, some look upon this circumstance as a slander, which depends wholly on the testimony of so inaccurate a writer, who is in The progress whichhe made was very great, because he set out by the most perfect exteriorand interior renunciation of the world and himself. Isdegerdes thereforedemolished all the Christian churches in Persia, put to death Abdas, andraised a general persecution against the Church, which continued fortyyears with great fury. The interior powersof the soul must be restrained, as the imagination, memory, andunderstanding: their proneness to distraction, and the itching curi
Ashe found his strength would permit, he daily diminished his allowance,till the quantity of six pounds of bread became reduced to eight ounces. To which the judge readily assented. Hickes's Thesaurus, p. Upon his return to Annecy he would not touch a farthing of his revenuefor the eighteen months he was absent; but gave it to his cathedral,saying, it could not be his, for he had not earned it.
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