject_n 167_o sect._n 7._o certain_a other_o quality_n of_o his_o zeal_n 173_o sect._n 8._o two_o other_o quality_n of_o his_o zeal_n 179_o sect._n 9_o the_o success_n which_o god_n give_v to_o his_o zeal_n 186_o sect._n 10._o his_o grace_n in_o assist_v particular_o certain_a choice_n soul_n 193_o sect._n 11._o his_o great_a skill_n in_o interior_a matter_n of_o the_o soul_n 199_o chap._n 2._o his_o outward_a behaviour_n and_o conversation_n 209_o chap._n 3._o the_o conduct_n of_o his_o business_n 215_o chap._n 4._o the_o excellent_a use_n he_o make_v of_o all_o thing_n and_o the_o application_n he_o make_v to_o the_o infancy_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o that_o purpose_n 228_o sect._n 1._o a_o pursuit_n of_o the_o same_o subject_n 235_o part_n iv_o chap._n 1._o his_o interior_a and_o his_o application_n to_o the_o sacred_a trinity_n 244_o chap._n 2._o his_o faith_n 250_o chap._n 3._o his_o hope_n 255_o chap._n 4._o his_o love_n to_o god_n 259_o chap._n 5._o his_o great_a reverence_n and_o fear_n of_o god_n which_o wrought_v in_o he_o a_o wonderful_a purity_n of_o conscience_n 271_o chap._n 6._o his_o great_a reverence_n to_o holy_a thing_n 276_o chap._n 7._o his_o devotion_n to_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n 267_o chap._n 8._o his_o prayer_n and_o contemplation_n 292_o chap._n 9_o the_o state_n of_o his_o mystical_a death_n
and_o annihilation_n 312_o sect._n 1._o more_o of_o the_o same_o subject_n 317_o sect._n 2._o continuation_n of_o the_o same_o subject_n 328_o chap._n 10._o of_o his_o corporal_a death_n 335_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o work_n how_o we_o ought_v to_o read_v the_o live_v of_o saint_n 346_o errata_fw-la page_n 88_o l._n ult_n for_o some_o read_v from_o p._n 90._o l._n 2._o for_o a_o boot_n of_o hay-rope_n r._n a_o bottle_n of_o hay_n p._n 91._o l._n 15._o for_o possess_v it_o all_o r._n possess_v it_o at_o all_o the_o holy_a life_n of_o mon_n r_o de_fw-fr renty_n etc._n etc._n part_n i._o chap._n 1._o of_o his_o birth_n infancy_n and_o youth_n so_o great_a and_o glorious_a be_v the_o virtue_n and_o good_a deed_n of_o the_o late_a decease_a mon_fw-fr r_o de_fw-fr renty_n that_o i_o can_v begin_v my_o discourse_n no_o otherwise_o than_o by_o ingenuous_o confess_v my_o disabillity_n to_o set_v they_o out_o as_o they_o deserve_v not_o even_o so_o much_o of_o they_o as_o appear_v outward_o 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