The daily exercises of a Christian life or the interiour spirit with which we ought to animate our actions throughout the whole day: With an easy instruction for mentall prayer, translated out of French by I.W. of the Soc. of Jesus.

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The daily exercises of a Christian life or the interiour spirit with which we ought to animate our actions throughout the whole day: With an easy instruction for mentall prayer, translated out of French by I.W. of the Soc. of Jesus.
Author
Gonnelieu, Jérôme de, 1640-1715.
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Printed at S. Omers [i.e. Saint Omers] :: by Ludovicus Carlier,
in the year 1689.
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Conduct of life
Christian life
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"The daily exercises of a Christian life or the interiour spirit with which we ought to animate our actions throughout the whole day: With an easy instruction for mentall prayer, translated out of French by I.W. of the Soc. of Jesus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89897.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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ONe must enter into an exteriour retreat, with the holy Virgin, &

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the Apostles, casting off all unneces∣sary business, visits or unprofitable discourses, & keeping the spirit of sweetness, & charity with our neigh∣bour, but aboue all, we ought to be carefull to joyn thereto, an interiour retreat, keeping our minds sequestred from all vain & curious thoughts, or all unprofitable reflections upon our selves or others, imploying ones mind & heart in frequent aspirations & sighs addressed to God, to demand his holy spirit, which to obtain, we must unite them with the interiour dispositions & prayers of the holy Virgin & the Apostles.

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