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    Letters of Madam Guyon
    Letters of Madam Guyon
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    Release dateNov 27, 2019
    ISBN4057664610942
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      Letters of Madam Guyon - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

      Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

      Letters of Madam Guyon

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664610942

      Table of Contents

      PREFACE.

      SKETCH OF HER LIFE.

      SELECTIONS FROM HER POETRY.

      REIGN OF CHRIST IN THE HEART.

      TURN FROM SELF TO CHRIST

      ASSURANCE.

      HUMILITY THE EFFECT OF LOVE.

      DIVINE COMMUNICATIONS.

      JOY IN PERSECUTIONS.

      LIBERTY IN CHRIST.

      MELANCHOLY AVOIDED.

      GOD'S CARE OF THE SOUL COMMITTED TO HIM.

      POWER OF THE ADVERSARY.

      UNCTION OF GRACE.

      SPIRITUAL ONENESS.

      VICISSITUDES IN EXPERIENCE.

      PATIENCE WITH THE FAULTS OF OTHERS.

      HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE MOVEMENTS OF GOD.

      STATE OF SIMPLICITY.

      QUENCHING THE SPIRIT.

      SUFFER THE CRUCIFIXIONS AND REDUCTIONS OF SELF.

      REPROVE IN LOVE.

      SILENT OPERATION OF GRACE.

      LIMIT NOT YOUR SPHERE.

      SECRET OF DIVINE OPERATIONS UPON THE SOUL.

      NO UNION WITH SELFISH SOULS.

      NEVER YIELD TO DISCOURAGEMENT.

      WEAKNESS AND IMPERFECTION.

      ADVANCEMENT.

      GREATNESS OF SPIRITUAL POVERTY.

      ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY ONE SOUL TO ANOTHER.

      SIMPLICITY AND POWER OF THE WORD.

      FORGETFULNESS OF SELF.

      DIVERSITY OF MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION.

      COMFORT IN AFFLICTION.

      BEARING FRUIT IN UNION WITH CHRIST.

      DESOLATE STATE.

      SELF-ABANDONMENT.

      NO DEPENDENCE ON INSTRUMENTS.

      CHILD OF GOD SOON TO DIE.

      UNION OF SOULS IN GOD.

      SECRET OPERATIONS OF GRACE.

      TO A YOUNG FRIEND.

      LETTER TO HER SPIRITUAL GUIDE.

      GLORY OF GOD THE ONE DESIRE.

      SPIRITUAL UNION AND AID.

      LIVE IN THE PRESENT.

      HOW TO ADMINISTER REPROOF.

      BEARING THE STATES OF CHRIST.

      OUR IMPERFECTIONS SHOULD NOT HINDER OUR LABORS FOR OTHERS.

      DEATH, RESURRECTION.

      GRACE DEEPLY INTERIOR.

      SELF-RENUNCIATION.

      UNEXPECTED FAULTS.

      APOSTOLIC STATE.

      PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.

      ECSTACY OF THE MIND, AND THE WILL OR HEART.—THE DIFFERENCE.

      A VIEW OF SELF.

      STATE OF A SOUL IN UNION WITH GOD.

      STATE OF REST IN GOD.

      GREAT HUMILIATIONS.

      REPOSE OF THE SOUL IS GOD.

      POWER OF CASTING OUT EVIL SPIRITS.

      STATE OF A SOUL RE-UNITED TO GOD.

      CONCISE VIEW OF THE INTERIOR WAY.

      SELECTIONS FROM HER POETRY.

      A LITTLE BIRD I AM.

      GOD EVERYWHERE, TO THE SOUL THAT LOVES HIM.

      PREFACE.

      Table of Contents

      Madam Guyon's correspondence was very extensive, occupying five printed volumes. Her style of writing is somewhat diffuse. In giving religious advice to many persons, there would necessarily be frequent repetitions. It has, therefore, occurred to the writer, that a selection and re-arrangement of thoughts, such as is found in this little volume, would be more acceptable and useful, than a literal and full translation of her letters. This selection necessarily involved much re-writing and condensing. Great care, however, has been taken to reach her true sentiments, and to give a just relation of her religious experience.

      In the interesting preface to her letters, published in 1767, the writer remarks: Next to the Holy Scriptures, we do not believe there has been given to the world, any writings, so valuable as Madam Guyon's; and of all these precious treasures, her letters are the most rare. All who have received the unction of the Holy One, whereby they know the truth, are agreed upon her divine writings.

      If the writer may be permitted to add her humble testimony, having enjoyed the privilege of reading her writings in the original for several years, she would say, there are no writings, excepting the Sacred Oracles, from which she has received so much spiritual benefit. It is on this account, she has endeavored, with divine assistance, to portray to others, Madam Guyon's deep religious feelings. May the same spirit of devotion to her Lord and Master which she possessed, rest upon the heart of the reader.

      Happy are they in whose hearts burns the flame of divine love.

      P. L. UPHAM.

      Brunswick, Me., April, 1858.

      SKETCH OF HER LIFE.

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      Jeannie Marie Mothe, the maiden name of Madam Guyon, was born at Montargis, in France, April 13, 1648. She was married to M. J. Guyon, in 1664, and became the mother of four children. In July, 1676, she was separated from her husband by death. Madam Guyon was one of that number, who, in advance of the common standard of piety, are called to be Reformers; and on this account, she suffered great persecutions. She was several times imprisoned. At one time eight months; and subsequently four years in one of the towers of the celebrated Bastile. After her release from prison, she was banished for the remainder of her days to Blois, on the river Loire. At the time of her release from the Bastile, she was fifty-four years of age. Her sufferings from the cold, damp walls of the prison, in winter, and the confined air in summer, with other privations and hardships, greatly impaired her constitution, and rendered her a sufferer to the close of her days. She died June 9, 1717, aged sixty-nine years.

      During her imprisonment, she wrote her Autobiography, which has been translated into English. Another work of hers, The Torrents, has recently been translated, very happily, by Mr. Ford. Also two essays, Method of Prayer, and Concise View of the Way of God, by J. W. Metcalf. It is not known by the writer, that her other works have been translated, with the exception of some of her poems by William Cowper; and The Life and Experience of Madam Guyon, in two volumes, written by my husband.

      P. L. U.

      SELECTIONS FROM HER POETRY.

      Table of Contents

      LETTERS OF MADAM GUYON.

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      REIGN OF CHRIST IN THE HEART.

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      I have read your letter, my dear brother, with great pleasure. It is my highest happiness to see the reign of Jesus Christ extending itself in the hearts of God's people. An external religion has too much usurped the place of the religion of the heart. The ancient saints—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Enoch, Job—lived interiorly with God. The reign of Christ on earth is nothing more nor less than the subjection of the whole soul to himself. Alas! the world are opposed to this reign. Many pray, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in

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