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A29583 Sancta Sophia, or, Directions for the prayer of contemplation &c. extracted out of more then (sic) XL treatises / written by the late Ven. Father F. Augustin Baker, a monke of the English congregation of the Holy Order of S. Benedict, and methodically digested by the R.F. Serenvs Cressy of the same order and congregation ...; Sancta Sophia Baker, Augustine, 1575-1641. 1657 (1657) Wing B480; ESTC R16263 412,832 848

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be_v a_o chariness_n over_o our_o interior_a to_o keep_v it_o in_o as_o much_o quietness_n as_o we_o can_v in_o case_n of_o sufferance_n it_o be_v patience_n in_o occasion_n of_o fear_n and_o disquiet_v it_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o resignation_n it_o be_v in_o effect_n abstraction_n for_o it_o require_v that_o we_o restrain_v ourselves_o from_o meddle_v with_o what_o do_v not_o appertain_v unto_o we_o and_o in_o what_o do_v belong_v to_o we_o to_o do_v it_o require_v a_o reservedness_n of_o our_o love_n and_o affection_n for_o god_n to_o who_o they_o be_v only_o due_a also_o that_o in_o speak_v hear_v &_o see_v &c._n &c._n we_o be_v wary_a they_o carry_v no_o inordinate_a affection_n into_o our_o soul_n it_o be_v in_o effect_n solitude_n for_o though_o we_o be_v in_o company_n yet_o have_v such_o a_o guard_n and_o care_n over_o our_o passion_n and_o affection_n we_o be_v as_o it_o be_v alone_o it_o be_v a_o pass_v over_o all_o creature_n with_o a_o far_a tendance_n to_o god_n it_o 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etc._n chap._n i._n §_o 1._o mortification_n proper_o be_v not_o of_o the_o sense_n or_o cognoscitive_a faculty_n but_o of_o the_o affection_n §_o 2._o 3._o 4._o the_o special_a mortification_n treat_v of_o be_v 1._o of_o the_o principal_a cardinal_n passion_n 2._o of_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o superior_a will_n §_o 5._o the_o first_o passion_n be_v love._n 1._o intend_v now_o consequent_o to_o treat_v of_o the_o special_a kind_n of_o mortification_n those_o especial_o which_o be_v most_o proper_a for_o a_o religious_a contemplative_a life_n i_o take_v this_o as_o a_o ground_n that_o though_o mortification_n do_v regard_v the_o whole_a soul_n with_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o it_o and_o consequent_o the_o whole_a person_n universal_o deprave_a yet_o precise_o and_o exact_o speak_v it_o be_v only_o the_o affective_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v immediate_o mortify_v and_o only_o in_o consequence_n thereto_o the_o know_a faculty_n or_o organ_n for_o though_o ignorance_n be_v a_o defect_n in_o the_o soul_n yet_o we_o do_v not_o say_v that_o knowledge_n or_o faith_n be_v proper_o a_o mortification_n though_o it_o be_v a_o cure_n of_o that_o defect_n but_o a_o inordinate_a love_n to_o knowledge_n unnecessary_a which_o be_v curiosity_n deserve_v and_o be_v a_o deordination_n proper_a and_o fit_a to_o be_v mortify_v the_o like_a we_o may_v say_v of_o the_o outward_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v not_o see_v or_o taste_v &c._n &c._n that_o be_v to_o be_v mortify_v but_o the_o inordinate_a affection_n to_o those_o object_n which_o delight_v the_o eye_n or_o taste_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o my_o intention_n be_v to_o distinguish_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o mortification_n according_a to_o the_o several_a passion_n or_o affection_n of_o the_o soul_n both_o as_o to_o the_o sensitive_a and_o rational_a portion_n of_o it_o and_o to_o refer_v thereto_o the_o respective_a mortification_n of_o the_o several_a sense_n without_o speak_v distinct_o and_o separat_o of_o they_o 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