Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.

Whi gode desyres neodeþ to be reuled be discrecion, & medeful werkes to be wrouȝt in þe ordre of charite: Ca[p]o. primo.
Þat þe lyf of Marie and Martha menged to-gedere is acordyng to hem þat are in hiȝ degre Cao. iio.
To whom actif lyf a-cordeþ, & to whom contemplatyf Cao. iiio.
Hou medled lyf longeþ speciali to prelates of holychurche & also to worldly lordes þat rulen oþur men Cao. iiiio.
Hou vre lord Ihesu Crist & holy men in heiȝ degre schewed ensaumple in lyuing of medlet lyf Cao. vo.

To whom medled lyf is most a-cordyng, & to whom contemplatyf is most medeful Cao. vio.
Here hit is schewed what lyf is most a-cording to him þat þis bok was maad to Cao. viio.
Þat men schulde vse medlet lyf as a man schulde haue him to Crist & to his limes Cao. viiio.
Þat sum-tyme schulde a lord leue gostli ocupacion & gladli ȝeue him to medeful worldli werkes Cao. ixo.

How be ensaumple of Iacob & his two wyues men schal ruile hem riȝt in medlet lyf Cao. xo.
Þat contemplacion shulde be had in desyre, & actyf werkes in vse wiþouten anger and vnskilful drede Cao. xio.
Þat nedful worldli werkes kyndel gostli desyres, proued be bodili ensaumple Cao. xiio.
How be mekenes & diuerse gode werkes is þe loue of god norissched in diuerse mennes hertes Cao. xiiio. How þe desyr of loue wateþ al synne & is a gret criȝing in þe eres of vr lord Cao. xiiio.
What desyre is, & siker swetnes Cao. xvo.
What difference is be-twixe desyre & þe loue of god Cao. xvio.
Hou desyre may euer be lastyng in habyte, & not in workyng, & hou mekenes wiþ-oute scheweþ þis disyr Cao. xviio.
How aftur þi sleep þou schalt quiken þin herte wiþ preieres & gode þouȝtes & put away vuel þouȝtes þat letten deuocion Cao. xviiio.
Hou ordeyned þenkyng of þin owne synnes and of oþur mennes norisschen þi desyr to god Cao. xixo.
Þat diuerse þouȝtes of þe manhed of vre lord discretly vsed norisscheþ þi desyr to god Cao. xxo.
Þat þouȝt of moni vertues norisscheþ þi desyr to god Cao. xxio.
Þat þouȝt of diuerse seyntes & of heore vertues norisscheþ þi loue to god Cao. xxiio.
Þat þouȝt of þe merci of vre lord schewed to synful men norisscheþ þi desyr to god Cao. xxiiio.
Þat þouȝt of þe wrecchednes of men, & of þe ioyes of heuene norisscheþ þi desyr to god Cao. xxiiiio.
How desyre of worldly worschipe, and þe desyr of heuen, is meeded at þe last ende Cao. xxvo.
Hou discrecion is nedful in þenkyng and preying, and hou hit is sum-tyme to passe from þat on to þat oþer Cao. xxvio.
How a man schal haue him in þenkyng of þe passion of vre lord Ihesu. Whon deuocion lasteþ & whon hit passeþ away Cao. xxviio.
Hou a man schal haue him warli in þouȝt and desire & wysely vse þe grace þat god haþ ȝeue to him Cao. xxviiio.