PREFACE
PREFACE
WOULDST 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 sent into the world, that He might give to all men the example of a perfect life, and might bring to an everlasting Kingdom those who follow Him.
Love Christ therefore: follow Jesus: hold fast to the Crucified.