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They give us an exquisite relish of those Mercies we do enjoy, wean our Affections from the world, prevent our surfeits of prosperity, and place us in a continual preparation for Death: Moreover, what is not so commonly insisted on, they enlarge our Experience, and give our Faculties a miraculous perfection. For, do but consider what excellent discourses are owing to the Pen of the Mourners? what Divine Consolations we have receiv'd from the damps and horrours of a Prison? what constancy and peace of mind from the incirclings of War? What Meditations from a Martyr'd King? as if mens understandings had been purg'd and refin'd by their Afflictions, and their faculties vex'd into Intuition: as 'tis observed of the more Intellectual Platonists, that by long fastings, and frequent severities, they raised themselves unto those Abstractions and pure Idea's, which some men are not yet Dieted to apprehend: |
They give us an exquisite relish of those mercies we do enjoy, wean our Affections from the world, prevent our Surfeits of Prosperity, and place us in a continual preparation for Death: Moreover, what is not so commonly insisted on, they enlarge our Experience, and give our Faculties a miraculous perfection. For, do but Consider what excellent discourses Are owing to the Pen of the Mourners? what Divine Consolations we have received from the damps and horrors of a Prison? what constancy and peace of mind from the incirclings of War? What Meditations from a Martyred King? as if men's understandings had been purged and refined by their Afflictions, and their faculties vexed into Intuition: as it's observed of the more Intellectual Platonists, that by long Fastings, and frequent severities, they raised themselves unto those Abstractions and pure Idea's, which Some men Are not yet Dieted to apprehend: |
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