Scala perfecc[i]onis

Capla prime partis /

¶HEre begynnen the chapytours of this present vo¦lume of waltere hylton / namyd in laten Scala perfeccōnis englisshed the ladder of perfeccōn / whiche volume is deuided in two partyes / The fyrst boke of this present volume con∣teyneth .lxxxxiii. chapitours / The seconde book .xlvi. whyche hole volume amo••••teth. C.xxxix. chapitours /

• That the Inner hauing of man̄es soule shold be like to the vtter: Capitulū primum
• Of actyff lyfe and the werkes therof / Caplm ii.
• Of contemplatyff lyfe and the werkes therof Caplm iii.
• Of the fyrst part of contemplacōn / Caplm iiii.
• Of the seconde part of contemplacōn / Caplm v.
• Of the lower degree of the ii. part of contēplacōn: Caplm vi
• Of the hier degree of the ii. part of contēplaciōn / Caplm vii.
• Of the thyrde part of contemplacyon: Caplm viii.
• Of the twyn̄yng of the thyrd part of contēplacōn fro the ii. part / and of the praysyng therof / Caplm̄ ix.
• How the shewyng to the bodely wyttes and the felynge of hē maye be bothe good and euyll / Caplm x▪
• How thou shalt know whan the shewyng to the bodely wyt¦tes and the felyng of hem ben good or euyll: Caplm xi.
• what knyttith Ihū to mannes soule: and what losyth hym therfro / Caplm xii.
• How & in what thynges shold a contemplatyff man be ocu∣pyed / Caplm xiii.
• How in reason & wylle vertue begynneth / and in loue & in ly∣kyng it is made perfyte / Caplm xiiii
• Of the meanes y^• bryngeth a soule to contēplacōn / Ca: xv.
• what a man shold vse & refuse bi the vertu of mekenes. c.xvi
• who shold blame mēnes defawtes and deme hem. and who not / Caplm xvii.
• why men shold worshyp other: and lowe hemself in her ow¦ne herte vnder all other / Caplm̄ xviii.
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• How men sholde doo that wantith the felyng of mekenes in atteccōn / not dredyng tomoche therfore / Capm̄ xix
• How ypocrites •• heretykes for wantyng of mekenes highen hemself in hert before all other / Caplm̄ xx
• what thynges men owen to byleue by a syker fayth / Ca xxi.
• How a stable entent is nedeful to thise that shold pleyse god and discrecōn in bodely werkes / Caplm̄ xxii.
• Of a lityll rehersyng of thynges sayd before / and of makyn¦ge of ofteryng that sholde be offeryd to god / Caplm̄ xxiii
• Of prayer y^t is spedeful to gete den̄es of hert & vertues / xxiiii.
• How men shold praye / and wheron the poynt of her though¦te shall be sette in prayer / Caplm̄ xxv
• Of the fyre of loue Caplm̄ xxvi
• That the certayne prayer in speche ordeined of god & of holy chirche is best to hē y^t bē new torned to god & to deuociō / xxvii
• what perylle is to men that in the begynnynge of tournynge to god leuen the comyn prayer of the ordynaūce of holy chir¦che / and gyue hem to medytacion / Caplm̄ xxviii
• Of the seconde maner of prayer / that is in speche not certa∣ynly folowyth the stiryng of deuocyon / Caplm̄ xxix.
• That the seconde maner of prayer plesyth moche god / And makyth a man to haue hym in body as he were drōken / and makith hym in soule to be woūded wyth the swerde of loue Caplm xxx.
• How the fyre of loue wasteth all flesshly lustes as other fyre wasteth all bodely thyng / Caplm̄ xxxi.
• Of the thirde maner of prayer that is oonly in the hert wyth oute speche outwarde / Caplm̄ xxxii
• How men sholde doo that ben traueyled wyth vayn thought in her prayers / Caplm̄ xxxiii
• Of meditacōn of synfull men after that the•• ben holy tour∣ned to god / Caplm̄ xxxiiii.
• That the meditacōn of the manhede of cryst: or of his passy∣on is ye••en frely of the holy, ghost. And how it shal be know¦en

• whan it is yeuen / Caplm xxxv.
• That the meditacōn of the passōn of crist is withdrawē fro hem that it is yeuē to oft sithes for diuers causes / Ca xxxvi
• Of dyuers temptacōns of the fende / Caplm xxxvii
• Of diuers remedies ayēnst tēptacōns of the fēde / Ca. xxxviii
• How that god hem that he chesith: he suffrith to be taried & tē¦pted / and afterwarde cōforteth hem & stableth hem in grace Caplm. xxxix
• That a man shold not yeue hym to ydelnes ne lightly leue the grace that is yeuen hym of god / Caplm xl
• That a man shold knowe y^• mesure of his yeft: that he may desyre & take a beter whan god wyll yeue it / Caplm xli.
• That a man shold traueyle to knowe his owne soule & the myʒtes therof: & breke down the groūde of syn̄e therin / ca. xlii.
• How a man shal knowe the worthynes & the worshyp of his soule that it had fyrst of god / and what wretchidnesse & mys¦cheue it is falle in for synne / Caplm xliii.
• ¶How euery man may be sauyd bi the passōn of cryst: be he neuer so wret chyd / Caplm xliiii.
• ¶That a man sholde be besye to recouer ayen his worthynes: & refourme ayē in hym the yma¦ge of the trinyte. Caplm xlv.
• ¶How Ihū shal be souʒte: desyred: & founde / Caplm xlvi.
• ¶what profyte it is to haue the desire of Ihū / Caplm xlvii·
• ¶where & with what thyng Ihū shall be sought & foūde / Caplm xlviii.
• where Ihū is lost & foūde ayen thrugh his mercy / ca. xlix
• what letteth a man to here and see Ihesu wythin hymself / Caplm. l.
• ¶That mekenes and charyte ben the specyall lyuereye of Ihesu / thorough the whyche mannys soule is re¦fourmyd to the lyckenes of hym / caplm. li.
• How a man shall see the grounde of synne wythin hymselfe Caplm. lii.
• To what thynge is the ymage of synne lyke / and what it is in it selfe / caplm liii.
• ¶who soo wylle fynde Ihesu hym behouyth abydyngly to trauayle in ghostly

• derknes ayenst the ymage of synne / Caplm̄ liiii.
• what is propirly thymage of syn̄e. & what comith out therof Ca iv
• what pride is & whan it is syn̄e / Caplm lvi.
• whan pryde is dedely syn̄e. & how it is in flesshly lyuyng mē dedly sin̄e / c. lvii
• How pride is in ypocrytes dedly syn̄e c. lviii.
• How pryde in heretykes is dedely synne / Caplm̄ lix
• How stirynges of pryde & vaynglory in good men ben but ve¦nyall synnes / Caplm̄ lx.
• How dyuers states in holy chyrche shall haue dyuers medes in heuen / and of two specyal medes in heuen /Caplm lxi.
• A short stiryng to mekenes & to charyte / Caplm lxii.
• How a man shed know how moche pryde is in him / ca. lxiii.
• Of enuye & yre. & of her braūches / and how in stede of synne mannys persone is oft hated / Caplm lxiiii
• That it is moche maystry to loue mennes persones / and wi¦sely hate her synnes / Caplm lxv
• That for the same dedes dyuers mē shal haue dyuers medes Ca. lxvi
• That al mēnes good dedes shold be appreuid that hath lyknes of good: saue the open heretyke / & of the cur¦syd man / Caplm lxvii.
• That noo good dede maye make men saaf wythout charyte And that charite fele they oonly that ben meke / Ca lxviii.
• How a man shall wyte how moche wrathe & enuye is hydde in the grounde of his herte. Caplm lxix.
• By what tokens thou shall knowe yf thou louest thyne en∣mye / And what ensample thou shall take of crist for to loue hym / Caplm lxx
• How a man shall know how moche couetise is hidde in his hert / Caplm lxxi.
• How a man shal knowe whan he syn̄eth not in etyng & drin¦kyng. & whan he syn̄eth venyall: & whan dedeli / Caplm lxxii
• How the groūde of lecheri shold be destrdyed with ghostli tra¦uayle & with bodely / ca. lxxiii.
• That a mā shold be besie to put away al stirynges of sin̄e / but more besie of ghostli sin̄es

• than of bodely / Caplm lxxiiii.
• That hunger and other bodely paynes letten moche ghostly werkyng / Caplm̄ lxxv.
• what remedye a man shall vse ayenst defawte made in etyn∣ge or drynkyng / Caplm lxxvi.
• That thorough besye desyre & traueyle for mekenes & charite a man cometh sooner to other vertues than by traueyle in hē selfe / Caplm lxxvii
• Of the derkenes of the ymage of syn̄e / and what comyth in by the wyndowes therof / Caplm lxxviii
• That the soule for defawte of knowyng of it self gooth ou¦te by the v. wyttes to seche outwarde likyng: Caplm lxxix
• That a soule shold not begge wythout forth / but wythin of Ihū that it nedeth / Caplm lxxx /
• That the hole of the ymagynaciō nedeth to be stopped aswel as the wyndowes of the wyttes Caplm: lxxxi
• whan the vse of the wittes is dedely syn̄e / and whan veniall. Caplm lxxxii.
• ¶How a ghostly man or woman shall haue hem that come to hem / Caplm lxxxiii.
• Of the derke ymage of syn̄e: & of the clothyng therof / lxxxiiii
• whyche ben the lym̄es of the ymage of syn̄e. caplm lxxxv
• wherof the ymage of Ihesu is made / and wherof the ymage of synne / & how we ben passyng forth in thymage of synne / Caplm̄ lxxxvi.
• ¶How we shold crucifye this yma¦ge of syn̄e / and quycken the ymage of Ihū / Caplm lxxxvii.
• what profite comyth of kepyng of the hert. and how moche the soule is / and what it louyth / Caplm lxxxviii
• How the ymage of syn̄e shall be broken downe / lxxxix
• How a man shall haue him to the stiryng of pryde. and of all other vyces / Caplm lxxxx.
• what thynge helpyth moost a mannes knowynge / and ge∣teth to hym that hym lackyth / and moost destroyeth synne in hym / Caplm lxxxxi.
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• How a man shall be shapen to the ymage of Ihesu / and Ihe¦su shapen in hym / Caplm lxxxxii.
• The cause why this boke was made: And how she sholde ha¦ue her in reding therof· that was made to. Caplm lxxxxiii

HEre endeth the chapytours of the fyrst book. And after foloweth the fyrste parte of this present vo∣lume /