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PART I

PREFACE

ouldst thou be perfectly cleansed from thy faults;

Wouldst thou be richly endowed with virtues;

Wouldst thou have deep insight into Holy Writ; Wouldst thou triumph gloriously over thy enemies;

Wouldst thou have abundant consolation when things go wrong with thee;

Wouldst thou upon earth walk humbly with thy God;

Wouldst thou sorrow often upon thy bed;

Wouldst thou shed sweet tears in prayer;

Wouldst thou be on fire in thy meditations;

Wouldst thou persevere in good works;

Wouldst thou be filled with spiritual joy;

Wouldst thou be rapt in ecstasy;

Wouldst thou enter into the deep things of God;

Wouldst thou die happily at the last;

Wouldst thou reign for ever in Heaven — exercise thyself in the Life and in the Passion of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Whom the Father