BY THOMAS C. UPHAM.

PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE.

C122 3.1.80.5

Harvard College Library

Aug. 28, 1917

Gift of

Dr.A.B.Bradford

12n's)

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846,

BY THOMAS C. UPHAM,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Maine.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Domestic arrangements of Madame Guyon. Finds it necessary to

form new associations on her return to Paris. Character of

them. Duchess de Beauvilliers. Duchess de Chevreuse. Char-

acter of the Duke de Chevreuse. Begins to labor in this higher

class of society. Labors of La Combe. His doctrines. Opposi-

tion formed against him by La Mothe, half-brother of Madame

Guyon. Reference to the doctrines of Michael de Molinos. The

case of La Combe brought before M. de Harlai, Archbishop of

Paris; and subsequently before Louis Fourteenth. La Combe

writes to Madame Guyon. Is sent to the Bastille. Sympathy

felt for him by Madame Guyon. Their correspondence · · · ·

CHAPTER II.

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Designs of those who had imprisoned La Combe, in relation to

Madame Guyon. They propose to her to leave Paris, and take

up her residence at Montargis. She refuses. Desire of her half-

brother, La Mothe, to become her spiritual Director. Her oppo-

sition to it. Her tranquillity of mind. Account of a remarkable

inward experience. Her labors for souls, and the success attend-

ing them. Conversation with La Mothe. His efforts to compel

her to leave the city. Her reply. Her case brought before Louis

Fourteenth. Position of Louis. Her imprisonment, Jan. 1688,

in the Convent of St. Marie. The treatment she experienced.

Separation from her daughter. Poetry.

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CHAPTER III.

Occupations in prison.

Commences the history of her life. Re-

marks upon this work. Her feelings in her imprisonment. Her

labors and usefulness while there. Letter to one of her religious

friends. Visited by an ecclesiastical Judge, and a Doctor of the

Sorbonne. Examined by them. Her feelings. Poem

CHAPTER IV.

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Her views in relation to the continuance of her imprisonment. Her

spirit of inward peace and triumph. Inward trials. Spirit of

forgiveness towards her enemies. Attempts made to involve her

daughter in a marriage arrangement. The king favorable to the

plan, but requires Madame Guyon's consent. The subject pro-

posed to her with the view of obtaining her consent by M. Charon.

Her reply. Unfavorable state of things. Writes to Père La

Chaise. Sickness. Renewed trials. Remarks on the dispensa-

tion of the Holy Ghost. A Poem..

CHAPTER V.

The 22d of August, 1688. Her mental state at that time. Efforts

of her friends unavailing. Madame de Miramion. She visits the

Convent of St. Marie. Becomes acquainted with Madame Guyon.

Makes known her case to Madame de Maintenon, who intercedes

for her with Louis Fourteenth. Madame Guyon released from

her first imprisonment, by the king's order, in October, 1688, after

being imprisoned eight months. Resides with Madame de Mira-

mion. Marriage of Wer daughter with the Count de Vaux. No-

tices of his family. Goes to reside with her daughter. Letters.

A Poem

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CHAPTER VI.

Fenelon, archbishop of Cambray. His character. His early de-

signs. Interesting letter. Sent by Louis Fourteenth as a mis-

sionary to Poitou. Learns something of the character and reli-

gious labors of Madame Guyon. On his return from Poitou, in

1688, he passes through Montargis, and makes some inquiries in

relation to her. Meets her for the first time at the country resi-

dence of the Duchess of Charost, at Beine. They return to Paris

together. Letters which passed between them..

CHAPTER VII.

Religious state of Fenelon. His entire consecration to God. Per-

plexities connected with his inward experience. His correspon-

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