FIRST EXERCISE IT IS A MEDITATION WITH THE THREE POWERS ON THE FIRST, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD SIN It contains in it, after one Preparatory Prayer and two Preludes, three chief Points and one Colloquy. Prayer. The Preparatory Prayer is to ask grace of God our Lord that all my intentions, actions and operations may be directed purely to the service and praise of His Divine Majesty. First Prelude. The First Prelude is a composition, seeing the place. Here it is to be noted that, in a visible contemplation
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