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PREFACE | ix | |
INTRODUCTION | xv | |
THE LIFE OF THE REVEREND MASTER GERARD THE GREAT COMMONLY CALLED GROOTE | ||
CHAP. | PAGE | |
Preface: The Preface to the life of the venerable Master Gerard the Great, commonly called “Groote” | 3 | |
I. | Of the origin and interpretation of Gerard’s name | 5 |
II. | Of his rapid progress at the University of Paris | 7 |
III. | How his conversion was revealed to a hermit in Cologne | 8 |
IV. | How he was drawn to God by the Carthusian | 9 |
V. | Of his change of garb and character | 11 |
VI. | How he separated himself from fellowship with worldlings | 13 |
VII. | Of his abstinence, and the shirt of hair which he wore | 15 |
VIII. | How, by the advice of the Monks, he began to preach the word of God | 17 |
IX. | Of his labours, and his patience toward his enemies | 20 |
X. | Of his journey to the parts about Brabant | 23 |
XI. | Of his austerity in food and clothing | 25 |
XII. | Of his devoutness in prayer and in hearing Holy things | 30 |
xiiXIII. | Of his great love of reading the Holy Scriptures | 34 |
XIV. | Of the abundant fruit which he bore in the conversion of men | 39 |
XV. | Of the devout communities and monasteries which arose through him | 43 |
XVI. | Of his happy death and burial | 46 |
XVII. | Of the noble eulogy passed upon Gerard by a Cantor at Paris | 51 |
XVIII. | Of his public profession of faith, and of his delivering the true Gospel in his preaching | 52 |
Appendix to the Life of Gerard Groote | 74 | |
THE LIFE OF THE REVERED FLORENTIUS, A DEVOUT PRIEST, AND VICAR OF THE CHURCH OF DEVENTER | ||
Preface | 81 | |
I. | Of the humility of Christ which Florentius studied to imitate | 85 |
II. | Of the interpretation of the name Florentius and its three glorious meanings | 86 |
III. | Of the interpretation of his father’s name Radewin | 88 |
IV. | Of his native land, and how he went to study at Prague | 90 |
V. | Of his honourable character in the world | 92 |
VI. | Of his conversion through the preaching of Master Gerard | 93 |
VII. | How he despised the life of the world and joined himself to Master Gerard | 95 |
VIII. | How Florentius himself, now fully converted, did convert many others | 96 |
IX. | Of the burdens that he bore, and the wrongs that he suffered | 98 |
X. | Of his promotion to the priesthood and the abasement of his humility | 100 |
XI. | How seldom he went out, and of his instructive demeanour as he stood in the Choir | 102 |
XII. | Of the simplicity of his garb | 105 |
XIII. | Of his humble service among the Brothers | 107 |
xiiiXIV. | How he laboured with his hands for the common good | 110 |
XV. | Of his compassion toward the poor, the sick, and the friendless | 112 |
XVI. | Of his feeding the poor, and washing beggars | 115 |
XVII. | Of his abstinence and the infirmities which came upon him by reason of his austerity | 118 |
XVIII. | How he often recovered by the aid of the prayers of the devout | 12O |
XIX. | How upon an Easter Even he was healed by a Vision of Angels | 122 |
XX. | Of one who fell into a well and was drawn out unhurt | 124 |
XXI. | Of the vision of the Rood which appeared over his house | 125 |
XXII. | Of his patience, gentleness, and love toward all men | 128 |
XXIII. | Of his devout exhortation to spiritual prayer | 130 |
XXIV. | Of his effectual preaching and his knowledge of the Scriptures | 133 |
XXV. | How he set a guard upon his tongue and avoided oaths | 136 |
XXVI. | Of three temptations that are full of peril to the devout | 138 |
XXVII. | Of his sending forth the Brothers to gather fruit in divers places | 141 |
XXVIII. | Of his happy passing from this world and his burial in the Church | 144 |
XXIX. | Of a vision which was seen after his death, and of the great glory which he attained | 147 |
A Letter and certain Notable Sayings of Florentius | 150 | |
LIVES OF THE FOLLOWERS OF FATHER FLORENTIUS | ||
Preface | 165 | |
LIFE OF JOHN GRONDE. | ||
I. | Of the first Congregation of Clerks in Deventer | 169 |
II. | Concerning John Gronde | 172 |
xivLIFE OF JOHN BRINCKERINCK | 176 | |
LIFE OF LUBERT BERNER | 181 | |
LIFE OF HENRY BRUNE | 213 | |
THE LIFE OF GERARD OF ZUTPHEN | 220 | |
LIFE OF AMILIUS OF BUREN | 226 | |
LIFE OF JAMES OF VIANA | 232 | |
LIFE OF JOHN CACABUS | 235 | |
LIFE OF ARNOLD OF SCHOONHOVEN | 256 |
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