The spiritual combat : together with the The supplement and The path of Paradise

CONTENTS SPIRITUAL COMBAT I. In what Christian Perfection consists ; and that the attainment of it involves a struggle, and of four things necessary for this conflict 1 II. Of Distrust of ourselves 7 III. Of Trust in God 10 IV. How we may know whether we are acting with Distrust of self and Trust in God 12 V. Of the mistake of many, who hold Timidity for a Virtue 13 VI. Further advice as to obtaining this Distrust of self and Trust in God 14 VII. Of Spiritual Exercise; and first of the Exercise of tne Understanding, which must be preserved from Ignorance and Curiosity 16 VIII. Of the Hindrances to a right Discernment of things and of the course which we should take in order to Judge truly concerning them 17 IX. Of another thing from which the Understanding must be preserved in order to exercise a Right Judgment 19 X. Of the Exercise of the Will, and of the End to which all our Actions, both inward and outward, should be directed 21 XI. Of some Considerations which may induce the Will to seek in all things the Good Pleasure of God 26 XII. Of the divers Wills which are in Man, and of the Warfare between them 27 XIII. Of the way to resist the Sensual Impulses, and of the Acts to be performed by the Will, in order to acquire Habits of Virtue 30 XIV. What ought to be done when the higher Will seems to be wholly overcome and stifled by the lower Will, and by its Enemies 36 XV. Some Suggestions about the manner of Fighting: and especially against what Enemies, and with what Virtues, we should contend 39 XVI. In what way the Soldier of Christ should take the Field early in the Morning 40 XVII. Of the order to be observed in the Conflict with our Evil Passions 43 XVIII. Of the way to overcome Sudden Risings of the Passions 43 XIX. How to resist the Lusts of the Flesh 45 XX. Of the way to overcome Sloth 51 XXI. Of the Guard of the Outward Senses, and how from these we may pass to the Contemplation of the Divinity SS XXII. How the same things may offer us opportunities of regu