Narrative of the Demolition of the Monastery of Port Royal Des Champs, Including Biographical Memoirs of Its Latter InhabitantsJ. and A. Arch, 1816 - 379 páginas |
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Abbess amidst amongst ANGELIQUE Arnauld beautiful Besogne blessed c'est captivity Cardinal Cardinal de Noailles carriage charity Christian church Claude Clem continually court d'Argenson death desolate destruction of Port Dieu divine divine grace door DUCHESSE OF LONGUEVILLE edifying élus eminent entered fait faith Francis Compagnon friends garden gloire grace heart heaven hill holy hommes humility Ibid Jesus Christ lady Lambert Leonard lives Lord Louis the Fourteenth MADAME DE MAINTENON Madame du Valois MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS MARY ANNE SCHIMMELPENNINCK ment mercy mérites monastery monastery of Port monastic MOTHER ANGELICA never nuns of Port Paris peace péché persecution piety pious poor Port Royal Poulain prayer Prioress qu'il recluses religion remains Remicourt réprouvés respect Reverend MOTHER rience Royal des Champs ruins sacraments sacrifice Scripture sent servants shew side sister spirit stone thee Thomassin thou tion trees truth valley of Port Valois's venerable wall whilst whole
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Página 218 - him now, while it is yet called to day; for now is the accepted time, and now is the day of salvation. Reader, the examples of eminent piety these pages propose to thy imitation, are not those of a remote age, and severed from our own by a wide dissimilarity of customs, habits, civilization, or mental cultivation.
Página 220 - strait gate; for many shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able; for the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Cast off then every hindrance. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand ; repent, and believe the Gospel. Reader, whosoever thou mayest be,
Página 219 - can any man enter that door without repentance; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. I
Página 254 - each of which were inscriptions as follows. Upon the 1st—My meat is, to do the will of him that sent me. (On the reverse) Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life. 2nd—The bread of God is he who descended from heaven, and who gives life unto the world.
Página 213 - is in heaven. For Christ is the light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. The spirit of grace is given to every man to profit withal, the love of our heavenly Father extends the same Scriptures, the same grace, and the same promises, which pardoned, renewed, and sanctified their souls, to ours
Página 212 - great a cloud of witnesses, let us too lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience, the race set before us, looking unto Jesus the
Página 131 - praise him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood ; who was slain, and has redeemed us to God by his blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.| My tears indeed, for a season, are my meat, day and night, whilst they continually say to me, ' where is thy God ?
Página 131 - and thy billows are gone over me, and I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy.- Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time; I shall yet praise Him for the light of his countenance, and in the mean time, this recollection, this assurance, sustains me.
Página 255 - are they who have been called to the marriagesupper of the Lamb. Reverse—Whether ye eat, or whether ye drink, or whatsoever ye do, do ye it to the glory of God. 4th—Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you. Reverse—Godliness with contentment is great gain. There was nothing on the fifth pillar, but there were texts of Scripture hung all
Página 44 - Grand Dauphin, the Duke and Duchess of Burgundy, the Duke of Brittany, the three successive heirs to the crown, were struck by death, sudden, awful, and inexplicable; and France was left with an aged and decrepid old man at her head, surrounded by triumphant enemies. The victories of Hochstet,