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             The arte of diuine meditation profitable for all Christians to knowe and practise; exemplified with a large meditation of eternall life. By Ioseph Hall.
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           THE
           ARTE
           OF
           DIVINE
           ME
           DITATION
           :
           Profitable
           for
           all
           Christians
           
             to
             knowe
             and
             practise
          
           ;
           Exemplified
           with
           a
           large
           Meditation
           of
           eternall
           life
           .
        
         
           By
           IOSEPH
           HALL
           .
        
         
           ¶
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           by
           
             Humfrey
             Lownes
          
           ,
           for
           
             Samuel
             Macham
          
           ,
           and
           
             Mathew
             Cooke
          
           :
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Tigers
           head
           .
           1606.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             the
             right
             Worshipful
             ,
             Sir
          
           Richard
           Lea
           ,
           
             Knight
             ,
             all
             increase
             of
             true
             honour
             with
             God
             and
             men
             .
          
        
         
           SIr
           ,
           euer
           since
           I
           began
           to
           bestow
           my selfe
           vpō
           the
           commō
           good
           ,
           studying
           wherin
           my
           labours
           might
           bee
           most
           seruiceable
           ;
           I
           still
           found
           they
           could
           bee
           no
           way
           so
           well
           improued
           ,
           as
           
           in
           that
           part
           which
           concerneth
           deuotion
           ,
           and
           the
           practise
           of
           true
           piety
           :
           For
           on
           the
           one
           side
           I
           perceiued
           the
           number
           of
           Polemicall
           bookes
           ,
           rather
           to
           breede
           ,
           than
           ende
           strifes
           ;
           and
           those
           which
           are
           doctrinall
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           multitude
           ,
           rather
           to
           oppresse
           than
           satisfie
           the
           Reader
           ;
           wherein
           if
           we
           write
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           we
           are
           iudged
           tedious
           ;
           if
           different
           ,
           singular
           .
           On
           the
           other
           part
           respecting
           the
           Reader
           ,
           I
           sawe
           the
           braines
           of
           men
           neuer
           more
           stuffed
           ,
           
           their
           tōgues
           neuer
           more
           stirring
           ,
           their
           hearts
           neuer
           more
           emptie
           ,
           nor
           their
           handes
           more
           idle
           .
           Wherefore
           after
           those
           suddē
           Meditatiōs
           which
           passed
           me
           without
           rule
           ,
           I
           was
           easily
           induced
           by
           their
           successe
           (
           as
           a
           small
           thing
           moues
           the
           willing
           )
           to
           send
           foorth
           this
           Rule
           of
           Meditation
           ;
           and
           after
           my
           Heauen
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           to
           discourse
           (
           although
           by
           way
           of
           example
           )
           of
           heauen
           aboue
           .
           In
           this
           Arte
           of
           mine
           ,
           I
           confesse
           to
           haue
           receiued
           more
           light
           from
           one
           obscure
           
           namelesse
           Monke
           which
           wrote
           some
           112.
           yeeres
           agoe
           ,
           then
           from
           the
           directions
           of
           all
           other
           writers
           :
           I
           would
           his
           humility
           had
           not
           made
           him
           niggardly
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           haue
           knowen
           whome
           to
           haue
           thanked
           .
           It
           had
           been
           easie
           to
           haue
           framed
           it
           with
           more
           curiositie
           :
           But
           God
           and
           my
           soule
           knowe
           ,
           that
           I
           made
           profit
           the
           scope
           of
           my
           labour
           ,
           and
           not
           applause
           :
           and
           therefore
           (
           to
           choose
           )
           I
           wished
           rather
           to
           be
           rude
           than
           vnprofitable
           :
           If
           now
           the
           
           simplicitie
           of
           any
           Reader
           ,
           shall
           bereaue
           him
           of
           the
           benefite
           of
           my
           precepts
           ,
           I
           knowe
           hee
           may
           make
           his
           vse
           of
           my
           example
           .
           Why
           I
           haue
           honored
           it
           with
           your
           name
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           giue
           account
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           which
           already
           knowes
           your
           worth
           and
           deserts
           ,
           and
           shall
           see
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           acknowledge
           them
           :
           Goe
           you
           on
           happily
           (
           according
           to
           the
           heauenly
           aduise
           of
           your
           Iunius
           )
           in
           your
           worthy
           and
           glorious
           profession
           ;
           still
           bearing
           your selfe
           as
           one
           that
           knowes
           vertue
           
           the
           truest
           nobility
           ,
           and
           Religion
           the
           best
           vertue
           :
           The
           God
           whom
           you
           serue
           shal
           honor
           you
           with
           men
           ,
           and
           crowne
           you
           in
           heauen
           .
           To
           his
           grace
           I
           humbly
           commend
           you
           :
           requesting
           you
           onely
           to
           accept
           the
           worke
           ,
           and
           continue
           your
           fauour
           to
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             humbly
             deuoted
             ,
             IOS
             .
             HALL
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SVMME
           OF
           THE
           Chapters
           .
        
         
           THE
           benefite
           &
           vses
           of
           Meditation
           .
           
             Cap.
             1
          
        
         
           The
           description
           &
           kinds
           of
           Medit.
           
             Cap.
             2
          
        
         
           Concerning
           Meditation
           Extemporal
           .
           
             Cap.
             3
          
        
         
           Cautions
           of
           Extemporary
           Medit.
           
             Cap.
             4
          
        
         
         
           Of
           Meditatiō
           deliberate
           :
           wherein
           first
           the
           qualitie
           of
           the
           person
           :
           of
           whom
           is
           required
           ;
        
         
           1
           That
           he
           be
           pure
           from
           his
           sinnes
           .
           
             Cap.
             5
          
        
         
           2
           That
           he
           be
           free
           from
           worldly
           thoughts
           .
           
             Cap.
             6
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 3
                 Constant
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 time
                 set
                 .
                 
                   Ca.
                   7
                
              
            
             
               
                 In
                 cōtinuance
                 .
                 
                   Ca.
                   8
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Of
           other
           necessary
           circumstances
           :
           and
           ,
        
         
           1
           Of
           the
           place
           fit
           for
           meditation
           .
           
             Cap.
             9
          
        
         
         
           2
           Of
           the
           time
           .
           
             Cap.
             10
          
        
         
           3
           Of
           the
           site
           and
           gesture
           of
           body
           .
           
             Cap.
             11
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           matter
           and
           subiect
           of
           Medit.
           
             Ca.
             12
          
        
         
           The
           order
           of
           handling
           the
           worke
           it selfe
           .
           
             Cap.
             13
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 The
                 entrance
                 into
                 the
                 worke
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 Common
                 entrāce
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 prayer
                 .
                 
                   Ca.
                   14
                
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 particular
                 &
                 proper
                 entrāce
                 into
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 our
                 choice
                 thereof
                 .
                 
                   Cap.
                   15
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           The
           proceeding
           of
           our
           Meditation
           ,
           therein
           a
           Method
           allowed
           by
           some
           Authors
           ,
           reiected
           .
           
             Cap.
             16
          
        
         
           Premonitions
           cōcerning
           our
           proceeding
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           Med.
           
             C.
             17
          
        
         
           The
           practise
           of
           Meditation
           :
           the
           first
           part
           wherof
           in
           the
           vnderstanding
           :
           therein
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           begin
           with
           some
           descriptiō
           of
           that
           which
           we
           meditate
           of
           .
           
             Ca.
             18
          
        
         
           2
           An
           easie
           and
           voluntary
           diuision
           of
           the
           matter
           meditated
           .
           
             Cap.
             19
          
        
         
           3
           A
           consideration
           of
           the
           
           causes
           therof
           in
           al
           the
           kinds
           of
           them
           .
           
             Ca.
             20
          
        
         
           4
           The
           Consid
           .
           of
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Effectes
           .
           
             Cap.
             21
          
        
         
           5
           The
           Consid
           .
           of
           the
           subiect
           wherin
           ,
           or
           wherabout
           it
           is
           imployed
           .
           
             Cap.
             22
          
        
         
           6
           Consid
           .
           of
           the
           Appendances
           and
           qualities
           of
           it
           .
           
             Cap.
             23.
          
           
        
         
           7
           Consid
           .
           of
           that
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           diuers
           from
           it
           .
           
             Cap.
             24
          
        
         
           8
           Of
           Comparisons
           and
           similitudes
           wherby
           it
           may
           bee
           most
           fitly
           set
           forth
           to
           vs.
           
             Cap.
             25
          
        
         
         
           9
           The
           Titles
           and
           Names
           of
           the
           matter
           considered
           .
           
             Cap.
             26
          
        
         
           10
           Consid
           .
           of
           fit
           Testimonies
           of
           Scripture
           cōcerning
           our
           Theme
           .
           
             Cap.
             27
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           second
           part
           of
           Meditation
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           affections
           :
           wherein
           is
           ,
        
         
           1
           First
           required
           ,
           a
           taste
           and
           rellish
           of
           what
           we
           thought
           vpon
           .
           
             Ca.
             28
          
        
         
           2
           A
           complaint
           bewayling
           our
           want
           and
           vntowardnes
           .
           
             Cap.
             29
          
        
         
           3
           A
           hearty
           wish
           of
           the
           soule
           for
           what
           it
           complaines
           
           to
           want
           .
           
             Ca.
             30
          
        
         
           4
           An
           humble
           confession
           of
           our
           disability
           to
           effect
           what
           wee
           wish
           .
           
             Cap.
             31
          
        
         
           5
           An
           earnest
           Petitiō
           for
           that
           which
           we
           cōfesse
           to
           want
           .
           
             Cap.
             32
          
        
         
           6
           A
           vehement
           enforcement
           of
           our
           Petition
           .
           
             Cap.
             33
          
        
         
           7
           A
           cheerefull
           confidēce
           of
           obtaining
           what
           we
           haue
           requested
           and
           enforced
           .
           
             Cap.
             34
          
        
         
           The
           conclusiō
           of
           our
           Meditation
           ,
           in
           what
           order
           .
           
             Cap.
             35
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           with
           thanksgiuing
           
           for
           what
           we
           are
           confident
           to
           be
           granted
           .
           Ibid.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           with
           a
           Recommendatiō
           of
           our
           soules
           and
           wayes
           to
           GOD.
           
             Cap.
             36
          
        
         
           The
           Epilogue
           ;
           reprouing
           the
           neglect
           ,
           &
           exhorting
           to
           the
           vse
           of
           Meditation
           .
           
             Cap.
             37
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           ART
           OF
           DIVINE
           MEDITATION
           .
        
         
           
             Chap.
             I.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             not
             ,
             I
             
             suppose
             ,
             a
             more
             bolde
             than
             profitable
             labour
             ,
             after
             the
             indeuours
             of
             so
             many
             cōtēplatiue
             men
             to
             teach
             
             the
             Art
             of
             Meditation
             :
             An
             heauenly
             businesse
             ,
             as
             any
             belongs
             either
             to
             man
             or
             Christian
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             wherby
             the
             soule
             doeth
             vnspeakeably
             benefit
             it selfe
             :
             For
             by
             this
             do
             we
             ransacke
             our
             deepe
             &
             false
             harts
             ,
             find
             out
             our
             secret
             enemies
             ,
             buckle
             with
             them
             ,
             expell
             them
             ,
             arme
             our selues
             against
             their
             re-entrance
             .
             By
             this
             wee
             make
             vse
             of
             all
             good
             means
             ,
             fit
             our selues
             to
             all
             good
             dueties
             ;
             by
             this
             we
             descrie
             our
             weakenesse
             ,
             obtaine
             redresse
             ,
             
             preuēt
             tentatiōs
             ,
             cheere
             vp
             our
             solitarines
             ,
             temper
             our
             occasions
             of
             delight
             ;
             get
             more
             light
             to
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             more
             heate
             to
             our
             affections
             ,
             more
             life
             to
             our
             deuotion
             :
             by
             this
             we
             grow
             to
             be
             (
             as
             wee
             are
             )
             straungers
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             a
             right
             estimation
             of
             all
             earthly
             things
             ,
             into
             a
             sweet
             fruitiō
             of
             inuisible
             comforts
             :
             by
             this
             ,
             wee
             see
             our
             Sauiour
             with
             Steuen
             ,
             we
             talke
             with
             God
             as
             
               Moses
               ▪
            
             and
             by
             this
             we
             are
             rauished
             with
             blessed
             
             Paul
             into
             Paradise
             ;
             and
             see
             that
             heauen
             which
             we
             are
             loath
             to
             leaue
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             vtter
             .
             This
             alone
             is
             the
             remedie
             of
             security
             and
             worldlines
             ,
             the
             pastime
             of
             Saints
             ,
             the
             ladder
             of
             heauen
             ,
             and
             in
             short
             the
             best
             improuement
             of
             Christianitie
             :
             Learne
             it
             who
             can
             ,
             and
             neglect
             it
             who
             list
             ;
             hee
             shall
             neuer
             find
             ioy
             ,
             neither
             in
             God
             nor
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             which
             doeth
             not
             both
             knowe
             and
             practise
             it
             .
             And
             how
             euer
             of
             olde
             some
             hidden
             Cloysterers
             
             haue
             ingrossed
             it
             
             to
             themselues
             ,
             and
             confined
             it
             within
             their
             Celles
             :
             who
             indeede
             professing
             nothing
             but
             contemplation
             ,
             throgh
             their
             immunitie
             from
             those
             cares
             which
             accompany
             an
             actiue
             life
             ,
             might
             haue
             the
             best
             leasure
             to
             this
             busines
             ;
             Yet
             seeing
             there
             is
             no
             man
             so
             taken
             vp
             with
             action
             ,
             as
             not
             sometimes
             to
             haue
             a
             free
             minde
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             reasonable
             minde
             so
             simple
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             bee
             able
             both
             to
             discourse
             
             somewhat
             ,
             and
             to
             better
             it selfe
             by
             her
             secret
             thoughts
             ;
             I
             deeme
             it
             an
             enuious
             wrong
             to
             conceale
             that
             from
             any
             ,
             whose
             benefit
             may
             bee
             vniuersall
             :
             Those
             that
             haue
             but
             a
             little
             stocke
             ,
             had
             neede
             to
             knowe
             the
             best
             rules
             of
             thrift
             ;
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             2.
             
          
           
             THe
             rather
             for
             that
             whereas
             
             our
             Diuine
             Meditation
             is
             
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             bending
             of
             the
             mind
             vpon
             some
             spirituall
             obiect
             ,
             through
             diuers
             formes
             of
             discourse
             ,
             vntill
             our
             thoughts
             come
             to
             an
             issue
             ;
             and
             this
             must
             needs
             be
             either
             Extemporall
             ,
             and
             occasioned
             by
             outward
             occurrences
             offred
             to
             the
             mind
             ,
             or
             Deliberate
             ,
             and
             wrought
             out
             of
             our
             owne
             heart
             ;
             which
             againe
             is
             either
             in
             Matter
             of
             Knowledge
             for
             the
             finding
             out
             of
             some
             hidden
             trueth
             ,
             and
             conuincing
             of
             an
             heresie
             
             by
             profound
             trauersing
             of
             reason
             ,
             or
             in
             Matter
             of
             Affection
             ,
             for
             the
             enkindling
             of
             our
             loue
             to
             God
             :
             the
             former
             of
             these
             two
             last
             wee
             sending
             to
             the
             Scholes
             and
             masters
             of
             Controuersies
             ,
             search
             after
             the
             later
             ;
             which
             is
             both
             of
             larger
             vse
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             no
             Christian
             can
             reiect
             ,
             as
             either
             vnnecessary
             ,
             or
             ouer-difficult
             .
             For
             both
             euery
             Christian
             had
             neede
             of
             fire
             put
             to
             his
             affections
             ,
             and
             weaker
             iudgements
             are
             no
             lesse
             capable
             of
             this
             
             diuine
             heate
             ,
             which
             proceedes
             not
             so
             much
             from
             reason
             as
             from
             faith
             .
          
           
             One
             sayes
             ,
             (
             and
             I
             beleeue
             him
             )
             that
             Gods
             Schoole
             is
             more
             of
             Affection
             ,
             than
             Vnderstanding
             :
             Both
             lessons
             very
             needefull
             ,
             very
             profitable
             ;
             but
             for
             this
             our
             age
             ,
             especially
             the
             later
             :
             For
             if
             there
             bee
             some
             that
             haue
             much
             zeale
             ,
             little
             knowledge
             ,
             there
             are
             more
             that
             haue
             much
             knoweledge
             without
             zeale
             .
             And
             hee
             that
             
             hath
             much
             skill
             and
             no
             affection
             ,
             may
             do
             good
             to
             others
             by
             information
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             but
             shall
             neuer
             haue
             thanke
             either
             of
             his
             own
             heart
             ,
             or
             of
             God
             ;
             who
             vseth
             not
             to
             cast
             away
             his
             loue
             on
             those
             ,
             of
             whom
             hee
             is
             but
             knowen
             ,
             not
             loued
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             3.
             
          
           
             OF
             Extemporal
             Meditatiō
             
             there
             may
             be
             much
             vse
             ,
             no
             
             rule
             :
             forasmuch
             as
             our
             conceits
             herein
             varie
             according
             to
             the
             infinite
             multitude
             of
             obiects
             ,
             and
             their
             diuers
             manner
             of
             profering
             thēselues
             to
             the
             minde
             ;
             as
             also
             for
             the
             suddennesse
             of
             this
             acte
             .
             Man
             is
             placed
             in
             this
             Stage
             of
             the
             worlde
             to
             viewe
             the
             seuerall
             natures
             and
             actions
             of
             the
             creature
             ;
             To
             view
             them
             ,
             not
             idly
             ,
             without
             his
             vse
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             him
             :
             God
             made
             all
             these
             for
             man
             ,
             and
             man
             for
             his
             owne
             sake
             ;
             Both
             these
             purposes
             
             were
             lost
             ,
             if
             man
             should
             let
             the
             creatures
             passe
             carelesly
             by
             him
             ,
             onely
             seene
             ,
             not
             thought
             vpon
             :
             He
             onely
             can
             make
             benefit
             of
             what
             he
             sees
             ;
             which
             if
             hee
             doe
             not
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             as
             if
             hee
             were
             blind
             ,
             or
             brute
             .
             Whēce
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             wise
             Salomon
             puttes
             the
             sluggard
             to
             schoole
             vnto
             the
             Ant
             ;
             and
             our
             Sauiour
             sends
             the
             distrustfull
             to
             the
             Lillie
             of
             the
             field
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             kinde
             was
             that
             Meditation
             of
             the
             Diuine
             Psalmist
             ,
             which
             vpon
             the
             viewe
             of
             the
             
             glorious
             frame
             of
             the
             Heauens
             ,
             was
             led
             to
             woonder
             at
             the
             mercifull
             respect
             GOD
             hath
             to
             so
             poore
             a
             creature
             as
             man.
             Thus
             our
             Sauiour
             tooke
             occasion
             of
             the
             water
             fetcht
             vp
             solemnely
             to
             the
             Altar
             ,
             from
             the
             Well
             of
             Shilo
             ,
             on
             the
             day
             of
             the
             great
             HOSANNAH
             ,
             to
             meditate
             and
             discourse
             of
             the
             Water
             of
             life
             .
             Thus
             holy
             and
             sweete
             AVGVSTINE
             ,
             from
             occasion
             of
             the
             water-course
             neere
             to
             his
             Lodging
             ,
             running
             
             among
             the
             pebbles
             ,
             sometimes
             more
             silently
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             a
             baser
             murmure
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             in
             a
             shriller
             note
             ,
             entred
             into
             the
             thought
             and
             discourse
             of
             that
             excellent
             order
             which
             God
             hath
             settled
             in
             all
             these
             inferiour
             things
             ;
             Thus
             that
             learned
             and
             heauenly
             soule
             of
             our
             late
             Estye
             ,
             when
             wee
             sate
             together
             ,
             and
             heard
             a
             sweet
             consort
             of
             Musicke
             ,
             seemed
             vpon
             this
             occasion
             carried
             vp
             for
             the
             time
             before-hand
             to
             the
             place
             of
             his
             rest
             ,
             
             saying
             ,
             not
             without
             some
             passion
             ,
             What
             Musicke
             may
             we
             thinke
             there
             is
             in
             heauen
             ?
             Thus
             lastly
             (
             for
             who
             knowes
             not
             that
             examples
             of
             this
             kinde
             are
             infinite
             ?
             )
             that
             faithfull
             and
             reuerend
             Deering
             ,
             when
             the
             Sunne
             shined
             on
             his
             face
             ,
             now
             lying
             on
             his
             death-bed
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             sweet
             meditation
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             approaching
             ioy
             .
             The
             thoughts
             of
             this
             nature
             are
             not
             onely
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             so
             behooueful
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             omit
             them
             ,
             
             without
             neglect
             of
             God
             ,
             his
             creatures
             ,
             our selues
             .
             The
             creatures
             are
             halfe
             lost
             if
             wee
             only
             imploy
             them
             ,
             not
             learne
             somthing
             of
             thē
             :
             GOD
             is
             wronged
             if
             his
             creatures
             bee
             vnregarded
             ;
             our selues
             most
             of
             all
             if
             wee
             reade
             this
             great
             volume
             of
             the
             creatures
             ,
             and
             take
             out
             no
             lesson
             for
             our
             instruction
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             4.
             
          
           
             WHerein
             yet
             
             cautiō
             is
             to
             be
             had
             that
             our
             Meditatiōs
             be
             not
             either
             too
             farre-fetcht
             ,
             or
             sauouring
             of
             Superstition
             .
             Farre-fetcht
             I
             cal
             those
             ,
             which
             haue
             not
             a
             faire
             &
             easie
             resemblāce
             vnto
             the
             matter
             frō
             whēce
             they
             are
             raised
             :
             in
             which
             case
             our
             thoghts
             proue
             loose
             &
             heartles
             ;
             making
             no
             memorable
             
             impression
             in
             the
             mind
             .
             Superstitious
             ,
             when
             we
             make
             choice
             of
             those
             grounds
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             which
             are
             forbidden
             vs
             as
             Teachers
             of
             Vanity
             ;
             or
             imploy
             our
             owne
             deuices
             (
             though
             well
             grounded
             )
             to
             an
             vse
             aboue
             their
             reach
             ;
             making
             them
             vpon
             our
             owne
             pleasures
             ,
             not
             only
             furtherances
             ,
             but
             parts
             of
             Gods
             worship
             ;
             in
             both
             which
             ,
             our
             Meditations
             degenerate
             ,
             and
             growe
             rather
             perillous
             to
             the
             soule
             :
             Whereto
             adde
             ,
             that
             
             the
             minde
             bee
             not
             too
             much
             cloyed
             with
             too
             frequent
             iteratiō
             of
             the
             same
             thought
             ;
             which
             at
             last
             breedes
             a
             wearinesse
             in
             our selues
             ,
             and
             an
             vnpleasantnesse
             of
             that
             conceit
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             first
             entertainement
             promised
             much
             delight
             .
             Our
             nature
             is
             too
             ready
             to
             abuse
             familiaritie
             in
             any
             kinde
             :
             and
             it
             is
             with
             Meditations
             ,
             as
             with
             Medicines
             ;
             which
             with
             ouer-ordinary
             vse
             lose
             their
             Soueraignety
             ;
             and
             fill
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             purging
             .
             God
             
             hath
             not
             straited
             vs
             for
             matter
             ,
             hauing
             giuen
             vs
             the
             scope
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             creature
             ,
             euent
             ,
             action
             ,
             speach
             which
             may
             not
             afford
             vs
             new
             matter
             of
             Meditation
             .
             And
             that
             which
             we
             are
             wont
             to
             say
             of
             fine
             wittes
             ,
             we
             may
             as
             truely
             affirme
             of
             the
             Christian
             hart
             ;
             that
             it
             can
             make
             vse
             of
             any
             thing
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             trauellers
             in
             a
             forreine
             countrey
             make
             euery
             fight
             a
             lesson
             ;
             so
             ought
             wee
             in
             this
             our
             pilgrimage
             :
             Thou
             seest
             the
             
             heauen
             rolling
             aboue
             thine
             head
             in
             a
             constāt
             and
             vnmoueable
             motion
             ;
             the
             starres
             so
             ouer-looking
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             shewe
             little
             ,
             the
             least
             greatest
             ,
             all
             glorious
             ;
             the
             ayre
             full
             of
             the
             bottles
             of
             raine
             ,
             or
             fleeces
             of
             snowe
             ,
             or
             diuers
             formes
             of
             fiery
             Exhalations
             :
             The
             sea
             vnder
             one
             vniforme
             face
             full
             of
             strange
             and
             monstrous
             shapes
             beneath
             ;
             the
             earth
             so
             adorned
             with
             variety
             of
             plants
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             but
             tread
             
             on
             many
             at
             once
             with
             euery
             foote
             ;
             besides
             the
             store
             of
             creatures
             that
             flie
             aboue
             it
             ,
             walke
             vpō
             it
             ,
             liue
             in
             it
             :
             Thou
             idle
             Truant
             ▪
             doest
             thou
             learn
             nothing
             of
             so
             many
             masters
             ?
             hast
             thou
             so
             long
             read
             these
             capitall
             letters
             of
             Gods
             great
             booke
             ,
             and
             canst
             thou
             not
             yet
             spell
             one
             worde
             of
             them
             ?
             The
             brute
             creatures
             see
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             with
             as
             cleare
             ,
             perhaps
             better
             eyes
             :
             if
             thine
             inward
             eyes
             see
             not
             their
             vse
             ,
             aswell
             as
             thy
             bodily
             eyes
             their
             
             shape
             ,
             I
             knowe
             not
             whether
             is
             more
             reasonable
             ,
             or
             lesse
             brutish
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             5.
             
          
           
             DEliberate
             Meditation
             
             is
             that
             wee
             chiefly
             inquire
             for
             ;
             which
             both
             may
             be
             wel
             guided
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             not
             a
             little
             furthered
             by
             precepts
             ;
             part
             whereof
             the
             labours
             of
             of
             others
             shall
             yeeld
             vs
             ,
             and
             part
             the
             plainest
             mistresse
             ,
             Experience
             :
             Wherin
             order
             requires
             
             of
             vs
             first
             the
             qualities
             
             of
             the
             person
             fit
             for
             meditatiō
             ,
             thē
             the
             circumstances
             ,
             maner
             &
             proceedings
             of
             the
             worke
             .
          
           
             The
             hill
             of
             Meditation
             may
             not
             be
             climbed
             with
             a
             profane
             foote
             ;
             
             But
             as
             in
             the
             deliuery
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             so
             here
             ,
             no
             beast
             may
             touch
             Gods
             hill
             ,
             lest
             he
             die
             :
             only
             the
             pure
             of
             heart
             haue
             promise
             to
             see
             God
             :
             sinne
             dimmeth
             &
             dazeleth
             the
             eie
             that
             it
             cannot
             beholde
             spirituall
             things
             :
             The
             gard
             of
             heauenly
             Souldiers
             was
             about
             Elishaes
             
             seruant
             before
             ,
             hee
             saw
             thē
             not
             before
             throgh
             the
             scales
             of
             his
             infidelity
             :
             The
             soule
             must
             therfore
             bee
             purged
             ,
             ere
             it
             can
             profitably
             meditate
             .
             And
             as
             of
             old
             they
             were
             wont
             to
             search
             for
             ,
             and
             thrust
             out
             malefactors
             frō
             the
             presēce
             ,
             ere
             they
             wēt
             to
             sacrifice
             ;
             so
             must
             we
             our
             sins
             ,
             ere
             we
             offer
             our
             thoughts
             to
             God.
             First
             ,
             saith
             Dauid
             ,
             I
             will
             wash
             my
             hands
             in
             innocencie
             ,
             then
             I
             wil
             compas
             thine
             altar
             .
             Wherupō
             not
             vnfitly
             did
             that
             worthy
             Chauncellour
             
             of
             Paris
             ,
             make
             the
             first
             staire
             of
             his
             Ladder
             of
             Contemplation
             ,
             
               Humble
               Repentaunce
            
             .
             The
             cloth
             that
             is
             white
             (
             which
             is
             wont
             to
             bee
             the
             colour
             of
             innocencie
             )
             is
             capable
             of
             any
             Dye
             ;
             the
             blacke
             ,
             of
             none
             other
             :
             Not
             that
             we
             require
             an
             absolute
             perfection
             (
             which
             as
             it
             is
             incident
             vnto
             none
             ,
             so
             if
             it
             were
             ,
             would
             exclude
             all
             neede
             and
             vse
             of
             Meditation
             )
             but
             rather
             an
             honest
             sincerity
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             not
             willingly
             sinning
             ,
             willingly
             
             repenting
             when
             we
             haue
             sinned
             ;
             which
             ,
             whoso
             findes
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             thinke
             any
             weakenesse
             a
             lawfull
             barre
             to
             Meditation
             .
             He
             that
             pleades
             this
             excuse
             is
             like
             some
             simple
             man
             ,
             which
             being
             halfe
             starued
             with
             cold
             ,
             refuses
             to
             come
             neere
             the
             fire
             ,
             because
             hee
             finds
             not
             heate
             enough
             in
             himselfe
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             6.
             
          
           
             NEither
             may
             the
             
             soule
             that
             hopeth
             to
             profite
             by
             meditation
             ,
             suffer
             it selfe
             for
             the
             time
             intāgled
             with
             the
             world
             ;
             which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             as
             to
             come
             to
             GODS
             flaming
             bush
             on
             the
             hill
             of
             visions
             ,
             with
             our
             shooes
             on
             our
             feete
             .
             Thou
             seest
             the
             birde
             ,
             whose
             feathers
             are
             limed
             ,
             vnable
             to
             take
             her
             former
             flight
             :
             so
             
             are
             wee
             when
             our
             thoughts
             are
             clingd
             together
             by
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             soare
             vp
             to
             our
             heauen
             in
             Meditation
             :
             The
             payre
             of
             brothers
             must
             leaue
             their
             nets
             if
             they
             wil
             folow
             Christ
             :
             Elisha
             his
             oxen
             ,
             if
             hee
             will
             attend
             a
             Prophet
             :
             It
             must
             bee
             a
             free
             and
             a
             light
             minde
             that
             can
             ascend
             this
             Mount
             of
             Contemplation
             ,
             ouercomming
             this
             height
             ,
             this
             steepenesse
             :
             Cares
             are
             an
             heauie
             lode
             ,
             and
             vneasie
             ;
             these
             must
             be
             laid
             downe
             at
             the
             bottome
             
             of
             this
             hill
             ,
             if
             wee
             euer
             looke
             to
             attain
             the
             top
             .
             Thou
             art
             loded
             with
             housholde-cares
             ,
             perhaps
             publike
             ;
             I
             bid
             thee
             not
             cast
             them
             away
             :
             euen
             these
             haue
             their
             season
             ,
             which
             thou
             canst
             not
             omitte
             without
             impietie
             :
             I
             bid
             thee
             lay
             them
             downe
             at
             thy
             Closet
             doore
             ,
             when
             thou
             attemptest
             this
             worke
             :
             Let
             thē
             in
             with
             thee
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             finde
             them
             troublesom
             companions
             ,
             euer
             distracting
             thee
             from
             thy
             best
             errand
             thou
             wouldest
             
             thinke
             of
             heauen
             ;
             thy
             Barne
             comes
             in
             thy
             way
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             thy
             Count-booke
             ,
             or
             thy
             Cofers
             ,
             or
             it
             may
             bee
             thy
             minde
             is
             before
             hand
             trauailing
             vpon
             the
             morrowes
             iourney
             .
             So
             while
             thou
             thinkest
             of
             many
             things
             ,
             thou
             thinkest
             of
             nothing
             ;
             while
             thou
             wouldest
             goe
             many
             wayes
             ,
             thou
             standest
             still
             .
             And
             as
             in
             a
             crowde
             ,
             while
             many
             presse
             forward
             at
             once
             through
             one
             doore
             ,
             none
             proceedeth
             :
             so
             whē
             variety
             of
             thoughts
             
             tumultuously
             throng
             in
             vpon
             the
             minde
             ,
             each
             prooueth
             a
             barre
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             all
             an
             hinderanceto
             him
             that
             entertaines
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             7.
             
          
           
             ANd
             as
             our
             Clyent
             of
             
             Meditation
             must
             both
             be
             pure
             and
             free
             in
             vndertaking
             this
             taske
             ,
             so
             also
             constant
             in
             continuing
             it
             ;
             Constant
             both
             in
             time
             and
             in
             matter
             :
             
             Both
             in
             a
             set
             course
             and
             
             houre
             reserued
             for
             this
             worke
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             vnwearied
             prosecution
             of
             it
             once
             begun
             .
             Those
             that
             meditate
             by
             snatches
             and
             vncertaine
             fittes
             ,
             when
             onely
             all
             other
             imploiments
             forsake
             thē
             ,
             or
             when
             good
             motions
             are
             thrust
             vpon
             them
             by
             necessity
             ,
             let
             them
             neuer
             hope
             to
             reach
             to
             any
             perfection
             .
             For
             those
             feeble
             beginnings
             of
             luke-warm
             grace
             ,
             which
             are
             wroght
             in
             them
             by
             one
             fit
             of
             serious
             meditatiō
             ,
             
             are
             soone
             extinguished
             by
             intermission
             ,
             and
             by
             mis-wonting
             perish
             :
             This
             dayes
             meale
             (
             tho
             large
             &
             liberall
             )
             strengthens
             thee
             not
             for
             to
             morrow
             ;
             the
             body
             languishes
             if
             there
             be
             not
             a
             daily
             supply
             of
             repast
             :
             thus
             feede
             thy
             soule
             by
             meditation
             ;
             Set
             thine
             houres
             and
             keep
             them
             ,
             and
             yeeld
             not
             to
             an
             easie
             distraction
             .
             There
             is
             no
             hardnesse
             in
             this
             practise
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             beginning
             ;
             vse
             shall
             giue
             it
             ,
             not
             ease
             onely
             ,
             but
             delight
             .
             Thy
             companion
             
             entertaines
             thee
             this
             while
             in
             louing
             discourses
             ,
             or
             some
             inexpected
             businesse
             offers
             to
             interrupt
             thee
             .
             Neuer
             any
             good
             worke
             shall
             want
             some
             hinderance
             :
             Either
             breake
             through
             thy
             lettes
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             with
             inciuility
             or
             losse
             ;
             or
             if
             they
             bee
             importunate
             ,
             pay
             thy selfe
             the
             time
             that
             was
             vnseasonably
             borrowed
             ;
             and
             recompence
             thine
             omitted
             houres
             with
             the
             double
             labors
             of
             another
             day
             :
             For
             thou
             shalt
             find
             ,
             that
             differring
             
             breedes
             (
             beside
             the
             losse
             )
             an
             indisposition
             to
             good
             ;
             So
             that
             what
             was
             before
             pleasant
             to
             thee
             ,
             being
             omitted
             ,
             to
             morrow
             growes
             harsh
             ;
             the
             next
             day
             vnnecessary
             ;
             afterwardes
             odious
             .
             To
             day
             thou
             canst
             ,
             but
             wilt
             not
             ;
             to
             morrow
             thou
             couldst
             ,
             but
             listest
             not
             ;
             the
             next
             day
             thou
             neither
             wilt
             nor
             cāst
             bend
             thy
             mind
             on
             these
             thoughts
             :
             So
             I
             haue
             seene
             friends
             that
             vpon
             neglect
             of
             duetie
             growe
             ouerly
             ,
             vpon
             ouerlinesse
             ,
             strange
             ;
             vpon
             
             strangenes
             ,
             to
             vtter
             defiance
             .
             Those
             whose
             very
             trade
             is
             Diuinity
             (
             me
             thinks
             )
             should
             omit
             no
             day
             without
             his
             line
             of
             Meditatiō
             :
             those
             which
             are
             secular
             men
             ,
             not
             many
             ;
             remēbring
             that
             they
             haue
             a
             common
             calling
             of
             Christianitie
             to
             attend
             ,
             aswel
             as
             a
             speciall
             vocation
             in
             the
             worlde
             :
             and
             that
             other
             being
             more
             noble
             and
             important
             ,
             may
             iustly
             challenge
             both
             often
             and
             diligent
             seruice
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             8.
             
          
           
             ANd
             as
             this
             Cōstancy
             
             requires
             thee
             to
             keepe
             day
             with
             thy selfe
             ,
             vnlesse
             thou
             wilt
             prooue
             bankrupt
             in
             good
             exercises
             ;
             so
             also
             that
             thy
             mind
             should
             dwell
             vpon
             the
             same
             thought
             without
             flitting
             ,
             without
             wearinesse
             ,
             vntill
             it
             haue
             attained
             to
             some
             issue
             of
             spirituall
             profit
             :
             Otherwise
             it
             attempteth
             much
             ,
             effecteth
             
             nothing
             .
             What
             auailes
             it
             to
             knock
             at
             the
             doore
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             if
             wee
             depart
             ere
             we
             haue
             an
             answere
             ?
             What
             are
             wee
             the
             warmer
             if
             we
             passe
             hastily
             along
             by
             the
             hearth
             ,
             stay
             not
             at
             it
             ?
             Those
             that
             doe
             onely
             trauell
             through
             Africke
             become
             not
             Blackemores
             ,
             but
             those
             which
             are
             borne
             there
             ,
             those
             that
             inhabit
             there
             :
             We
             account
             those
             damosels
             too
             light
             of
             their
             loue
             ,
             which
             betroth
             themselues
             vpon
             the
             first
             sight
             ,
             vpon
             the
             first
             motion
             :
             
             
             
             
             
             &
             those
             we
             deeme
             of
             much
             price
             ,
             which
             require
             long
             and
             earnest
             soliciting
             :
             He
             deceiues
             himselfe
             that
             thinkes
             grace
             so
             easily
             wonne
             ;
             there
             must
             be
             much
             suit
             and
             importunitie
             ere
             it
             will
             yeeld
             to
             our
             desires
             .
             Not
             that
             we
             call
             for
             a
             perpetuitie
             of
             this
             labour
             of
             Meditation
             ;
             Humane
             frailty
             could
             neuer
             beare
             so
             great
             a
             toyle
             .
             Nothing
             vnder
             heauen
             is
             capable
             of
             a
             continuall
             motion
             without
             complaint
             :
             It
             is
             enough
             for
             
             the
             glorified
             spirits
             aboue
             ,
             to
             be
             euer
             thinking
             ,
             &
             neuer
             weary
             :
             the
             minde
             of
             man
             is
             of
             a
             strange
             mettall
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             not
             vsed
             ,
             it
             rusteth
             ;
             if
             vsed
             hardly
             ,
             it
             breaketh
             :
             briefly
             ,
             is
             sooner
             dulled
             ,
             than
             satisfied
             with
             a
             continuall
             meditation
             :
             whēce
             it
             came
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             those
             auncient
             Monks
             who
             intermeddled
             bodily
             labor
             with
             their
             contēplatiōs
             ,
             proued
             so
             excellent
             in
             this
             diuine
             businesse
             ;
             when
             those
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             which
             hauing
             mewd
             &
             mured
             
             vp
             themselues
             from
             the
             world
             spēd
             themselues
             wholly
             vpō
             their
             beads
             and
             Crucifixe
             ,
             pretending
             no
             other
             work
             but
             meditation
             ,
             haue
             colde
             hearts
             to
             God
             ,
             &
             to
             the
             world
             shewe
             nothing
             but
             a
             dull
             shadowe
             of
             deuotion
             :
             for
             that
             (
             if
             the
             thoughts
             of
             these
             later
             were
             as
             diuine
             as
             they
             are
             superstitious
             )
             yet
             being
             without
             al
             interchangeablenes
             ,
             bent
             vpon
             the
             same
             discourse
             ,
             the
             mind
             must
             needes
             growe
             weary
             ,
             the
             thoughts
             remisse
             
             and
             languishing
             ,
             the
             obiects
             tedious
             :
             while
             the
             other
             refreshed
             thēselues
             with
             this
             wise
             varietie
             ,
             imploying
             the
             hands
             ,
             while
             they
             called
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             as
             good
             Comedians
             so
             mixe
             their
             partes
             ,
             that
             the
             pleasantnes
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             may
             tēper
             the
             austerenes
             of
             the
             other
             ;
             whereupon
             they
             gained
             both
             enough
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             &
             to
             the
             soule
             more
             than
             if
             it
             had
             beene
             all
             the
             while
             busied
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             excellencie
             of
             the
             obiect
             letteth
             
             this
             assiduity
             of
             meditation
             ;
             which
             is
             so
             glorious
             ,
             that
             like
             vnto
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             it
             may
             abide
             to
             haue
             an
             eye
             cast
             vp
             to
             it
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             gazed
             vpon
             ▪
             whosoeuer
             ventureth
             so
             farre
             ,
             loseth
             both
             his
             hope
             and
             his
             wits
             .
             If
             we
             hold
             with
             that
             blessed
             Monica
             ,
             that
             such
             like
             cogitations
             are
             the
             foode
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             yet
             euen
             the
             minde
             also
             hath
             her
             satietie
             ,
             and
             may
             surfet
             of
             too
             much
             .
             It
             shall
             be
             sufficient
             therefore
             ,
             that
             wee
             perseuere
             
             in
             our
             meditation
             without
             any
             such
             affectation
             of
             perpetuity
             ,
             and
             leaue
             without
             a
             light
             ficklenesse
             ;
             making
             alwayes
             not
             our
             houre-glasse
             ,
             but
             some
             competent
             increase
             of
             our
             deuotion
             ,
             the
             measure
             of
             our
             continuance
             ;
             knowing
             ,
             that
             as
             for
             heauen
             ,
             so
             for
             our
             pursuite
             of
             grace
             ,
             it
             shall
             auaile
             vs
             little
             to
             haue
             begunne
             well
             ,
             without
             perseuerance
             :
             and
             withall
             that
             the
             Soule
             of
             man
             is
             not
             alwayes
             in
             the
             like
             
             disposition
             :
             but
             sometimes
             is
             lōger
             in
             settling
             through
             some
             vnquietnesse
             ,
             or
             more
             obstinate
             distraction
             ;
             sometimes
             heauier
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             more
             actiue
             ,
             and
             nimble
             to
             dispatch
             .
             *
             Gerson
             (
             whose
             authoritie
             I
             rather
             vse
             ,
             because
             our
             aduersaries
             disclaim
             him
             for
             theirs
             )
             professeth
             ,
             he
             hath
             been
             somtimes
             foure
             houres
             together
             working
             his
             heart
             ,
             ere
             hee
             could
             frame
             it
             to
             purpose
             :
             A
             singular
             patterne
             of
             vnwearied
             constancie
             ,
             of
             
             an
             vnconquerable
             spirit
             ;
             whom
             his
             present
             vnfitnesse
             did
             not
             so
             much
             discourage
             ,
             as
             it
             wherted
             him
             to
             striue
             with
             himselfe
             till
             hee
             could
             ouercome
             .
             And
             surely
             other
             victories
             are
             hazzardous
             ,
             this
             certaine
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             persist
             to
             striue
             :
             other
             fights
             are
             vpon
             hope
             ,
             this
             vpon
             assurance
             ;
             whiles
             our
             successe
             depends
             vpon
             the
             promise
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             cannot
             disappoint
             vs
             :
             Persist
             therfore
             ,
             and
             preuaile
             ;
             persist
             till
             thou
             hast
             preuailed
             :
             
             so
             that
             which
             thou
             beganst
             with
             difficultie
             ,
             shall
             ende
             in
             comfort
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             9.
             
          
           
             FRom
             the
             qualities
             of
             the
             person
             ,
             
             we
             descēd
             towards
             the
             action
             it selfe
             :
             where
             first
             wee
             meete
             with
             those
             Circumstances
             which
             are
             necessary
             for
             our
             predisposition
             to
             the
             work
             ;
             
               Place
               ,
               Time
               ,
               Site
               of
               bodie
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Solitarinesse
               of
               Place
            
             
             is
             fittest
             for
             Meditation
             :
             Retire
             thy selfe
             from
             others
             ,
             if
             thou
             wouldst
             talke
             profitably
             with
             thy selfe
             .
             So
             IESVS
             meditates
             alone
             in
             the
             Moūt
             ,
             Isaac
             in
             the
             fields
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             in
             the
             desert
             ,
             Dauid
             on
             his
             bed
             ,
             Chrysostome
             in
             the
             bath
             ,
             each
             in
             seuerall
             places
             ;
             but
             all
             solitary
             .
             There
             is
             no
             place
             free
             frō
             God
             ,
             none
             to
             which
             hee
             is
             more
             tied
             :
             one
             finds
             his
             closet
             most
             conueniēt
             ,
             where
             his
             eies
             being
             limited
             by
             the
             knowen
             
             walles
             ,
             call
             in
             the
             mind
             after
             a
             sort
             from
             wandering
             abroad
             ;
             Another
             findes
             his
             soule
             more
             free
             whē
             it
             beholdeth
             his
             heauen
             aboue
             and
             about
             him
             ;
             It
             matters
             not
             so
             we
             be
             solitarie
             and
             silent
             ;
             It
             was
             a
             wittie
             and
             Diuine
             speach
             of
             Bernard
             ,
             that
             the
             spouse
             of
             the
             foule
             ,
             CHRIST
             IESVS
             ,
             is
             bashfull
             ,
             neither
             willingly
             comes
             to
             his
             bride
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             a
             multitude
             ;
             And
             hence
             is
             that
             sweete
             inuitation
             which
             wee
             
             finde
             of
             her
             ;
             
               Come
               my
               welbeloued
               ,
               let
               vs
               goe
               foorth
               into
               the
               fields
               ,
               let
               vs
               lodge
               in
               the
               villages
               :
               Let
               vs
               go
               up
               early
               to
               the
               vines
               ;
               let
               vs
               see
               if
               the
               Vine
               flourish
               ,
               whether
               it
               hath
               disclosed
               the
               first
               grape
               ,
               or
               whether
               the
               Pomegranates
               blossome
               ;
               there
               will
               I
               giue
               thee
               my
               loue
               .
            
             Abandon
             therefore
             all
             worldly
             societie
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayest
             change
             it
             for
             the
             company
             of
             GOD
             and
             his
             Angels
             ;
             The
             society
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             of
             the
             worlde
             ,
             not
             outward
             onely
             ,
             but
             inward
             
             also
             .
             There
             bee
             many
             that
             sequester
             themselues
             from
             the
             visible
             company
             of
             men
             ,
             which
             yet
             carie
             a
             world
             within
             them
             ;
             who
             being
             alone
             in
             bodie
             are
             haunted
             with
             a
             throng
             of
             fancies
             :
             as
             Ierome
             ,
             in
             his
             wildest
             desert
             ,
             foūd
             himselfe
             too
             oft
             in
             his
             thoughts
             amongst
             the
             daunces
             of
             the
             Roman
             dames
             ;
             This
             company
             is
             worse
             than
             the
             other
             :
             for
             it
             is
             more
             possible
             for
             some
             thoughtfull
             men
             to
             haue
             a
             solitary
             mind
             in
             the
             midst
             
             of
             a
             market
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             man
             thus
             disposed
             to
             be
             alone
             in
             a
             wildernes
             ;
             Both
             companies
             are
             enemies
             to
             Meditation
             ;
             Whither
             tendeth
             that
             anciēt
             coūsell
             of
             a
             great
             Master
             in
             this
             Arte
             ,
             of
             three
             thingsrequisite
             to
             this
             busines
             ,
             
               Secrecy
               ,
               Silence
               ,
               Rest
            
             :
             whereof
             the
             first
             excludeth
             company
             ,
             the
             second
             noise
             ,
             the
             third
             motion
             .
             It
             cannot
             be
             spoken
             how
             subiect
             wee
             are
             in
             this
             worke
             ,
             to
             distraction
             ;
             Like
             Salomons
             old
             man
             whome
             the
             noyse
             of
             
             
             
             
             
             euery
             bird
             wakeneth
             :
             sensuall
             delights
             we
             are
             not
             drawen
             from
             with
             the
             threefold
             cords
             of
             iudgmēt
             ;
             but
             our
             spiritual
             pleasures
             are
             easily
             hindered
             .
             Make
             choice
             therefore
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             which
             shall
             admit
             the
             fewest
             occasiōs
             of
             withdrawing
             thy
             soule
             from
             good
             thoughts
             :
             wherin
             also
             euen
             change
             of
             place
             is
             somewhat
             preiudiciall
             ;
             and
             I
             knowe
             not
             how
             it
             fals
             out
             ,
             that
             we
             find
             God
             neerer
             vs
             in
             the
             place
             where
             wee
             haue
             been
             accustomed
             
             familiarlie
             to
             meete
             him
             :
             Not
             for
             that
             his
             presence
             is
             confined
             to
             one
             place
             aboueothers
             ,
             but
             that
             our
             thoughts
             are
             through
             custome
             more
             easily
             gathered
             to
             the
             place
             where
             wee
             haue
             ordinarily
             conuersed
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             10.
             
          
           
             ONe
             Time
             cānot
             
             bee
             prescribed
             to
             al
             :
             For
             neither
             God
             bound
             to
             hours
             ;
             
             neither
             doeth
             the
             contrary
             dispositiō
             of
             men
             agree
             in
             one
             choice
             of
             opportunities
             :
             the
             golden
             houres
             of
             the
             morning
             some
             finde
             fittest
             for
             Meditation
             ,
             when
             the
             body
             newly
             raised
             ,
             is
             well
             calmed
             with
             his
             late
             rest
             ,
             and
             the
             soule
             hath
             not
             as
             yet
             had
             frō
             these
             outward
             things
             any
             motiues
             of
             alienation
             :
             Others
             find
             it
             best
             to
             learne
             wisedome
             of
             their
             reines
             in
             the
             night
             ▪
             hoping
             ,
             with
             Iob
             ,
             that
             their
             bedde
             will
             bring
             them
             comfort
             in
             their
             
             meditation
             ;
             when
             both
             all
             other
             things
             are
             still
             ;
             and
             themselues
             wearied
             with
             these
             earthly
             cares
             ,
             doe
             out
             of
             a
             contempt
             of
             them
             ,
             growe
             into
             greater
             liking
             and
             loue
             of
             heauēly
             things
             :
             I
             haue
             euer
             found
             Isaacs
             time
             fittest
             ,
             who
             went
             out
             in
             the
             euening
             to
             meditate
             .
             No
             precept
             ,
             no
             practise
             of
             others
             can
             prescribe
             to
             vs
             in
             this
             circumstance
             :
             It
             shall
             bee
             enough
             ,
             that
             first
             we
             set
             our selues
             a
             time
             ;
             secondly
             ,
             that
             we
             set
             apart
             that
             time
             ,
             
             wherein
             wee
             are
             aprest
             for
             this
             seruice
             :
             And
             as
             no
             time
             is
             preiudiced
             with
             vnfitnesse
             ,
             but
             euery
             day
             is
             without
             differēce
             seasonable
             for
             this
             worke
             ,
             so
             especially
             Gods
             day
             ;
             No
             day
             is
             barren
             of
             grace
             to
             the
             searcher
             of
             it
             ,
             none
             alike
             fruitfull
             to
             this
             ;
             which
             being
             by
             God
             sanctified
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             sanctified
             by
             vs
             to
             God
             ,
             is
             priuiledged
             with
             blessings
             aboue
             others
             :
             for
             the
             plentifull
             instruction
             of
             that
             day
             stirtes
             thee
             vp
             
             to
             this
             action
             ,
             and
             filles
             thee
             with
             matter
             ;
             and
             the
             zeale
             of
             thy
             publike
             seruice
             warms
             thy
             heart
             to
             this
             other
             businesse
             of
             deuotion
             .
             No
             MANNA
             fell
             to
             the
             Israelites
             on
             their
             Sabaoth
             ;
             our
             spiritual
             MANNA
             fals
             on
             ours
             ,
             most
             frequent
             :
             If
             thou
             wouldest
             haue
             a
             full
             soule
             ,
             gather
             as
             it
             fals
             ;
             gather
             it
             by
             hearing
             ,
             reading
             ,
             meditatiō
             :
             spiritual
             idlenesse
             is
             a
             fault
             this
             day
             ,
             perhaps
             not
             lesse
             than
             bodily
             worke
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             11.
             
          
           
             NEither
             is
             ther
             esse
             variety
             
             in
             the
             Site
             and
             gesture
             of
             the
             body
             :
             the
             due
             composednes
             whereof
             is
             no
             little
             aduantage
             to
             this
             exercise
             ;
             euen
             in
             our
             speach
             to
             God
             ,
             we
             obserue
             not
             alwaies
             one
             and
             the
             same
             position
             ;
             sometimes
             we
             fall
             groueling
             on
             our
             faces
             ,
             somtimes
             we
             bow
             our
             knees
             ,
             sometimes
             stand
             
             on
             our
             feete
             ,
             somtimes
             we
             lift
             vp
             our
             handes
             ,
             sometimes
             cast
             downe
             our
             eyes
             .
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             therefore
             being
             a
             seuere
             obseruer
             of
             the
             disposition
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             is
             not
             scrupulous
             for
             the
             body
             ;
             requiring
             not
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             the
             gesture
             thereof
             should
             be
             vniforme
             as
             reuerēt
             :
             No
             maruell
             therefore
             ,
             though
             in
             this
             ,
             all
             our
             teachers
             of
             meditation
             haue
             commended
             seueral
             positions
             of
             body
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             disposition
             and
             practise
             ;
             
             *
             One
             sitting
             with
             the
             face
             turned
             vp
             to
             heauen-ward
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             precept
             of
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             taught
             him
             ,
             that
             by
             sitting
             and
             resting
             ,
             the
             mind
             gathereth
             wisedome
             :
             **
             Another
             leaning
             to
             some
             rest
             towardes
             the
             left
             side
             ,
             for
             the
             greater
             quieting
             of
             the
             heart
             :
             *
             A
             third
             standing
             with
             the
             eyes
             lift
             vp
             to
             heauen
             ,
             but
             shut
             for
             feare
             of
             distractiōs
             ;
             But
             of
             all
             other
             (
             mee
             thinkes
             )
             Isaacs
             choice
             the
             best
             ,
             who
             meditated
             
             walking
             .
             In
             this
             let
             euery
             man
             be
             his
             owne
             master
             ;
             so
             bee
             wee
             vse
             that
             frame
             of
             body
             that
             may
             both
             testifie
             reuerence
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             cases
             help
             to
             stirre
             vp
             further
             deuotion
             ;
             which
             also
             must
             needes
             be
             varied
             according
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             our
             Meditation
             .
             If
             we
             thinke
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             Ahabs
             soft
             pase
             ,
             the
             Publicans
             deiected
             eyes
             ,
             and
             his
             hand
             beating
             his
             breast
             ,
             are
             not
             vnseasonable
             :
             If
             of
             the
             ioies
             of
             heauen
             ,
             Steuens
             countenance
             fixed
             aboue
             ,
             
             and
             Dauids
             hands
             lift
             vp
             on
             hie
             ,
             are
             most
             fitting
             ;
             In
             all
             which
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             instrument
             and
             vassall
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             so
             will
             easily
             follow
             the
             affections
             therof
             ;
             and
             in
             trueth
             then
             is
             our
             deuotion
             most
             kindly
             ,
             whē
             the
             body
             is
             thus
             commaunded
             his
             seruice
             by
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             not
             suffered
             to
             goe
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             forwardnesse
             to
             prouoke
             his
             master
             to
             emulation
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             12.
             
          
           
             NOw
             time
             and
             order
             cal
             vs
             frō
             
             these
             circumstances
             to
             the
             matter
             and
             subiect
             of
             Meditation
             :
             which
             must
             be
             Diuine
             &
             Spiritual
             ;
             not
             euill
             ,
             nor
             worldly
             .
             O
             the
             carnal
             and
             vnprofitable
             thoughts
             of
             men
             !
             We
             all
             meditate
             ;
             one
             how
             to
             do
             ill
             to
             others
             ;
             another
             how
             to
             doe
             some
             earthly
             good
             to
             himselfe
             ;
             another
             to
             hurt
             himselfe
             ,
             vnder
             a
             colour
             
             of
             good
             ;
             as
             how
             to
             accomplish
             his
             lewd
             desires
             ,
             the
             fulfilling
             whereof
             prooues
             the
             bane
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             how
             he
             may
             sinne
             vnseene
             ,
             and
             goe
             to
             hell
             with
             least
             noise
             of
             the
             world
             :
             Or
             perhaps
             some
             better
             mindes
             bend
             their
             thoughts
             vpō
             the
             search
             of
             naturall
             things
             ;
             the
             motions
             of
             euery
             heauen
             ,
             and
             of
             euery
             starre
             ;
             the
             reason
             and
             course
             of
             the
             ebbing
             and
             flowing
             of
             the
             Sea
             ;
             the
             manifold
             kinds
             of
             simples
             that
             growe
             out
             of
             the
             
             earth
             ,
             &
             creatures
             that
             creepe
             vpon
             it
             ;
             with
             all
             their
             strange
             qualities
             ,
             and
             operatiōs
             ;
             Or
             perhaps
             the
             seueral
             formes
             of
             gouernement
             ,
             and
             rules
             of
             State
             take
             vp
             their
             busie
             heads
             ,
             so
             that
             while
             they
             would
             bee
             acquainted
             with
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             they
             are
             strangers
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             while
             they
             seeke
             to
             knowe
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             they
             remain
             vnknowen
             of
             thēselues
             :
             The
             God
             that
             made
             them
             ,
             the
             vilenesse
             of
             their
             nature
             ,
             the
             danger
             of
             their
             
             sinnes
             ,
             the
             multitude
             of
             their
             imperfections
             ,
             the
             Sauior
             that
             bought
             them
             ,
             the
             heauen
             that
             he
             bought
             for
             them
             ,
             are
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             as
             vnknowen
             ,
             as
             vnregarded
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             .
          
           
             Thus
             do
             foolish
             children
             spend
             their
             time
             and
             labour
             in
             turning
             ouer
             leaues
             to
             looke
             for
             painted
             babes
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             respecting
             the
             solide
             matter
             vnder
             their
             hāds
             .
             We
             fooles
             ,
             when
             will
             we
             be
             wise
             ,
             and
             turning
             our
             eyes
             from
             vanity
             with
             that
             sweete
             singer
             
             of
             Israel
             ,
             make
             Gods
             Statutes
             our
             song
             ,
             and
             meditation
             in
             the
             house
             of
             our
             pilgrimage
             ?
          
           
             Earthly
             things
             profer
             themselues
             with
             importunity
             ;
             Heauenly
             things
             must
             with
             importunitie
             bee
             sued
             to
             .
             Those
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             not
             so
             little
             worth
             ,
             would
             not
             be
             so
             forward
             ;
             and
             being
             so
             forward
             ,
             need
             not
             any
             meditation
             to
             solicite
             them
             :
             These
             by
             how
             much
             more
             hard
             they
             are
             to
             intreate
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             more
             precious
             they
             are
             being
             obtained
             ;
             
             and
             therfore
             worthier
             our
             indeuour
             :
             As
             then
             we
             cannot
             goe
             amisse
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             wee
             keepe
             our selues
             in
             the
             tracke
             of
             Diuinitie
             ;
             while
             the
             soule
             is
             taken
             vp
             with
             the
             thoughts
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             Deitie
             in
             his
             essence
             ,
             and
             persons
             (
             sparingly
             yet
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             and
             more
             in
             faith
             and
             admiration
             then
             inquiry
             )
             or
             of
             his
             attributes
             ,
             his
             iustice
             ,
             power
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             mercie
             ,
             trueth
             ;
             or
             of
             his
             works
             ,
             in
             the
             creation
             ,
             preseruation
             ,
             gouernement
             
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             
               I
               will
               meditate
               of
               the
               beautie
               of
               thy
               glorious
               Maiestie
               ,
               and
               thy
               wonderfull
               workes
            
             ;
             so
             most
             directly
             in
             our
             way
             ,
             and
             best
             fitting
             our
             exercise
             of
             Meditation
             are
             those
             matters
             in
             Diuinity
             ,
             which
             can
             most
             of
             all
             worke
             compunction
             in
             the
             hart
             ,
             &
             most
             stirre
             vs
             vp
             to
             deuotiō
             :
             Of
             which
             kind
             are
             the
             Meditatiōs
             concerning
             CHRIST
             IESVS
             ,
             our
             Mediatour
             ,
             his
             Incarnation
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             Life
             ,
             Passion
             ,
             Burial
             ,
             
             Resurrection
             ,
             Ascension
             ,
             Intercessiō
             ,
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             Redēption
             ,
             the
             certaintie
             of
             our
             Election
             ,
             the
             graces
             and
             proceeding
             of
             our
             sanctification
             ,
             our
             glorious
             estate
             in
             Paradise
             lost
             in
             our
             first
             Parents
             ,
             our
             present
             vilenes
             ,
             our
             inclination
             to
             sin
             ,
             our
             seuerall
             actuall
             offences
             ;
             the
             tētations
             &
             sleights
             of
             euill
             Angels
             ,
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             nature
             &
             practise
             of
             faith
             &
             repentance
             :
             the
             miseries
             of
             our-life
             ,
             with
             the
             frailty
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             certainty
             
             and
             vncertainty
             of
             our
             death
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             aboue
             ,
             the
             awfulnes
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             the
             terrors
             of
             hel
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             qualitie
             :
             wherein
             both
             it
             is
             fit
             to
             haue
             variety
             (
             for
             that
             euen
             the
             strongest
             stomacke
             doeth
             not
             alwayes
             delight
             in
             one
             dish
             )
             &
             yet
             so
             to
             chāge
             ,
             that
             our
             choice
             may
             be
             free
             from
             wildnesse
             and
             inconstancie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             13.
             
          
           
             NOW
             after
             that
             we
             haue
             
             thus
             orderly
             suited
             the
             person
             &
             his
             qualities
             ,
             with
             the
             due
             circūstances
             of
             Time
             ,
             Place
             ,
             disposition
             of
             body
             ,
             and
             substance
             of
             the
             matter
             discussed
             ;
             I
             knowe
             not
             what
             can
             remaine
             ,
             besides
             the
             maine
             busines
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             the
             maner
             and
             degrees
             of
             our
             prosecution
             thereof
             ;
             which
             
             aboue
             all
             other
             calles
             for
             an
             intentiue
             Reader
             ,
             and
             resolute
             practise
             ;
             Wherein
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             auoide
             all
             nicenesse
             and
             obscurity
             (
             since
             wee
             striue
             to
             profit
             )
             we
             will
             giue
             direction
             for
             the
             
               Entrance
               ,
               Proceeding
               ,
               Conclusion
            
             of
             this
             Diuine
             worke
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             14.
             
          
           
             A
             Goodly
             building
             
             must
             shew
             some
             magnificence
             in
             the
             gate
             :
             and
             great
             personages
             haue
             seemely
             Vshers
             to
             goe
             before
             them
             ;
             who
             by
             their
             vncouered
             heads
             commaund
             reuerence
             and
             way
             ;
             Euen
             verie
             Poets
             of
             old
             had
             wont
             ,
             before
             their
             Ballads
             ,
             to
             implore
             the
             aid
             of
             their
             Gods
             :
             And
             the
             heathen
             
             Romans
             entred
             not
             vpō
             any
             publike
             ciuile
             busines
             ,
             without
             a
             solemne
             apprecation
             of
             good
             successe
             :
             How
             much
             lesse
             should
             a
             Christian
             dare
             to
             vndertake
             a
             spirituall
             
             worke
             of
             such
             importāce
             ,
             not
             hauing
             craued
             the
             assistance
             of
             his
             GOD
             ?
             which
             (
             me
             thinkes
             )
             is
             no
             lesse
             ,
             than
             to
             professe
             hee
             could
             doe
             well
             without
             Gods
             leaue
             .
             When
             we
             thinke
             euill
             ,
             it
             is
             frō
             our selues
             ,
             when
             good
             from
             God.
             As
             prayer
             is
             our
             speach
             to
             God
             ,
             so
             is
             each
             good
             
             Meditation
             (
             according
             to
             Bernard
             )
             GODS
             speach
             to
             the
             heart
             ;
             The
             heart
             must
             speake
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             God
             may
             speake
             to
             it
             .
             Prayer
             therefore
             ,
             and
             Meditation
             are
             as
             those
             famous
             twinnes
             in
             the
             storie
             ,
             or
             as
             two
             louing
             Turtles
             ,
             whereof
             separate
             one
             ,
             the
             other
             languishes
             .
          
           
             Prayer
             makes
             way
             for
             Meditation
             ;
             Meditation
             giues
             matter
             ,
             strength
             ,
             and
             life
             to
             our
             prayers
             .
             By
             which
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             things
             are
             sanctified
             
             to
             vs
             ,
             so
             we
             are
             sanctified
             to
             all
             holy
             things
             :
             This
             is
             as
             some
             royall
             Eunuch
             to
             perfume
             and
             dresse
             our
             soules
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             fit
             to
             conuerse
             with
             the
             King
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             prayer
             that
             leades
             in
             Meditation
             would
             not
             be
             long
             ,
             requiring
             rather
             that
             the
             extension
             and
             length
             should
             be
             put
             into
             the
             vigor
             and
             feruencie
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             is
             not
             here
             intended
             to
             be
             the
             principall
             businesse
             ,
             but
             an
             introductiō
             to
             another
             ;
             
             and
             no
             otherwise
             than
             as
             a
             Portall
             to
             this
             building
             of
             Meditation
             :
             The
             matter
             whereof
             shall
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             course
             of
             our
             Meditation
             may
             bee
             guided
             aright
             and
             blessed
             ;
             that
             all
             distractions
             may
             be
             auoided
             ;
             our
             iudgements
             inlightened
             ,
             our
             inuentions
             quickned
             ,
             our
             willes
             rectified
             ,
             our
             affections
             whetted
             to
             heauenly
             things
             ,
             our
             harts
             enlarged
             to
             God-ward
             ,
             our
             deuotion
             enkindled
             ;
             so
             that
             we
             may
             finde
             our
             corruptiōs
             abated
             ,
             our
             
             graces
             thriuē
             ,
             oursoules
             &
             liues
             euery
             way
             bettered
             by
             this
             exercise
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             15.
             
          
           
             SVch
             is
             the
             cōmon
             
             entrance
             into
             this
             work
             :
             There
             is
             another
             yet
             more
             particular
             &
             proper
             ;
             wherein
             the
             mind
             recollecting
             it self
             ,
             maketh
             choice
             of
             that
             Theme
             or
             matter
             wherupon
             it
             will
             bestowe
             it selfe
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             settling
             it selfe
             on
             that
             
             which
             it
             hath
             chosen
             :
             which
             is
             done
             by
             an
             inward
             inquisition
             made
             into
             our
             heart
             of
             what
             we
             both
             doe
             ,
             &
             should
             thinke
             vpon
             :
             reiecting
             what
             is
             vnexpedient
             &
             vnprofitable
             :
             In
             both
             which
             ,
             the
             soule
             ,
             like
             vnto
             some
             noble
             Hauk
             ,
             le
             ts
             passe
             the
             Crowes
             ,
             and
             Larkes
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             worthlesse
             birdes
             that
             crosse
             her
             way
             ,
             and
             stoopeth
             vpon
             a
             foule
             of
             price
             ,
             worthy
             of
             her
             flight
             :
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
          
           
             
               What
               wilt
               thou
               muze
            
             
             
               vpon
               ,
               O
               my
               soule
               ?
               thou
               seest
               how
               little
               it
               auailes
               thee
               to
               wander
               and
               roue
               about
               in
               vncertainties
               :
               thou
               findest
               how
               little
               sauour
               there
               is
               in
               these
               earthly
               things
               ,
               wherewith
               thou
               hast
               wearied
               thy selfe
               ;
               Trouble
               not
               thy self
               any
               longer
               (
               with
            
             Martha
             )
             
               about
               the
               many
               &
               needlesse
               thoughts
               of
               the
               world
               :
               None
               but
               heauenly
               things
               can
               afford
               thee
               comfort
               :
               Vp
               then
               my
               soule
               ,
               and
               mind
               those
               things
               that
               are
               aboue
               ,
               whence
               thy selfe
               art
               :
               Amongst
               all
               which
               ,
            
             
             
               whereon
               shouldest
               thou
               rather
               meditate
               than
               of
               the
               life
               &
               glory
               of
               Gods
               Saints
               .
               A
               worthier
               employment
               thou
               canst
               neuer
               finde
               ,
               than
               to
               thinke
               vpon
               that
               estate
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               once
               possesse
               ,
               and
               now
               desirest
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             16.
             
          
           
             HItherto
             the
             Entrāce
             ;
             after
             
             which
             our
             Meditation
             must
             Proceed
             in
             due
             order
             ,
             not
             troubledly
             ,
             not
             preposterously
             :
             It
             
             begins
             in
             the
             vnderstāding
             ,
             ends
             in
             the
             affections
             ;
             It
             begins
             in
             the
             braine
             ,
             descends
             to
             the
             heart
             ;
             Begins
             on
             earth
             ,
             ascends
             to
             heauen
             ;
             Not
             suddenly
             ,
             but
             by
             certain
             staires
             &
             degrees
             ,
             til
             we
             come
             to
             the
             highest
             .
          
           
             I
             haue
             found
             a
             subtill
             
             Scale
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             admired
             by
             some
             professors
             of
             this
             Arte
             ,
             aboue
             all
             other
             humane
             deuises
             ;
             and
             farre
             preferred
             by
             them
             to
             the
             best
             directiōs
             of
             
               Origen
               ,
               Austen
               ,
               Bernard
               ,
               Hugo
               ,
               Bonauenture
               ,
               Gerson
               ,
            
             
             and
             whosoeuer
             hath
             been
             reputed
             of
             greatest
             perfection
             in
             this
             skil
             :
             The
             seueral
             staires
             whereof
             (
             lest
             I
             should
             seeme
             to
             defraud
             my
             Reader
             through
             enuie
             )
             I
             would
             willingly
             describe
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             that
             I
             feared
             to
             scarre
             him
             rather
             with
             the
             danger
             of
             obscurity
             ,
             from
             venturing
             further
             vpon
             this
             so
             worthy
             a
             businesse
             :
             yet
             ,
             lest
             any
             man
             perhaps
             might
             complaine
             of
             an
             vnknowen
             losse
             ,
             my
             Margent
             shall
             find
             roume
             for
             that
             ,
             which
             I
             
             hold
             too
             knotty
             for
             my
             Text.
             
          
           
             
             In
             all
             which
             ,
             (
             after
             the
             incredible
             commendations
             of
             some
             practicioners
             )
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             an
             ordinary
             Reader
             will
             easily
             espie
             a
             double
             fault
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             Darkenesse
             and
             Coincidence
             ;
             that
             they
             are
             both
             too
             obscurely
             deliuered
             ,
             and
             that
             diuers
             of
             them
             fal
             into
             other
             ,
             not
             without
             som
             vain
             
             superfluity
             .
             For
             this
             part
             therfore
             which
             cōcerneth
             the
             vnderstāding
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             to
             require
             only
             a
             deep
             and
             firme
             Consideration
             of
             the
             thing
             propounded
             ;
             which
             shall
             be
             done
             ,
             if
             we
             followe
             it
             in
             our
             discourse
             ,
             through
             all
             ,
             or
             the
             principall
             of
             those
             places
             which
             natural
             reasō
             doth
             afford
             vs
             :
             wherein
             let
             no
             man
             plead
             ignorāce
             ,
             
             or
             feare
             difficulty
             :
             we
             are
             all
             thus
             farre
             borne
             Logicians
             ;
             Neither
             is
             there
             in
             this
             so
             much
             need
             of
             skil
             ,
             as
             of
             industry
             .
             In
             which
             cours
             yet
             ,
             we
             may
             not
             be
             too
             curious
             in
             a
             precise
             search
             of
             euery
             place
             ,
             &
             argumēt
             without
             omissiō
             of
             any
             (
             though
             to
             be
             fetcht
             in
             with
             racking
             the
             inuētiō
             )
             .
             For
             as
             the
             mind
             ,
             if
             it
             go
             loose
             and
             without
             rule
             ,
             roues
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             so
             if
             it
             be
             too
             much
             fettred
             with
             the
             giues
             of
             strict
             regularity
             moueth
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             17.
             
          
           
             ERe
             I
             enter
             
             therfore
             into
             any
             particular
             tractatiō
             ,
             There
             are
             three
             things
             whereof
             I
             would
             premonish
             my
             Reader
             ,
             concerning
             this
             first
             part
             which
             is
             in
             the
             vnderstanding
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             I
             desire
             not
             to
             binde
             euery
             man
             to
             the
             same
             vniforme
             proceeding
             in
             this
             part
             .
             Practise
             and
             custome
             may
             perhaps
             
             haue
             taught
             other
             courses
             more
             familiar
             ,
             and
             not
             lesse
             direct
             :
             If
             then
             we
             can
             ,
             by
             anie
             other
             method
             ,
             worke
             in
             our
             hearts
             so
             deepe
             an
             apprehension
             of
             the
             matter
             meditated
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             duely
             stirre
             the
             affections
             ,
             it
             is
             that
             only
             wee
             require
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             applieth
             himself
             to
             this
             direction
             ,
             thinke
             him
             not
             necessarily
             tyed
             to
             the
             prosecution
             of
             all
             these
             Logicall
             places
             ,
             which
             hee
             findes
             in
             the
             sequell
             of
             our
             
             Treatise
             ,
             so
             as
             his
             Meditation
             should
             be
             lame
             and
             imperfect
             without
             the
             whole
             number
             :
             for
             ther
             are
             some
             Themes
             which
             wil
             not
             beare
             all
             these
             ;
             as
             when
             we
             meditate
             of
             God
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             roume
             for
             Causes
             or
             Comparisons
             ;
             &
             others
             yeeld
             thē
             with
             such
             difficultie
             ,
             that
             their
             search
             interrupteth
             the
             chiefe
             work
             intēded
             :
             It
             shal
             be
             sufficient
             if
             we
             take
             the
             most
             pregnant
             ,
             &
             most
             voluntary
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             whē
             we
             sticke
             in
             the
             disquisitiō
             
             of
             any
             the
             places
             following
             ,
             as
             if
             meditating
             of
             Sin
             ,
             I
             cannot
             readily
             meet
             with
             the
             Material
             &
             
               Formal
               Causes
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Appendances
             of
             it
             ,
             wee
             rack
             not
             our
             minds
             too
             much
             with
             the
             inquiry
             thereof
             ;
             which
             were
             to
             striue
             more
             for
             Logique
             ,
             than
             deuotion
             :
             But
             without
             too
             much
             disturbaunce
             of
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             quietly
             passe
             ouer
             to
             the
             next
             .
             If
             we
             breake
             our
             teeth
             with
             the
             shell
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             small
             pleasure
             in
             the
             kernell
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             then
             ,
             for
             that
             my
             onely
             feare
             is
             ,
             lest
             this
             part
             of
             my
             discourse
             shall
             seeme
             ouer
             perplexed
             vnto
             the
             vnlearned
             Reader
             ;
             I
             will
             in
             this
             whole
             processe
             ,
             second
             my
             rule
             with
             his
             example
             ;
             that
             so
             what
             might
             seeme
             obscure
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             may
             by
             the
             other
             be
             explaned
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             steps
             he
             sees
             me
             take
             in
             this
             ,
             hee
             may
             accordingly
             treade
             in
             any
             other
             Theme
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             18.
             
          
           
             FIrst
             therfore
             
             it
             shal
             be
             expedient
             to
             consider
             seriously
             ,
             what
             the
             thing
             is
             whereof
             wee
             meditate
             .
          
           
             What
             then
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             is
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             whereof
             thou
             studiest
             ?
             who
             are
             the
             Saints
             ,
             but
             those
             which
             hauing
             been
             weakely
             holy
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             are
             perfectly
             holy
             aboue
             ?
             which
             euen
             on
             earth
             
             were
             perfectly
             holy
             in
             their
             Sauiour
             ,
             now
             are
             so
             in
             themselues
             ?
             Which
             ,
             ouercomming
             on
             earth
             ,
             are
             truely
             canonized
             in
             heauen
             ?
             What
             is
             their
             life
             ,
             but
             that
             blessed
             estate
             aboue
             ,
             wherein
             their
             glorified
             soule
             hath
             a
             full
             fruition
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             19.
             
          
           
             THe
             nature
             wherof
             after
             
             we
             haue
             thus
             shadowed
             out
             to
             our selues
             by
             a
             descriptiō
             ,
             not
             curious
             alwaies
             ,
             &
             exactly
             framed
             according
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             arte
             ,
             but
             sufficient
             for
             our
             own
             conceit
             ;
             the
             next
             is
             (
             if
             it
             shal
             seeme
             needfull
             ,
             or
             if
             the
             matter
             will
             beare
             ,
             or
             offer
             it
             )
             some
             easie
             and
             voluntary
             diuision
             ,
             whereby
             our
             thoughts
             
             shall
             haue
             more
             roume
             made
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             our
             proceeding
             shall
             bee
             more
             distinct
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             life
             of
             nature
             ,
             whē
             thou
             ,
             my
             soule
             ,
             dwellest
             in
             this
             body
             ,
             and
             informest
             thine
             earthly
             burden
             :
             There
             is
             a
             life
             of
             grace
             ,
             when
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             dwels
             in
             thee
             ;
             There
             is
             a
             life
             of
             glory
             ,
             whē
             thy
             body
             being
             vnited
             to
             thee
             ,
             both
             shall
             bee
             vnited
             to
             God
             ;
             or
             when
             ,
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             being
             separated
             from
             thy
             companiō
             ,
             thou
             enioyest
             God
             alone
             :
             This
             life
             of
             thine
             
             therefore
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             ,
             hath
             his
             ages
             ,
             hath
             his
             statures
             ;
             for
             it
             enters
             vpon
             his
             birth
             ,
             whē
             thou
             passest
             out
             of
             thy
             body
             ,
             and
             changest
             this
             earthly
             house
             for
             an
             heauenly
             :
             It
             enters
             into
             his
             full
             vigor
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             day
             of
             the
             common
             resurrection
             ,
             thou
             resumest
             this
             thy
             companion
             ,
             vnlike
             to
             it selfe
             ,
             like
             to
             thee
             ,
             like
             to
             thy
             Sauiour
             ,
             immortall
             now
             ,
             and
             glorious
             .
             In
             this
             life
             there
             may
             be
             degrees
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             imperfection
             :
             If
             some
             be
             like
             the
             skie
             ,
             others
             like
             
             the
             starres
             ,
             yet
             all
             shine
             ;
             If
             some
             sit
             at
             their
             Sauiours
             right
             hand
             ,
             others
             at
             his
             left
             ,
             all
             are
             blessed
             ;
             If
             some
             vessels
             hold
             more
             ,
             all
             are
             full
             ;
             none
             complaynes
             of
             want
             ,
             none
             enuies
             at
             him
             that
             hath
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               WHich
               done
               it
               shal
               be
               requisite
            
             
             
               for
               our
               perfiter
               vnderstanding
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               laying
               grounds
               of
               matter
               for
               our
               affection
               ,
               to
               carie
               it
               through
               those
               other
               principall
               places
               ,
               and
               heads
               of
               reason
               ,
               which
               nature
               hath
               taught
               euery
               man
               ,
               both
               for
               knowledge
               &
               amplification
               :
               The
               first
               whereof
               are
               the
            
             Causes
             
               of
               all
               sorts
            
             .
          
           
           
             Whence
             is
             this
             eternal
             life
             ,
             but
             from
             him
             which
             onely
             is
             eternall
             ;
             which
             onely
             is
             the
             fountaine
             of
             life
             ,
             yea
             ,
             life
             it selfe
             ?
             Who
             but
             the
             same
             God
             that
             giues
             our
             temporall
             life
             ,
             giues
             also
             that
             eternall
             ?
             The
             Father
             bestowes
             it
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             merits
             it
             ,
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             seales
             and
             applies
             it
             :
             Expect
             it
             onely
             from
             him
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             whose
             frecelectiō
             gaue
             thee
             the
             first
             title
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             bee
             purchased
             by
             the
             blood
             of
             thy
             Sauiour
             .
             For
             thou
             shall
             not
             therefore
             be
             happie
             ,
             
             because
             hee
             sawe
             thou
             wouldest
             bee
             good
             ;
             but
             therefore
             art
             thou
             good
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             ordained
             thou
             shalt
             be
             happie
             :
             He
             hath
             ordained
             thee
             to
             life
             ;
             he
             hath
             giuen
             thee
             a
             Sauiour
             to
             giue
             this
             life
             vnto
             thee
             ;
             faith
             ,
             whereby
             thou
             mightest
             attaine
             to
             this
             Sauiour
             ;
             his
             word
             ,
             by
             which
             thou
             might'st
             attaine
             to
             this
             faith
             ;
             what
             is
             there
             in
             this
             ,
             not
             ●is
             ?
             And
             yet
             not
             so
             his
             ●●mply
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             is
             without
             thee
             :
             without
             thy
             merit
             indeed
             ,
             not
             without
             thine
             acte
             ;
             Thou
             liuest
             
             here
             through
             his
             blessing
             ,
             but
             by
             bread
             ;
             thou
             shalt
             liue
             aboue
             through
             his
             mercy
             ,
             but
             by
             thy
             faith
             belowe
             ,
             apprehending
             the
             authour
             of
             thy
             life
             :
             And
             yet
             as
             he
             wil
             not
             saue
             thee
             without
             thy
             faith
             ,
             so
             thou
             canst
             neuer
             haue
             faith
             without
             his
             gift
             ;
             Looke
             vp
             to
             him
             therefore
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             as
             the
             beginner
             &
             finisher
             of
             thy
             saluation
             ;
             and
             while
             thou
             magnifiest
             the
             Author
             ,
             be
             rauished
             with
             the
             glorie
             of
             the
             worke
             :
             which
             farre
             passeth
             both
             the
             tongue
             of
             
             Angels
             ,
             and
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             :
             It
             can
             bee
             no
             good
             thing
             that
             is
             not
             there
             ;
             Howe
             can
             they
             want
             water
             that
             haue
             the
             spring
             ?
             where
             God
             is
             enioyed
             in
             whom
             only
             all
             things
             are
             good
             ,
             what
             good
             can
             bee
             wanting
             ?
             And
             what
             perfection
             of
             blisse
             is
             there
             where
             all
             goodnesse
             is
             mette
             and
             vnited
             ?
             
               In
               thy
               presence
               is
               the
               fulnesse
               of
               ioye
               ,
               and
               at
               thy
               right
               hand
               are
               pleasures
               for
               evermore
               :
            
             O
             blessed
             reflection
             of
             glorie
             !
             wee
             ●●e
             there
             ,
             as
             wee
             are
             
             seene
             :
             In
             that
             wee
             are
             seene
             ,
             it
             is
             our
             glorie
             ;
             in
             that
             wee
             see
             ,
             it
             is
             Gods
             glory
             ;
             Therefore
             doth
             he
             glorifie
             vs
             ,
             that
             our
             glory
             should
             bee
             to
             his
             .
             Howe
             worthy
             art
             thou
             ,
             ô
             Lord
             ,
             that
             through
             vs
             thou
             shouldest
             looke
             at
             thy selfe
             !
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               THE
               next
               place
            
             
             
               place
               shal
               be
               the
            
             Fruits
             &
             Effectes
             
               following
               vpon
               their
               seuerall
            
             
             
               causes
               :
               which
               also
               affoords
               very
               feeling
               and
               copious
               matter
               to
               our
               Meditation
               ;
               wherein
               it
               shall
               be
               euer
               best
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               to
               seeke
               for
               all
               ,
               as
               to
               chuse
               out
               the
               chiefest
               .
            
          
           
             No
             maruell
             then
             if
             from
             this
             glory
             proceede
             nonspeakeable
             ioy
             ,
             and
             from
             this
             ioy
             the
             sweete
             songs
             of
             praise
             &
             thāksgiuing
             .
             The
             spirit
             bids
             vs
             ,
             when
             wee
             are
             merrie
             ,
             sing
             :
             How
             much
             more
             then
             ,
             when
             wee
             are
             merrie
             without
             all
             mixture
             of
             sorrowe
             ,
             beyond
             all
             
             measure
             of
             our
             earthly
             affections
             ,
             shall
             wee
             sing
             ioyfull
             Hallelu-iahs
             ,
             and
             Hosannahs
             to
             him
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             the
             highest
             heauens
             ?
             Our
             hearts
             shal
             be
             so
             full
             that
             we
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             sing
             ,
             and
             wee
             cannot
             but
             sing
             melodiously
             ;
             There
             is
             no
             iarre
             in
             this
             Musicke
             ,
             no
             end
             of
             this
             song
             .
             Oblessed
             chāge
             of
             the
             Saints
             ;
             they
             doe
             nothing
             but
             weepe
             belowe
             ,
             and
             now
             nothing
             but
             sing
             aboue
             ;
             we
             sowed
             in
             teares
             ,
             reape
             inioy
             ;
             there
             was
             some
             comfort
             in
             those
             teares
             ,
             when
             
             they
             were
             at
             worst
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             of
             cōplaint
             in
             this
             heauenly
             mirth
             ;
             If
             we
             cannot
             sing
             here
             with
             the
             Angels
             ,
             
               On
               earth
               peace
            
             ,
             yet
             there
             wee
             shall
             sing
             with
             them
             ,
             
               Glory
               to
               God
               on
               hie
            
             ;
             and
             ioyning
             our
             voices
             to
             theirs
             ,
             shall
             make
             vp
             that
             celestial
             consort
             ,
             which
             none
             can
             either
             heare
             or
             beare
             part
             in
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             happie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             22.
             
          
           
             
               AFter
               which
            
             
             
               comes
               to
               be
               considered
               the
            
             Subiect
             either
             wherein
             
               that
               is
               ,
               or
            
             whereabout
             
               that
               is
               imployed
               ,
               which
               wee
               meditate
               of
               :
               As
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             indeede
             ,
             what
             lesse
             happinesse
             doth
             the
             very
             place
             promise
             ,
             wherein
             this
             glory
             is
             exhibited
             ?
             which
             is
             no
             other
             than
             the
             Paradise
             of
             God
             :
             Here
             belowe
             wee
             
             dwell
             ,
             or
             rather
             we
             wander
             in
             a
             continued
             wildernesse
             ;
             there
             wee
             shall
             rest
             vs
             in
             the
             true
             
               Eden
               ;
               I
               am
               come
               into
               my
               gardē
               ,
               my
               sister
               ,
               my
               spouse
               .
            
             Kings
             vse
             not
             to
             dwell
             in
             Cottages
             of
             clay
             ;
             but
             in
             Royal
             Courts
             sit
             for
             their
             estate
             :
             How
             much
             more
             shall
             the
             King
             of
             heauen
             ,
             who
             hath
             prepared
             for
             men
             so
             faire
             mansions
             on
             earth
             ,
             make
             himselfe
             an
             habitation
             sutable
             to
             his
             Maiestie
             :
             Euen
             earthly
             Princes
             haue
             dwelt
             in
             Cedar
             and
             Yuory
             :
             but
             the
             great
             Citie
             ,
             
               Holy
               Ierusalem
            
             ,
             
             the
             palace
             of
             the
             hiest
             hath
             her
             wall
             of
             Iasper
             ,
             her
             building
             of
             gold
             ,
             her
             foundation
             of
             precious
             stones
             ,
             her
             gates
             of
             pearle
             :
             
               How
               glorious
               things
               are
               spoken
               of
               thee
               ,
               O
               thou
               Citie
               of
               GOD
               !
            
             Wee
             see
             but
             the
             pauement
             ,
             and
             yet
             how
             goodly
             it
             is
             !
             The
             beleeuing
             Centurion
             thought
             himselfe
             vnworthy
             that
             Christ
             should
             come
             vnder
             his
             roofe
             ;
             yet
             then
             wert
             thou
             ,
             O
             Sauiour
             ,
             in
             thine
             humbled
             estate
             ,
             in
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             seruant
             :
             How
             then
             stall
             I
             thinke
             
             my selfe
             worthy
             to
             come
             vnder
             this
             roof
             of
             thine
             ,
             so
             shining
             and
             glorious
             ?
             O
             if
             this
             clay
             of
             mine
             may
             come
             to
             this
             honour
             aboue
             ,
             let
             it
             bee
             trampled
             vpon
             and
             despised
             on
             earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               SIxtly
               ,
               shall
            
             
             
               followe
               the
            
             Appēdances
             ,
             and
             Qualities
             ,
             
               which
               cleaue
               vnto
               the
               Subiect
               ,
               wherof
               we
               meditate
               :
               As
               ,
            
          
           
             But
             were
             the
             place
             lesse
             
             noble
             and
             maiesticall
             ,
             yet
             the
             company
             which
             it
             affords
             ,
             hath
             enough
             to
             make
             the
             soule
             blessed
             :
             For
             not
             the
             place
             giues
             ornament
             to
             the
             guest
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             the
             guest
             to
             the
             place
             .
             How
             loath
             are
             we
             to
             leaue
             this
             earth
             ,
             onely
             for
             the
             societie
             of
             some
             few
             friends
             in
             whom
             we
             delight
             ?
             which
             yet
             are
             subiect
             euery
             day
             to
             mutuall
             dislikes
             :
             what
             pleasure
             shall
             wee
             then
             take
             in
             the
             enioying
             of
             the
             Saints
             ?
             when
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             them
             not
             amiable
             ,
             nothing
             in
             vs
             that
             
             may
             coole
             the
             feruor
             of
             our
             loue
             .
             There
             shalt
             thou
             my
             soule
             ,
             thy selfe
             glorified
             ,
             meete
             with
             thy
             deare
             Parēts
             and
             friends
             alike
             glorious
             ,
             neuer
             to
             be
             seuered
             :
             There
             shalt
             thou
             see
             and
             conuerse
             with
             those
             ancient
             worthies
             of
             the
             former
             worlde
             ;
             the
             blessed
             Patriarkes
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             with
             the
             crowned
             Martyrs
             and
             Cōfessors
             ;
             with
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             the
             Fathers
             of
             that
             Primitiue
             ,
             and
             this
             present
             Church
             ,
             shining
             each
             one
             according
             to
             the
             measure
             
             of
             his
             blessed
             labours
             .
             There
             shalt
             thou
             liue
             familiarly
             in
             sight
             of
             those
             Angels
             ,
             whom
             now
             thou
             receiuest
             good
             from
             ,
             but
             seest
             not
             .
             There
             (
             which
             is
             the
             head
             of
             all
             thy
             felicitie
             )
             thine
             eyes
             shall
             see
             him
             whom
             now
             thine
             heart
             longeth
             for
             (
             that
             Sauiour
             of
             thine
             )
             in
             the
             onely
             hope
             of
             whom
             now
             thou
             liuest
             .
             Alas
             how
             dimmely
             ,
             and
             a
             farre
             off
             doest
             thou
             now
             beholde
             him
             ?
             howe
             imperfectly
             doest
             thou
             enioy
             him
             ?
             while
             euery
             tēptation
             bereaues
             thee
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             ,
             
             of
             his
             presence
             .
             
               I
               sought
               him
               whom
               my
               soule
               loueth
               :
               I
               sought
               him
               ,
               but
               I
               found
               him
               not
            
             ;
             his
             backe
             is
             now
             towards
             thee
             many
             times
             throgh
             thy
             sins
             ,
             and
             therfore
             thou
             hardly
             discernest
             him
             :
             Otherwhile
             and
             ofter
             thy
             back
             is
             turned
             to
             him
             through
             negligence
             ,
             that
             when
             thou
             mightest
             obscurelie
             see
             him
             ,
             thou
             doest
             not
             :
             Now
             thou
             shalt
             see
             him
             ,
             and
             thine
             eyes
             thus
             fixed
             shall
             not
             be
             remooued
             .
             Yet
             neither
             could
             this
             glory
             make
             vs
             happy
             ,
             if
             being
             thus
             absolute
             ,
             
             it
             were
             not
             perpetuall
             .
             To
             be
             happie
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             sweete
             a
             state
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             miserable
             to
             haue
             beene
             happie
             .
             Least
             ought
             therfore
             should
             bee
             wanting
             beholde
             ,
             this
             felicitie
             knoweth
             no
             end
             ,
             feareth
             no
             intermission
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             eternall
             for
             the
             continuance
             ,
             as
             hee
             that
             had
             no
             beginning
             .
             O
             blessednes
             ,
             truly
             infinite
             !
             Our
             earthly
             ioyes
             doe
             scarce
             euer
             begin
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             begin
             ,
             their
             ende
             borders
             vpon
             their
             beginning
             .
             One
             houre
             sees
             vs
             oft-times
             ioyful
             and
             miserable
             :
             
             Here
             alone
             is
             nothing
             but
             eternitie
             .
             If
             then
             the
             diuine
             Prophet
             thought
             one
             day
             in
             Gods
             earthly
             house
             ,
             better
             than
             a
             thousand
             other-where
             ;
             what
             shall
             I
             compare
             to
             thousands
             of
             millions
             of
             yeeres
             in
             Gods
             heauenly
             Temple
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             millions
             of
             yeeres
             are
             not
             so
             much
             as
             a
             minute
             to
             eternitie
             ,
             and
             that
             other
             house
             not
             a
             cottage
             to
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             24.
             
          
           
             
               SEuenthly
               ,
               our
            
             
             
               thoughts
               leauing
               a
               while
               the
               consideratiō
               of
               the
               thing
               as
               it
               is
               in
               it selfe
               ,
               shal
               descēd
               vnto
               it
               as
               respectiuely
               with
               others
               ;
               and
               therefore
               first
               shall
               meditate
               of
               that
               which
               is
            
             Diuers
             
               from
               it
               ,
               or
            
             Cōtrary
             
               vnto
               it
            
             .
          
           
             What
             doest
             thou
             here
             then
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ?
             What
             doest
             thou
             here
             groueling
             
             vpon
             earth
             ?
             where
             the
             best
             things
             are
             vanity
             ;
             the
             rest
             no
             better
             than
             vexation
             .
             Looke
             round
             about
             thee
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             thine
             eyes
             can
             meet
             with
             any
             thing
             but
             either
             sinnes
             or
             miseries
             .
             Those
             few
             and
             short
             pleasures
             thou
             scest
             ,
             end
             euer
             sorrowfully
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             are
             intermingled
             with
             many
             grieuances
             .
             Here
             thou
             hearest
             one
             crie
             out
             of
             a
             sicke
             bodie
             ,
             whereof
             ther
             is
             no
             part
             which
             affords
             not
             choice
             of
             diseases
             ;
             This
             man
             layes
             his
             hande
             vpon
             
             his
             consuming
             lungs
             ,
             and
             complayneth
             of
             shorte
             winde
             ;
             that
             other
             ,
             vpon
             his
             rising
             spleene
             ,
             a
             third
             shaketh
             his
             painefull
             head
             ;
             another
             roares
             out
             for
             the
             torment
             of
             his
             reines
             or
             bladder
             ;
             another
             for
             the
             racking
             of
             his
             goutie
             ioyntes
             ;
             one
             is
             distempered
             with
             a
             watery
             dropsie
             ,
             another
             with
             a
             windy
             Colicke
             ,
             a
             third
             with
             a
             fiery
             ague
             ,
             a
             fourth
             with
             an
             earthen
             Melancholie
             ;
             one
             grouels
             and
             fometh
             with
             the
             falling
             sicknes
             ,
             another
             lies
             bed
             ridde
             
             halfe
             senselesse
             with
             a
             dead
             Palsey
             :
             Ther
             are
             but
             few
             bodies
             that
             complaine
             not
             of
             some
             disease
             ;
             and
             that
             thou
             mayst
             not
             looke
             farre
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             wonder
             if
             thy self
             feele
             not
             alwayes
             one
             of
             these
             euils
             within
             thee
             .
             There
             ,
             thou
             hearest
             another
             lament
             his
             losses
             :
             either
             his
             estate
             is
             impayred
             by
             suretyship
             ,
             or
             stealth
             ,
             or
             shipwracke
             ,
             or
             oppression
             ;
             or
             his
             childe
             is
             vnruly
             ,
             or
             miscarried
             ;
             or
             his
             wife
             dead
             or
             disloyall
             ;
             Another
             tormēted
             with
             passions
             ;
             Each
             one
             is
             
             some
             way
             miserable
             :
             But
             that
             which
             is
             yet
             more
             irkesome
             ;
             thy
             one
             eare
             is
             beatē
             with
             cursings
             and
             blasphemies
             ;
             thy
             other
             with
             scornefull
             ,
             or
             wanton
             ,
             or
             murdering
             speaches
             ;
             thine
             eyes
             see
             nothing
             but
             pride
             filthines
             ,
             profanenesse
             ,
             blood
             ,
             excesse
             ;
             and
             whatsoeuer
             else
             might
             vexe
             a
             righteous
             soule
             :
             and
             if
             all
             the
             world
             besides
             were
             innocent
             ,
             thou
             findest
             enough
             within
             thy selfe
             ,
             to
             make
             thy selfe
             weary
             ,
             and
             thy
             life
             loathsom
             :
             Thou
             needest
             not
             fetch
             cause
             of
             
             complaint
             from
             others
             ;
             thy
             corruptiōs
             yeeld
             thee
             too
             much
             at
             home
             ;
             euer
             sinning
             ,
             euer
             presuming
             ;
             Sinning
             euen
             when
             thou
             hast
             repented
             ,
             yea
             ,
             euen
             while
             thou
             repentest
             ,
             sinning
             .
             Goe
             to
             nowe
             ,
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
             solace
             thy selfe
             here
             belowe
             ,
             and
             suffer
             thy selfe
             besotted
             with
             these
             goodly
             cōtentmēts
             ;
             worthy
             of
             no
             better
             while
             thou
             fixest
             thy selfe
             on
             these
             :
             see
             if
             thou
             cāst
             find
             any
             of
             these
             aboue
             ;
             and
             if
             thou
             canst
             meete
             with
             any
             distemper
             ,
             any
             losse
             ,
             any
             sinne
             ,
             any
             complaint
             ,
             
             frō
             thy selfe
             or
             any
             other
             aboue
             ,
             despise
             thine
             heauen
             as
             much
             as
             now
             thou
             louest
             the
             earth
             .
             Or
             if
             all
             this
             cannot
             enough
             commend
             vnto
             thee
             the
             state
             of
             heauenly
             glory
             ,
             cast
             down
             thine
             eyes
             yet
             lower
             ,
             into
             that
             deep
             &
             bottomles
             pit
             ,
             ful
             of
             horror
             ,
             full
             of
             torment
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             flames
             ,
             and
             teares
             ,
             and
             shrikes
             ,
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             ;
             nothing
             but
             fiends
             and
             tortures
             :
             where
             there
             is
             palpable
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             yet
             perpetuall
             fire
             ;
             where
             the
             damned
             
             are
             euer
             boyling
             ,
             neuer
             consumed
             ;
             euer
             dying
             ,
             neuer
             dead
             ;
             euer
             complaining
             ,
             neuer
             pitied
             ;
             where
             the
             Glutton
             ,
             that
             once
             would
             not
             giue
             a
             crust
             of
             bread
             ,
             now
             begs
             for
             one
             drop
             of
             water
             ;
             and
             yet
             alas
             ,
             if
             whole
             riuers
             of
             water
             should
             fall
             into
             his
             mouth
             ,
             howe
             should
             they
             quench
             those
             riuers
             of
             brimstone
             that
             feede
             this
             flame
             ?
             where
             there
             is
             no
             intermission
             of
             complaints
             ,
             no
             breathing
             from
             paine
             ,
             and
             after
             millions
             of
             yeeres
             ,
             no
             possibility
             of
             comfort
             :
             
             And
             if
             the
             rod
             wherewith
             thou
             chastisest
             thy
             children
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             euen
             in
             this
             life
             be
             so
             smart
             and
             galling
             ,
             that
             they
             haue
             been
             brought
             downe
             to
             the
             brim
             of
             despaire
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             bitternesse
             of
             their
             soule
             haue
             intreated
             death
             to
             release
             them
             :
             What
             shal
             I
             think
             of
             their
             plagues
             in
             whose
             righteous
             confusion
             thou
             insultest
             ;
             and
             sayest
             ,
             
               Aha
               ,
               I
               wil
               auenge
               me
               of
               mine
               enemies
               ?
            
             Euen
             that
             thou
             shalt
             not
             bee
             thus
             miserable
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             is
             some
             kind
             of
             happines
             ;
             
             but
             that
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             as
             happie
             ,
             as
             the
             reprobate
             are
             miserable
             ,
             how
             worthy
             is
             it
             of
             more
             estimation
             ,
             than
             thy selfe
             is
             capable
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             25.
             
          
           
             AFterthis
             oppositiō
             
             the
             mind
             shall
             make
             cōparison
             of
             the
             matter
             meditated
             with
             what
             may
             neerest
             resemble
             it
             ;
             and
             shall
             illustrate
             it
             with
             fittest
             similitudes
             ,
             which
             giue
             no
             small
             
             light
             to
             the
             vnderstanding
             nor
             lesse
             force
             to
             the
             affection
             .
          
           
             Wonder
             then
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             thou
             canst
             ,
             at
             this
             glory
             ;
             and
             in
             comparison
             thereof
             ,
             contemne
             this
             earth
             ,
             which
             now
             thou
             treadest
             vpon
             ;
             whose
             ioyes
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             perfect
             ,
             are
             but
             short
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             were
             long
             ,
             are
             imperfect
             :
             One
             day
             when
             thou
             art
             aboue
             ,
             looking
             downe
             from
             the
             height
             of
             thy
             glory
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             sons
             of
             men
             creeping
             like
             so
             many
             Ants
             on
             this
             mole-hill
             
             of
             earth
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             thinke
             :
             Alas
             how
             basely
             I
             once
             liued
             !
             was
             yonder
             silly
             dungeon
             the
             place
             I
             so
             loued
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             loath
             to
             leaue
             !
             Thinke
             so
             now
             before-hand
             ;
             and
             since
             of
             heauē
             thou
             canst
             not
             ,
             yet
             account
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             worthy
             :
             How
             hartlesse
             and
             irkesome
             are
             yee
             ,
             O
             yee
             best
             earthly
             pleasures
             ,
             if
             ye
             be
             matched
             with
             the
             least
             of
             those
             aboue
             ?
             Howe
             vile
             are
             you
             ,
             O
             ye
             sumptuous
             buildings
             of
             kings
             ,
             euen
             if
             all
             the
             entrailes
             of
             the
             earth
             had
             agreed
             
             to
             enrich
             you
             ,
             in
             compason
             of
             this
             frame
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ?
             It
             is
             not
             so
             hie
             aboue
             the
             earth
             in
             distance
             of
             place
             ,
             as
             in
             worth
             and
             maiestie
             :
             we
             may
             see
             the
             face
             of
             heauen
             from
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             but
             from
             the
             neerest
             part
             of
             the
             earth
             who
             can
             see
             the
             least
             glory
             of
             heauen
             ?
             The
             three
             disciples
             on
             mount
             Tabor
             ,
             sawe
             but
             a
             glimpse
             of
             this
             glory
             shining
             vpon
             the
             face
             of
             their
             Sauiour
             ;
             and
             yet
             being
             rauished
             with
             the
             sight
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             Master
             ,
             It
             is
             good
             
             being
             here
             ;
             and
             thinking
             of
             building
             of
             three
             Tabernacles
             ,
             for
             Christ
             ,
             
               Moses
               ,
               Elias
            
             ,
             could
             haue
             been
             content
             themselues
             to
             haue
             lien
             without
             shelter
             ,
             so
             they
             might
             alwaies
             haue
             enioyed
             that
             sight
             :
             Alas
             ,
             how
             could
             earthly
             Tabernacles
             haue
             fitted
             those
             heuēly
             bodies
             ?
             They
             knewe
             what
             they
             sawe
             ,
             what
             they
             said
             they
             knew
             not
             :
             Lo
             these
             3.
             disciples
             were
             not
             trāsfigured
             ;
             yet
             how
             deeply
             they
             were
             affected
             ,
             euē
             with
             the
             glory
             of
             others
             ?
             how
             happy
             shal
             wee
             be
             ,
             when
             our selues
             
             shal
             be
             changed
             into
             glorious
             ?
             and
             shall
             haue
             Tabernacles
             not
             of
             our
             own
             making
             ,
             but
             prepared
             for
             vs
             by
             God
             ?
             and
             yet
             not
             Tabernacles
             ,
             but
             eternal
             mansions
             .
             Moses
             sawe
             God
             but
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             shined
             ;
             How
             shal
             we
             shine
             that
             shal
             behold
             his
             face
             for
             euer
             ?
             What
             greater
             honour
             is
             there
             than
             in
             Souereignty
             ?
             what
             greater
             pleasure
             than
             in
             feasting
             ?
             This
             life
             is
             both
             a
             kingdome
             and
             a
             feast
             .
             A
             kingdome
             :
             
               He
               that
               ouercomes
               ,
               shall
               rule
               the
               nations
               ,
               and
               shall
               sit
            
             
             
               with
               me
               in
               my
               Throne
            
             :
             O
             blessed
             promotion
             ,
             Oh
             large
             dominion
             ,
             and
             royall
             seate
             !
             to
             which
             Salomons
             throne
             of
             yuory
             was
             not
             worthy
             to
             become
             a
             footestoole
             .
             A
             feast
             ;
             
               Blessed
               are
               they
               that
               are
               called
               to
               the
               Marriage
               supper
               of
               the
               Lambe
               :
            
             Feastes
             haue
             more
             than
             necessitie
             of
             prouision
             ,
             more
             than
             ordinary
             diet
             ;
             but
             marriage-feasts
             yet
             more
             than
             common
             abundance
             ;
             But
             the
             marriage-feast
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             to
             his
             blessed
             spouse
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             must
             so
             farre
             exceed
             in
             all
             heauenly
             munificence
             and
             varietie
             ,
             as
             the
             persons
             are
             of
             greater
             State
             and
             Maiestie
             :
             There
             is
             new
             wine
             ,
             pure
             Manna
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             spirituall
             dainties
             ;
             and
             with
             the
             continuall
             cheare
             ,
             a
             sweete
             and
             aunswerable
             welcome
             ;
             while
             the
             bridegrome
             louingly
             cheares
             vs
             vp
             ,
             
               Eate
               ,
               O
               Friends
               ,
               drinke
               &
               make
               you
               merrie
               ,
               O
               welbeloued
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             There
             shalt
             thou
             be
             my
             soule
             not
             a
             guest
             ,
             but
             (
             how
             vnworthy
             soeuer
             )
             the
             Bride
             her selfe
             ;
             
             whom
             hee
             hath
             euerlastingly
             espoused
             to
             himselfe
             in
             truth
             and
             righteousnesse
             ;
             The
             contract
             is
             passed
             here
             belowe
             ,
             the
             mariage
             is
             cōsummate
             aboue
             ,
             and
             solēnized
             with
             a
             perpetual
             feast
             :
             So
             that
             now
             thou
             mayest
             safely
             say
             ,
             My
             welbeloued
             is
             mine
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             his
             :
             Wherefore
             hearken
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
             consider
             ,
             and
             incline
             thine
             eare
             ,
             forget
             also
             thine
             owne
             people
             ,
             and
             thy
             fathers
             house
             ,
             (
             thy
             supposed
             home
             of
             this
             world
             )
             so
             shall
             the
             King
             
             haue
             pleasure
             in
             thy
             beauty
             ;
             for
             hee
             is
             thy
             Lord
             ,
             and
             worship
             thou
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             26.
             
          
           
             
               THE
               verie
            
             Names
             ,
             and
             
             Titles
             
               of
               the
               matter
               cōsidered
               ,
               yeeld
               no
               small
               store
               to
               our
               Meditation
               which
               ,
               being
               commonly
               so
               imposed
               that
               they
               secretly
               comprehend
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               which
               they
               represent
               ,
            
             
             
               are
               not
               vnworthy
               of
               our
               discourse
               .
            
          
           
             What
             neede
             I
             seeke
             these
             resemblances
             ,
             whē
             the
             very
             name
             of
             life
             implieth
             sweetnesse
             to
             men
             on
             earth
             ;
             euen
             to
             them
             which
             confesse
             to
             liue
             with
             some
             discontentment
             ?
             Surely
             the
             light
             is
             a
             pleasant
             thing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             good
             to
             the
             eyes
             to
             see
             the
             Sunne
             :
             yet
             when
             Temporall
             is
             added
             to
             Life
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             how
             this
             additiō
             detracteth
             somthing
             ,
             and
             doth
             greatly
             abate
             the
             pleasure
             of
             life
             ;
             for
             those
             which
             ioy
             
             to
             thinke
             of
             Life
             grieue
             to
             thinke
             it
             but
             Temporall
             :
             So
             vexing
             is
             the
             ende
             of
             that
             whose
             continuance
             was
             delightfull
             ;
             But
             nowe
             when
             there
             is
             an
             addition
             ,
             aboue
             Time
             ,
             of
             Eternitie
             ,
             it
             makes
             life
             so
             much
             more
             sweete
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             more
             lasting
             ;
             and
             lasting
             infinitelie
             ,
             what
             can
             it
             giue
             lesse
             than
             an
             infinite
             contentment
             ?
             Oh
             dying
             and
             false
             life
             ,
             which
             wee
             enioy
             here
             ,
             and
             scarce
             a
             shadowe
             and
             counterfeit
             of
             that
             other
             :
             What
             is
             more
             
             esteemed
             than
             glory
             ?
             which
             is
             so
             precious
             to
             men
             of
             spirit
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             them
             prodigall
             of
             their
             blood
             ,
             proud
             of
             their
             wounds
             ▪
             carelesse
             of
             themselues
             :
             and
             yet
             alas
             ,
             how
             pent
             and
             how
             fading
             is
             this
             glory
             ,
             affected
             with
             such
             dangers
             and
             deaths
             ?
             hardly
             after
             all
             Trophees
             and
             monuments
             ,
             either
             knowen
             to
             the
             next
             sea
             ,
             or
             suruiuing
             him
             that
             dyes
             for
             it
             :
             It
             is
             true
             glorie
             to
             triumph
             in
             heauen
             ;
             where
             is
             neither
             enuie
             ,
             nor
             forgetfulnesse
             .
          
           
           
             What
             is
             more
             deare
             to
             vs
             than
             our
             Countrey
             ?
             which
             the
             worthy
             and
             faithfull
             Patriotes
             of
             all
             times
             ,
             haue
             respected
             aboue
             their
             parēts
             ,
             their
             children
             ,
             their
             liues
             ;
             counting
             it
             onely
             happie
             to
             liue
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             die
             for
             it
             :
             The
             banisht
             man
             pines
             for
             the
             want
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             trauailer
             digests
             all
             the
             tediousnesse
             of
             his
             way
             ,
             all
             the
             sorrowes
             of
             an
             ill
             iourney
             ,
             in
             the
             only
             hope
             of
             home
             ;
             forgetting
             all
             his
             forraine
             miseries
             ,
             when
             hee
             feeles
             his
             owne
             smoake
             .
             Where
             is
             our
             
             Countrey
             but
             aboue
             ?
             Thence
             thou
             camest
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ;
             thither
             thou
             art
             going
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             ,
             but
             weary
             pilorimage
             :
             O
             miserable
             men
             ,
             if
             wee
             account
             our selues
             at
             home
             in
             our
             pilgrimage
             ,
             if
             in
             our
             iourney
             we
             long
             not
             for
             home
             !
             Doest
             thou
             see
             men
             so
             in
             loue
             with
             their
             natiue
             soyle
             ,
             that
             euen
             when
             it
             is
             all
             deformed
             with
             the
             desolations
             of
             warre
             ,
             and
             turned
             into
             rude
             heapes
             ,
             or
             while
             it
             is
             euen
             now
             flaming
             with
             the
             fire
             of
             ciuill
             broiles
             ,
             they
             couet
             yet
             stil
             
             to
             liue
             in
             it
             ;
             preferring
             it
             to
             all
             other
             places
             of
             more
             peace
             and
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             shalt
             thou
             seeing
             nothing
             but
             peace
             and
             blessednes
             at
             home
             ,
             nothing
             but
             trouble
             abroad
             ,
             content
             thy selfe
             with
             a
             faint
             wish
             of
             thy
             dissolution
             ?
             If
             heauen
             were
             thy
             Iayle
             ,
             thou
             couldest
             but
             thinke
             of
             it
             vncomfortably
             .
             Oh
             what
             affection
             can
             be
             worthy
             of
             such
             an
             home
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             27.
             
          
           
             
               LAstly
               ,
               if
               we
            
             
             
               can
               recall
               any
               pregnāt
            
             Testimonies
             of
             Scripture
             
               concerning
               our
               Theme
               ,
               those
               shall
               fitly
               conclude
               this
               part
               of
               our
               Meditation
               :
               Of
               Scripture
               ;
               for
               that
               in
               these
               matters
               of
               God
               ,
               none
               but
               diuine
               authoritie
               can
               cōmand
               assent
               ,
               and
               settle
               the
               conscience
               :
               Witnesses
               of
               holy
               men
               may
               serue
            
             
             
               for
               colours
               ;
               but
               the
               ground
               must
               bee
               onely
               from
               God.
               
            
          
           
             There
             it
             is
             (
             saith
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             cannot
             deceiue
             thee
             )
             that
             all
             teares
             shall
             be
             wip't
             from
             our
             eyes
             ;
             there
             shall
             bee
             no
             more
             death
             ,
             nor
             sorrow
             ,
             nor
             crying
             ,
             neither
             shall
             there
             be
             any
             more
             paine
             :
             yea
             ,
             there
             shall
             not
             onely
             be
             an
             end
             of
             sorrowes
             ,
             but
             an
             abundant
             recompence
             for
             the
             sorrowes
             of
             our
             life
             ;
             as
             hee
             that
             was
             rapt
             vp
             into
             the
             third
             heauen
             ,
             and
             there
             saw
             what
             cannot
             
             hee
             spoken
             ,
             speakes
             yet
             thus
             of
             what
             he
             saw
             :
             
               I
               count
               that
               the
               afflictions
               of
               this
               present
               time
               are
               not
               worthy
               of
               the
               glory
               which
               shall
               bee
               shewed
               to
               vs
               :
            
             It
             was
             shewed
             to
             him
             what
             should
             hereafter
             be
             shewed
             to
             vs
             ;
             and
             hee
             sawe
             ,
             that
             if
             all
             the
             world
             full
             of
             miseries
             were
             layed
             in
             one
             balance
             ,
             and
             the
             least
             glory
             of
             heauen
             in
             another
             ,
             those
             would
             bee
             incomparably
             light
             yea
             (
             as
             that
             diuine
             Father
             )
             that
             one
             dayes
             felicitie
             aboue
             ,
             were
             worth
             
             a
             thousand
             yeeres
             torment
             belowe
             ;
             what
             then
             can
             bee
             matched
             with
             the
             eternitie
             of
             such
             ioyes
             ?
             Oh
             how
             great
             therefore
             is
             thy
             goodnes
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             which
             thou
             hast
             layd
             vp
             for
             them
             that
             feare
             thee
             ,
             and
             done
             to
             them
             that
             trust
             in
             thee
             ,
             before
             the
             sonnes
             of
             men
             !
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             28.
             
          
           
             THE
             most
             
             difficult
             and
             knotty
             part
             of
             Meditation
             thus
             finished
             ,
             there
             remayneth
             that
             which
             is
             both
             more
             liuely
             ,
             and
             more
             easie
             to
             a
             good
             heart
             ;
             to
             bee
             wrought
             altogether
             by
             the
             affections
             ;
             which
             if
             our
             discourses
             reach
             not
             vnto
             ,
             they
             prooue
             vain
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             
             That
             which
             followeth
             therefore
             ,
             is
             the
             very
             soule
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             whereto
             all
             that
             is
             past
             serueth
             but
             as
             an
             instrument
             .
             A
             man
             is
             a
             man
             by
             his
             vnderstanding
             part
             :
             but
             he
             is
             a
             Christian
             by
             his
             will
             and
             affections
             .
             Seeing
             therefore
             ,
             that
             all
             our
             former
             labour
             of
             the
             braine
             ,
             is
             only
             to
             affect
             the
             heart
             ;
             after
             that
             the
             minde
             hath
             thus
             trauersed
             the
             
             point
             proposed
             throgh
             all
             the
             heads
             of
             reason
             ,
             it
             shall
             indeuour
             to
             find
             in
             the
             first
             place
             some
             
             feeling
             touch
             ,
             &
             sweete
             rellish
             in
             that
             which
             it
             hath
             thus
             chewed
             ;
             which
             fruit
             ,
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             will
             voluntarily
             follow
             vpon
             a
             serious
             Meditation
             .
             Dauid
             sayes
             ,
             
               Oh
               taste
               and
               see
               how
               sweete
               the
               Lord
               is
               :
            
             In
             Meditation
             wee
             doe
             both
             see
             and
             taste
             ;
             but
             we
             see
             before
             we
             taste
             :
             sight
             is
             of
             the
             vnderstanding
             ;
             taste
             ,
             of
             the
             affection
             ;
             Neither
             can
             we
             see
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             ●aste
             ;
             we
             can
             not
             knowe
             ●right
             ,
             but
             wee
             must
             needes
             bee
             affected
             :
             
             Let
             the
             heart
             therefore
             first
             conceiue
             and
             feele
             in
             it self
             the
             Sweetnesse
             or
             bitternesse
             of
             the
             matter
             meditated
             ;
             which
             is
             neuer
             done
             without
             some
             passion
             ;
             nor
             expressed
             without
             some
             hearty
             exclamation
             .
          
           
             
               Oh
               blessed
               estate
               of
               the
               Saints
               :
               O
               glorie
               not
               to
               bee
               expressed
               ,
               euen
               by
               those
               which
               are
               glorified
               !
               O
               incomprchensible
               saluation
               !
               What
               sauour
               hath
               this
               earth
               to
               thee
               ?
               Who
               can
               regarde
               the
               worlde
               that
            
             
             
               beleeueth
               thee
               ?
               Who
               can
               thinke
               of
               thee
               ,
               and
               not
               bee
               rauished
               with
               woonder
               and
               desire
               ?
               Who
               can
               hope
               for
               thee
               ,
               and
               not
               reioyce
               ?
               Who
               can
               knowe
               thee
               ,
               and
               not
               bee
               swallowed
               vp
               with
               admiration
               at
               the
               mercie
               of
               him
               that
               bestowes
               thee
               ?
               O
               blessednesse
               worthy
               of
               Christs
               blood
               to
               purchase
               thee
               !
               worthie
               of
               the
               continuall
               songs
               of
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               to
               celebrate
               thee
               !
               Howe
               should
               I
               magnifie
               thee
               !
               Howe
               should
               I
               long
               for
               thee
               !
            
             
             
               how
               should
               I
               hate
               all
               this
               world
               for
               thee
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             29.
             
          
           
             
               AFter
               this
            
             
             Taste
             
               shall
               followe
               a
            
             Complaint
             ,
             
               wherin
               the
               heart
               bewayleth
               to
               it selfe
               his
               owne
               pouerty
               ,
               dulnesse
               ,
               and
               imperfection
               ;
               chiding
               and
               abasing
               it selfe
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               wants
               and
               indisposition
               :
               wherein
            
             Humiliation
             
             truly
             goes
             before
             glory
             .
             For
             the
             more
             we
             are
             cast
             downe
             in
             our
             conceit
             ,
             the
             higher
             shall
             GOD
             lift
             vs
             vp
             at
             the
             ende
             of
             this
             exercise
             ,
             in
             spirituall
             reioicing
             .
          
           
             But
             alas
             ,
             where
             is
             my
             loue
             ?
             where
             is
             my
             longing
             ?
             where
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ?
             what
             heauinesse
             hath
             ouertaken
             thee
             ?
             Howe
             hath
             the
             worlde
             bewitched
             and
             possessed
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             become
             so
             carelesse
             of
             thine
             home
             ,
             so
             senselesse
             of
             spiritual
             delights
             ,
             
             so
             fond
             vpon
             these
             vanities
             ?
             Doest
             thou
             doubt
             whether
             there
             bee
             an
             heauen
             ?
             or
             whether
             thou
             haue
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             Sauiour
             there
             ?
             O
             farre
             bee
             frō
             thee
             this
             Atheisme
             ;
             farre
             bee
             from
             thee
             the
             least
             thought
             of
             such
             desperate
             impiety
             :
             Wo
             were
             thee
             if
             thou
             beleeuedst
             not
             :
             But
             O
             thou
             of
             little
             faith
             ;
             doest
             thou
             beleeue
             there
             is
             happinesse
             ,
             and
             happinesse
             for
             thee
             ,
             and
             desirest
             it
             not
             ,
             and
             delightest
             not
             in
             it
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             how
             weake
             and
             vnbeleeuing
             is
             thy
             beleefe
             ?
             
             how
             cold
             and
             faint
             are
             thy
             desires
             ?
             Tel
             me
             ,
             what
             such
             goodly
             entertainemēt
             hast
             thou
             met
             withall
             here
             on
             earth
             ,
             that
             was
             worthy
             to
             withdraw
             thee
             frō
             these
             heauenly
             ioyes
             ?
             what
             pleasure
             in
             it
             euer
             gaue
             thee
             contentment
             ?
             or
             what
             cause
             of
             dislike
             findest
             thou
             aboue
             ?
             Oh
             no
             ,
             my
             soule
             ,
             it
             is
             onely
             thy
             miserable
             drowzinesse
             ,
             only
             thy
             securitie
             :
             The
             world
             ,
             the
             world
             hath
             besotted
             thee
             ,
             hath
             vndone
             thee
             with
             carelesnesse
             .
             Alas
             if
             thy
             delight
             
             bee
             so
             colde
             ,
             What
             difference
             is
             there
             in
             thee
             frō
             an
             ignorant
             Heathē
             ,
             that
             doubts
             of
             another
             life
             ;
             yea
             ,
             frō
             an
             Epicure
             that
             denies
             it
             ?
             Artthou
             a
             christian
             ,
             or
             art
             thou
             none
             ?
             If
             thou
             be
             what
             thou
             professest
             ,
             away
             with
             this
             dul
             and
             senselesse
             worldlinesse
             ;
             away
             with
             this
             earthly
             vnchearfulnesse
             ;
             shake
             off
             at
             last
             this
             profane
             and
             godlesse
             securitie
             that
             hath
             thus
             long
             weighed
             thee
             downe
             frō
             mounting
             vp
             to
             thy
             ioies
             ;
             Looke
             vp
             to
             thy
             GOD
             ,
             and
             to
             thy
             crowne
             ,
             and
             
             say
             with
             confidence
             ,
             O
             Lord
             I
             haue
             wayted
             for
             thy
             saluation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             30.
             
          
           
             
               AFter
               this
            
             Cōplaint
             ,
             
             
               must
               succeede
               an
               harty
               &
               passionate
            
             Wish
             
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               which
               ariseth
               clearely
               from
               the
               two
               former
               degrees
               ;
               For
               that
               which
               a
               man
               hath
               found
               sweete
               ,
               and
               comfortable
               ,
               &
               complaines
               that
               hee
               still
               wants
               ;
               hee
            
             
             
               cannot
               but
               wish
               to
               enioy
            
             .
          
           
             O
             Lord
             that
             I
             could
             waite
             and
             long
             for
             thy
             saluation
             ;
             Oh
             that
             I
             could
             minde
             the
             things
             aboue
             ;
             that
             as
             I
             am
             a
             stranger
             in
             deed
             ,
             so
             I
             could
             be
             also
             in
             affectiō
             ;
             Oh
             that
             mine
             eyes
             ,
             like
             the
             eyes
             of
             thy
             first
             Martyr
             ,
             could
             by
             the
             light
             of
             faith
             see
             but
             a
             glimpse
             of
             heauen
             ;
             Oh
             that
             my
             heart
             could
             bee
             rapt
             vp
             thither
             in
             desire
             !
             How
             should
             I
             trample
             vpō
             these
             poore
             vanities
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
             How
             willingly
             should
             I
             indure
             all
             
             sorrowes
             ,
             all
             torments
             ?
             how
             scornefully
             should
             I
             passe
             by
             all
             pleasures
             ?
             how
             should
             I
             be
             in
             trauel
             of
             my
             dissolution
             ?
             Oh
             when
             shall
             that
             blessed
             day
             come
             ,
             when
             all
             this
             wretched
             worldlines
             remoued
             I
             shall
             solace
             my selfe
             ,
             in
             my
             God
             ;
             Behold
             ,
             as
             the
             Hart
             brayeth
             for
             the
             riuers
             of
             water
             ,
             so
             panteth
             my
             soule
             after
             thee
             ,
             O
             GOD
             ;
             My
             soule
             thirsteth
             for
             God
             ,
             euen
             for
             the
             liuing
             God
             ;
             Oh
             when
             shal
             I
             come
             and
             appeare
             before
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             31.
             
          
           
             
               AFter
               this
            
             Wishing
             ,
             
             
               shall
               follow
               hūble
            
             Confession
             ,
             
               by
               iust
               order
               of
               nature
               :
               For
               hauing
               bemoned
               our
               want
               ,
               and
               wished
               supplie
               ,
               not
               finding
               this
               hope
               in
               our selues
               ,
               we
               must
               needes
               acknowledge
               it
               to
               him
               ,
               of
               whom
               only
               we
               may
               both
               seek
               &
               find
               ;
               wherin
               it
               is
               to
               bee
               duely
               obserued
               ,
            
             
             
               how
               the
               mind
               is
               by
               turnes
               depressed
               and
               lifted
               vp
               :
               Being
               lifted
               vp
               with
               our
               Taste
               of
               ioy
               ;
               it
               is
               cast
               downe
               with
            
             Complaint
             :
             
               lift
               vp
               with
            
             Wishes
             ,
             
               it
               is
               cast
               downe
               with
            
             Confession
             ;
             
               which
               order
               doeth
               best
               hold
               it
               in
               vre
               ,
               and
               iust
               temper
               ;
               and
               makes
               it
               more
               feeling
               of
               the
               cōfort
               which
               followes
               in
               the
               Conclusion
               .
               This
            
             Confession
             
               must
               derogate
               all
               from
               our selues
               ,
               and
               ascribe
               all
               to
               God.
               
            
          
           
             Thus
             I
             desire
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             to
             bee
             right
             affected
             towards
             
             thee
             and
             thy
             glory
             ;
             I
             desire
             to
             come
             to
             thee
             :
             but
             ,
             alas
             ,
             how
             weakly
             ?
             how
             heartlesly
             ?
             Thou
             knowest
             that
             I
             can
             neither
             come
             to
             thee
             ,
             nor
             desire
             to
             come
             but
             from
             thee
             .
             It
             is
             Nature
             that
             holds
             me
             from
             thee
             ;
             this
             treacherous
             Nature
             fauors
             it selfe
             ,
             loues
             the
             world
             ,
             hates
             to
             thinke
             of
             a
             dissolution
             ,
             and
             chooses
             rather
             to
             dwell
             in
             this
             dungeon
             with
             continuall
             sorrow
             and
             complaint
             ,
             than
             to
             endure
             a
             parting
             although
             to
             liberty
             and
             ioy
             :
             Alas
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             my
             
             misery
             that
             I
             loue
             my
             paine
             :
             How
             long
             shall
             these
             vanities
             thus
             besot
             me
             ?
             It
             is
             thou
             onely
             that
             canst
             turne
             away
             mine
             eyes
             frō
             regarding
             these
             follies
             ,
             and
             my
             heart
             from
             affecting
             them
             :
             Thou
             onely
             ,
             who
             as
             thou
             shalt
             one
             day
             receiue
             my
             soule
             into
             heauen
             ,
             so
             now
             before-hande
             canst
             fixe
             my
             soule
             vpon
             heauen
             and
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             32.
             
          
           
             AFter
             Confession
             
             
               naturally
               followes
            
             Petition
             ,
             
               earnestly
               requesting
               that
               at
               his
               handes
               ,
               which
               we
               acknowledge
               our selues
               vnable
               ,
               and
               none
               but
               GOD
               able
               to
               performe
               .
            
          
           
             Oh
             carie
             it
             vp
             therefore
             ,
             thou
             that
             hast
             created
             ,
             and
             redeemed
             it
             ,
             carie
             it
             vp
             to
             thy
             glorie
             :
             Oh
             let
             mee
             not
             alwayes
             
             bee
             thus
             dull
             and
             brutish
             ;
             Let
             not
             these
             scales
             of
             earthly
             affection
             alwayes
             dimme
             and
             blind
             mine
             eyes
             :
             Oh
             thou
             that
             layedst
             clay
             vpon
             the
             blind
             mans
             eyes
             ,
             take
             away
             this
             clay
             from
             mine
             eyes
             ,
             wherewith
             alas
             they
             are
             so
             dawbed
             vp
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             see
             heauen
             :
             Illuminate
             thē
             from
             aboue
             ,
             and
             in
             thy
             light
             let
             me
             see
             light
             .
             Oh
             thou
             that
             hast
             prepared
             a
             place
             for
             my
             soule
             ;
             prepare
             my
             soule
             for
             that
             place
             ;
             prepare
             it
             with
             holinesse
             ,
             prepare
             it
             with
             
             desire
             :
             and
             euen
             while
             it
             soiourneth
             on
             earth
             ,
             let
             it
             dwell
             in
             heauen
             with
             thee
             ,
             beholding
             euer
             the
             beauty
             of
             thy
             face
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             thy
             Saints
             and
             of
             it selfe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             33.
             
          
           
             AFter
             Petition
             ,
             
               shall
               followe
            
             
             the
             Enforcemēt
             
               of
               our
               request
               from
               argument
               and
               importunate
               obsecration
               ;
               wherin
               we
               must
               take
               heede
               of
               complementing
               in
            
             
             
               tearmes
               with
               God
               ;
               as
               knowing
               that
               hee
               will
               not
               be
               mocked
               by
               any
               fashionable
               forme
               of
               sute
               ,
               but
               requires
               holy
               and
               feeling
               intreatie
               .
            
          
           
             How
             graciously
             hast
             thou
             proclaimed
             to
             the
             worlde
             ,
             that
             who-euer
             wants
             wisedom
             shal
             aske
             it
             of
             thee
             ,
             which
             neither
             deniest
             nor
             vpbraidest
             :
             O
             Lord
             ,
             I
             want
             heauenly
             wisedome
             ,
             to
             conceiue
             aright
             of
             heauen
             ;
             I
             want
             it
             and
             aske
             it
             of
             thee
             ;
             giue
             me
             to
             aske
             it
             instantly
             ,
             and
             giue
             me
             according
             to
             thy
             promise
             abundantly
             .
             
             
             
             
             
             Thou
             seest
             it
             is
             no
             strange
             fauour
             that
             I
             begge
             of
             thee
             ;
             no
             other
             than
             that
             which
             thou
             hast
             richly
             bestowed
             vpon
             all
             thy
             valiant
             Martyrs
             ,
             Confessors
             ,
             seruants
             from
             the
             beginning
             :
             who
             neuer
             could
             haue
             so
             chearfully
             imbraced
             death
             and
             torment
             ,
             if
             through
             the
             middest
             of
             their
             flames
             and
             paine
             they
             had
             not
             seene
             their
             crowne
             of
             glorie
             .
             The
             poore
             theefe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             had
             no
             sooner
             craued
             thy
             remembrance
             when
             thou
             camest
             to
             thy
             kingdome
             
             than
             thou
             promisedst
             to
             to
             take
             him
             with
             thee
             into
             heauen
             :
             Presence
             was
             better
             to
             him
             than
             remembrance
             .
             Behold
             ,
             now
             thou
             art
             in
             thy
             kingdome
             ,
             I
             am
             on
             earth
             :
             remember
             thine
             vnworthy
             seruant
             ,
             and
             let
             my
             soule
             in
             conceit
             ,
             in
             affection
             ,
             in
             conuersation
             be
             this
             day
             &
             for
             euer
             with
             thee
             in
             Paradise
             .
             I
             see
             ,
             man
             walketh
             in
             a
             vaine
             shadow
             ,
             and
             disquieteth
             himself
             in
             vain
             ;
             they
             are
             pitifull
             pleasures
             hee
             enioyeth
             ,
             while
             he
             forgets
             thee
             ;
             I
             am
             as
             vaine
             ,
             
             
             
             
             
             make
             me
             more
             wise
             :
             Oh
             let
             mee
             see
             heauen
             ,
             and
             I
             knowe
             I
             shall
             neuer
             ennie
             ,
             nor
             followe
             them
             :
             My
             times
             are
             in
             thine
             hande
             :
             I
             am
             no
             better
             than
             my
             fathers
             ,
             a
             stranger
             on
             earth
             ;
             As
             I
             speake
             of
             them
             ,
             so
             the
             next
             ;
             yea
             ,
             this
             generation
             shall
             speake
             of
             mee
             as
             one
             that
             was
             ;
             My
             life
             is
             a
             bubble
             ,
             a
             smoake
             ,
             a
             shadowe
             ,
             a
             thought
             :
             I
             knowe
             it
             is
             no
             abiding
             in
             this
             thorow-fare
             :
             Oh
             suffer
             me
             not
             so
             madde
             ,
             as
             while
             I
             passe
             on
             the
             waye
             ,
             I
             
             should
             forgette
             the
             ende
             ;
             It
             is
             that
             other
             life
             that
             I
             must
             trust
             to
             .
             With
             thee
             it
             is
             that
             I
             shall
             continue
             ;
             Oh
             let
             mee
             not
             bee
             so
             foolish
             as
             to
             settle
             my selfe
             on
             what
             I
             must
             leaue
             ,
             and
             to
             neglect
             eternitie
             ;
             I
             haue
             seene
             enough
             of
             this
             earthe
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             loue
             it
             too
             much
             ;
             Oh
             let
             mee
             see
             heauen
             another
             while
             ,
             and
             loue
             it
             so
             much
             more
             than
             the
             earth
             ,
             by
             howe
             much
             the
             things
             there
             are
             more
             
             worthy
             to
             be
             loued
             ;
             Oh
             God
             ,
             looke
             downe
             on
             thy
             wretched
             Pilgrim
             ;
             and
             teach
             mee
             to
             looke
             vp
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             thy
             goodnesse
             in
             the
             land
             of
             the
             liuing
             .
             Thou
             that
             boughtest
             heauen
             for
             me
             ,
             guide
             mee
             thither
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             price
             that
             it
             cost
             thee
             ,
             for
             thy
             loue
             and
             mercies
             sake
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             tentations
             ,
             enlighten
             thou
             my
             soule
             ,
             direct
             it
             ,
             crowne
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             34.
             
          
           
             
               AFter
               this
            
             Enforcement
             ,
             
             
               doeth
               followe
            
             Confidence
             ;
             
               wherin
               the
               soule
               after
               many
               doubtfull
               and
               vnquiet
               bickerings
               ,
               gathers
               vp
               her
               forces
               ,
               and
               cheerefully
               rouzeth
               vp
               it selfe
               ;
               and
               like
               one
               of
            
             Dauids
             
               Worthies
               ,
               breaks
               through
               a
               whole
               armie
               of
               doubts
               ,
               and
               fetches
               comfort
               from
            
             
             
               the
               Well
               of
               life
               ;
               which
               ,
               though
               in
               some
               later
               ,
               yet
               in
               all
               is
               a
               sure
               reward
               from
               GOD
               of
               sincere
               Meditation
               .
            
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             bee
             thou
             bolde
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             meerely
             craue
             ,
             but
             challenge
             this
             fauour
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             hee
             owes
             thee
             :
             Hee
             owes
             it
             thee
             because
             hee
             hath
             promised
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             mercie
             hath
             made
             his
             gift
             ,
             his
             debt
             ;
             
               Faithfull
               is
               hee
               that
               hath
               promised
               ▪
               which
               will
               also
               doe
               it
               ▪
            
             Hath
             hee
             not
             giuen
             thee
             not
             onely
             his
             hand
             in
             the
             
             sweete
             hopes
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             but
             his
             seale
             also
             in
             the
             Sacraments
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             besides
             promise
             ,
             hand
             ,
             seale
             ;
             hath
             hee
             not
             giuen
             thee
             a
             sure
             earnest
             of
             thy
             saluation
             ,
             in
             some
             weake
             ,
             but
             true
             graces
             ?
             Yet
             more
             :
             hath
             hee
             not
             giuen
             thee
             besides
             Earnest
             ,
             possession
             ?
             while
             he
             that
             is
             the
             Trueth
             and
             Life
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               Hee
               that
               beleeueth
               hath
               euerlasting
               life
               ,
               and
               hath
               passed
               from
               death
               to
               life
               :
            
             Canst
             thou
             not
             then
             bee
             content
             to
             cast
             thy selfe
             vpon
             this
             blessed
             issue
             ;
             
             If
             God
             be
             faithfull
             ,
             I
             am
             glorious
             ;
             I
             haue
             thee
             already
             ,
             O
             my
             life
             ;
             God
             is
             faithfull
             ,
             and
             I
             doe
             beleeue
             :
             who
             shall
             separate
             mee
             from
             the
             loue
             of
             Christ
             ?
             from
             my
             glorie
             with
             Christ
             ,
             who
             shall
             pull
             mee
             out
             of
             my
             heauen
             ?
             Goe
             to
             then
             ,
             and
             returne
             to
             thy
             rest
             ,
             O
             my
             soule
             ;
             make
             vse
             of
             that
             heauen
             wherin
             thou
             art
             ,
             and
             be
             happie
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               we
               haue
               found
               ,
               that
               our
               Meditatiō
               like
               the
               winde
               ,
               gathers
               strengthin
               proceeding
            
             ;
             
             
               and
               as
               naturall
               bodies
               ,
               the
               neerer
               they
               come
               to
               their
               places
               ,
               moue
               with
               more
               celerity
               ,
               so
               doeth
               the
               soule
               in
               this
               course
               of
               meditation
               ,
               to
               the
               vnspeakeable
               benefite
               of
               it selfe
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             35.
             
          
           
             THe
             Conclusion
             
             remaineth
             ;
             wherin
             we
             must
             aduise
             (
             like
             as
             Physicians
             doe
             in
             their
             sweats
             
             and
             exercise
             )
             that
             wee
             cease
             not
             ouer-suddenly
             ;
             but
             leaue
             off
             by
             little
             and
             little
             .
             The
             mind
             may
             not
             bee
             suffered
             to
             fall
             headlong
             from
             this
             height
             ,
             but
             must
             also
             descend
             by
             degrees
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             whereof
             ,
             After
             our
             Confidence
             ,
             shall
             be
             an
             hearty
             Gratulation
             ,
             
             and
             thankesgiuing
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             man
             naturally
             cannot
             bee
             miserable
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             complaine
             ,
             and
             craue
             remedie
             ;
             so
             the
             good
             heart
             cannot
             finde
             it selfe
             happie
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             
             thankefull
             :
             and
             this
             thankefulnesse
             which
             it
             feeles
             and
             expresses
             ,
             makes
             it
             yet
             more
             good
             ,
             and
             affects
             it
             more
             .
          
           
             
               What
               shall
               I
               then
               doe
               to
               thee
               for
               this
               mercie
               ,
               Othou
               Sauiour
               of
               men
               ?
               What
               should
               I
               render
               to
               my
               Lord
               ,
               for
               all
               his
               benefites
               ?
               Alas
               ,
               what
               can
               I
               giue
               thee
               which
               is
               not
               thine
               owne
               before
               ?
               Oh
               that
               I
               could
               giue
               thee
               but
               all
               thine
               !
               Thou
               giuest
               mee
               to
               drinke
               of
               this
               cuppe
               of
               saluation
               ;
               I
               will
               therefore
               take
               the
               cuppe
            
             
             
               of
               saluation
               ,
               and
               call
               vpon
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               :
               Praise
               thou
               the
               Lorde
               ,
               o
               my
               soule
               ;
               and
               all
               that
               is
               within
               mee
               ,
               praise
               his
               holy
               name
               :
               And
               since
               here
               thou
               beginnest
               thine
               heauen
               ,
               begin
               here
               also
               that
               ioyfull
               song
               of
               thankes-giuing
               ,
               which
               there
               thou
               shalt
               sing
               more
               sweetly
               ,
               and
               neuer
               ende
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             36.
             
          
           
             AFter
             this
             
             Thankesgiuing
             ,
             shall
             followe
             a
             faithful
             recommendation
             of
             our selues
             to
             God
             ;
             wherein
             the
             soule
             doth
             chearfully
             giue
             vp
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             repose
             it selfe
             wholly
             vpon
             her
             Maker
             ,
             and
             Redeemer
             ;
             committing
             her selfe
             to
             him
             in
             all
             her
             wayes
             ,
             submitting
             
             her selfe
             to
             him
             in
             all
             his
             wayes
             ,
             resoluing
             in
             all
             things
             to
             glorifie
             him
             ;
             and
             to
             walke
             worthy
             of
             her
             high
             &
             glorious
             calling
             .
          
           
             Both
             which
             later
             shal
             bee
             done
             (
             as
             I
             haue
             euer
             found
             )
             with
             much
             life
             and
             comfort
             ,
             if
             for
             the
             full
             conclusion
             ,
             wee
             shall
             lift
             vp
             our
             heart
             and
             voyce
             to
             God
             ,
             in
             singing
             some
             Versicle
             of
             Dauids
             diuine
             Psalmes
             ,
             answerable
             to
             our
             disposition
             ,
             and
             matter
             ;
             whereby
             the
             heart
             closes
             vp
             it selfe
             with
             
             much
             sweetenesse
             and
             contentment
             .
          
           
             This
             course
             of
             Meditation
             thus
             heartily
             obserued
             ,
             let
             him
             that
             practises
             it
             ,
             tell
             we
             whether
             he
             find
             not
             that
             his
             soule
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             exercise
             did
             but
             creepe
             and
             grouell
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             doe
             not
             now
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             soare
             aloft
             in
             heauen
             ;
             &
             being
             before
             aloofe
             off
             ,
             doe
             not
             now
             find
             it selfe
             neere
             to
             God
             ,
             yea
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chap.
             37.
             
          
           
             THus
             haue
             I
             endeuoured
             ,
             
             (
             right
             Worshipfull
             Sir
             )
             according
             to
             my
             slender
             faculty
             ,
             to
             prescribe
             a
             Methode
             of
             Meditation
             :
             Not
             vpon
             so
             strict
             tearmes
             of
             Necessitie
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             goeth
             not
             my
             way
             ,
             erreth
             .
             Diuers
             paths
             leade
             oft-times
             to
             the
             same
             end
             ;
             and
             euery
             man
             aboundeth
             
             in
             his
             owne
             sense
             :
             If
             experience
             and
             custome
             hath
             made
             another
             forme
             familiar
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             I
             forbid
             it
             not
             ;
             as
             that
             learned
             Father
             sayde
             of
             his
             Tralation
             ,
             
               Let
               him
               vse
               his
               owne
               ,
               not
               contemne
               mine
               .
            
             If
             any
             man
             bee
             to
             chuse
             ,
             and
             beginne
             ,
             let
             him
             practise
             mine
             ,
             till
             he
             meete
             with
             a
             better
             Master
             :
             If
             an
             other
             course
             may
             be
             better
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             this
             is
             good
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             to
             
             be
             suffered
             ,
             that
             like
             as
             fantasticall
             men
             ,
             while
             they
             doubt
             what
             fashion'd
             
             sute
             they
             should
             we
             are
             ,
             put
             on
             nothing
             ;
             so
             ,
             that
             wee
             Christians
             shuld
             neglect
             the
             matter
             of
             this
             worthy
             businesse
             ,
             while
             we
             nicely
             stand
             vpon
             the
             forme
             thereof
             .
             Wherein
             giue
             mee
             leaue
             to
             complain
             with
             iust
             sorrowe
             and
             shame
             ,
             that
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             Christian
             duetie
             ,
             whose
             omission
             is
             notoriously
             shameful
             ,
             and
             preiudicial
             to
             the
             soules
             of
             professors
             ,
             it
             is
             this
             of
             Meditation
             :
             This
             is
             the
             very
             end
             God
             hath
             giuen
             vs
             our
             soules
             ▪
             we
             
             misse-spend
             them
             ,
             if
             we
             vse
             them
             not
             thus
             .
             How
             lamentable
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             wee
             so
             imploy
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             our
             facultie
             of
             discourse
             serued
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             our
             earthly
             prouision
             ?
             as
             if
             our
             reasonable
             and
             Christian
             mindes
             were
             appointed
             for
             the
             slaues
             and
             drudges
             of
             this
             bodie
             ;
             onely
             to
             bee
             the
             Caters
             and
             Cookes
             of
             our
             appetite
             .
          
           
             The
             worlde
             filles
             vs
             ,
             yea
             ,
             cloyes
             vs
             :
             we
             finde
             our selues
             worke
             enough
             to
             thinke
             ;
             What
             
             
               haue
               I
               yet
               ?
               Howe
               may
               I
               gette
               more
               ?
               What
               must
               I
               lay
               out
               ?
               What
               shall
               I
               leaue
               for
               posterity
               ?
               How
               may
               I
               preuent
               the
               wrong
               of
               mine
               aduersarie
               ,
               how
               may
               I
               returne
               it
               ?
               What
               answeres
               shall
               I
               make
               to
               such
               allegations
               ?
               What
               entertainement
               shall
               I
               giue
               to
               such
               friends
               ?
               What
               courses
               shall
               I
               take
               in
               such
               suits
               ?
               In
               what
               pastimes
               shall
               I
               spend
               this
               day
               ,
               in
               what
               the
               next
               ?
               What
               aduantage
               shall
               I
               reape
               by
               this
               practise
               ;
               what
               losse
               ?
               What
               was
               sayd
               ,
               answered
               ,
            
             
             
               replied
               ,
               done
               ,
               followed
            
             ?
          
           
             Goodly
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             fitte
             for
             Spirituall
             mindes
             !
             Say
             ,
             there
             were
             no
             other
             worlde
             ;
             how
             could
             wee
             spend
             our
             cares
             otherwise
             ?
             Vnto
             this
             only
             neglect
             ,
             let
             mee
             ascribe
             the
             commonnesse
             of
             that
             Laodicean
             temper
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             that
             bee
             worse
             )
             of
             the
             dead
             coldnesse
             which
             hath
             striken
             the
             hearts
             of
             many
             ,
             hauing
             left
             them
             nothing
             but
             the
             bodies
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             visors
             of
             Christians
             ;
             to
             
             this
             onely
             ,
             
               They
               haue
               not
               meditated
            
             .
             It
             is
             not
             more
             impossible
             to
             liue
             
             without
             an
             heart
             ,
             than
             to
             bee
             deuout
             without
             Meditation
             :
             Woulde
             GOD
             therefore
             my
             words
             could
             be
             in
             this
             (
             as
             the
             wise
             man
             sayes
             the
             wordes
             of
             the
             wise
             are
             )
             like
             vnto
             Goades
             in
             the
             sides
             of
             euery
             Reader
             ,
             to
             quicken
             him
             vp
             out
             of
             this
             dull
             and
             lazy
             security
             ,
             to
             a
             chearfull
             practise
             of
             this
             
               Diuine
               Meditatiō
            
             .
             Let
             him
             curse
             mee
             vpon
             his
             death-bed
             ,
             if
             looking
             
             backe
             from
             thence
             to
             the
             bestowing
             of
             his
             former
             times
             ,
             hee
             acknowledge
             not
             these
             houres
             placed
             the
             most
             happily
             in
             his
             whole
             life
             ?
             if
             he
             then
             wish
             not
             he
             had
             worne
             out
             more
             daies
             ,
             in
             so
             profitable
             and
             heauenly
             a
             worke
             .
          
           
             DEO
             SOLI
             GLORIA
             .
          
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02513-e1380
           
             The
             benefit
             &
             vses
             of
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             Which
             are
             vniuersall
             to
             al
             Christians
             and
             not
             to
             bee
             appropriated
             to
             some
             professions
             .
          
           
             The
             description
             and
             kinds
             of
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             Meditation
             Extemporall
             .
          
           
             Cautions
             of
             Extemporal
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             Of
             Meditatiō
             Deliberate
             :
             Wherein
             first
             ,
          
           
             The
             qualities
             of
             the
             person
             .
          
           
             Of
             whom
             is
             required
             :
             First
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             pure
             from
             his
             sinnes
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             free
             from
             worldly
             thoughts
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             that
             he
             be
             constant
             :
             and
             that
             ,
             First
             ▪
             
          
           
             In
             his
             set
             Tymes
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             Constant
             in
             the
             Cōtinuance
             ,
          
           
             *
             Sauing
             our
             iust
             quarrel
             against
             him
             for
             the
             Councel
             of
             Constance
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Circumstances
             of
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             And
             therin
             ,
             First
             ,
             Of
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             of
             the
             Time.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Site
             and
             gesture
             of
             the
             body
             .
          
           
             *
             Gerson
             .
          
           
             **
             Guliel
             .
             Paris
             .
          
           
             *
             Dionys
             .
             Carthus
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             matter
             &
             Subiect
             of
             our
             meditation
             .
          
           
             The
             order
             of
             the
             worke
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             The
             Entrāce
             into
             the
             worke
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             cōmon
             entrance
             ,
             which
             is
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             Particular
             &
             proper
             entrance
             into
             the
             matter
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             our
             choice
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             proceeding
             of
             our
             meditation
             .
          
           
             And
             therin
             a
             Methode
             allowed
             by
             some
             authors
             ,
             reiected
             by
             vs.
             
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 scale
                 of
                 Meditation
                 of
                 an
                 Author
                 ,
                 ancient
                 ,
                 but
                 namelesse
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Degrees
                   of
                   Preparation
                
                 .
                 
                   
                     1.
                     
                     Question
                     .
                  
                   
                     What
                     I
                     
                       
                         thinke
                         .
                      
                       
                         should
                         think
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     Excussion
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     repelling
                     of
                     what
                     I
                     should
                     not
                     thinke
                     .
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     
                       Choice
                       ,
                       or
                       Election
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     what
                     most
                     
                       
                         necessary
                         .
                      
                       
                         expedient
                      
                       
                         comely
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Degrees
                   of
                   proceeding
                   in
                   the
                   vnderstanding
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     4.
                     
                     Commemoration
                     .
                  
                   
                     An
                     actual
                     thinking
                     vpon
                     the
                     matter
                     elected
                     .
                  
                   
                     5
                     Conseleration
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     redoubled
                     Commemoration
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     till
                     it
                     be
                     fully
                     knowen
                     .
                  
                   
                     6.
                     
                     Attention
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     fixed
                     and
                     earnest
                     cōsideratiō
                     :
                     wherby
                     it
                     is
                     fastened
                     in
                     the
                     mind
                     .
                  
                   
                     7
                     Explanation
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     cleering
                     of
                     the
                     thing
                     considered
                     by
                     similitudes
                     .
                  
                   
                     8
                     Tractation
                     .
                  
                   
                     An
                     extending
                     the
                     thing
                     considered
                     to
                     other
                     points
                     :
                     where
                     all
                     questions
                     of
                     doubt
                     are
                     discussed
                     .
                  
                   
                     9.
                     
                     Diindication
                     .
                  
                   
                     An
                     estimation
                     of
                     the
                     worth
                     of
                     the
                     thing
                     thus
                     handled
                     .
                  
                   
                     10.
                     Cons●tion
                  
                   
                     A
                     confirmation
                     of
                     the
                     estimation
                     thus
                     made
                  
                   
                     11.
                     
                     Rumination
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     sad
                     and
                     serious
                     Meditation
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     former
                     ,
                     till
                     it
                     may
                     worke
                     vpon
                     the
                     affections
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 From
                 hence
                 to
                 the
                 degrees
                 of
                 affection
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Premonitions
             concerning
             our
             proceeding
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             The
             practise
             of
             Meditation
             ;
             wherin
             First
             ,
             wee
             begin
             with
             some
             description
             of
             that
             we
             meditate
             of
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             followes
             an
             easie
             &
             voluntary
             diuision
             of
             the
             matter
             meditated
             
          
           
             3.
             
             A
             consideration
             of
             the
             causes
             therof
             in
             al
             kinds
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Consid
             .
             of
             the
             Fruits
             &
             Effects
             .
          
           
             
               5.
               
               Consideratiō
               of
               the
            
             Subiect
             ,
             wherin
             ,
             or
             wherabout
             
               it
               is
            
             .
          
           
             
               6.
               
               Consid
               ▪
               of
               the
            
             Appendances
             ,
             and
             Qualities
             
               of
               it
            
             .
          
           
             
               7.
               
               Of
               that
               which
               is
            
             Diuers
             
               frō
               it
               ,
               or
            
             Contrary
             
               to
               it
            
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Of
             cōparisons
             and
             similitudes
             whereby
             it
             may
             bee
             most
             fitly
             set
             forth
             .
          
           
             
               9.
               
               The
            
             Titles
             and
             Names
             
               of
               the
               thing
               cōsidered
            
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Cōsid
             .
             of
             fit
             testimonies
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             concerning
             our
             Theme
             .
          
           
             Of
             our
             second
             part
             of
             Meditation
             :
             which
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             affections
             .
          
           
             Wherin
             is
             required
             a
             Taste
             and
             rellish
             of
             what
             we
             haue
             thought
             vpon
             .
          
           
             
               Secondly
               ,
               a
            
             Cōplaint
             ;
             
               bewailing
               our
               wants
               and
               vntowardnes
            
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             an
             harty
             wish
             of
             the
             soule
             for
             what
             it
             cōplaineth
             to
             want
             .
          
           
             
               4.
               
               An
               hūble
            
             Confession
             
               of
               our
               disability
               to
               effect
               what
               we
               wish
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               
               An
               earnest
            
             Petitiō
             
               for
               that
               which
               wee
               confesse
               to
               want
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             A
             vehement
             enforcement
             of
             our
             Petiuon
             .
          
           
             
               7.
               
               A
               chearfull
            
             Confidence
             
               of
               obtaining
               what
               wee
               haue
               requested
               &
               enforced
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Conclus
             .
             of
             our
             Meditation
             ,
             in
             what
             order
             it
             must
             be
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             with
             Thankesgiuing
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             with
             Recommendation
             of
             our
             soules
             and
             wayes
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             An
             Epilogue
             .
          
           
             Reproouing
             the
             neglect
             ,
          
           
             Exhorting
             to
             the
             vse
             of
             Meditation
             .