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.
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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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THE VII. DAY. The Gift of the Fear of God.
1. COnsider that this gift imprints in our hearts a filial & respect∣full fear of God, which makes us apprehend the least sin, because 'tis displeasing to God, & not because of the punishment it deserves; & that pierceth a soul in all places, with an holy respect & an humble dread be∣fore the divine majesty of God which is intirely present to it.
2. O how well do I conceive, O my God, how this constant & habi∣tuall fear of a soul does purify, untye, & render it perfect? in a small time. O holy Ghost, bestow upon me this
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wholsome fear, which may make me apprehend the lightest infidelity, & which may assure me of a happy eternity.
3. This gift unites us intimately to God in prayer, it recollects all the senses, it stops all the powers of the heart, in the sight & perfe∣ction of this sole object, of which the soul experiences an intimate pre∣sence, rather then a knowledge of it.
4. O holy Spirit! source of love & bounty, the adorable origine of the sanctification of our hearts, inflame them with the fire of thy divine cha∣rity, let us see & tast, how sweet our Lord is; give us the spirit of recolle∣ction, & of prayer, which may carry us to do all things, as in gods sight, & yet recall us into our selves, there to adore & love a God, who abides in our hearts, as in his temple, and sanctifies them, by the communication of his spirit.
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