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THE VERTVE.
The renouncing of the pleasures of sense, curiosity, vanity, and rallerie.
THE PRACTICE.
First, to say nothing in passion.
Secondly, not to be so easy as to comply with any that shall backbite others.
Thirdly, to seek nothing out of pure curiosity, or self-satisfaction.
1 J go to receive a God who is my judge: O grant my Jesus, that I may not receive thee to my dam∣nation.
2. I am about to receive in my heart, a God who is my Saviour, o God, receive thou thy self there, with the love thou deservest.
3. O my judge, I tremble, I am ready to die with confusion & grief, whilst I approach your majesty. O my Saviour, I hope in your goodness, I abandon my self entirely to you; I burn with desire to open my heart to you, I will die with love of you, & breath my last in you.
I unite my self to all the respect which Angels, to all the love which Seraphins bear you, to all the con∣fidence of the sick that you have cured, o my Jesus, during your whole life; & I hope with them, that you will
give a speedy remedy to all the diseases of my soul.
1. O my Jesus! o my love! o God of glory! o God of goodness! o majesty of my God! who are you, & who am I?
2. Receive your self in me, thank your self in me; Sacrifice your self upon my heart for me; I unite my self to all that you are going to do in me.
3. In your passage thorough my heart, heal all its curiosities; & all the ill words of my tongue.
1. O liberality of my Jesus, how am I obliged to you, for
having given me a God for the nou∣rishment of my soul! O that all crea∣tures, & all the Angels would oyn with me, in giving you due thanks for me!
2. I adore you my Jesus, as my Creatour who gave me my life; as my Saviour, who has deliver'd me from death; as a God of glory, who has designed me for Paradise.
3. Pause here, & in silence, look upon ••es••s Christ as your Saviour, with confidence: as your Judge & with fear, as your most loving and lovely God, with love.
4. Beg of him to apply himself to your senses, to your mind, to your heart to cure your infirmities, to purifie them, & fill them with his love.