tural grace. That made me hesitate a little: Then, taking new courage, through the resignation of my whole self, I said, " As I go not thi❝ther for your sake: I will not fail to go even "without you." This surprized her, as she owned to me; for she thought that, on her refusal, I would decline my purpose of going.

I REGULATED every thing, wrote down the contract of association with them as I thought "proper. No sooner had I done it, but I felt great perturbation and trouble of mind for it. I told her my pain, and that I had no doubt but God demanded me at GENEVA, yet did not let me see that he would have me to be of their congregation.

She desired to have some time till after prayers and communion, and that then she would tell me what she thought GoD required of me. Accordingly he directed her contrary both to her interests and inclination. She then told me, “I "ought not to connect myself with her, that it "was not God's design; that I only ought to €6 go with her sisters, and that when I should be "there, Father LA COMBE, (whose letter she had "seen) would signify to me the divine will.” I entered at once into these sentiments, and my soul then regained the sweets of inward peace.

My first thought had been (before I heard of the new catholicks going to GEX) to go directly to GENEVA, as at this time there were catholicks there in service, and otherwise; and to take some little room without any noise, and without declaring myself at first: And as I knew how to make up all sorts of ointments, to heal wounds and especially the king's evil, of which there is abun

dance

dance in that place, and for which I had a most certain cure, I hoped easily to insinuate myself by this way; and with the charities which I should have done to have won over many of the people. I have no doubt but, if I had followed this impulse, things would have succeeded better: But I thought I ought rather to follow the sentiments of the Bishop than my own. What am I saying? Has not thy eternal word, oh my God, had its effect and accomplishment in me? Man speaks as man: But when we behold things in GoD, we see them in far other lights. Yes my LORD, thy design was to give GENEVA not to my cares, words or works, but to my sufferings: For the more I see things appear hopeless, the more do I hope for the conversion of that city by a way known to thee only: Yes, oh GENEVA, thou shalt see the truth flourish again within thy walls, which error has banished from them: And very happily shall those words be verified in thy favour, which are inscribed on thy town-house: After darkness light; though now thy sons take them in a quite contrary sense. One day shalt thou be illuminated with the light of truth, and that beautiful temple of St. PETER shall again have the advantage of the pure gospel. How true is it in one sense, oh my LORD, that thou hast made me the daughter of the cross of GENEVA, and how heartily would I give my blood to see thy cross sprout up there! Father LA COMBE has told me since, that he had had a strong impulse to write to me, not to engage with the new catholicks; that he believed. it not to be the will of GoD concerning me; but he omitted doing it. As to my director Mr. BERTOT, he died four months before my departure. I had some intimations of his death, and it seemed

seemed as if he bequeathed me a portion of his spirit to help his children.

I was seized with a fear, that the check I had felt, at stripping myself (in favour of the new catholicks, of what I had designed for GENEVA) was a stratagem of nature, which does not love to be stripped. I wrote to sister GARNIER to get a contract drawn up according to my first memorial. GOD permitted me to commit this fault, to make me the more sensible of his protection over me.

END OF THE FIRST PART.

Ee

1

THE LIFE

OF

LADY GUION.

PART II. CHAP. I.

I

WENT off, in a strange renunciation, and in great simplicity, scarce able to render the reason of what made me in such a manner quit my family, which I most tenderly loved, being without any positive assurance, yet hoping even against hope itself. I went to the new Catholicks at Paris, where providence wrought wonders to conceal me. They sent for the Notary, who had drawn up the contract of engagement. When he read it to me, I felt such a repugnance to it, that I could not bear to hear it to the end, much less sign it. The Notary wondered at it; and much more so, when Sister GARNIER came in, and told him herself, that there needed no contract of engagement.-I was enabled through divine assistance, to put my affairs in very great order, and to write sundry letters by the inspiration of the Spirit of GOD, and not my own spirit. This was what I had never experienced before. But

was