comfortablewalking withGod. Let the raving light of thy divine knowledge, fpirituall wifedome , heavenly underftanding, or what other excel- lencies, and perfections of the minde fhining in thy (bale, refemble in all fruitfull improovement, and free communi- cating it felfe, that bonntifiill light in the body of the Sunne, That I. firfi illighteneth that goodly Creature wherein it originally dwels, and makes it the faireft a ld beautifulleft thing in the world. z Next, it illuminates, and beautifies all the Orbes, andheavenly bodies about it. 3. Thirdly, by theprojeaion of' his beames, it begets all the beauty, glory, fweetneffe, we have here below on the earth. 4. Fourthly, it infinuates into every chinke and crany of the earth, and concurres to the making of thole, precious metals, which lye inher bowels. 5. Fiftly his beames glide by the fides of the earth, and illighten even the oppofite part of Heaven, with all thofe glorious Starres we fee fhining in the night.6 Sixth- ly, it is fo communicative, andgreedyof doinggood in its kind, that it firikes thorow the firmament in the tranfpa- rent parts, and feekes to befto w its. brightneffe and beauty, even beyond the Heavens ; and never refiraines the free communication of its influence and glory, untill it deter: mine by naturall and neceffary expiration. Even fo pro- portionably, let the fruitful! light of thy divineknowledge, and heavenly counfell cfpecially, bee (till working, fhining, fpreading to doe all poflible good. I. Let it, Fa, make thine owne foule all glorious within , fairely enlighten it with an humble refle6tion of felfe-knowledge with puri- ty, peace, and fpirituall prudence, to guide conftantly thine owne feete, with all tiprightneffe and patience, in the path that tlf cased Hoy, z. Secondly, Let it thineupon thy family, and thofe that are next about thee, with all feafonable in- ftrations in convincing themof the truth, andgoodneffe of the a wayes of God , either for their converfion, or in- doperomikracer, quzio , omnibus tibi fubjeetis in domo tua, majore value ad minimum, amorem&duleedinem regni ceelettis, smart. usdinem, & timorem gehennzannuneics, & de eorumirnfalute follicitus, acpervigil exiftas quia pro omnibus tibi cubjedis, qui in domo tua font, rationem domino racks, Annuncia, pr mcipe, impera, luacie cis, ut caveant fe a Cuperbia, a detraaione, ab ebrietate, a fornicatione, a luxuria, ab ira, a per- jurio, cupiclitate quo ea riqix omniummaloriun, Aitgrom.4.par!a. 4P/war/bus docamentkp.54 eXCLI"
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