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THE INDEX OF THE CHAPTERS.
- THE Preface. 1
- Chap. I. What a Ru∣le is. 15
- Chap. II. Whence there are so many Rules. 19
- Chap. III. Of the begin∣ning of Religious Or∣ders. 24
- Chap. IV. Of Religious
The rule of penance of the seraphicall father S. Francis: approued and confirmed by Leo the X. for religious persons of the 3. order of S. Francis : together with a declaration of each point of the Rule, profitable not only to the religous of this order, but also to all religious women / by Br. Angelus Francis, friar minour.
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- The rule of penance of the seraphicall father S. Francis: approued and confirmed by Leo the X. for religious persons of the 3. order of S. Francis : together with a declaration of each point of the Rule, profitable not only to the religous of this order, but also to all religious women / by Br. Angelus Francis, friar minour.
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- Third Order Regular of St. Francis.
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- At Douay :: By the Widdow of Marke VVyon,
- M. DC. XLIV [1644]
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"The rule of penance of the seraphicall father S. Francis: approued and confirmed by Leo the X. for religious persons of the 3. order of S. Francis : together with a declaration of each point of the Rule, profitable not only to the religous of this order, but also to all religious women / by Br. Angelus Francis, friar minour." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89642.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.
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- Orders since the Apostles time. 30
- Chap. V. Of Religious Women since Christs time. 37
- Chap. VI. What the third Order is. 42
- Chap. VII. Who was the Author of this Rule. 45
- Chap. VIII. Of the seue∣rall branches of this Or∣der. 56
- Chap. IX. Of the progres∣se of this Order. 57
- Chap. X. Whether the third Order be a Reli∣gious state. 65
- Chap. XI. What Priui∣ledges this Order en∣ioyeth. 72
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- Chap. XII. To whom this Order is subiect. 76
- Chap. XIII. What were the Popes motiues to giue those priuiledges. 86
- Chap. XIV. Of the san∣ctitie of this Order. 90
- Chap. XV. The life of S. Elizabeth of Hunga∣tie. 96
- Chap. XVI. The life of S. Lewes king of Fran∣ce. 131
- Chap. XVII. The life of S. Iuo Patron of the Lawyers. 139
- Chap. XVIII. The liues of some beatified Saincts of this Order. 144
- Chap. XIX. A Catalogue
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- of holy Persons that were of this Order. 151
- Chap. XX. How Pope Leo accommodated this Rule. 171
- Chap. XXI. How it is a Rule of Pennance. 177
- Chap. XXII. A declara∣tion of the state of Inno∣cency. 187
- Chap. XXIII. Of Mans fall from the said state. 193.
- Chap. XXIV. How we may reduce our selues to that state. 199
- Chap. XXV. Whether this Order be a state of Per∣fection. 207
- Chap. XXVI. Whether it
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- be actiue or contempla∣tiue. 213
- Chap. XXVIII. Whether it be lawfull to diuert any one from Religion. 227.
- Chap. XXIX, Of Voca∣tions. 242
- The forme of cloathing the Sisters. 259
- The forme of Professing them. 272
- Instructions for Nouices. 289.
- Rules against temptations. 295.
- Certaine prayers in the time of their cloathing. 311
- Prayers after Profession, 319.
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- Instructions for those who are professed. 325
- An extraction of some Per∣fections of our holy Fa∣ther. 334
- Inctructions for the con∣servation of mutuall cha∣ritie. 343
- The manner of giving ex∣treame vnction. 353
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