Mount Tabor. Or Private exercises of a penitent sinner Serving for a daily practice of the life of faith, reduced to speciall heads comprehending the chiefe comforts and refreshings of true Christians: also certain occasionall observations and meditations profitably applyed. Written in the time of a voluntary retrait from secular affaires. By R.W. Esquire. Published in the yeare of his age 75. Anno Dom. 1639. The contents of the booke are prefixed.

18. Vpon consideration of one Mus∣cle of the eyes of man, more then of any other creature.

IN the creation of man, Almighty God intending in that admirable and choice peece of all his workes, to joyne an heavenly soul and an earth∣ly body together, did even in the frame of that body, by that Muscle of the eye, give man to understand his owne excellencie above all other creatures; which having only mus∣cles, for the use of their natures, his goodnesse added one to the eyes of man, that hee might looke up dire∣ctly to Heaven from whence his better part came; the soule having especiall use of that motion of the eye in prayer and meditation; that this power of lifting up the eyes without, might put us in minde of

lifting up our hearts and souls with∣in, to our good God, who gave our eyes that motion to that purpose; as also that the body was to looke unto, and performe service to the Creator, as well as the soule, and to exercise that muscle in the works of grace, as the other are used for the necessary works of nature; and with∣all, to shew us, that as when our eyes are intentively lifted up to∣wards heaven, wee cannot looke downeward or to any thing below; so our minds should be affected in al our spirituall duties to God, neg∣lecting all worldly things therein, and keeping our soules to him alone.

O mercifull Lord God, pardon the errours of mine eyes forepast, and san∣ctifie them to make these gracious uses for the time to come; and that both mine eyes and all other the mem∣bers and faculties both of soule and bodie, may be consecrated to thy faith∣full service, in universall obedience;

that when these eyes shall be shut up fr m this mortall light, my soule may be received into the glorious light of thy heavenly kingdome, through the merits and mediation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.