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A42552 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. Gearing, William. 1662 (1662) Wing G436B; ESTC R222671 88,628 217

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with_o meditation_n they_o must_v meditate_v on_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o meditate_v upon_o truth_n 2.1_o psal_n 2.1_o lest_o they_o imagine_v a_o vain_a thing_n or_o meditate_v on_o heresy_n whereto_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v prone_a which_o spread_v itself_o so_o far_o 2.17_o 2_o tim._n 2.17_o and_o eat_v a●_n do_v a_o gangreen_n 4._o meditation_n be_v a_o exercise_n that_o well_o become_v young_a man_n who_o be_v strong_a and_o vigorous_a musculus_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la operandi_fw-la molestia_fw-la nisi_fw-la etiam_fw-la accedat_fw-la meditandi_fw-la cogitandi_fw-la considerandi_fw-la ac_fw-la deliberandi_fw-la industria_fw-la musculus_fw-la they_o be_v command_v to_o remember_v their_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o youth_n eccles_n 12.1_o in_o the_o morning_n of_o thy_o youth_n sow_v thy_o seed_n eccles_n 11.6_o and_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v not_o in_o the_o year_n of_o thy_o youth_n but_o in_o the_o day_n of_o 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