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Imaginary place of ad∣dress.
18. Ordering, and fashioning in your thoughts (and this without much curiosity, or trouble to your fancy) an ima∣gined place of your addresses to God (or our Saviour;) and a several manner of his presence, and appearance to you, such as may make most impression upon you, and may suit best with the subject of your present meditations, and devotions, (whether it be Confession; or Thanksgiving; or Petition; or Doxology, &c.) [Which composition of place will make you more sensible what you are, who, and what, He, to whom you speak; and breed high degrees of humility, love, re∣signation, shame, compassion, and tenderness, according to the business you then negotiate with him.] As, representing to your self, God, in his Majesty, according to the visions of Ezechiel, c. 1. Esai. c. 6. Dan. c. 7. St. John, Apoc. c. 4. &c. Our Saviour, in his gentleness, and familiarity, and readiness to help, according to some of those postures you read in the Gospel. Or, in his Glory, according to Rev. 1. or 19. Chapters.