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  1  Intr,   0     |         their hands; so the only way in which she could grant
  2  Intr,   0     |               Through the entire Way of Perfection there runs
  3  Intr,   0     |        if they are sought in the way these CHAPTERs direct, will
  4  Intr,   0     |        general rule, there is no way of attaining to union with
  5  Intr,   0     |        be so, her opinions in no way differ from those of mystical
  6  Intr,   0     |        description of the Mystic Way. She consoles those who
  7  Intr,   0     |         a practical and familiar way -- objectively, too, with
  8  Intr,   0     |        Skilfully, then, and in a way profitable to all, she intermingles
  9  Intr,   0     |           ESCORIAL AUTOGRAPH~The Way of perfection -- or Paternoster,
 10  Intr,   0     |           among them that of the Way of perfection. The Escorial
 11  Intr,   0     |       the title "Treatise of the Way of Perfection", but this
 12  Intr,   0     |         and the beginning of the Way of perfection. If, therefore,
 13  Intr,   0     |          the commencement of the Way of perfection with some
 14  Intr,   0     |         the end of a copy of the Way of perfection which belongs
 15  Intr,   0     |  reference in the preface to the Way of perfection were to the
 16  Intr,   0     |          to the beginning of the Way of perfection the date 1565-
 17  Pref          |        manuscript represents the Way of perfection as St. Teresa
 18  Pref,   0     |     useful staff to carry on the way of perfection. The careful
 19  Argo          |     General Argument~BOOK CALLED WAY OF PERFECTION.5~Composed
 20  Argo,   0(5)  | exceptions, the footnotes to the Way of perfection are the translators.
 21  Argo,   0(6)  |       the words "Treatise of the Way of Perfection" in an unknown
 22  Prot,   0(8)  |    Teresa for the edition of the Way of perfection published
 23  Prol          |         something concerning the way and method of life which
 24  Prol,   0     |        should be writing in this way at all. May the Lord lay
 25  Unic          |                              The Way of Perfection~
 26  Unic,   1     |          these Lutherans and the way in which their unhappy sect
 27  Unic,   2     |          small and poor in every way. Let us to some extent resemble
 28  Unic,   3     |         highly proficient in the way of the Lord. And as most
 29  Unic,   3     |         strive to live in such a way that our prayers may be
 30  Unic,   3     |         to try to live in such a way as to be worthy to obtain
 31  Unic,   3     |         actually praying in this way will relieve you of some
 32  Unic,   4     |        attempt to walk along the way of prayer must of necessity
 33  Unic,   4     |          them can advance a long way in the Lord's service, while,
 34  Unic,   4     |         us to look for any other way or to learn from anyone
 35  Unic,   4     |          it would take us a long way towards the keeping of the
 36  Unic,   4     |        only in a rough-and-ready way at pleasing God seldom observe --
 37  Unic,   4(22) |         seldom ordered in such a way as."~
 38  Unic,   4     |        seen to be tending in any way towards vanity, he should
 39  Unic,   4     |    elsewhere; this is the safest way, providing it can be done
 40  Unic,   4     |          to make trouble in this way, he will do a great deal
 41  Unic,   4     |          after perfection in the way we try to do here. For,
 42  Unic, App     |          man and understands the way they behave, they become
 43  Unic, App     |      confessor is tending in any way towards vanity in what he
 44  Unic, App     |    elsewhere. This is the safest way if it is practicable, and
 45  Unic,   5     |        herself oppressed in this way in soul and body. I hope
 46  Unic,   5     |         convent: and that is the way the devil lays his snares
 47  Unic,   5     |     however, never to act in any way against obedience, for they
 48  Unic,   5     |        entering convents in this way, I hope in God that he will
 49  Unic,   5     |         help this house in every way, and to this very end he
 50  Unic,   5     | enlighten them in every possible way, which, so far as we can
 51  Unic,   6     |       indeed know it in the only way which has any meaning, and
 52  Unic,   6     |        and delights -- in such a way that, even if they wanted
 53  Unic,   7     |        is then seen to fall some way back, her friend seems to
 54  Unic,   7     |      friend may walk in the same way as themselves, as Saint
 55  Unic,   7     |         s friends is a very good way of "having" Him; as I have
 56  Unic,   7     |           for there is no better way than prayer of revealing
 57  Unic,   7     |        appear to be that, in any way, my daughters; I want you
 58  Unic,   8     |        virtues into us in such a way that, provided we labour
 59  Unic,  10     |        possesses them, in such a way that he never sees them
 60  Unic,  10     |         that more nuns are of my way of thinking than are offended
 61  Unic,  11     |        indulge yourselves in any way that there will be no fear
 62  Unic,  12     |          soul is tempted in this way by the devil, that virtue
 63  Unic,  12     |          and with the marvellous way in which He abased Himself
 64  Unic,  12     |        sorry for us too. In this way the soul begins to lose
 65  Unic,  15     |         is to be gained in every way by this virtue, and how,
 66  Unic,  15     |      wholly without blame in the way that our good Jesus was.~
 67  Unic,  15     |         souls. For it is in this way that you will begin to gain
 68  Unic,  16     |        for us to play it in this way, and, if we play it frequently,
 69  Unic,  16     |          want me to tell you the way to attain to contemplation,
 70  Unic,  16     |          in Him; and there is no way in which the Purity of the
 71  Unic,  16     |        Him wrestle daily, in the way I have described, with such
 72  Unic,  16     |         though they are in a sad way and lacking in virtues,
 73  Unic,  16     |       God our Lord tests in this way, and few who prepare themselves
 74  Unic,  16     |       weak: He shows it in every way possible. Why, then, my
 75  Unic,  16     |         If we only looked at the way along which we are walking,
 76  Unic,  16     |         times and stray from the way because, as I say, we do
 77  Unic,  16     |         set our eyes on the true Way. One would think that no
 78  Unic,  17     |    numerous consolations. In one way they may feel safer, for
 79  Unic,  18     |        whom He most loves by the way of trials, the more He loves
 80  Unic,  18     |        them see them acting in a way unbefitting to their office.~
 81  Unic,  18     |       make more progress in this way in a year than in a great
 82  Unic,  18     |        the Lord in so doubtful a way when there are so many ways
 83  Unic,  19     |     their teaching and as to the way in which they plan the beginning
 84  Unic,  19     |        practising prayer in this way, and has already formed
 85  Unic,  19     |      stop them: now they go this way, now that way; they are
 86  Unic,  19     |       they go this way, now that way; they are never still. Although
 87  Unic,  19     |     thirsty and see water a long way off, yet, when they try
 88  Unic,  19     |          it, satisfies in such a way that one of the greatest
 89  Unic,  19     | surprised, then, sisters, at the way I have insisted in this
 90  Unic,  19     |         of the world, and on the way in which everything will
 91  Unic,  19     |        again in God; and in this way His Majesty enables it to
 92  Unic,  20     |            Describes how, in one way or another, we never lack
 93  Unic,  20     |           Some must come by this way and others by that." His
 94  Unic,  20     |          and do not tarry on the way, but strive like strong
 95  Unic,  20     |   benefit them in every possible way.~
 96  Unic,  20     |        this is the only possible way. Let the truth be in your
 97  Unic,  20     |        if they dissemble in this way, except occasionally for
 98  Unic,  21     |          difficulties put in the way by the devil.~
 99  Unic,  21     |     thing it is to begin in this way, I do not think anything
100  Unic,  21     |         to you the perils of the way. What a strange idea that
101  Unic,  21     |          If, when you are on the way to gaining this treasure,
102  Unic,  21     |        not all do so in the same way. Take my advice, then, and
103  Unic,  21     |          but God forbid that the way of prayer should be a way
104  Unic,  21     |        way of prayer should be a way of danger! This fear seems
105  Unic,  22     |     wrong road, and has lost his way, he begins to wander to
106  Unic,  22     |         that we may do so in the way we should? I assure you,
107  Unic,  22     |         him in the same careless way that we should adopt in
108  Unic,  22     |       about it, for it is a good way of spending your time to
109  Unic,  23     |         one has set out upon the way of prayer. Repeats how necessary
110  Unic,  23     |      trying to please Him in any way, He will assuredly accept
111  Unic,  23     |          as your gift. The other way is suitable for ungenerous
112  Unic,  25     |   perfect contemplation. In this way His Majesty shows that He
113  Unic,  26     |          learn to pray in such a way that, without our understanding
114  Unic,  26     |        sad, look upon Him on His way to the Garden. What sore
115  Unic,  26     |          a plight, and if in any way I can imitate Thee I will
116  Unic,  28     |            and, sometimes in one way and sometimes in another,
117  Unic,  28     |             If one prays in this way, the prayer may be only
118  Unic,  28     |         Quiet, than in any other way. For, hidden there within
119  Unic,  28     |       shut themselves up in this way within this little Heaven
120  Unic,  28     |         they will journey a long way in a short time. They are
121  Unic,  28     |      weakened and alone: in this way it becomes stronger for
122  Unic,  29     |          consequence. Never give way to these thoughts, which
123  Unic,  29     |       sometimes begin in a small way but may cost you a great
124  Unic,  29     |          deflect the soul in any way from its course and hinder
125  Unic,  29(102)|          deflect the soul in any way from going within itself."~
126  Unic,  29     |          speaking only about the way to recite vocal prayers
127  Unic,  29     |       occupy them. It is in this way that we have Heaven within
128  Unic,  29     |  Paternoster in this recollected way, and before long you will
129  Unic,  30     |          the Eternal Father in a way befitting it. The good Jesus,
130  Unic,  30     |        very differently from the way we do now.~
131  Unic,  31     |          of Quiet to you, in the way I have heard it talked about,
132  Unic,  31     |          stilled. The soul, in a way which has nothing to do
133  Unic,  31     |      better start again upon its way, with redoubled strength
134  Unic,  31     |          a favour in a practical way: instead of preparing themselves
135  Unic,  32     |         Let me put it in another way. Consider, daughters, that,
136  Unic,  32     |      weak and strong in the same way. That is not so with the
137  Unic,  32     |       Him your will in any other way, you are just showing Him
138  Unic,  32     |         His will in me, in every way and manner which Thou, my
139  Unic,  32     |  commands, only in a much better way, since He is all-powerful
140  Unic,  33     |       interpreting it in his own way. If one tells a person who
141  Unic,  33     |         not still want their own way. What would be the case,
142  Unic,  33     |         obstacle to stand in His way. Why must all the blessings
143  Unic,  33     |        before His Father in this way: the Father gave us His
144  Unic,  34     |          fault, for, in whatever way the soul desires to partake
145  Unic,  34     |        seek Him somewhere a long way off. For we know that, until
146  Unic,  34     |           and, though it be in a way you may not understand,
147  Unic,  35     | recollection in exactly the same way, for this impresses upon
148  Unic,  35     |       but, if we remained a long way from it and covered our
149  Unic,  35     |         prepare ourselves in thy way that you must not be surprised
150  Unic,  35     |     great harm he can do in this way), the devil will make you
151  Unic,  35     |        Father, as this wonderful way which He seeks of showing
152  Unic,  35     |          given us this excellent way in which we can offer Him
153  Unic,  36     |         as far as Heaven in this way, we are attracted by the
154  Unic,  36     |        sisters! We have lost our way; we have taken the wrong
155  Unic,  36     |       that he is going the right way to reign in a much more
156  Unic,  37     |         us may use it in her own way. I am astounded when I consider
157  Unic,  37     |          once, and yet in such a way that He will know that there
158  Unic,  37     |       perfect, or who are on the way to perfection, do not and
159  Unic,  38     |          For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are
160  Unic,  38     |          perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but
161  Unic,  38     |         God. This, I think, in a way, is the least harmful thing
162  Unic,  38     |         down or to become in any way vainglorious. Entreat the
163  Unic,  39     |        help. Show us, Lord, some way of recognizing them and
164  Unic,  39     |       say the Paternoster in the way that has been described
165  Unic,  40     |          O our good Master, some way in which we may live through
166  Unic,  40     |      frequent surprise. The best way that we can do this, daughters,
167  Unic,  40     |      indications which are in no way secret but so evident that
168  Unic,  40     |     describe, you may go on your way with happiness and tranquillity.
169  Unic,  40     |      will treat them in the same way, and they are right: I myself
170  Unic,  40     |         persons inspired in this way who began the habit of prayer
171  Unic,  41     |          we commit a sin in this way, however slight, it seems
172  Unic,  41     |          and want to follow your way of life and conversation,
173  Unic,  41     |        fear will always lead the way, and then we shall not grow
174  Unic,  42     |     teaching both you and me the Way which I began to outline