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May 4, 2021 08:10
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English term
trace [out] thy heart
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Christian meditation
Now, following the arousal of your memory, judgment, and affections, apply your meditations to yourself to arouse your soul to duty and comfort and to restrain your soul from sin.56 As William Fenner (1600–1640) wrote, “Dive into thy own soul; anticipate and prevent thy own heart. Haunt thy heart with promises, threatenings, mercies, judgments, and commandments. Let meditation ***trace [out] thy heart***.”
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Yvonne Gallagher
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(Let meditation) delineate or define your heart
I think this is one of the usual meanings of "trace out"
The paragraph is basically saying that the heart has to be tamed, and to do this its outlines must be sketched out or defined first. Know your heart.
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Glad to have helped
The paragraph is basically saying that the heart has to be tamed, and to do this its outlines must be sketched out or defined first. Know your heart.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trace out#:~:text=v.-,1...
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trace out#:~:text=v.-,1...
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link not pasting properly but I think it works
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AllegroTrans
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Let the fruits and benefits of meditation sink into your heart
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Ali Emrah Candan
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Let meditation make you face your own real self so show you what your heart is really made of.
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Let meditation tame the raw nature of your heart
How the wording speaks to me.
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Robert Forstag
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English term (edited):
Let meditation trace [out] thy heart.
Practicing meditation regularly will enable you to identify the sinful inclinations of your heart.
As I read this, and in keeping with the author's classical Christian theology, the heart is mainly seen here as being the seat of potential sin and waywardness. The Christian's practice of meditation will reveal the concrete manifestations of this tendency (and thus, it is implied, allow the believer to avoid the commission of sin).
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Orkoyen (X)
: Your take is to the point. I can’t but think of Deuteronomy 10:16, “Circumcise your hearts”.
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Thank you, Orkoyen.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: I don't agree with "Practicing meditation regularly" . This is not about the practice of meditation but rather thinking deeply and defining the heart: "apply your meditations (PLURAL) to yourself"
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