The Works of the Most Illustrious and Pious Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti: With a Short Account of His Life |
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... Prayer , and Reading , yet no Man more inviolably ob- ferv'd the Duties of his Rank and Station , or more exactly perform'd all that these required of him . He look'd upon this as an indifpenfable Obligation , and tells us , That it is ...
... Prayer , and Reading , yet no Man more inviolably ob- ferv'd the Duties of his Rank and Station , or more exactly perform'd all that these required of him . He look'd upon this as an indifpenfable Obligation , and tells us , That it is ...
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... ima- gin'd , the Tranflator and Publifher have their Wilh . And , Reader , if thou shalt reap any Benefit by it , give the Glory to GOD , and remem- ber them in thy Prayers . THE A Short Account OF THE LIFE OF THE Prince of To the Reader .
... ima- gin'd , the Tranflator and Publifher have their Wilh . And , Reader , if thou shalt reap any Benefit by it , give the Glory to GOD , and remem- ber them in thy Prayers . THE A Short Account OF THE LIFE OF THE Prince of To the Reader .
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... Prayers he put up to God for that end . The good Examples of others being a great Help to our Ad- vancement in the Spiritual Life , the Prince proposed to himself that of St. Lewis IX . of whom he was de- fcended , whofe Sanctity he ...
... Prayers he put up to God for that end . The good Examples of others being a great Help to our Ad- vancement in the Spiritual Life , the Prince proposed to himself that of St. Lewis IX . of whom he was de- fcended , whofe Sanctity he ...
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... Prayer , Meditation and Reading of the Fathers , particularly St. Augu ftine aud St. Bernard , in imitation of St. Lewis . And as that Pious King used to turn into French what he he had read out of the Fathers for the Benefit Prince of ...
... Prayer , Meditation and Reading of the Fathers , particularly St. Augu ftine aud St. Bernard , in imitation of St. Lewis . And as that Pious King used to turn into French what he he had read out of the Fathers for the Benefit Prince of ...
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... Prayer makes them affiduous and devout in it , and who in all forts of Affairs have Recourse to God , and put more Confidence in their Prayers than in their own Labour and Industry . He ought not to judg of the Goodness of his ...
... Prayer makes them affiduous and devout in it , and who in all forts of Affairs have Recourse to God , and put more Confidence in their Prayers than in their own Labour and Industry . He ought not to judg of the Goodness of his ...
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Page vii - House and riches are the inheritance of fathers ; but a prudent wife is from, the Lord,
Page 8 - THEREFORE, O YE KINGS, AND UNDERSTAND; LEARN, YE that be judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Page 11 - ... running in profound darkness after a phantom. They are like a man in a dream, who thinks that he is awake, and who imagines that the objects he sees are real. Thus deceived are they, who are called great in the world, wise in their generation, who are the victims of deceitful pleasures. It is only the children of God who walk in the light of pure truth. What awaits these men who are so full of their own vain and ambitious thoughts ? Often disgrace, always death, the judgment of God, and eternity....
Page 39 - ... yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! in all things ye have approved your felves to be clear in this matter.
Page 69 - eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath the heart of man conceived the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.