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Dan.
Brown
Rich.
Smith
Dan.
Brown
Rich.
Smith
Exemplary
Asceticks
Christians
of
Old
Principles
of
Christianity
well-meaning
Reader
Church
of
Rome
Church
of
Rome
true
Christianity
Monastick
Life
Principles
of
Inclination
to
Religion
Evil
Education
corrupted
and
stifled
cherished
and
improved
different
Ways
of
Living
Civil
Conversation
walking
in
all
the
Commandments
and
Ordinances
of
the
Lord
,
blameless
,
Elizabeth
,
Luk.
living
in
all
Good
Conscience
before
God
,
Job
,
Perfect
,
and
Vpright
,
fearing
God
,
and
eschewing
Evil
,
Contemplative
Life
Religious
Institution
single
Persons
formed
Societies
of
People
Angelick
Life
of
Two
sorts
Nazarite
unto
God
from
the
Womb
,
John
the
Baptist
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit
even
from
his
Mother's
Womb
,
Free-will
Offering
of
themselves
v.
Lev.
I
raised
up
of
your
Sons
for
Prophets
,
and
of
your
Young
Men
for
Nazarites
.
in
Levit.
If
any
one
devotes
himself
to
God
,
if
any
one
intangles
himself
in
no
secular
Business
,
that
he
may
please
Him
,
to
whom
he
hath
approved
himself
;
if
any
one
is
separate
from
the
rest
of
Men
,
who
live
Worldly
Lives
,
and
are
obliged
in
secular
Business
,
not
seeking
the
things
which
are
upon
Earth
,
but
which
are
in
Heaven
,
he
is
deservedly
called
HOLY
,
or
SAINT
.
From
all
which
it
is
clear
,
how
every
one
of
us
,
who
will
be
Holy
,
ought
to
be
consecrated
to
God
,
and
thenceforth
be
imployed
in
no
Business
or
Acts
which
relate
not
to
God
.
Colledges
or
Schools
of
the
to
inquire
of
the
Lord
Come
,
and
let
us
go
to
the
Seer
.
to
inquire
of
the
Lord
to
go
to
the
Seer
Rebecca
,
Gen.
Schools
of
the
Prophets
abstracted
Contemplative
Lives
Religious
Women
Munster
,
Fagius
,
Vatablus
who
assembled
at
the
Door
of
the
Tabarnacle
,
the
Sons
of
the
Prophets
Coenobitical
Lives
Hermete
Lives
Every
Order
or
Institution
of
Life
hath
its
Principals
Our
Leaders
are
such
as
as
the
's
:
And
to
return
to
the
Authority
of
the
Scriptures
,
our
Prince
or
Leader
was
our
Leaders
were
the
Sons
of
the
Prophets
,
who
dwelt
in
Fields
,
and
Deserts
,
or
Solitary
Places
,
and
made
themselves
Tabernacles
or
Cells
by
the
River
of
Of
this
Company
were
also
the
Sons
of
&c.
Ep.
ad
Paulin.
The
Sons
of
the
Prophets
,
whom
we
read
to
have
been
Monks
in
the
Old
Testament
,
did
build
themselves
Cottages
or
Cells
near
the
River
of
and
leaving
the
Crowds
of
the
Cities
,
lived
on
Barley-Cakes
and
Field-Herbs
,
That
the
Prophets
did
institute
Colledges
,
in
which
many
Disciples
did
live
together
.
Coenobitick
Life
their
Imployment
Ancient
Christian
Monks
Christian
Monks
Jewish
Prophets
inquire
of
the
Lord
King
.
We
will
moreover
observe
that
the
Disciples
of
the
Prophets
did
live
together
with
their
Preceptors
;
For
so
they
say
It
seems
to
have
been
a
kind
of
Monastick
Life
,
but
free
without
Vows
or
Superstitions
.
They
exercised
themselves
in
Divine
Scriptures
and
Hymns
;
and
also
in
Holy
Prayers
:
They
were
often
sent
to
edifie
the
People
,
and
to
confirm
Holy
Men
,
who
lived
amongst
Idolaters
in
sound
and
true
Religion
.
They
seem
moreover
to
have
exercised
some
Arts
,
working
with
their
Hands
to
get
a
Maintenance
for
themselves
,
Jethro
,
Moses
Midian
,
Exod.
Israelites
,
Exod.
Abraham
,
Gen.
the
Tents
of
Juda
Families
of
the
Scribes
a
Religious
Order
Tribe
of
Levi
viz.
to
stand
before
the
Lord
,
Three
great
things
concerning
them
viz.
That
their
Father
gave
them
these
Precepts
for
this
very
purpose
,
that
thereby
he
might
set
them
free
from
the
Cares
and
the
Pleasures
of
the
World
,
that
so
they
might
,
with
the
more
leisure
,
imploy
themselves
in
the
Study
of
the
Scriptures
,
and
of
Divine
Matters
:
The
Lord
shall
save
the
Tents
of
Juda
first
the
Lord
shall
save
them
first
,
Ascetick
Communities
JOHN
BAPTIST
Tiberius
Coesar
,
Annas
Hermetick
Life
How
is
it
that
ye
sought
me
?
Wist
ye
not
that
I
must
be
about
my
Father's
Business
?
fulfill
all
Righteousness
sought
not
his
own
Will
,
but
the
Will
of
the
Father
,
Abstraction
,
Recollection
Ascetick
Life
Christian
Nazarites
all
cannot
receive
,
save
they
to
whom
it
is
given
.
There
be
Eunuchs
,
who
have
made
themselves
Eunuchs
for
the
Kingdom
of
Heavens
sake
He
that
is
able
to
receive
it
,
let
him
receive
it
:
There
be
Eunuchs
,
who
have
made
themselves
Eunuchs
,
voluntary
Poverty
Forsaking
all
Whosoever
he
be
of
you
who
forsaketh
not
all
that
he
hath
,
he
cannot
be
my
Disciple
,
Religious
Obedience
,
and
voluntary
Subjection
to
the
Order
and
Determination
of
another
well
experienced
in
the
Ways
of
God
,
an
abstracted
Ascetick
Life
they
continued
stedfastly
in
the
Apostles
Doctrin
,
in
Communion
in
breaking
Bread
,
and
in
Prayers
.
And
all
that
believed
were
together
,
and
had
all
things
Common
;
and
sold
their
Possessions
and
Goods
,
and
parted
them
as
every
Man
had
need
,
The
Multitude
of
them
that
believed
,
were
of
one
Heart
,
and
of
one
Soul
;
neither
said
any
of
them
,
that
ought
of
the
things
which
he
possessed
,
was
his
own
,
but
they
had
all
things
Common
:
as
many
as
were
Possessors
of
Lands
or
Houses
,
sold
them
,
and
brought
the
Prices
of
the
things
that
were
sold
,
and
laid
them
down
at
the
Apostles
Feet
.
first
Converts
Primitive
Christians
Self-denyal
,
Mortification
,
Contempt
of
the
World
,
Heavenly-mindedness
,
Doctrin
,
Promises
Coenobitical
Societies
John
Chrysostome
I
tell
you
,
Nay
;
but
except
ye
Repent
ye
shall
all
likewise
perish
.
The
Vineyard
shall
be
taken
from
you
,
and
given
to
other
Husband-men
,
who
shall
render
him
their
Fruits
in
their
Seasons
.
Joseph
Meed
the
Apostacy
of
the
latter
times
,
wretched
Catiffe
,
and
damned
Dog
.
blasphemes
the
Saints
and
Servants
of
Christ
,
who
loved
not
their
Lives
unto
Death
,
the
Dust
of
whose
Feet
he
was
not
worthy
to
lick
up
.
Yet
may
we
make
a
shift
to
gather
hence
,
some
Hypocrites
rambling
about
in
the
Habit
of
Monks
,
Monks
in
general
Monks
of
his
time
Gregory
of
Towers
Cassian
.
Coll.
Abstaining
from
Meats
Renouncing
of
Possessions
Conc.
Chalced.
c.
15.
Gregory
Nazianzen
the
most
Choice
and
Wisest
part
of
the
Church
Hierom
,
the
Flower
of
the
Church
,
Three
Sects
practised
from
all
Antiquity
to
anoint
the
Body
Before
the
Sun
rise
meet
together
the
Refectory
Ancient
Writers
to
be
of
their
Order
to
protest
thrust
out
of
their
Company
their
Judgments
their
Law-giver
to
obey
their
Elders
the
Assembly
Four
Orders
long
liv'd
Sysiphus
,
Tantalus
,
Ixion
to
foretell
things
to
come
Four
Thousand
another
sort
of
Esseans
related
to
proper
for
longing
after
Seven
Wise
Men
Natural
Philosophy
Four
Thousand
Conversation
of
such
any
Instruments
Publick
Houses
Law
of
Nature
common
Mother
Natural
Brethren
Vniversal
Allyance
Sublime
things
Heroick
Vertue
Seventh
Days
Sanctity
,
Righteousness
,
Oeconomy
,
Polity
,
Canons
,
(
viz.
Love
of
God
Love
of
Vertue
Love
of
Man
.
Love
of
Vertue
Money
,
Freedom
Pleasure
,
Continence
little
,
Simplicity
,
cheap
spare
Diet
,
Freedom
Mind
,
regular
Obedience
Love
of
Man
Benevolence
,
Equality
common
Banks
Healing
the
Sick
Old
Age
Lusts
,
Griefs
Fears
,
irregular
Desires
way
of
Living
leave
their
Estates
Corn
,
Fodder
ample
Estates
Life
is
short
,
but
Art
long
.
leave
their
Brethren
,
Children
,
Wives
,
Parents
,
numerous
Relations
,
friendly
Intimacies
in
all
parts
Barbarous
World
principal
of
them
from
all
Parts
Temperature
of
Air.
cold
Crudeness
inspired
Oracles
Remembrance
of
God
viz.
Morning
Composedness
,
Illumination
Gentleness
of
Mind
Heavenly
Light
Holy
Scriptures
Six
Days
Seventh
Days
Seventh
Days
Seventh
Day
thick
Cloak
rough
Skin
(
viz.
Pentecost
,
Bloody
Creatures
chargable
Dishes
Holy
Scriptures
Holy
Scriptures
Holy
Loaf
Holy
Table
Holy
Vigil
Divine
Fury
Prophet
Moses
Mens
Precentor
Prophetess
,
Precentress
in
short
Lightsomness
of
Mind
Rational
Quick-sightedness
Course
of
Live
manner
of
Living
Ecclesiastical
Rules
Of
Contemplative
Life
Of
Suppliants
As
many
as
were
Possessors
of
Lands
or
Houses
sold
them
,
and
brought
the
Prices
of
the
things
that
were
sold
and
laid
them
down
at
the
Apostles
feet
:
and
Distribution
was
made
unto
every
Man
according
as
he
had
Need.
Holy
Life
Meditations
of
Philosophy
New
Psalms
Church
Discipline
to
wit
of
whom
we
speak
Holy
Writ
distinct
Apartments
several
Studies
Holy
Exercises
Lord's
Passion
Holy
Exercises
(
as
he
has
said
in
these
express
Words
)
Governours
,
to
wit
Episcopal
Presidency
Evangelical
Doctrin
HAving
said
that
the
were
at
first
called
and
for
some
time
whether
from
the
Name
of
or
from
the
Name
of
our
Lord
because
they
were
his
Disciples
,
he
adds
:
Of
the
Jesseans
Ecclesiastical
Writers
that
is
Caius
Caligula
A
little
after
,
recounting
the
Works
of
among
the
rest
,
he
puts
in
that
is
The
Multitude
of
them
,
who
believed
,
were
of
one
Heart
,
and
of
one
Soul
;
neither
said
any
of
them
that
ought
of
the
things
,
which
he
possessed
were
his
own
;
but
they
had
all
things
Common
[
Neither
was
there
any
among
them
that
lacked
:
]
for
as
many
as
were
Possessors
of
Land
or
Houses
sold
them
,
and
brought
the
Prices
of
the
thing
which
were
sold
,
and
laid
them
down
at
the
Feet
of
the
Apostles
;
and
Distribution
was
made
unto
every
Man
according
as
he
had
need
.
Ecclesiastical
History
HAving
spoken
of
the
Glory
of
the
by
reason
of
the
Virtue
of
its
Professors
,
and
of
the
Confessors
then
living
,
and
of
the
Famous
Bishop
he
adds
natural
Prudence
an
ill
Man
True
Good
Habitation
,
Living
Clemens
in
sexto
Rome
:
The
Church
which
is
in
salutes
you
,
and
Mark
,
my
Son
.
Manner
of
Living
Alexandria
,
Anianus
Egypt
Three
sorts
of
Monks
The
Multitude
of
them
,
who
believed
,
were
of
one
Heart
,
and
of
one
Soul
;
neither
said
any
of
them
that
ought
of
the
things
,
which
he
possessed
,
were
his
own
;
but
they
had
all
things
Common
.
Neither
was
there
any
among
them
that
lacked
:
for
as
many
as
were
Possessors
of
Land
or
Houses
,
sold
them
,
and
brought
the
Prices
of
the
things
which
were
sold
,
and
laid
them
down
at
the
Feet
of
the
Apostles
;
and
Distribution
was
made
unto
every
Man
according
as
he
had
need
.
Holy
Anchoretes
They
wandred
about
in
Sheep-skins
,
and
Goat-skins
,
being
destitute
,
afflicted
,
tormented
:
Of
whom
the
World
was
not
worthy
,
wandering
in
Desarts
,
and
in
Mountains
,
and
in
Dens
,
and
in
Caves
of
the
Earth
,
that
is
a
fourth
sort
Egypt
Three
sorts
of
Monks
that
is
the
Kingdom
of
Christ
,
and
of
the
future
Beatitude
and
Glory
to
come
,
Who
will
give
me
the
Wings
of
a
Dove
,
and
I
will
fly
away
,
and
be
at
rest
?
Greek
Livie
Captivity
of
the
Jews
I
am
the
Good
Shepherd
de
Verb.
Dom.
c.
Love
of
God
This
of
and
then
,
a
little
after
,
of
the
the
Father
Three
Thousand
Men
the
Life
of
the
Orator
.
lib.
Cassian
.
Coll.
Cursed
is
he
who
doth
the
Work
of
the
Lord
negligently
.
thou
art
crucified
to
the
World
,
and
the
World
to
thee
.
the
Fear
of
the
Lord
that
is
For
narrow
is
the
Gate
,
and
straight
is
the
Way
,
which
leads
to
Life
,
and
few
there
are
who
find
it
.
the
Fear
of
the
Lord
true
Humility
that
is
the
Fear
of
our
Lord
.
Instit.
cap.
the
first
Proof
Cassian
.
Coll.
Instit.
cap.
Basil
.
Ascet
.
Qu.
Const.
cap.
Actual
Science
For
the
Spirit
of
God
flies
that
which
is
feigned
,
nor
will
it
dwell
in
a
Body
subject
to
Sins
.
Spiritual
Knowledge
Blessed
are
the
pure
in
Heart
,
for
they
shall
see
God
:
Daniel
:
But
they
,
who
are
instructed
,
shall
shine
as
the
Splendor
of
the
Firmament
;
and
they
,
who
instruct
many
to
Righteousness
,
as
the
Stars
for
ever
and
ever
.
the
Moral
Discipline
true
Science
Spiritual
Knowledge
Which
Jesus
began
to
do
,
and
to
teach
.
What
they
say
to
you
,
observe
and
do
;
but
according
to
their
Works
,
do
not
:
for
they
say
,
and
do
not
,
Life
Eternal
Having
your
Fruit
unto
Holiness
,
and
the
End
Everlasting
Life
:
Forgetting
those
things
which
are
behind
,
and
reaching
forth
to
those
things
which
are
before
,
I
press
toward
the
Mark
,
for
the
Prize
of
the
high
Calling
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus
,
that
is
Parents
,
Countrey
,
Dignities
,
Riches
,
Delights
of
this
World
,
to
wit
this
,
Fastings
,
Watchings
,
Labors
,
Nakedness
,
Readings
,
to
wit
that
is
v.
Col.
Three
States
of
Souls
the
Carnal
I
have
given
you
Milk
to
drink
,
not
Meat
;
for
then
ye
were
not
able
,
neither
yet
indeed
are
ye
;
for
ye
are
yet
Carnal
,
While
there
is
among
you
Emulation
and
Contention
,
are
ye
not
Carnal
?
ibid.
the
Animal
The
Animal
Man
perceives
not
the
things
of
the
Spirit
of
God
;
it
is
Foolishness
to
him
,
the
Spiritual
;
But
the
Spiritual
judgeth
all
things
,
but
is
judged
of
none
.
ibid.
Ye
,
who
are
Spiritual
,
instruct
those
who
are
of
that
sort
in
a
Spirit
of
Gentleness
,
that
is
Tepid
State
I
would
thou
wert
Hot
or
Cold
;
but
(
because
)
thou
art
now
Tepid
,
I
will
begin
to
spue
thee
out
of
my
Mouth
,
Perseverance
in
Prayer
Effect
of
Prayer
Hour
of
Prayer
See
that
your
Hearts
be
not
at
any
time
over-charged
with
Gluttony
,
Drunkenness
,
and
the
Cares
of
the
World
,
Pray
without
Intermission
In
every
place
lifting
up
pure
Hands
without
Anger
or
Disputings
,
various
Species
of
Prayer
Our
Father
Who
art
in
Heaven
Hollowed
be
thy
Name
And
after
a
brief
but
excellent
Explication
of
all
the
parts
of
this
Prayer
,
he
adds
:
Corperal
Needs
Temporal
Life
Why
dost
thou
hinder
me
,
O
Sun
,
who
dost
now
rise
to
withdraw
me
from
the
Splendor
of
this
true
Light
?
It
is
not
Perfect
Prayer
,
in
which
a
Monk
doth
understand
Oratory
in
Menon
even
this
it self
that
he
prayeth
.
the
Design
of
a
Solitary
And
,
as
I
said
a
little
before
:
that
is
For
the
Attaining
and
Practice
of
this
,
he
recommends
,
from
Experience
of
the
Seniors
,
the
continual
or
frequent
mental
repetion
of
that
verse
,
in
our
Liturgy
,
O
God
make
speed
to
save
us
;
O
Lord
make
hast
to
help
us
:
and
largely
shews
the
use
of
it
at
all
times
,
and
upon
all
special
occasions
.
Active
Life
Knowledge
of
the
Scriptures
inquired
of
him
the
Sense
of
certain
Scriptures
;
he
said
,
to
attain
to
the
Knowledge
of
the
Scriptures
,
For
this
see
in
The
true
Way
and
Method
of
attaining
to
Divine
Knowledge
.
true
Discretion
v.
sup
Great
are
thy
Works
;
and
that
my
Soul
knoweth
very
well
.
I
have
known
that
great
is
the
Lord
,
Come
and
see
the
Works
of
God
,
the
Prodigies
which
the
Lord
hath
placed
upon
the
Earth
,
greedy
Publicans
fierce
Persecutors
Confirm
,
O
God
,
this
which
thou
hast
wrought
in
us
.
Which
Eye
hath
not
seen
,
nor
Ear
heard
,
nor
hath
come
into
the
Heart
of
Man
But
God
hath
revealed
them
to
us
by
his
Spirit
.
Cyp.
Ep.
THese
things
I
thought
fit
to
collect
out
of
much
of
this
kind
,
to
give
a
Tast
of
the
of
these
and
lest
those
who
are
little
acquainted
with
these
things
should
imagin
that
they
were
the
meer
Phansies
of
I
will
here
add
a
Tast
of
the
Sentiments
of
some
others
;
and
instead
of
many
,
of
two
Eminent
Bishops
,
Men
of
greatest
Reputation
both
for
and
St.
Bishop
of
But
first
to
begin
with
St.
it
will
not
be
amiss
to
add
here
,
to
those
before
,
Choir
of
Priests
Choir
of
Philosophers
,
[
Monks
]
But
what
he
observed
in
them
,
he
else-where
expresseth
more
copiously
,
as
with
great
Approbation
,
Applause
,
and
even
Admiration
,
in
these
Particulars
Thus
far
his
Character
of
these
Holy
Men
:
And
now
for
a
Tast
of
his
Contemplation
,
of
which
we
have
a
Touch
here
,
where
he
sets
out
the
to
get
Insight
into
the
Will
Stand
Habakkuk
,
upon
my
Watch
Shall
be
Shall
be
illustrating
only
the
Principal
part
of
us
,
To
make
this
remarkable
Discourse
the
more
plain
and
intelligible
,
it
may
be
fit
and
necessary
to
add
some
brief
Notes
out
of
the
upon
it
&c.
Nicetas
,
n.
Spiritual
.
Psell
Spiritual
Light
Divine
Splendor
&c.
Nicetas
good
Eyes
Pure
and
Sound
Mind
become
known
familiarly
joyned
Spiritual
and
Divine
Gradation
earnest
Desire
Likeness
with
God
converse
familiarly
converse
familiarly
partaker
of
Divine
Illumination
de
verb.
Apost.
c.
de
Civ
.
Dei
,
c.
most
certain
Eye
of
the
Soul
Soliloq.
c.
de
C.
D.
v.
ibid.
Coq
Solil
.
c.
sensible
things
Soliloq.
c.
&c.
ibid.
c.
known
to
very
few
Soliloq.
c.
the
unchangeable
Light
of
the
Lord
I
am
the
Food
of
grown
Persons
;
grow
,
and
thou
shalt
feed
on
me
.
Nor
shalt
thou
change
me
into
thee
,
as
the
Food
of
thy
Flesh
;
but
thou
shalt
be
changed
into
me
.
Is
Truth
nothing
,
because
it
is
diffused
,
neither
through
finite
,
nor
through
infinite
spaces
?
Yes
indeed
Confess
.
c.
Spirit
of
these
Holy
People
Monastick
State
Hierom
,
pag.
There
are
also
who
are
false
Monks
,
and
we
have
known
such
But
the
Pious
Fraternity
is
not
therefore
lost
because
of
those
,
who
profess
themselves
to
be
what
they
are
not
,
Reformed
Churches
Athanasius
,
Basil
,
Nazianzen
,
Chrysostom
,
Ambrose
,
Austin
,
Motions
,
Impulses
,
Transports
Knowledge
of
Divine
things
Christian
Faith
The
Poor
did
much
lament
the
Downfall
of
Monasteries
,
for
the
great
Hospitality
which
was
kept
there
.
till
after
the
Dissolution
of
Monasteries
there
was
no
Law
in
to
enforce
any
Man
to
pay
to
the
Relief
of
the
Poor
by
way
of
Temporal
Coercion
.
Stat.
de
Asportatis
Religiosorum
that
is
Church
of
England
Provision
for
the
Poor
Provision
for
the
Poor
Sin
,
whereof
Joseph
Meed
the
whole
Body
of
the
Reformation
is
notoriously
guilty
;
which
,
nevertheless
,
is
accounted
no
Sin
,
and
yet
such
a
one
as
I
know
not
whether
God
ever
passed
by
without
some
visible
and
remarkable
Judgment
.
Faithfully
Translated
out
of
the
Holy
Men
against
Monastick
Life
and
Monks
mischievous
Consequences
Monasteries
were
in
those
dark
Ages
the
only
Preservers
of
Learning
,
and
Maintainers
of
Hospitality
:
Orders
and
Statutes
for
the
Relief
of
the
Poor
were
never
known
till
after
their
Dissolution
:
their
Founders
were
Men
of
the
greatest
Honour
and
Virtue
in
their
respective
Ages
.
Epistle
Dedicatory
Antiquity
of
Monasteries
among
Christians
George
Mackensy
Pagan
Religion
first
Monks
(
c.
3.
p.
6.
Socrates
,
(
lib.
4.
c.
23.
)
had
their
Original
from
very
great
Antiquity
:
but
they
were
inlarged
and
much
increased
by
a
pious
Man
,
whose
Name
was
Antony
,
(
c.
32.
old
Man
Solitary
Life
Apolog.
p.
698.
Heroick
Piety
and
Virtue
of
those
Ancient
Christians
,
English
Reader
the
LIFE
Heroick
Virtue
and
Devotion
Combats
with
Devils
Ruffinus
,
Socrates
Smell
of
Spirits
the
use
of
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
,
's
Life
of
l.
1.
c.
28
,
—
31
,
40.
and
l.
2.
c.
7.
—
Reading
of
this
Life
Confessions
,
l.
8.
c.
6.
(
Monastick
)
Philosophy
upon
a
Mat.
Naked
.
Book
Learning
TWO
Courtiers
Tell
me
,
I
pray
thee
,
whether
do
we
aspire
to
arrive
by
all
these
our
Labours
?
What
do
we
seek
?
For
what
do
we
strive
?
Can
our
Hope
be
greater
in
the
Court
,
than
to
be
Favourites
with
the
Emperor
?
And
what
is
there
there
not
frail
and
full
of
Dangers
?
And
by
how
many
Dangers
do
we
proceed
to
greater
Danger
?
And
how
long
shall
this
be
?
But
if
I
would
be
the
Friend
of
God
,
behold
,
I
am
made
so
presently
.
I
have
now
broken
off
from
those
hopes
of
ours
,
and
have
resolved
to
serve
God
;
and
this
I
begin
from
this
very
hour
in
this
very
place
.
If
thou
be'est
loth
to
follow
me
,
do
not
hinder
me
.
That
he
would
stick
to
his
Companion
in
so
great
an
Atchievement
,
and
of
so
great
Merit
.
Two
other
Courtiers
two
Virgins
St.
Augustin
himself
Alipius
:
What
do
we
suffer
?
What
is
this
?
What
hast
thou
heard
?
The
Vnlearned
get
up
,
and
take
Heaven
by
force
;
and
we
with
all
our
Learning
,
without
heart
,
behold
where
we
wallow
in
Flesh
and
Blood
.
Is
it
because
they
are
gone
before
,
that
we
are
ashamed
to
follow
?
and
are
we
not
ashamed
at
least
not
to
follow
?
Egyptian
Monks
Monastick
Discipline
leaving
all
Sold
their
Estates
,
and
brought
and
laid
them
at
the
Apostles
feet
,
to
be
distributed
as
every
one
had
need
If
thou
wilt
be
perfect
,
Go
sell
all
thy
Possessions
,
and
give
unto
the
Poor
,
and
then
come
and
follow
me
,
and
thou
shalt
have
Treasure
in
Heaven
.
Take
no
thought
for
the
Morrow
:
or
other
that
was
Courter
of
Vertue
resolve
never
to
return
again
his
Ancestors
Seat
his
Relations
he
wrought
with
his
own
Hands
,
Let
not
the
Idle
eat
virtuous
Person
's
useful
Observations
Christian
Discipline
the
Devil
filthy
Thoughts
Shape
of
a
Woman
Not
I
,
but
the
Grace
of
God
with
me
,
Black
Boy
to
Antony
Ye
have
been
deceiv'd
by
the
Spirit
of
Fornication
:
first
Conflict
Condemn'd
Sin
in
the
Flesh
,
that
the
Righteousness
of
the
Law
might
be
fulfilled
in
us
,
who
walk
not
according
to
the
Flesh
,
but
the
Spirit
.
severer
Discipline
When
I
am
weak
,
then
I
am
strong
(
viz.
Progress
in
Vertue
Forgetting
that
which
is
behind
,
and
pressing
forward
.
As
the
Lord
of
Hosts
lives
,
before
whom
I
stand
,
I
will
surely
shew
my self
to
day
:
To
day
Christian
Ascetick
the
Tombs
I
Antony
am
here
For
though
you
inflict
more
upon
me
,
nothing
shall
separate
me
from
the
Love
of
Christ
.
Psalmist
,
Though
Hosts
encamp
against
me
,
yet
shall
not
my
Heart
be
afraid
.
Shapes
of
all
sorts
Let
God
arise
,
and
his
Enemies
be
scattered
:
Let
them
vanish
,
as
the
Smoak
vanisheth
:
As
the
Wax
melteth
before
the
Fire
,
so
Sinners
shall
perish
from
the
Presence
of
God
.
All
Nations
compassed
me
round
about
;
but
in
the
Name
of
the
Lord
I
stav'd
them
off
.
Ascetick
Life
Temper
of
his
Soul
Holy
Scriptures
The
Days
of
our
Life
are
Seventy
Years
,
and
if
by
great
Strength
we
reach
Fourscore
,
or
more
,
they
are
but
Labour
and
Sorrow
.
The
Lord
co-operates
for
Good
with
every
one
that
wills
and
works
Good
.
I
die
daily
No
one
that
puts
his
hand
to
the
Plough
,
and
looks
back
,
is
fit
for
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
look
back
The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
within
you
:
Incline
your
heart
unto
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
:
Make
strait
your
paths
The
Wrath
of
Man
worketh
not
the
Righteousness
of
God
:
Lust
,
when
it
hath
conceived
,
brings
forth
Sin
;
and
Sin
,
when
it
is
finished
,
brings
forth
Death
.
Keep
our
Hearts
with
all
Diligence
:
We
wrestle
not
against
Flesh
and
Blood
;
but
against
Principalities
and
Powers
,
against
the
Rulers
of
this
World
,
against
Spiritual
Wickednesses
in
high
places
their
Nature
and
Diversity
their
various
Subtilties
against
us
discerning
of
Spirits
For
we
are
not
ignorant
of
his
Devices
,
(
viz.
His
Eyes
are
like
the
Eye-lids
of
the
Morning
.
Out
of
his
Mouth
go
burning
Lamps
,
and
sparks
of
Fire
leap
out
.
Out
of
his
Nostrils
goeth
Smoke
,
as
out
of
a
Seething-pot
or
Caldron
.
He
esteemeth
Iron
as
Straw
,
and
Brass
as
rotten
Wood
,
and
looks
upon
the
Sea
as
a
Pot
of
Oyntment
,
and
the
deep
Abyss
as
his
Conquest
;
even
the
Abyss
is
to
him
as
a
Walk
.
I
will
,
and
will
overtake
.
I
will
grasp
the
whole
Earth
in
my
hand
like
a
Nest
,
and
take
it
up
like
forsaken
Eggs.
he
is
a
Lyar
Like
an
Ox
,
he
has
an
Halter
upon
his
Head
,
and
his
Nostrils
are
bored
with
a
Ring
,
and
his
Lips
with
an
Hoople
of
Disgrace
,
like
a
Fugitive
.
He
is
ty'd
,
like
a
Sparrow
,
by
the
Lord
,
so
that
we
may
justly
deride
him
.
Religious
Habit
Wo
be
to
him
who
offers
his
Neighbours
thick
dregs
to
drink
Thou
art
the
Son
of
God
,
Vnto
the
Wicked
,
said
God
,
wherefore
do'st
thou
utter
my
Statutes
,
and
takest
my
Covenant
in
thy
Mouth
:
Whil'st
the
Wicked
was
before
me
I
was
deaf
,
and
still
,
and
held
my
peace
,
even
from
good
Words
:
Like
a
deaf
Man
I
heard
not
,
and
as
one
who
is
dumb
I
opened
not
my
my
Mouth
:
I
became
like
a
Man
who
does
not
hear
.
is
a
Murderer
the
Strength
Suffer
us
to
go
into
the
Swine
.
Contempt
of
Money
Lowliness
and
Love
of
Poverty
Piety
to
Christ
.
Behold
,
I
have
given
you
Power
to
tread
upon
Serpents
and
Scorpions
,
and
every
Power
of
the
Enemy
.
the
Prophesies
of
the
Greeks
cross
your selves
the
Sign
of
our
Lord's
Cross
,
to
distinguish
between
the
Presence
of
a
Good
and
a
Bad
Spirit
:
Holy
Spirits
He
will
not
strive
,
nor
cry
,
neither
doth
any
one
hear
their
Voice
.
the
Lord
is
with
them
,
who
is
our
Joy
;
and
the
Power
of
God
the
Father
.
Be
ye
not
afraid
Good
Angels
Evil
Spirits
Timidity
of
Soul
,
Confusion
Ataxy
of
Thoughts
,
Grief
,
Hatred
of
Asceticks
,
great
Despondence
,
Tediousness
,
Remembrance
of
Relations
,
Fear
of
Death
Lusting
after
Evil
things
,
Wearisomness
of
Vertue
,
Disorderliness
of
Morals
Composedness
of
Thought
Love
towards
God
Common
Rule
Get
thee
behind
me
Satan
:
for
't
is
written
,
Thou
shalt
worship
the
Lord
thy
God
,
and
Him
only
shalt
thou
serve
.
not
vaunt
Rejoyce
not
because
the
Devils
are
subject
unto
you
;
but
because
your
Names
are
written
in
Heaven
:
Lord
,
have
we
not
cast
out
Devils
in
thy
Name
?
and
in
thy
Name
done
many
Wonders
?
Truly
,
I
say
unto
you
,
I
know
you
not
:
the
Gift
of
discerning
of
Spirits
,
not
believe
every
Spirit
These
in
Chariots
,
and
they
on
Horses
;
but
we
will
rejoyce
in
the
Name
of
the
Lord
our
God
I
am
the
Power
of
God
,
I
am
Providence
,
What
would'st
thou
have
me
bestow
upon
thee
?
Eat
,
and
take
some
Refreshment
(
you
toyl
more
than
you
need
)
otherwise
you
will
grow
weak
;
for
you
are
a
Man
:
Nothing
shall
separate
me
from
the
Love
of
Christ
I
saw
Satan
falling
,
like
Lightning
from
Heaven
.
O
thou
Enemy
,
Destructions
are
come
to
a
perpetual
End
;
and
thou
hast
destroyed
Cities
.
Lest
the
Devil
come
and
overthrow
us
,
and
,
of
a
sudden
,
take
us
up
,
and
throw
us
down
,
and
put
us
out
of
Order
.
Who
art
thou
,
and
Whence
?
How
goodly
are
thy
Dwellings
,
O
Jacob
,
and
thy
Tabernacles
,
O
Israel
!
As
the
shady
Vales
are
they
spread
forth
,
and
as
the
Parks
beside
the
Rivers
,
and
as
the
Tents
which
the
Lord
hath
fix'd
,
and
as
the
Cedars
by
the
Waters
side
.
Take
no
thought
for
your
Life
,
what
you
shall
eat
;
nor
for
your
Body
,
what
ye
shall
put
on
:
For
all
these
things
the
Nations
of
the
World
seek
;
for
your
Father
knows
that
ye
need
them
;
and
all
these
things
shall
be
added
unto
you
.
Emperour
Maximinus
Let
us
also
go
and
combat
;
or
see
those
who
do
:
that
Persecution
Bishop
Peter
Ask
,
and
it
shall
be
given
you
.
sow'd
his
Grain
few
Herbs
trust
in
the
Lord
,
like
Mount
Sion
,
the
Devils
fled
,
and
the
Wild
Beasts
were
at
Peace
with
him
.
a
Beast
Ass.
Antony
not
to
be
deceiv'd
by
the
Fulness
of
the
Belly
,
pray
continually
Let
not
the
Sun
go
down
upon
your
Wrath
Judge
your selves
:
Try
your selves
Let
him
justifie
himself
till
the
Lord
come
,
who
searcheth
into
the
most
secret
things
But
the
Lord
comprehends
all
things
.
be
Patient
one
with
another
,
and
bear
one
another's
Burthens
,
and
Judge
our selves
cur'd
an
Issue
of
Blood
(
viz.
Two
Brethren
Archelaus
Comes
terrible
Stink
a
Young
Man
that
had
a
Devil
,
Jesus
Christ
saw
himself
without
himself
the
Apostle
According
to
the
Prince
of
the
Power
of
the
Air
:
Take
ye
the
whole
Armour
of
God
,
that
the
Enemy
having
no
Evil
thing
to
say
of
you
,
he
may
be
ashamed
:
Whether
in
the
Body
,
I
know
not
;
or
out
of
the
Body
,
I
know
not
:
God
knows
.
unutterable
Words
are
taught
of
God
Enemy
of
Souls
A
glad
Heart
makes
a
cheerful
Countenance
:
But
a
sorrowful
one
makes
it
sad
.
Is
not
the
Face
of
your
Father
toward
me
as
yesterday
,
and
the
day
before
?
David
;
For
he
had
cheering
Eyes
,
and
Teeth
white
as
Milk
.
Meletian
Schismaticks
invisible
Word
and
Wisdom
of
the
Father's
Essence
.
Light
hath
no
fellowship
with
the
Darkness
:
who
serve
the
Creature
more
than
God
,
who
created
them
.
Man
of
God
a
Woman
troubled
with
a
Devil
Two
Greek
Philosophers
O
ye
Philosophers
,
Why
did
you
trouble
your selves
to
come
to
such
a
simple
Fellow
?
Christian
Belief
Divine
Cross
Sick
of
the
Palsie
walking
a
Foot
on
the
Sea
,
Son
of
God
.
Churches
Virgins
Christian
Faith
Not
by
the
Perswasion
of
Wisdom
in
Greek
Eloquence
;
but
by
Faith
,
Constantine
Augustus
Christian
Princes
My
Altar
shall
be
abominated
If
ye
have
Faith
,
but
as
a
grain
of
Mustard-seed
,
and
shall
say
to
this
Mountain
,
remove
;
it
shall
remove
,
and
nothing
shall
be
impossible
to
you
.
Verily
,
verily
,
I
say
unto
you
,
if
ye
shall
ask
any
thing
of
the
Father
in
my
Name
,
he
shall
give
it
you
:
Ask
,
and
ye
shall
receive
.
Heal
the
Sick
,
cast
out
Devils
:
Freely
ye
have
received
,
freely
do
ye
give
.
Antony
with
what
Judgment
they
do
judge
,
they
shall
be
judg'd
.
Servant
of
God
griev'd
Person
Deceas'd
Relations
angry
Person
Poor
Man
Negligent
Man
stronger
and
more
Fervent
tempted
by
Devils
troubled
in
his
Thoughts
his
Mind
made
serene
the
Gift
of
discerning
of
Spirits
,
troubled
in
Mind
End
of
his
Life
Meletian
Schismaticks
Man
of
God
Diets
,
Bathings
Variety
of
Garments
Devotion
to
God
.
Gift
of
God
.
Spain
,
France
,
Rome
Son
of
God
to
whom
be
Glory
for
ever
and
ever
.
Esseans
,
Therapeuts
latter
of
these
Discourses
not
Published
That
Satan
,
or
the
Devil
,
did
ride
them
,
as
an
Ape
would
do
a
Mastiff-Dog
,
principal
Cause
Contempt
of
the
Clergy
When
Vertue
fails
in
the
Priests
,
Faith
will
fail
in
the
People
Evil
Spirits
Divine
Conduct
Blessings
and
Curses
Ecclesiasticus
,
iv
.
11
,
—
20.
vi
.
18
,
—
31.
Notice
of
the
Evils
other
Sins
or
Miscarriages
to
confult
Spiritual
Guides
Experience
in
others
Good
Admonition
Samuel
,
1
did
not
know
the
Lord
,
neither
was
the
Word
of
the
Lord
yet
revealed
to
him
young
Woman
four
Sons
the
other
Discourse
Matthew
Scrivener
Mystical
Divinity
The
Method
and
Means
to
a
true
Spiritual
Life
,
was
a
just
Man
,
and
perfect
in
his
Generations
,
walked
with
God
Walking
with
God
Building
the
Ark
according
to
all
that
God
commanded
him
,
so
did
he
going
into
it
going
out
again
Walking
with
God
ABIMELECH
,
Gen.
God
came
to
Abimelech
in
a
Dream
by
Night
,
and
said
to
him
,
Behold
,
thou
art
but
a
dead
Man
,
for
the
Woman
which
thou
hast
taken
:
for
she
is
a
Man's
Wife
.
Egyptian
Priest
Priest
of
Midian
,
JETHRO
to
Inquire
of
the
Lord
REBEKAH
,
Gen.
BALAAM
,
Numb.
to
have
Acquaintance
and
Communication
with
God
Colleges
of
Prophets
other
Nations
Mystical
Divinity
Plotinus
,
Jamblicus
,
Porphyrius
Chaldaick
Theology
God's
being
united
to
the
Soul
,
by
the
Soul
's
clasping
God
to
herself
not
by
any
act
of
the
Vnderstanding
,
by
the
Flower
of
the
Mind
Fund
of
the
Spirit
of
the
Soul
's
being
inebriated
from
God
,
being
drunk
with
the
Divine
Nectar
Divine
Illuminations
and
Extasies
Abstraction
from
the
Body
extending
the
Mind
upwards
hastening
to
the
Divine
Light
and
the
Beams
of
the
Father
the
Egyptian
Mysteries
Divine
Extasies
no
longer
leading
a
humane
Life
,
having
any
Operations
of
their
Senses
or
Vnderstanding
,
but
their
Mind
and
Soul
is
only
in
the
Divine
Power
,
and
not
in
their
own
,
being
acted
and
possessed
wholly
by
it
.
the
Body
wholly
rests
,
and
sometimes
breaks
out
into
Singing
,
and
all
expressions
of
Joy
:
sometimes
the
Body
is
raised
up
from
the
Ground
,
sometimes
it
swells
into
a
greater
bulk
,
and
sometimes
the
contrary
.
In
what
manner
God
appears
?
Whether
an
appearance
of
Fire
come
before
Him
?
Whether
he
fills
up
and
acts
the
whole
Soul
,
so
that
there
is
a
Cessation
of
all
its
own
Acts
?
the
Persons
are
wholly
taken
up
and
possessed
by
the
Deity
;
from
whence
follows
an
Extasie
and
alienation
of
the
Senses
:
But
if
either
the
Soul
acts
,
or
the
Body
moves
,
then
,
it
may
be
a
false
Inspiration
.
the
Excellency
of
Contemplative
Prayer
This
quickens
the
Mind
,
inlargeth
its
Capacity
,
opens
the
Secrets
of
the
Divinity
,
and
fits
it
for
Conjunction
and
Vnion
with
God
;
and
never
leaves
Men
till
it
hath
carried
them
to
a
State
of
Perfection
;
and
by
degrees
doth
alter
and
change
Men
,
that
it
makes
them
put
off
Humane
Nature
,
and
bring
them
into
such
a
State
of
Dei-formity
,
that
they
become
Gods
.
The
first
degree
of
Prayer
,
brings
to
a
State
of
Recollection
,
and
hath
some
Divine
Contact
,
which
helps
our
Knowledge
:
The
second
carries
the
Soul
to
a
nearer
Communion
with
God
,
and
excites
the
Divine
Bounty
to
freer
Communications
to
it
:
But
the
third
is
the
Seal
of
the
ineffable
Vnion
,
which
makes
our
Mind
&
Soul
to
rest
in
God
,
as
a
Divine
Port
or
Haven
.
That
this
Vnion
with
God
is
Man's
greatest
Perfection
,
and
the
End
of
all
Religion
among
the
the
Knowing
of
God
by
Divine
Contact
,
and
the
Insufficiency
of
any
Act
of
the
Mind
for
this
ineffable
Vnion
:
Mystical
Divinity
Of
Divine
Wisdom
according
to
the
Egyptian
Adyta
Persian
Magi
his
Society
Christian
Coenobites
Being
born
of
God
,
and
rooted
in
Him
,
let
us
cleave
to
our
Root
.
For
the
Streams
of
the
Waters
,
and
the
Sprouts
of
the
Earth
,
if
they
be
cut
off
from
their
Root
are
dry'd
up
and
wither
away
,
The
True
Light
,
which
lighteth
every
Man
,
who
cometh
into
the
World
,
It
cannot
by
any
means
be
,
that
one
and
the
same
Person
should
apply
himself
to
Pleasures
,
to
the
Body
,
to
the
getting
of
Riches
,
and
also
to
God
.
Ye
cannot
serve
God
and
Mammon
?
For
he
who
is
given
to
Pleasures
,
the
same
will
also
be
careful
for
the
Body
;
but
he
who
is
careful
for
the
Body
,
he
will
also
study
to
get
Riches
;
and
he
,
who
studies
to
get
Riches
,
will
necessarily
be
Vnjust
:
But
he
who
is
Vnjust
,
is
both
impious
toward
God
,
and
unjust
toward
Men
:
and
therefore
,
although
he
sacrifice
(
whole
)
Hecatombs
,
he
is
(
but
)
the
more
impious
,
and
far
from
God
and
all
Religion
,
and
deliberately
Sacrilegious
:
Wherefore
it
behoveth
to
avoid
every
voluptuary
Person
,
as
impious
and
sacrilegious
,
You
cannot
well
say
that
he
is
a
happy
Man
,
who
relies
upon
Friends
,
or
Children
,
or
any
transitory
and
fading
thing
;
for
all
these
are
instable
things
:
But
to
rely
upon
ones
self
and
upon
God
,
that
only
is
firm
and
stable
,
A
wise
Man
sent
hither
Naked
,
will
naked
(
or
stript
of
all
)
invoke
Him
,
who
sent
him
:
for
God
hears
him
only
,
who
is
not
incumbred
with
Impertinences
,
A
Divine
Sense
solidly
joyns
us
to
God
:
For
like
must
necessarily
be
joyned
with
like
,
Mystick
Theology
Knowledge
of
God
Divine
Contemplation
v.
Aug.
de
Civ
.
Dei
,
lib.
A.
Gellius
Being
often
in
the
Depth
of
Contemplation
,
my
Body
being
left
behind
,
I
seemed
to
enjoy
the
Chief
Good
with
incredible
pleasure
.
Wherefore
I
stood
as
it
were
astonished
,
finding
my self
to
be
a
part
of
the
upper
World
,
and
to
have
obtained
Immortality
,
with
the
clearest
Light
;
which
cannot
be
expressed
with
Words
,
nor
heard
with
Ears
,
nor
understood
by
the
Thoughts
of
Men
:
the
Sadness
he
felt
at
the
decay
of
that
glorious
Light
,
and
the
pleasure
which
returned
with
his
former
Extasies
.
At
last
my
Intellect
being
wearied
with
this
Contemplation
fell
back
into
phantasie
,
and
then
that
Light
failing
I
became
somewhat
sad
:
But
again
having
left
my
Body
,
returning
thither
again
,
I
perceived
my
Mind
abounding
with
Light
,
and
that
flowing
then
into
the
Body
then
raised
above
it
.
the
later
Platonists
,
Plotinus
,
Jamblicus
,
Porphrygius
,
Chaldaick
Theology
Plotinus
his
Hypothesis
That
the
Soul
of
Man
being
immersed
in
the
Body
suffers
very
much
by
reason
of
its
Vnion
with
it
;
by
which
means
it
is
drawn
to
the
Affections
of
the
Body
,
and
to
a
Conversation
with
Sensible
things
,
and
so
becomes
Evil
and
Miserable
:
That
its
Good
and
Happy
Condition
lyes
in
being
like
to
God
,
not
in
regard
of
Vnderstanding
,
but
a
State
of
Quiescency
:
That
the
Practice
of
the
Virtues
of
the
Active
Life
is
insufficient
for
Assimilation
to
God
;
but
in
order
to
it
,
those
which
are
properly
Intellectual
are
most
necessary
,
whereby
the
Soul
draws
it self
off
from
the
Body
.
Thus
for
the
Soul
to
act
by
its
self
,
is
Wisdom
;
Introversion
,
is
Temperance
;
Abstraction
from
Matter
,
is
Fortitude
;
to
follow
Reason
,
is
Justice
:
That
by
the
Practice
of
these
the
Soul
purifies
its
self
,
casts
off
the
things
without
its
self
,
and
so
recovers
its
Purity
,
by
bringing
those
things
into
Light
again
,
which
lay
hid
under
the
rubbish
of
Sensible
things
before
,
so
that
the
Soul
did
not
know
them
to
be
there
;
but
for
the
Discovery
of
them
,
it
was
necessary
for
the
Soul
to
come
near
a
greater
Light
than
its
self
:
and
to
bring
the
Images
which
are
in
it
to
the
true
Originals
.
Purifying
the
Soul
awakening
the
Soul
out
of
Sleep
,
wherein
it
was
disturbed
by
sensible
Images
restraining
it
to
its
self
by
taking
away
that
load
of
Matter
which
oppressed
it
;
and
then
it
naturally
endeavours
after
the
nearest
Vnion
with
the
first
Being
;
which
he
calls
the
True
Being
,
and
the
super-Essential
Being
.
When
the
Soul
endeavours
after
this
Vnion
,
it
must
lay
aside
all
sensible
and
intellectual
Images
of
things
,
and
make
use
only
of
the
purest
and
supream
part
of
the
Mind
that
God
then
is
not
to
be
considered
under
the
Notion
of
Being
,
but
as
something
above
Being
;
and
that
we
are
not
either
to
affirm
or
deny
any
thing
of
Him
:
Our
Contemplation
of
Him
is
not
by
Knowledge
,
or
any
Intellectual
Operation
;
but
by
a
Divine
Presence
,
which
far
exceeds
any
Knowledge
:
for
Knowledge
,
hinders
Vnion
:
therefore
we
must
go
beyond
Knowledge
,
and
be
abstracted
from
all
other
Objects
;
and
be
united
to
Him
only
by
the
Power
of
Divine
Love
;
from
whence
follows
a
clearer
Light
in
the
Soul
:
And
in
this
State
,
there
is
not
only
a
Cessation
of
Passion
,
but
of
Reason
and
Vnderstanding
too
:
neither
is
the
Person
himself
,
like
one
in
a
Rapture
or
an
Extasie
he
enjoys
God
in
that
State
of
Quiescency
,
as
in
a
silent
Wilderness
being
in
God
seeing
God
in
themselves
,
being
the
same
with
God
,
being
one
with
God
being
God
State
of
Dei-formity
the
Theurgick
Way
Theurgick
Way
Porphyry
,
That
they
who
were
purified
after
this
manner
did
converse
with
glorious
appearances
of
Angels
,
which
they
were
fitted
to
see
:
That
the
Highest
Perfection
of
the
Soul
was
not
attainable
by
it
;
but
it
was
useful
for
purifying
the
Lower
part
of
the
Soul
,
but
not
the
Intellectual
.
Contemplation
of
God
Vision
of
the
things
that
are
true
.
the
utmost
Perfection
of
the
Soul
Chaldaick
Theology
Of
the
Return
of
the
Soul
,
That
the
Soul
must
fly
from
all
Body
,
if
it
would
live
Happy
with
God
:
Abstraction
of
Mind
pure
Contemplative
Life
Indian
,
Chaldaick
The
Scope
and
End
of
his
Life
was
Vnion
and
Conjunction
with
God
over
all
:
and
four
times
,
when
I
was
with
him
he
attained
to
this
Vnion
,
by
an
unexpressible
Act
of
the
Mind
:
a
Divine
Illumination
without
any
Image
or
Idea
,
being
above
the
Vnderstanding
and
all
intelligible
things
.
that
he
was
once
in
this
State
of
Vnion
,
when
he
was
Years
of
Age.
the
depth
of
his
Melancholy
joyned
with
his
abstracted
and
severe
Life
,
his
frequent
Watchings
,
and
almost
continual
Exercise
of
Contemplation
.
That
he
was
so
little
a
lover
of
the
Body
,
that
he
hated
his
being
a
Man
;
and
being
in
he
was
almost
famished
by
Abstinence
,
and
shunned
all
Conversation
with
Mankind
:
Plotinus
;
That
he
was
like
one
ashamed
that
his
Soul
was
in
a
Body
.
Mystical
Vnion
Abstraction
of
Mind
Intellectual
Operations
Cessation
of
these
Acts
Porphyry
.
Many
things
are
said
of
Vnderstanding
things
that
are
above
the
Mind
;
but
the
Contemplation
of
those
things
is
better
performed
,
otio
&
vacatione
Intellectûs
by
the
Rest
and
Cessation
of
Operation
in
the
Vnderstanding
,
than
by
the
Exercise
of
it
;
as
many
things
,
while
a
Man
wakes
,
are
said
of
him
that
he
does
when
he
sleeps
,
but
the
Knowledge
and
Perception
of
them
is
by
Sleep
;
for
things
are
best
understood
by
Assimilation
.
That
our
manner
of
Vnderstanding
all
things
is
different
according
to
their
Essence
;
those
things
above
the
Mind
are
to
be
known
,
in
the
way
of
unknowing
,
and
after
a
super-essential
manner
the
Minds
abstracting
and
loosing
it self
from
the
Body
,
and
drawing
it self
nearer
to
the
First
Being
the
Souls
being
in
God
the
pure
and
clear
Light
,
which
follows
the
Abstraction
of
the
Mind
the
State
and
Life
of
Contemplation
,
and
the
Virtues
necessary
thereto
;
such
as
Abstinence
from
the
Actions
of
the
Body
,
and
from
Affections
to
it
,
which
,
raise
the
Mind
to
the
super-essential
Being
.
Political
Life
the
End
of
one
,
being
only
Mens
living
according
to
Nature
;
but
of
the
other
,
Assimilation
to
God
:
He
that
lives
according
to
Practical
Virtues
,
is
only
a
Good
Man
;
but
he
that
lives
the
Life
of
Contemplation
,
is
a
God
.
Purifying
the
Soul
The
Foundation
Soul
to
know
it self
that
it
is
in
a
strange
place
,
and
bound
to
a
thing
of
another
Substance
.
gathering
it self
up
from
the
Body
,
to
be
free
from
the
Affections
of
it
:
the
Superlative
Being
it
is
neither
Great
,
nor
Little
,
but
above
both
;
and
is
neither
Greatest
nor
Least
,
but
above
all
;
and
that
his
Presence
is
not
Topical
,
but
Assimilative
;
and
that
the
only
Way
for
our
Souls
to
recover
themselves
,
is
,
to
bring
them
into
themselves
;
by
which
Means
the
True
Being
is
present
with
them
,
and
we
become
united
to
God
.
Vnion
of
the
Soul
with
God
,
Holstenius
Sacred
Nuptials
Divine
Love
some
thought
him
Mad
,
because
there
were
several
things
spoken
in
it
after
a
Mystical
and
Enthusiastical
manner
Egyptian
Mysteries
That
his
Soul
was
so
recollected
and
drawn
into
its
self
,
that
it
seemed
to
be
separated
from
the
Body
while
it
remained
in
it
that
Intellectual
Faculty
in
us
,
whereby
we
are
capable
of
Vnderstanding
the
Nature
and
Difference
of
Intelligible
Idea's
,
and
that
which
he
calls
the
Summity
,
as
the
Mysticks
speak
,
and
pure
Fund
of
the
Spirit
,
which
,
is
alone
capable
of
the
Divine
and
Mystical
Vnion
though
there
be
many
Intellectual
Powers
in
us
,
yet
it
is
by
this
only
that
we
can
be
united
to
the
Divinity
,
and
be
made
partakers
of
it
.
For
we
cannot
reach
the
Divine
Being
either
by
our
Senses
,
or
by
Opinion
,
or
by
Apprehension
;
no
nor
yet
by
Ratiocination
,
It
remains
therefore
,
that
if
the
Divine
Nature
can
any
ways
be
known
by
us
,
it
must
be
by
the
Essence
of
the
Soul
.
For
the
Soul
being
drawn
into
its
own
Vnity
,
and
removing
from
it self
the
Multiplicity
of
its
Powers
,
it
ascends
to
the
greatest
height
of
true
Contemplation
.
While
the
Soul
looks
about
on
things
below
it
,
it
sees
nothing
but
Shadows
and
Images
of
things
:
When
it
comes
to
a
State
of
Introversion
,
then
it
sees
its
own
Essence
and
Operations
of
the
Vnderstanding
:
But
when
it
searches
deeper
,
then
it
finds
the
Mind
within
it self
,
and
the
several
Orders
of
real
Beings
:
When
it
goes
yet
farther
into
the
most
secret
Closet
of
the
Soul
,
there
it
contemplates
,
as
it
were
blindfold
,
the
Divine
Beings
,
and
the
first
Idea's
or
Vnities
of
Beings
.
And
this
,
is
the
most
excellent
Operation
of
the
Soul
,
in
the
Rest
or
Quiescency
of
its
Powers
,
to
stretch
it self
toward
the
Divine
Nature
,
and
dance
,
as
it
were
,
round
it
,
and
to
raise
up
the
whole
Soul
towards
this
Vnion
with
it
,
and
abstracting
it self
from
all
Inferior
Beings
,
to
rest
upon
,
and
be
conjoyned
with
that
Ineffable
and
Super-essential
Being
.
And
by
this
means
the
Soul
comes
to
have
the
truest
Vnderstanding
of
all
things
.
these
Notions
built
upon
a
very
ancient
Hypothesis
,
first
Foundation
of
Mystical
Divinity
Mystical
Divinity
Mystical
Divinity
the
Man
,
who
was
born
Blind
,
our
Saviour's
Answer
Church
of
England
Mystical
Divinity
other
Gentiles
Letter
of
Monfieur
Bernier
Gentiles
of
Indostan
united
to
God
Jauguis
:
These
are
People
that
have
entirely
abandoned
the
World
,
and
sequestered
themselves
into
some
very
remote
Corner
or
Garden
,
like
Eremites
,
without
ever
coming
to
the
Town
.
If
you
carry
them
any
Meat
,
they
receive
it
;
if
they
do
not
,
't
is
believed
that
they
can
live
without
it
,
and
subfist
by
the
sole
Favour
of
God
in
perpetual
Fasting
,
Prayer
,
and
profound
Meditations
:
for
they
sink
themselves
so
deep
into
these
Raptures
,
that
they
spend
many
hours
together
in
being
insensible
,
and
beholding
in
that
time
,
as
they
give
out
,
God
himself
,
like
a
very
bright
and
ineffable
Light
,
with
an
unexpressible
Joy
and
Satisfaction
,
attended
with
an
intire
Contempt
and
forsaking
of
the
World
.
For
thus
much
one
of
them
,
that
pretended
he
could
enter
into
this
Rapture
when
he
pleased
,
and
had
been
often
in
it
,
told
me
;
and
others
that
are
about
them
affirm
the
thing
with
so
much
seriousness
,
that
they
seem
to
believe
it
in
earnest
,
that
there
is
no
Imposture
in
it
.
Indian
Brachmans
Persian
Magi
Bardisanes
Syrus
neither
worship
Images
,
nor
eat
what
is
animate
;
neither
drink
Wine
,
or
Beer
;
are
far
from
all
Malignity
,
attending
wholly
to
God
to
conceal
their
most
Sacred
Mysteries
Mystical
Theology
Pythagoras
,
Socrates
Land
of
Canaan
Mystick
Divinity
Christian
Asceticks
Christian
Asceticks
the
Sons
of
the
Prophets
Mystical
Theology
Austin
Baker
The
only
proper
Disposition
towards
receiving
Supernatural
Irradiations
from
God's
Holy
Spirit
,
is
an
Abstraction
of
Life
;
a
Sequestration
from
all
Business
that
concerns
others
;
and
an
Attendance
to
God
alone
in
the
Depth
of
the
Spirit
.
The
Lights
here
desired
and
prayed
for
,
are
such
as
do
expell
all
Images
of
Creatures
,
and
do
calm
all
manner
of
Passions
to
the
end
the
Soul
being
in
a
Vacuity
,
may
be
more
capable
of
receiving
and
entertaining
God
in
the
pure
Fund
of
the
Spirit
.
The
Prayer
here
acknowledged
to
be
the
most
effectual
Instrument
to
procure
Divine
Light
,
is
a
Pure
,
Recollected
,
Intime
Prayer
of
the
Spirit
Here
are
no
new
Speculative
Verities
or
Revelations
of
Mysteries
pretended
;
no
private
new-found-out
Interpretations
of
Scripture
bragg'd
of
.
Here
the
Established
Order
of
God's
Church
,
and
the
Vnity
essential
thereto
is
not
prejudiced
.
Yea
,
the
Inspirations
expected
and
obtained
by
Pure
Internal
Prayer
do
more
firmly
and
unalterably
fix
Souls
under
this
Obedience
,
and
to
this
Order
and
Vnity
.
Our
Lights
teach
us
to
attend
only
to
God
and
our
own
Souls
,
and
never
to
interess
our selves
in
any
Care
or
Imployment
about
others
,
till
evidently
God's
Inspirations
force
us
,
and
External
Authority
obliges
us
thereto
.
Our
Lights
make
us
to
fear
and
avoid
all
Super-eminence
and
Judicature
,
all
sensual
Pleasures
,
Desires
of
Wealth
,
Honor
,
And
lastly
,
Our
Lights
,
if
they
should
chance
sometimes
to
be
mistaken
by
us
,
no
Harm
at
all
would
accrue
to
others
,
and
not
any
considerable
prejudice
to
our selves
;
because
,
as
hath
been
said
,
the
Matters
in
which
they
direct
us
,
are
in
their
Nature
indifferent
,
and
are
ordered
only
toward
a
more
perfect
Loving
of
God
,
and
withdrawing
us
from
Creatures
.
Father
Baker
Souls
are
not
of
themselves
much
inclined
to
External
Works
,
when
God
calls
them
thereto
by
secret
Inspirations
,
or
engageth
them
therein
by
Command
of
Superiors
but
they
seek
rather
to
purifie
themselves
,
and
inflame
their
Hearts
to
the
Love
of
God
by
Internal
Quiet
,
and
Pure
Actuations
in
Spirit
by
a
total
Abstraction
from
Creatures
;
by
Solitude
,
both
external
and
especially
internal
;
〈◊〉
disposing
themselves
to
receive
the
Influxes
and
Inspirations
of
God
,
whose
chiefly
the
endeavour
to
follow
in
all
things
.
The
prope●
End
of
a
Contemplative
Life
is
the
attaining
unto
a●
Habitual
and
almost
uninterrupted
perfect
Vnion
with
God
in
the
supream
point
of
the
Spirit
;
and
such
an
Vnion
as
gives
the
Soul
a
Fruitive
Possession
of
him
,
and
a
real
Experimental
Perception
of
the
Divine
Presence
in
the
Depth
and
Centre
〈◊〉
the
Spirit
,
whith
is
fully
possessed
and
filled
with
him
alone
;
not
only
all
deliberate
Affection
to
Creatures
being
excluded
but
in
a
manner
all
Images
of
them
also
,
at
leas●
so
far
,
as
they
may
be
distractive
to
the
Soul
.
The
Effects
of
this
blessed
Perceptab●●
Presence
of
God
in
Perfect
Souls
are
unspeakab●●
and
Divine
:
For
he
is
in
them
both
as
a
Principal
of
all
their
Actions
Internal
and
External
,
being
the
Life
of
their
Life
,
and
Spirit
of
their
Spirits
and
also
as
the
End
of
them
,
directing
both
the
Actions
and
Persons
to
himself
only
.
He
is
All
i●
all
things
unto
them
:
A
Light
to
direct
securely
all
their
Steps
,
and
to
order
all
their
Workings
even
those
also
which
seem
the
most
Indifferent
the
which
,
by
the
Guidance
of
God's
Holy
Spirit
,
do
cause
a
farther
Advancement
of
them
to
a
yet
more
immediate
Vnion
.
He
is
a
Shield
to
protect
them
in
all
Tentations
and
Dangers
;
an
internal
Force
and
Vigour
within
them
to
make
them
do
and
suffer
all
things
,
whatsoever
his
pleasure
is
they
should
do
or
suffer
.
They
not
only
believe
and
know
,
but
even
feel
and
tast
him
to
be
the
Vniversal
Infinite
Good
.
By
means
of
a
continual
Conversation
with
him
they
are
reduced
to
a
blessed
State
of
a
Perfect
Denudation
of
Spirit
,
to
an
absolute
Internal
Solitude
,
a
Transcendency
and
Forgetfulness
of
all
created
things
,
and
especially
of
themselves
,
to
an
Heavenly-mindedness
and
fixed
Attention
to
God
only
,
and
this
even
in
the
midst
of
Employments
to
others
never
so
distractive
;
and
,
finally
,
to
a
gustful
Knowledge
of
his
Infinite
Perfections
,
and
a
strict
Application
of
their
Spirits
by
Love
above
Knowledge
,
joyned
with
a
Fruition
and
Repose
in
Him
with
the
whole
extent
of
their
Wills
:
So
that
they
become
after
an
inexpressible
manner
Partarkers
of
the
Divine
Nature
;
yea
,
One
Spirit
,
One
Will
,
One
Love
with
him
,
being
in
a
sort
Deified
,
and
enjoying
as
much
of
Heaven
here
as
Mortality
is
capable
of
.
The
special
for
obtaining
such
spiritual
and
extraordinary
Favours
from
God
,
O.
N.
besides
a
for
keeping
the
Conscience
clean
,
as
much
as
may
be
,
not
only
from
Mortal
,
but
also
Venial
Sin
Much
frequent
and
continued
Prayer
;
much
of
our
Flesh
;
and
of
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
from
any
Creature
;
much
and
withdrawing
from
abroad
into
our selves
;
much
on
such
selected
Subjects
,
as
may
rather
inflame
our
Affections
than
increase
our
Science
;
and
when
once
we
find
these
enkindled
,
the
Endeavouring
a
as
much
as
we
can
from
former
(
those
actions
of
the
Brain
and
Intellect
now
hindering
the
Heart
and
Will
)
and
the
bringing
of
our selves
rather
to
a
simple
Contemplation
,
to
exercise
Acts
of
Love
,
adhere
to
,
sigh
after
,
and
entertain
the
Divine
Object
thereof
.
And
here
if
his
Divine
Majesty
please
to
advance
us
any
higher
to
such
with
Him
,
as
are
not
in
our
power
,
and
wherein
we
receive
rather
than
act
,
and
he
operates
in
us
rather
than
we
our selves
,
we
embrace
them
with
all
Humility
and
Gratitude
;
if
otherwise
,
we
acquiesce
in
our
best
endeavours
,
and
longing
after
him
with
Patience
,
though
enabled
also
to
these
only
by
his
Grace
.
This
our
teach
us
;
and
thus
,
after
this
way
,
which
these
Men
stile
we
endeavour
to
procure
a
more
strict
Acquaintance
and
Converse
with
God
,
and
herein
to
follow
the
Example
of
our
Fore-Fathers
.
That
he
who
would
come
to
it
must
practise
the
drawing
of
his
External
Senses
inwardly
to
his
internal
,
there
losing
,
and
,
as
it
were
,
annihilating
them
:
then
he
must
draw
his
Internal
Senses
into
the
Superior
powers
of
the
Soul
,
and
there
annihilate
them
likewise
:
And
those
Powers
of
the
Intellectual
Soul
he
must
draw
into
that
which
is
called
the
Vnity
;
and
to
that
Vnity
,
which
alone
is
capable
of
perfect
Vnion
with
God
,
must
be
applyed
and
firmly
fixed
on
God
,
wherein
the
perfect
Divine
Contemplation
lyes
.
Now
,
whether
such
Expressions
as
these
will
abide
the
strict
Examination
of
Philosophy
or
no
,
I
will
not
take
on
me
to
determine
.
Certain
it
is
,
that
by
a
frequent
and
constant
Exercise
of
Internal
Prayer
of
the
Will
,
joyned
with
Mortification
,
the
Soul
comes
to
operate
more
and
more
abstracted
from
Sense
,
and
more
celebrated
above
the
Corporeal
Organs
and
Faculties
;
so
drawing
near
to
the
resemblance
of
the
Operations
of
an
Angel
or
Separated
Spirit
.
not
difficult
to
put
together
some
of
their
Words
and
Phrases
,
as
an
Account
of
their
Divinity
Persons
ingaged
in
Controversy
O.
N.
Eusebius
,
l.
When
the
Faithful
throughout
had
met
often
,
and
in
many
places
of
upon
this
account
,
and
had
inquired
into
this
New
Doctrine
,
and
determined
it
to
be
prophane
,
and
rejected
this
Heresie
,
they
were
expelled
out
of
the
Church
.
Case
of
Montanus
Case
of
Mystical
Vnions
viz.
It
is
the
great
Perfection
of
a
Christian
to
keep
himself
indifferent
,
to
do
what
God
shall
reveal
to
him
;
and
not
to
determine
himself
to
do
what
he
hath
already
revealed
and
taught
in
the
Gospel
:
Exercit.
Spirit
Orlandinus
,
lib.
viz.
In
any
matter
of
Debate
they
were
to
joyn
together
in
Prayer
;
and
after
seeking
God
,
what
Opinion
the
most
were
of
,
that
they
resolve
upon
.
Errors
and
Miscarriages
of
Devout
People
Mystical
Divinity
Holy
Scriptures
Divine
Illuminations
,
Inspirations
,
Motions
,
O.
N.
God's
Holy
Spirit
Notes
and
Observations
Sancta
Sophia
third
Treatise
Satanical
Illusions
All
such
any
other
Divine
Vertue
contrary
to
the
Catholick
Faith
,
or
Obedience
attempting
to
make
any
new
and
seditious
Reformations
obstinately
believe
these
Revelations
to
be
of
God
,
after
they
have
been
condemned
by
experienced
Superiors
and
Directors
.
Church's
Faith
,
or
Peace
Church
;
The
Spirits
of
the
Prophets
,
Paul
,
are
subject
to
the
Prophets
.
Actions
in
their
own
nature
Indifferent
,
or
of
Counsel
,
Sancta
Sophia
two
Spirits
within
us
Holy
Spirit
Spirit
of
God
〈◊〉
Brethren
,
could
not
speak
unto
you
as
to
Spiritual
,
but
as
〈◊〉
Carnal
,
and
as
to
Babes
in
Christ
,
For
ye
are
yet
Carnal
,
and
Walk
according
to
Man
:
strong
Meat
spoken
amongst
,
the
Perfect
Of
growing
in
Grace
receiving
Increase
from
God
the
new
Man
being
renewed
day
by
day
,
to
a
perfect
Man
unto
the
measure
〈◊〉
the
Stature
of
the
Fulness
of
Christ
to
present
every
〈◊〉
perfect
in
Christ
Jesus
,
that
they
might
stand
perfect
and
full
in
all
the
Will
of
God
,
Not
as
if
I
had
already
attained
,
Holy
Spirit
Occasions
of
Sin
.
Sense
,
Reason
Will
,
Propriety
compleat
Man
in
Christ
Mystical
Theology
Holy
Spirit
internal
Illuminations
necessary
act
corrupt
Nature
evil
Spirit
Holy
Spirit
Holy
Spirit
aguntur
Spiritu
,
are
acted
by
the
Spirit
:
Holy
Spirit
God
,
the
Father
growth
in
Grace
they
live
in
,
or
by
,
the
Spirit
,
so
they
would
walk
in
it
,
mind
or
affect
the
things
of
the
Spirit
,
Communication
to
contristate
or
grieve
this
Spirit
.
not
to
neglect
it
That
it
should
not
be
void
not
to
quench
it
fervent
in
it
we
cannot
think
a
good
Thought
that
we
can
do
nothing
Holy
Spirit
Will
of
God
God's
Will
Motions
of
the
Spirit
When
these
condescending
vicissitness
concerning
us
are
not
most
watchfully
heeded
,
it
comes
to
pass
that
thou
dost
neither
desire
him
when
absent
,
nor
glorifie
him
when
present
.
Holy
Spirit
clear
discerning
That
the
effectual
Prayer
of
a
Righteous
man
availeth
much
That
he
heareth
not
Sinners
if
any
one
be
a
Worshipper
of
him
,
and
doth
his
Will
,
him
he
heareth
,
all
things
whatsoever
we
shall
ask
in
Prayer
,
not
doubting
,
but
believing
,
we
shall
receive
them
,
if
we
abide
in
Christ
,
and
he
in
us
,
ask
what
we
will
,
and
it
shall
be
done
unto
us
,
if
we
keep
his
Commandments
,
and
do
what
is
pleasing
in
God's
what-ever
we
ask
we
receive
of
him
,
if
we
ask
any
thing
according
to
his
Will
he
heareth
us
,
though
we
know
not
what
we
should
desire
,
or
pray
for
as
we
ought
,
Holy
Spirit
unutterable
Groans
interceedeth
for
us
that
God
knoweth
its
Mind
Spirit
searcheth
the
profound
things
of
God
,
Divine
Illuminations
Motions
of
the
Good
Bad
Spirit
For
she
said
,
she
did
discern
,
by
I
know
not
what
Savour
,
which
she
could
not
explain
in
words
,
what
difference
there
is
between
Thee
revealing
,
and
her
own
Soul
dreaming
.
by
Revelation
Holy
Spirit
Holy
Spirit
Sancta
Sophia
Sancta
Sophia
God's
Holy
Spirit
sinful
Enthusiasm
Here
the
Author
proceeds
to
another
Discourse
,
which
being
no
less
necessary
for
this
purpose
,
than
pertinent
to
the
Subject
of
it
may
be
both
proper
for
this
place
,
and
also
useful
and
grateful
to
many
devout
People
,
to
add
part
of
it
.
It
is
of
FIRST
for
Preparation
for
they
are
advised
at
all
times
even
the
least
then
to
begin
at
first
with
Vocal
Prayer
saith
he
Mental
Prayer
of
Loving
God
with
all
the
Heart
,
and
all
the
Soul
,
and
all
the
Mind
,
and
all
the
Strength
,
State
of
Perfection
Acts
of
Love
simple
Contemplation
set
Forms
Rewards
of
Prayer
Holy
Exercise
familiar
Manifestations
Divine
Beauty
common
Grace
Alienatio
Mentis
à
Sensibus
Corporis
Elevation
,
Rapt
Rules
of
Devotion
If
I
persevere
to
correspond
to
this
Condescention
,
as
much
as
I
can
,
with
meet
Affections
and
Actions
,
and
the
Grace
of
God
be
not
in
vain
in
me
,
the
Father
and
the
Son
will
ever
make
their
Abode
with
me
.
For
the
Grace
of
Contemplation
is
not
given
to
the
high
,
and
not
given
to
the
low
;
but
this
do
often
the
highest
,
and
often
the
lowest
;
more
often
those
who
are
remote
,
that
is
,
from
Worldly
Cares
,
but
sometimes
those
who
are
in
a
Married
State
receive
.
More
of
this
he
hath
afterward
,
which
I
shall
here
add
,
as
followeth
:
Sancta
Sophia
External
and
Imaginary
Exercises
of
Prayer
Vocal
Prayer
Sancta
Sophia
the
Exercise
of
the
Will
and
Affections
,
Divine
Inaction
Adorare
Deum
in
Spirit●
&
Veritate
in
Devotione
Angelus
Satanae
colaphisans
,
ne
magnitudo
Revelatio●
num
extollat
me
,
derelinquendo
probat
Donis
firmat
Tristis
est
anima
mea
usque
ad
mortem
:
Tarry
here
,
and
watch
with
me
,
In
afflictione
maeror
Adjutor
in
tribulationibus
in
opportunitatibus
Way
to
Perfection
To
these
I
shall
add
two
or
three
of
his
Answers
,
to
Objections
and
Cavils
,
such
as
I
think
most
pertinent
for
Common
use
:
and
first
,
whereas
upon
the
first
Step
his
Adversary
descants
thus
:
A
sad
Case
to
end
our
days
as
Christ
and
his
Apostles
did
,
who
used
this
low
dispensation
of
Praying
to
the
last
.
But
,
alas
!
they
never
understood
these
Vnions
with
God
in
the
Fund
of
the
Spirit
;
they
taught
Men
a
plain
and
intelligible
way
of
Serving
God
,
and
bid
them
look
for
Perfection
in
another
World
.
Vocal
Prayer
Pray
without
ceasing
Watch
and
pray
always
And
with
all
Perseverance
therein
discursive
Prayer
Effective
Prayer
Qui
semper
desiderat
semper
orat
Rising
up
a
great
while
before
day
,
retiring
into
the
Wilderness
Bonum
est
esse
hic
Thou
art
my
beloved
Son
Infremuit
Spiritu
Whilst
I
prayed
,
I
was
in
an
Extasie
,
Did
they
understand
nothing
of
that
the
Mysticks
call
passive
Vnions
are
Passive
Vnions
the
obscure
and
unintelligible
way
of
Serving
God
,
we
speak
Wisdom
among
the
Perfect
.
let
us
,
as
many
as
be
perfect
,
be
thus
minded
.
Every
one
that
is
perfect
,
shall
be
as
his
Master
,
proper
,
natural
,
and
most
efficacious
way
to
obtain
a
supernatural
Light
to
discern
his
Will
good
Thought
should
render
Prayer
,
and
by
Prayer
the
obtaining
of
Divine
Grace
,
a
suspicious
Exercise
.
Divine
Inspirations
Bad
Spirit
I
shall
conclude
my
Collections
out
of
this
Author
,
with
the
Explications
of
some
of
the
which
are
quarrelled
with
,
as
followeth
:
Divine
Inaction
Passive
Vnions
Because
when
God
is
pleased
〈◊〉
graciously
to
communicate
himself
to
the
Soul
,
the
Soul
is
taken
out
of
her
own
Disposal
,
and
doth
and
must
see
and
think
only
what
God
will
have
her
,
and
this
no
longer
then
his
good
pleasure
is
such
.
Neither
can
any
Dispositions
or
Preparations
that
the
Soul
can
use
assuredly
procure
it
.
Sancta
Sophia
Qui
Spiritu
Dei
aguntur
Not
I
live
,
but
Christ
in
me
,
Not
〈◊〉
work
,
but
the
Grace
of
God
which
is
with
me
,
Not
ye
that
speak
,
but
the
Spirit
of
you●
Father
that
speaketh
in
you
,
th●●
Spirit
is
said
to
interceed
for
us
wi●●
Groans
unutterable
,
Deiform
,
Renewed
to
the
Image
of
our
Creator
,
Changed
into
the
Image
of
our
Lord
,
Transformed
by
the
renewing
of
our
Min●●
Deification
,
Partakers
of
the
Div●●
Nature
and
of
the
Powers
of
the
future
World
,
we
made
one
Spirit
Filled
with
all
the
Fulness
of
God
,
I
have
no
more
,
but
to
acquaint
the
Reader
,
who
t●●
was
,
out
of
whose
Book
I
have
collected
th●
things
;
his
Name
was
a
good
Man
,
who
with
great
Modesty
and
Solidity
h●●
vindicated
against
the
Quarrel
●●
one
who
charged
it
to
be
His
Charact●
may
be
seen
more
at
large
in
Mr.
Gentile
Dispensation
Mystick
Divinity
v.
Soc.
Hist.
l.
Quakers
;
viz.
The
Spirit
the
Appearance
the
Gentile
Dispensation
v.
Sam.
the
Mystery
of
Iniquity
whereby
these
People
are
imposed
upon
twofold
Gentile
Dispensation
two
parts
of
the
Gentile
Dispensation
Account
of
my
Proceedings
with
them
the
Great
Question
What
that
Spirit
is
,
by
which
the
Party
hath
been
generally
and
principally
acted
and
conducted
?
Whether
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
or
any
Good
Ministring
Spirit
;
or
the
Spirit
of
Antichrist
,
or
some
Porphyrian
or
Apostate
Spirit
?
false
Spirits
Try
the
Spirits
Seducing
Spirits
Sancta
Sophia
,
Tr.
Animals
and
Vegetables
Simplicius
,
Themistius
,
Alexander
Aphrodiceus
,
Avicen
,
Common
Intelligent
Nature
Him
declare
I
unto
you
simply
natural
Intellectual
Nature
in
two
kinds
many
other
kind
of
Effluxes
bodily
Strength
Samson
,
Judges
curious
Workmanship
Besaliel
,
Exod.
Majesty
and
Government
Prophesying
,
Tongues
,
Miracles
Illumination
of
the
Vnderstanding
In
thy
Light
shall
we
see
Light
.
This
is
the
true
Light
that
enlightneth
every
Man
that
cometh
into
the
World
.
Bending
of
the
Will
My
Spirit
shall
not
always
strive
with
Man
.
Ye
always
resist
the
Holy
Ghost
:
Thy
People
shall
be
willing
in
the
day
of
thy
Power
.
The
Heart
of
the
King
is
in
the
Hands
of
the
Lord
,
as
the
Rivers
of
Water
he
turneth
it
whithersoever
he
will
.
never
any
Age
nor
People
wholly
destitute
of
this
Divine
Efflux
Vniversal
and
Common
the
Heathen
Socrates
,
Plato
,
Zeno
Citticus
,
Solon
,
Lycurgus
,
Pythagoras
,
Tully
,
Seneca
,
Aristotle
,
the
Jewish
Nation
the
middle
of
the
Habitable
World
,
the
Messias
secret
and
effectual
Influence
I
will
destroy
in
this
Mountain
,
the
covering
cast
upon
the
Face
of
all
People
.
The
Earth
shall
be
filled
with
the
Knowledge
of
the
Lord
,
as
the
Waters
cover
the
Sea
.
All
thy
Children
shall
be
taught
of
the
Lord
.
This
is
my
Covenant
that
I
will
make
with
them
,
my
Spirit
,
that
is
upon
thee
,
and
the
Words
which
I
have
put
in
thy
Mouth
,
shall
not
depart
from
thee
,
nor
from
thy
Seed
,
nor
from
thy
Seeds
Seed
.
I
will
put
my
Spirit
within
you
,
and
cause
you
to
walk
in
my
Statutes
,
and
keep
my
Judgments
,
and
do
them
.
I
will
pour
out
my
Spirit
upon
thy
Seed
.
I
will
pour
out
my
Spirit
upon
all
Flesh
.
Divine
Efflux
Wisdom
,
Justice
,
Piety
Treatise
of
Humility
Treatise
of
Wisdom
,
and
the
Fear
of
God
,
But
besides
all
this
,
there
is
yet
a
Secret
but
a
most
Certain
Truth
,
that
highly
improveth
that
Wisdom
,
which
the
Fear
of
the
Lord
bringeth
,
and
that
is
this
,
That
those
that
truly
fear
God
have
from
a
higher
Wisdom
,
than
what
is
barely
Humane
;
namely
,
that
doth
really
and
truly
,
but
secretly
prevent
and
direct
them
.
And
let
no
Man
think
that
this
is
a
piece
of
Any
Man
that
sincerely
and
truly
fears
Almighty
God
,
relies
upon
Him
,
calls
upon
Him
for
his
Guidance
and
Direction
,
hath
it
as
really
as
the
Son
hath
the
Counsel
and
Direction
of
his
Father
:
and
though
the
Voice
be
not
audible
,
nor
the
Direction
perceptible
to
Sense
,
yet
it
is
equally
as
real
as
if
a
Man
heard
the
Voice
saying
,
And
this
Secret
Direction
of
Almighty
God
is
seen
in
Matters
relating
to
the
Good
of
the
Soul
:
but
it
may
be
found
in
the
Great
and
Momentous
Concerns
of
this
Life
,
which
a
Good
Man
,
that
fears
God
,
and
begs
his
Direction
,
shall
very
often
,
if
not
at
all
times
,
find
.
Treatise
of
Humility
The
Air
doth
not
more
naturally
yield
to
our
Attraction
in
Respiration
,
or
to
insinuate
it self
into
those
spaces
that
are
receptive
of
it
,
than
the
Divine
Assistance
,
Guidance
,
and
Beneficence
doth
to
the
Desires
,
Exigencies
,
and
Wants
of
an
humble
Soul
,
sensible
of
its
own
Emptiness
and
Deficiency
,
and
implering
the
Direction
,
Guidance
,
and
Blessing
of
the
most
Wise
and
Bountiful
God
.
I
can
call
to
witness
,
that
even
in
the
External
Actions
,
Occurrences
and
Incidences
of
my
whole
Life
,
I
was
never
disappointed
of
when
in
Humility
and
Sense
of
my
own
Deficiency
,
and
diffidence
of
my
own
Ability
to
direct
my self
,
or
to
grapple
with
the
Difficulties
of
my
Life
,
I
have
,
with
Humility
and
Sincerity
,
implored
the
Secret
Direction
and
Guidance
of
the
Divine
Wisdom
and
Providence
.
genuine
Christianity
Plotinus
,
Porphirius
,
Jamblicus
,
Proclus
,
They
who
are
moved
by
a
Divine
Instinct
ought
not
to
consult
Humane
Reason
,
but
follow
the
Interior
Instinct
;
because
they
are
moved
by
a
better
Principle
than
Humane
Reason
.
true
Catholick
Interpretation
and
Comment
the
most
ancient
Christian
Writers
Hermas
,
Justine
,
Tatian
,
Irenaeus
,
Tertullian
,
Cyprian
,
Novatian
,
Hilary
,
Nazianzen
,
Ambrose
,
Hierom
,
Austin
,
Hugo
Grotius
.
These
God
,
as
he
doth
favour
them
with
a
peculiar
Providence
,
so
he
seems
to
give
to
each
an
Angel
Guardian
to
guide
and
assist
them
,
either
perpetually
or
certainly
,
until
they
come
to
For
so
I
see
the
Ancient
Christians
did
believe
.
Romans
.
Into
the
Heart
purified
by
Faith
,
as
into
a
clean
Vessel
,
God
doth
infuse
his
Spirit
;
I
mean
the
Spirit
of
Christ
full
of
Love
of
God
,
and
of
our
Neighbour
,
and
of
all
Goodness
.
—
Those
who
have
this
Spirit
of
God
,
and
carefully
keep
it
,
God
doth
account
as
born
of
Him
,
and
like
unto
Him
;
to
them
he
gives
a
certain
Right
to
Heavenly
and
Eternal
Good
Things
.
—
Neither
is
the
Heart
purified
but
by
Faith
in
Christ
;
nor
is
the
Spirit
infused
but
into
a
Heart
so
purified
;
nor
doth
he
plainly
own
for
his
any
but
who
are
endowed
with
that
Spirit
.
As
they
who
religiously
obey
the
Divine
Admonitions
,
at
length
receive
the
Indwelling
Spirit
;
so
they
who
readily
consent
to
the
Suggestions
of
the
Devil
,
at
length
,
God
deserting
them
,
become
the
Slaves
of
Satan
.
Those
(
to
whom
the
Gospel
is
Preached
)
become
taught
of
God
,
if
they
would
,
if
they
be
greedy
of
it
,
if
they
do
not
reject
the
Benefits
offered
,
and
even
forc'd
upon
them
.
They
will
have
no
need
to
have
recourse
to
Learned
Men
,
that
from
them
they
may
learn
the
Mysteries
of
the
Old
Testament
.
The
Spirit
of
God
which
is
given
to
Believers
,
doth
,
among
other
things
,
imprint
also
Wisdom
in
their
Souls
,
not
that
of
the
things
of
this
World
,
of
which
Philosophers
did
boast
,
but
of
those
things
which
conduce
to
a
better
Life
.
The
same
Spirit
doth
reveal
also
to
those
who
are
his
,
things
future
and
secret
,
which
cannot
be
known
by
humane
Means
.
The
Spirit
doth
suggest
to
us
in
all
Circumstances
,
both
the
Precepts
of
Christ
,
and
such
Hints
or
Notices
as
are
meet
for
the
Occasion
.
What
we
are
to
do
in
every
Circumstance
:
For
there
are
certain
Differences
,
which
Times
,
Places
,
and
Persons
,
require
.
Therefore
is
there
often
need
of
Admonition
to
hit
the
way
of
our
Duty
.
Seneca
Epist
The
Holy
Ghost
teacheth
you
concerning
all
things
to
be
done
.
By
how
much
the
more
there
is
of
the
Spirit
,
so
much
the
less
need
is
there
of
Prescripts
.
This
Place
is
not
to
be
understood
of
the
General
Precept
,
but
of
special
Determinations
,
as
all
Things
,
Persons
,
and
Times
do
require
.
Those
who
are
led
by
the
Spirit
,
as
now
of
Age
,
have
no
need
of
the
Law
,
the
Guardian
of
their
Youth
.
Those
who
walk
after
the
Spirit
,
those
who
having
obtained
the
Holy
Spirit
,
do
constantly
obey
its
Motions
:
They
that
are
after
the
Spirit
,
those
who
are
possessed
by
the
Spirit
of
God
;
which
doth
not
now
come
to
pass
,
but
by
Christ
.
God
hath
given
his
Spirit
that
we
should
use
it
So
great
a
Guest
will
be
treated
with
Care
;
otherwise
he
will
bid
farewell
to
his
Lodging
.
Spirit
here
is
that
Holy
Spirit
,
inhabiting
in
the
Souls
of
Christians
,
and
if
it
be
carefully
kept
,
adhering
to
Souls
unto
Death
,
and
after
Death
even
to
the
Resurrection
Philo
,
Irenaeus
,
Tatianus
,
Clem.
Alexandrinus
,
the
Church
of
England
to
give
his
Holy
Spirit
to
them
,
that
they
may
be
born
again
,
to
give
his
Holy
Spirit
to
them
,
that
they
may
continue
his
Servants
,
and
attain
his
Promises
:
Confirmed
,
to
strengthen
them
with
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
daily
increase
in
them
his
manifold
Gifts
of
Grace
:
that
they
may
daily
increase
in
his
Holy
Spirit
his
Holy
Spirit
may
ever
be
with
them
,
and
so
lead
them
,
may
daily
be
renewed
by
his
Holy
Spirit
.
Holy
Spirit
may
in
all
things
Direct
and
Rule
our
Hearts
.
Lent
,
that
we
may
ever
obey
his
Godly
Motions
.
Easter-Day
,
that
as
by
thy
special
Grace
preventing
us
,
thou
dost
put
into
our
Minds
good
Desires
;
so
by
thy
continual
Help
we
may
bring
the
same
to
good
Effect
.
Easter
,
that
by
his
Holy
Inspiration
we
may
think
those
things
that
be
good
,
and
by
his
merciful
Guiding
may
perform
the
same
:
Ascension
,
Whitsunday
Communion
Service
Evening
Service
beseech
him
to
give
us
his
Holy
Spirit
.
that
all
our
doings
may
be
ordered
by
his
Governance
:
Litany
,
to
indue
us
with
the
Grace
of
his
Holy
Spirit
,
to
amend
our
Lives
according
to
his
Holy
Word
.
Do
you
trust
that
you
are
inwardly
moved
by
the
Holy
Ghost
to
take
upon
you
this
Office
and
Ministration
,
Receive
the
Holy
Ghost
for
the
Office
and
Work
of
a
Priest
in
the
Church
of
God
,
Receive
the
Holy
Ghost
for
the
Office
and
Work
of
a
Bishop
,
Come
Holy
Ghost
viz.
If
we
will
be
ordered
by
the
Governance
of
his
Holy
Spirit
.
Godly
Persons
and
such
as
feel
in
themselves
the
Working
of
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
mortifying
,
That
God
himself
affords
his
Intimacies
and
Converses
to
the
better
Souls
,
which
are
prepar'd
for
it
.
the
proud
and
phantastick
of
many
of
the
conceited
Melancholists
in
this
Age
,
to
Divine
Communion
,
have
divers
intelligent
Persons
against
the
Belief
of
any
such
happy
Vouchsafement
;
so
that
they
conclude
the
Doctrine
of
Immediate
Communion
with
the
Deity
in
this
Life
to
be
but
an
high-flown
Notion
of
warm
Imagination
,
and
over-luscious
Self-Flattery
:
and
I
acknowledge
I
have
my self
had
Thoughts
of
this
nature
,
supposing
to
be
nothing
else
but
the
Exercise
of
Vertue
,
and
that
Peace
and
those
Comforts
which
naturally
result
from
it
.
But
I
have
since
,
That
God's
more
near
and
immediate
imparting
himself
to
the
Soul
that
is
prepar'd
for
that
Happiness
by
Divine
Love
,
Humility
,
and
Resignation
in
the
way
of
a
Vital
Touch
,
and
Sense
,
is
a
thing
possible
in
it self
,
and
will
be
a
great
part
of
our
Heaven
:
That
Glory
is
begun
in
Grace
,
and
God
is
pleased
to
give
some
excellent
Souls
the
happy
Antepast
:
That
holy
Men
in
ancient
times
have
sought
and
gloried
in
this
Enjoyment
,
and
never
complain
so
sorely
,
as
when
it
was
with-held
and
interrupted
:
That
the
Expressions
of
Scripture
run
infinitely
this
way
,
and
the
best
of
modern
good
Men
do
,
from
their
own
Experience
,
attest
it
:
That
this
spiritualizeth
Religion
,
and
renders
its
Enjoyments
more
comfortable
and
delicious
:
That
it
keeps
the
Soul
under
a
vivid
sense
of
God
,
and
is
a
grand
Security
against
Temptation
:
That
it
holds
it
steddy
amidst
the
Flatteries
of
a
prosperous
State
,
and
gives
it
the
most
grounded
Anchorage
and
Support
amidst
the
Waves
of
an
adverse
Condition
:
That
't
is
the
noblest
Encouragement
to
Vertue
,
and
the
highest
Assurance
of
an
happy
Immortality
.
I
say
,
I
these
weighty
Things
,
and
wonder'd
at
the
Carelessness
and
Prejudice
of
Thoughts
,
that
occasion'd
my
suspecting
the
Reality
of
so
glorious
a
Priviledge
:
I
saw
how
little
Reason
there
is
in
denying
Matters
of
inward
Sense
,
because
our selves
do
not
feel
them
,
or
cannot
form
an
Apprehension
of
them
in
our
Minds
:
I
am
convinc'd
that
things
of
gust
and
relish
must
be
judged
by
the
sentient
and
vital
Faculties
,
and
not
by
the
noetical
Exercises
of
speculative
Vnderstandings
:
And
upon
the
whole
,
I
infinitely
,
that
the
Divine
Spirit
affords
its
sensible
Presence
,
and
immediate
Beatifick
Touch
to
some
who
are
divested
of
carnal
Self
,
and
mundane
Pleasures
,
abstracted
from
the
Body
by
Prayer
and
Holy
Meditation
;
spiritual
in
their
Desires
,
and
calm
in
their
Affections
;
devout
Lovers
of
God
and
Vertue
,
and
tenderly
affectionate
to
all
the
World
;
sincere
in
their
Aims
,
and
circumspect
in
their
Actions
;
inlarged
in
their
Souls
,
and
clear
in
their
Minds
.
These
,
I
think
,
are
the
that
are
to
fit
us
for
And
God
transacts
not
in
this
near
way
,
but
with
prepared
Spirits
,
who
are
thus
disposed
for
the
Manifestation
of
his
Presence
,
and
his
Influence
;
and
such
,
I
believe
,
he
never
fails
to
bless
with
these
happy
fore
tasts
of
Glory
.
But
for
those
that
are
Passionate
and
Conceited
,
Turbulent
and
Notional
,
Confident
and
Immodest
,
Imperious
and
Malicious
;
that
doat
upon
Trifles
,
and
run
fiercely
into
the
ways
of
a
Sect
;
that
are
lifted
up
in
the
Apprehension
of
the
glorious
Prerogatives
of
themselves
and
their
Party
,
and
scorn
all
the
World
besides
;
for
such
,
I
say
,
be
their
Pretensions
what
they
will
,
to
Divine
Communion
,
Illapses
,
and
Discoveries
,
I
believe
them
not
;
their
Fancies
abuse
them
,
or
they
would
us
:
For
what
Communion
hath
Light
with
Darkness
,
or
the
Spirit
of
the
Holy
One
with
those
,
whose
Genius
and
Ways
are
so
unlike
Him
?
But
the
other
I
described
,
will
as
certainly
be
visited
by
the
Divine
Presence
and
Converse
,
as
the
Chrystalline
Streams
are
with
the
Beams
of
Light
,
or
the
fitly
prepared
Earth
,
whose
Seed
is
in
it self
,
will
be
actuated
by
the
Spirit
of
Nature
.
a
late
Writer
Despising
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
and
his
Operations
utterly
abandons
to
Things
and
Actions
,
which
are
not
acknowledged
Duties
in
themselves
,
evidenced
by
the
Word
of
Truth
,
Irrational
Impressions
violent
Inclinations
to
inquire
of
God
acknowledged
Duties
in
themselves
,
evidenced
by
the
Word
of
Truth
,
undue
Opposition
of
Fanaticism
on
the
other
side
three
Great-Means
Natural
Reason
,
Supernatural
Revelation
Special
Illumination
and
Direction
Right
Reason
Atheistical
Pretenders
insolent
and
presumptuous
Sect
Moderate
Men
Disorders
and
Mischiefs
least
,
by
any
means
,
as
the
Serpent
beguiled
through
his
Subtilty
,
their
Minds
should
be
corrupted
from
the
Simplicity
that
is
in
Christ
.
of
his
Fulness
we
all
receive
.
Signs
and
Characters
True
way
to
reduce
the
misled
People
,
the
Spirit
of
God
whatever
is
contrary
to
Sound
Doctrine
,
to
the
Doctrine
,
which
is
according
to
Godliness
,
the
Doctrine
taught
by
the
Apostles
,
to
the
Faith
once
delivered
to
the
Saints
,
Divisions
,
Separations
Sacred
Scriptures
Institutions
of
Christ
Tertul.
de
Anima
,
c.
the
Christian
Sacraments
the
Holy
Communion
Commemorative
Sacrifice
Rite
of
Address
Spiritual
Communion
all
Separatists
and
Sectaries
two
things
assaulted
and
tempted
The
Way
,
whereby
the
ancient
Religious
Christians
were
generally
preserved
Contempt
of
the
World
,
Heavenly-mindedness
,
continual
Attendance
to
God
Good
Spirit
Effectual
Sanctification
Mystick
Theology
Blindness
,
Conceitedness
,
Perversness
,
Obstinacy
,
Incorrigibleness
,
Friendly
Admonition
Example
,
Admonition
Isa.
29.21
.
make
a
Man
an
Offender
for
a
Word
,
and
lay
a
Snare
for
him
,
who
Reproveth
in
the
Gate
,
7.52
.
Which
of
the
Prophets
have
not
your
Fathers
Persecuted
?
(
Decemb.
18.
Isa.
50.7
,
8
,
9.
The
Lord
God
will
help
me
,
therefore
shall
I
not
be
confounded
:
therefore
have
I
set
my
Face
like
a
Flint
,
and
I
know
that
I
shall
not
be
ashamed
.
He
is
near
that
justifieth
me
,
Who
will
contend
with
me
?
let
us
stand
together
:
Who
is
mine
Adversary
?
let
him
come
near
to
me
.
Behold
the
Lord
God
will
help
me
,
Who
is
he
that
shall
condemn
me
?
lo
,
they
all
shall
wax
old
as
a
Garment
:
the
Moth
shall
eat
them
up
.
Divisions
,
Schisms
,
and
Separations
Ten
Tribes
David
,
the
Cause
was
from
the
Lord
,
Division
of
the
Eastern
and
Western
Churches
,
Separation
of
all
those
Churches
,
call'd
Reform'd
Lutheran
and
Calvanist
the
Church
of
England
Church
of
England
Church
of
Rome
Church
of
England
Truth
peculiar
Providence
of
God
a
sad
Truth
GEORGE
FOX
where
he
was
not
known
Vniversity
Learning
into
Solitary
places
That
all
was
done
,
and
to
be
done
,
in
and
by
Christ
How
he
conquers
and
destroys
the
Tempter
.
Duckenfield
,
&
Manchester
declared
Truth
George
Fox
declare
Truth
for
it
Blind
Man
Lord
Jesus
the
Call
of
God
G.
Fox
Formality
void
of
the
Power
Vniversity
Learning
Neglect
of
Teaching
and
Learning
the
best
and
chief
part
of
all
Learning
and
Knowledge
the
Design
of
those
who
come
to
learn
But
what
Encouragement
is
there
Encouragements
of
Learning
unsatiable
Greediness
Fa.
Paul
,
Of
Matters
Beneficiary
,
236,237
.
&
f.
the
Concerns
of
the
whole
Nation
,
Trojan
Horse
Actions
and
Behaviour
Christian
Idolatry
two
things
to
be
consider'd
in
our
English
Clergy
Mystery
of
Iniquity
the
Root
of
all
the
Vnhappiness
of
this
Nation
,
Church
of
England
Civil
Power
Slavish
Spirit
dismember'd
,
disorder'd
,
and
defac'd
,
Why
do
they
not
restore
it
?
Who
hinders
'em
?
Holy
Memorials
of
our
Saviour's
Passion
,
Christian
Worship
the
True
Cause
of
all
the
Divisions
and
Separations
amongst
us
,
the
several
separate
Parties
to
Make
a
Schism
or
Division
sixty
six
Antichristian
Principles
Antichristian
Sects
and
Parties
the
Devil
's
that
is
Rehoboam
,
1
Church
of
England
.
2.
What
that
Spirit
is
Whether
One
or
Divers
Saul
,
1
Ahab
,
1
22.22
,
23.
Ye
know
not
what
Spirit
ye
are
of
Get
thee
behind
me
,
Satan
,
What
Spirit
that
is
which
at
first
excited
,
and
hath
now
the
Conduct
of
the
whole
Body
of
this
People
?
one
of
the
Ministring
Spirits
One
of
those
Seducing
Spirits
(
2
Cor.
11.14
.
(
1
Jo.
4.1
.
)
2.
Spirit
of
Error
Compleat
Christians
certain
Questions
the
Design
and
Vse
of
these
Questions
that
is
The
Times
of
this
Ignorance
God
winked
at
,
but
now
commandeth
all
Men
every
where
to
Repent
.
rational
Ground
Noble
Solemnity
of
the
Christian
Worship
,
Types
and
Shadows
Engagement
in
an
Holy
Covenant
with
God
in
Christ
,
Guidance
of
the
Spirit
Church
of
Christ
Church
of
England
Mystical
Divinity
Asceticks
,
or
the
Heroick
Piety
and
Vertue
of
the
Ancients
,
George
Fox
Church
of
England
Order
of
Men
to
succeed
in
his
Church
certain
Questions
Holy
Scripture
Rule
of
Faith
and
Practice
Vincentius
Lirinensis
that
is
Spirit
of
God
poured
forth
upon
all
Flesh
that
is
Faith
in
Christ
Jesus
ordinarily
Baptism
with
Water
,
Obedience
,
the
Manifestation
thereof
As
many
as
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
they
are
the
Sons
of
God
:
If
any
Man
have
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
he
is
none
of
his
,
that
is
Holy
Scriptures
Guide
of
Souls
Simon
Magus
Baptism
with
Water
the
Eucharist
or
Holy
Communion
If
the
Prophet
had
bid
thee
do
some
great
thing
,
wouldst
thou
not
have
done
it
?
How
much
rather
when
he
saith
unto
thee
,
Wash
and
be
clean
?
Byass
of
their
own
Dispositions
Common
Cheat
of
Honourable
Names
Prudence
,
Moderation
,
Discretion
,
Charity
,
False
Notions
introduced
and
recommended
a
late
Sect
Church
of
England
Socinian
Principles
Corrupt
Humane
Reason
Divine
Wisdom
Humility
,
Contempt
of
the
World
,
Heavenly-mindedness
,
Temporizing
Compliances
Indiscretion
,
Disrespect
to
Superiors
the
State
of
the
Church
Condemned
Persons
Foreign
Plantations
Propagation
of
the
Christian
Religion
a
Bill
for
Suppression
of
Vice
and
Debauchery
,
a
Needful
and
Hopeful
Reformation
Ralph
Hartley
That
neither
King
,
nor
Parliament
,
nor
Bishops
,
have
done
any
one
Act
worthy
of
the
Name
of
Christian
.
all
have
sinned
,
and
come
short
of
the
Glory
of
God
.
By
what
Authority
dost
Who
gave
this
Authority