Curious History

to insinuate themselves into minds and to engage them in their methods; all the evil these good Fathers do is constantly done among them In the name of the Lord original: "In nomine Domini", and a Prince Colonna, Vice-Roy of Sicily, was right to say once to the Jesuit Alfonso, "Forgive me, my Fathers of Jesus, you others have your minds in Heaven, your hands in the world, and your soul to all the devils," original: "Perdonate mi Padri di Jesu, V'altri havete la mente nel cielo, gli mani nel mondo, l'anima al tutti diavoli", that is to say, Forgive me my Fathers of Jesus, you others have your spirit in Heaven, your hand in the world, and your soul to all the devils. Nevertheless, it is a great stain on the life of Mr. de Labadie, and one which has given a very bad tint to all his actions: that in his tender youth at the age of seventeen, he entered the pernicious School of these abominable Masters; for the short time he was there, since it was only for some fifteen years, he sucked in the poison so well that ever since, in all his conduct—which one must say with regret—he has never appeared perfectly "de-Jesuitized."

We would engage in too extensive a discourse if we were to follow the thread of this part of his life, which he spent in the communion of those of Rome Meaning the Roman Catholic Church., to describe its strange Romance and untangle all its intrigues; we prefer to reserve this detail for a more favorable occasion, and as there is no one who should know Mr. de Labadie better than himself,

we shall wait until, according to his promise, he gives us an ample description of the History of his life, and of his good conduct among those of Rome, and among our Reformed brothers of the Churches of France, among whom he retired to save his life, for what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul: Matthew 16. original: "car quel profit est-ce à l'homme de gagner tout le monde & de faire la perte de son ame: Matth. 16." to correct the lapses of his memory in those parts of that description where the circumstances of History might not be faithfully reported; in which we hope he will be somewhat grateful to us, because to embellish the faithful History of his life, we shall reveal the things hidden in darkness, and untangle certain mysteries that he would no doubt have difficulty developing; in a word, if this man, working on the Portrait of his life as he has committed to do, brings to it the most vivid and brilliant colors, we shall know, under the guidance of the God of truth, how to faithfully place there the just and necessary shadows, so that one will see him naturally—not a Mr. de Labadie with his vivid and dazzling colors, such as he would wish to make himself believed to be, the better to impose upon the credulity of the people, but a Mr. de Labadie as he actually is, with the shadows in his conduct, in his character, and in his inclinations. But to examine his life since the time he has been among us, we are obliged to say in passing that if he