An Essay on Providence; Written by Mr. Lewis de Marolles and Translated from the French, by John Martin. to Which Is Prefixed, an Abridgment of Mr. J

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A N ABRIDGMENT Mr. textit{JAQUELOfs HIS TORT OF THE SUFFERINGS and MARTYRDOM o F Mr. DE MAROLLES. I. TV/TR. LEWIS DE MAROLLES was JL.T JL born about the year 1629, at textit{Champagne, of an antient family, very noted for their fkill in law. He dwelt at textit{St. Mene- hoult, where he exercifed the office of the textit{King's Counfellor and Receiver of the Confign- ments; his religion making him incapable of any other poft. II. Mr. De Marolles was loved and cfteemed by all thofe who knew him; becaufe he was of a fweet and eafy temper, and of a pleafant pleafant and agreeable converfation. Had he loved the world, he would have appeared among the learned with diftinction: for he was a good textit{Philofopher and textit{Mathematiciant and particularly fkilled in. textit{Algebra, But he .was contented to live a quiet and obfcure life, in the place of his nativity, amongft his relations, who are the moft noted per- fons in textit{St. Menehoult, Here he made it his chief bufinefs to inftruct himfelf in religion, and to grow and advance in piety. This virtue was in him a truly chriftian grace; founded upon the knowledge, and upon a lively perfuafion of the truth, of his duty. It was not the effecT: of a phlegmatic and difordered temper, which fometimes puts on the appearance of piety, the better to judge and cenfure all mankind. Never was any man more agreeable and pleafant in .every thing, wherein piety was not concerned. He made ufe of mufick for his recreation, and fometimes of hunting to preferve his health. In a word, he was cfteemed by all that knew him, and affectionately loved by all his friends: always of a fmooth and equal temper, always mewing an honeft and becoming gravity, without being crabbed and troubiefome; always of a eheerful humour, fu...