purity of mind and intention; in spirit, without voluntary distractions; in truth, without hypocrisie; in Spirit, fervently and humbly; in truth, sin∣cerely and cordially.
O Soul! if thou didst but consider the benefit of spirituall prayer, how rich and liberall God is towards them, who truly invocate him, then would'st thou be diligent, fervent, per∣severant to knock at the door of his mercy; thou wouldst not permit whole dayes to pass without pray∣er: this would be thy exercise in morning, mid-day and night; pray∣er would open the begining, con∣duct the progress, conclude the end of all thy enterprises.
The reason, why most people in the world, are plunged in a carnal, and sensuall life, is the defect of In∣ternal and spirituall prayer, by the exer∣cise of which they would enter into their hearts, to discover the true causes of their distempers, and so be excited to apply convenient re∣medies