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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 22

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Mal

Of Internal Acts Acts are distinguished into External and Internal. External acts are those which bear relation to some sensible object, and are either morally good or evil, merely according to the nature of the principle from which they proceed. … Continue reading →

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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 21

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Mal

The Noble Results of this Species of Prayer Some persons, when they hear of the prayer of silence, falsely imagine, that the soul remains stupid, dead, and inactive. But, unquestionably, it acteth therein, more nobly and more extensively than it … Continue reading →

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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 15

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Mal

Of Confession and Self-examination Self-examination should always precede Confession, and in the nature and manner of it should be conformable to the state of the soul: the business of those that are advanced to the degree of which we now … Continue reading →

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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 14

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Mal

Of Inward Silence “The Lord is in His Holy Temple, let all the earth keep silence before him” (Hab. ii. 20). Inward silence is absolutely indispensable, because the Word is essential and eternal, and necessarily requires dispositions in the soul … Continue reading →

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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 13

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Mal

Of Rest before God The soul advanced thus far hath no need of any other preparation than its quietude: for now the Presence of God, which is the great effect, or rather continuation of Prayer, begins to be infused, and … Continue reading →

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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer – Chapter 11

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Mal

Of Conversion “Be ye truly converted unto that God from whom ye have so deeply revolted” (Isa. xxxi. 6). To be truly converted is to avert wholly from the creature, and turn wholly unto God. For the attainment of salvation … Continue reading →

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Defining Christian Mysticism

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Mal

First, let me apologise for the disjointed order of these posts, although I shouldn’t need to apologise – blogging gives an author the freedom to post items as they come to mind. The reader must wait in anticipation to see … Continue reading →

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