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13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v consummate_v in_o a_o short_a time_n fulfil_v a_o long_a time_n for_o as_o the_o same_o author_n do_v well_o express_v it_o in_o some_o *_o precede_a verse_n 9_o honourable_a age_n be_v not_o that_o which_o stand_v in_o length_n of_o time_n nor_o that_o which_o be_v measure_v by_o number_n of_o year_n but_o wisdom_n be_v the_o gray_a hair_n unto_o man_n and_o a_o unspotted_a life_n be_v old_a age_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o paper_n now_o publish_v there_o be_v some_o other_o piece_n of_o this_o author_n both_o english_a and_o latin_a which_o may_v make_v another_o considerable_a volume_n especial_o if_o some_o paper_n of_o his_o in_o other_o hand_n can_v be_v retrieve_v for_o my_o particular_a i_o shall_v wish_v and_o endeavour_v that_o not_o the_o least_o fragment_n of_o he_o may_v be_v conceal_v which_o his_o friend_n shall_v think_v worthy_a of_o publish_v and_o i_o think_v all_o such_o fragment_n be_v gather_v up_o may_v fit_o be_v bring_v together_o under_o the_o title_n of_o miscellany_n if_o other_o who_o have_v any_o of_o his_o paper_n shall_v please_v to_o communicate_v they_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o there_o will_v be_v find_v in_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n a_o readiness_n to_o publish_v they_o with_o all_o due_a care_n and_o faithfulness_n or_o if_o they_o shall_v think_v good_a to_o do_v it_o themselves_o and_o publish_v they_o apart_o i_o will_v desire_v and_o hope_n that_o they_o will_v bestow_v that_o labour_n and_o diligence_n about_o the_o prepare_v they_o for_o public_a view_n and_o use_v as_o may_v testify_v their_o respect_n both_o to_o the_o reader_n benefit_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o author_n memory_n and_o now_o that_o this_o volume_n be_v finish_v through_o the_o good_a guidance_n and_o assistance_n of_o god_n the_o father_n of_o light_n and_o the_o father_n of_o mercy_n who_o rich_a goodness_n and_o grace_n in_o enable_v i_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v and_o to_o continue_v patient_o in_o so_o do_v notwithstanding_o the_o many_o tedious_a difficulty_n accompany_v such_o kind_n of_o labour_n i_o desire_v humble_o to_o acknowledge_v now_o that_o the_o sever_a paper_n be_v bring_v together_o in_o this_o collection_n to_o their_o due_a and_o proper_a place_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o bone_n scatter_v in_o the_o valley_n that_o they_o come_v together_o bone_n to_o his_o bone_n ezek._n 37._o what_o remain_v but_o that_o the_o lord_n of_o life_n he_o who_o give_v to_o all_o thing_n life_n and_o breath_n be_v with_o all_o earnestness_n and_o humility_n implore_v that_o he_o will_v please_v to_o put_v breath_n into_o these_o otherwise_o dry_a bones_o that_o they_o may_v live_v that_o beside_o this_o paper-life_n which_o be_v all_o that_o man_n can_v give_v to_o these_o write_n they_o may_v have_v a_o live_a form_n and_o vital_a energy_n within_o we_o that_o the_o practical_a truth_n contain_v in_o these_o discourse_n may_v not_o be_v unto_o we_o a_o dead_a letter_n but_o spirit_n and_o life_n that_o he_o who_o teach_v we_o to_o profit_v will_v prosper_v these_o paper_n for_o the_o attainment_n of_o all_o those_o good_a end_n to_o which_o they_o be_v design_v that_o it_o will_v please_v the_o god_n of_o all_o grace_n to_o remove_v all_o darkness_n and_o prejudice_n from_o the_o mind_n and_o heart_n of_o any_o reader_n and_o whatsoever_o will_v hinder_v the_o fair_a reception_n of_o truth_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v have_v a_o inward_a practical_a and_o feel_a knowledge_n of_o the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v according_a to_o godliness_n and_o live_v a_o life_n worthy_a of_o that_o knowledge_n be_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o servant_n in_o christ_n jesus_n john_n worthington_n cambridge_n december_n 22._o 1659._o in_o this_o epistle_n pag._n seven_o lin_v alt_z for_o mouth_n to_o mouth_n r._n face_n to_o face_n the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a discourse_n in_o this_o volume_n discourse_n i._o of_o the_o true_a way_n or_o method_n of_o attain_v to_o divine_a knowledge_n sect._n i._n that_o divine_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v rather_o by_o a_o spiritual_a sensation_n than_o a_o verbal_a description_n or_o mere_a speculation_n sin_n and_o wickedness_n prejudicial_a to_o true_a knowledge_n that_o purity_n of_o heart_n and_o life_n as_o also_o a_o ingenuous_a freedom_n of_o judgement_n be_v the_o best_a ground_n and_o preparation_n for_o the_o entertainment_n of_o truth_n page_n 1._o sect._n ii_o a_o objection_n against_o the_o method_n of_o know_v lay_v down_o in_o the_o former_a section_n answer_v that_o man_n general_o notwithstanding_o their_o apostasy_n be_v furnish_v with_o the_o radical_a principle_n of_o true_a knowledge_n man_n want_v not_o so_o much_o mean_v of_o know_v what_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v as_o will_n to_o do_v what_o they_o know_v practical_a knowledge_n differ_v from_o all_o other_o knowledge_n and_o excel_v it_o pag._n 13._o sect._n iii_o man_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o a_o fourfold_a capacity_n in_o order_n to_o the_o perception_n of_o divine_a thing_n that_o the_o best_a and_o most_o excellent_a knowledge_n of_o divine_a thing_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o true_a and_o sober_a christian_a and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o in_o its_o infancy_n while_o he_o be_v in_o this_o earthly_a body_n pag._n 17._o discourse_n ii_o of_o superstition_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o superstition_n well_o express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n a_o over-timorous_a and_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o deity_n a_o false_a opinion_n of_o the_o deity_n the_o true_a cause_n and_o rise_v of_o superstition_n superstition_n be_v most_o incident_a to_o such_o as_o converse_v not_o with_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n or_o be_v conscious_a to_o themselves_o of_o their_o own_o unlikeness_n to_o he_o right_o apprehension_n of_o god_n beget_v in_o man_n a_o nobleness_n and_o freedom_n of_o soul_n superstition_n though_o it_o look_v upon_o god_n as_o a_o angry_a deity_n yet_o it_o count_v he_o easy_o please_v with_o flatter_a worship_n apprehension_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o gild_n meet_v together_o be_v apt_a to_o excite_v fear_n hypocrite_n to_o spare_v their_o sin_n seek_v out_o way_n to_o compound_v with_o god_n servile_a and_o superstitious_a fear_n be_v increase_v by_o ignorance_n of_o the_o certain_a cause_n of_o terrible_a effect_n in_o nature_n etc._n etc._n as_o also_o by_o frightful_a apparition_n of_o ghost_n and_o spectre_n a_o further_a consideration_n of_o superstition_n as_o a_o composition_n of_o fear_n and_o flattery_n a_o full_a definition_n of_o superstition_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o ancient_n superstition_n do_v not_o always_o appear_v in_o the_o same_o form_n but_o pass_v from_o one_o form_n to_o another_o and_o sometime_o shroud_n itself_o under_o form_n seem_o spiritual_a and_o more_o refine_a pag._n 25._o discourse_n iii_o of_o atheism_n that_o there_o be_v a_o near_a affinity_n between_o atheism_n &_o superstition_n that_o superstition_n do_v not_o only_o prepare_v the_o way_n for_o atheism_n but_o promote_v and_o strengthen_v it_o that_o epicurism_n be_v but_o atheism_n under_o a_o mask_n a_o confutation_n of_o epicurus_n his_o master-notion_n together_o with_o some_o other_o pretence_n and_o dogmata_fw-la of_o his_o sect._n the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o nature_n be_v advantageous_a to_o religion_n that_o superstition_n be_v more_o tolerable_a than_o atheism_n that_o atheism_n be_v both_o ignoble_a and_o uncomfortable_a what_o low_a and_o unworthy_a notion_n the_o epicurean_o have_v concern_v man_n happiness_n and_o what_o trouble_n they_o be_v put_v to_o how_o to_o define_v and_o where_o to_o place_v true_a happiness_n a_o true_a belief_n of_o a_o deity_n support_v the_o soul_n with_o a_o present_a tranquillity_n and_o future_a hope_n be_v it_o not_o for_o a_o deity_n the_o world_n will_v be_v unhabitable_a p._n 41._o discourse_n iv_o of_o
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o cause_n as_o derive_v all_o its_o virtue_n from_o itself_o as_o simplicius_n distinguish_v in_o 1._o de_fw-la an._n cap._n 1._o yet_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vital_o coworking_a with_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n when_o we_o come_v to_o examine_v those_o motion_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o body_n this_o stream_n run_v so_o far_o under_o ground_n that_o we_o know_v not_o how_o to_o trace_v it_o to_o the_o head_n of_o it_o but_o we_o be_v fain_o to_o analyse_v the_o whole_a artifice_n look_v from_o the_o spirit_n to_o the_o blood_n from_o that_o to_o the_o heart_n view_v all_o along_o the_o mechanical_a contrivance_n of_o vein_n and_o artery_n neither_o know_v we_o after_o all_o our_o search_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o perpetuum_fw-la mobile_a in_o our_o own_o body_n or_o whether_o all_o the_o motion_n thereof_o be_v only_o by_o the_o redundancy_n of_o some_o external_a motion_n without_o we_o 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assimilant_fw-la formam_fw-la cum_fw-la formante_fw-la eam_fw-la but_o in_o case_n the_o imaginative_a faculty_n be_v not_o thus_o set_v forth_o as_o the_o scene_n of_o all_o prophetical_a illumination_n but_o that_o the_o impression_n of_o thing_n naked_o without_o any_o scheme_n or_o picture_n be_v make_v immediate_o upon_o the_o understanding_n itself_o then_o be_v it_o reckon_v to_o be_v the_o gradus_fw-la mosaicus_n wherein_o god_n speak_v as_o it_o be_v face_n to_o face_n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o according_o r._n albo_n in_o the_o book_n before_o cite_v and_o 10_o the_o chapter_n have_v distinguish_v prophecy_n into_o these_o four_o degree_n the_o first_o and_o low_a of_o all_o be_v when_o the_o imaginative_a power_n be_v most_o predominant_a so_o that_o the_o impression_n make_v upon_o it_o be_v too_o busy_a &_o the_o scene_n become_v too_o turbulent_a for_o the_o rational_a faculty_n to_o discern_v the_o true_a mystical_a and_o anagogical_a sense_n of_o they_o clear_o 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with_o those_o visa_fw-la and_o simulacra_fw-la sensibilia_fw-la as_o must_v needs_o be_v impress_v upon_o common_a sense_n or_o fancy_n whereby_o the_o prophet_n seem_v to_o have_v all_o their_o sense_n wake_v and_o exercise_v their_o several_a function_n though_o indeed_o all_o be_v but_o scenical_a or_o dramatical_a according_a to_o this_o twofold_a way_n of_o divine_a inspiration_n the_o 28._o prophet_n joel_n foretell_v the_o nature_n of_o that_o prophetical_a spirit_n that_o shall_v be_v pour_v out_o in_o the_o latter_a time_n and_o in_o jeremy_n 14._o 14._o we_o have_v the_o false_a prophet_n bring_v in_o as_o endeavour_v apish_o to_o imitate_v the_o true_a prophet_n of_o god_n in_o fortify_v their_o fancy_n by_o the_o power_n of_o divination_n that_o they_o may_v talk_v of_o dream_n and_o vision_n when_o they_o come_v among_o the_o people_n now_o for_o the_o difference_n of_o these_o two_o a_o dream_n and_o a_o vision_n it_o seem_v rather_o to_o lie_v in_o circumstantial_o 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emblem_n in_o the_o fancy_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o be_v the_o proper_a way_n of_o prophetical_a inspiration_n for_o the_o further_a clear_v of_o which_o i_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o one_o passage_n more_o out_o of_o a_o jewish_a writer_n that_o be_v r._n bechai_n concern_v this_o present_a argument_n which_o i_o find_v com._n in_o num._n 12._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d voluit_fw-la deus_fw-la assimilare_fw-la prophetiam_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la homini_fw-la speculum_fw-la inspicienti_fw-la prout_fw-la innuunt_fw-la rabbini_n nostri_fw-la illo_fw-la axiomate_fw-la proverbiali_fw-la nemo_fw-la inspiciat_fw-la speculum_fw-la sabbato_fw-la illud_fw-la speculum_fw-la est_fw-la vitreum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la reflectitur_fw-la homini_fw-la sva_fw-la ipsius_fw-la forma_fw-la &_o imago_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o reflexivam_fw-la speculi_fw-la cum_fw-la revera_fw-la nihil_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la in_o speculo_fw-la realiter_fw-la existat_fw-la talis_fw-la erat_fw-la 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