4. Prayers, too, after reading, find the soul
fresher, and more vigorously stirred by love towards God. And
that prayer is good which imprints a clear idea of God in the soul; and
the having God established in self by means of memory is God’s
indwelling. Thus we become God’s temple, when the
continuity of our recollection is not severed by earthly cares; when
the mind is harassed by no sudden sensations; when the worshipper flees
from all things and retreats to God, drawing away all the feelings that
invite him to self-indulgence, and passes his time in the pursuits that
lead to virtue.]