A treatise of adhering to God; written by Albert the Great, Bishop of Ratisbon. Put into English by Sir Kenelme Digby, Kt. Also a conference with a lady about choyce of religion.

Title

A treatise of adhering to God; written by Albert the Great, Bishop of Ratisbon. Put into English by Sir Kenelme Digby, Kt. Also a conference with a lady about choyce of religion.

Author

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.

Publication

London, :: Printed for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the New-Exchange.,

1654. [i.e. 1653]

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Subject terms

Catholic Church -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800.

Christian life -- Early works to 1800.

Faith -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• To the Lady DIGBY.
• To my Lady Winter, the wife of Sr. John Winter, late of Liddne in the County of Glocester.
• A TREATISE OF Adhering to God.
  • CHAP. I. Of the utmost and highest perfection that it is possiblefor a man to arrive unto in this life.
  • CHAP. II. How one may cleave and intend wholy to Christ, despising all other things.
  • CHAP. III. In what the perfect conformity of man with God consisteth in this life.
  • CHAP. IV. How our operations ought to be in the In∣tellectuall part of our Soule onely, and not in our Senses.
  • CHAP. V. Of the purity of heart, which above all things is to be aymed at.
  • CHAP. VI. That true devotion consisteth in adhering to God by the Vnderstanding, and Will, depured from all commerce with materiall Objects.
  • CHAP. VII. In what manner ones heart is to be recol∣lected within ones selfe.
  • CHAP. VIII. How, in all chances, a spirituall man ought to resigne himselfe to God.
  • CHAP. IX. That the contemplation of God is to be pre∣ferred before all other exercises.
  • CHAP. X. That actuall and sensible devotion is not so much to be regarded, as to adhere to God with ones will.
  • CHAP. XI. In what manner we are to resist temptati∣ons, and to beare tribulations.
  • CHAP. XII. Of the love of God, and of the great power it hath.
  • CHAP. XIII. Of the quality and utility of prayer: and how ones heart is to be recollected within it selfe.
  • CHAP. XIIII. That in all judgments, we ought to resort to the witnesse of our conscience.
  • CHAP. XV. How the contempt of ones selfe may be caused in a man, and how profitable that is.
  • CHAP. XVI. How the Providence of God extendeth it felfe to all things.
• title page
• conference
• The Table.