The history of the devils of Loudun ; the alleged possession of the Ursuline nuns, and the trial and execution of Urbain Grandier, told by an eye-witness. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid.
- Des Niau.
- Date:
- 1887-88
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of the devils of Loudun ; the alleged possession of the Ursuline nuns, and the trial and execution of Urbain Grandier, told by an eye-witness. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![est, atque perennis permai]et.—Our Lord said to the sick man, Arise and walk; and he arose and went his way: open thine eyes ; and he saw : take up thy bed and walk ; and he stood up ; Lazarus, come forth ! and he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin, &c. But what is this word, which is sharper than a two-edged sword ? It is the Divine spirit, which is ever present, ever active ; it is the Divine breath which inspires man. In all ages, and in every nation, there have been men who possessed miraculous powers ; but they were inspired by religion—turned towards God in prn.yer and unity. The Almighty sees the heart of the supplicant, and not alone their words ; he sees the belief and intention, and not the rank or education. Even the pious heathens prayed to God; and their peculiar worship maintained the connection, and brought about a still closer union, between individuals and God, and enabled them, in some measure, to pierce the veil of ignorance and dark- ness. And the pious heathen endeavoured with all his energies to raise himself to a more intimate relation with God, and, therefore, a peculiar force lay in the means employed; and what could be more powerful than prayer? and God, in his comprehensive love and affection, would not leave these supplicants unanswered. B](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21070325_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
