, Q <ltbttlltauJ3ntr; ., • from his own ·experience, that a folitary life is infe,riour to a Pita folitaria communi itt• Commo n converting ., becaufe ferior eft; qJJiff. importunil . cogitationibru plena,. !JUd! 'tis full of itnportunate cogitatanquam mufcee minlttijjim~ tio11s.- ·Which like little flyes de Limo furgentes, volant • r. ' 1 r. 0 fl · th i1t oculos cordi4& interrum- · arhmg .rotn ung, .Y tn e .. d · punt Sabbathum menti& : eyes of the heart, an, tnter• IvoCarnatenjis, Epijl.2;I. rupt .the Sabbath of the m in~ : Videfis pll~ra jn Perk. Vbi · Thus he. · · · fupra demonftrat. Monafle- . ria vetermn, ut plu~imtpit, [Hiffe Scholat publica~, i.e. communitates docentium & di{cmtiupz. I > ' \ \ But I need not trouble you~ith the mention ofPopifo Fopperies. · A right· bred Chrifl:ian,that hath learn.. ed the truth as it is in Jefus,being thruft into a Corner, knows how to improvefoliFarinefs for fouf,adv~nrage ~ and voluntarily doth withdraw himfelf into a Corner, that he may fet himfelf to the work ofGod in good earneft: Hencefaith the ApolHe, concerning Husband ~nd Wife, ~Cor·1· 5.Defraudye not one the other,except it he with ton{ent for a time,thatyou maygive your {elve$ to fafting and pr.aycr: Thence· note, that it's con– ''enient fometimes -fo-r .ChrHHans to fequefter them ... felves from 'neareft Relations, that . . they . ma'y have freef communion v~de Pa~·utm mloc. with God in hoty Duties : Only let thefe four .cautions and limitations of the Text be ~bierved, 1. That it be with mutual c~nfent, :1. But for a Seafon, 3. The end and advantage, for F~fling andPrayer, ~· That theycorfie together again:This refpectsn()teverydays· ordinary p·erformanees; bt~t fome folemn undertakings efftated and extraordinary Fafts in«dayofda11ger or calatnity ; at wh.kh time,theBridegro(}m is t11 go forth tJf hisChami1er 1 andthe BrideOIJtofher Clofet,J~el2.16. i.e. lofequeR:er themfelves from conjugal delights, to a~i€t their fouls by f~ftirrg ana Prayer: · But in thefe -- - · ·- - · cafes,"
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