A27107:297
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. By possessing an immediate communion with this Divine Nature.
Thea beatifical vision of God is that only that can content the infinite mind of Man.b For every thing tendeth to its centre: God is the centre of the Soul: therefore (like Noah's Dove) she cannot rest nor joy, till she return and enjoy him.
Thea beatifical vision of God is that only that can content the infinite mind of Man.b For every thing tendeth to its center: God is the center of the Soul: therefore (like Noah's Dove) she cannot rest nor joy, till she return and enjoy him.
- aVisio Dei beatifica sola est summum bonum nostrum. Aug. 1. de Trin. c. 13.
- bFecisti nos dominead te: inquietum igitur est cor nostrum, donec req•i•• cat in te, Aug. Consol. 1. c. 1. &c.
All that God bestowed upon Moses, could not satisfy his mind, unless he mightc see the face of God. Therefore the whole Church prayeth so earnestly;