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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

Translated by A. W. Marston

Jeanne Guyon · 1648–1717

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About this book

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is Jeanne Guyon's little classic on the prayer of the heart. Written in 1685, it insists that prayer is not the labour of the learned but the birthright of every soul — that the poor, the busy, and the child may all seek and find God within. Guyon leads the reader from simple meditation through self-surrender and inward silence toward union with God. Condemned in her own day and cherished ever since by Wesley, Fénelon, and Watchman Nee, it remains one of the tenderest guides to a life of continual prayer.

Prayer is nothing else but the application of the heart to God, and the interior exercise of love. St Paul commands us to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. v. 17). Our Lord says: “Take ye heed, watch and pray.” “And what I say unto you, I say unto all” (Mark xiii. 33, 37).
From All Are Commanded to Pray

Contents

  1. 1 Preface to the English Protestant Edition 2 min
  2. 2 Author’s Preface 5 min
  3. 3 All Are Commanded to Pray 4 min
  4. 4 The First Degree of Prayer 6 min
  5. 5 The Second Degree: The Prayer of Simplicity 3 min
  6. 6 Abandonment to God 2 min
  7. 7 Suffering, Mysteries, and Virtue 4 min
  8. 8 Of Perfect Conversion 3 min
  9. 9 The Simple Presence of God 4 min
  10. 10 Rest in the Presence of God 3 min
  11. 11 Self-Examination and Confession 4 min
  12. 12 Distractions and Temptations 2 min
  13. 13 Prayer and Sacrifice 4 min
  14. 14 Prayer as Noble Action 12 min
  15. 15 Interior and Exterior Actions 7 min
  16. 16 A Word to Preachers 5 min
  17. 17 The Way to Divine Union 10 min

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