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crudiamur_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig_n c._n 15._o ix_o of_o a_o state_n of_o purification_n after_o this_o life_n l'eroile_n du_fw-fr matin_fw-fr let._n 25_o 26._o le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n p_o 1._o n._n 53_o 66._o gul._n forbesii_n considerationes_fw-la modestae_fw-la &_o purificae_fw-la p._n 266_o 267_o x._o of_o predestination_n tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fauss_n theol._n part_v 2._o let._n 3._o l'acad_n des_fw-fr scav_fw-mi theoi_fw-fr p._n 1._o ch_n 1._o le_fw-fr novu._n ciel_fw-fr p._n 25_o etc._n etc._n le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 1._o n._n 22_o 56_o 67_o 109._o light_n of_o the_o world_n part_n 3_o conf._n 22._o xi_o of_o freewill_n academic_n de_fw-fr scau._n theol._n p._n 1._o ch_n 1_o 2._o light_n of_o the_o world_n part_v 3_o conf._n 2_o 21_o 22._o le_fw-fr novu._n ciel_fw-fr p._n 67._o renovu._n de_fw-fr l'espr_fw-la evang_v avantprop_v n._n 11._o 18_o 24_o 25_o 31._o 31._o vides_fw-la quantum_fw-la boni_fw-la desit_fw-la corpori_fw-la cui_fw-la desunt_fw-la manus_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la manibus_fw-la male_a utitur_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n operatur_fw-la vel_fw-la saeva_fw-la vel_fw-la turpia_fw-la sine_fw-la pedibus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la aspiceres_fw-la fatereris_fw-la de_fw-la esse_fw-la integritati_fw-la corporis_fw-la plurimum_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la nocendam_fw-la cuipiam_fw-la vel_fw-la seipsum_fw-la dehonestandum_fw-la pedibus_fw-la uteretur_fw-la male_a uti_fw-la pedibus_fw-la non_fw-la negare_n oculis_fw-la hanc_fw-la lucem_fw-la videmus_fw-la formasque_fw-la internoscimus_fw-la corporum_fw-la oculis_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerique_fw-la pleraque_fw-la agunt_fw-la turpiter_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la militare_fw-la cogunt_fw-la libidini_fw-la et_fw-la vides_fw-la quantum_fw-la bonum_fw-la desit_fw-la in_o fancy_n si_fw-la oculi_fw-la desint_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la adsunt_fw-la quis_fw-la hos_fw-la dedit_fw-la nisi_fw-la bonorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la largitor_fw-la deus_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ergo_fw-la ista_fw-la probas_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la &_o non_fw-la intuens_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la male_a his_o utuntur_fw-la laudas_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la haec_fw-la dedit_fw-la bona_fw-la sic_fw-la liberam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la recte_fw-la vivere_fw-la opportet_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o divinitùs_fw-la datum_fw-la &_o potius_fw-la eos_fw-la damnandos_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la bono_fw-mi male_n utuntur_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la dederit_fw-la dare_v non_fw-la debuisse_fw-la fatearis_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la ergo_fw-la oculum_fw-la concedas_fw-la esse_fw-la aliquod_fw-la bonum_fw-la quo_fw-la amisso_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la recte_fw-la vivendum_fw-la non_fw-la impeditur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la libera_fw-la tibi_fw-la videtur_fw-la nullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la recte_fw-la nemo_fw-la vivit_fw-la non_fw-la 1._o enim_fw-la quicquam_fw-la tam_fw-la firm_a atque_fw-la intime_fw-la sentio_fw-la quam_fw-la i_o habere_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la eaque_fw-la i_o moveri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquâ—d_fw-la fruendum_fw-la quid_fw-la autem_fw-la meum_fw-la dicam_fw-la prorsus_fw-la non_fw-la invenio_fw-la si_fw-la voluntas_fw-la qua_fw-la volo_fw-la &_o nolo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mea_fw-la quapropter_fw-la cui_fw-la tribuendum_fw-la est_fw-la siquid_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la male_a facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la mihi_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la bone_fw-la deus_fw-la i_o fecerit_fw-la nec_fw-la bene_fw-la aliquid_fw-la faciam_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la potius_fw-la datam_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o bono_fw-mi deo_fw-la satis_fw-la apparet_fw-la motus_fw-la autem_fw-la quo_fw-la huc_fw-la atque_fw-la illuc_fw-la convertitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la esset_fw-la voluntarius_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la potius_fw-la potestate_fw-la neque_fw-la laudandus_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la superiora_fw-la neque_fw-la culpandus_fw-la homo_fw-la esset_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la inferiora_fw-la detorquet_fw-la quasi_fw-la quendam_fw-la cardinem_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la neque_fw-la omnino_fw-la monendus_fw-la esset_fw-la ut_fw-la istis_fw-la neglectis_fw-la aeterna_fw-la vellet_fw-la adipisci_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la male_a nollet_fw-la vivere_fw-la vellet_fw-la autem_fw-la bene_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la monendum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la hominem_fw-la quisquis_fw-la existimat_fw-la de_fw-la hominum_fw-la numero_fw-la exterminandus_fw-la est_fw-la s._n august_n de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitr_n lib._n 2._o c._n 18._o 18._o ibid._n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o xii_o of_o grace_n acad._n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d theolog_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o renovu._n de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr espr_fw-la eu._n pref._n n._n 22._o academic_n theol._n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o light_n of_o the_o world_n part_n 1._o cons_n 8._o acad._n de_fw-fr theol._n p._n 1._o c._n 1_o 2._o xiii_o of_o the_o divine_a prescience_n l'_fw-mi etoile_n du_fw-fr matin_fw-fr p._n 157_o divine_a dialogue_n part_v 1._o p._n 80_o 81_o etc._n etc._n fourteen_o of_o the_o possibility_n of_o keep_v the_o command_v of_o god_n and_o of_o perfection_n renovu._n de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr esp_n evang._n avant_fw-fr prop._n p._n 18_o 19_o renoâ—v_n de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr espr_fw-la eu._n part_n 2._o p._n 66_o 67_o 68_o aveagiement_n des_fw-fr hommes_fw-fr p._n 60._o the_o sum_n of_o her_o sentiment_n as_o to_o the_o command_v of_o god_n dr_n henry_n more_n s_o divine_a dialogue_n dial._n 5._o â—_o p._n 117._o â—_o p._n 422._o 422._o rom._n 5._o 5._o 5._o rom._n 13._o 10._o 10._o 1_o joh._n 5_o 3_o 4._o 4._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 9_o etc._n etc._n etc._n serm._n 291._o the_o temp_n temp_n luk._n 1._o 5_o 6._o m._n poiret_n oeconomie_n divine_a tom._n 6._o p._n 467_o 468_o 469_o etc._n etc._n xv._n of_o impeccability_n not_o to_o be_v attain_v in_o this_o life_n tomb._n de_fw-fr f._n th._n part_n 2._o p._n 115_o 116_o etc._n etc._n xvi_o of_o the_o inferior_a will_n of_o jesus_n christ_n incline_v to_o please_v itself_o solid_a virtue_n part_n 2._o lett._n 6._o acces_fw-la lett._n the_o reasonableness_n of_o her_o sentiment_n in_o this_o heb._n 4._o 15._o xvii_o of_o the_o state_n of_o infant_n l'etoile_n du_fw-fr matin_fw-fr p._n 159_o 16â—_n etc._n etc._n the_o reasonableness_n of_o this_o sentiment_n l'oecon_n divine_a part_v 3._o p._n 299_o 300_o etc._n etc._n xviii_o of_o reason_n la_fw-fr sainte_n visiere_n tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr â—ausse_fw-fr theol._n part_n 1_o let._n 12._o appel_n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr part_n 2._o p._n 58_o 59_o the_o nature_n and_o order_n of_o the_o faculty_n of_o man._n m._n poiret_fw-la de_n erud_v solid_n supersic_n &_o falsa_fw-la xix_o of_o form_v a_o new_a sect._n le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 2._o p._n 45_o 46._o xx._n that_o she_o despise_v not_o sermon_n sacrament_n pastor_n le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 2._o p._n 199_o 200_o etc._n etc._n le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 2._o p._n 74_o 75._o xxi_o nor_o reject_v the_o holy_a scripture_n tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 2_o p._n 78_o light_n of_o the_o world_n part_n 1._o p._n 101._o lum_n nec_fw-la en_fw-fr tenebr_fw-fr p._n 2._o p._n 81._o tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 1._o p._n 17_o 18._o 18._o homâ—_n itaque_fw-la flde_n spe_fw-mi &_o charitate_fw-la subnixuâ—_n eaque_fw-la inconcusse_fw-la retinens_fw-la non_fw-la indiget_fw-la scripture_n nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la instruendos_fw-la itaque_fw-la multi_fw-la per_fw-la hac_fw-la tria_fw-la in_o solitudine_fw-la sine_fw-la codicibus_fw-la vivunt_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la arbitror_fw-la jam_fw-la completum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la sive_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la evacuabuntur_fw-la sive_fw-la longuae_fw-la cossabunt_fw-la sive_fw-la scientia_fw-la destruetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr doctr._n chr._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 36._o xxii_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a christian_n etc._n etc._n tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fauss_n theol._n part_v 2._o p._n 155._o psal_n 14._o 2_o 3._o that_o god_n will_v make_v she_o and_o her_o write_n the_o mean_a of_o renew_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o gospel_n tomb._n de_fw-fr fauss_n theol._n part_v 2._o p_o 161_o 162._o temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 2._o p._n 43_o 44_o 61_o 62._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 27_o 28._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 11_o 12._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 34_o 35._o preface_n apologâ—t_fw-la p._n 21_o 2d_o 23._o xxiii_o the_o accusation_n of_o pride_n 1._o that_o she_o exaâ—ted_v herself_o above_o prophet_n apostle_n pierre_n de_fw-fr touch._n p._n 257._o ibid._n p._n 209._o 2._o that_o she_o understand_v the_o holy_a scripture_n without_o have_v read_v they_o etc._n etc._n light_n of_o the_o world_n part_v 1._o p._n 136_o 137._o 3._o that_o she_o call_v herself_o a_o mother_n of_o true_a believer_n tomb._n de_fw-fr f._n theol._n part_v 2._o p._n 41_o 42_o 43._o ibid._n p._n 58._o 4._o that_o she_o extol_v herself_o as_o a_o pattern_n joh._n 8._o 52_o 53._o psal_n 119._o 99_o 100_o xxiv_o o_o her_o affix_v doctrine_n on_o other_o which_o they_o deny_v joh._n 7._o 20._o ezek._n 9_o 9_o be_v 22._o 13_o 28._o 15._o mal._n 3._o 14._o vide_fw-la pref_o apolog_fw-la le_fw-fr temoign_n de_fw-fr verity_n part_n 1._o p._n 90._o xxv_o of_o wrong_a explication_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n aug._n de_fw-fr doct._n chr._n lib._n 3._o c._n 27_o m._n weyeri_fw-la effata_fw-la eff._n 1_o aug._n de_fw-fr doct_n chr._n l_o 1._o c_o 39_o light_n of_o the_o world_n conf._n 28._o xxvi_o of_o tautology_n and_o repetition_n sâ—e_v the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n by_o abad_n p._n 1._o s._n
3._o c._n 2._o and_o 5._o oeconomie_n divine_a p._n 5._o preface_n xxvii_o of_o her_o make_v a_o mahometan_a paradise_n matt._n 2d_o 30._o xxviii_o the_o conclusion_n i._o pretence_n to_o divine_a inspiration_n a_o great_a prejudice_n in_o this_o age._n ii_o for_o different_a reason_n 1._o some_o disbelieve_v all_o revelation_n 2._o other_o any_o since_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n 3._o both_o confirm_v from_o false_a pretence_n to_o divine_a inspiration_n iii_o no_o great_a hope_n of_o convince_a the_o first_o though_o enough_o to_o awaken_v their_o consideration_n if_o true_o rational_a the_o second_o can_v think_v it_o impossible_a or_o improbable_a iv._o god_n create_v man_n to_o communicate_v himself_o to_o he_o and_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n can_v be_v understand_v but_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n st._n chrys_n in_o prefat_n ad_fw-la homil._n in_o matt._n matt._n aug._n de_fw-fr doct._n chr._n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o 11._o 11._o john_n 1._o 1_o 4_o 5_o 9_o 14._o 14._o john_n 14_o 21_o 22_o 23._o 23._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 14._o 14._o rom._n 8._o 9_o 14._o v._o of_o which_o they_o who_o he_o employ_v to_o save_v other_o must_v have_v a_o suitable_a measure_n vi_o he_o use_v to_o send_v such_o when_o priest_n and_o people_n be_v corrupt_v vii_o who_o have_v no_o outward_a quality_n to_o recommend_v they_o 1_o king_n 19_o 19_o 2_o king_n 7._o 1_o 2._o jer._n 29._o 26_o 27._o amos_n 7._o 14._o matt._n 11._o 18._o joh_n 8._o 48._o viii_o they_o despise_v not_o the_o word_n and_o ordinance_n of_o god_n but_o declare_v peoples_n abuse_v of_o they_o ix_o the_o devil_n raise_v up_o false_a prophet_n to_o oppose_v and_o discredie_a they_o x._o it_o be_v neither_o impossible_a nor_o improbable_a that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n shall_v immediate_o enlighten_v soul_n now_o as_o well_o as_o before_o the_o come_v of_o jesus_n christ_n xi_o there_o be_v strong_a presumption_n that_o he_o will_v do_v it_o it_o joel_n 2._o 28._o 28._o act._n 2._o 16_o 17._o 17._o act_n 2._o 38_o 39_o jer._n 31._o 33_o 34._o isa_n 11._o 9_o xii_o there_o have_v be_v some_o such_o in_o all_o age_n xiii_o the_o present_a and_o future_a state_n of_o the_o world_n call_v for_o it_o be_v 11._o 4_o 5_o etc._n etc._n c._n 12._o 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n c._n 60._o 1_o 2_o 19_o 21_o 22_o etc._n etc._n c._n 11._o 9_o 11._o c._n 30._o 26._o c._n 44._o 3._o jer._n 31._o 31_o 33_o 34._o ezek._n 36._o 25_o 26_o 27._o c._n 39_o 29._o c._n 47._o 1_o 12._o zech._n 12._o 8._o matth._n 11._o 11._o rev._n 11._o 8_o 15._o c._n 21._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 6_o 12_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o fourteen_o character_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o elias_n to_o come_v dr._n h._n m._n divine_a dialog_n dial._n 5._o p._n 355_o 359_o 359_o mal._n 3._o 1_o 2._o 3._o 3._o be_v 40._o 3_o 4._o 5._o 5._o mal._n 4._o 5._o rev._n 16._o 16._o matth._n 17._o 10_o 11._o 11._o king_n 18._o 8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n matth._n 3._o 3_o etc._n etc._n xv._n we_o ought_v not_o to_o reject_v all_o pretension_n to_o divine_a revelation_n nor_o blind_o to_o receive_v any_o but_o to_o try_v they_o xvi_o the_o pretension_n of_o a._n b._n deserve_v this_o enquiry_n xvii_o a_o sum_n of_o the_o evidence_n she_o bring_v of_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n lum_n nee_n en_fw-fr tenebr_fw-fr part_n 1._o p._n 2_o 3._o tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr fauss_n theol._n part_v 1._o p._n 77_o 78._o ibid._n p._n 76._o 〈◊〉_d acad_n deâ—_n scav_fw-mi part_n 2._o p._n 3._o ibid._n p._n 13._o ibid._n p_o â—â—_o ibid._n p._n 21._o xxviii_o m._n pascal_n distinguish_a mark_n of_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n xix_o the_o prejudices_fw-la against_o her_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n propose_v and_o clear_v by_o herself_o 1._o the_o want_n of_o miracle_n answer_v tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 1._o p._n 11._o ibid._n p._n 13._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 1_o 2._o ibid._n p._n 26_o ibid._n p._n 27._o xx._n 2._o that_o all_o may_v have_v be_v from_o the_o devil_n or_o her_o own_o imagination_n answer_v la_fw-fr lum_o nee_n en_fw-fr tenebr_fw-fr part_v 1_o let._n 1_o ibid._n p._n 8._o ibid._n p._n 53._o â—cad_a de_fw-fr sâ—av_n theol._n part_v 2._o p._n 22_o 29._o pierre_n de_fw-fr touch._n p._n 293._o p._n 295._o tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 3._o p._n 49._o pierre_n de_fw-fr touch._n p._n 299_o 300._o tomb._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 4._o p._n 57_o part_n 1._o p._n 69_o 70._o lum_n nee_n en_fw-fr tenebr_fw-fr part_n 3._o p._n 184._o xxi_o 3._o that_o all_o may_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o a_o great_a natural_a judgement_n answer_v tomb_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faux_fw-fr theol._n part_n 2._o p._n 124_o etc._n etc._n xxii_o 4._o that_o she_o ascribe_v all_o her_o mistake_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n answer_v la_fw-fr vie_fw-fr continue_v p._n 271._o iâ—_n aveugâ—ement_fw-fr des_fw-fr hom_o part_n 2._o p._n 172._o etc._n etc._n act_n 12._o 12_o 13._o etc._n etc._n xxiii_o 5._o that_o she_o contradict_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o herself_o answer_v avertis_fw-la contr_n le_fw-fr trembl_n p._n 8._o avis_n salut_fw-fr p._n 84_o 85._o etc._n etc._n xxiv_o 6_o that_o the_o prediction_n set_v down_o in_o her_o write_n do_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v answer_v joh._n a_o cruse_n ascensus_fw-la montis_fw-la carmeli_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 19_o 20._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 6._o jer._n 4._o 10._o luke_n 24._o 21._o act_n 1._o 6._o john_n 11._o 60._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 14._o joh._n 12._o 16_o 1_o sam._n 20._o 38._o jer._n 26._o 6_o 7_o 8._o jon._n 4._o 2._o avertis_fw-la contr_n le_fw-fr trembl_n n._n 96._o xxv_o that_o she_o be_v impose_v upon_o by_o impostor_n be_v no_o argument_n that_o she_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n god_n act_n 13._o 20._o 28._o 28._o phil._n 2._o 27._o tit._n 4._o 20._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 23._o 23._o psa_fw-la 55._o 14_o 15._o jer._n 11._o 19_o 1_o king_n 13._o 2_o tim._n 4._o xxvi_o the_o whole_a evidence_n sum_v up_o xxvii_o what_o weight_n the_o testimony_n of_o other_o may_v have_v xxviii_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o matter_n in_o those_o write_n xxix_o that_o the_o accessary_a thing_n need_v deter_v none_o phil._n 3._o 15_o 16._o i._o what_o holiness_n be_v col._n 3._o 1._o 1_o joh._n 2._o 15._o ii_o to_o be_v discern_v by_o divine_a light_n only_o iii_o illustrate_v by_o the_o material_a light_n iv._o two_o sort_n of_o spiritual_o blind_a the_o 1._o capable_a of_o see_v the_o 2._o not_o v._o five_o testimony_n of_o holiness_n in_o any_o vi_o all_o these_o as_o to_o a._n b._n vii_o 1._o her_o verbal_a testimony_n of_o herself_o valid_a and_o no_o sign_n of_o pride_n viii_o the_o testimony_n of_o her_o action_n ix_o 2._o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o x._o her_o solitude_n xi_o her selfâ—enial_o selfâ—enial_n xii_o her_o firm_a perseverance_n to_o death_n xiii_o the_o purity_n of_o her_o virgin_n state_n fourteen_o of_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n heb._n 11._o 1._o xv._n that_o these_o do_v live_v and_o operate_v in_o she_o xvi_o 3._o the_o contraâ—y_n to_o those_o evidence_n not_o make_v appear_v xvii_o 4._o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o conscience_n of_o other_o xviii_o the_o wonderful_a work_n she_o do_v and_o the_o divine_a light_n give_v she_o xix_o the_o second_o question_n answer_v by_o answer_v the_o first_o xx._n natural_a gift_n can_v make_v happy_a without_o a_o continual_a dependence_n upon_o god_n xxi_o how_o it_o appear_v the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v indict_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n xxii_o that_o the_o write_n of_o a._n b._n be_v indict_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n xxiii_o they_o be_v consonant_n to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o a_o key_n to_o they_o xxiv_o the_o conclusion_n i._o a._n b._n her_o birth_n and_o parentage_n ii_o her_o mother_n aversion_n to_o she_o and_o why_o iii_o the_o serious_a thought_n of_o â—er_n childhood_n iv._o her_o early_a conversation_n with_o god_n v._o she_o turn_v towards_o the_o world_n vi_o god_n witâ—_n draw_v from_o she_o vii_o new_a motion_n from_o god_n and_o her_o combat_n thereupon_o viii_o the_o thought_n of_o death_n fix_v upon_o her_o spirit_n ix_o her_o conversion_n and_o penitence_n x._o instruction_n from_o god_n xi_o she_o will_v go_v into_o a_o monastery_n xii_o god_n call_n xiii_o she_o leave_v her_o father_n hâ—use_n fourteen_o be_v discover_v and_o deliver_v xv._n the_o pastor_n of_o blatton_n esteem_n of_o she_o xvi_o his_o life_n xvii_o her_o consolation_n when_o shutup_a in_o the_o church_n of_o blatton_n xviii_o the_o archbishop_n of_o cambray_n come_v to_o see_v she_o xix_o she_o return_v home_o with_o her_o parent_n xx._n her_o confessor_n xxi_o the_o reason_n of_o god_n choice_n of_o she_o xxii_o she_o â—eaves_v again_o her_o father_n house_n xxiii_o her_o