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Author Index

Non-Fiction

Anonymous (14th c. Germany): Theologia Germanica
Anonymous (14th c. English): The Cloud of Unknowing
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A
St. Alphonsus (1696-1787): Uniformity with God's Will
St. Anselm (1033-1109): Proslogium; Monologium; An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon; and Cur Deus Homo
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): Summa Theologica; Catena Aurea (Patristic Commentary on the Gospels)
St. Athanasius (c. 295-373): On the Incarnation
St. Augustine (345-430): The Confessions of St. Augustine; City of God; On Christian Doctrine; Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love
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B
Richard Baxter (1615-1691): The Saints' Everlasting Rest
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090?-1153): On Loving God
Jacob Boehme (1575-1624): The Way to Christ
Horatius Bonar: God's Way of Peace; The Rent Veil, txt, 219k
Edward M. Bounds (1835-1913): Power Through Prayer; The Necessity of Prayer; The Possibilities of Prayer
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682): Religio Medici (1643)
John Bunyan (1628-1688): Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; The Holy War; Pilgrim's Progress
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C
John Calvin (1509-1564): Commentaries; Calvin: Commentaries [Selections], tr. and ed. by Joseph Haroutunian; On the Christian Life, HTML, text; Institutes of the Christian Religion; Of Prayer
John Cassian (360-435): Conferences
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380): Dialog of Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Genoa: The Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa
Stephen Charnock: A Discourse of the Efficient of Regeneration, Part 1, HTML; A Discourse of the Efficient of Regeneration, Part 2, HTML; A Discourse of the Nature of Regeneneration, HTML; A Discourse of the Word, the Instrument of Regeneration, HTML; The Necessity of Regeneration, HTML
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936): Orthodoxy; Heretics
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D
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) (tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow): Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
Philip Doddridge: The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul
John Donne (1572-1631): Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, HTML; Death's Duel, HTML; Sermon Preached to the Lords upon Easter-day, at the Communion HTML, text
Henry Drummond: The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses; The Ascent of Man; The Ideal Life; Natural Law in the Spiritual World; The New Evangelism and other Papers; Stones Rolled Away
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E
Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889): Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah; Sketches of Jewish Social Life; The Temple--It's Ministry and Services
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): Religious Affections; Select Sermons; Treatise on Grace; An Unpublished Essay on the Trinity
St. Ephraim of Syria (c. 306-373): The Pearl
Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536): In Praise of Folly [203k]
St. Eucherius of Lyons: De Contemptu Mundi, html
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F
Francois Fenelon (1651-1715): Spiritual Progress
Charles G. Finney (1792-1875): Lectures on Revival text files; Lectures to Professing Christians text files; Systematic Theology, text files; Sermons on Gospel Themes, HTML files
John Flavel (c. 1630-1691): The Fountain of Life opened up: or, A Display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory [1.4 MB]; The Method of Grace in the Gospel Redemption; Christ Altogether Lovely; On Keeping the Heart [191k]
George Fox (1624-1691): Autobiography of George Fox
John Foxe (1516-1587): Book of Martyrs
St. Francis of Sales (1567-1622): Introduction to the Devout Life
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G
Edmund G. Gardner: The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises
William Guthrie (1620-1665): The Christian's Great Interest
Madame Guyon (1647-1717): Autobiography of Madame Guyon; Translations from the French of Madame de la Mothe Guion [Poetry], tr. William Cowper
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H
Walter Hilton (?-1396): The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection; Treatise Written to a Devout Man; The Song of Angels
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I
St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556): The Spiritual Exercises
W. R. Inge (1860-1954): Light, Life, and Love (Selections from German Mystics)
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J
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591): Ascent of Mount Carmel; Dark Night of the Soul; A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ
J. H. Jowett: The School of Calvary
Julian of Norwich (c. 1342-c. 1413): Revelations of Divine Love
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K
Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471): The Imitation of Christ
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L
William Law (1686-1761): A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life; An Humble, Earnest, and Affectionate Address to the Clergy; An Appeal to all who Doubt the Truths of the Gospel; A Demonstration of the Errors of a Late Book...; The Way to Divine Knowledge; A Collection of Letters . . . on Several Occasions; The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration; The Spirit of Love, HTML; The Spirit of Prayer, HTML
Brother Lawrence (c. 1605-1691): The Practice of the Presence of God
Martin Luther (1483-1546): Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians; Small Catechism, text [21k]; The Large Catechism, tr. F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau; Preface to Romans; Table Talk; Select Sermons
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M
F. B. Meyer (1847-1929): The Way Into the Holiest; The Secret of Guidance
John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost, html text; Paradise Regained, text
Miguel de Molinos (1628-1696): The Spiritual Guide, html
Andrew Murray: The Deeper Christian Life; The True Vine: Meditations for a Month on John 15:1-16; The New Life: Words of God for Young Disciples; The Lord's Table
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O
James Orr: Christian View of God and the World (in progress)
John Owen(1616-1683): Christologia; On the Mortification of Sin in Believers...; On Temptation...; The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, text [1221k]; A brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity, text [242k]; Evidences of the Faith of God's Elect, text [158k]; Introduction to the Worship of God, text [250k]; Of Communion with God, text [760K]; A Vindication of some Passages in a Discourse concerning Communion with God; Two short Catechisms; Glory of Christ, text [413k]; Glory of Christ, part 2, text [122k]
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P
Blaise Pascal: Pensees
St. Patrick (c. 390-c. 461): The Confession of St. Patrick
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R
Richard Rolle of Hampole (c.1290-1349): The Fire of Love and the Mending of Life
Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661): A Selection from his Letters, text [240k]
St. John of Ruysbroeck (1293-1381): The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage and other works
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S
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957): Catholic Tales and Christian Songs
Sadhu Sundar Singh, tr. Ref. Arthur and Mrs. Parker: At the Masters Feet
Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church (8 vols.)
Hannah Whitall Smith: The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life
Henry Suso: A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892): All of Grace; Morning and Evening; Till He Come; Commenting and Commentaries
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T
John Tauler: The Inner Way
J. Hudson Taylor: Union and Communion
Jeremy Taylor: Holy Living; Holy Dying
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582): The Way of Perfection; The Life of Teresa of Avila; Interior Castle
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U
Brother Ugolino: The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
Evelyn Underhill: Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
An Unknown Christian: The Kneeling Christian
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W
Thomas Watson: The Art of Divine Contentment: An Exposition of Philippians 4:11; A Divine Cordial; The Lord's Prayer; The Ten Commandments
Isaac Watts: The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts
John Wesley (1703-1791): Sermons on Several Occasions; A Plain Account of Christian Perfection; Wesley's Notes on the Bible; A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists
George Whitefield: Sermons

Fiction

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936): The Club of Queer Trades; The Innocence of Father Brown; The Man Who Was Thursday; The Wisdom of Father Brown
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881): The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment; Notes from the Underground
George MacDonald (1824-1905): At the Back of the North Wind; The Light Princess; The Day Boy and the Night Girl; Lilith
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910): Twenty-Three Tales; Anna Karenina; A Confession; The Devil; Family Happiness; Hadji Murad; The Death of Ivan Ilych; The Kreutzer sonata; Master and Man; The Works of Guy de Maupassant; Father Sergius

Hymns

Frances Bevan: Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others
Hymnal of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, 1916,: text [576K]
William Walker: Southern Harmony, 1854
Isaac Watts: The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts
John Wesley (1703-1791): A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists

Reference

World Wide Study Bible
Scripture versions: ASV LXX-English
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [unabridged, in progress]
Original Commentary on Acts by J. W. McGarvey
The Fourfold Gospel by J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton
People's New Testament by B. W. Johnson
The New Testament Commentary: Vol. III--John by B. W. Johnson
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Synopsis of the Bible, John N. Darby (in progress)