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contemplation_n fear_v not_o to_o taste_v and_o take_v it_o down_o yet_o so_o much_o only_o as_o suffice_v least_o perhaps_o be_v fill_v you_o vomit_v it_o up_o but_o do_v a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n a_o superior_n command_n charity_n to_o a_o neighbour_n god_n work_n call_v you_o from_o it_o ah_o fail_v not_o delay_v not_o to_o follow_v never_o forget_v that_o the_o god_n of_o consolation_n aught_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o god_n consolation_n his_o good_a pleasure_n and_o his_o work_n before_o the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n he_o bestow_v upon_o us._n preparation_n to_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o first_o meditation_n the_o first_o disposition_n the_o consideration_n of_o our_o own_o misery_n i._o point_n consider_v as_o the_o first_o disposition_n to_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n our_o own_o nakedness_n misery_n and_o nothing_o for_o if_o we_o conceive_v indeed_o as_o indeed_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o we_o be_v nothing_o we_o have_v nothing_o we_o 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be_v a_o lover_n of_o truth_n my_o soul_n not_o of_o vanity_n and_o lie_n which_o have_v always_o prove_v empty_a shadow_n and_o have_v leave_v nothing_o in_o our_o hand_n be_v sincere_a and_o just_a and_o strive_v to_o keep_v justice_n betwixt_o thyself_o and_o thy_o own_o heart_n betwixt_o what_o thou_o appear_v to_o be_v and_o what_o indeed_o thou_o be_v and_o desire_v not_o that_o esteem_n and_o honour_n by_o other_o ignorance_n be_v pay_v to_o thy_o corruption_n and_o sinfulness_n have_v frequent_o in_o hart_n and_o mouth_n to_o thou_o alone_o o_o lord_n be_v honour_n and_o glory_n to_o i_o nothing_o but_o shame_n and_o confusion_n because_o in_o thy_o sight_n i_o be_o a_o miserable_a sinner_n and_o unworthy_a of_o all_o respect_n but_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v mercy_n the_o ii_o meditation_n the_o 3._o
disposition_n a_o holy_a retreat_n i._o point_n consider_v by_o the_o b._n apostles_n example_n that_o the_o three_o disposition_n to_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n ought_v to_o be_v a_o sacred_a solitude_n or_o retreat_n from_o worldly_a affair_n vain_a fear_n fruitless_a sollicitude_n which_o disorder_n and_o take_v up_o the_o house_n of_o our_o hart_n which_o shall_v be_v whole_o keep_v for_o the_o entertainment_n of_o so_o great_a a_o guest_n the_o world_n be_v always_o his_o and_o our_o worst_a enemy_n and_o hate_v he_o it_o be_v not_o to_o receive_v he_o worthy_o to_o suffer_v his_o enemy_n to_o prepossess_v the_o place_n the_o design_n of_o his_o heavenly_a hart_n be_v to_o speak_v to_o we_o alone_o and_o to_o make_v we_o taste_v how_o sweet_a our_o god_n be_v and_o far_o unfit_a it_o be_v to_o mix_v those_o pure_a delight_n with_o the_o bitter-sweetes_a the_o world_n afford_v affection_n let_v we_o then_o my_o soul_n strive_v to_o silence_v those_o as_o importune_v as_o 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