Treatise on the Love of God
English translation by H. L. Sidney Lear (1824–1896), “Of the Love of God”, London: Rivingtons, 1888.
The twelve books complete, in Sidney Lear’s translation. Her footnotes (mostly Scripture references, with some quotations from Faber and other writers) are given under each chapter.
- The author’s preface
- Book I. Introduction to the whole treatise
- Book II. The origin of divine love
- Book III. The progress and perfection of love
- Book IV. The decay and ruin of charity
- Book V. The two chief acts of divine love, which are complacency and benevolence
- Book VI. The practice of holy love in prayer and meditation
- Book VII. The union of the soul with its god as perfected by prayer
- Book VIII. The love of conformity, by which we unite our will to that of god, as signified to us by his commandments, counsels, and inspirations
- Book IX. The love of submission, by which our will is united to god's good pleasure
- Book X. The command to love god above all things
- Book XI. The supreme authority of love over all the soules virtues, actions, and perfections
- Book XII. Counsels concerning the soul's advance in divine love