[301] Sicut ignis in aqua durare non potest, ita neque turpis cogitatio in Dei amante: quoniam omnis qui Dei amator est, etiam laboris amans est: cæterum labor voluntarius, naturaliter voluptati inimicus existit. Marcus Erem.
[302] See the directions for prayer, hearing, reading, and the sacrament. Part ii.
[303] See in my tract on Heb. xi. 1, called "The Life of Faith."
[304] See my book of the Mischiefs of Self-ignorance.
[305] Thus evil may be made the object and occasion of good: it is good to meditate on evil to hate it, and avoid it. Keep acquaintance with conscience, and read over its books, and it will furnish your thoughts with humbling matter.
[306] Psal. cv. 22; See Psal. civ. cv. cvi. cvii. cxxii. cxxiv. cxxxv. cxxxvi. cxlv. cxlvii. cxlviii. cxlix.
[307] Phil. ii. 13; 2 Cor. iii. 5; xii. 9.
[308] Of this see the fourth part of my "Saints' Rest" more fully.
[309] Gal. vi. 10; 2 Thess. iii.
[310] See Dr. Hammond on the place, and on 1 Tim. v. and on Tit. ii.
[311] Petrarch speaking of his intimacy and esteem with kings and princes, addeth, Multos tamen eorum quos valde amabam effugi: tantus mihi fuit insitus amor libertatis; ut cujus vel nomen ipsum libertati, vel illi esse contrarium videretur, omni studio declinarem. In Vita Sua.
[312] Read more after, part iii. against despair.
[313] Stoici dicunt sapientem nunquam sanitate mentis excidere: incidere tamen aliquando in imaginationes absurdas propter atræ bilis redundantiam, sive ob delirationem non quidem deviatione rationis, verum ex imbecillitate naturæ. Laert. in Zenone.
[314] Col. ii. 18-23.
[315] John iii. 16; 1 John v. 10-12; Rev. xxii. 17; John v. 40.
[316] Acts xxvi. 18; Eph. i. 18, 19; Col. i. 13; 1 Pet. ii. 9; Rom. viii. 7; 1 Cor. ii. 14, 15.
[317] Nos autem nec subito cœpimus philosophari, nec mediocrem a primo tempore ætatis in eo studio operam curamque consumpsimus, et cum minime videbamur tum maxime philosophabamur. Cicero de Nat. Deor. page 5.
[318] Primum contemplativæ sapientiæ rudimentum est meditari, condiscere, et loquitari dedicere. Paul. Scalig. Thes. p. 730.
[319] Since the writing of this, I have begun a Methodis Theologiæ.
[320] Read well Vincentius Lirinensis.
[321] Sana consultatio est ex eruditia; multarumque rerum peritia et experientia. Plato in Laert.
[322] Cum opiniones tam variæ sint et inter se dissidentes, alterum fieri potest, ut earum nulla, alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera fit. Cicero de Nat. Deor. page 5.