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The Autobiography of Madame Guyon, by
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
Author: Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Release Date: August 8, 2007 [EBook #22269]
Language: English
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
MADAME GUYON
IN TWO PARTS
MOODY PRESS CHICAGO
Printed in the United States of America
INTRODUCTION
In the history of the world few persons have attained that high degree of spirituality reached by Madame Guyon.
Born in a corrupt age, in a nation marked for its degeneracy; nursed and reared in a church, as profligate as the world in which it was embedded; persecuted at every step of her career; groping as she did in spiritual desolation and ignorance, nevertheless, she arose to the highest pinnacle of pre-eminence in spirituality and Christian devotion.
She lived and died in the Catholic Church; yet was tormented and afflicted; was maltreated and abused; and was imprisoned for years by the highest authorities of that church.
Her sole crime was that of loving God. The ground of her offense was found in her supreme devotion and unmeasured
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon