CHAP. XXX.
THinke of God (especially in thy devotion) in the abstract, rather
Enchiridion Containing institutions, divine contemplative. Practicall. Moral ethicall. Oeconomicall. Politicall. Written by Fra: Quarles.
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- Enchiridion Containing institutions, divine contemplative. Practicall. Moral ethicall. Oeconomicall. Politicall. Written by Fra: Quarles.
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- Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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- London :: printed for R.F.,
- 1644.
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- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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then the concrete: if thou conceive him good, thy finite thoughts are rea∣dy to terminate that good in a con∣ceiv'd subject; if thou thinke him great, thy bounded conceipt is apt to cast him into a comprehensible fi∣gure: conceive him therefore, a dif∣fused goodnesse without quality, and represent him an incomprehensible greatnesse without quantity.