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Meditations upon Mr. Baxter's review of his treatise of the duty of heavenly meditation…
Meditations upon Mr. Baxter's review of his treatise of the duty of heavenly meditation in answer to the exceptions of Giles Firmin, against some things in that treatise concerning meditation : published for the satisfaction of many sincere Christians troubled at their inability to perform that duty as the said author (and some others with him) have described it and charged it / by Giles Firmin.
London : s.n., Printed in the year 1672
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.
There is not one particular Object which the Scripture hath bound us up unto, that upon this you must meditate every day. The varieties of Providences, temptations, the state, condition and frame of the Soul, with several things, make differences here, why then should we stint Christians to one object every day; I take notice of your words p. 31: What ever else I think of, of Christ, of Scripture, of Promises, of Threatenings, of Sin, of Grace, &c. If I leave out Heaven and make it not the chief part of my meditation, I leave out the sense and life of all. Thus from your ⟨p. 6⟩example and experience, you prove that Heavens joys and rest, must be •e Object of our Meditation every day, and is this sufficient I pray, to charge a Duty upon Christians in that manner you have done?
There is not one particular Object which the Scripture hath bound us up unto, that upon this you must meditate every day. The varieties of Providences, temptations, the state, condition and frame of the Soul, with several things, make differences here, why then should we stint Christians to one object every day; I take notice of your words p. 31: What ever else I think of, of Christ, of Scripture, of Promises, of Threatnings, of Sin, of Grace, &c. If I leave out Heaven and make it not the cheif part of my meditation, I leave out the sense and life of all. Thus from your ⟨p. 6⟩example and experience, you prove that Heavens joyes and rest, must be e Object of our Meditation every day, and is this sufficient I pray, to charge a Duty upon Christians in that manner you have done?