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The mount of holy meditation: or a treatise shewing the nature and kinds of meditation the subject matter and ends of it; the necessity of meditation; together with the excellency and usefulnesse thereof. By William Gearing minister of the gospel at Lymington in the county of Southampton.
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Gearing, William.
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from_o he_o we_o be_v as_o well_o his_o martyr_n as_o his_o lover_n tùnc_fw-la implebuntur_fw-la vota_fw-la but_o then_o say_v bernard_n shall_v our_o longing_n be_v satisfy_v and_o our_o desire_n accomplish_v here_o our_o love_n be_v divide_v because_o self-love_n be_v not_o yet_o extinguish_v and_o the_o more_o we_o indulge_v ourselves_o the_o more_o we_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o due_n we_o love_v not_o god_n so_o pure_o as_o not_o to_o seek_v ourselves_o when_o we_o pretend_v to_o seek_v his_o glory_n we_o be_v here_o more_o earnest_a with_o he_o for_o riches_n and_o honour_n than_o for_o grace_n but_o in_o heaven_n our_o love_n shall_v be_v free_a from_o such_o imperfection_n our_o love_n shall_v not_o then_o be_v blind_a because_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o who_o we_o love_v and_o the_o splendour_n of_o god_n glory_n that_o enlighten_v we_o be_v a_o ray_n that_o shall_v dispel_v all_o the_o darkness_n of_o our_o understanding_n our_o love_n to_o god_n in_o heaven_n shall_v not_o languish_v nor_o spend_v itself_o in_o its_o own_o long_n because_o than_o we_o shall_v possess_v what_o we_o love_v and_o be_v infinite_o unite_v to_o the_o fountain_n of_o happiness_n we_o shall_v never_o be_v separate_v from_o he_o our_o love_n then_o shall_v not_o be_v divide_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a shall_v then_o be_v purify_v when_o they_o shall_v quit_v their_o bodily_a prison_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o great_a king_n shall_v be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o their_o desire_n yea_o in_o heaven_n itself_o the_o saint_n shall_v not_o seek_v so_o much_o their_o own_o happiness_n as_o god_n glory_n st_n austin_n say_v that_o the_o knowledge_n and_o love_n of_o god_n aug._n tantum_n gaudebunt_fw-la beati_fw-la quantùm_fw-la amabunt_fw-la tantùm_fw-la amabunt_fw-la quantum_fw-la cognoscent_fw-la deum_fw-la aug._n shall_v be_v the_o two_o grand_a employment_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n the_o bless_a in_o heaven_n shall_v so_o rejoice_v in_o god_n as_o they_o shall_v love_v he_o and_o so_o love_v he_o as_o they_o shall_v know_v he_o the_o good_a work_n which_o the_o godly_a do_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v banish_v from_o heaven_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o need_n of_o mercy_n in_o estate_n where_o misery_n can_v approach_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o need_n of_o visit_v the_o sick_a for_o sickness_n and_o death_n can_v annoy_v those_o that_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o immortality_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o bury_n of_o the_o dead_a in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n no_o need_n shall_v be_v of_o hospital_n because_o no_o pilgrim_n shall_v be_v there_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o need_n of_o clothing_n any_o of_o christ_n member_n who_o shall_v be_v all_o clothe_v with_o long_a white_a robe_n dip_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o trouble_n about_o reconcile_a enemy_n because_o peace_n shall_v eternal_o reign_v in_o emanuel_n land_n the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n say_v one_o 8._o senault_n treat_n 8._o disc_n 8._o compel_v man_n to_o build_v house_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o the_o injury_n of_o wind_n and_o weather_n to_o make_v clothes_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o shame_n and_o cold_a to_o till_o the_o earth_n for_o their_o ââtriment_n but_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o end_n put_v tâ_n all_o these_o employment_n where_o god_n shall_v be_v all_o in_o all_o to_o all_o his_o people_n they_o shall_v then_o fear_v nothing_o where_o the_o possession_n of_o all_o good_a necessary_o produce_v the_o exclusion_n of_o all_o evil_a we_o shall_v not_o then_o dread_a hunger_n and_o thirst_n because_o we_o shall_v lodge_v in_o the_o house_n of_o a_o great_a lord_n where_o be_v plenty_n of_o all_o âhings_n where_o we_o may_v bathe_v our_o âelves_n in_o the_o river_n of_o his_o innocent_a delight_n neither_o heat_n nor_o cold_a shall_v annoy_v we_o because_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n that_o warm_v we_o with_o the_o beam_n of_o his_o ardent_a love_n shall_v also_o refresh_v we_o with_o his_o shadow_n weariness_n shall_v not_o make_v we_o faint_a because_o god_n shall_v be_v our_o everlasting_a strength_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o labour_n that_o shall_v need_v repose_n nor_o shall_v the_o night_n ever_o draw_v a_o curtain_n over_o the_o day_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o traffic_n or_o commerce_n because_o in_o god_n all_o thing_n shall_v be_v possess_v there_o shall_v be_v none_o in_o servitude_n because_o all_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v crown_v king_n if_o you_o ask_v i_o say_v austin_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v then_o in_o a_o place_n whence_o pain_n and_o trouble_n be_v banish_v i_o shall_v answer_v with_o the_o prophet_n vacate_v &_o videte_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ego_fw-la deus_fw-la sum_fw-la be_v still_o and_o seâ_n that_o i_o be_o god_n this_o meditation_n shall_v whole_o take_v they_o up_o and_o that_o foâ_n ever_o this_o be_v that_o glory_n say_v thaâ_n devout_a father_n which_o the_o angel_n admire_v which_o obscure_v the_o sun_n yeâ_n which_o can_v it_o appear_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o thâ_n damn_v will_v like_v the_o sweet_a tree_n in_o thâ_n bitter_a water_n make_v even_o hell_n it_o seââ_n seem_v a_o paradise_n of_o pleasure_n now_o let_v we_o draw_v out_o our_o meditâtions_n on_o the_o heaven_n they_o be_v the_o most_o glorious_a part_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o their_o very_a pavement_n be_v more_o beautiful_a than_o all_o the_o earth_n glory_n neither_o art_n nor_o nature_n can_v produce_v nor_o man_n can_v think_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o contain_v if_o the_o under_o part_n of_o that_o pavement_n be_v more_o glorious_a than_o this_o low_a house_n of_o the_o world_n how_o glorious_a shall_v that_o house_n above_o be_v if_o the_o visible_a heaven_n do_v so_o affect_v we_o what_o will_v the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n do_v and_o above_o all_o god_n himself_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o heaven_n when_o god_n will_v stir_v up_o abraham_n to_o obedience_n he_o bid_v he_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n 15_o gen._n 13.14_o 15_o and_o look_v from_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v eastward_o westward_o northward_o and_o southward_o and_o see_v the_o land_n which_o god_n will_v give_v he_o and_o his_o seed_n so_o say_v i_o to_o you_o that_o hear_v i_o this_o day_n lift_v up_o your_o eye_n and_o behold_v the_o heaven_n that_o god_n have_v provide_v for_o your_o soul_n for_o which_o god_n require_v you_o to_o leave_v your_o pleasure_n profit_n credit_n good_n good_a name_n or_o whatsoever_o else_o be_v dear_a unto_o you_o again_o will_v thou_o be_v free_v from_o the_o arrow_n of_o bitter_a tongue_n meditate_v on_o heaven_n and_o look_v uâ_n thither_o if_o thou_o can_v but_o once_o get_v thither_o thou_o be_v safe_a and_o shall_v be_v secret_o keep_v in_o a_o pavilion_n from_o the_o strife_n of_o tongue_n will_v thou_o fain_o be_v rich_a be_v thou_o discontent_v with_o thy_o poor_a and_o mean_a estate_n meditate_v on_o heaven_n there_o be_v riches_n enough_o for_o thou_o be_v thou_o never_o so_o poor_a in_o the_o world_n if_o rich_a in_o faith_n 10.34_o heb._n 10.34_o thou_o be_v a_o heir_n to_o a_o kingdom_n your_o substance_n on_o earth_n be_v little_a and_o perish_a but_o in_o heaven_n you_o have_v a_o better_a and_o more_o endure_a substance_n you_o that_o be_v godly_a poor_a that_o have_v scarce_o a_o house_n to_o put_v your_o head_n in_o that_o cry_v out_o for_o want_n of_o room_n on_o earth_n meditate_v on_o heaven_n there_o be_v rehoboth_n room_n enough_o for_o you_o all_o thus_o christ_n comfort_v his_o disciple_n 14.2_o joh._n 14.2_o in_o my_o father_n house_n be_v many_o mansion_n it_o be_v the_o place_n whence_o he_o come_v and_o whither_o he_o be_v go_v before_o they_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o it_o and_o to_o prepare_v place_n for_o they_o there_o therefore_o they_o may_v be_v content_v to_o want_v his_o bodily_a presence_n on_o earth_n and_o be_v a_o little_a straighten_a here_o below_o they_o shall_v have_v room_n enough_o in_o heaven_n yea_o meditate_v on_o heaven_n and_o look_v up_o thither_o with_o a_o eye_n of_o faith_n and_o thou_o may_v with_o stephen_n see_v christ_n sit_v there_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n christ_n thy_o head_n thy_o husband_n thy_o advocate_n thy_o friend_n thy_o saviour_n there_o make_v intercession_n for_o thou_o to_o his_o father_n present_v his_o own_o merit_n continual_o before_o he_o let_v these_o meditation_n cheer_v thou_o up_o and_o comfort_v thou_o against_o all_o distract_n thought_n and_o dark_a apprehension_n and_o refresh_v thou_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o cross_n and_o want_n it_o be_v a_o comfortable_a speech_n which_o the_o emperor_n use_v to_o galba_n in_o his_o minority_n when_o he_o take_v he_o by_o the_o chin_n and_o say_v thou_o galba_n shall_v one_o day_n sât_v upon_o a_o throne_n degustabis_fw-la tu_fw-la galba_n quandoque_fw-la imperium_fw-la
be_v more_o than_o to_o touch_v he_o 1._o some_o say_v resp._n resp._n she_o believe_v the_o resurrection_n by_o see_v he_o therefore_o need_v not_o this_o further_a confirmation_n by_o feeling_n but_o thomas_n will_v not_o believe_v unless_o he_o both_o see_v and_o feel_v joh._n 20.25_o the_o rest_n be_v so_o affright_v that_o they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v of_o it_o 2._o other_o say_v loc_fw-la marlorat_n ad_fw-la loc_fw-la he_o will_v not_o then_o be_v touch_v of_o she_o to_o intimate_v to_o she_o that_o she_o come_v with_o too_o much_o a_o carnal_a mind_n to_o touch_v he_o a_o mind_n too_o low_a in_o regard_n of_o this_o glorious_a occasion_n christ_n be_v now_o rise_v and_o glorify_v for_o his_o resurrection_n be_v the_o first_o degree_n of_o his_o glorification_n it_o do_v not_o satisfy_v she_o to_o answer_v rabboni_n but_o she_o run_v to_o he_o and_o clasp_v he_o and_o clinge_v about_o he_o as_o the_o affection_n of_o love_n do_v dictate_v to_o she_o but_o say_v christ_n touch_v i_o not_o in_o âuch_o a_o manner_n loc_n dr_n sib_n serm._n on_o joh._n 20.16_o vide_fw-la b_o p_o andrews_n serm._n in_o loc_n this_o be_v not_o a_o fit_a manâr_n for_o thou_o to_o touch_v i_o in_o now_o i_o âm_n rise_v again_o she_o think_v to_o converse_v with_o he_o in_o that_o familiar_a manner_n as_o she_o do_v while_o he_o be_v on_o earth_n when_o she_o pour_v ointment_n upon_o his_o head_n though_o he_o be_v the_o same_o person_n yet_o his_o condition_n be_v change_v he_o be_v before_o in_o the_o state_n of_o abasement_n now_o in_o a_o state_n of_o glorification_n and_o that_o she_o must_v not_o touch_v he_o carnal_o loc_fw-la aretius_n ad_fw-la loc_fw-la nor_o any_o long_o expect_v his_o bodily_a presence_n upon_o earth_n but_o follow_v he_o in_o her_o heart_n and_o affection_n to_o heaven_n but_o touch_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o faith_n when_o he_o be_v ascend_v to_o his_o father_n as_o austin_n say_v mitte_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la &_o tetigisti_fw-la send_v up_o thy_o faith_n to_o heaven_n and_o then_o thou_o touch_v christ_n loc_fw-la calv._n ad_fw-la loc_fw-la 3._o other_o say_v it_o be_v not_o a_o absolute_a peremptory_a prohibition_n of_o touch_v he_o at_o all_o but_o only_o of_o immoderate_a embrace_v for_o both_o she_o and_o other_o holy_a woman_n afterward_o take_v he_o and_o hold_v he_o by_o the_o foot_n mat._n 28.9_o oh_o how_o glorious_a be_v the_o foot_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o gospel_n 4._o cardinal_n bellarmine_n bellarm._n bellarm._n have_v a_o conceit_n that_o perhaps_o may_v be_v sound_a enough_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o perpetual_a prohibition_n but_o only_o to_o be_v in_o forcâ_n for_o the_o present_a time_n which_o he_o conjecture_v from_o the_o reason_n for_o i_o be_o not_o yet_o ascend_v or_o ascend_v i_o be_o not_o yet_o leave_v you_o but_o have_v yet_o many_o day_n wherein_o i_o be_o to_o be_v conversant_a with_o you_o during_o which_o you_o shall_v have_v time_n and_o leisure_n enough_o to_o touch_v i_o and_o therefore_o forbear_v now_o at_o this_o time_n and_o do_v that_o first_o which_o be_v most_o needful_a go_v to_o my_o brethren_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o i_o be_o rise_v and_o that_o i_o ascend_v to_o my_o father_n and_o your_o father_n to_o my_o god_n and_o your_o god_n 1._o the_o meditation_n on_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n may_v teach_v we_o that_o christ_n arise_v as_o a_o public_a person_n and_o therefore_o all_o the_o faithful_a shall_v rise_v again_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o certain_a pledge_n of_o their_o resurrection_n as_o in_o the_o first_o fruit_n all_o the_o rest_n be_v sanctify_v so_o by_o christ_n all_o the_o harvest_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v consecrate_v to_o a_o joyful_a resurrection_n 1_o cor._n 15.20_o hence_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o first_o beget_v from_o the_o dead_a because_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a joh._n 11.25_o col_fw-fr 1.18_o that_o god_n by_o the_o resurrection_n of_o jesus_n christ_n do_v testify_v to_o all_o the_o child_n of_o god_n that_o the_o guilt_n of_o their_o sin_n be_v take_v away_o for_o if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o sin_n that_o christ_n have_v not_o satisfy_v for_o he_o shall_v have_v lyen_fw-we in_o the_o grave_n to_o this_o day_n 1_o cor._n 15.17_o 3._o that_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o our_o regeneration_n in_o this_o life_n come_v from_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n eph._n 4.8_o 10._o this_o confute_v the_o socinian_o that_o hold_v christ_n resurrection_n only_o exemplary_a and_o the_o pelagian_o that_o say_v we_o have_v power_n to_o raise_v ourselves_o therefore_o every_o one_o of_o we_o shall_v labour_v to_o know_v the_o virtue_n of_o his_o resurrection_n by_o a_o experimental_a and_o practical_a knowledge_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n phil._n 3.8_o 10._o and_o because_o we_o can_v have_v this_o knowledge_n of_o ourselves_o let_v we_o pray_v to_o the_o lord_n to_o give_v it_o we_o eph._n 1.19_o 1._o let_v we_o labour_n to_o know_v the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o raise_v up_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a our_o faith_n and_o hope_n be_v ground_v upon_o the_o power_n of_o god_n 1_o pet._n 1.21_o that_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a that_o therefore_o he_o will_v bestow_v all_o good_a thing_n upon_o we_o and_o here_o we_o must_v consider_v the_o will_n of_o god_n for_o his_o power_n be_v effectual_a when_o it_o be_v according_a to_o his_o will_n joh._n 6.39_o 40._o god_n have_v promise_v to_o be_v our_o god_n and_o to_o bestow_v all_o good_a upon_o we_o thus_o consider_v of_o the_o power_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v a_o effectual_a and_o work_a power_n join_v with_o his_o will_n it_o be_v a_o mean_n whereby_o our_o faith_n and_o hope_n come_v to_o be_v in_o god_n 2._o let_v we_o meditate_v on_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n in_o raise_v christ_n from_o the_o dead_a we_o call_v he_o our_o father_n and_o almighty_a father_n for_o otherwise_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o power_n of_o god_n without_o his_o goodness_n it_o will_v make_v we_o to_o fly_v from_o he_o rather_o than_o to_o trust_v in_o he_o this_o goodness_n of_o god_n be_v manifest_a in_o that_o god_n raise_v he_o up_o and_o give_v he_o glory_n and_o all_o for_o we_o and_o our_o glory_n sect._n 8._o of_o meditation_n on_o death_n the_o next_o subject_n of_o our_o meditation_n be_v be_v death_n death_n the_o eight_o subject_n of_o meditation_n be_v death_n life_n and_o death_n be_v common_a accident_n to_o all_o live_a creature_n say_v aristotle_n god_n make_v not_o death_n but_o death_n creep_v and_o enter_v into_o world_n through_o the_o envy_n of_o satan_n and_o man_n disobedience_n if_o god_n have_v make_v death_n he_o will_v not_o with_o tear_n have_v bewail_v dead_a lazarus_n who_o therefore_o he_o restore_v to_o life_n that_o the_o devil_n may_v see_v it_o be_v but_o lose_a labour_n with_o rage_n to_o pursue_v the_o child_n of_o god_n to_o take_v they_o out_o of_o the_o world_n forasmuch_o as_o those_o who_o man_n may_v deem_v utter_o lose_v and_o destroy_v do_v live_v unto_o god_n the_o meditation_n of_o death_n belong_v to_o all_o sort_n of_o person_n see_v it_o be_v appoint_v to_o all_o man_n once_o to_o die_v and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o sin_n rom._n 6.23_o obj._n the_o pelagian_o say_v that_o adam_n shall_v and_o must_v have_v dye_v though_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v even_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o nature_n and_o by_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o creation_n be_v make_v of_o corruptible_a or_o mutable_a matter_n and_o with_o a_o mortal_a body_n resp_n i_o answer_v that_o as_o some_o thing_n be_v mutable_a which_o nevertheless_o shall_v never_o be_v change_v as_o the_o good_a angel_n may_v have_v fall_v as_o the_o evil_n do_v before_o they_o be_v confirm_v so_o there_o may_v be_v something_o mortal_a which_o you_o for_o all_o that_o need_v not_o die_v for_o as_o the_o 1._o the_o mortal_a duplicitèr_fw-la voco_fw-la viz._n vel_fw-la quod_fw-la naturae_fw-la necessitate_v mori_fw-la oportet_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la peccati_fw-la merito_fw-la mori_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la quicunque_fw-la dixerit_fw-la adam_n primum_fw-la hominem_fw-la mortalem_fw-la factum_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la siâè_fw-la peccaret_fw-la sive_fw-la nòn_n peccaret_fw-la moreretur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la exiret_fw-la non_fw-la peccati_fw-la merito_fw-la ed_z neessitate_fw-la naturae_fw-la anathema_n sit_v council_n melevit_fw-la cap._n 1._o learned_a have_v observe_v a_o thing_n may_v be_v call_v mortal_a two_o way_n either_o that_o which_o must_v die_v by_o the_o necessity_n of_o nature_n or_o that_o which_o may_v die_v by_o the_o desert_n of_o sin_n for_o the_o first_o adam_n body_n be_v not_o so_o mortal_a that_o it_o must_v have_v dye_v by_o