Prefaceĭear reader, I pray you to read this Preface for your satisfaction and for mine. And particularly that of imploring for me thy immense mercy to the end that, whilst showing others the way of devotion in this world, I may not myself be eternally rejected and confounded in the other but that, with them, I may for ever sing, as a canticle of triumph, the words which, with my whole heart I pronounce, in testimony of my fidelity amidst the dangers of this mortal life: Live Jesus, live Jesus yea, Lord Jesus, live and reign in our hearts for ever and ever. O Sweet Jesus, my Lord, my Saviour, and my God, behold me here prostrate before thy majesty, devoting and consecrating this book to thy glory give life to its words by thy blessing, that those souls for which I have written it, may receive from it the sacred inspirations which I desire for them. Introduction to the Devout Life Dedicatory Prayer -♦. Them will be different from theirs, on account of the difference of the methodĬarefully revised and compared with the latest french edition Which I present to you, my reader but the bouquet which I have formed from Has been written by our predecessors on this subject. I certainlyĬannot, neither do I wish, nor ought I to write in this Introduction but what The discourses which are held on it are, nevertheless, very different,Īccording to the various methods in which they are composed. Pens of his servants, that, although the doctrine is always one and the same, Variety the instructions regarding devotion which He gives by the tongues and Thus the Holy Ghost disposes and arranges with such Glycera, was so skilful in diversifying the arrangement and mixture of theįlowers which she used, that with the same flowers she made a great variety ofīouquets so much so that the painter, Pansias, failed when he endeavoured toĬopy so great a diversity, for he could not change his painting so many ways as Preface for your satisfaction and for mine. Pronounce, in testimony of my fidelity amidst the dangers of this mortal life: Live Jesus, live Jesus yea, Lord Jesus, live and reign in our hearts for ever and ever. That, whilst showing others the way of devotion in this world, I may not myselfīe eternally rejected and confounded in the other but that, with them, I mayįor ever sing, as a canticle of triumph, the words which, with my whole heart I And particularly that of imploring for me thy immense mercy to the end Have written it, may receive from it the sacred inspirations which I desire for Glory give life to its words by thy blessing, that those souls for which I Here prostrate before thy majesty, devoting and consecrating this book to thy OSweet Jesus, my Lord, my Saviour, and my God, behold me
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