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1、THESPIRITUALMAXIMSorPEEEGEOU.LONDONtJ.T.HAYES,LYALLPLACE,EATONSQUARE&4,HENRIETTAST.,COVENTGARDEN.14/.yyi/2aThese"MaximesSpirituelles,"roughandinelegant,butsingularlydeepandearnest,areperhapsamongthemostvaluablewritingsoftheirexperiencedauthor.WidelydifferingfromtheordinaryJesuitteachingofthe
2、presentday,thespiritofPereGrouisalmostidenticalwiththatembodiedinoursoundoldEnglishasceticbooks,suchastheScaleofPerfection,SanctaSophia,etc.Thepresentversionisslightlyabridgedfromtheoriginal,butthesixthchaptercontainsafewsupplementarypagesfromtheInterieurdeJesus,bythesamewriter.S.Maboabet's,
3、EastGbinsted,Quinquagesima,1874.SPIRITUALMAXIMS.FIRSTMAXIM.■23ptitlabberofBolinesSmenriseanbotsmioatoneandthesametime."NowmineeyeseethThee:wherefore1abhormyself."I.OFTHEKNOWLEDGEOFGODANDOFSELF.Allholinessiscontainedintwopoints:knowledgeofGod,andknowledgeofself.Lord,makemetoknowThee,andtoknow
4、myself.Theprayerisshort,butitsmeaningisinfinite.KnowledgeofGodelevatesthesoul;knowledgeofself,humblesit.TheformerliftsittotheabyssofDivineperfections;thelattersinksittoitsownabyssofnothingnessandsin.Andthegreatmarvelis,thatthisveryknowledgeofGodwhichliftsmanup,humbleshimatthesametimebythecom
5、parisonofhimselfwithGod;andself-knowledge,whileithumbleshim,liftshimupbynecessitatinghisapproachtoGod,astheassuagerofhismisery.Marvellousladderofsanctity,whereonmendescendwhiletheyascend,andinthesameproportion!Forthetrueelevationofmanisinseparablefromhistruehumiliation.Thefirstwithoutthelast
6、,ispride;thelastwithouttheB2SPIRITUALMAXIMS.first,isdespairingwretchedness.Ifself-knowledgedidnotmakehimlittleinhisowneyes,whatwouldbetheeffectuponhimofthesublimestknowledgeofGod?Hewouldbelostintheexaltationofhisthoughts.Orwhatwouldavailtheknowledgeofhisexceedingmeannessandmisery,iftheknowle
7、dgeofGoddidnotcounterbalanceit?Hecouldonlyfallintohorribledespair.Butthistwofoldknowledgetendstomakehimholy;forholinessrequireshimtofeelandownthatheisnothinginhimself,thathereceivesallthingsfromGodintheorderofnatureandofgrace,andthatheexpectsallthi
