A short conceit of the work of this book, treated by question
How a man shall have him in this work against all thoughts, and specially against all those that arise of his own curiosity, of cunning, and of natural wit
A good declaring of certain doubts that may fall in this work, treated by question, in destroying of a man's own curiosity, of cunning, and of natural wit, and in distinguishing of the degrees and the parts of active living and contemplative
That in the time of this work the remembrance of the holiest creature that ever God made letteth more than it profiteth
How a man shall know when his thought is no sin; and if it be sin, when it is deadly and when it is venial
That a man should weigh each thought and each stirring after that it is, and always eschew recklessness in venial sin
