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09 - The Imitation of Christ - Thomas Kempis · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty one of the neglect of every creature, that
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  Speaker 1: the creator may be found. O Lord, I still need
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  Speaker 1: more grace if I would arrive where neither man nor
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  Speaker 1: any other creature may hinder me. For so long as
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  Speaker 1: anything keepeth me back, I cannot freely fly unto thee
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  Speaker 1: he desired eagerly thus to fly, who cried, saying, oh,
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  Speaker 1: that I had wings like a dove? For then would
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  Speaker 1: I fly away and be at rest? What is more
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  Speaker 1: peaceful than the single eye? And what more free than
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  Speaker 1: he that desireth nothing upon earth. Therefore must a man
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  Speaker 1: rise above every creature and perfectly forsake himself, and with
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  Speaker 1: abstracted mind to stand and behold that thou, the creator
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  Speaker 1: of all things, hast among thy creatures nothing like unto thyself.
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  Speaker 1: And except a man be freed from all creatures, he
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  Speaker 1: will not be able to reach freely after divine things.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore few are found who give themselves to contemplation, because
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  Speaker 1: few know how to separate themselves entirely from perishing and
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  Speaker 1: created things. For this much grace is necessary, which may
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  Speaker 1: lift up the soul and raise it above itself. And
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  Speaker 1: except a man be lifted up in the spirit and
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  Speaker 1: freed from all creatures and altogether united to God. Whatsoever
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  Speaker 1: he knoweth, whatsoever even he hath it mattereth. But little
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  Speaker 1: he who esteemeth anything great, save the one only incomprehensible
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  Speaker 1: eternal good, shall long time be little and lie low.
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  Speaker 1: For whatsoever is not God is nothing, and ought to
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  Speaker 1: be counted for nothing. Great is the difference between a
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  Speaker 1: godly man illuminated with wisdom and a scholar, learned in
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and given to books. Far nobler is that doctrine
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  Speaker 1: which floweth down from the divine fullness above, than that
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  Speaker 1: which is acquired laboriously by human study. Many are found
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  Speaker 1: who desire contemplation, but they do not strive to practice
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  Speaker 1: those things which are required thereunto. It is also a
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  Speaker 1: great impediment that much is made of symbols and external signs,
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  Speaker 1: and too little of thorough mortification. I know not how
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  Speaker 1: it is, and by what spirit we are led, and
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  Speaker 1: what we who would be deemed spiritual our aiming at that,
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  Speaker 1: we give so great labour and so eager solicitude for
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  Speaker 1: transitory and worthless things, and scarcely ever gather our senses
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  Speaker 1: together to think at all of our inward condition. Ah
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  Speaker 1: me forthwith, After a little recollection, we rush out of doors,
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  Speaker 1: and do not subject our actions to a strict examination.
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  Speaker 1: Where our affections are set, we take no heed, and
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  Speaker 1: we weep not that all things belonging to us are
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  Speaker 1: so defiled. For because all flesh had corrupted itself upon earth,
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  Speaker 1: the great deluge came. Since therefore our inmost affections are
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  Speaker 1: very corrupt, it followeth of necessity that our actions also
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  Speaker 1: are corrupt. Being the index of a deficient inward strength,
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  Speaker 1: out of pure heart proceedeth the fruit of good living.
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  Speaker 1: We demand how much a man hath done, but from
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  Speaker 1: how much virtue he acted is not so narrowly considered.
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  Speaker 1: We ask if he be strong, rich, handsome, clever, whether
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  Speaker 1: he is a good writer, good singer, good workman, But
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  Speaker 1: how poor he may be in spirit, how patient and gentle,
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  Speaker 1: how devout and meditative? On these things many are silent.
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  Speaker 1: Nature looketh upon the outward appearance of a man. Grace
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  Speaker 1: turneth its thought to the heart. The former frequently judgeth amiss.
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  Speaker 1: The latter trusteth in God that it may not be deceived.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty two of self Denial and the casting away
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  Speaker 1: all selfishness. My son Thou canst not possess perfect liberty
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  Speaker 1: unless thou altogether deny thyself all. They are enslaved, who
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  Speaker 1: are possessors of riches. They who love themselves, the selfish,
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  Speaker 1: the curious, the restless, those who ever seek after soft
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  Speaker 1: things and not after the things of Jesus Christ, those
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  Speaker 1: who continually plan and devise that which will not stand,
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  Speaker 1: for whatsoever cometh not of God shall perish. Hold fast
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  Speaker 1: the short and complete saying. Renounce all things, and thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt find all things. Give up thy lust, and thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt find rest dwell upon this in thy mind. And
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  Speaker 1: when thou art full of it, thou shalt understand, and
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  Speaker 1: all things, O Lord, this is not the work of
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  Speaker 1: a day, nor children's play. Verily, in this short saying
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  Speaker 1: is enclosed all the perfection of the religious. My son,
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  Speaker 1: Thou artist not to be turned aside nor immediately cast down,
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  Speaker 1: because thou hast heard the way of the perfect Rather
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  Speaker 1: aughtist thou to be provoked to higher aims, and at
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  Speaker 1: the least to long after the desire thereof Oh, that
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  Speaker 1: it were so with THEE, and that thou hadst come
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  Speaker 1: to this, that thou wert not a lover of thine
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  Speaker 1: own self, but wert ready always to my nod and
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  Speaker 1: to His whom I have placed over thee as thy father.
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  Speaker 1: Then shouldst thou please me exceedingly, and all thy life
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  Speaker 1: should go on in joy and peace. Thou hast still
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  Speaker 1: many things to renounce, which, if thou resign not utterly
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  Speaker 1: to me, thou shalt not gain what thou seekest. I
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  Speaker 1: counsel THEE to buy of me gold tried in the fire,
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  Speaker 1: that thou mayest be rich Revelation three, verse eighteen. That
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  Speaker 1: is heavenly wisdom, which despiseth all base things put away
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  Speaker 1: from thee, earthly wisdom, and all pleasure, whether common to
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  Speaker 1: man or thine own. I tell THEE that thou must
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  Speaker 1: buy vile things with those which are costly and great
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  Speaker 1: in the esteem of men. For wonderfully vile and small,
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  Speaker 1: and almost given up to forgetfulness, doth true heavenly wisdom appear,
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  Speaker 1: which thinketh not high things of itself, nor seeketh to
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  Speaker 1: be magnified upon the earth. Many honor it with their lips,
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  Speaker 1: but in heart are far from it. It is indeed
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  Speaker 1: the precious pearl which is hidden from many. Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: three of Instability of the heart, and of directing the
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  Speaker 1: aim towards God. My son, Trust not thy feeling, for
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  Speaker 1: that which is now will be quickly changed into somewhat else.
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  Speaker 1: As long as thou livest, thou art subject to change,
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  Speaker 1: howsoever unwilling, so that thou art found now joyful, now sad,
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  Speaker 1: now at peace, now disquieted, now devout, now in devout,
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  Speaker 1: now studious, now careless, now sad, now cheerful. But the
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  Speaker 1: wise man, and he who is truly learned in spirit,
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  Speaker 1: standeth above these chainle things, attentive not to what he
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  Speaker 1: may feel in himself, or from what quarter the wind
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  Speaker 1: may blow, but that the whole intent of his mind
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  Speaker 1: may carry him on to the dew and much desired end.
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  Speaker 1: For thus will he be able to remain one and
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  Speaker 1: the same and unshaken, the single eye of his desire
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  Speaker 1: being steadfastly fixed through the manifold changes of the world
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  Speaker 1: upon me. But according as the eye of intention be
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  Speaker 1: the more pure, even so will a man make his
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  Speaker 1: way steadfastly through the manifold storms. But in many the
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  Speaker 1: eye of pure intention waxeth dim for it quickly rests
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  Speaker 1: itself upon anything pleasant which occurreth and rarely is any
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  Speaker 1: man found altogether free from the blemish of self seeking.
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  Speaker 1: So the Jews of old came to Bethel, to the
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  Speaker 1: house of Martha and Mary, that they might see not
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  Speaker 1: Jesus but Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
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  Speaker 1: John twelve, verse nine. Therefore must the eye of the
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  Speaker 1: intention be cleansed, that it may be single and right,
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  Speaker 1: and above all things which come in its way may
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  Speaker 1: be directed unto me. Chapter thirty four. That to him
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  Speaker 1: who loveth God is sweet above all things, and in
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  Speaker 1: all things, behold, God is mine, and all things are mine.
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  Speaker 1: What will I more and what more happy thing can
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  Speaker 1: I desire? O delightsome and sweet world. That is to
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  Speaker 1: him that loveth the word, not the world, neither the
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  Speaker 1: things that are in the world. One John two, verse fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: My God, my All. To him that understandeth that word sufficeth,
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  Speaker 1: and to repeat it often is pleasing to him that
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  Speaker 1: loveth it. When thou art present, all things are pleasant.
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  Speaker 1: When thou art absent, all things are wearisome. Thou makest
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  Speaker 1: the heart to be at rest, givest it deep peace
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  Speaker 1: and festal joy. Thou makest it to think rightly in
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  Speaker 1: every matter, and in every matter to give THEE praise.
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  Speaker 1: Neither can anything please long without THEE. But if it
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  Speaker 1: would be pleasant and of sweet savor, thy grace must
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  Speaker 1: be there. And it is Thy wisdom which must give
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  Speaker 1: unto it a sweet savor. To him who tasteth THEE,
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  Speaker 1: what can be distasteful. And to him who tasteth THEE,
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  Speaker 1: not what is there which can make him joyous. But
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  Speaker 1: the worldly wise, and they who enjoy the flesh, these
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  Speaker 1: fail in Thy wisdom. For in the wisdom of the
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  Speaker 1: world is found utter vanity, and to be carnally minded
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  Speaker 1: is death. But they who follow after THEE, through contempt
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  Speaker 1: of worldly things and mortification of the flesh, are found
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  Speaker 1: to be truly wise, because they are carried from vanity
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  Speaker 1: to verity, from the flesh to the spirit. They taste
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord is good. And whatsoever good they find
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  Speaker 1: in creatures, they count it all unto the praise of
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  Speaker 1: the Creator. Unlike, yea very unlike is the enjoyment of
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  Speaker 1: the Creator, to enjoyment of the creature, the enjoyment of
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  Speaker 1: eturny and of time, of light uncreated and of light reflected,
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  Speaker 1: o light everlasting, surpassing all created lights. Dart down Thy
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  Speaker 1: ray from on high, which shall pierce the inmost depths
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  Speaker 1: of my heart, Give purity, joy, clearness, life to my spirit,
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  Speaker 1: that with all its powers it may cleave unto thee
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  Speaker 1: with rapture passing man's understanding. Oh, when shall that blessed
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  Speaker 1: and longed for time come? When thou shalt satisfy me
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  Speaker 1: with thy presence and be unto me all in all,
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  Speaker 1: So long as this is delayed, my joy shall not befall.
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  Speaker 1: Still are me the old man liveth in me? He
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  Speaker 1: is not yet all crucified, not yet quite dead. Still
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  Speaker 1: he lusteth fiercely again against the spirit, wageth inward wars,
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  Speaker 1: nor suffereth the soul's kingdom to be in peace. But Thou,
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  Speaker 1: who rulest the raging of the sea, and stillest the
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  Speaker 1: waves thereof when they arise, rise up and help me
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  Speaker 1: scatter the people that delight in war Psalms sixty eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse thirty, destroy them by thy power. Show forth. I
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  Speaker 1: beseech thee thy might, and let thy right hand be glorified,
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  Speaker 1: For I have no hope, no refuge save in THEE,
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  Speaker 1: O Lord, my God, Chapter thirty five. That there is
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  Speaker 1: no security against temptation in this life, My son, Thou
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  Speaker 1: art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armor
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  Speaker 1: will always be needful for THEE. As long as thou livest,
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  Speaker 1: Thou dwellest among foes, and art attacked on the right
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  Speaker 1: hand and on the left. If therefore thou use not
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  Speaker 1: on all sides the shield of patience, thou wilt not
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  Speaker 1: remain long unwounded. Above all. If thou keep not thy
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  Speaker 1: heart fixed upon me with steadfast purpose to bear all
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  Speaker 1: things for my sake, thou shalt not be able to
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  Speaker 1: bear the fierceness of the attack, nor to attain to
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  Speaker 1: the victory of the blessed. Therefore must thou struggle bravely
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  Speaker 1: all thy life through and put forth a strong hand
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  Speaker 1: against those things which oppose THEE. For to him that
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  Speaker 1: overcometh is the hidden manner given Revelation two, verse seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: But great misery is reserved for the slothful. If thou
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  Speaker 1: seek rest in this life, how then wilt thou attain
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  Speaker 1: unto the rest which is eternal. Set not thyself to
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  Speaker 1: attain much rest, but much patience. Seek the true peace,
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  Speaker 1: not on earth but in Heaven, not in man, nor
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  Speaker 1: in any created thing, but in God alone. For the
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  Speaker 1: love of God. Thou must willingly undergo all things, whether
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  Speaker 1: labours or sorrows, temptations, vexations, anxieties, necessities, infirmities, injuries, gainsayings, rebukes, humiliations, confusions, corrections, despisings.
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  Speaker 1: These things help unto virtue. These things prove the scholar
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. These things fashion the heavenly crown. I will
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  Speaker 1: give thee an eternal reward for short labour and infinite
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  Speaker 1: glory for transient shame. Thinkest thou that thou shalt always
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  Speaker 1: have spiritual consolations at thy will. My saints had never such,
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  Speaker 1: but instead thereof manifold griefs and diverse temptations and heavy desolations.
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  Speaker 1: But patiently they bore themselves in all and trusted in
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  Speaker 1: God more than in themselves, knowing that the sufferings of
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  Speaker 1: this present time are not worthy to be compared with
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  Speaker 1: the glory which shall be revealed in us Romans eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse seventeen. Wouldst thou have that immediately which many have
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  Speaker 1: hardly attained unto, after many tears and hard labours. Wait
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord. Quit thyself like a man, and be strong,
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  Speaker 1: not faint hearted, nor go aside from me. But constantly
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  Speaker 1: devote thy body and soul to the glory of God.
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  Speaker 1: I will reward THEE plenteously. I will be with THEE
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  Speaker 1: in trouble, Psalm ninety one, verse fifteen, Chapter thirty six,
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  Speaker 1: against vain judgments of men, My son, anchor thy soul
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  Speaker 1: firmly upon God, and fear not man's judgment. When conscious
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  Speaker 1: pronounceth THEE pious and innocent, it is good and blessed.
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  Speaker 1: Thus to suffer, nor will it be grievous to the heart,
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  Speaker 1: which is humble, and which trusteth in God more than
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  Speaker 1: in itself. Many men have many opinions, and therefore little
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  Speaker 1: trust is to be placed in them, but moreolver it
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  Speaker 1: is impossible to please all. Although Paul studied to please
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  Speaker 1: all men in the Lord, and to become all things
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  Speaker 1: to all men one Corinthians nine, verse twenty two. Yet nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: with him it was a very small thing that he
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  Speaker 1: should be judged by man's judgment one Corinthians four, verse three.
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  Speaker 1: He labored abundantly, as much as in him lay for
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  Speaker 1: the building up and the salvation of others. But he
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  Speaker 1: could not avoid being sometimes judged and despised by others.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore he committed all to God, who knew all, and
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  Speaker 1: by patience and humility, defended himself against evil speakers or
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  Speaker 1: foolish and false thinkers, and those who accused him according
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  Speaker 1: to their pleasure. Nevertheless, from time to time he replied,
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  Speaker 1: lest his silence should become a stumbling block to those
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  Speaker 1: who were weak. Who art thou, that thou shouldst be
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  Speaker 1: afraid of a man that shall die. To day he is,
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  Speaker 1: and to morrow his place is not found. Fear God,
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  Speaker 1: and thou shalt not quail before the terrors of men.
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  Speaker 1: What can any man do against THEE by words or deeds,
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  Speaker 1: he hurteth himself more than THEE, nor shall he escape
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  Speaker 1: the judgment of God, whosoever he may be. Have thou
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  Speaker 1: God before thine eyes, and do not contend with fretful words.
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  Speaker 1: And if for the present thou seem to give way
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  Speaker 1: and to suffer confusion, which thou hast not deserved, be
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  Speaker 1: not angry at this, nor by impatience diminish thy reward,
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  Speaker 1: but rather look up to Me in Heaven, For I
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  Speaker 1: am able to deliver THEE from all confusion and hurt,
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  Speaker 1: and to render to every man. According to his works,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty seven of Pure and entire resignation of self
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  Speaker 1: for the obtaining liberty of heart, my son, lose thyself,
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  Speaker 1: and thou shalt find me stand still without all choosing
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  Speaker 1: and all thought of self, and thou shalt ever be
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  Speaker 1: a gainer. For more grace shall be added to THEE
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  Speaker 1: as soon as thou resignest thyself, and so long as
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  Speaker 1: thou dost not turn back to take thyself again. O Lord,
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  Speaker 1: how often shall I resign myself? And in what things?
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  Speaker 1: Shall I lose myself? Always every hour? In that which
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  Speaker 1: is little and in that which is great? I make
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  Speaker 1: no exception. But will that thou be found naked in
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  Speaker 1: all things? Otherwise, how canst thou be mine and I thine?
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  Speaker 1: Unless thou be inwardly and outwardly free from every will
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  Speaker 1: of thine own. The sooner thou dost this, the better
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  Speaker 1: shall it be with THEE. And the more fully and sincerely,
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  Speaker 1: the more thou shalt please me, and the more abundantly
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  Speaker 1: shalt thou be rewarded. Some resign themselves, but with certain reservations,
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  Speaker 1: for they do not fully trust in God. Therefore they
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  Speaker 1: think that they have some provision to make for themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Some again at first offer everything, but Afterwards, being pressed
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  Speaker 1: by temptation, they return to their own devices, and thus
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  Speaker 1: make no progress in virtue. They will not attain to
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  Speaker 1: the true liberty of a pure heart, nor to the
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  Speaker 1: grace of my sweet companionship, unless they first entirely resign
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  Speaker 1: themselves and daily offer themselves up as a sacrifice. Without this,
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  Speaker 1: the union which bringeth forth fruit standeth not, nor will stand.
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  Speaker 1: Many a time I have said unto THEE, and now
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  Speaker 1: say again, give thyself up. Resign thyself, and thou shalt
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  Speaker 1: have great inward peace, Give all for all, demand nothing,
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  Speaker 1: ask nothing in return, Stand simply and with no hesitation
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  Speaker 1: in me, and thou shalt possess me. Thou shalt have
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  Speaker 1: liberty of heart, and the darkness shall not overwhel THEE.
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  Speaker 1: For this strive thou pray for it long after it,
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  Speaker 1: that thou mayest be delivered from all possession of thyself
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  Speaker 1: and nakedly follow Jesus, who was made naked for THEE.
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  Speaker 1: Mayest die unto thyself and live eternally to me. Then
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  Speaker 1: shall all vain fancies disappear, all evil disturbings, all superfluous cares.
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  Speaker 1: Then also shall immoderate fear depart from THEE, and inordinate
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  Speaker 1: love shall die Chapter thirty eight, of a good government
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  Speaker 1: in external things, and of having recourse to God in dangers,
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  Speaker 1: my son. For this thou must diligently make thy endeavor,
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  Speaker 1: that in every place and outward action or occupation, thou
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  Speaker 1: mayest be free within and have power over thyself, and
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  Speaker 1: that all things be under thee, and not thou under them,
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  Speaker 1: that thou be master and ruler of thy actions, not
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  Speaker 1: a slave or hireling, but rather a free and true Hebrew,
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  Speaker 1: entering into the lot and the liberty of the children
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  Speaker 1: of God, who stand above the present and look upon
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  Speaker 1: the eternal, who with the left eye behold things transitory
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  Speaker 1: and with the right things heavenly, whom temporal things draw
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  Speaker 1: not to cleave unto, but who rather draw temporal things
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  Speaker 1: to do them good service, even as they were ordained
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  Speaker 1: of God to do, and appointed by the Master Workman,
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  Speaker 1: who hath left naught in his creation without aim and end.
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  Speaker 1: And if in any chance of life, thou stand not
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  Speaker 1: in outward appearances nor judgest things which are seen and
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  Speaker 1: heard by the fleshly sense, but straight away in every cause,
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  Speaker 1: enterest with Moses into the tabernacle to ask counsel of God,
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  Speaker 1: thou shalt hear a divine response, and come forth instructed
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  Speaker 1: concerning many things that are and shall be. For always
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  Speaker 1: Moses had recourse to the tabernacle for the solving of
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  Speaker 1: all doubts and questionings, and fled to the help of
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  Speaker 1: prayer to be delivered from the dangers and evil deeds
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  Speaker 1: of men. Thus also aughtist thou to fly to the
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  Speaker 1: secret chamber of thy heart and earnestly implore the divine succor.
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  Speaker 1: For this cause. We read that Joshua and the children
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  Speaker 1: of Israel were deceived by the Gibeonites that they ask
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  Speaker 1: not counsel at the mouth of the Lord Joshua nine
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  Speaker 1: verse fourteen, but being too ready to listen to fair speeches,
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  Speaker 1: were deceived by pretended piety Chapter thirty nine, that man
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  Speaker 1: must not be immersed in business. My son, always commit
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  Speaker 1: thy cause to me. I will dispose it aright in
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  Speaker 1: due time. Wait for my arrangement of it, and then
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  Speaker 1: thou shalt find it for thy profit, Oh Lord, write freely,
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  Speaker 1: I commit all things to thee for my planning can profit.
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  Speaker 1: But little oh, that I did not dwell so much
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  Speaker 1: on future events, but could offer myself altogether to thy
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  Speaker 1: pleasures without delay, My son. A man often striveth vehemently
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  Speaker 1: after somewhat which he desireth, But when he hath obtained it,
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  Speaker 1: he beginneth to be of another mind, because his affections
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  Speaker 1: towards it are not lasting, but rather rush on from
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  Speaker 1: one thing to another. Therefore it is not really a
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  Speaker 1: small thing, when in small things we resist self. The
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  Speaker 1: true progress of man lieth in self denial. And a
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  Speaker 1: man who denieth himself is free and safe. But the
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  Speaker 1: old enemy, a poser of all good things, ceaseth not
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  Speaker 1: from temptation, but day and night setteth his wicked snares.
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  Speaker 1: If haply he may be able to entrap the unwary,
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  Speaker 1: watch and pray saith the Lord lest ye enter into temptation.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew twenty, verse forty one, chapter forty. That man hath
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  Speaker 1: no good in himself, and nothing whereof to glory Lord?
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  Speaker 1: What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or
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  Speaker 1: the son of man that thou visitest him? Psalm eight,
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  Speaker 1: verse four. What hath man deserved that thou shouldst bestow
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  Speaker 1: thy favor upon him? Lord? What cause can I have
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  Speaker 1: of complaint if thou forsake me or what can I
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  Speaker 1: justly allege? If thou refuse to hear my petition of
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  Speaker 1: a truth, this I may truly think and say, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I am nothing. I have nothing that is good of myself.
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  Speaker 1: But I fall short in all things, and ever tend
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  Speaker 1: unto nothing. And unless I am helped by THEE and
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  Speaker 1: inwardly supported, I become altogether lukewarm and reckless. But Thou,
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  Speaker 1: o Lord, art always the same and endurest forever, always good,
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  Speaker 1: righteous and holy, doing all things well, righteously and holy,
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  Speaker 1: and disposing all in thy wisdom. But I, who am
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  Speaker 1: more ready to go forward than backward, never continue in
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  Speaker 1: one's stay, because changes sevenfold pass over me. Yet it
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  Speaker 1: quickly becometh better when it so pleaseth THEE, and thou
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  Speaker 1: puttest forth thy hand to help me, because thou alone
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  Speaker 1: canst aid without help of man, and canst so strengthen me,
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  Speaker 1: that my countenance shall be no more changed. But my
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  Speaker 1: heart shall be turned to THEE and rest in THEE alone. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: if I but knew well how to reject all human consolations,
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  Speaker 1: whether for the sake of gaining devotion or because of
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  Speaker 1: the necessity by which I was compelled to seek Thee.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing there is no man who can comfort me, Then
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  Speaker 1: could I worthily trust in Thy grace and rejoice in
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  Speaker 1: the gift of new consolation. Thanks be to THEE, from
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  Speaker 1: whom all cometh. Whensoever it goeth well with me. But
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  Speaker 1: I am vanity and nothing in thy sight, a man
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  Speaker 1: inconstant and weak. What then have I whereof to glory?
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  Speaker 1: Or why do I long to be held in honor?
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  Speaker 1: Is it not for naught? This also is utterly vain,
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  Speaker 1: verily vain. Glory is an evil plague, the greatest of vanities,
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  Speaker 1: because it draweth us away from the true glory and
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  Speaker 1: robeth us of heavenly grace. For whilst a man pleaseth himself,
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  Speaker 1: he displeaseth thee. Whilst he gapeth after the praises of man,
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  Speaker 1: he is deprived of true virtues. But true glory and
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  Speaker 1: wholy rejoicing lieth in glorying in THEE, and not in self,
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  Speaker 1: in rejoicing in Thy name, not in our own virtue,
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  Speaker 1: in not taking delight in any creature, save only for
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  Speaker 1: Thy sake. Let thy name, not mine be praised, Let
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  Speaker 1: thy work not mine be magnified, Let Thy holy name
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  Speaker 1: be blessed. But to me, Let nought be given of
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  Speaker 1: the praises of men. Thou art my glory, Thou art
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  Speaker 1: the joy of my heart. In THEE will I make
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  Speaker 1: my boast and be glad all the day long. But
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  Speaker 1: for myself, let me not glory save only in my
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  Speaker 1: infirmities two Corinthians twelve, verse five. Let the Jews seek
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  Speaker 1: the honor which cometh from one another, but I will
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  Speaker 1: ask for that which cometh from God only. John five,
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  Speaker 1: verse forty four. Truly, all human glory, all temporal honor,
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  Speaker 1: all worldly exaltation, compared to Thy eternal glory, is but
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  Speaker 1: vanity and folly. O God, my truth and my mercy,
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  Speaker 1: blessed Trinity. To THEE alone, be all praise, honor, power,
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  Speaker 1: and glory, forever and ever, ah meen. End of Chapter
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