Madame Guyon
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1.) A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer - part 1
THIS little treatise, conceived in great simplicity, was not originally intended for publication. It was written for a few individuals, who were desirous of loving God with all their heart. Many, however, because of the profit they received in reading the manuscript, wished to obtain copies, and, on this account alone, it was committed to the press ...read more
2.) A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer - part 2
C H A P T E R XIII.
ON REST BEFORE GOD.
THE SOUL advanced thus far, has no need of any other preparation than its quietude: for now the presence of God, during the day, which is the great effect, or rather continuation of prayer, begins to be infused, and almost without intermission. The soul certainly enjoys transcendent blessedness, and fin ...read more
3.) Gems from Madame Guyon
1. Banished from the presence of my Beloved, my Bridegroom, how could I be happy! I could not find access to Him, and I certainly could not find rest out of Him. I knew not what to do. I was like the dove out of the ark, which, finding no rest for the sole of its foot, was constrained to return again, but, finding the window shot, could only fly ab ...read more
4.) Spiritual Maxims
"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts."--Isa. xxviii. 9.
SPIRITUAL MAXIMS.
1. To rob God of nothing; to refuse Him nothing; to require of Him nothing; this is great perfection.[11]
2. In the commencement of the spiritual life ...read more
5.) The Way to God - part 1
THE FIRST DEGREE: CONVERSION.
1. THE first degree is the return of the Soul to God, when, being truly converted, it begins to subsist by means of his grace.
THE SECOND DEGREE: THE EFFECTUAL TOUCH IN THE WILL.
2. THE Soul then receives an effectual Touch in the Will, which invites it to recollection, and instructs it that God is within, a ...read more
6.) The Way to God - part 2
THE TRANSFORMATION.
66. THERE are a thousand things that might be said about the inward and celestial life of the Soul thus full of life in God, which He dearly cherishes for Himself, and which He covers externally with abasement, because He is a jealous God. But it would require a volume, and I have only to fulfill your request. God is the lif ...read more
