The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

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MADAME GUYON

PART ONE

PART TWO

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Everything seemed to punish me, but this instead of making me turn unto Thee, O my God, only served to afflict and embitter my mind.

My father knew nothing of all this; his love to me was such that he would not have suffered it. I loved him very much, but at the same time I feared him, so that I told him nothing of it. My mother was often teasing him with complaints of me, to which he made no other reply than, "There are twelve hours in the day; she'll grow wiser." This rigorous proceeding was not the worst for my soul, though it soured my temper, which was otherwise mild and easy. But what caused my greatest hurt was, that I chose to be among those who caressed me, in order to corrupt and spoil me.

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