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A treatise of divine meditation
A treatise of divine meditation, by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ Mr. John Ball, late minister of the Gospel at Whitmore in Staffordshire. Published by Simeon Ashe, preacher of the Gospel at Austins, London.
London: printed for H. Mortlock, 1660
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.
Quest. What is a second Impediment or Let?
Answ. Inconstancy; when we begin to set upon this duty, but are drawn aside by the love of vanity, or discouraged by the difficulty of the exercise, and so give over, and never set about it in good earnest.
Answ. Inconstancy; when wee begin to set upon this duty, but are drawn aside by the love of vanity, or discouraged by the difficulty of the exercise, and so give over, and never set about it in good earnest.
Quest. What is the Remedy of this Impediment?
Answ. Labour to be constant, and if it be possible, let no day pass without some line of Meditation, though many blocks be cast into the way. Impediments will multiply, as we give way unto them; indisposition and unfitness get strength through omission, and delay; but constancy and courage (our breaking through all opposition) with careful watchfulness to tie up our thoughts, will make this ⟨p. 66⟩