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tn the Soul
of
Man.
23
'· ·
yet,
conG.dering the will of God, and the
glory which was
to
redound to
him
fron1
thence, he vvas not only content,
but
de–
firous
to fuffer it.
. l\nother
infl:ance of his love
fl .
G d
1
.
d
1. l
.
His· conaant
to
o ,
vvas 11s
e.
tg)t
111
con-
devotion•
. verfing with him.
by
prayer;
which n1ade him frequently retire hin1-
felf fro1n the world,
anq
with the greatefl:
devotion and pleafure fpend
whol~
nights
injthat heavenly exercifc, though he had
no fins
to
confefs, and
but few
fecular
interefts to pray for;
w
hieh
alas! are
al–
mofl:
the orily things
thJt
are wont
to
drive us to our devotions.
Nay, we
may
fay his whole life was a kind of prayer,
a
confl:ant courfe of communion with
God;
if
the facrifice was not always of–
fering, yet was the fire
fEll
kept alive: nor
.vvas- ever
the
hleifed
J
eD.l s · furprifcd
with
that ·dulnefs or tepidity of
(oirit which
we
mufl: n1any
tirr:.es
wrd He
vvi
rh~
before we
. can be .fit for
the
exercife
of
devotion.
In
the
ficond
place,
I ihould
fjJeak
of
his love and charity towards
all
.
.
tnen.
But he
who would
ex:-
His
chanty
to
r.
•
.
ll.
r
"b
1
men.
pre1S
lt,
111
Ull
traOICrl
e
t
1C
hifl:ory
of
the
gofpel,
and
co1nn1ent
upon
it:
for fcarce any
thing is
recorded to have
been done
or fpoken
by
hi1n,
which was
.not