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There were omissions of importance in the former narration of my life. I
willingly comply with your desire, in giving you a more circumstantial
relation; though the labor seems rather painful, as I cannot use much study
or reflection. My earnest wish is to paint in true colors the goodness of God
to me, and the depth of my own ingratitude—but it is impossible, as
numberless little circumstances have escaped my memory. You are also

Audio Download (Free) Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 – June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. 'Madame Guyon (1648-1717) wrote this introspective account of her life while imprisoned unjustly. Her only crime was that of loving God, yet it was the church itself which had imprisoned her. In describing this autobiography she said 'My earnest wish is to paint in true colors the goodness of God to me, and the depth of my own ingratitude.'

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French:; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French mystic and was accused of advocating Quietism, although she never called herself a Quietist.Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book. Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717), a woman of great wisdom and worship, was filled with the richness of God's grace as she endured hardships and abuse in her married life. Blessed with children and great earthly wealth, she suffered physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually at the hands of her spiritual leaders, imprisoned unjustly for. In the history of the world few persons have attained that high degree of spirituality reached by Madame Guyon. This book is available for free download in a.

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unwilling I should give you a minute account of my sins. I shall, however,
try to leave out as few faults as possible. I depend on you to destroy it,
when your soul hath drawn those spiritual advantages which God
intended, and for which purpose I am willing to sacrifice all things. I am
fully persuaded of His designs toward you, as well for the sanctification of
others, as for your own sanctification.
Let me assure you, this is not attained, save through pain, weariness and
labor; and it will be reached by a path that will wonderfully disappoint
your expectations. Nevertheless, if you are fully convinced that it is on the
nothing in man that God establishes his greatest works,—you will be in
part guarded against disappointment or surprise. He destroys that he
might build; for when He is about to rear His sacred temple in us, He first
totally razes that vain and pompous edifice, which human art and power
had erected, and from its horrible ruins a new structure is formed, by His
power only.

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