Under this title a precious series of spiritual counsels on the religious life has come down to us from the pen of Saint Francis of Assisi.
- 1.: Of the Lord’s Body.
- 2.: The Evil of Self-will.
- 3.: Of Perfect and Imperfect Obedience.
- 4.: That no one should take Superiorship upon himself.
- 5.: That no one should glory save in the Cross of the Lord.
- 6.: Of the Imitation of the Lord.
- 7.: That Good Works should accompany Knowledge.
- 8.: Of avoiding the Sin of Envy.
- 9.: Of Love.
- 10.: Of Bodily Mortification.
- 11.: That one must not be seduced by Bad Crample.
- 12.: Of Knowing the Spirit of God.
- 13.: Of Patience.
- 14.: Of Poverty of Spirit.
- 15.: Of Peacemakers.
- 16.: Of Cleanness of Heart.
- 17.: Of the Humble Servant of God.
- 18.: Of Compassion toward one’s Neighbor.
- 19.: Of the Happy and Unhappy Servant.
- 20.: Of the Good and Humble Religious.
- 21.: Of the Happy and the Vain Religious.
- 22.: Of the Frivolous and Talkative Religious.
- 23.: Of True Correction.
- 24.: Of True Humility.
- 25.: Of True Love.
- 26.: That the Servants of God should honor Clerics.
- 27.: Of the Virtues putting Vices to flight.
- 28.: Of hiding Good lest it be lost.