The application of redemption

Meditation takes a special Survey of the compass of §2our present condition, and the Nature of those corruptions that come to be considered: It's the traversing of a mans thoughts, the coasting of the mind and imagination into every crevice and corner, pries into every particular, takes a special view of the borders and […] of any corruption or condition that comes to be scanned, Psal. 119. 59. I considered my ways, and […] my feet unto thy testimonies; […] turned them upside down, looked through them as it were; a present apprehension peeps in as it were through the crevice or key-hole, looks in at the window as a man passeth by; but Meditation lifts up the latch and goes into each room, […] into every […] of the house, and surveys the composition and making of it, with all the blemishes in it. ⟨p. 214⟩Look as the Searcher at the Sea-Port, or Custom-house, or Ships, satisfies himself not to over-look carelessly in a […] view, but unlocks every Chest, rummages every corner, takes a light to discover the darkest passages. So is it with Meditation, it observes the woof and web of wickedness, the full frame of it, the very utmost Selvage and out side of it, takes into consideration all the secret conveyances, cunning contrivements, all bordering circumstances that attend the thing, the consequences of it, the nature of the causes that work it; the […] occasions and provocations that lead to it, together with the end and issue that in reason is like to come of it, Dan. 12. 4. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase: Meditation goes upon discovery, […] at every coast, observes every creek, maps out the daily course of a mans conversation and disposition.

Meditation takes a special Survey of the compass of §2our present condition, and the Nature of those corruptions that come to be considered: It's the traversing of a mans thoughts, the coasting of the mind and imagination into every crevis and corner, pryes into every particular, takes a special view of the borders and 〈…〉 of any corruption or condition that comes to be scanned,