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Excerpt from The Works of Symon Patrick, Sometime Bishop of Ely, Vol. 4 of 9: Including His Autobiography
A Preface, describing the condition of a Christian in this world, p. 403. Who is advised therefore, Sect. I. To make the unseen things of the other world familiar to him and to be so sensible of them, that they seem the most sub stantial beings, p. 410. II. And then to represent to his mind, as feelingly as he can, the incomparable greatness of that invisible happiness, p. 419. The way to do this, p. 420. 111. Next to this the truest notions of God and religion are to be treasured up, p. 433. In which the mighty virtue of sincere love to God is set forth, p. 435. IV. Which must not transport us to charge ourselves with too many or too long exercises of devotion, p. 446. V. In which exercises we must also carefully distinguish between spiritual and sensible consolations, p. 4 52. V1. And observe what it was that first begat devotion in na, and drew us to the love of God and goodness, p. 459. VII. It is very profitable also to keep a register of the extraordinary thoughts and effusions of our souls, in their best temper, p. 466. VIII. Frequent meditation likewise is exceedingly useful, p. 469. The way to make it awakening, p. 471. 111. Constant cheerfiilness of spirit will dispose us for it, and for all that is good, p. 477. X. Good company will much cherish it, p. 482. Especially the society of a well-chosen friend, p. 484. The advantages of friendship, p. 485. XI. It is necessary also to maintain a strong faith in God's good Providence, which governs in all affairs, p. 493. XII. And to receive as often as we can the Communion of Christ's body and blood, p. 498. XIII. And when we are much indisposed, to advise with our spiritual physician, p. 503. XIV. And in our best moods to exercise a holy jealousy over ourselves, p. 509. But tempered with an humble faith and con fidence in God's goodness, p. 510. Xv. To all which we should add frequent meditations of death, p. 516. This will make us observe the former rules bet ter, p. 518. XVI. But if nothing will do, it is then best to exercise a great deal of patience towards ourselves, p. 522. Reasons for it, p. 522. How acceptable it is to God, p. 526. The conclusion, p. 531. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
