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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