The maxims of the saints explained, concerning the interiour life by the Lord Arch-bishop of Cambray &c. ; to which are added, Thirty-four articles by the Lord Arch-Bishop of Paris, the Bishops of Meaux and Chartres, (that occasioned this book), also their declaration upon it ; together with the French-King's and the Arch-Bishop of Cambray's letters to the Pope upon the same subject.

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Author:	Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.
Title:	The maxims of the saints explained, concerning the interiour life by the Lord Arch-bishop of Cambray &c. ; to which are added, Thirty-four articles by the Lord Arch-Bishop of Paris, the Bishops of Meaux and Chartres, (that occasioned this book), also their declaration upon it ; together with the French-King's and the Arch-Bishop of Cambray's letters to the Pope upon the same subject.
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Alternate titles:	Explication des maximes des saints sur la vie interieure. English
Subject terms:	Quietism. Love -- Early works to 1800. Religion -- Early works to 1800.
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THE PREFACE.

The INTRODUCTION.

AN EXPLANATION Of the Diverse Loves Which may be had for GOD.

ARTICLES.

1. ARTICLE, True.

I. ARTICLE. False.

II. ARTICLE. True.

II. False.

III. ARTICLE. True.

III. False.

IV. ARTICLE. True.

IV. False.

V. ARTICLE, True.

V. False.

VI. ARTICLE. True.

VI. False.

VII. ARTICLE. True.

VII. False.

VIII. ARTICLE. True.

VIII. False.

IX. ARTICLE True.

IX. False.

X. ARTICLE True.

X. False.

XI. ARTICLE. True.

XI. False.

XII. ARTICLE. True.

XII. False.

XIII. ARTICLE. True.

XIII. False.

XIV. ARTICLE. True.

XIV. False.

XV. ARTICLE. True.

XV. False.

XVI. ARTICLE True.

XVI. False.

XVII. ARTICLE. True.

XVII. False.

XVIII. ARTICLE. True.

XVIII. False.

XIX. ARTICLE. True.

XIX. False.

XX. ARTICLE. True.

XX. False.

XXI. ARTICLE. True.

XXI. False.

XXII. ARTICLE, True.

XXII. False.

XXIII. ARTICLE True.

XXIII. False.

XXIV. ARTICLE, True.

XXIV. False.

XXV. ARTICLE. True.

XXV. False.

XXVI. ARTICLE. True.

XXIV. False.

XXVII. ARTICLE. True.

XXVII. False.

XXVIII. ARTICLE. True.

XXVIII. False.

XXIX. ARTICLE. True.

XXIX. False.

XXX. ARTICLE, True.

XXX. False.

XXXI. ARTICLE. True.

XXXI. False.

XXXII. ARTICLE. True.

XXXII. False.

XXXIII. ARTICLE. True.

XXXIII. False.

XXXIV. ARTICLE. True.

XXXIV. False.

XXXV. ARTICLE True.

XXXV. False.

XXXVI. ARTICLE. True.

XXXVI. False.

XXXVII. ARTICLE. True.

XXXVII. False.

XXXVIII. ARTICLE, True.

XXXVIII. False.

XXXIX. ARTICLE. True.

XXXIX. False.

XL. ARTICLE. True.

XL. False.

XLI. ARTICLE. True.

XLI. False.

XLII. ARTICLE. True.

XLII. False.

XLIII. ARTICLE. True.

XLIII. False.

XLIV. ARTICLE. True.

XLIV. False.

ART. XLV. True.

XLV. False.

The Conclusion of all these Articles.

THE Lord Archbishop of Cambray's LETTER TO THE POPE.

The Lord Arch-Bishop of Cam∣bray's Letter of August the 3d, 1697.

THE DECLARATION Of the Most Illustrious and Most Reve∣rend Prelates Lewis Antony de No∣ailles, Arch-Bishop of Paris, James Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, and Paul Godet Desmarais Bishop of Chartres, upon the subject Matter of a Book Intituled, An Explication of the Maxims of the Saints, concern∣ing the Internal Life.

DECLARATIO Illustriss. & Reverendiss. Ecclesiae Princi∣pum Ludovici Antonii de Noailles Archiep. Parisiensis, Jacobi Benigni Bossuet Episcopi Meldensis, & Pauli de Godet des Marais Episcopi Carnotensis. Circa Librum cui titulus est: Expli∣cation des Maximes des Saints sur la Vie Interieure, &c.

As the foregoing Declaration makes fre∣quent mention of the Thirty Four Ar∣ticles made the 16th and 26th of A∣pril 1695. We thought it our Duty to insert them in this place, as we find them in a Book of the said Lord Bi∣shop of Meaux, Entituled, Instructi∣ons concerning the nature of Prayer.

THE French King's LETTER TO THE POPE.

THE TABLE.

Some BOOKS Printed for Henry Rhodes in Fleet-street.