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a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a retirement_n that_o reflect_v on_o the_o holiness_n of_o their_o vocation_n &_o the_o duty_n thereof_o they_o may_v repair_v what_o be_v decay_v of_o their_o first_o fervour_n &_o secure_v their_o claym_v to_o heaven_n aim_v at_o by_o their_o divine_a choice_n and_o indeed_o this_o great_a work_n be_v to_o all_o of_o that_o high_a concernment_n that_o what_o ever_o account_v some_o loose_a spirit_n may_v make_v of_o it_o it_o will_v one_o day_n extreme_o justify_v the_o child_n of_o light_n &_o crown_v their_o hope_n in_o my_o preface_n to_o philothea_n a_o heaven-aspiring_a soul_n who_o conduct_n in_o her_o pilgrimage_n to_o god_n be_v here_o intend_a i_o have_v at_o large_a discourse_v on_o the_o dignity_n profit_n aim_n &_o use_v of_o spiritual_a retreat_n wherefore_o i_o need_v not_o further_o dilate_v myself_o on_o that_o subject_n my_o wish_n be_v it_o be_v practice_n may_v make_v thou_o &_o all_o true_o happy_a farewell_n approbation_n librum_fw-la hunc_fw-la anglicè_fw-la conscriptum_fw-la à _fw-la v._o adm._n p._n fr._n joanne_n à _fw-fr s._n cruse_n s._n th._n lect._n ac_fw-la conventus_fw-la fr_n minor_n anglo-duacen_a vicario_n cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la philothea_n pilgrimage_n to_o perfection_n etc._n etc._n diligenter_n perlegi_fw-la nihilque_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la deprehendi_fw-la fidei_fw-la vel_fw-la bonis_fw-la moribus_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la devotionem_fw-la spirantia_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la perigrinantes_fw-la ad_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la animas_fw-la in_fw-la itinere_fw-la promovere_fw-la poterunt_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la fidem_fw-la subscripsi_fw-la kalend_n septembr_n anno_fw-la 1664._o georgius_n leyburnus_n sacr._n theol._n doct._n &_o coll._n anglo-duacen_a praeses_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la commendetur_fw-la praelo_fw-la tractatus_fw-la v._n adm._n f._n joannis_n à _fw-fr s._n cruse_n confessarii_fw-la monialium_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la brugensium_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr recessu_fw-la spirituali_fw-la actum_fw-la londini_fw-la in_o congregatione_fw-la intermedia_fw-la 15._o nou._n 1666._o erat_fw-la subscriptum_fw-la fr._n thomas_n à _fw-fr s._n anna_n secret_n prov._n &_o notar._n ap._n locus_n ✚_o sigilli_fw-la i_o underwritten_a have_v diligent_o read_v over_o philothea_n pilgrimage_n to_o perfection_n etc._n etc._n compose_v by_o the_o rev._n father_n bro_n john_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n reader_n of_o divinity_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o holy_a solitude_n be_v high_o commend_v the_o prerogative_n motive_n &_o effect_n thereof_o be_v declare_v instruction_n &_o mean_n for_o attain_v it_o with_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o solitary_a soul_n be_v prescribe_v by_o which_o at_o length_n he_o conduct_n she_o to_o the_o high_a pitch_n of_o solitude_n contemplation_n &_o union_n with_o god_n possible_a in_o this_o life_n in_o who_o he_o leave_v she_o firm_o fix_a by_o a_o perfect_a resignation_n humility_n &_o abnegation_n &_o consequent_o perfect_a in_o a_o 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