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all felfifh Considerations. See Pietists, Molinosists,

The Tvlydia, to excufe their fanatic Extafies, and a mo rous Extravagancies, alledge that Paffage of St. Paul j The Spirit prays in us by Sighs and Groans that are unutterable. Now, if the Spirit, fay they, pray in us j we muft refign ourfelves to its Motions, and be fway'd, and guided by its Impulfe* by remaining in a State of mere Inaction. See

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Paffive Contemplation is that State of Perfection to tvhich the Myftics all afpire. See Contemplation.

MYSTIC Theology, isa refined and fublime kind of Di- tinity, profefs'd by the Myjiics. Itconfiftsm a Knowledge of God, and Divine things, not acquir'd in the common way, but infufed immediately by God, and which has the EtVecT: to move the Soul in an eafy, calm, devout, affec- tive manner; to unite it intimately to God ; to illumine the Understanding, and warm and enliven the Will in an extraordinary manner,

Among the Writings attributed to D'tonyfius the A-eopaiiie, Is a Difcourfe of Myjiic Theology, Several others hare wrote on the fame Subject, both Antients and Moderns.

MYTHOLOGY, the Hiftory of the fabulous Gods, and Heroes of Antiquity 5 and the Explanation of their Myfte- ries, of their Religion, their Fables, and Metamorphofes, See Goes, Fables, Metamorphoses,^.

Natalis Comes has wrote a Mythology.

The Word isGreek, and Signifies a Difcourfe or Defcrip- tion of Fables 5 from (m^cf Fabula, and \oy@- Sermo t Difcourfe.

MYURUS, in Medicine, a Pulfe which is continually weakening by infenfible Degrees ; fo that the fecond Beat is fainter than the fir 11 5 the third than the fecond, ££c«, See Pulse.

The Word is formed of the Greek ixt/sf©-, like a Moufe*s Tail; which is compounded of u.vf t Moufe, and «f£ss, Tail 5 the Diminution ot the Pulfe being fuppofed like that of the thicknefsof the Tail of that Animal.which grows lefs from the Root to the Tip.

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