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Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only read more
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service -- just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.
One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not read more
One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the Presence of God; and , being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wonderings.
