THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

We have read everything compiled in the volume: it has greatly pleased us and seemed remarkably conducive to the salvation of souls.

We grant leave to print the work; it is worthy of all praise and very profitable to the Christian profession.

As the Christian religion cannot long subsist without some spiritual exercises and meditations -- for the Psalmist says: In my meditation a fire flames out -- I think none more appropriate than these, which undoubtedly have had their source in the study of the Scriptures and in long experience.

Contents

Title Page
PREFACE
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
CONTEMPLATION TO GAIN LOVE
THREE METHODS OF PRAYER
THE MYSTERIES OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST OUR LORD
Rules for Perceiving the Movements Caused in the Soul
Rules for the Discernment of Spirits
Rules for Distributing Alms
Notes on the Scruples and Persuasions of our Enemy
Rules to have the True Sentiment in the Church

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on July 16, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.