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a_o spiritual_a retirement_n thus_o god_n callâ—_n ezekiel_n 3.22_o ezek._n 3.22_o into_o the_o plain_a that_o he_o may_v there_o talk_v with_o he_o and_o allure_v the_o church_n into_o the_o wilderness_n that_o he_o may_v speak_v unto_o her_o heart_n privacy_n as_o one_o observe_v be_v the_o seat_n of_o contemplation_n gent._n brathwait_n engl._n gent._n though_o sometime_o make_v the_o recluse_n of_o temptation_n from_o which_o the_o cell_n be_v no_o more_o exempt_v than_o the_o court_n but_o to_o a_o pious_a heart_n privacy_n be_v a_o great_a advantage_n to_o meditation_n mundi_fw-la mihi_fw-la oppidum_fw-la carcer_fw-la solitudo_fw-la paradisus_fw-la hier._n epist_n ad_fw-la rustic_n erasm_n tom._n 5._o the_o contempt_n mundi_fw-la the_o city_n to_o i_o say_v jerom_o be_v a_o prison_n and_o solitariness_n be_v a_o paradise_n erasmus_n have_v write_v much_o concern_v the_o liberty_n tranquillity_n and_o pleasure_n of_o a_o retire_a life_n and_o the_o psalmist_n bid_v we_o to_o 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it_o be_v not_o enough_o we_o be_v separate_v from_o man_n if_o we_o be_v entangle_v with_o our_o own_o passion_n and_o indeed_o herein_o consist_v one_o of_o the_o most_o assure_a mean_n of_o our_o spiritual_a improvement_n therefore_o he_o that_o will_v meditate_v on_o holy_a object_n must_v call_v back_o his_o spirit_n very_o frequent_o into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o consider_v what_o god_n do_v and_o what_o himself_o be_v do_v cry_v out_o to_o god_n o_o lord_n why_o do_v i_o not_o always_o look_v towards_o thou_o why_o do_v thou_o think_v on_o i_o so_o often_o and_o i_o on_o thou_o so_o seldom_o our_o proper_a place_n be_v to_o be_v with_o thou_o thrice_o happy_a be_v that_o soul_n that_o can_v lift_v up_o himself_o to_o god_n and_o can_v true_o say_v lord_z thou_o be_v my_o dwell_a place_n my_o refuge_n my_o shadow_n against_o all_o temptation_n it_o be_v good_a for_o christian_n to_o retire_v frequent_o into_o the_o loneness_n of_o their_o heart_n yea_o when_o they_o 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likewise_o do_v much_o affect_n luther_n viz._n that_o in_o doubt_n of_o predestination_n we_o shall_v begin_v from_o the_o wound_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v from_o the_o sense_n of_o god_n love_n to_o we_o in_o christ_n therefore_o the_o warm_n of_o the_o brain_n in_o study_n without_o the_o warm_n the_o heart_n by_o meditation_n be_v but_o a_o dead_a and_o cold_a speculation_n serious_a meditation_n put_v lively_a colour_n upon_o common_a truth_n which_o operate_v strong_o upon_o the_o heart_n to_o make_v it_o better_o chap._n 8._o of_o the_o subject_n of_o meditation_n sect._n 1_o of_o meditation_n on_o the_o work_n of_o god_n i_o now_o proceed_v to_o discuss_v the_o subject-matter_n of_o meditation_n 〈◊〉_d first_o subject_a meditation_n work_v of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o here_o i_o be_o launch_v into_o a_o great_a ocean_n but_o like_o the_o dog_n of_o nilus_n i_o shall_v but_o lick_v and_o away_o the_o first_o subject_n of_o meditation_n be_v god_n work_n of_o creation_n a_o fit_a matter_n 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