§. 96.
Heightning and enlarg∣ment of the Affections.
15. Much using, and indulging your affections in Prayer, rather than the fancy; and the operations of Love, rather than the discourse of reason; and performing this holy exercise in the heart, more than in the brain. (The in∣tense acts of both which cannot be exercised at once; and it being with these holy, as with other, passions, the higher they grow in us the less use there is of reasoning; and they wholly follow their own impetus). Again; the chief profit of the Soul lying not so much in thinking of God, as in loving him extreamly; nor in advancing of Arguments, as in fervour of Spirit; and in the attendance, and waiting, and hearkning, elevations, adherence, embra∣cings, aspirings, languishings, expectings, of the Soul, after God: (As our Saviour in the Garden used not many words, but much passion.) It is much better (when God offers it) for the Soul on this fashion to be carried toward God, rather than to guide her self; and to suffer, than to work out, her devotions; nec tam ex se operari, quam suavem Dei operationem pati; & auscultare magis, quam loqui.