Henry Pepwell

The Cell of Self-Knowledge Henry Pepwell

Introduction 6 I. 25 A very Devout Treatise, named Benjamin, of the Mights and Virtues of Man's Soul, and of the Way to True Contemplation, compiled by a Noble and Famous Doctor, a man of great holiness and devotion, named Richard of Saint Victor The Prologue 25 Cap. I. 30 How the Virtue of Dread riseth in the Affection Cap. II. 31 How Sorrow riseth in the Affection Cap. III. 32 How Hope riseth in the Affection Cap. IV. 33 How Love riseth in the Affection Cap. V. 35 How the Double Sight of Pain and Joy riseth in the Imagination Cap. VI. 39 How the Virtues of Abstinence and Patience rise in the Sensuality Cap. VII. 43 How Joy of Inward Sweetness riseth in the Affection Cap. VIII. 45 How Perfect Hatred of Sin riseth in the Affection Cap. IX. 48 How Ordained Shame riseth and groweth in the Affection Cap. X. 51 How Discretion and Contemplation rise in the Reason II. 59 Divers Doctrines Devout and Fruitful, taken out of the Life of that Glorious Virgin and Spouse of Our Lord, Saint Katherin of Seenes III. 71 A Short Treatise of Contemplation taught by Our Lord Jesu Christ, or taken out of the Book of Margery Kempe, Ancress of Lynn IV. 81 A Devout Treatise compiled by Master Walter Hylton of the Song of Angels V. 92 A Devout Treatise called the Epistle of Prayer VI. 108 A very necessary Epistle of Discretion in Stirrings of the Soul VII. 130 A Devout Treatise of Discerning of Spirits, very necessary for Ghostly Livers Index of Names & Scruptural References 145 Footnotes 148