466 How may sve cure Diffraaiortrr berm. 19. illam, urique of all the bleffed Angels, rhofe ten thoufand timer ten thoufand that ax curiarn in qua before God; Oh, with what reverence, with what feat fhou'd a p rex reveal Jedet worm creep into his pretence; think then of that glorious all- teeing oor in ti!liar° folio God, with whom thou canll converfe in theughts,as freely as with tnen circumdante in words he nowetb all that is in thy heart, and teeth thee thorough eu 6.` u l-a and thorough, if you had fpob`en ail thofe things you have thought u . bili g P bili bearoram on, you would be odious to men, if all your blafpherny urcleannefr fyirituurn ex- worldly projsas, were known to thofe that joyn with us, íhould we be ( orcitu,ubi i5 able to hold up our heads for blufhing? and Both not the Lord fee al ip(e qui videra, this? could we believe his infpecÌion of the heart, there would be a quia majorem numerum no greater awe upon us. invenit,millia ait millium nin'sftrabaut ei, Av decies Centena milli.unt a f ftebant d, quanta ergo cum reverentiâ, quant, timore, quanta illuc humilit ate accedere debes è palude fua procedens ey repens ranuncxla vilis , point rremebundas quam fupplex, quam denique humilis & follicirus, 67 toto intentus anima majefii gloria in prefentia A.ngelorum, in confilio juftorxm f49. congrega.tione agiftere poterit vilis bomuncie. Bernard. de quatuor modis orandi. 3. Mortifie thofe lufis that are apt to withdraw our minds,he that in- dulgeth any one vile 44-lion will never be able to pray aright,every du- ty will give you experience what co ruption to relfi, what thoughts are we haunted and peliered with when we come to God ? God requireth Prayer that we may be weary of our lufls, and that the trouble that we find from them in holy Exercifes, may exafperate our Souls again them;we are angry with anlmportunate beggar that will not befatisfied with any reafonable terms,but is always obtruding upon us, every expe- rience in this kind fhould give us an advantage to free our hearts from this di{lurbance; the whole workof Grace tendeth to Prayer, and the great Exercife and Insployment of the Spiritual life is, watching unto Prayer, Ephef.6.18, and that Prayer be not interrupted, i Pet.3.2. 4. Before the duty there mull bean aEfual preparation or a folemn dif charge of all Impediments, that we may not brinó the World along with us; put off thy fh?oos off thy feet ,faith God to Mojes, fur the place whereon thou fandeft is holy ground, freely we thould put off our carnal diffrafli- ons when we go about holy duties. Gird up the loins of your minds, faith the Apoftle Peter, z Pet. 1.13. an allution to long garments worn in that Country, 'cis dangerous to come to Prayer with a 'wife heart. My heart is fixed (faith David) 0 God my heart is fixed, Pfal. 57. 7. that is, fitted, prepared,bended to Gods Worfhip,the Soul mutt be fer, put into a dexterous ready poílure. Claudatur contra adverfarium pe- Tftu,& foli Deo pateat, ne ad fe boflem Dei accedere tempore or.>tionid pa. tiatur.
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