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but becaufe I * would with the Apoftle have
you to abound in every Grace, in Faith
and Knowledge, and in all Diligence,
and in your Love to God's Service and
'true Religion, Never »<« then more need
of plain and unfeigned Admonition : For
theiZotmcki in that Saying, feems but to
have prophefiod of ourjimes , Obfequiutn
.auiicos, Veritas odjurn park. Ana* no
marvel \ Seeing ibtf we are f alien into the
'dregs of T\r$$ y which bevtg theh(k 9 muft
needs be the worn; dajis< And how can there
faworfe, feeing Vanity jytows not how to be
vainer, nor Wickednefs how to be more
wicked? And whereas heretofore thofe have
fa'en, counted mq/l holy,; who have Jhewed
themfelves moft : f zealous fc their Religioh5
the/are now reputed mofiiikiecty who can
make the kaft profeffion of their Faith.
§ And that thefe are the laft daySj appears
evidently 5 becaufe the Security of Mens e-
ternal State. fo/A fo overwhelmed (45 Chrift
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now live, are become lovers of Plcafures,
more than lovers of God: A ndof thoje
who ^pretend to love God, O God ! what
fanRifyd heart can but bleed; tobehold how
feldom they come to Prayers? How ir*
reverently they hear God's Word? What
Strangers they are at the Lord's Tabic ?
What adiduous Spectators they are at
Stage-Plays 5 Where (being Chriftians )
they Can [port themfelves to hear the Vaflals
of the * Devil fcofing Religion, andbhC-
phemOufly abufing Fhrajes of holy Scrip-
ture on their Stages, as familiarly as they
ufe their Tobacco-pipes in their Bibbing-
houfes. So that he who would now^a-days
feek, in mofi Chriftians for the power, JhaU
fcarce -almofi find the Very (hew of Godli*
nefs. Never was thert more finning, never
kfs rtmorfe'for fin. Never was the Judge
tnearef tocOme, never was there fo little
preparation for hU coming. And if the
Bridegroom Jhouldno^r cotne\ how many
## *Exemplumadcidit, niulieris, Domino tefte,quxTheatrum ad-
iit, 8c in4« com Dsemonio red iit. Itaque in exorcilmo cilm onerare.
turimmundus fpiritus qu6d aufuscftfidelemaggredi; conftanter
iuftiffimfei]ui<Sm (inquiOfeci : In meocam inveni, Ttrtul.de fretf.
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tkfttat* ScCathedram pfcfttlentiarum. + James 5.% Rev. 11. 20
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faying Faitfo v> their Lamps > ffc ii&
gpeateft Wtfdom cfmjl'Men in this Age
confift&in bebtgwifc, fir/},to'Jeceive others,
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£*/? P*?fiW£ '•■.«* k°n weajfc afe^lQ^/% ;
kaveqi; Eternal Life ifthviwe wfcd: .
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is f& enough from death, *»</ therefore
mdfteAdly fatefet » longer time to enjoy
his fweec Hcafures) and to ihefcafe his
Wealth and Gfeathefe: And hereupon (like
Solomon*; * fllugga*d)/k jfr/dfe Mw/ajf r*
* fietfe-mort deep; a little more (lumber,
a firtte mote folding of the Binds to
flfeep in 0fc former fin-, tit dt lafa Zkfpxit
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boms {in a (hort while) now come forth a-
gam under the gracious protection of your
Highnefs'j Favour 5 und b$ their enter*?
tainment feem. not to be altogether unwel-
come to the Church of Chrift. jf to be
Pious, has tti all Ages been held fa trued:
honour x,ffQw,much more honourable***?,
in fo impious an Age, ft be the true Patron
and Pattern of P iety > Piety made David,
Solomon, Jehoftiaphat, Ezekias, Jofias,
^erubbabel, Conftantine, Thcodofius,
Edward the$ixih,Queen Elizabeth, Prince,
Henry, and other religious Princes tobefo,
honoured) that their names ( fince their
death) * fmell in the Church of GO D
like (t precious Oyntment, and their re-
membrances, fweet as Honey in all
Mouths, and as Mufick at a Banquet of
Wine : Wlxn as the lips of other s t who have
been godlcfs and irreligious Princes, do
rot and ftink in the memory of God's Peo-
.pie. And what honour is it for great Men
to have great Titles on Earth $ when God
counts their Names unworthy to be + writ-
ten in his Book of Life in Heaven ?
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It is Piety that Embalms, a Princes' s
good Name, and make his face, to (bine be-
fore Men, and glorifies his Soul among
Angels. For as Mofes his Face, by often
* talking with God, (hined in the eyes of
the* People \foby frequent pray ing {which,
is our talking with God) and hearing the
Word, (which is God's fpeaking unto m)
f we (hall be changed from glory, to;
glory, by -.the Spirit of the Lord, to the.
Image of the Lord. And feeing, this Life
is uncertain to aUiefpecially to Princes 5)
What Argument is more fit, both for Prin-
ces and People to fiudy, than that whichl
teacheth (infill Man to deny himfelf, bf
mortifying ^Corruptions \ that he may
enjoy Chrift, the Author of his Salvation i
To renounce thefe falfe and momentany
Pleafures of the World 5 that he may at-
tain to the true and eternal Joys of Hea-
ven: And to make them truly honourable
before God in Piety, who are now only ho-
nourable before Men in vanity ? What
Charges foever wefpend in earthly vahi*
. ties, for t he mofi part they either d ie be-.
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But what tie, fpnct Hks * Mary; In f he
Pr&fcice of Piety (tall remain our trWtf
Memorial fQt,&tef. A^ f Piety ha$r v
tfie Promife of this Lift, and of thaif
which fhafl never end. But $»$&**/ ft"
*/y there if no interna! Comfort- to U
found in Confcience, ifo external £eate'
/blfe looked for iathe World, W dnf&
terrial Happihefs to be hoped for in Hea-'
ven. How tan Piety fat pmhife to her fetf
a zealous Patron of your flighneft $ Wing
ibefo/eSoti and 1 . Heir of fo gtaeiofks'arirf
^reataWohirthj Who is ridt oni? the
Defender of the Faith by fide,' bur dip
^Defender of the Faith in Truifc, ^"the
Ghriftian WbVKi bath talfen notkeBytilt
learned confuting of Beltermin^ obfr*
fpreadlng Herefies, and his fttft5refling
in the blade of VbrftusV Atfieaii Blitfi
phemies ? And how ; eafie is ;tt fo* your
Flighnefs ic egualXjH not exceed) jfiifbai
tPBte before you^ in Grace and Gr&thefs j
tf you do but fet your Heart tv (ttfc and
,i, M . ■ I ■ ■ til i i •; i > > . j ■ ;• ' "Tf\ Vm i i t . *"'
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a& fometimes holy 4- David /^w(e /o £»
So» Solomon: And thou Charles my Son,
kuow/thouVtho God o^' t^ Ruher, and
ferve him with a perfect heart, and with
a willing Mind : For the Lord fearcheth
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.all hearts, and underftandeth all the i-
roaginationsof the thoughts: If thou
feek him, he will be found of. thee: But
if thou forfake him, he .will caft, thee
off forever. ' . . . v ' "-■*'*
To help you the better to leek and ferve
this God Almighty, who muft fc jOKrchief
Erote&or in Life, and only Proteelor in
Death $ 1 here once again, on my bended
feees* offer my Old Mite new fiampt^mto
your Highnels s hands'. Daily for your
Highncfs offering up unto the moft High ;
wvhumbleft Prayers 5 that as you grovm
Age and Stature, fo you may (Me your ,
Matter, Chrift) increafe in Wifdom and
favour with God and all good Men.
this Suit mill never ceafc : bt all other
Matters I wiU ever reft
Tour Highnefss humble Servant,
during life to be commanded,
Lewis Baily.
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Had not purfiofef to enlarge the loft Edition,
fave that the importunity of many devoutly
diMed*.prevailed withjne to, add fomeppints,
'¥?£[ 4ncfto arnplific othirs. ~ To latisfie wjfoje goMy
Mtydeft, J Inhe dime my 6eft fendeavbury and. rbrthd
finifhed all that J intend in this Argument. If thou
fbalt hereby reap any more profit, &ve $od?U more
praife-; and'rtmembef htm irifhy prayers, who bath
vowed hoth his life and his labours, to further thy
Salvation at his own.
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I J]L Plato Defcdftion of God,
f\ in refpeS if his Bfftncu,
Ftffdn* and Attributes, fo far
as every CbriftiaH fiould com-
fetently endeavour to learn and
know i With Jundry fweet Obser-
vations, and Meditation tbett-
nfouj, pffgg ±
a* Meditations fettiug forth the
Mijerjes of a Man in bis Life
and Death, that is m reconciled
tx> God in Cbidfi, 38
3> Meditations of ike blefed State,
bet kin. Lift and Death, of a Man
that H reconciled to GodinCbrift :
Wherein thou /halt ford not a
few things worthy the Heading
. and Obfervation y &i
* Meditations onfeuen Hindrances,
which t$ef hack * Sinntr from
the Praclice of Piety , neceffary
to he read of all, tat efreciafo
of Carnal GefreBers in tbefe
times* xoi
$. Bow to begin the Morning with
pim Meditations and Prayers,
6 Hew to read the Bible with
Profit and Eafi once over every
Tear, 140
7. A Morning Prayer 144
Another Jhorter Prayer fir the
Another brief Morning Prayer
8. Meditations bow to walk with
God all the Day, g^%
EfteciaOy b$Wi H guide tbf
Thoughts ' 1^9
Thy Words jZ
Thy A&ion* I7 *
9. Meditations far the Evening
10. An Evening Prayer 18ft
Another Jhorter Evening- Prayer,
18S
11. Tbfrgs to be meditated neon at
* thou art going to bed, 191
I2-. Meditations for a godly Hon*
fielder, i 9 ^
13* A Morning-Prayer for a Fa*
mily, , 9 5
14. Holy Meditations and Grates
before and after Dinner and
1^. Rules to kohfervedinjmging
' of Pjalms, 308
1 6. An Evening-Prayer for a Fa*
«fc 2IO
17* A PUligUu Difcourfe of the
Sabbath-day, wherein k proved
that the Sabbath was altered
from the feventb to the firft Day
of the Week* not by Humane
Ordinance* but by Cbrift him-
felf and bh Apofiles : Ibat the
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fourth Commandment is perpetual
and moral uvdtr the New Tefta-
ment, m well as under the Old.
* JLnd the true manner offanftify-
in* tit Sabbath 4*y is defcriVd
out of tie Word of God, 21$
18. A Morning-Prayer fir the Sab-
bath-daft 260
19. An Evening trayer for the Sab-
bath-day, 27$
20. Meditations of the true man-
■ tier of fafiinfr and giving of
Alms, out of the Word of God,
279
31 . Ihe right manner of holy Ptafl-
ing^ ■ •' 298
VU Holy and devout Meditations
of tho worthy and reverend re*
serving of the lord* i-S upper,
299
*%> An #""&/' Confijfon of Sins
-kit* fk Hoi 1 Communion ■-,
84i A fioeet Soliloquy to he ford a
little before the receiving of the
holy Sacrament, 341
* J. A Vrayer to be fad after the
* reviving of the holy Sacrament*
" %6- Medititions bow to behave
- ik Win the time of ficknefs,
3$&
27* A Prayer when one begins to be
fitk> * 6 °
28. Viretlions fir maUng thy Will,
and Jetting thy Boufc in order,
ao, A Prayer before taking ofPby-
jo* Meditations for tbeSnK,, 37 *
31* Meditations for one that k re-
covered from Sidtnefsy 3* %
AnJta TbankJgmng* : &3
32. Meditations for on? that k like
? to dyer m *3$<*
33. A Vrayer to he faid of one that
is like to dye f 394-
34. Comfortable Meditations againfl
Defpair, 397
3 J, pirtSions for theft who come
to vifit the Sick* 4* *
36. A Prayer to be faid for theftc^
by thole who vifit him, 414»
And choice Scriptures fo be read
unto bint* 4*7
37. Covfolatwns agaiuft Impatience
inficknefl* 41 8
38* Confolations againft the fear of
Death, 42%
39. Seven fanSifiid Thoughts, and
fo many fpiritual fijn, ft for *
fici. Man ready to die, 4*6
40. Of the comfortable ufe of true
Absolution and receiving of the
* Lord's Suffer , to the faithful
and penitent, before they depart
this life, if they may conveniently
be bad, 432
41. The laffl Speech ofagoMy Matt
iying* 442
42. Meditations of Mftrttrdom %
wherein is proved that thofe who
die for Popery cannot be thrift's
Martyrs, 443
43. A Divine CoUofty between
Chrifi and the Sbui 9 concerning
the Virtue and Efoacy of bis do-
lorous Paffiou 4$*>
44. The SouPs Soliloauy uutoCb/ifi
her Saviour 9 4^
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fpeedily, left before thou haft read it over, God
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Who will aw/&//> him, wfiofc help & Mah thinks he
needeth wxi And how mail a Minfeek Remedy
by 6r^ who never underftood his Mifeiry by
Nature* Therefore (faith the \ Apoftle) Be tha
tometh to God, mufl believe that he is, and thai hi
is a recorder if them that diligently feek htm.
(j And forafmuch as there can tie no true Pietj±
without the Knowledge of God ; nor any good
tr&ice, without the Knowledge of a ManV orv*
felf} we will thereforfc lay down the Knowledge
of GodyMajefty, and ^fan^ Mifery, as the firft
and chiefeft Grounds of the Praftfce df Piety.
*Tum Denm amare libet, cflm pcrfuafuin habemus ipfum efle
bprimuiD maximum, ubiquc prefentein, omnia in nobis efficient
tern, cuto in quo vivimus, movemus, fumus. hucer. iiy Pfal. 1 15.
THeb. iu 6. fl Daada imprimis opera eft, ut Deum tiorimus;
^ubtquot felicfes eft trblwnus. Quid iibfcis 1! teipfutxi tiefcis i
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Christian muft competently know, and j
Ceflafily believe, that will be favetL
ALtho* no Creature! carl define what C
is, becaufe He is a incomfrehenfibU y a
b dwelling in indcceffible Ugh $ yet it ha
pleafed his Majefty to reveal hrmfelf in I
Word unto us, fo far as our weak Captfity can be
conceive him. Thus, — ;
God is that * one, *fpiritual and * infinitely 1 f erf e
8 EJfenee^ whofe Being* h cf himftlf et&hauy.
In the Divine EJfence We are to confider Tw
Things : Firft, The Diverfe manner of being there
in : Secondly, The Attributes thereof.
The drt/erfe manner of being therein, are call 1 *
j Perfons.
A Perfim is a 1 diftin&~S*bfijhmecf the 1 wkt>
Godhead.
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There are • Three Divine Perfons, the Father*
the Son, and the Hob/ Ghofi :Thefc Three ^r>«
are not Three fattTdXSuhftances, but Three diftinft
Subfiflences ; or Three .iomv mmmw of Beings, of
b <»w and the fame Subfltmce, and Www £/«*«,
So that a Perfon y^the G(*#fti</ is an Individual
Vnderfianding, and inncomunicahle Subffience, liv-
ing of it felt, and not fuftained by another.
In the Unity of the Godhead,' "there is a *jbh
tditj which is not Accidental; (for God is a mo%t
pre J&> and admits no accidents; ) nor effeniialT
(for God is one Effence only ; ) but i Perfonal.
The Perfons in this One Effence are but Three,
In this e J#^«? there is *£«? & alius, another and
another j but not aliud& aliud, another thing ancj
another thing.
The Divine Effence in k felf, is neither divided*
nor difinguijbed', but the Three Perfons in th*
Divine Effence are diftinguiflied amongft them,
felves Three manner of Ways,
. i. By their Names,
%. By their Order,
3. By their A3 ions.
«Gen.i.a<5.&3.ii.& 1i-7.Exod.10. 2.Hof.i. 4 ,7.Ifc.<$3.o,ia,
Zach. 3-a.Hag. a. $,6". ijohny .7.Mat.3. i<S,i 7 .&a8. lojohn 1*,
26. a Cor. 13.13 bSujguUfuntinfinguIi$,&oniniaiJifinguli»,
ticfingula ipomnIbus,ctunum omnia. Ang.Ub.6. dtWn. f.«fccGca.
1. 16. & 3. 2i.&ii.7.I6.tf.8. dPcrfotMBDivinitatisdiftinguun*
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I. By their Names, thus,
THE firft Perfon is named the EtfA^r; Firft,
in rcfpeft of his a - natural Son Chrifi : Se-
condly, in refpeft of the £/<?#, his * adopted Sons;
that is, thofe who being not his Sons by Nat#re y
are made his Sons by Gra^e.
The fecond Perfon is named the'&w, becaufe
lie is ^ begotten of his? Father's Subjiance, or Nature y
tmd he is called the WW; Firfl:, becaufe the f con-
ception of a JfW in Man's Mind, is the neareft
thing that in fotne fort can fhadow unto us the
manner how he is eternally begotten of his Father's
Sub fiance ; and in this refpedt he is alfo called, the
Wifdom of- his Father, Prov. 8. 1 1. Secondly, becaufe
that by ihim the Father hath from the beginning
declared his will for our Salvation ; hence he is cal-
led *ly&: 9 quafniy*?, the pet fpn fpeaking with or by
the Father. Thirdly, becaufe he is the chief h Ar-
gument of all the Word of Gpd\ or that WORD
whereof GOD fpafce,when he promifed the blefled
$eed to the Earners under the Old Teftament.
The third Perfon is named the Holy l Ghofl ; Firft,
Becaufe he is ^fpiritual, without a Body. Secondly,
becaufe he is fpired 9 and as it were breathed from
■■ a Mat.ii. af.ifc Si7. k Ifa^63.i6.Bph.3.i4,ij. ^foV.30.4^
* Pial. 2 . 7- c Heb. 1.3. Phil. a. 6, fBaft. /*/>. 5 Johan . Sicat mens co-
gitando in feip fam refledicur, & Xo^y internum gign it: ita mens
itta setfrha <ptx eft Dctis pater, in, ftipfem inteHigendo reflexa
a&2*f seternuhi modo inefiabili genuit: Et ficut exterior Aiy©^
toy* iAterioris effigies quaft eft: ita aeterhus ille kiy& <&»sft7*»
x*V«terni patris imago eft, & Majeftatis CharaGer. Hcb. i. *•
^Johni:i8«/rra./.4.r.i4>Aasio.43.Heb.i.iXukei4.27johi^
S r 4r Afts 3. aa, 23, *4- s Dfc.tfj.io. 3 Cojr, 13. 14* 5 I John 4. **'
aCbr ; .3;»7 : . ' ' '" f ' " " ' ' < ' ' . ■' ■ •'
3Cfte practice rf f&tetp*
fo/A the * father, and the •&*, that is, proceedeth
from them both. And he is called holy % both be-
caufe he is b holy in his own Nature, and alfo the
immediate c Sanflifier of aR God's eleft People.
z. By their Order, thus.
THE Ferfons of the Godhead are either the
Father, or thofe which are d of the Father.
The Father is the c Firft Perfon in the glorious
Trinity, f having neither his Being nor Beginning
of any other but of himfelf \hegetting his 5^, and
together with his Son fending forth the Holy Qhofi
from cverlafting. The Ferfons which are of the
Father, are thofe who in refpeft of their perfonal
Exiflence, have the whole Divine Ejfenee eternally
communicated unto them from the Father. And
thofe are either from the Father alone, as the Son ;
or from the Father and the Son, as the Holy Ghojt.
The Son is the Second Perfon of the glorious
Trinity, and the only begotten Son of his Father,
not by Grace, but by Nature ; having hiss Being
of the father alone ', and the whole Being of his
father by an eternal and incomprehenfible Genera-
tion ; and with the Fsther fendeth forth the Holy
Ghoft. In refpeft of his ahfolute Ejfenee, he is of
himfelf; but in refpeft of his Perfon he is, by an
*John2o.n,n.Gal.4.0i Pcti. if, i$.«a Cor. 3. tj. 1 Theft
$.13. 1 Pecx.ft. d OrigocffcntiaindiviniS nulla eft, origapcrfo-
DAram tecum habct in Filio, & ibiricn San&o; Pater ♦mm eft
generationein & paore exiftit: ideoque non eft difliitfy, John &
3<f« & J. 19. Mic. 5. 1. John 1. 1.
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eternal Generation, of his Father. For the Ejfemce
doth not beget an Ejfence^ but the * Perfon of the
Father begetteth the Perfon of the $on> and fq he is
<W of G^, and. hath from his Father, the begin*
ning of his Perfon md Order, but not of Ejfence
and 'Time,
The //<$ Gfoy? is the Third Perfon of the bleflfed
Trinity, proceeding f and fent forth equally from
(I both the Father and the fa*, by an eternal and
incomprehenfible Spiration. For as the Son recei-
veth the whole Diyine Eflertfce by Generation ; fo
the Holy Ghofi receiveth it wholly by Spiration,
\ This Order betwixt the Thr^e Per/dm appears,
in that the Father begetting muft in order be be-
fore the $0*- begotten;, and the Fathered Son
before the Holy Ghofi proceeding from both.
K Thls Order ferves to let forth unto us t w6 things :
Firft, themanner how the. Trinity worfeeth in their
external JBions; as, that the Father worktth of
himfelf, by the $on and the Holy Ghofi; .the Son
From the Father, by the Holy Ghpfi ; the Holy Ghofi
from the Father and the Son, Secondly, To di->
ftinguifh the firft and immediate beginning, from
which thofe external and common Axioms do flow.
Hence it is, that forafmuch as the Father .is the
> Fountain *n& Original ox t he Trinity-, the begin,
'PfiU
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in Relation, and the. Title of Creator in the Creed
are given in a fpecial Manner to the Father; our
Redemption to the So*, and our Salification to the
perlbn of the Holy Ghoft, as the immediate Agents
of thofe Anions. And this alfo is the caufe why
the Son y as he is Mediator ■, referreth all Things to
the f Father, not to the Holy Ghoft ; and that the
Secure fo often faith, that we are || reconciled to
the Father.
This Divine Order or Ouonomy excepted, there
is neither fir ft nor laft, neither Superiority nor infe-
riority, among the Three Perfens', but for Nature
tbey are 90-effential, for Dignity co-equal, for Time
co-eternal.
The whole Divine Eflence is in every one of the
Three ferjhnsi but it was incarnated § only in tlie
Second Perfon of the Word, and not in the Perfon
of the Fathers of the Holy Ghoft , forthree Realons.
Firft, That God the Father might the rather fet
forth the greatnefs of his Love to Mankind, in gi-
ying his Firft and only begotten Son to be incarnated,
$nd to fuffer Death for Man's Salvation.
Secondly, ^ That he who was in his Divinity the
Son of God, (hould be in his Humanity the Son of
*Hitac Dei nomenfepein fcripturis Patri jul)' Ifcojfiji tribui-
tur Join 14. 1 . Rom. 8. 2. j Cor. 8.6, x Cor. 1 5. 24. f Matrh. 1 1 . 1 j f
a6,a7.Johns.i9,2o,ai, 22, a3.& 11.41,42,6c 12.4^. laCor.j. 18.
tfc. $Incarnatio verbi oroprife non patri, nee Spintui Sando nifi
^iudM«r x)3*iW}»??w compctit. Damrf. 1. deOrth.fd, c. 13.
Ifltykvit carnemChrifti pater. &Spiritus S, fed majeftate, non fufc
ceptkme. Awg.Serm.i* dtTmf. Jtbn 3. i6.Rok.8.i a. & j. 8, 10. Hoc
mimmfcedusfemper mens cogitat, uno Hoc tu ne dubita fede-
re jjarta falus, M*Aw. H Ut qui crat in divinitatc Dei Filius, fie-
retio hnmanitate faominis FUins,ne nomen filii ad alteram trao»
wet; Qui non effet sterna nativitate Filip*. jug.
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Man ; left the name of Son (hould pafs unto ano-
ther, who by his eternal Nativity was not the Son.
Thirdly, Becaufe it was a meeteft that That
Perfon, who is the fubftantial Image of his eternal
Father, ihould reilore in us the fpiritaal Image of
God, tyhich we had loft.
In ^.Incarnation the Godhead was not turn'd into
the Manhood, nor the Manhood into the Godhead;
but the Godhead as it is the fecond Per/on, or Word,
affumM unto it the Manhood,thzt is, the whole Na-
ture of Man, Body and Soul; and all the natural
Properties and b Infirmities thereof, &* excepted.
The fecond 'Perfon took not upon him the c Perfon
of Man, but the Nature of Man. So that the
6 Humane Nature hath no perfonal Subfiftence of
its own (for then there Ihould be two Perfons in
Chrift) but it fubfifteth in the Word, the Second
Perfon. For as the Soul and Body make but one
Perfon of Man, fo the Godhead and Manhood
make but one Perfon of Chrift.
The two Natures of the Godhead and Manhood
are fo really united by a perfonalZ/nion, that as they
can never be feparated aflmder, fo are they ne-
ver * confounded; but remain ftill diftrnguifhed by
« Congruebat filium aflumcrc humanam naturani, uc bst per-
ibna quae eft fubftantialis imago sterni Patris reftitueret iroagi-
nem Dei in nobis corruptam. Atban. b Hek 3. 17, i3. & 4* 15. Ia«
firmitates merae pri vationis non pravae difpofitionis. c Hnm&na
natura eft diftinftum indiyiduum a natura divini, etfi non fit di-
ftinfla perfona, Keck. Sjft.Tbtol. lib. 3. pag. x 19. d Uniri hypoftari-
ce. Deum & hominem, niki> eft aliud quam naturam humaaam
non habere propiam exUbntiam, fed aflumptamefle fc Vetbb «-
terno ad ipfara Verbi&bfiftentiam. Bellur. d§ incarnstJib. 3. c*f* 8.
« Sal vis & diftin&is manencibus proprietatibus nature tan* aflfu-
mentis, quam affumptae.
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their feveral and ellential Properties which they had
before they were united. As for example, the /»,
finitenefs of the Divine, is not communicated to
the humane Nature, nor the finitenefs of the Hu-
mane, to the Divine Nature.
Yet by reafon of this perfonal Vnion there is fuch
a communion of the properties of both Natures, that
That which is proper to the one, is fometimes at-
tributed to the other Nature. As that God purchafed
* the Church with bu own Blood; And b that he will
Judge the World by that Man whom he hath appointed.
Hence alfoit is, that tho' the Humanity ot Chrift
be a created, and therefore z c finite and limited
Nature, and cannot be every where prefent by
aftual Pofition, or local Extension, according to his
* natural Being ; yet becaufe he hath communicated
unto It the perfonal Subfiftence of the Son of God,
Which is Infinite, and without Limitation, and is fo
united with God, that it is no where fevered from
God ; the Body of Chrift, in refpeft of his * perfonal
Being, may rightly be faid to be every where.
3. The Attions hj which the Three Perfons he
difti^guijhed.
THE Actions are of two Sorts, either External,
reipe&iag the Creatures ; and thofe are after
' a Sort common to every one of the f Three Perfons:
or internal, refpcfiting the Perfons only amongft
themfelves, and are altogether Incommunicable.
aSfts so. a'Jf." * A<&7- 3 1. «Dr- AV/i of the Church j Book 3.
C. 3j. d secundum efle naturale, Chriftus non eft ubiqne. « So-
CiindiMB.efle.pcr£bq9l4 Chiriftus eft ubigue. f Inoperibusadextra
trcs pexGons opcaunur finmlj fervaco ordine pertonarnm in ope.
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The External and communicable Anions of the
three Perfons, are thefe,
h The Creation of the World, peculiarly belonging
t ) God the Father : The Redemption of the Church
to God the Son: And the Ratification of the Ele&
to God the Holy Ghoft. But becaufe tfe * Father
created, and ftill governeth the World bytheSor^
in the Holy Ghoft ; therefore thefe external* Aft ions
are indifferently f inf Scripture, oftentimes afcrib'd
to each of the Three Perfons, and therefore adPd
communicable and divided Actions.
The internal ltd incommunicable Afti*n$ y or Pro-
perties of the Three Perjbns, are thefe :
i. To beget; and that belongeth only to the
father, who is neither made, created nor begot-
ten of any.
a. Jobs begotten; and that belongeth only to
the -Son, who is of the Father alone, not made,
iror created, but rbegotten*
; , 3. To proceed from both ; and that belongeth
only to the Holy Qhoft, who is of the Father and
the Son; neithgr m^de ? nor created, nor begotten,
but proceeding, "
So that when we fay, That the Divine Effence
is in the Father unbegotten, in the Son begotten,
and in the IJoly Ghofi proceeding ; we make not
Three EJfences 9 but only (hew the divers manners of
frbfiftingy by which the fame moft fimple, eternal
and unbeaten Effence fubfifteth in each Perfon :
* Rein. 11*36 f As Redemption, AQs 16.18. and Sanftification,
1 Pet. 1. a. to the Father; Creation, 1 Johns, and San&ification,
1 Cor. 1. 1. to the Son; Creation, Pfil. 33 . 6. and Redemption,
Sph. 4. 30. to the Holy Ghoft ; joyntfy all to each, I Cor. tf. 1 1,
Qffra Trinitatis ad extra indivtfa, ad into* dtvifa.
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Namely, that it is not in the Father by Generation ;
that*it is in the Son communicated from the Father
by Generation: And in the holy G^/? communicated
from both the Father and the Son by proceeding.
Thefe are incommunicable Jit tons, and do make
not an ejfential, Accidental, or rational, but a r**/
Diftiodion betwixt the Three perfons. So that he
who is the Father iir the Trinity, is not the£**r
He who is the Son in the Trinity y is not the /u-
flfer* He who is the Holy Gho/t in the Trinity, is
neither the Sonnet the Father, but the S/>/W/, pro*
ceedhag from both l Tho' there is but One and the
fame Eflence common to f all Three. As there*
Jforewe believe that the Father is Go J, the So* is
God, add the Maly Ghoft is God: So we like wife
believe that God is the /^/fer, • God is the &>*, and
God is the fifWy Gftqft But by reafon of this real
Diftin&ion, thePerfonoftheone is not, nor ever
can be the Perfon.of the other. The Three Per*
fcns therefore of the Godhead, do not differ from
the Effince but || formally : But they differ really
one from another, and fo aire difttnguirtiM by their
hyfoftatkal Proprieties. As the Father is God, b*>
getting dod theS6fi f : The Son isGod, begotten of
* Perfonas nomen, pop eft aliquid ab dTentiiabftra&iin, ac fepa-
ratum: iate Tkf. #xh}< Perfona eft ipfiheiTentia Divina, con*
ttag* ftjUcirtum ^pcculiarem fubfiftcndJrinodwn. Zmubiw. Pet*
fona gigfiit> & gfemtujr •rEffcntia nee gignit» nee gigniuir, fed
tommaracatur. Al&uL + Quom unum cogito, trium incompre*
benjpbUiluccinvoIvbr. JtouVm.|tyamvi$peiTOna cum Eflentii
rion £t£puuno idem, . ffp^ often ab e& eft omnuio eliud. Diflert
enimpon numero, quia in nc Di vinis fbret quacernitas ; nonrc
q*m eflentia de pcrfonispradicatur, fed formal! ter,W a&j,^ five
ration* ratiocinante : Eileittia Divina non differt * perfonis, tic
S, £ reta*. fid at res i £ui$ modis 2 nmnin Deo non eft res &
> fed its & modus rei, . . «
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ceeding from both God the Father,and God thiSort.
Hence it is that the Scriptures ufe the Name of
God two manner of ways: Either ■ EJfentiatlj, and
then it fisnifieth the Three Perfons conjointly $ or
b perfooafiy, and then by a Synecdoche it fteaifl-
eth but one of the three Perfons in the Godhead', As
the Father, i Tim. *. j. or the Son, Afts 10. i8i
t .Tim. 3 . 1 6. or the holy Ghojt, AQs f. 4. iCor.6. 1 6.
And becaufe the Divine Effence (common to all
the Three Perfons) is but one, we call the fame,
Vnity. But becaufe there be Three difiinB FeffifHs
in this one indtvifible Effence, we call the fame*
Trinity. « So that this Vnity'm Trinity, and Tri-
nity in Vnity is a holy *Myftery, rather to be reli-
gioufly adored by Faith, than e curioufly fearcfc
ed by Reafon, further than God hath revealed id
his Word*
Thus far of the Mverfe manner of Being in the Divint
Effence ; new of the Attributes thereof
ATtributes are certain defcriptions of theDiviae
Eflence,deliver'd in the Scriptures according
to the weaknefs of our f Capacity, to help us the
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a in*JS<. Nomcn Dei eflentiaMter pofitum, tion'mirttfc Fllhim
& Spiritum San&um,auim Pattern defignat. b «fevptf rtffr * Sacral
mentum hoc vcnerantfudt non lcrutandiijii, munttodo.praralicii
, fit in imitate, & unitas in ptaralitate. Scintaft hoc,tefrciitaseft;
credere, pictas; nofle Ve*fr, vita «tcnta. Utht « Neque atf lodpeni
dumdigne dc Deo lingua fufticir, nequead percJrienfltim iiitclledi
us prxvalet; fHagis ergo glorificare nos conVemt Dettw, qtiofrta^
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and to difcern it from all other Eflences.
The Attributes oi God are of Two Sorts, either
motnittal, or real.
The Nominal Attributes are of Three Sortl
i. Thofe which fignify God'j Eflence. a. The
Perfoos in the Eflence. 3. Thofe which fignific
hu Effential Works.
Ofthe firft fort is the Name * Jehovah, or ra-
ther "fjebueh, which figoineth the eternal Being
cf hmjelf in whom being without all beginning
and end, all other Beings both begin and end,
Ifa. 41. 8. Tfalm 83. 18.
God tells Mofes, Exod. 6. p That he was not known
to Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob by his Name Jehovah . Not
but that they knew this to be the Name of God ;
(for they uted it in all their Prayers) but becaufe
real Pofeffio* of Cantons Land, and fo to be not
only God Almighty, by whom all Things were
made ; but alfo ferforming indeed to the Chil-
dren that which he promifed in his Word to the
Fathers, which this Name Jehovah efpecially fig.
nifieth. And for this caufe, lUofis calls God firft
Jibovah, when the universal Creation had its abfo-
^^— ^ — ^ — I, 1 H I 1 1 .1
*fhto& if. 3. ab H*vkh vel Hajth, Effc: nam ita Deus eft 4
fripjo, ut fit fuum cffc, & *i/Joafr. Omnes hujus nominis litem
font (jpiralcs, ut denote t*r Deum die Spiritum. p. Mar. he. com. tap.
ai. F. VUntan. A arc. firm. c. i. tjehorah non habet plurale, &m
I&^PCtirufcli vero Deo tribuitur. || Locus Exdi. 6. 3. intelligcndus
eft d^gndibus divuiitnmpttefaaiontim. Ger. l$c. 3. it Nat. Dei.
&T[iVftri{>ttif& reitone dicuntur fieri, qpancfa fiunt manifefbe :,
SftwbSmSphittis^SinQns'Aondtun crat, id eft; nondum inno-
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lute iking, Gen. x. 4. And this admirable Name is
graven on the Decalogues Forehead, which -was
pronounced upon the Ifrdelites Deliverance to be
the Rule of Rigbteoufnefs, after which they fbould
ferve their Deliverer in the promifed Land*
This Name is fo full of Divine Myfteries, that
the Jews hold it a Sin to pronounce it; but if ic
be no * Sin to write it, why ftiould it be unlaWf
fill to pronounce it?
This holy Name of God teacheth us,
Firft, What God is in himfelf ; namely, 1? art
eternal Being of himfetf
Secondly, How he is unto others, becaufe that
from him all other Creatures have received their
f Being.
Thirdly, That we may confidently believe hi$
Promifes, for he is named Jehovah, not Only in
refpeft of Being, and caufing all Things to hi; but
efpecially in refpeft of his \\gratiou* Promifes^ which
without Fail he will fulfil in his appointed Time,
and fo caufe that to be,which was not before. Vtad
fo this Name is a golden fledge unto Us, that becaufe
he hath promi/ed,he will furely upon otlr'f H£
f enhance forgive us all our Sins ; at the Time of
Death, receive our Souls; and in the RefurrtSfidfy
raife up our Bodies in Glory to life everlaftingi
The fecond Name denoting God V Effence is
Erjtjeh; but once read, Exdl 3. 14. of the fcjne root
dm JEHOVAHis,and fignifieth I AM,of I WILL
BE ; for when Mojes asked God by what Namehei.
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seternum itfloiv. Foils eft t*V»k £#w. I in promiffionihusjeoo*
Vah eft cfr. § Ifa. 55 . 7 John i a. %6 t & 14, a, vJoW.^ Jo]*?* 1. &
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fhould call him, God then named himfelf £hejeb 9
A/her Ehejeb ; / am that I am, dr / wiU be that I
mSbe ; fignifying, that he is an eternal, unchange-
able Being: For feeing every Creature is tempo*
tary and mutable, no Creature can fay, Ero qui
tro, I will be that I mB &e+ This Name in the New
Teftament is given to oiir Lord Chrift, When he
is called Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end-
ing * which is, which was, and which is to come, thi
Almighty, Rfev; i . 8/ For ill tithe paft arid to come j
b aye prefent before God. And to this Name*
Chrift himfelf alludeth, John 8. %%. Before Abra-
ham was* 1 arn.
This Name fhould teach us likewife to havd
always jfrefent in our Minds our firft Creatiom
prefent Corruption, arid future Glorification; and
not content our felves with, 1 was good, or / vrim
be good, but tobe good prefcntly ; that whenever
God fends for us, he may.find us prepared for him.
The Third Name is Jah, which as it comes of
the fame Root, fo is it the contraft of Jehovah, and
fignifietb Lord, becaufe he is the f Beginning and
Being of Beings. It is a || Name for the riioft part
afcribed unto God * when fome notable Delivers
ance or Benefit comes to pafs according to his for-
mer Promife; and therefore ail Creatures in Hea-
ven and Earth are commanded to celebrate and
praife God in this Name Job.
^ he Fourth is xfe®-, Lord, ufed tifteii in thfe New
Teftament $ : For xJ?*, or «**&*, fignifietlv / am
Jj ** $ i If £ i \* xt/tfy&. t Deui eft Caiift cauferum, & Eni
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Hence a**©- Iignifieth the fiHiHTence cjF a Thiog,
or Authority. When it is abjblufely given to God,
it anfwereth to the fcebrewNzmeffiovah) and is fo
tranQated by the Seventy Interpreters ;.fqr God is
fo a 2>t/, that he is of * himfelf Lord, of all. : This
Name fhould always put us in Remembrance *o
f obey his Commandments, and to fear jtiis. Judg-
ments, and fubmit our felves to his bkfled Will
and Pleafure; faying with Eli, ft is the Lord, Jet
him do what feemeth him goody i Sam. J* 18*
The Fifth is Gih< God, Six Hundred times ufed
in the New Tcftament* and the prophage ;Wriiters
commonly. It is derived jj *VJ *S $$y; Becaufe he
runs through, and CompafFeth all Things j or
«va ™ a!$M>} which fignifieth to burn aqd kinw > for
God is Lg£f, and the Abthor both pi Beat f
$ £g£f, and L/f* in all Creatures, either ^medi-
ately of himfelf, or mediately by Secondary Caufes;
This Name is ufed either improperly, or proper*
ly. Improperly, when it is given either figure
tively to Magiftrates, or falfly to Idols. But when
it is properly and abfolately taken, it fignifieth
the eternal E(fence of God, being above ail Things,
and thro 9 all tilings ; giving Life and Light to all
Creatures, and preserving and governing them
in their wonderful Frame and Order, God feet h
all in all Places; let us therefore every where take
Heed what we doin his Sight, -
Thus far of the Names which fignifie Qofs EJfexce.
4 £v]oKvet&. Polan. Synt. Theol, 1. i. c. 6. t Mai. t.^^Wato
iri Cratil. Hlnc illqd Virgil. DsumiiOTQue ire pttdmifeft Terrtfc
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The Name which fignifieth the perfons in the 4^
7^, is chiefly one, * Elohim.
Ehhim fignifieth the mighty Judges : It is a Name
of the plural Number, to exprefs the Trinity of Per*
Tons in f Vnityoi Effence. And to this purpofe the
fiofy-^hofihtpantth. the Holy Bitle with this plural
Name of God, joyned with a Verb of the Angu-
lar Number, as Elohim Bara t Dii ereavit || The migh-
ty Qa4s, or rather aS the Three Perfons iff the Godhead
created. The Jews alfo note in the Verb Wp Bora
confifting of Three Letters, the My fiery of the Tri-
joity, By 2 Beth, Ben, the Son $ byn Refc Ranch
.the Spirit; by K Alefh *b the Father . , But this
holy My ftery is more clearly taught by Mofes, Gen.
3» »j. And Jehovah Elohim /aid, Behold the Man it
become as One of ut. And Gen. 19. ^.Jehovah rain-
ed apoB.$odom and ufm Qomorrah, Brimfione and
Fire from Jehovah out of Heaven j § that is God the
Son, ffom God the Patlter, who hatbtommittedaA
Judgment unto the Son, John 5. 12., See Pf$l, } 3. 6,
/fa. 6. 8, 9, 1 o. The lingular Number of Elobirn
isEbkk, derived Of 4lab, befivore; becaufethatin
aD weighty Cawf^s, when Neceffity requirethan
Oath! to decide the Truth, we are only to 1 wear by
the Name of God ; which is the great and right*
ecus Judge of Heaven and Earth.
This Name Eloab is butiejdom ufed, as Hahah
3- 3-5«»*l4» 9- & jkte.4. & 15.8,3 6>; Pfaf.tf, 31.
*Nomen Hihim eft perfonarum AwwlTOwr. j*//frtf. *f (fcutim £-
UhiM-ic uni-perfoni dicitur, Synecdochice dj&um eft propter
Eflcpti? muwtem. 7w». 1 Tbe like you may read D«r 6.4. Jojh.
24.19. jlSic mirens Aretbnfius in Smyrnenu Concilio fanfte ex-
poftfc Stetat. Ettltf. fl#. /. 1. *• 30. •
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Pfal. 1 147. Once it hath a Noun plural joyned to
it, Job 35.10. * None faith, where isEloah Gofai, the
Mmighty my maker ? To note the Myftery of the
eternal Trinity. Many times alfo Elohim the plural
number is joyned with a Verb fingluar, to exprefs
more emphatically this Myftery, Gen.tf.j.xSam*
7.%$AJo[b. xq. 1 9'Jer.io.to. Elohim is alfo fome-
time Tropically given to Magistrates, becaufe they
areGodV Vicegerents; as to Mofes, Exod.7a.3F*-
havah /aid unto Mofes, I have made thee Elobim to
Pharaoh, that is, I have appointed thee an AmbaC-
fador to reprefent the Perfon of the true three^one
God, and to deliver his Meffage and Will unto
Pharaoh. As oft therefore as we read, or hear this
Name Elohim, it (hould put us in Mind to confi-
der, that in om Divine Effence there are Three ii»
jlinff Perfons, and tfat God is Jehovah Elobtm*
How follow the Names, which fignifie GoJPs EJfential
Works, which are thefe Five efpccially.
1. f^ L, which isas much as thzftrongGod, ||and
£j teacheth us, that God is not Only mod
ftrong, and Fortitude it felf, in his own Effence,
hut alfo that it is he that giveth all Strength and
Power to all other Creatures. Therefore Chrtflr is
called, Ifa.9.6. El Gibbbr, theftrong, meft mighty God.
Let not God^ Children fear the power of Enemies,
for El $ our God is ftronger than they.
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* This place well urged had grinded ^r/iw in pieces* f ElohSfflKe*
dofchiiri Hii,diifantti ipfe. M Hence £// in Hebrew, as Jt41tfA.27.46,
mi Ehi infyriat; uMarh x 5.3 i.dochfignifiCjfltQrG*/, a Chron.32.8.
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x. Shaddaiy* th&tis, Omnipotent. By this Name
God ufually ftyled himfelf to the Patriarchs, / am
El Shaddai, Jheflroni God Almighty. Becaufe he
is perfe&ly able to defend his Servants from all
Evil ; to blefs them with all fpirituaf and temporal
Bleflings; and to perform all his Promifes which
he hath made unto them for this Life, and that
which is to come. This Name belongeth only to
the Godhead, and to no Creature, no not to the
Humanity cfChrift. This may teach us with the
Patriarchs to put our whole Confidence in God,
and not to doubt of the true Performance of his
Promifes.
3. t Adonsiy My Lord, this Name as the Mof»
forets note, if found One Hundred and Thirty Four
times in the old Teftament ; and Logically it is gi-
ven to Creatures, but properly it belongeth to
God alone. It is ufe&Mol. i. 6*. in the plural Num-
ber, to note the Myftery of the Holy Trinity. If I
be Adon'm, Lords, where is my Fear ? Adoni, the An-
gular j Adanim the plural Number. This Name
is given to CAr/j?, Dan. 9. 16. Caufe thy Face t$
/hint upon thy San&uary, that is defolate, for .Adorn
(the Lard Chrift) his fake.
The hearing of this holy Name, may teach eve-
< Mn M MMM.waB«- H " M,M,MHaaiiaHinMaaaa " '^mm—m% i I i ■
*ThcLXXturnit4rArV^wf. It 1$ dcrivcAof o^ f fufficicn^
cy, and the Relative^, thefrmethat Ml*?w, or of Sks4, adug,
becaufe God feeds his C hrldren with fufficiency of all Grace, as th*
lovingMother the Child withthe Milk of her Brtafts* f A Nan»
compounded of Ai, My, and Ad*n> Lord Adon derivatur abEden,
bafis, qui* Deus eft fiindamcntum Scfuftentator omnium creatq*
varum. Hinc Adon, Dominus, cui rei domeftice enra incumbitt
& ei tanquam columns innititur. Quandode creaturis ufurpatu*
Adonai, eft Jod cum patach : Sed de Creatore cum qtftyetz* Ah
Ado**! ijmn4ffe vide^wr pthn^corum '4&tra|.
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alone, to fuffer none befides him to reign in his
Confluence, to lay hold (by a particular Hand of
Faith) upon his Word and Promife, and to chal-
lenge God in Chrift to be his God, that he may
fay with 7 homos , Thou art my Lord and my God.
4. Helion y that is moft High, PfaL 9. x. & 91. $*•
e5* 91.9.0^.4. 1 7,144x7,3 4. ^#j 7,48. This Name
Gabriel giveth unto God, telling the Virgin Mary
that the Child which fhould be born of her,
fhouid be the * Son of the mofi High, Luke 1. jx.
This teacheth, that God in his Eitence and Glory
exceedeth infinitely all Creatures in Heaven and
Earth. Secondly, That no Man fhoujd beprdud
of any earthly Honour or GreatneJL f Thirdly, If
" we defire true Dignity, to labour to have Commu-
nion with God in Grace and Glory*
5. AbbAy a Syriac Nfarfie, figdifying Father, Rom*
8. f 5*. This is fometimes usM f$mtia1ly, as in the
'Lord's Prayer ; Secondly, Tvrfinally, as Matt.i i.Xf.
For God is Chrift\ Father by Nature, and Chriftiant
6y Adoption and Graced Chrift is calPd the ever/aft*
ing Father 1 Ifa.9,6. becaufe he regenerates us under
the New Teftament. God is alfo calPd §the Fa*
'i her of Lights, Jam. 1. 17. becaufe God dwellethin
inacceflibie Light* 1 Tim.(>,i6. and is the Author,
not only of the Suns Light, but alfo of all the light,
-both of natural Reafon, and fu per- natural Grace,
^ which light e net h every Man that cometh into the
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World. This Name teacheth us, chat all the Gifts
which we receive from God, proceed from his meer
Bather ly Love. Secondly, That we fhould Love
him again as dear Children. Thirdly, That we
may in all our Needsand Troubles, be bold to call
upon him as a Father, for his help and fuccour. Thus
fhould we not hear of the facred Names of God,
but we fhould thereby be put in Mind of his Good*
nefs unto us, and of our Duties unto him. And then
fhould we find how comfortable a thing it is, to do
every thing in the Name of God. A Phrafe ufuai
in every ManV Tongue ; but the true comfort there-,
of f thro' Ignorance) known to few Mens Hearts.
It is a great Wifdom, and unfpeakable matter of
the ftrengthening of a Chriftian'i Faith, to know
how in the Mediation ofchrijl, to invocate God
by fucb a Name, as whereby he hath manifefted
himfelf to be mo ft willing, and beft able to help and
fuccour him in his prefent Need or Adverfity. The
ardent defire of knowing God, is the fureft Tefti*
mony of our Lowe to God, and of God'j Favour to
us. Becaufe he hath Jet his hove upon me, therefore
mil 1 deliver him ; I will fet him on high, becaufe he
hath known my Name : He {ball colt upon me, and I
. mlf anfaer him, &c. Pfal. 9 1. 14, 1 j. And it is a
great ftrengthening of Faith with Underftanding,
to begin every Action in the Name of God,
Thm far of the Nominal Attributes.
The red Attributes are of Two Sorts j either
rtfoUte, or relative*
The dfolute Attributes are fuch, which cannot
iwzPY Sort agree to any Creature, hut to God alone*
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Thefe are two ; Simplenefs, and Infinitenefs.
* Simplenefs is that, whereby God is void of all
Compaction, Divifton, Multiplication, Accidents, or
parts compounding, either fenfible, or intelligible 5
fo that whatever he is, h$ is the fame eflentiaily.
It hinders qot GodV Simplenefs that he is Three,
becaufe God is Three, not by composition of Par t)^
but by cq exiftence ofPerfons.
f Infinitenefs is that, whereby all things in God
are void of all Meafure, Limitation, and Bounds;,
above and bpneatb, before and after.
From thefe Two do neceffarily flow Three other
fhfolute Attributes.
1. Vnmeafurablenefs, or Ubiquity, whereby he is
pf infinite E^teqfion, || filling Heaven and Earth,
containing all Places, a^d not contained of axiy
Spac$, Place, or Sounds, and being no where abfent,
is evp ry where prefent.
There are Four degrees ofGod** Prefence: The
Firft is Vniverfat^ \>y Mfhich God is tepktively every
where, inclufivtty no wjiere.
Secondly, Special, by whi<?h God is faid to be in
Heaven, becaufe that § there his Power, JVifdom, and
'* V inceiligcuitix haberit atiquicf fimile materise, al : qutd ftmile
> formae. Solus Deus fimplex eft, in quo nihil in pof cntli, fed in
a&u Omnia, imo ipfe putus," primus, medius, ulfur-u* afr-.: . Seal.
Exerc tf. Se8. 2. Juft. Martyr, an. 1 29. ad Orthdoxos. t InteiKgea-
ilx, cum fint cryia alia ab infinito Entc, finita eiTc needle eft :
*iam dub infinita hecfueunt effe, neque in natura, neque extra
naturam, f {Tent n. duo principia prima. Seal. Exerc. 359. Se&. J.
||Afts7.48.^fal.t45.Job.ii. 7,&c. 2 Chron. 2. 5,<J. Pfal. 1 39 ^
&c. Jer.23. 23,24. Deus eft unique, nonitaut in a*midia pane fit
(diTnidiuSj'aut tan<$uamin tnajore parte major Dei pars fir, in mino-
ra minor j fed ubique totus, & in feipfo totus eft. Aug. Deusejft
lntellc&ualijrSphaera; cuius centrum eft ubique, circumferential
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Goodnefs.vi in a-morc excellent manner feen and in-
• joyed ; as alfo becaufe that ufually he doth from
thence pour forth his Blejftngs and judgments.
Thirdly, morefpeciol, by which God * dweieth
in his Saints,
Fourthly, mofi fpecial, and altogether lingular,
by which the whole fulnefs cf the Godhead b dweSeth
in Chrifi bodily.
x. Vmhutgeablentfsy whereby God is void of
all change ; both in refpeft of his • Eflence, and
'Will. '
3. Eternity, whereby God is without beginning
of Days, or end of Time, and without all Bounds of
'Preceffton or Saccefton.
Thus far of the Abfolute Attributes ; now of the
Relative, or fitch which have Reference to the
Creatures.
Thofe are Five.
I. Life. %. Vnderfianding, 3. WtL 4. Power.
5- Majefly.
i»'T 1 'HE Life of God, is that, by which, as by
J. a moft pure, and perpetual A8 y he not
only liveth of himfelf, but is alfo that ever and
overflowing Fountain of Life, from which all Crea-
tures derive their f lives \ fp as that in him. they
a1C0r-3.16.and6.19. aCor.6. 16. 1>Col.a.8. cR0m.La3.IiL
40. 18. Pfel. io;.i7,&c. d Rev. i.8. 1 Sam. 15.39. Numb.33.19.
Mai. 3 . 6. Rom. 1 1 . 39. Jam. t . 1 8. Pcenitentia cum de Deo enuncia-
tur, non affeflum in Deo, Ted effe&um Dei in hominibus figni-
ficat. Alfitd. e Ifit. 44. 6- Jam. 5- 19. Dan. 6. a6.Heb. ia. Rev. 4. 8.
Creaturx quxdam sternx funt \ pofteriori : \ priori fblus Decs
eft seternus. 4lJltd.Lex.Tbetl.c*p. 3, f AGs 17. 35, 28. & 14, 15.
Pfil. 4». a. & 36. 19. John 5. 26. Hep. 3. 1 v
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live, move, breathe, and have their being. And becaufe
only his Life differs not from his * EJJence ; therefore
Godisfaid<w/f to have Immortality, i Tim* 6. 16.
i. The Vnderjtanding or KjtOwledgeoi GOD, is
that vyhereby (by Mr /wr* ^5f) he moft perfeftly
f knoweth in hinjifelf all Things that ever we re, are,
or Jhall be : Yea, the Thoughts and imaginations of
Mens Hearts. .
This Knowledge of God is either general, by
which God knoweth (imply all Things eterflally,.the
Good by himfelf, the Evil by the G^op^ofite to it,
. impoling to things contingent, the lot of Contingen-
cy, and to things Necejfary, the Law of tfeceffity.
And thus knowing all things in and of himfejf, he
is the Cauf* of all the Knowledge that is in all, both
Men and Jngels. Or, Secondly, fecial, calPd the
Knowledge of Approbation, by which he particu-
larly knoweth, and gracioufly ackpowledgetk only his
Eleft or hjs own.
|| Vnder (landing alfo contains the Wifdom of God,
by which he moft wifely created all Things fof no-
thing, in Number, Meafure, and Weight, and ftill
ruleth and difpofeth them to ferve his own moft
holy Purpofe and Glory.
*Henceit is, that as God is calPd of the Hebrews Ehejeb, fo likewifc
Echeje : And as of the Grecians, o £r, fb alfo o f Sv : and as of the
Lannes, ftimum e*s> fo alfo frimum vtvens: For to fc f and to live,
is all one and the fame in God. t i Kings 8. 39. Pfal.44. si . &139.T.
&c.Jer.i 7.10. & 20.1 2. Luke 16.15.Afts 1.24. Heb.4.12. Rora.11.
33. &16, 17. i Tun. 2. 19. Matth.7. **• Ulhtellc&us,fcientia,8c
iapientia, in Deo non dmingnuntilr. TV/ail Nam fapientia in ho-
Flatonicks term God ^07}^ all-eye, feeing all.
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3. The Will of God is that, whereby of* Necef-
fity he Willeth himfelf, as the fovereign good\ and
(by willing himfelf ) willeth moft* freely c all
other good things which are out of himfelf.
The fVMofGod) though in it felf it be but one,
as is his Effence\ yet in refpeft of thediverfity of
Otje&s 9 and Effefts, it is calPd in the Scriptures by
divers Names: As,
T i. Lwe> whereby is meant GodV eternal
d good WiOj whereby he ordaineth his Eleft
to be freely faved thro'Chrift, and c be-
ftoweth on them all neceffary Graces for this
Life, and that to come, £ taking P/eafure in
their Perfons and Services.
\ 2. Juftice, « is God'i cenftant WiS,whcrxby he
i h recompenceth Men and Angels, according
to their Works : * punifhing the impenitent,
according to their Defer ts, calPd the Juftice
of his Wrath ; and k rewarding the faithful,
according to his Promifes, calPd the Juftice
of his Grace.
3. Mercy y which is l God'j tqeer goodwill, and
* 1 Tim.2.j. Rom.9.i9. Eph. 1.5. b Deuf voluntatefui cunft*
Conftituit. Trifrndn ±.Dial. Plin. Hinc Orpheus Deumvocac necef-
fitatem ; c rationefc. inferiorum, quod omnia ipfi parerecoguntur.
€ Voluntas Dei Temper impletur, aut de nobis, auc £ nobis. De
nobis impletur, fed camen non implemus cam, quando peccamus;
A nobis impletur, quando bonumfacimus.^«g.Ew<r£.<:. 100. Rom.9:
3i.i3-Jam. 4 i.ai. d 1 Jqhn.3.1. « Pfal. 45.7. ** Gen.4.4. * Norma
juftiti* divina, eft Dei voluntas. Quiasnim vult, ideoeft juftum ;
non quia juftum, ideo vuk.Eph.i.ii.b Rom. 2.5. 2 TheflLi.6.&:c.
,<a Tim,4.j. Deut.7.9,10. • Deus principium & finem & media re- v
rum omnium tenens,re&aque line* inccdero,£veftigiohabec iixtu*
divine legis vindicem, flmul ut quicquim San&ionum ejus pr*.
.tprmiuum eft. Arifhu lib. de munch. k Rom. 9.1 j,i6. Ezek. 16. 6.
1 Pw.io?.8,&c.Tir 4 3.4.SemDerinveniesl>eumbenignioremquam
te culpabiliorem. Serm. 1 1. Bern. VindiSae gladium mifericordis
rteft (cmpcr acuit. Nlcefh. lib. 17. cap. 3. ready
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ready Affedion to forgive a penitent Sinner*
notwithstanding all his Sins and ill Deferts.
4. GooAnefs, a whereby God willingly comma-
nicateth his good to his Creatures: And
becaufe he communicates it freely, it 1%
termed Grace.
$. Truth, whereby b God willeth con ft Ant ly
thofe things which he willeth .• effe&ing
and performing all Things, which he hath
fpoken, in his appointed Time.
6. Patience, whereby God willingly for bearetb
to puniih the wicked, fo long as it may
ftand with his Juftice, and until their c Sins
. be ripened.
Ad pan&m tardiu Deus efi } adfr/emU velox ;
Sed pen/are folet vi graviore moram.
7. HotineJS, d whereby GodV Nature is fepa-
rated from all ProphaneneJS, and abhorreth
all Fikhtnefs : And fo being wholly pure
in himfelf, delighteth in the inward and
outward Purity and Chajlity of his Servants,
which he infufeth into them.
8. An</er % e whereby is meant G od'/ mod cer*
*i*ial. 145.7,9,16. Matth.16.17. In crcaturismultainvcniuntur
bona, ergo Creator multo magis eft bonus. Imo i\f\iyA*ii ipfum
•bonum.^Jof.13.14. Pfal.i49.6.Numb.23.i9.Veritaseft barmonia
turn infelle&fts & verborum cum rebus, tumetiam rerum ipfarum
cum Ideis in mentcdivina. Keckerm. Veritas Dei in verbis, fides
nDci dicrtur, qu6d cert6 riant, qua ab ipfo difta font. Item con*
ftxntia, quia fententiam noh rhutat. Polau. * 2 Pet. 3.9. Rom.2.4.
Gerhs.16. * 1 Pet.i.y,iT*heff.4.3.Heb.ia.i4.Mark 15 9. Quanta
ian&iras Dei, a£ cujus afpcftum fan&i Angeli oculos pro lua te»
nuitare alis ve}antes clamant, San&us, Sanftus, Sanftus, Jehovah
Sabaorh ! Ifa.6i2,3. t Pfal. 106.2 3 ,29,40,41. Numb.2y.11. Ira Dei
von eftaliudquW voluntas puniendi. Aug. 15. deCivit. Dei. c. if.
Anfel. lib. 7. tap. 6. Cut Deus Horn. Furor & ira in Deo, non paf-%
fionem mentis, fed ultionisacerbitatcm notant. G*rtb. injifc- 19*
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tain and juft Wti in Chafiening the EleS;
and in revenging and punifhing the Repro-
bate for the Injuries they offer to him and
his Chofen ; and when God will punifli
with Rigour and Severity, then it is term-
ed Wrath, » temporal to the Elefr, b eternal
to the Reprobates.
4. The fotver of Goaf is that whereby he* can
limply and freely do whatfoever he will, that is a-
greeable to his Nature : And whereby (as he hath
' made, fb)hcM]ruleth Heaven and Earth, and all
things therein. This Almighty Power of Goo' is
either abfolute, by which he can will, and do more
than he willeth or doth, Matth. 3. 9. and ao. 5 j.
Rom. 9. 18. OraBual, by which 'Got doth indeed
whatfoever he will, and hindreth whatfoever lie
Win not have done, Pfal. 1 1 j. 3.
5. Majefiy is that, by which God of his own ab-
folate and free Authority d reigneth and ruteth, as
Lord, and King, overall Creatures vifible, and in-
vifible: Having both the right and propriety in all
Things: « As from whom, and for whom, are all
Things: As alfo fuch a plenitude of power, that he
can pardon the Offences of all whom he f will have
[pared ; zadfubdue all his Enemies, whom he will
'■ have//^«Vanddeftroy , d,without being bound to
* * _C«U9-a- b 1 ThclT.i.io. « Gea.17j.Pikl.1if. 3. Mat.xi.
a6.E|fc.i.ii. Matth.8.3. Dtut poteft omnia qua contradi&ionem
w» knplicaat. -*f«. 1 . p. *J. *«. 3 , 4. Omnipotentia excludk
•oanet defidos, quilunt Impotcncia, feu, poffe mentiri, mori,
f*eccue^>o>«. * iChron. ajMi, i». 3 Sam. 7.1a. Rev. f. 12,13. e 1
Carou. t9.t4iline Dni* dicitur, ivJtx^Tvf. f Rom. 9.1 f . John
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render to any Creature a reafon of his (Joigg : But
making his own moft holy and juft WiH r his only
mod perfeft and eternal Law. s
From all thefe Attributes arifeth one, which is
{/0/j fovereign Bleffednefs or Perfe&ion.
Blejfednefs is that * /w/*# and y^PW^fuqable
poiTeffion of jF^and G/tfrj, which Goaf hath in fcim-
felf for ever : And is the caufe of all the Blifs'and
Perfettion that every Creature enjoyed iy its
meafure.
There are other Attributes figuratively and im-
properly afcribed unto God, in the holy Scriptures,
as by an Anthropomorphofis, tbe Members Qf a Man
Eyes, Ears, Noftrils, Mouth, Hants, Feety &c or
the Senfes and A&ions of a Man, is feeing, hearings
[melting, working, walking, firiking, 3fC. By an An»
thropopatheia, the Affeftiojisandraffion^of^MaOp
nsGladnefs, Grief \ Joy, Sorrow, Love, Hatred, &c,
or by an Analogy, as when he is named a /L/^ a
Rock, a Tower, a Buckler, &r. wljofe tfgnificatioa
every f Commentary will exprefs.
Of all thefe Attributes, m mpfi hold thefe' getter*/
Rules.
NO Attributes can fufliciently expref? tlne^/
feme of God, becaufe it is jnfinite-and in?
effkble. .
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*Deut eft ShuHUA, ftve*</?<*fMK,*ion*>14m qui* l&mb&iiM*
derat, fed etiam quia nihil in oo MM«*i?<w£ e * tu *"?? c ?
perfeftas in fuo quafque genere, ergAipfcfwft&iffinwsxfcm**
&,pcrfe. Seal. Exm. itf. StfoMaA .1*61 ,A&s 17.45 •»£««•*£
3S,3<S;. 1 Tim.tJ.ij. Match. iy.34-J«w»< ^i.*"*!**?? 1 ***
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GOD; but ferveth rather to help our weak Ua-
derftanding, to conceive in our Reafon, and co
utter in our Speech* the Majefty of his Divine Ns-
ture fofar, as he hath vouchfcfed to reveal himfelf
unto us inhisWW.
1. * All the Attributes of God belong to every of
the Three Perfons, as well as to the Effence it felf,
with tjhe limitation of a per fond Propriety. As the
Mercy of the Father, is Mercy begetting ; the Mercj
of the Son % is Mercy begotten ; the Mercy of the £/*»
I) Qbofiy is Mercy proceeding : And fo of the reft, .
x. The EjfentioIAttrtbutes of God differ not from
his Effence : Becaufe they are fo in theEflence, that
they are the very Effence it felf. f In God there-
fore there is nothiqg which is not either his Effence
or Perfon.
3. The Effentid Attributes of God differ not
effentiafy, or redly one from another, ( becauf?
whatfoever is in God, is one moft fimple Effence^
and admits no Divifion ) but only in our Rea*
fon and Under/landings which being not able to
know earthly Things, by one fimple Act, without
the help of many diftinft Alts, muft of Neceflity
have the help of many diftinft Adts to know tho
Incomprehenfille God. Therefore to fpeak (pro-
perly 3 there are not in God many At tributes y but
(| one only, which is nothing elfe but the Divine
Effence k felf, by what Attribute foever you call
1 * 1 r ,, 1,
* Attribute omnia propter icnat Tttvli-nfl*. fingulls diviaitatis
grfenis competunt. f In Deo nihil eft, quod non fit ipie Dera.
inch. lOmniaindivirifefunt wium,ibi nonobviat reUtlonis
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it. But in refpsft of our Reafon, they are faid to
be fo many different Attributes* For oar a Vndef-
ftandin* conceives by the name of Mercy, a thing dif-
' ferent from thatwhich is called ^uftice. The ejfentid
Attributes of God are not therefore reatiy fepavftted.
4. The effential Attributes of God are not ^*rtt
or qualities of the Divine Eflence, nor b Accidents
in the Effence* nor a fubjeft : But the very c » bole
arid entire Effence of God. So that every fuch At-
tribute is not aliud & aliud, another and another
thing* but one and the fame thing. There are
therefore no Quantities in God 9 by which he may
be faid to be Jo much andfo much, nor Qualities i
by which he may be faid to be fuch and fuch 1 But
d whatfoevei 4 God is, he is fuch and the fame by his
EJfence. By his Effence he is Wife, and therefore
, Wifdom it felf : By his EJfence he is good, and there-
fore Goodnefs it felf : By his Effence he is merciful', and
therefore mercy it felf : By his EJfence he is Juft,
and therefore Jujlice it felf, d*f. In a Word <*wf is
£*?*/, without Quantity : G^rf, /m, and ;></?, With-
out Quality: Merciful^ without Paffion: An Aft
without Motion ; **i/*r/ »fe prefent without fight i
% Without time; the jfrft and the /^ ; the Lord of all
Creatures, from whom c all receive themfelve^ and
a Attributa Dei omniaita in ipfo Cunt, ut fint ipfumjim infant,
tit nihil antecedat; nihil fubfequatur, fed ex intelleftione hoftra
(quae peiquam umbratilis eft) alia aliis prhis aniflio comprehen-
duntur. Scaliger Ex. 365. SeB. 6. bQu^ de deo dicuntur V^i^,
relatione ad creaturas, & fie fecundum accldens, non exprimunt
mutationem in divina effenttf, fed in creaturis fa&am. Negtfnfur
ergo de Deo accidentia realia, non autem praedifta accidental^,
c Omnia oua in Deo funt, ita infunt, ut fint ipfe Deus. dEflen-
tia divina identificatfibi omnia que funt in divinis. Biel fa iJeni
i*' *; I: .jExhibct omnia accipit nihil ; ipfum igitur bonumeft
Dcus ipfe fempet. Trifmeg.ferm. i.Jlin. gjj
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ceroethYvs any intreafe of Goodnefi or Happinefs
from any Other.
This is the plain Definition of God, fo far as he
hath revealed himfelf to us in his Word.
This Doftrine (of ail other) every true Pralfi-
tlom of Piety miift competently know, and necef
fariiy believe, for Four /fecial Vfes,
■ i. Th4t we may discern our true and only God,
from iMfslfe "Gods and /<&>&.* For the Defcription
of ©*(, is proberly * known only to his Church, in
whom he hath thusgracioufly manifettcd himfelf.
m ±» To poffefs our Hearts with a greater awe of
his Majefty, whilft We adniire him for his Simple-
nefs and Infinitenefs ; iifari? him for his Vnmeafura-
menefs, *Unihdngeahitneft, and Eternity ; feek Wif.
don* from his Vnderfianding and Knowledge ; fuhmit
titer fehtes to his blefled W/0 and Pleafure ; /nw £/»
for his L&W, Mercy, Goddnefs,zad Patience ; truft to
fe Iford, becaufe of his Truths fear him/or his Pm-
er 9 JufiiceyZadi Anger $ Reverence him for his Holi-
nefs ; and frtufe him for his Blejfednefs ; and to de-
pend all our Life on him* who is the only Author
of our Life, Being, and all tb& good Things we have.
$. To fiir iu up to imitate the Divine Spirit
io his holy Attributes ;'and to bear (in fome mea-
fure) the Image of his Wifdom, Love, Goodnefs,
Juftice, Mercy, Truths Patience, %jal, and Anger
againft Sin ; that we may be wife, loving, jnfl, mer-
ciful, true, patient, and zealdut, as our God is.
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Meditations conceive aright of Jus Dwip$ i*4
and not according to thofe grofs and bJaiphei
lfnaginations^v/\ach aaturattyarifeiQ MOPSfir
As when they conceive Qfd. to be Ukq at) ##
fitting in a Chain an4 tf* b|eff«d Jrktity, *
like that Tripartite ld»L> which flapijfc few j
ted in their Chu*ch-wiftd,Q\vft . I •:•;.
When therefore, thou art to peay mrto <fy*
thine /far? fpijak unto hjm> as to t^at ■:#*,
^infinite, « aln\igf>ty, d ^, * w#>, f /a& * *
H b Spirit, txvi **# l perffl, * mt&vifVt fid
if three fever al Perfons, Father* San, and fjofy Gi
who being x prefent in aU Plaffis, "rnietb j$m
and Earth j under jlanfcth ° a$ Men* Heart % k
etb aU Mens Mtferics ; and * **ty able H jtfiw
hi all Graces which we wan?, and ft? dslkvAr.atf f
tent Sinners t who with faithful #< •arts faKfil'Cb
Sake)hif Help,, out of all f heir 4£t&itot tnd&tu
whatfoever.
The Ignorance of this true Knowledge of $
makes many to make an Idol pi the true Cj?«4 1
is the only caufe, why Co many do prpfefa 4$ at.
parts of God's Worlhipand Religion, mt)n fcxrw
Irreverence and Hfpocrifi*. Whereaf, if tfrgy /
truly know G<k/, they durfi not but. Qon/fe to:
hdly Service ; and coming, fane him with few
Reverence'. For io far doth a Man few (20 J?,
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fie knoweth him; and then doth a Man truly know
GO £>, when he joyns fraSke to /peculation; And
chat fe, ,
Fkft, When a Man doth to acknowledge and
celebrate GodS Majefiy, as he hath revealed himfelf
in his Word
Secondly, When from the true and lively Senfe
of <W*Jr Attrihates, f there is bred in a Man*s Heart
a Love, Avse, and Confidence in God : For* faith Goa
fcimfelf, If 1 he a Father, where is in) Honour? If
I he a Lord, where it my Peari tafie anifee ! , tint
the Lord is good I faith * David. He that hath not
by Experience tafled his Goodnefs, knows not hod
good he is, fit (forth f John) thai faith be knoweth
GOty and keepeth not his Commandments, is a Lyxr$
and the Trttttiis not fit hint. So far therefore as wd
imetate GO D in his Gdodaefsi Love, Juflicc, JHer-
*y> Patience^ and other Attributes^ Jo far do W
tmnv him.
Thirdly, When with ihWard Groans, and* the
ferious Detires ofottr Hearts, we long to attain td
the perfect and plenary Knowledge of his Majeftfr
in the Life which is to come.
Laftfy, This difcovers how few tliere are* whri '
flo truly 'know God; for no Man knoWeth God, but
tie that tovetb him ; and how can a Man chofe but
toot him* being the Sovereign pod, if he knoW
liim; feeing the tfature of God is to endnmhr with
the hve tf his Goodnefs? And whofoevef loveth
any thing tnoreihan G OD t is Hoi worthy of GOD t
And fiiehis everyone, who fettles theLove andite/?
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of bis Heart upon any thing hefides GOD. If there-
fore thou doft believe that GOD is Almighty, why
doft thou fear Devils and Enemies, and not confi-
dently fr«/? in GOD, and crave his Help in all thy
Troubles and Dangers ? If thou believed that God
is infinite, how dared thou provoke him to Anger ?
If thou believed that GOD isfimple, with what
Heart canft thou diffembU and play the Hypocrite?
If thou believed that GOD is the Sovereign good,
why is not thy Heart more fettled upon him, than
on all worldly Good?. If thou doft indeed believe
that God is tjufi .Judge, how dared thou live fo
fecurely in Sin without Repentance? If thou doll
truly believe, that God is mod wife, why doft
not thou refer the events of Crojfes and Difgraces
unto him, who knoweth how to turn aS Things
.to the heft, unto them that love him * ? If thou art
perfwaded that God is true, why doft thou doubt
of his Promifes? And if thou believed that GOD
is Beauty and f Perfection it felf,why doft nor thou
.make him alone the chief end of all thine Affe&.
ions and Deftres? For if thou loveft Beauty, he is
moft fair : If thou defireft Riches, he is moft
Wealthy: If thou feekeft Wifdom, he is mod wife.
Whatsoever Excellency thou haft feen in any Crea»
ture, it is nothing but a jfarkte of that, which is
~m infinite || Perfection in GOD: And when in
Heaven we fliall have an immediate Communion
with GOD, we (hall have them all perfectly . in
him, communicated unto us. Briefly, in all Goodnefs
* Rom 8 . »8. t Si te habeam {blum,faofe ruatarduus setter, Tef»
lus rupta fuo diffiliatque loco. | Creata omnia p ctfeft jjU fiwti^
Bwo quam in feipfo. Dim. it 4ivin. tef. %. #
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thou malt love him, ia whom all the good ofgoodr .
nefi confifteth. He that would, therefore attain
to the [wing KjumkdgeofGod, muft learn to know
him by Love, For God is Love, and b the Knowledge .
<f the Love of God faffeth all Kjtmledge. For all
Knowledge befides to know « how to love God,
and to ferve him only, is nothing) upon Solomon's .
Credit, but d Vanity of Vanities, and Vexation of
Spirit".
Kindle therefore, my * Lady, nay rather. O
my Lord Charity, the love of thy felf in my Soul,
efpecially, feeing it was thy good Pleafure, that
being f reconciled by the Blood of Chrift I fhould
be brought, by the Knowledge of thy Grace, to
the Communion of thy Glory, wherein only confifts
my fwereign good and happinefs for ever.
Thus, by the Light of his mn Word, we have
feen the hack parts of JEHOVAH Elohim,
the eternal Trinity, whom to believe, is faving.
Faith and Verity : And unto whom from all Crea- ■
tares in Heaven and Earth, be all Ttaife, Dominion,
and Glory for ever. Amen.
Thttffar of the Knowledge of God. Now efthe
Knowledge of a Man's felf. Andfrfl of the State of x
hi Mifery and Corruption without Renovatm h
Chrtfl,
a Amatmmn illud boning, in quo omne booupi eft, 8c fufficic.
4*W,i*9ht*.is, b Eph.3- i?- ijphn4. c^cmp.dclm. Chrift,
c j, d £ cc i i; I7# e Domina, imb Domimu Cttyritas. Jfcr*
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Meiitations of the Mifery of 4 #*»* not fetmeibA
to God in Chfjt.
O Wretched Man! where fl»H I begin to dc-
fcribe thine ««*/<?/) mifery, who art * aw-,
^MMr^ f as fbon as conceived-; and adjudged to
interna/ death, before thou waft bora to a temporal
life ?' A beginning indeed I find, but rtowwf of Ay
miferies. For when Adam and 2Jw, being created
after God's own #wg*, and Placed in Faradifc y that
they and their Posterity might live in * 'Weffecl
fta;e of life immortal, having Dominion overall
earthly Creatures, and only reftrained .from the
fruit of one Tree, as a fign of their ftAfe$fq*:tQ th*
Almighty Creator ; though God forbad them this
one fmall thing, under the Penalty p£ Internal
Death ; yet they believed the'/IMfr jwir^before
the Word of GO D\ making GO PC* much as.
. in them lay) atyar. And fo beting unthutfd for
r al 1 the benefits whidh God bellowed on ihbm j ihwy
hecame male-content with their prefent ftatey as if
God had dealt envioufy- or niggardly witli them ;
And believed that the ifcw/ would itiiht the»Par-
takers of far more glorious things, than -$jpf God.
had heftowedupon them j ajm in theiriPride '^ey
ft 11 into High Treafon againft the tnofi. Hkh)W&
djfdaining to be God's Subjects, they affected blafi
phemoufly to be Gods themfehes, equals unto God,
Hence, till they rdpented (lbfing GoPs Jbtwrap^they
became like untothe PkuHi'vafy fo. alf "p^rfre*-
anteouintoatus. ^»?j
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fterity, as a Traiterous Brood (wbilft they remain
impenitent, tike thee) are fubjeft in this Life to all
£o?/i4 Miferies, and in the Life to come, to the
everlasting fire, prepar'd for the Dm/ and his
Angels.
Lay then afide for a while thy doting Vanities,
and take the view with me of thy doleful Miferies i
Which duly furveyed, I doubt not, but that thou
wilt conclude, that it is far better, never to have
Natures Being, than not to be, by Grace, a frafti*
tuner of Religious Piety.
ConTider therefore thy Mifery,
x. In thy Life.
x. In thy Death\
3* After Death,
fa *k i?$t
1. The Miferies accompanying thy Body*
x. The Miferies which deform thy Soul.
Jn thy Death, The Miferies which {hall opprefs
thy Body and Soul.
'JfterPeathi The Miferies which overwhelm both^
Body and Soul together in Hell,
^rid firfly Let us take a view of thofe Miferies
which accompany the Body, according to the four
Ages of thy Lift.
1.. Infancy^
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i. Meditations of the Miferies of Infancy.
WHat waft thou being an Infant, but a Brute 3
having the ffiape of a Man ? Was not thy
Body conceived in the Heat of Luft, the fecret of
Shame, and ftain of original Sin? And thus waft
thou caft nakfed upon the Earth, all imbrewed in
the Blood of Filthinefs ; (filthy indeed, when the
Son Of God, whq diOained not to take on him
Marfi Nature, arid the Infirmities thereof; yet
thought it unbefeeming his Holinefs, to be conceii
ved after the finful manner of Man's Conception.)
So that thy Mother was afhamed to let thee know
the manner thereof: What caufe then haft thou to
boaft of thy Birth, which was ixurfedViih to thy
Mother, arjd ro. thy felf the Entrance into a trota-
blefortie Life? TBe greatnefs of which Miferies,
becaufe tho r u couldft not utter in ^ybrds, thou didfl[
exprefs (as wellas thou couldft)in wefepingTeark
z. Meditations of the Miferies of %outh.
^Hat is Xouth % but an untamed Beafl> A\\
whofe Adions are rdfh and rude, not ca-
pable- of good Cotinfel, when it is given ; and Api-
like, delighting in nothing but in Toys and Babies?
Therefore thou no fooner beganftto have a little
Strength and Difcretion, but forthwith thou waft
kept under the Rod, and Fear of Parents and Ma-*
iters; as if thou had ft been born toitw under the
difefjw of others, rather than at the diff option of
thine own Will No tired Horfe was ever more wik
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get out of the fervile State of this Bondage. 4
State not Worthy the Defcription.
3. Meditations of the Miferies of Manhood.
WHat is Man's Eftate, but a Sea, wherein (as
Waves) one trouble arifeth in the Neck of
another; the latter worfe than the former? No
fooner didft thou enter into the Affairs of this
World, but thou waft in wrapped about with a
Cloud, of Mifiries. Thy Fleflt provokes thee to Lufi,
the World allures thee to Pleafures, and the Devil
tempts thee to all kinds of Sins : Fears of Enemies
affright thee, fuits in taw do vex thee, Wrongs of
ill Neighbours do opprefs thee, Cares for Wife and
Children do confume thee, and Difyuietnefs 'twixt
open Foes and falfe Friends, do in a manner con-
found thee i Sin flings thee within ; Satan lays
Snares before, thee; Confidence of Sins pad
doggeth behind thee. Now Adverfoy 00 the Left-
hand frets thee, anon Profferity on thy Right-hand
flatters thee: Over thy Head God's Vengeance duo
to thy Sin, is ready to fall upon thee; and under
thy Feet, Hells, Mouth is ready to fwallow thee up.
And in this ntiferable Eftate whither wilt thou go
for Reft and Comfort? The Houfe is fall of Cares',
the Field full of Zoyle, the Country of Rudenefs, the
City of Faftions,t\& Court of Envy, the Church of
Setts, the Sea of Pirate/, the Laid of Robbers,. Or
in what 'State wilt thou live, feeing Wealth is envi,
cd,aod Poverty contemned? Wit is diftrufted, aqd
fjmflitity. is derided? Suferjlition is mocked, and
Religion
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Religion is fufpe&cd ? W« is advanced, and Vertue
isdifgraced ? Oh, with what a bodyofZin aft thou
conipaffed about in a World of Wtekednefs t What
are thine Bjes, bat Windows to behold Vanities ?
What are thine Ears^ but Flood-gates to let ih the
ftreams of Iniquity?' What are thy St*fti\ fcUC
Matches to give Fire to thyLufts? What is tfciHe
//wrr, but the 'inr^ whereon £4*40 hath forged
the ugly thape of all Lewd AffefttOns? Art thou
nobly defcended > Thou rtraft put thy felfitf peril
i& foreign Wars, tQ get the, Reputation of rtrM^r
Honour ; oft-times hazard thy £#fr in a defperate
Combat, to avojd the Afperfion of a Coward
Art thou born 10 a mean Eft ate? Lofd! What
Fains and Drudgery muft thou iodtire at fate* arid
*&road y to get Maintenance ? And aft perhaps ftafce
fuiScient to ferve thy Neceflky > Add when fafter
much Service und labour) a Man hath gbt tome*
thing y how little certainty is there in ttfct which
is gotten f Seeing thou feed by daily Erfpbrienc*,
that he \frho was Rick Yefterday,is to day a j&g*
gar; he that Yefterday way in Htakb, to day Is
Stck\ht that Yefterday was Merry and Lau^ed^
hath caufe to day to mourn and fttep ; he that Ye*
tfevday was in Fawozr* to day is in DjfgrapifZU^
he, who Yefterday was Alivt> to day is dead; and
thou knoweft not bm foon, nor in »&# mimttr
thou fhalt die thy felF. And who* can enumerate
thp Lofpf 7 Cro{fes f Griefs y Difcrates f Skkmffft+tr&
Calamities which are incident to finful Mao?. To
fpeak nothing of the Death of Frhni$*n&ChHdrtr r
which oft-times feems to be urito us far morebwwi;
than prefent Death it felg
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; 4. Meditations of the Miferies of old Age.
WHat is old Jge } but the receptacle of all «*«.'
/*<&*? For if thy lot be to draw thy
days to a long date, in comes old bald-headed age
ftooping under dotage, with his wrinkled face, ro/-
*** teeth, and ft inking fereath, •/<•/?; with Choler ?
^Hhered with drinefs, dimmed with blindnefs, 06-
/Smfat with Deafnefs, overwhelmed with Sicknefs,
and £«a* i together with Weaknefs ; having no ufe of
any feme, but of the fence of Pain: Which fo
racketh every Member of his Body, that it never
eafeth him of Grief, till it hath thrown him down
to hi$ Grave.
Thus far of the Miferies which accompany the
fiodf. Now of the Miferies which accompany
chiefly the Soul in this Life.
Meditations of the Mifery of the Soul in this Life.
*"J**H E mifery of thy Saul will more evidently
\M- appear, it thou wilt but confider,
1. The Felicity fhe hath loft.
i. The Mifery which fhe hath puSed upon he?
felfby Sin.
x. The felicity lqjl t was firfl; the fruition of the
huge of God, whereby the Soul was like unto God
my&amledget enabling her perfectly to underftanc^
the f revealed Will ef God. Secondly, true Holinefs,
fey 'Which fhe 'was free from all prophane Error*
Thirdly, Righteoufnefs, whereby fhe was able to',
iodine all her natural Power s^ and to frame Upright-
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ly all her Actions proceeding from thofe Powers*
^Vith the lofs of this Divine Image, (he loft the
Love of God ? and the blefled Communion whiclj
flie had with his Majefiy, wherein confifteth her
Life and Happinefs. If the lofs of earthly Riches vex
thee fo much, how fhoqld not the lofs of this Di*>
vine Treafure perplex thee much more?
a. The Mifer^which (he pulled upon forfelfo
corififls iii Two Things ;
I. Sinfulness,
z. Curfednefs.
j. Sinfulnefs i? ah univerfal Corruption both of
her Nattire and Atfions : For her a Nature is infeft-
cd with a pronenef^so every Sin continually, the
^M'md is fluffed with Vanity, the c Vnderft ending
is darkned with Ignorance, the ? #7// affefteth no?
thing but vile ana vain Things: All her * Aftiow
are evil : Yea, this deformity is fo violent, that of-
tentimes in the regenerate Soul, the Appetite will
not obey the Government of Redfon, and the Wil{
waijdreth after, and yields confent to finful Mo-
tions. How great then is the Violence of the
appetite and Will in the Reprobate Soul, which ftill
mnains in her natural Corruption? Hence it is,
that thy wretdied Sofil is lo deformed with <$/*, de-^
filed with Ltft, polluted with Filthinefs, outrage^
with Pajfions, over-carried with AffeSlions, pining
with ^^over-charged with Gluttony, forfeited
with Drunkennefsy boy ling with Revenge \ tranf-
ported with Rage ; and the glorious Image of GOQ.
r .•'■,:'*''•' ' ' '•
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transformed into the ugly fhape of the * Devil, fo
fir as it once b refented the Lord that ever he nude
Man.
From the former flows the other part of the
SouPs Miferies, called c Curfednefs, whereof there
are Two Degrees.
j. In fort,
a. In thefulnefs thereof.
7. Curfednefs in fort is that, which is inflicled
upon the Soul in Life and Death, and is common to
her with the Body*
The Curfednefs of the Soul in Life, k the Wrath
yfGod, which lyeth upon fuch a Creature, fo f»r t
as that all Things, not only Calamities, hut alfo vef-
ry d BUffings and • Graces turn to Ruine. f Terrour
tfConfcience drives him from God and his Service,
that he dares not come to his Prefence and Ordi^
nances j but is g given up to the h flavery of Satan,
and to his own Lufis y and vile Affe&ions.
This is the Curfednefs of the Soul in Life : Now
follows the curfednefs of the Soul and Body in Death.
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Meditations of the Mifery of the Body and Soul
in Death.
AFter that the aged Man hath confli&ed with
long Sicknefs, and having endured the brunt:
of Tain, ihould now expedt fome Eafe ; in comes
Death (Nature'* Slaughter-man, God'* Curfc and
HelPi Purveyor) and looks the old Man grim and
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black in the Face; and neither pitying fats sgt, nor
regarding his long-endured Dolours, Wifl not be
hired to forbear either for Silver or Gold : Nay, he
will not take, to fpare bis Life, 8km far Skin* Jeh i .
and all that the old Mao hath •> but haters all the
principal Parts of his Body, and arrefti bMnioap-
pear before the terrible Judge. . And as thinking
that the old Man will not difpaich to go with him
•faft enough $ Lord 1 How many Dans of Ca&mi-
ttes doth he fhoot thorow hint, Stiithu, Athi^
Cramps Fevers^ Ofytrtttiions, Rktttmsi Fttgnj Cbo-
iicki Stouts, tVind t 8rc.
Oh what a ghafHjftgJtt it is, to fee hart then in
his Bed, when Death bath given hiiii his mortal
Wound 1 What a caldSaeat over- runs aH his Body!
What a trembling pofleffeth all his Members! The
Head fhooteth, the Fact waxeda pale, the Nofe
black, the nether Jan-bone haagftth dbwn^ the %&>
firings break, the Tongue falteretfr,tte£riM/j!rlhoc6»
neth, ahdfmelleth earthly, and at every Gasp the
Heat t-ft 'rings are ready to biea^ afimder. .
Now the miferable SovXfenftblj perceiveth her
earthly Body to begin to diet For, as towacds the
diffolution of the uni verJal Frame of the great Worlds
the Sun (hall be turned into darknefs, the Moon into
Blood, and theStarstitoW fell from Heaven* tie ^
fliall be full of Storms, and flalhitic Btoucors r the
Earth (hall tremble, and the Sen mail ro*v and
Mens Hearts fhall fail for Fear, expoQing the Mid
of fuch forrowful Bepmngs : So towards the difi
fiktim of a Man, (which is die little Wotfdt)" tfis"
fyes, which are as the Sun and M*$n f . lofc their
Light, and fee nothing but Bte®d-guHrhitf&-of Sfe)
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die reft of the £«j^m, as leffur Stars, do one after
another fail and &B : His Af/W, Reafon, and Me.
*aj 9 as heavenly Vomers of bis Soul, are fluke*
with fearful ftorias of ifcfow., and fierce Fiafbioga
of *M Fire ; His earthly Body begins to ihakeand
tremble, and the humours, like an over-flowing Sea.
roar and rattle in his Throat, ftill expe&ing the
wofel «W of thefe dreadful Beginnings.
Vfb&fii he is thus fummoned to appear at the
great 4$jes cfGotPs Judgment, behold, a gusrtw-
Stftens, and Jayl-deltvery is held within himfelf j
where Jfo^M (its as Judge, the Devil puts in a
JBitf of IndiAment, as large as that Book of *£>
duty ; wherein is alledged all thy 'evil Deeds thae
eve* thou haft committed, and all the £<*W /?«*
that ever thou haft omitted, and all the Carfes ami
Judmnnu that ace due to every San. Thine own
Conjcience fhall accufe thee, and thy Memory fhaH
give bifter Evidence, and De#A ftands at the Bar
ready, as a cruel Executioner, to difpatch thee. If
thou Halt thus condemn ^ /e^ how (halt thou
f efcape the joft Condemnation^ 6W, who knows
all thy Mifdoeds better than thy (elf ? Fain would'ft
thou pat out of thy Mind, the Remembrance of thy
wicked Deeds, that trouble thee : But they jfatfL
fter> into thy Remembrance, and they will not be Pat
m*f, but cry onto thee, We are thy Works, and m
mttfojow thee : And whilft thy Soul is thus within
out of Ptice and Order', thy Children, Wife, and
Friends trouble thee as faft, to have thee put thy
goods in order} fonae crying, fome craving, fome
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pitying, fomc chearing ; all like Fkjh?Flies y help-
ing to make thy * Sorrows tiiore/brr Onfdl. Now the
Devils, who are come from Hell to fetch dwsy thy
Soul, begin to appear to her; and wait, as foon as
(he comes forth, to take her and carry her away.
Stay (he would within, but that (he feels the Body
begin by degrees to die ; and ready, like a ruinous
Houfe, to fall upon her Head; Fearful (he is to come
forth, Becaufe of thofe HefLhoands which wait for
her coming* Oh; (he that fpent fo many Dqs and
Nights in vain arid idle Paftimes, would now give
the whole World, if fhe had It, for one Hours delay*
that (he might have Space to repent, and reconcile
her felf unto God. But it cannoLbe, becaufe her
Body which joy ned with her in the Aft tons of Sity
is altogether now unfit to joyn with her in the E*-
erci'e of Repentance ^ And Repentance muft be of
the whole Man.
Now (he feeth that all her Pleafuref art gOfae,asi
if they had never been : And that but only torments
remain, which never (hall have end of Being. Who
can fuffiriently exprefs her Remorfe for her Sins^*$f
her Anguifb for her frefent Mifery, atid the Tcrtout
for her Torments to come?
In this Extremity, (he looks dvery where for
help, and fhefinds her felf every way helpkfs. Thus
in her greatejl Mifery ( defirous to hear the leajl
word of comfort) fhe dire&s this, or the like Speech
unto her Eyes ; f O Byes, who in times pad were
fo quick fighted, can yzfpj no Comfort, nor any way
ho w I might efcape this dreadful Danger ? But the
Eye-firings are broken, they cannot fee the Candle
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I be Day or Night.
The Soul (findirig, rio Comfort irt the Eyes)
fpeafcs to the IknX 6 Ear*, who were wont to
Recreate your felves, with Hearing new pleafant
Difiourfes, and Mufick's fweet Harmon;; can yott
hear any ttews or Tidings of the leaft Comfort for
me? The Ears are either fo deaf, that they cannot
Hear at all; or the.Sence of Hearing is grown fo
Weak, that it cannot endure to hear his dear eft
Friends to Speak. And Why fhotxld thofe Ears hear
Any Tidings of Joy in Death, who could never abide
to hear the Glad-tidings of the Gefpelirk this £/#*
The Bar can mittifter no Comfort.
Then (he intimates her Grief Unto the tongue :
Tongue, who waft Wont to hag it out With the
Brarueft, where are now thy big and daring Words i
Now (in my greateft Need) cartft thou \fpeak no-
thing in my Defence ? Canft thou neither daunt
thefe Enemies with Threatning Words, nor entreat
them with Pair Speeches ? Alas, the Tongue two
Days ago lay Speecblefs: It cannot, in his greateft
Extremity, either c*^ for a littie. Drink, or defire a
Friend to take away with his Finger the Flegm,th*t
is ready to thoak him.
Finding here no Hope of Help, (he fpeaks unto
the Feet : Where are ye, O Feet, which fometime
were fo nimble in Running? cad you carry me no
where Out of this dangerous Place ? The Feet are
Stone dead already : If they be not ftirred, they
cannot fiir.
Then fhe dire&s her Speech unto her Hands z
O Hands, who have been fo often approved for
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Manhood^ in F«w and %»x9ri3 . wherswith J have
(6 ^» defended my /elf, and offended my #a«;
never had X pare Need than now. Death Jqoks
me grim in th9 Face, and kills, me.: /#//<# i%*«fr
wait about my Bed tp <&*/*#«• me : Help *«*»♦ or l
Scrim for #wr, Alas, the #W$ are fo iw^i, and
ofo w*«W?, tb»t the,y cannot. r*acfo to the Mouth *
fmrful of fuppingt to relieve languifljing Vtfure,
The wetM &«1 feeing her felf thy? <*e/fl«W*,
and altogether destitute of friends, Helpand Corn-
fort j and knawwg %\\tt ; mthi» an Hour {he nauft
be in ewkfi'm F*im % retires her felf to the fliwf
(which of all Members is prim** ww, and */**•
w«w moriens) from whence (he mate* this ^JWgfr/
Lamentation with her felf.
*Omiferabte Caitiff that J ami How do the
f £<?itr«M ^ Death tompajs me! Hw do %he Fko&
of Btlidwkt ms afraid 1 New have, indeed^ the
Snare? both of ti&wfi and fmad Death overtaken
me at qwe. Oh how /*$!?<$ bath C»^ ftoln upon
me with infenfible Degrees i tike fbe £*% which
the Eje perceives not tq move, though it h* mdk
fwift of Ration. Haw doth Death wreak on me
bis Statt) without Fty\ The God of 4%* bath
utterly forfaken me: And the Devil* who knows
na ^fawji, wait? for to take me. How often have
tbeen warned of this doleful Da?,hy the faithful
freatfars cf God's Word, and I made b*jt a J*fl
'thereat ? What Profit have I now of all my Pride*,
jfye fioufe^ and brava. Apparel? What's become 0/
the fweet relifh of all my delicious Fare ? All the
worldly Goods which I fo carefuDy gat hered, wou Id
* The dolcftU lamentation of die rcprobat* Soul at tfctVeurt
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I now give for a good Conference, which I fo
carelefly negleAed. And what Joy remains now,
of aD my former flefhly Pleafures, wherein I placed
my chief Delight ? thottfodlifb Pleafutes were but
deceitful Dreams, and now they are paft like va*
ntjbing Shadows 1 But to think of thofe eternal Tains y
which I muft endure for tho& /bort Pleasures, Paws
me as ffeff before 1 enter into HeL Yet, juftly I
coirfefs, as I have deferved, I am ferved ; That be-
ing made after God's Image, a reafonable Soul, able
to judge of mine own Eftate» and having Mercy
fo often offered, and I intreated to receive it ; £
negiefted GoAs Grace, and preferred the Pie a funs
of Sin, before the Religious Cart o£ plea/fog God t
Lewdly fpending my /port Time, without confidef-
ing what Accounts. I fhould make at my laJtEnd.
And now aB the Pleafures of my Life, being put to-
gether^ countervail not the leaft part of mytrefenf
Pains. My %ys were but momentany, and gOflfy
before I coufa fcarce enjoy them: My Miferies are
eternal, and never fhall know E-id. O that I had
lpent the Hours that I confum'd in Carding, Di~
ctn g* ^Uiyingy and other vile Exefcifes, in reading
the Scriptures^ in hearing Sermons, in receiving the
Communion, in weeping for my Sins, infyfting, watch*
ing, fraying, and in preparing my Soul, that I might
have now departed in the ajfuredbope of eveflafting
Salvation \0 that I were now to Begin my Life
again ! How would I contemn the World,znd the
Vanities thereof! How religioufly and purely would .
I lead my Life! How would I frequent the Church,
and fahftify the Lord's Day Hi Satan fhould offer
me all the Treafures > Pleafures, and Promotions of
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"this World, he fhould never entice me to forget
theje Terrors of this laft dreadful Hour. But,0 cor-
1 rupt Carkafs, andrftinking Carrion ! How hath the
Devil deluded us ? And how have wsferved and
v deceived eacji Other ? And pullM/nvy} damnation up-
On us both ? Now is my Cafe more miferable, than
; the ifc*/? that periflieth in a Ditch : For I muft go
to anfwer before the judgment-feat of the righteous
Judge of Heaven and Earth, where I (hall have
none to fpeak for me $ and thefe wicked Fiends, who
are privy to all my evil Deeds, will accufe me, and
I cannot excufe my felf. Mj own Heart already con-
demns me j I muft needs therefore be damned before
his Judgment-feat ; and from thence be carry 'd by
thele infernal Fiends, into that horrible Prifon of
endlefs Torments, and utter Darknefs,. where I
fhall never more fee light, that/ry? mod excellent
Thing that God made. I who glory M heretofore
in being a Libertine, am now inclofed in the, very
Claws of Satan, as the trembling Partridge is 'with-
in the griping Talons of the ravenous Faulcon.
Where (hall I lodge to Night? And who (hall be
my Companion? Oh Horror to think ! Grief
to confider ! Oh curfed be the Day wherein I. was
born, and let not the Day wherein my Mother bare w*,
be blejfed. Curfed be the Man that {hewed my Father y
faying A Child is born unto thee, and comforted him.
Curfed he that Man, becaufe he flew me not. Oh that
my Mother might have been my Grave, or her Womb a
perpetual Conception I How is it that 1 came forth of
the Womb, to endure thefe hetlijh Sorrows! And that
toy Days Jbould thus end with eternal Shame! Curfed
be the Day that I was firft united to fo lewd* Bo-
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might never Jee thee more ! Our fatting is bitter and
doleful ; but our meeting again, to receive at that
dreadful Day, the fulnefs of our deferved Vengeance,
will be more terrible and intolerable. But what
mean I thus (by too late Lamentation) to feek to
prolong time? My lafi Hour is come: I hear the
heartstrings break : This filthy Houfe of Clay falls
on my Head : Here is neither hope, help, nor Place
of any longer abiding. And mult I needs be gone?
thou filthy Carkafs, Oh filthy Carkafs, with fare-ill,
fare-well, I leave thee. And fo all trembling, fee
cometh forth, and forthwith is feized upon by In-
ftrnal Fiends, who carry her with a Violence, tor-
rents fimilt, * to the bottomlefs Lake, that burnetii
with + fire and brim/tone : Where fhe is kept as a
Prifoner in Torments, till the || general Judgment
of the great Day.
The loathfome Carkafs is afterwards laid in the
Grave. In which A&ion, for the moft part, the
Dead bury, the Dead, that is, They who are dead in
Sin, bury them who are dead to Sin. And thus
the godlefs and unregenerated Wmldling, who
made Earth his Paradife, his Belly his God, his Lufl
his Law} as' in his Life, he fowed Vanity ; fo he is
bow dead, and reapeth Mifery. In his profperity he
negle&ed to ferve God : In his adverftty God re*
fuieth to fave him. And the Devil, whom he long
ferved, now at length pays him his Wages. De-
t eft able was his Life, damnable his Death. The De-
vil hath his Soul, the Grave hath his Carkafs: In
which Pit of Corruption, Den pf Death, and D
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rotting with bis Mouth full of Earth, his Belly
full of Worms, and his Carkafs full of Stench ; cx^
peeing a fearful fLefurreftm, when it (ball be re-
united with the S Jul; that, as they finned together,
fo they may be eternally Tormented together.
Thus f*r of the Miferies of the Soul and Body in
Death, which is but Curfednefs in part: Now fol-»
lows the fulnefs ef Curfednefs, which is the Mifery
Of the Soul and Body after Death.
Meditations of the Mifery of s Man after death ,
which is the fulnefs of Curfednefs.
THE fulnefs of Curfednefs (when it falls upon
*. Creature, not able to bear the brunt
thereof) preffeth him down to that bottomleft
«dc$p of the endiefe * wrafb of Almighty 6od y which
is called the « damnation of Hell. This fulnefs of
Curfednefs is either particular, or general.
farfiwk*, is that which in a lefs meafure of
fblnefs, lighteth upon the * Soul immediately, as
Jbon as foe is feparated from the Bcdy. For in
the very infiant of Diifolucion, (he is in the Sight
and Prefence of God, For when fhe ccafeth to
fee with the Organ of fiefhy Eyes, (he feeth after
a Spiritual manner, like c Stephen, who faw the
Glory of God, and Jefm'fianding at his RiobuHaud :
Or, as a Man, who being born blind, and w-
raculovfly reftored to his Sight, fhould fee the
£«*, which he never faw before. And thereby
the feftimo^ of her own Confcience, Cbrift the
righteous Judge, who knoweth all things, maietb
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lier by his Omniprejent Pdtoer, to urtderftand the.
Doom and Judgment that is dud unto her Sins, and
what mud be her eternal State. * And in this
manner, landing in the fight Of Heaven, not fit for
her Vneleannejs to come into Heaven-, fhe is faid
to ftand before the Throne tfOol And fb forth-
with me is carried b by the evil Angels, who came
to fetch her with Violence, into Hell, where foe
is kept fas in a Ptlfon) in eA/erlafting PainsttsA Chains
under Darknefi, unto the fhtetnent of the great Dfi :
But not in that Extremity of Torments^ which (he
ihafl finally receive at the Iaft Daf .
The general Fulncfs of Carfednefi is In a 'greater
meaftire of fulnefs, which fliall be infli&ed up-
on both d Soul and JWy, when (by the mighty
Power Of thrift, th& Supreme Jatfee of HeaVen and
Earth) the one mail be brought out of Hell, and
the other out of the Grave, as Prifomrs^ to receive
their dreadful Doom, according to their evil Deeds,
How (hall the Reprobate by the roaring of the Set,
the quaking of the Earth, the trembling of the e
Powers of Heaven, and Terrours Of Heavenly
Signs be driven, at the Worlds end, to his Wits
end! Oh, what a woful Salutation will there be,
betwhet the damned Soil and Body, at their re-uni-
ting at that Day!
f O Sink Of Sin, O Lump of Pilthinejs (will the
a Poftquam antma dc corpore €ft egreffa, fubito Judicium Cfin-
MdefefenHttcO#*>fcit. A*gjA.*0*i*.&efrJ>rig.c.A. Hler.EpMd
PttftMt. Mjtiin*dainniKacQntinu6in^
dellffime earn rapieiitcs ad infernum deducunt, Cyril AtttJn OratJc
&di.mi*.Wa.i.*4.tL*lM* Ltiteia,a6Ai*.M,«V iret.3.19.
Jud***. tf.lulK 16. 24. c aPct. 2.9 JudeWr.J. Wv. "• x * d J ™
5.28,29. Jtev. 20. ij. eMatth, 14. 29. Luke*i. 24,^5. fThedamnea
Soul's Apoftropfi6 ^to the Body at theirfecond riicctin^.
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5c?/// fay unto her Jfoty) how am 1 compelled to
re-enter into thee, not a§ into an Habitation to
reft, but as a P/t/m to be tormented together J How
dofhhou appear in my fight, Wkejeptbd's Daugh-
ter, to my greater Torment! Would GO D thou
hadft perpetually rotted in the Grave, that I might
never have feen thee again ! How (hall we be com*
founded tpgethet •, to hear before God, Angels, and
Men, laid open all thofe fecret Sins, which we^.
mined together ! Have I loft Heaven, fqr the Love
of fuch a (linking Carrion ? Art thou the Flejhy for
whofe Pkafures I have yielded to commit fo many
Fornications? O filthy Belly, how hecame I fuch
a Fool as to make thee my God? How mad wa§ I
for moment any Joys to incur thefe Torments of eter-
nal Pains ! Te Rocks and Mountains, why skip ye fi
like Rams, Pfal. 1 34. 4. and will not fall upon we, to
hide me from the Face of him, that comes to fit on yon*
der Throne yfor the great Day of his Wrath is come,
and whofhatl he ahle tofjkand I Rev. 6. i6 % 1 7. Why
tremhlefi thou thus, Earth, at the Prefence of the
Lord, and wilt not open thy Mouth, and fwallow
me up, as thou didft Kprah, that I be feen no more f
O damned Furies ! I would ye might, without
Delay, tear me in Pieces, on Condition that you
would tear me into nothing ! But whilft thou art
thus in Vain bewailing thy Mifery, the * Angels
Jiale thee violently away from the brink of thy
Grave, to fome Place near the Tribunal feat of
€hrifi ; yhepe being, as a curfed Goat, feparated
|o fund beneath on Earth, as on the Left-hand of
the Judge, fCbrdfi (hall reap up all the Benefits tic
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beftowed on thee, and the Torments he fufferM for
thee, and all the^^ Deeds which thou hail omit-
ted\ and all the ungrateful ^Monies which thou
didft commit againft him, and his Holy Laws.
Within thee thine own Conjcience (more than a
Thoufand Witneffes) fhall accufe thee: The Devils,
who tempted thee to all thy Lewdnefs, (hall on
the on? fide teftifie with thy Coqfcience againft thee ;
and on the other fide, Ihall ftand the Holy Stints
and Angels approving Cbri/Ps Juftice,and detefting
io filthy a Creature. Behind thee an hideous Noifif
of innumerable Fellow-damned/fr/ri^to, tarrying
for thy Company : Before thee all the World * burn-
ing in flaming Fire: Above thee, an ireful Judge ot
deferved Vengeance, ready to pronounce his Sen-
tence upon thee : Beneath thee % the fiery and ful-
phureoqs Mouth of the bottomlefs Pit, gaping to
receive thee. In this woful Eftate, to hide thy
felf will be impofftble( for on that Condition, thou
wouldeft t with that the greateft Rock might fall
upon thee :) To Appear will be intolerable ; and yet
thou muft ftand forth, to receive with other Re-
probates, this Sentence, Depart from me, je cur*
fed* into overlaying Fire, prepared for the Dfvil anj
his Angels.
Popart from me] There is a J| Separation from all
Joy and Happinefs. ;
Xe cqrfef] There is a black and direful Excom*
munication.
Into Fire] There is the cruelty of Paiq.
* Anfel. Miditat. t Rcy. & \6> 17* l Bori^vcnt. Fciftil. Dom. 3 •
ypft Seat. Scrqv. x.
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£verlaftiti$Thttt is the Perpetuity of Pkmjh-
ment.
Prepared far ^tbe Devil and his Angels^ Here
are thy inptml tormenting, and brmented Com-
panions.
terrible Sentence J Prom which the Condemn-
ed cannot tfcape ; which being pronounced can-
not poflible be witbjtaod: Afpitift which a Man
cannot except, and from which a Man can no
where appeal- So that to the damned, nothing re-
mains but hcllljb Torments, which know neither
cafe of Pain, nor end of Time. From this Jn&&-.
ment-feat thou muft be throft by Angels (together
with all the damned Devils and Reprobates) into
the * botimlefs Lake of titter Darknefi, that perpe-
tually burns with Pite and Br'mflone. Whereunto,
as thou (halt be thruft, there (ball be fuch Weeping,
Woes and "Wailing, that the cry of the company of
Kpfaby Vdtban, itAAhitam, when the Eaith fwal-
lowed them up, was nothing comparable to this
howling : Nay, it will feem unto thee a Belt, be*
fore thou goeft into Bell, but to hear it.
Into which bottomlefs Lake, after that thou art
once plunged, thou {halt ever be falling down, and
never meet a bottom : And in it thou {halt «vet
lament, and none fhalf />/(/ thee : Thou (halt -al-
ways tveep for pain of the Fire, and yet grtafb thy
Teeth for the Extremity of Cold-. Thou fitelt uxep
to think, that thy Miferies zxtfaft remedy: Thott
fhalt weep to think, that to repent is to no purpofe :
Thou fhalt mep to think, how for the ihadows of
fbort Pkafkres, thou haft incurred thefe Sorrws of
* Rev. ai. 8.
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weeptxg it ftlf can nothing prevail, Yea, in weep-
ing, thou fhalt weep more Tears, than there is voter
in the Sex ; for the Water of the Sea is finite, but
the weepiugof* Reprobate fhall be infinite.
There thy lafcivms Eyes fhall be affli&ed with
fights oightftly Spirits : Thy mrtav £w fhall be
affrighted with hideous Noife of howling Devils: '
and the gnafliing of Teeth of damned Reprobates*.
Thy dainty Nofe fhall be cloyed with the noyfom
ftenchof Sulphur: Thy delicate Tafte fhall be pain-
ed with intolerable Hunger: Thy drunken Throat
Jhall be parched with unquenchable Tbirft: Thy
Mind (hall be tormented to think how for the
love of abortive Pkafures, which perilhed e'er they
budded, thou haft fo foolifhly loft Heaven's Joys,
and incurred HeUijh Pains, which laft to all Eter-
nity. Thy Confeience fhall ever fiing thee like an
Adder, when thou thinkeft how often Chrift by his
Preachers offered the Remiffion of Sins, and the
Kingdom cf Heaven freely uato thee, if thou wouldft
but believe and repent : And how eafily thou might-
eft have obtained Mercy in thefe Days : How near
thou waft many times to have repented, and yet
didftfuffer the Devil and the World to keep thee
ftill in impemtettcy, and how the Day of Mercy is
now pad, and will never dawn again.
How fhall thy Underftanding be racked, to
confider, bow for Moment tny Riches, thou haft loft:
tb&eternai Trtafnre, and changed Heaven's Felicity
for Heffs Mifery J where every part of thy Body,
without intermifllon of Jain, fhall be continually
tormented tithe.
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In thefe HeOifh Tprments thou (halt be for ever
deprived of the Beatifical Sight of God, wherein
confifts the fovereign Good, and Life of the Soul.
Thou (halt never fee Light* nor the leaft Sight of
Joy, but lie in a perpetual Prifon of utter Darknefs z
Where fhali be no Order, but Honour ; no Voice,
but of Blafphemers, and Howlers ; no Noife, but of
Torturers, and tprtured $ no Society but of the Druit
and his Angels, who being tormented themfelves,
ffrall have no other Eafe, but to wreak their Fury
in tormenting thee. Where fhall be Vunifhment
without Pity, Mifety without Mercy \ Sorrow with-
out Succour, Crying without Comfort ; Mi/chief with-
out Meafure; Torment without Eafe: Where the
Worm Jieth not, and the Fire is never quenched*. Where
the Wrath of GOD fhall feize upon the Soul
and Body, as the Flame of Fire doth on the lump
of Pitch, or Brimflone. In which Flame thott (halt
ever b$ burning, and never coufumed', ever dying,
and never dead; ever r<wrag in the Pangs of Death,
3nd never rid of thofe Pangs, nor knowing end of
thy Pains. So that after thou haft endured them
fo many Thoufand Years, as there zx^Grafs on the
Earth, or Sands on the Sea-jbore, thou art no nearer
to have an end of thy Torments, than thou waft
the firft Day that thou waft caft into them : Yea,
fo far are they from ending, that they are ever but
beginning. But if after a Thoufand Times fo many
jfhoufapd Tears, thy damned Soul could but con-
ceive a Hope, that thofe her Torments fhould have
an end ; this would befome Comfort to think, that
at length an end will come. But as oft as the Mind
thinketh of this Never, it is as another Hell, in the
mdfi of Hell. This
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This Thought (hall force the damned to cry, «*},
*tf, as much as if they ftiould fay, ***V}, ;*£}, O
Lord wf ntfr, wf *iw torment us thus. Bur their
Conference (ball anfwer them as aft &£<?, *VJ A? f
ever % ev f er. Hence fliall afife their doleful ri^woe
and 4/** for evermore.
This is that Second Detth, the general perfeS F*l-
nefs cfaffCurfednefsand Mifery 5 which every dam-
ned Reprobate muft fajfer, fo long as God and his
Saints (hall enjoy BlifsznA Felicity in Heaven for
evermore.
Thus far of tho Mifery of Mart in his ftate of Cdr-
ruptwn y iinlefs he be renewM by Gtace in Chrifi.
Now follows the Knowledge of Man's fe/fr in
refped of his State of Regeneration by ChriJL
Meditations of the State of a Chrifiian reconciled to
< God in Chrifi. .
NO W let us lee how £&/># a godly Man is, in
his State of Renovation, being reconciled to
God in Chrifi.
. The godly Man % whole qorrupt Nature is renewed
by Grace in C*ri/?> iind become a /**«> Creature^ is
blefled in a Thr^fold Refpeft. TPirft, in his Ufe*
Secondly, in his Death., Thirdly, after Death.
1 • His Bleffednefs during this Life, is but in p*rt f
and that confifts in Seven Things;
1. Becaufe he is cdnceiy'd or the * Spirit in the
Womb of his Mother the Chunk: And is f horn not,
of Bloddj nor of the Will of the pU(h; nor if the Will *of
Manfiut cfGod^ wtiq in Chrifih h\$\\JFather. So that
* John 3- 5- tjoha 1.13- II Gal. 4*6* 7. * Cor. 9. 9.
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the a /jmg* 0/ God his /vi/A*/ is renewed in him
every Day more and more.
x. He hath, for the Merits of thrifts Sufferings,
all his Sins* original^ and *#«*/, with the Guilt and
Funifamnt belonging to them, b freely and fully
forgiven unto him: And all the c Righttoufnefs of
C^ri/? as freely and fully impmttd unto him : And fo
God is d reconciled unto him; and ' approvetb him
as Righteous in bis Sight and Account.
x. He is freed from £<tf 4«'s f Bandage, and is made
a * Brother ofChrift, a Fdfa* h flfe/r of his Heavenly
Kingdom $ and zfpiritaal » j(/i^ and Avflff* to of-
fer up k fpiritu*l Sacrifices to Godly Jefus ChriJFi
^Godfparetb him* as a Md»jparetb bu own Son y
tbatferveth him. And this fp*r**& confrfb,
^.1. Not taking Notice of every Faulty butler
ing with his Infirmities,, Exodus 34. Verfe
6, 7. A loving Ftf/i&i?r will not caft his Child
put of Doors in hisSicknefo
i. Not making his Puw(bwe»t when he is cbd-
fterted^s great as his Deferts, PfaL .xojJ^id
3. Chqjlening him moderately when hejeeth
that he will not ^ ogy ^iipr Means be re-
claimed > x Stm,?. Vey. i4v i J* * C»v 1 1#
In^ Ver. jx.
4. Gracioujly accepting his JB)«4fe4fvtWfri,notwith-
Handing the imperfection of hisObedience,
and fo preferring thetVMitgmfs of his Mind,
before the worth wefs of bis Work, xCor.9.ti*
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aEph.4.a t 3,i3.Ccl.3.io.bRom.4.a. i^Kom. 8.1,1. iPet.i 14.
cRom.*?*!?. daCor.s* *9* c Rom.4. 33,34. fAftsNS.i&.gEph.
1.2. hjohnio. 17. Rqixl 8.20* 'Root,*, if. kRer. r.tf; trPec*
a.';. Mil. 3> 17*
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5, Turning the Curies which he deferved, to
Crojfts, and fatherly Cwrt&knsx Yea, all*
Things, all k CaUmitw of this Life, « Death
l it felf .♦ Yea, his * «prj» Sw unto his Good.
y. God gives him his Holy Spirit, which f
t.'Saa&ifieth htm by D%rm thro'out ; fo
that he doth more and more^/V to Sin, and
4v» to Rigbtcoufoefs.
i.. f Jffures him of his « Adoption, and that he
is by Gr*«? the Child of God.
3. Emoungeth him to come with h Baldneft
and Confidant into the Prefeoceof Cod,
4* MoveihhvEa. without /%4r,tp fay unto him
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Prefer. .'•'•'•
6. Perfodetb hip, that both heand his Pwjr-
, • «•* are accepted and heard oif God, for
Cbrifi his Mediator's fake.
/•* t. k Pw« ot Conference.
?.FUls\
bini< a. l J«intheHolyGhoft:tncQm-
with/ paritod whereof; all Earthly Jcyt
L%f ■ v jeefu wife and tW* y^Qto him.
6*. He bath a recovery of his m feveMgtty over the
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Creatures^ which he loft by Adam's Fall : And from
thence/re* Liberty * of ufing all Things which God
hath not b re/trained, fo that he may ufe them with
agood Q Conference* For to *tt things in Heaven and
Earth, he hath zfure d title in this Life : And he
fliall have the F Unary and peaceable c Poffeffion of
, them in the Life to come. Hence it is that all Re-
probates are but Ufurpers of all that they poffefs,
and have no f place of their own but Hell.
7. He hath the Aflitrance of God's Fatherly Care
and Proteftion Day and Night over him ;' which
Care confifts in Three Things.
providing all Things niceffary for his
and Body, concerning this Life, and
which is to come: So that he (ball be
I fare ever, either to have enough} oi P*ti+
ence to be content with that he hath. \- ♦*
2,. In thatGod gives his Holy Angels as^mini-
flers % a Charge to attend upon him always
for his Qoodi Yea, in Danger, to fitch their
Tents about him for his Safety , wherever he
be. Yea, Gofs ProteSitm fliall defend him
as a * Cloud, by Daj 9 an£ of a Pillar of fire by
Night. t And his Providence k Jball hedge him
from the Power of the Devil.
J . In that l the Eyes of the Lord are upon hintyond
his Bars continually open, to fee his State y and
to hear his Complaint, and in hisgood'Tifae
to m delivgr him out of all his Troubles...
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Regenerate Man in his Life: Now of his bleffei
Eftate in Death
i. Meditations of the faffed Eftate cf a Regenerate
Man in his Death,
^Hen God fends Death as his Mejfenger for
the regenerate Man, he meets hita.A^fthe
Way to Heaven : For his * convetfatiov, and b of*
feftiou is there before him. Death is Aevcrftrange,
nor fearful, unto him.- Not ftrange, becaufe he *
died daily j not fearful, becaufe whiift he lived; he
was tfe«(, and his Life was d hid mth (thrift in God*
To Die 'uoto him therefore, is nothing elfe in ^&#,
but to* reft from his Labour in this World, to. go
f Home to his" Father's Houfe, unto, the b City cf,
the living God, the Heavenly Jerufakm, to. an innu-
merable Company of JHgtl's, to the genet al'JJJvmblj and
Cburehof tlx firjthern,to God the Judge of aU y and.
to the Spirits tf jufi Attn made per f eft, and. to Jefua
the Mediator ef the Neto Covenant. Whiift his Body
is fick; his Mnid As found : For God. 1 maketh h»
hd /« jkhuefsj and ftrerigthneth him with faith and
fttientej^itym his Bed of Sorrow. And when he.
begins tttenter iato ih&.vftayof all the Worlds, he gi?
veth (like* Jacob, Mafes4a& Jojhua) to his Children
and. Friends, Godly Exhortations : and Cwtfaf/, : to,
ferve the true God, to wot (hij> him/r*/?.aU tbe&ys"
of their Life. 1 His bkffed Soul breatbeth nothing
but kkjfygs, and fuch Speeches as favour afanftifi*
■ i ' » i » . ' > i l . . . ." 'i ' ' . .; '; ' »":" > ' ., " ; '' . ' '
f *PWl. ! 3.ao.SCo1;3. a. <?iCor. i. 31.^ Col. 3. 3- eRev.14.ri.
1 »Ctr.5.tf. rjo&.T4*.l«HelJ. ii. u,&e. iPfal^j.^kGo^*
■ F *<*
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^m^mmmnmmmmmmmmmmnnsnma^=Bsmeammmmmms==sssmmmmmmmm^^^ ■ •
edfpirit. As bis outward Man 4fc fjtf/A, fobis/w-
mW Man mroafttb, and waxeth ftronger. When
the £/*«£ of his Tongue faltereth, the ftgfo of bis
Heart j^m£ /^/rr unto G«4: When the Sight of
the Bjei failetb, the /fr/r GAqjf illuminates him in-
wardly with abundance of fiirHual Life. His Soul
fear eeh not, but is bold to go * oat cf the Body, and
U dweU 0itb bee Lord. He fokfd out with Paul,
*CuphaHJJeevs\, lakfire to be diffblved, sad to be with
Chrijt. And with « David, At the Hart pantetb
after the Water Jbr«ob\,fo p*»tetb my Soul after thee,
V God. ty Soul tbktfietb for God, fm fbe living
God: When fbaU I come and appear before God?
He prayeth with the Saints,' 4 Atom long, Lard,
which art holy Mid true? ' Come, Lord jejus, came
quickly. And when the f appointed time of his dif-
folutioa is come, knowing that he goeth to his
a Father and Redeemer in the Peace of a good Con-
fcience, and the afliwed terjwajfom nf the Jbrgive-
neisof all his Sins, in the blood of the Lamb, he fings
with blcffed old Simeom his b Nunc dmittie : Lord,
novo lettefk thou thy Servant depart in Peace, &c and
fitrrenders Op his Soul, as it were, with bis own
Hands, into the Hands of hie heavenly Father, laying
with David: ' Into thy Hands , Father, 1 commend
my Soul, for thou baft redeemed nit, Lord, thou
God of truth. And faying with Stephen, k Lord
^fefus reserve my Spirit*. He no toontr yields up his
iacred Ghoft, but immediately the ' holy Angels,
Who attend upo<i him from his iirtb, unto> his
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desth, » carry and accompany bis Sout'ma fi9*ven %
as they did the Soul of Ltzutrus into /ifadbam's
hfomt which is the * Kingdom of Hoaton, whi-
ther only good Angels and good Works fa accom-
pany the Sou! : The one to deliver their* ffcge,
the other to receive ' their d remtrd. .
'the Body in convenient Timc,as tbefcnftified
* 7mfU of the £fo/> <?^?, the f Mmfas of. Ckrfa
nourifted by his « Body, the k Price of the jSUod of
the Son of God, is by hjs/'&* Brethren reverently
laid toUUef in his grsve, as in the Bed if Chrift:
in an allured hope to k awskeimthe Rtfurrt&um <f
th 9*A at the laft Day, to be partaker with toe
Soul, vl Life and Glory everiaftiog. And in this
refpoft. nor only the &w&, but die very Bodjeyof
the ftnthfui aifo are termed Jfr0««
Thus fer of the kUlftdmfs of the $ouj.ao4 Bodf
of die Regenerate Man ** 4*4. Now let us fee
- the bUffednefsxti his Soul and Body ^ <fo«k
3* MedHjtfau of the hkffed EfiAte tf fa Rege M r*(S
;■«'_• Minuter DtMth. . / ■• . |
T HI S^ftate bath three Degrees. ' . >i ?
^,JProm. the Day of detrb, to the jtyflj^'
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z« From the RefareftioH) to the ^omnincm^
the Sentence. "■'"■', - 1-* - -.-V
of the Sentence.
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g Mat. 2<S. 26. h 1 Cor. 6. 20. 1 Pet. t .19. > 1 The£ *. i|»Ad^6.
^8.2.*Oait,i2(a. John j^8ifl9.L?*c 14. 14. »Thcf. 4^1^17.
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3. After the Sentence, which lafts eternally.
As foon as ever the Rt generate Man hath yield-
' ed up his Soul unto Cbrtjt, the holy Angels take
• her into their Cuftody, and immediately * carry her
< into Heaven ; and there prefent her f fr/anr Chrift,
where (be is crowned with a || Own of Rigbteouf-
' «f/} and (Ww? j not which (he hath dejervedby her
; £4*4 Wtfrfr, but which God hath promifed of Iris
/rf e goodnefs to all thofe, who of love, have in this
//^unfeignedly ferved him, and Jmgj&/ his Glory.
Oh, what j*? will it be tfrthy £m/, which was
wont to fee nothing but mifety and fitters, how to
behold the /to ot the God of Glory\ Yea, to fee
Chrift welcoming thee, as foon as thou art prefent-
ed before him by the holy Angels, with an Bute
bone [true I Well done, and welcome good mi faithful
Servant, &a enter into thy Maker's joy. And what
Joy will this be to behold ** tboufandthoufands ef
Cherubms, Seraphims, Angels, Thrones, Dominions,
Principalities, Powers? Ail the holy Patriarchs,
Priefis, Pr offsets, Apofiles, Martyrs, Confcjfbrs, and
all the Souls of thy Friends, Parents, Husbands,
Wives, Children, and the reft of God's Saints, who
departed before thee in the true Faith of Chrift,
ttanding before God's Throne in Blifs and Glory ? If
4he Queen ofSheba* beholding the Glory and Atten-
dance given to Solomon, as it were ravijbed there-
with, brake out and faid, 4-f Happy are thj Men,
happy are tbefe thy fervants, which ft and before thee,
and hear thywifdom: How ihall thy Soulbe raviih-
*Lukeitf,n. fHcb.i* 14.& la. 14. I2 Tim. 4. 8. Rev* 2. icv
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ed to fee herfelf by grace admitted to ftand with
this glorious Company ! to behold theblefled Face
of Chrifly and to hear all the treafures of his divine,
Wtfdoml How ihalt thou rejoyce to fee fo many *
thoujani tbqufands welcoming thee into their hea-
venly SpcietyJ For as they all rejoyced at thy con*
*verfion ; fo will they now be muph more joyful to
behold thy Coronation, and to fee thep receive thy
-f Crown, which was laid up for thee againft thy
coming. For there the Crown of Martyrdom (hail
be put on the Head of a Martyr, who for CJirift's
Gofpel's fake endured Torments : The Crown of
Virginity on the Head of a Virgin, which fubdu-
ed Concupifcsnce : The Craw* of Piety and Chafiity
on the Head of them, who fincerely profefTed
Chrift, and kept their Wedlock-bed undefiled : The
Crown of Good-works on the good Alms*giver*s head,
who liberally relieved the Poor; The Crown of in*
corruptible Glory on the head of thofe Paftors, who by
their Preaching and good Ex£Uiiples,have convent*
ed fouls from the corruption of-fin, to glorify God
in holinefs of Life. Who can fufficiently exprefs the
rejoycing of this heavenly Company, to lee thee thus
t Crowned with Glory, arrayed with the Alining
Robe of Righteoufnels, and to behold the Palm (f
ViStory put into thy Hand? Oh what gratulation
will there be, that thou haft efcapedall the Miferitf
pf the World, the fnms of the Devil, the pains of
Hell, and obtained with them thy eternal Reft and
JIappimfs ? For there every one jcyetb as much in a-
pothers happinefs,as iahi^own, becaufehe 0iaU fee
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Him as much loved of God, as himfelf. Yea, the/
hare as many diftin&y^ as they have co-partners
of their j<p* And in this joyful and blcffed Stare,
the Sent refteth with Cbrift in Heaven, till the
Rtfttrrtftion ; when as the a ^mfcr of her Fellow-
Servants and Brethren be fulfilled, which the Lord
ftermetti but a little Seafon.
The fecond Degree of Man's Bleflednefs after
HDeath, is from the RefurreHien, to the pronouncing
Of the final Sentence. For at the laft Day,
l» The Element try Heavens \ Earth, and all things
theitin, ihall be h diffolvci, and pariftei with fire.
* %. At the 9 found of the laft trumpet, or Voice of t
thrift, the Archangel, the very fame Bodies y which
the BleB bad before (tho* turned to Daft and Earth )
ihrilarHe again. And in the lame inftant^ every
Man's Soul fttyll re-enter into his om Body, by wr-
t*e of the 4 Refurre&ion of cbrift their Head, and
lie • made alive and rife out of their ffaves+as if
they did but apri* out of their Beds. And how-
foever Tyrants bemangled their Bodies in pieces, or
confirmed them to Ames ; yet lhall the Elf 8 find it
true at that Day, that { not a hair of their head is
ferijked.
3 .Theyfhall come forth out of their % graves % 1 ike
fb many Jofephs out of Prifon, or h Daniels out of
%\\t Lions Den, or Jonahs out of the Whale r s Belly.
, 4, All the Bodies of the Ete$ being thus made
:-*R*v.r.£. fcftPtt.4.10, 11,13. «i Cor. 15.51. xThef4.ftf.J0ll
5.a8.Ezck.37.^«,&C.ARom.8.n. Phil. 3.10^11. iThefi^. i^
^ •^1t«| i 5.i7. 1C0r.15.2j. fMacth.19.30. giTFef.4. 14. hDan,
45. ij. Bf eft poteftas Dc* ad mftittac»dos> 8c icftitucndos homi*.
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alive, (hall arife in that * perfection of /fa/«/v
whereunto they fhould have attained by their **-
/«m/ temparament, if no Impediment baa hindfed :
And in that wgM*^ ifgethat a perf«& Man is at,a-
bout three and thirty years old, each in their f pro-
per Sex. Whereunto Divines think the Apoflle al-
ludeth, when he faith, || tiff we all so/he unto a per*
feft Man> unto the meafure of the Age (or Stature) of
thefulnefs ofChrifi: Whatfoever ImperfeHion was
before in the Body (as Blmdnefs, Lamentfs, Crook-
ednefs) (hall then be done away. Jacob fhall not
halt, nor Jfaac be blind, nor Leab Uear-efd, nor
Mepbibojbetb be lame : For if David would hot have
the Mmf and //uw to come into his ife*/£ j much left
will £Ar# have llindnefs and lamttefs to dwell in
his Heavenly Habitation, tf M0 made all the #i#4
to fee, the dumb to (peak, the deaf to hear* the
&«w to walk, <fr . that came to him, to feek his
Grace on Earth : Much More Will he heal all their
Imperfefthnsy whom he will admit to his Glory in
Heaven. y Among thofe Tribes, iberi is not one fee-
hlee : But the lame MauJbaU leap as an Hart, and the
dumb Mans Tongue /ball Sing. And h is Very pro*
bable, that feeing God created (mtjfrfi Parents, not
Infants, or Old Men, but of * {effete A£e Of Stature ;
the«r4»A«««, Qfnew Creation tfOrri Death, /hall every
way be mdteperfett than the txdtn, otfirfl frame of
Man, from which he fell into the State Of the dead.
Neither k it like, that Infancy being bsperfe&ion,
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4. 13. /;* cimtmuniter credHHtT^fl^t m4^S^'^fi^ ^^* A^-^
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and old Age Corruption, can well (land witt
-State of a f «/«£ glorified Body.
j. The JSo&rs of the #&# being thus raifed,
have four moft excellent and fupernatural Q,
tits: For, .
T i. They (hall he raifed in * ftw*r,whereby i
(hall for ever be freed from all Wants,
Weakness, and enabled to continue wit!
the Ufe of Afetf, Drink, Skep y and other
mer Helps.
i. In b «rw>r»pf/0*,whereby they (hall neve
./#£/># to any manner of JmferfeBionsl t
tntfb, Sicknefs, or Death.
3. In Glory-i whereby their Bodies fhall c /i
as bright as the Sun in the Firmament ; 1
which being made tranfparent, their St
(hall *y&iw through, far more gtarttw tl
their Bodies. Three^/«ap/*iofwhich6<
were feen, Firft, in d Mofess Face ; Second
in the ' Transfiguration; Thirdly, in r $tepht
Countenance. ThKelnfta#ces'andjiJfnra>t
of the Glorification of our Bodies, at tl
glorious Day; If hen (hall « jDa-wi lay afi
his Shepherd's Weed, and put on the Role
the King's Son Jefus, not Jonathan's. Th
every true Jtfordecai f who mourned und
the Sackcloth of this corrupt Jfc#) (hall be a
rayed with the Ring's h royal Afparel^ ai
have the Crown royal fet upon his Head, th
.' « 1 Cor. i y. 4 j> f Cor. 1 ^iMft.6?."ib. 'jkg.Eick.ufoo. cM
. icj.43. -Lake a/31. 4iTheC 4 .ir: «ExodiJ4.i9..fMa M h.i7 ;
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all the World may fee, how it /ball be done to
bim> whom the Kjng of^KJngs delight eth to
honour. If now the rifibg of one Sun make
the Morning fo glorious? bow glorious (hall
that Day be, wheo4nnumerafele mi/lions of
million* of Bodies 0/ S*/*//, and Angels {hall
appear more glorious than the brigbtnefs 6f
the Sun I The Jfojr ?T c ^ ri fi w Glory fur-
palling all.
4. InVg////;,whereby our Bodies (hall be able
to afcend) and »wf the Lord At his glorious
coming in the Air, as Eagles flying unto their
bkffed carkafs. To this agility of the Saints
glorious Bodies, the Prophet alludes, faying :
f They fhall renew their fir ength : They /hall
mount up with wings as Eagles : TheyJhaH run f
And not he weary ; they Jhau walk and not faint.
And to this ftate may that faying of Wifam
be referred : || In the time of their vijjotfthey
fhall jbine 9 and run ttfo^ftft «#»** among
tbejlubble. •'£ \T/' #
And in refpeft^4heftf four Qualities,
§ PWcalleththe raited Bodies of the Elefr,
Spiritual: For they (hall be fpiritual in qua-
lities, but the fameilill iaftubftance.
And howfoever fin and corruption make a Man
in this ftate of mortality lower than Angels; yet furely
* Ubi volat fpiritus, ibi crit & Corpus. Aug. Mat. 14. 28. f Hi.
40. ji. lWifd.3.7. f 1 Con 15.46. Spiritualiapoftrefurreftionera
enmt corpora, noil quia corpora efle defiftant, fed quia fpifitu yU
TificantcUabfiftunt, 4*g. Ift. 1 3 . dt Clvif Dei, cap. a 2.
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when God fl)all thus a *raw* him with Glory anc
n*ur y I cannot fee, how Man {hall be any thin
/rrior to Angels. For are they Spirits? So is
alto in refpeft of his Soul: Yea, more than I
they {hall have alfo a fpiritual Body, *fafkio*et
unto the glorious Body of the Lord !jefu$ Chriff
whom Man's nature is exalted by a c fcrfinal Z
into the Glory of the Godhead, and individual
ciety of the bleffed Trinity i An Honour whicl
never vouchsafed Angeh. And id this refpeft A
hath a Prerogative above them. Nay, they
hxxtfpirits appointed to be MimJIers unto the Ei
And as many of them, who at the firft difdai
this Office, and would not keep their c firft fta
ing, were for their Pride f hurled into Hell. 1
lefleneth not the Dig/tity of Angels, but extols
greatnefs of God s Lave to Mankind.
But as for all the Mleft, who at that fecond i
fudden coming of Chrift, (hall be found quick ;
livings The « Fire that (hall burn up the Cofr
tion of the World, and the Works therein, ft
in a h Moment, in the twinkling of an Eye, overt;
them as it ' finds them, either grinding in the Mil
Provifion, or walking in the Fields of Pleafure,
lyinginthe Bedot eafe; and fo (burning up th
Drofs and Corruption) of mortal f make th<
immortal Bodies : And this Change {hall be ur
them inftead of Death.
—Then fealfthe^ ^ff/with joyfolnefe greet 1
»F1*1.8 y .l»Phil. j.«, eHeb. a . id. rfffctr.j. 14. Pfil.fi.
tJudeV.tf. faPce.3.4. g*P«. j f »<>, ir, u. hiCor.t*
i Lake 17. ji. k Tk* Etoft Soul's Jfofir^hcxa her fiody, ȣ J
.". Wft meeting in the Rcfwreftion.
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Body, faying, O well met again, my dear Sifter,
Howjweet is thy Voice J How comely is thy Coun-
tenance, t having lain hid fo long in theClilts of the
Recks, and in the fecret places ot the Grave ! Thou
art indeed an Habitation fit, not only for me to
dwell in, but fuch as the Holy (rethinks meet to
refide in, as his Temple for ever. The Winter of
our Affll&'um is now paft; the Storm of oar Mifery
is blown over and gone. The Bodies of our Bled
Bretheren appear more glorious than the UBy flowers
on the Earth: The time of tinging Hallelujah is
come ; and the Voice of the Trumpet is heard in the
Land. Thou haft been my Toke-felUw in the Lord's
Labors, and Companiauiti Perfections and Wrongs,
for Cbrifi and his GofpePs fake; now mall we enter
together into ourMafter'sjoy. As thou haft bornvtith.
me the Crefs ; fo fhaltthou now wear with me thb
Crown. As thdu haft with mc/owed plenteoufly
in Tears, fofhalt thou reap with me abundantly io
Joy, bleffei, aye blejfed be that God I Who
(when yonder Reprobates fpent their whole time in
Fride,flejblj L*fts, Bating, Drinking, and prophane
Vanities) gave usGrace to joyn together in Watch-
ing, Falling, Frying reading theScriptures, keeping
his Sabbaths, hearing Sermons, receiving the Hohr
Communion, relieving the Foot, exercifing ( in all
humility the Works of Fietj to God; and walk-
ing cottfchnably in the Duties of our Calling, to-
wards Men, Thou malt anon, hear no mention of
tby'Skt, for *they are remitted and covered} but
every good Work, which thou haft done for the
Lord's lake, (hall be rehearfed, and rewarded.
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Cheer up thy heart, for thy Judge is a yfe/fr <
j£ji& f and few* of thy bone. Lift up thy Hea<
hold thefe glorious Angels, like fo many G*
flying towards ijs, to tell us, b that the day of a
jempsion a come, and to convey us in the CIouc
meet our Redeemer in the Air. Lo they are at I
* Arife therefore my Dove, my Love, my fair One
tome dwaj. And fp like d Roes, or young h
they run with Angels towards Chrift, over
trembling Mountains of Betber.
6. Both quick and dead being thus revived
glorified, (hall forthwith (by the c Minifiryofl
Holy Angels ) be gathered from all the quarters
parts of the World, and f caught up together in
Clouds, to meet the Lord in the Air, and fo (ball c
with him, as a part of his glorious Train, *toj
the Reprobates and evil Angels. The twelve Api
ihall fit upon twelve Thrones (next Chrift) to ju
the twelve Tribes, (who refuted to hear the G
preached by their Miuiftry.) And all the h , Sa
(in honour and order) (hall ftand nejft unto them
Judges alfo, to judge the evil Angel*, and eart
winded Men. And as every of them received 6
in this Life, to be more zealous of his Glory;, ;
more faithful in his Service, than others: So f
their ' Glory and Reward be greater (ban other!
that Day.
The place whither they Qjall be gatherM wntoChi
and where Chrijl lhall fit iri Judgment, lhall
in the k Air, over' the Valley of Jebojbapbat,
aDan.9. -aiy'&c. b Luke 21. 28. c Cant. 2.1, 3. d v.i7.eLuk<
34> 35> 3<*- * 1 The£ + . it. 6 i Cor. 6. i, 3. b 1 Cor. 6, 2,3. * J
. 3.2. 12,. 2 Cor, J. .6. « i Theft 4. 17,
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Mount Olivet^ near unto Jerusalem, Eaft ward from
the Temple, as it is problable for four Reafonsi
i. Becaufe the holy Scripture f<xms to intimate-fa
much in plain Words^ * / will gather all Nations into
the vdley of Jehcfbaphat, and pteai with them there.
fCaufe thy Mighty (met to come doion y Lord: Let the
Heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley ofjeho-
fhapbat : for there will I ft to Judge all the Heathen
round about. Jehojhaphat fignifieth, the Lord will
judge. And this Valley was fo called, from the
great || ViSory which the Lord gave $ Jehofbaphat,
and his People over the Ammonites, Moabites, and
Inhabitants of Mount Seir. Which Victory was
a Type of the final Viftoryi which Chrift, the fu.
preme Judge, (hall give his Eleft over all their ene-
mies in that Place, at the laft Day, as alfo the Jews
interpret it. See Zach. 14.4, y. Pfal. ji. ij %,&*.
all agreeing, that the Place (hall be thereabouts,
1. Becaufe that as Chrift was thereabouts crucified,
and put to open fliatne, to over that Place his glori-
ous Throne (hall be ere&ed it* the Air, when he
ihall appear in Judgment to raanifeft hisMajefty and
Qlory. For it is meet that Chrift fhouid in that place
judge the World with righteous judgment, where
he himfilf was unjuftty judged and condemned.
3. Becaufe, that feeing the Angels to\z\\ beferit/*
gather together the Eletlfrom the four winds, from one
*Joel.3. 1,3. |ver. 11, 12. \] iChron. 30. § Near this Valley
was Mount Moriafcwherejlfrakam foe titiced ifaac, Gen. 22. JacU
f*w Angels afamcufeg and defending on a Ladder, Gen. 18. The
Angel put up m& Sword, and t Fire from Heaven burnt the Sacri-
fice in Anmsh*$ Floor, a Sam. 24. Solomon builded the Temple, 1
Chron j ; 1. Chrift preached the Gofpel, fuffered his Paffion, and
cmeredinwbisGloiy, C*rr£, in Gea, 28. . . ,■' X
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end of Heaven to the ether i It is moft probable, chat
the f lace whither they (hall be gathered XQyfbxll be
near Jernftlm, and tb&Z/aSeyefJehdfhefhati Which
*Cqfmograpbers defcribe to be io the *w<# of the fu^
perficies of the Earth •* If toe termini a fnikna 9 be
. the four Parts of the World j the teemvnk ad quem,
mud be abput the Centre.
4. Becaufe the ^f/f told the Difciples, that as
they faw b Chrift alcend from Mount Olivet, which
is over thef4% effehofkafbat ; to he (hall in like
manner come down from Heaven. This is the O-
pinion of ' Aauin4t> and all the SchookMen, ex-
cept Lombard^ and Alexander Heles.
5. Laftly, When Cbr$ is fet in bis glorious d
Tbrone, and all the e «wp- Tbcufeads of his &ct«/s
and /%*/», fhining more bright ttoo fo maaje £«*;
in Glory, fitting about him; and the Body ioi Chrift
in Glory and Brightnefs furpafling them all ; the
Reprobates being feparate, ai*d remaining beneath
upon the earth j (for the right hand ngntfetba blcf-
fed, the left hand a »rjW Efltte :) f C/ftr# w^>^
pronounce the Sentence of Abfolntion, and Bias
upon the EkSf; Firft, becaufe he will thereby, in-
ereafe the grief of the ref rebate that, foal) hear ii. Se*
condly,to (hew himfelf more /ftw* to sJWwejr than
to judgment. And thus from bis Throne of Atafejlj
in the W^» he. (ball (in the fight and bearingof all
* The Sea beydn SJtrdm, towards 2>rt*», cutteth the midffof the
World. Ant iftUab (kith *€ Jer*f»tem> In medio aenfitim pofui
earn : That from Sim, as from a Centre, the Lr"r ftould be pitf-
lifted to all Nations, and there allNations fluB be judged accord-
ing to the Law, Rom. a . i *. •» Afts r. 1 1 . « Rftiprefcs <*m>/*» *«•
Thorn, in i Sent.Difl.^^9. *Mat. is.Ji. «Jnae¥. i4.Rer.io;ri,r j.
fMat.t9.1S. ttthrJnCmit.il. A*ftlm.inM*t.c.i%. gPJal*4? ?•
Ifa. 28.21. Ad pceiuw tardus Dens eft, ad PMemiataleiu'
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the World) pronounce unto bi$ EUSt^ * Came ye kef-
fed of my Fdtbtri inherit the Ktngdotrf prepared fot
yw,fremtbe Ugmningof theWorQ &c.
Com ye] Here is our bleffcd Vnh* with Cbrift t
and by few, with the whole 7>mU#.
B/fjJifl Here is our sbfolution from all Shis, and
our plenary endowments with aUgracettndbappiieefi.
Qfm Father] Here is the Author, from whom,
by Cifiy? proceeds our felicity. .
Inherit] Here is our Adoptive, <;
The Kjngdom] Behold our Birth-right and Fofc
feflioo,
PreptreJ] See God's Fatherly Care for his Che*
fen. :.''.-.'
iPk-oif» /fa FoundAf'm tf the MMi] Q the/**,
eternal, unchangeable £&#»» of God 1
How much ate thofe Souls bound to tare Ooo%
who of his later gopd will and pleaftre, cbofe arid
loved thern^ before they || had<h*e either good «r
evill
Forlvw *«grjv&c.30 the (fa^rc/i <f Cbrfo
who takes notice of ajl tbegw* nwfr of his GhuV
dren to row/ them 1 How great is his /ra* p poor
Chtiftfens, who takes every Workof Mercy dose
to /*«* for his felj^as if it bad been done to him*
fetf J Come ye to mi in whom ye have believed, be*
fort ye f mm : And whom ye brae tafed and fought
lor with & much devotion, and thro 7 fo many trim*
Uttens. Com nm, from labour to re&, from difgr/v*
to gfogi ; from the Jaws of </«/!>, to theji^tf ot etem
aa\Ufe. For my fake ye have been ^r^i/^/ upon,
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reviled.
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reviled^ and curfed: But jmw it (hall appear t
thofe curfed Efau J s, chat you are the true 3&
that (hall receive your Heavenly Father's b/ej>
<An& bleffed (hall you be. Your * Fathers, Mot
and nearefi kindre J forfook arid call you off,
my Truths fake % which you maintained: But i
jpgr firtfcr will be unto you a t Father, and
4nall be his Sons and Daughters for ever. You v
caft out of your lands and livings ^ vadforfook a
my fake and the Goffefc : But that it may appear 1
you have not lift your gain, but .gamed by y
lofs ; inftead of an earthly inheritance and PofTefli*
you (hall poflefs with me the Inheritance of
Heavenly Kjngdom : where you (hall be for Lc
$ons\ for Birth-right, Heirs \ for Dignity, Kjk
for Holinefs, Prie/ls; and you may be bold to
ter into the ? off e fan thereof now, oecaufe my .
tber prepared and kept it for you, ever fihce i
frfi Foundation of the World was-laidJ % . .: :%
Immediately after this Sentence of Atfoluti
and Bcnedtttion y every one receiveth his Cr^
which ft Chrifi the righteous Judge puts upon th
Heads, as the Reward which he hath promifed
his Grace and Mtrcy, unto the Faith and good Wo\
of all them /A** loved his Appearing. Then eve
one taking this Craw from his Head* (hall 1
it down ( as it were ) at the Feet of Chrifi \ ai
proftrating themfelves, (hall with one Heart ai
Voice, in an heavenly fort and contort, fay, § Prai
and Honour, and Glory, and Power, and Thanks
* Pfal. 27. 10. Matth. 19. 39. f John io7~i7. a Cor. 6.
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**/0 fAiw, hlejfedLamb, tohofitt'eft upon the Throne\ '
weft killed, and haft redeemed as f Gftf ^ thy Biped*
out of every Kindred and 'Tongue^ and People, and
Hat ion, and' haft modi us into out God, Kjngs and,
Priefts, to reigwvbitb thee in thy Kingdom fw'ei/er» ;
more, Amen. ".''''' •..'.' ~~
Then fhallthey fit in their thrones and Ord&i
as * fudges of the Reprobate's, and evil Angels *> fey
approving, ^tA- giving TeJUmony to the Rlgfiteoui
Sentence and judgment of- cbrift'tht BupreWi
Judge. ;'.''. ' :i f ' :! '
After theprdnciincirigbf th£ /fc^^/i&SettettGtS
and Condemnation) Chrift wift jterfbrm'Twbtb*
lemii ^tfawrir. ' v " ' • '• V» <■ ' -J '-- {■'■■■■'
i. The preferring tf all the Blefth&oitej&tWi
t Behold, ^hteeusVather'thefi are they tibbm thorn
gOvte/f me, /have kept them', And iktoe efthebt » £gft
7^<w them thy Word, and they VetievedtK ami -the
World hkted them, hetdufe they were %ot ofwWoryt^
even & I was not if the World,' • Aid rim Father, I
will that thofe kbom thou haft give* me, fc vfitk- the
when I ant, that they ma) heboid my Glory's whieh
thou hd/i } given me; that they may he madeperftA if* one:
That the World may know that thou haft fent nse i and
thin baft loved them, as thou haft loved me. ' '■
z. Chrift fhall deliver Up the Kingdom to God*
eveii the || Father, that is, (hall ceafe to execute bis
Office of ' Mediator thifi Whereby as he 1 is Kjng, Prtejf,
Prophet), and Supreme Head ottht ehurthf-hs fup-
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prefled bis Enemies, and ruled his faithful people
by his Spirit, Word, and Sacraments. So that his
Kingdom of <5rti« over his Church in this World
cftjfag; he fball rule immediately as be, is God, e-
qual wjth the ftufcr, and the £to/r G^, in his
Kingdom of Glory for evermore. Not that the Dig-
nity ojf: b\s Manhood fhall be any thing diminifhed;
but that the Glory of his Godhead fhall be more
manifefted: So that as he is God, he fhall from
thenceforth, in all fulnefs i without alt external
Meansj rule all in all.
From this Tribunal Seat, Chrifi (hall arife, and
with all hjs glorious Company oSElett Angels add
At/*?/, he fhall go up triumphantly, in Order and
Array, unto the Heaven of Heavens, with fuch a
heavenly Noife and Mufick, that now may that
Sang of Qavid be truly verified, * God is gone up
with .4 Triumph^ the Lord with thefoundof the Trum-
pets, Sim Praifes to God, fin* Praifes j ftng Praifes,
unto our Kjng % fing Praties if of God is the King of
all the Earthy be is greatly to he exalted* And that
Marriage Song of John j f Let us he Qlad and Re-
joice t and give Honour to him $ for the Marriage of
the Lamb is come, and his Wife hath mads herfelf
ready. Hallelujah $ for the Lord God Omnipotent
rtignetb.
The Third and laft Degree of the bleffed State
of a Regenerate Man after Death, begins alter the
pronouncing of the Sentence, and lafteth eternally
without all end.
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Meditations of the ileffed Efi/tte of a Regenerate Man
in Heave*) Jfter be bath received bit Sentence tf
Abfolution, before the Tribunal-feat of Cbrtff, at
the lafi bay of Judgment.
HEre my Meditation datleth, and my Fen fa!*
leth out of my Hand ; the one being not
Able to * conceive, nor the other to defcriie, that
mdft excellent Blifs, and eternal Weight of Glory
(whereof all the AffiiQions of this prefent Life are not
*>mbj) which all the Elect ffiaD with the blefled
Trinity enjoy, from that time that they (hall be
received with Chrift, as * Jdynt-heirs, into" that
everlafting Kingdom of Joy.
&ot withftandirtg we may tike a fcantling there-
of, thus :
The holy Scriptures fet forth, f to our Cabacity)
the Glory of our Eternal ana Heavenly Life after
tkath, in Four Refpeib:
». Of the Place.
i. Of the Obj'ea.
3. Of the Prerogatives of the Eleft there;
4. Of the JSffefts of thefe Prerogatives;
i. Of the Place;
THe Place is the * Heaven of titavens, or the
* Third Heaven, called Paradife\ whither
Chrifl in his (humane Nature) afcended/«ir above Ml
vifible Heavens, the * Bridegroom** CbamBer, whicfi
by the Firmament, as by an assured Curtain fpjng-
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led with glittering Stars, and glorious Flanets, is
hitf, that we cannot behold it with thefe corrup-
tible Byes of Flefo The Holy Ghojl. cframing him-
felf to our Weaknefs) defcribes the Glory of that
Place, (which no Man can eftimate) by fuck things
as are moft Precious in the Eftimation of Man.
.And therefore likeneth it to a great and holy City,
named the a Heavenly "]erufalm. Where only God
and his People, (who* arefaved, and written in the
Lambs Book') do inhabit; all built of ;« pure Gold,
' tike unto Hear Glafs, <fr Chrjfial j the Walls of%4?er-
fione', the foundations of the Walls' g&r^htd with
.Twelve wanner of Precious Standi having d Twelve
Gates, each lailt of one Pearti 'Three Gates towards
each of the Four Corners of the World) and at each
Gate an f Angel, (as fo many Porters) that *ttoun-
■ (lean thing (bould enter info it. Itif h Four-fquArti
\ therefore perfect ; the length, the breadth, and height
6f it are equal: Twelve Thoufand Furlongs every way ;
Therefore Glorious and Spacious. * Through the
tnidft of her Streets ever runneth a pure River of the
Water of Life, as clear as Chryftal; therefore whole-
fom. And on the otner fi* e the River, is the Tree
of Life, ever growing ; which bears Twelve manner
of Fruits, and gives Fruit every Month', therefore
fruitful. And the Leaves of the Tree are Health to
the Nations ; therefore healthy. There is therefore
. no place fo glorious by Creation, fo beautiful with
Deletlation, fo rich in Pojfej/ion, fo comfortable for
habitation. For there, the Xing is thrift; The Law
•Rer.a*.*»&c. fc Ver.»4.&a7. c ycr.i8. Ver.n. V«vi9, aol
*Ver.*i. «Vcr*iJ. 'Ver.u. »Ver.j7. *Vtt.*$. }%w.*z.t.
iVer.a.
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is Love ; the Honour, Verity j the Peace, Felici-
ty ; the Life, Eternity, There is Light without
Darknefs; Mirth without Sadnefi,- Healthy with*
out Sicknefs; Wealth, without Want; Credit,
withoyt Difgrace; Beauty, without Blemifh ; Eafe,
wifhcut Labour ; Riches, without Ruft; Blcfled-
nefs* without Miferyj and Confolation that ne-
ver knoweth End. How truly may we cry out
(with 18 David/ of this City, Glorious things are fpo-
kenof thee* thou City of God? And yet all thefe
things are fpoken but according to the Weaknefeof *
our Capacity. Jtyr Heaven ejtceedeth all this in
Glory, fo far, as that no Tongue u able to exprefs %
nor Heart of Man to conceive the Glory thereof \ as
witneffeth St. f Pa#l> who wa? in it, and few it*
O let us not then dote fo much on chefe wooden Cot*
tdges* and Houfes of moulding Clay, which are but
the Tpnts of IJngodlinefs and Habitation of Sin-
ners: But let us look rather, and long for this ^
heavenly City, whofe brilder and maker n God : which
he (who is not afbamftL to be ca/lc4 (fur God) $ htfk
$rq«4dfor us n » . <„;..;;• >
['%. Of the (Mje&./ : \ . , '.
THe bliftful and glorious Ohjeft pf all ' : in?&
le£lual and reafonable CreatoreS in {leaven,*
is the Godhead tn Trinity tf' Ttrfbni j without .
which* there is neither Jy, xm^eluity v -But-th*
vwyfujlnefs of Jxy confifteth i^r^j^g the &&!$>
TmQbjeit we fhaUenjoy Two Ways,: ■"//..*»
I. By £ Beatifical Fifion of God-. -. ' ;" ;
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2. By poflefling an Immediate Communion with
fhi$ Divine Nature.
The* Beattfcal Vifion of God is that only, that
can content the infinite Mind of Man, b Eor eve-
ry thing tendeth to its Center. God i$ the Cen-
ter of the Soul : Therefore (like Noah's Dove) (he
^annot Reft nor Joy, till (he return and enjoy him*
All that God beftowed upon Mofes, could not
fatisfie his Mind, unlefs he might c fe* the Face of
pod. Therefore the whole Church prayeth fo ear-
Xleftly, f God he merciful unto us, and caufe his Face
to /bine upon w- When Paul once had feen this
^ieJfedSight,hc(c^vz^r)cq\imcd all the Riches,
and Glory of the World (in refpeft of it) to be but
' Dung;, and all his Life after was but nfighing oqt
(cufio diffolvi) 1 1 defire to he diffofoed, and to he
with Chrift. And Cfhrift prayed for all his Ele& in
his tafi Prayer, that they might obtain this bleffed
fci/?on. 8 Father y / will that they which thou haft
gv^nwe, be fwhere?) even where I am\ (ro what
(fend?) that they may behold that my Glory, &c If
*Mofes's Face did fo fhine, wheAhe had been with
God but Forty Days, and feen but his back Parts $
}iow fhall we fhihe, when we (hall fee him * Face
to Face for ever ?• apd knovp him as u* are known,
and as he is ? Then (hall the Spul no longer be teim*
ed Mar ah, bitternefs, but Naomi, beautifulnefs : For
• Vi'ffo Dei beatific* foil eft fommum bonunt noftrum. J*g. M.
dt Trin. c. 13. *> Fftcifti not Domioe afl ce: inqujetum igituriell coj?
noftrum, don<c requiefcat in jte. Jpg*Cmfolaui.c*t.i.&is c Exod.
33.JJ. <iP&1.67.i.&8o.i. * Phil. 3. 8 n. i'fPhil r.aj. sjfohn
J7.14, bExod.34. 29. Exod. 33.31. 11 Cor. 13. i2. aCor. 3.18.
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the Lord fhal] turn htv fbort bitternefs, to eternal
Beauty and Bleffeduefs, Ruth 1. xo f
The Second Means to enjoy this Objsft, is, by
having an immediate and an eternal Communion with
Cod in Heaven, This we have, Firft, by being
Cas Members of Chrift) united to his Manhood,
s?nd by the Manhood (perfonally united to the
Word) we are united to him, as he is God ; and by
his God-head, to the whole Trinity. Reprobates
at the laft bay fee Qod fas a juft Judge) to punilh
them; But (tor lack of this Communion) they
fhall have neither Grace with him, nor Glory from
him. For want of this Communion, the Devils
(when they faw Chrift) cryed out, Quid nobis /*•
cnm? a What have yx tQ do with thee, thou Son of the
mofthigh God? But (by virtue of this Communion)
the penitent Sodomy boldly go and fay unto Chrift,
fas b Ruth unto Boaz: Spread, Chrift, the Wing
if the garment of thy m(rcj over thine hand-maid; for
thou art my Kinfman. This Communion God promU
fed * Abraham, when he gave him him/elf (or his
great reward. And Chrift* prayeth for his whole
Church to obtain it. This Communion Saint JW
exprefieth in one Word, faying, e That Go^ (half
be aS in aS to ut. Indeed, God is now all in all un*
to us j but by Means, and in a fmall meafurp, But
in Heaven, Qoi, himfelf immediately (jn jfutnefs fof
Meafure, without all Means) will be unto us alt
the good Things, that our Souls and Bodies can wiflj
9r defire. He himfelf will be Salvation, and Joy to
our Souls i Life and Health to our Bodies y Beauty ro
* M*rk 5. 7. b R,utk3.$. « Gen. *s,. *. < John. 17. ao, *i. c i, <V .
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Perfume to our tfpftrih ; Meat to cu^r ;£'#'tt ; Lfgfo
, %o our TJnicrfiandi^ \ Contentment io our Wr/Zr;
?tnd Delight to oqc /ifofi ; And what can be lacjbf 1
ing, >v here God himfelf will be the * Soul of our
§ouls? Yea, all the Strength, WU, Pieafures, Vir-
tues, Colours, Beauties,, Harmony, and Qoodnefs,
that are in Men, ISeafts, Fifties, ^owk, Trees,
Hsrbs, and all Creature^, are f nothjing but fpaikles
of thofe thufgs, which are in in^nUeferJe3jon inGod.
And \n him we (hall enjoy them in a far mone perfect
and bleijed Manner. He hjyfefcwty *heri fupply
their ufe : N?y, the faft Creature's (which ferve us
now) (hall nqt have the Honour to ferye us then.
There will be || no need of the Sun, nor of thebioontc
tyine in that City ; for the Qlory of God doth Light it,
JNfo more will there be any need, or ufe of* any ere**
jure, when we (hall enjoy the Creator himfelf;
When therefore we beho.kfariy Thing that is
excellent in any Creatures, let lis fay tQ pur felve?
How much t"aore excellent \% he, who gave their
. this excellency* When we, behold the Wifdom oi
Men, who over-rule Creatures ftronger than them
(elves ; outrun the Sun and Moon in Rifcourfc
Srefcribing many Tears before, in what Qourfes thej
# lall be ecliffedi Lpi us fay to our felvesj \ How
admirable is the Wifdom, of God a who m^de Men ft
Wife! When w e 9°nfider the Strength pf While
and Elephant s, theWipeft of Winds y and Terroui
. * Anhruuaahnfcerit Deus. Bern. |Non poteft fummus rerup
Conditorinlc hon habere quae rebus a fe conditis dedit; auemad
modumfolaftris.H«j:tf/.4.desnima > M5. JReV. n.aj. §Senec!
<de benefices, /. a. cap.-ip. • - >• *
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pf Thunder j let us fey to our felves, How ftrong,
how mighty, how terrihle is that God, that makes
thefe mighty and fearful Creatures j When wetafte
things that are delicately fweet, let us. (ay to our
felves, O how fweet is that God, from whom aS
thefe Creatures have received their Swcetnefs »
When we behold the admirable Colours which are
in Flowers, and Birds, and the loyeh Beauty of
Women-, l<et us fay, How feir is that God, that
made thefe fo Fair J
And if our loving God hath t|ius provided us
fo many excellent delights for our'paflage, thorow
this * Bocbim, or Valley of Tears j what a/e tboj
Pieafures which he hath prepared for us, when we
ihall enter into the palace of oor Mafier's Jo%? How
iball our Soulsbe there ravUbed with thelove of fo
tovefy a G OD? So glorious is the Gbje&of hea-
venly Saints: So amiable is the fight of our gra-
cious Saviour. &
|. Of the Prerogatives which the E/eff Jbaff enjoy
'•> '< iie Heaven.
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BX Reafon of this Communion with God, the
Eieft in Heaven 'jhafl have Four jfbpcr-exeel-
lent Prerogatives, ' ' : "" ■■
' i. They fliall' have the Kingdom of Heaven foe
their f Inheritance ; arid they fhall be/r« \ Deni.
ions oif the heavenly Jerufakm. S. Paul (by being a
free § Citizctf of Rome) efcaped whipping '; biifc
they,- who aige qncejfew Citizen s of the heavenly
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Jer*faltm y (hall ever be freed from the Whips of
Ecettiai Torments, For this Freedom was bought
for VH f hot with** great jum of Money^ but with
th£ •* precious Blood of the Son of God.
t. They (hall be all Kj"g s a°d Pri*?/j ; c ty/V/-*
fi?*/ 1 Kings, to rergo with Chrift, and to triumph
cwter Satan, the World, and Reprobates; and fph
ritiial Priefts, to offer unto God the d fpiritual Sa-
crifice tA « Praife and Thankfgiving for evermore.
Andthcrefore they V« faid to wear both Crowns
and Robes. O what a Comfort is this to poor Pa-
rents, that have many Children I If they breed
them up in the Fear of God, and to be true Chri~
ftians, then are they Parents to fo many Kings and
friefls.
: 3. Their Bodies ihall f fiiae as the Brightnefsof
thfe Sun in the Firmament : Like the glorious Body
of Chrift, which * Ihined brighter than the Sun ae
Noon, when it appeared to Paul. A glhnpfe of
which glorious Brightnefs appeared in the Bodies
of h Mcfes and Elias y transfigured with our Lord in
the holy Mount, therefore (faith the 1 Apoftle)
it {hall rife 1 glorious Body;; Yea, z fpiritual tody $ not
in Sub fiance, but in Quality : Preferved by fpiritual
Means y and having (as an Angel) Agility to afcend
or defcend, * Oh what an honour is it, that our
"Bodies (falling mor* vile than a Qarxitn) feould thus
arife in Glory, like unto the Body of the Son of
God!
a Afts a». *8. b iPce. 1. iS.«Rev. $. 10. 1 Pet. a. 9. Rom. 16, jo,
diPet.3.5. cHcb.13.15.fMatth.13-4i8PWa.a1. A6tsi2.fr
* Luke 9. 30. Markj.j. ifCw. 15.43,44- k 1 Theff.4. 1.
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4. Laftly, They (together with all the Holy
Angels) there, keep (without any Labour to diffract
them; a perpetual Sahbath, to the glory, honour, and
praife of the Aye-blefled Trinity., for the creating*
redeeming, and Jimilifying of the Church ; and for
bis Power, Wifdom, Juftice, Mercy, and Good-
nefs in the Government of Heaven and Earth. 1
When thou heareft a fweet Contort of Mufick, me-
ditate how happy thou (halt be, when (with the
Choir of heavenly Angels and Saints) thou (halt
fing a part in that for it uaI Ha/leluja/t, in that (tern J
kleffed Sabbath, where there (hall be fuch Variety
of Pleafures, and Satiety of Joys, as neither know
Tedioufnefs in doing, nor end in delighting.
4. Of the EffeBs ef theft Prerogatives.
From thefe Prerogatives there will arife to the
Ele& in Heaven Fjve notable Effects,
%. 'THHey (hall * know God with a perfect
X Knowledge, fi> far as Creatures can poffibly
comprehend the Creator, For there we mall fee the
Word y the Creator ; and in the Word, aH Creatures
that by the Word were created : So that we fball not
need to learn (of the things which were made) the
knowledge of him by whom 42 things were made.
The ejtee&ntefi Creatures in this life, are but as. a
"fdark veil, drawn betwixt God and lis; but when
this mil (ball be drawn afide, then fliall we&e
God Face to Face, and know him as we are known.
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* i Cm. ho. 4q>.folil*q. tap. 3&NUul notum in wrr5l,nihiHgn<*
turn ccelb.t1C0r.13.il. aCor.j.itf. Res vews font in rirand*
invifibilit ia muade vifibiE umbrc reram. Htm.
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We (hall know the Power of the Father^ the Wif-
dom of the Son, the Grace of the Holy Gfoft ; and
the iqdfyifible tyatijre of the blefled Trinity* And
in him we fljall know, not only all our Fr\ends
(who died in the Faith of Chriftj but alfo all the
faithful that ever were, or fhaU be* For,
i. Chrift tells the Jews, that thqr. flaall fee •
graham, Ifaac, $nd Jacobs and all the ProphetSi in
the JQngdom of God ; Therefore we (hall know
ifhenu
/ a t Adam in bis Innocency knew Ei# to b be
gone of bis Ronf, and Flejb of his flefh, a$ (oon a$
lie waked: Much more then (hall we know our
Kindred, when we (hall awake perfected, and
glorified in the Refurre&ion.
?. e The 4poftles kne^ Chrifi after >is Refur-
reft ion, and .the Saints which arofe with bim 7 anef
d^ feared in the Holy City.
4. d Peter, Jams, and John knew Mofes and £-
Uai in the transfiguration : How much more fhaU
we know one another, when we (hall be all glori-
fied? "
«•• 5. ? Cr^i knew Lazarus iq Abraham's Bofim;
Much more thall the Eled know one another in
Heaven.
I* f CAr# faith, that the Twelve Affiles (hall
fit upon Xwclv6 Thrones, to >*£* (at that Day)
f the tw&Iv;e Tribes:Thetefore tfrey fhaU beknowq,
indaQoni^^n^yth^re^of th? Saints. "•'
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* Luke j}. aa. : b G<6n. 2. 13.* Matth. 27, n* I Mattfuij, 4
c Luke 10^23. *A{atth. i£.z$. *. i Cor.6.2, 3. * ):"' :
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as tve are known of God'. And Amufiitie (aufof this
place) comforteth a Widow, alluring her, that a*
in this Life, fhe few herHusbrodwi&'ft/irnM/gvJf
fo in the Life to come, fhe dhooid know ^tt i/orf,
*»«/ »*&#• were' «ff /u» : Thoughts . and lmaginjttionf.
Then Husbands and Wives, look to your A&ions
and Thoughts: For ail fiall U made m&tfeft ont
Day. Seer Cor. 4.$; .
8. b The! faithful in thcjtfd Teftanetft; are kid
to be gathered to their Fathers z Therefore the
Knowledge of our Friends remains.
9. * Low never falletb awaji Therefore Know*
ledge, the' ground thereof, remains in another Lile*
xo. Became the laft Day fliall be *•* Declaration
oftbejnft Judgment of God, when he fhall reward
every Mattactordingto bis works '.And if every Man's
Work be brought to light, much more the worker.
And if wicked Men mall account for every
c idle Wwa\ much more mall the idle Speakers
themfelves fee -known. And if the Perfon? be not
known, in vain are the Works niade manifeft.
Therefore (faith the f Apoftle) Evtry Manjbdl
appear, to account for the Work that he Itath donejn
his Body, &ci' See Wifdm, Chapter y, Verfe 1.
Though the Refoedof Divcrfities of Degrees and
Callings in Magiffracy, fitiniftry, and Oetopomy fhall
ceafe; Yea,? Chrift fhall then ceafcto.culeJ as he
is Mediator j and rule all m all, as he is Qfidequd
with the Father, and the Holy Ghoft.
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* i Cor.13. i j. Auguft.adltallcamvjduam. £ph.tf. b G«n. Y$. J j.
1 Kings 22. c i Cor. 13.8. d Rom.a.5. Rev.ji.ti. Eccl.12.14.
Rom. 2.x6. •Matth. 1136, f jC6r. j.i*. MCbr,&. 14,18.
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to in ' /iw £#*, comes as far fhort of the /V<w-
ledge which we (hall have in Heaven, as the A*mp-
ledge of a CAM/ that cannot yet fjteak plow, cornea
of the K/towkdge of the greateft Pbiiofopher in the
World. They who thirft for Knowledge, let them
long to he Students of this Vrtiverfity. For b alt
the Light by which We know any thing in this
World, is nothing but the very Shadow of God-*
But when we wall know God in Heaven, we
ftall in htm, know the manner of the Work of the
Creation, the fityfterks of the Work of our Redemp-
tion : Yea, fo much Knowledge as a Creature can
poflibly conceive add comprehend of the Creator,
and his Works. But whilft we are in tbk Life, we
may (ay with e Job: How little a Portion bear toe
of him ? And afiiireouf (elves with Syr oxides,, that,
4 Tfcr* *r* hid yet greater things than theft Be, died
that we have f ten but a /*» qf Gtwfr JflVf*.
x. They mall lovi God with zsperfeft and *£/&-
/«/<? 4 I*ttf, as poflibly a Creature can do. The
manner of * loving God, is to love him for himfelf :
The mtsfare, is to love him without meafure. For
ia this Life {knowing God but in fart) we love him
but in part : But when the Elect iri Heaven fhali
jfety know God, then they will perfe&ly love God.
And for the infinite Caufes of Love (which thev
(hall know to be in him) they Hull be infinitely
ravtih'd with the love of him.
si Cor. i). ii.bLnmeneftumbrtDei.&Dcuseftfemenlutnl-
ats.Pbw.PoK.cJob. 3^.14. <JEcckC4j.jj.e1C0r.13. 12.
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Pletfures. * At thy rigbt>h*nd (j&ith D*v$d\ there
ore Pleofures for evermore: -Te^ tbty{b*lt drink
(faith t he) out tfthe River <f. P tenures. For as
foon as the Soul is admitted into -the &ud Fruition
of t\\t beit'tficd Eflence of God* (he hath all the
Goodnefs, Beauty, Glory and Perfection of ill
CYeuwet (in nil the World) united together ,:and
at once prefented unto her in the Sight of C*od*
If any be in Low, thete they (hall enjoy that
which is more tmUhlex If any delight, tri. Fnirntfs,
the faireft Beauty is but vduftj fbadom to,tha*t :■ He
that delights in Pleafutet, (hall there find infinite
Varieties without either Interruption of 6r*rf, or
Diftrattion of Fain : He that loveth Honour (hall
there enjoy it, without the Diferace of oxtered
JSnvy: He that loveth -Treefe/re, (hall there poflefs
it, and never be beguiled of it. There they fk&
have Kjmoledge void of aS Ignorance j Heaitb that
no Sickntfs JbdH impair ; and Life, that no Dettbcm
determine. In a Word, look how far this wide
World farpafleth, lor Light, PUafures and Comfort,
the dark and narrow Womb, wherein thou waft
conceived a Child : So much doth the World to come
exceed in Joys t Sotoce, and Cinfolatien, this frefent
World. How happy then /ft*? we be, when this
Life is ehongedy and we trunJUted thither ?
4. They (hall be replenijhed with an unfpeokdle
Joy. In thy' Prepuce (faith j| D*W) iffo /v/W/}
^* 3T<?y. And this Joy (hall arife aW$# from the Vi~ -
jw* of God; And /wf^ from the fight of 4// the
tir , , , , ■ . n 1 1 I,, 1 ,n 11
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flb/jr «<s7ge& and B^Sri Wx of juft and perfeft
Men, who art in £/j/i and Glory with him.
But efpxiaUy from tih&tlifsftd Sight of 7^&r, the
* Mediator of the Afar teftament, our Entntanwv/j
God made Man* His fight will be the chief caufe
of our Btft and Joy. If the b Ifraelitts in c ]€rkfdm i
fojbontedforfqy, that the Earth rang again, *#,/&
Solomon crowned; how (hall the iftk#. rejoyce in
Heaven, to fee O&r/y? (the true Solomon) adorned
with Glory ? If John « £j/ftj? at his Prefertce did
leaf in hi Mothers Wonahfof Joy; bowfifaH we ex-
ult for Joy, when be will be, oot * onfy with us, but
& us in Heaven ? If the Wifemen rejoyced fo great*
ly to find him> a ' Babe, lying in a Manger ; how
great fifi the Joy of the £&# he, to fee him fit
fas a King) in his cetlefital Throne f If * Simeon was
glad to fee him an Infant, in the Temple, prefented
by the Hands of the Priefi ; how great /hall our
Joy be, to fee him a JOg, ruling a// things at the
Right-hand of his Jferfcr? If tjofeph zhd Mary
were fo jF#jrf»/ to find him in the ntidjt of the
DoSorSy in the T«w/>/f ; how glad /ball our 5<W/
be, to fee him fitting as the Lord among Angels in
Heaven? This is that Joy of our Matter* which
( as the Apoftle feith > h the Eye hath net fen, the
Ear hah not beard, nor the Heart of Man can conceive:
Which becaufe it cannot enter into m, we Chall
enter into it*
<. Laftly, they /halt enjoy this blifsful and
««4i-
* Heb. 13. 34. k 1 King* t. 40. « Luke r.44. * Join 17. ***
f Matth. 3.10. > Luke 2. 38. t Luke 2 46. k Faciliusdicefepoffimus
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glorious Eftate iovevetmore. Therefore iris term-
ed everhftihgLife. And Chrift faith, that 6dt Jtf
/ball no man take from tit. All other joys (be, they
never To great) have an end; f Abajbuerui\ Feaffc
lafted an Hundred arid Eighty Days : But he^ And
it, and all his joys are gone. For mortal Man to bo
aflumed to heavenly Glory, to be affociated :o A»*
els, to be fdtiated with aS Delights and Joys, but
or a Time, were much ; biit to enjoy them for
ever without IntermifTion or end, who can hear ir*
and not admire it ? Who can mufe of it, and dot
be amaied at it ? All the Saints of Chrift (as foon
as they felt once but a true Tafte o£theie eternal
Joys) counted all the Riches and Pleafuns bf this
Life to be but || Lofs and D&ng, in refpeft of that.
And therefore (with unceflant Prayers, Fafting,
Alms-deeds, Tears, Faith, and good Life) they
laboured toafcertain themfelves,of this eternal Life^
and (for ibteldve thereof i they willwgty either *foJd,
or parted with all their earthfyGoods and Pdjfejfions.
Chrift calleth all Chriftians, Merchants, Luke 19.
and eternal Life, a precious iW/, which a wife
Merchant will purchafe, thef it coft hitn,4# tkatki
hath, Matth. i?. . A
§ Alexander hearing the Report of the great
Miches of the Eaftern Country, divided^ forthwith
among his Captains and Souldiers, all his King-
dom o( Macedonia : Hfyhaftion asking him ,
What he meant in fo doing? Alexander iniwered^
that he preferred the Riches of India, (whereof he
hoped fliortly to be Matter) before all. that his
Father Philip had left him in Macedonia.
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«&?)• ii Goaf: Xn4 ttfarefb're bod^tic fio £q*2, But
Only & {jlace of Jttirtaf. *payU$t£tzrie& one pay
in this place, before a Thbutatid elfewhere : Tea.
joui into his Kingdom, and \jwenl % w^^l/(Aff in
a 4)&7 Cifo#0 thrther. St* rauf (hkvxn^dncsttth
Heaven) continually • Mreiio $eMoive& y that Be
ri%bt te tiith Chrift* /^^(luvira-efgN^' l>yt a
Shmpfe of that et^nolGU^m ttie Mouht) wifhed ?
lat he might; dwell there all the Days of his Life j
fiyl^gi * majtef it u good for jy to be here. ^ How
much better doth Peter rio^ thiol* it p 6e i$ ^ji*
^i jt fm/ thrift (a little before his Dta^prajr-
etlb foFathpr *fo receive him into (hdt excellent glo+
ry< And the Apoftle withtueftij that *firtB£jqy
whifbw4sjjet fyfore kim % Jfe endured the Crefs y 4M& de-
jpfed the Shame, t £ a Man did but price fee f h6fe
^\pt l Ju^ufiine faith that he would be cqi>
tfiit to endure the Tdrmiis of Hdl y to gdth this ^foy %
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iog threatned (is he was going to fiiflfer) with the
cruelty of Torments, angered with great courage
of Faith,, * Fifty Gak\t>s % . Beafls, breaking of my
Bones, Quartering of my Members, crufki*g of my Body±
alt the Torment* of the Devil together \ let them come
upon me, fo 1 may enjoy my Lor J Jefes, end his Kjng-
dom. The ljke Constancy {he w ed \ Polycarp r whd
couid not by any Terrours of any kind of Death*
be moved to deny thrift ip the leajl Meafure.
With the like RefolUtion anfwered |j Bafif his Per-
fecutdrs,. when they would terrifie hiffl with death*
/ wilt never (faid hfe) fear Death) which can do no
more that! reft ore toe to hi)n that Made me. If§ Ruth
left her own Cduntry, and followed Naomi her
Mottit?r-in Law, to gb and dwell with her in the
Land of Canaan, ( which :was but a type of Heaven )
only upba the Fara^ which (he heard of the God of
lfrad) (tho'fjie had no promife ofahy Portiori
therein;) how fhoutdeft thou follow thy Holj
Mother the CbArch to go unro thrift y into the hea-
venly Canaany wherein God hath gived thee ari
ttelrnd inheritance, affured by an hcity Gotenant,
made in the #ordof God ; flgped with the Blood
bf his Son; wdfealed with his Spirit and Sacra-
mepts ? This ftiatl be thine eternal Haffmefs in the
JCingddm of Heaven, where thy life fhall bea Com*
munioa with the Melted Trinity ; thy Joy, the pre^
fence df the Lamb; thy exercife* frngingj thy dit.
ty, Hallelujah i tliy Confdrts % Saints dnd Angels,
where Youth flouri(hedi f thit never waxeth old .
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ioo %$t ffoacttce of ffiety*
Beauty laftech, that never fadeth ; Love abbundeCh
that never cooleth j Health continueth, that never
Jlackethiznd Life remained^ that never endeth.
Meditations diretfing a Chrifiian how to apply to him-
[elf without Ddty) the for ej aid Knowledge of God
. and himfelf.
/"Tp^Hou feeft therefore, Man, how wretched
\ JL and eurfed thy State is, by Corruption of Na-
ture, without Chrift : Infomuch, that whereas the
Scriptures do liken wicked Men unto Lions, Bears,
Bulls, Horfes, Dogs, and fuch Hke favage Crea-
tures in their Lives; it is certain, that the Con-
dition of an unregenerate Man, is in his Death more
vile than a Dog, or the filthieft Creature in the
World. For the Beafi (being made but for Man's
UfeVwhen he dieth, end^th all his Miferies with
his Death ; But Man (indued with a reafonable, and
an immortal Soul, made after Go£s Image, to ferve
God) when he ends the Miferies of this Life, muff
account for all his Mifdceds j and begin toendure
thofo Miferies that never lhall know end. No
Creature but Man is liable to yield at his Death art
Account for his Life. The brute Creatures, not
having Reafon, (hall not be required to make any
Account for their Deeds ; and good Angels, tho'
they have Reafon; yet fball they yield no Account
becaufe they have no Sin. Arid as for evil Angels',
they are, without all Hope, already condemned;
fo that they need not make any further Accounts:
Man only in his Death, muft be God's accountant
for his Life.
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On the other fide, thou feeft (0 Man) how hap-
fy and J&J0W thy Eftate is, being truly reconciled
unto Gocf in C/&r/# ; that (thro? the Reftauration
of G^j /w^, and thy Reftituton into thy Sovc*
raignty over other. Creatures) thou art in this Life
link inferiour to the Angels \ and (halt be in the
Li fe to come, equal to the Angels. Yea, (in refpeft
of thy Nature, exalted, by a perfonalVnion^ to the
Son of Gody and by ( him to the Glory of the Trinity )
fuperior to the Angels j a Fellow- Brother with An T
gds in fpiritual Gr*c* and everlafting jS/0/7.
Thou haft feen how glorious and perfect God
is, and how that all thy chief Blifs and Happineff
confifteth in having an eternal Communion with Hi?
Malefty. - .
Now therefore (impenitent Sinner) in thp
Bowels of Chrfjl Jefusl intreat thee ; nay, I conjur^
thee, as thou tendered thy own Salvation; feriouf-
ly to confidar. with me, how falfe^ how vain, how
vile are thofs things, which (till retain and chain
thee in this wretched a,n i curfed Eftate, whereia
thou liveft ; and do hinder thee from the Favour
of God, and the hope of eternal Life and Happinefs
Meditations an the Hinder ances, which keep back a
Sinner] from the Pratt ice of Vieiy.
THofe Hindrances are chiefly Seven.
1 . AnignorMt mifiaking of the true meaning
of cert ah placets of the holy Scripture and fome other
chief Grounds of Chriftian Religion.
The Serif tures miftaken, are thefe :
1 . Esek. 3 3 . 14, 1 6. At what time foever a fwnf'r
rep enteth him of his 5/>, I will Hot out all, &c. Hence
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the carnal Chriftian gathereth, That lot map repent
f hen he wiff. ^It is trtfe, wherifeever a Sinner doth
repent, God will forgive^ but: the text forth mot,
that a Sinner may repent whenfoever he will^imt
When God will gwe him £r*dr. Many (faith the*
? Scripture) When they would have repented, were
fejefled,VL(\A could not ripent,rho\thfy fought it care-
fully with Tears. What 'Comfort yields this T*xt
to thee, Who haft not repcntecl ,fi6rfkno weft whe-
ther fhou'fhalthave Grace to repertt hereafter ?
2. Matth. xi. ^6. C<wf unto >m* r *Uj$ that lar
bour "arid, afe heavy Udcn, and I mil ^Jrve yo* C<$.
Hence 1 the leKvdeft Man collects, that he<my com*
unto (Shrift i^pn he j$. But hemiift iknow ; That
ho man eiver ccmes to Cbrift, but he, who. (as b fe?
ter fiith) Having hndwn the ityujof^ifhteeufnefs
hath efcaped the Pollkiions of the WprU y thro 1 the
Knowledge of our Lord and S^vbur *$efus thrift. To
f come mto-'Chrfft, isto repett iznd beiieve. And
this no ^an can do, except hisf Heavenly Eathef
f drawe/h hinVby his Grace. .
5. Rom. 8. t. There is no\ CtodannAtionto them,
which, are in Chrifl fyfus* True ; bkt they are fuch,
rvho walk not *fter the Flefh, (as thou doeft) but after
the Spirit, which ihoa'dtofk never yet reiblve txvdo.
4. 1 Tim. 1 . v. i j. Chfifi Jefutcameintothe World
to fay e Sinners, kcl True; -but fuch' Sinners, who
like S. fyul, ; are ton verted from theirwicked life :
&ot Ulce thee, wfMfttll contintieft in thy Lwfaefs.
For that * grace of God tohithfy
all Men, teachetb aay that 'dttyfog %ngoMinef$ and
* u 1 •' - i i 1 ii ' ■' 1 ii i '- -■' " - 1 - 1 | i 1 r 1 ,, 1 , 1,
\ Hcb. i i> 1 7 s Luk* 12 . 24* 27 • *. * Pet. 2. ao, 2 2. f 1ft, 1. i fc John
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TfW.:jWt&h tqe.a$5 flpt falling latoSfa but falling
into Xxmle, Whvch his malicious £«»» plots
.su^iLthe JLi»ft jiofl froflfi ,wpich (Sod *^//Whyji.
^d^o* it m^aot facing in, and ruing out of Sin $
,Vqa,t t isjlgi i to |)iee„ ^inojb.^cft all Men may fee
.^v,e,ry Pa^j |>ut^5ul?er GVbbr Af4*,canat any
( $«j ^,64.6. _^w fiigbteoufpejles are as filthy r^r.
jMe^ce the ^r)w/.Chriilia^g^tlfers, that (cei^g'th?
i^iW^W'W #&"' are no better jthpn
.Bjs axe jgjO^a.epqujh ; ana. therefore Jie needs pot
.But ^^ j^eai^nptw ,tlusj?lace, the Righteous
^p$s pK.tffe §&wv/ite\ asferyeht Erayers in the
. ^amp/)f.,gp^ .jj^rjtat>je $ms from, the Jewels
of.iflfof ; 'fujjering jn\tl?e\9ofpeIs defence, tjpe
^oirof r l^o^;^(i4 MOipg of f #W; and.fuch
.lTCorks^w^ic|i t ^/.Qa.lIs.tjie Fruti.ifjhejfairit : But
jtJ^jlTr^etJns^wg i,h Immpje iConMion in tjte
fJ&^^Ojdip^/^^.acKo.Qwle^ that whijft
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uiihkc the. c Leopards fpots, and * jMrfc/ Garments.
7. Jarp. 5.1. Inmany things we fin alt. True; btit
C^'; children Sin not i# a# /&#£*, as thou doft ;
without either bridling their Lulls, or mortifying
their Corruptions. And tho' the retires of Sin re-
main iq the dearety Children of God ; that they
had need daily SO. cry, Our Father which art in Hex-
ven, forgive 11$ out Trefpaffes: Yet irr the* Netv Te-
fiament f none are properly called Sinners, but the
" unregemra$e\ but the Regener ate \tiidfcQ. of their
zealous endeavour taferve God in unfeigned Ho-
linefs, ^re . every wh^re called Stints. Infomuch
tha; S^int [ John faith, Whjoforusrh born of' God t
finneth qdii that is, liyeth not in wilful Filthinejs %
fuffering Sin to reign in him, as thou do(fc De-
ceive nqt thy felf with, the name tf ^ChriJlUni
. Whofoever liveth in any cuftomAtygrofs Sin, he
li vetti not in the State 0? Grace. Let therefore (faith
S. g Pau() every one that nameth tyi namevfChrift
Jtpiirtfrom Iniquity. The regenerate$in % but upon
FrailtyX they repent r and God doth pardon ; thete
they ^JStk not Jo death: The Reprobate Sin maliciouf
/y, wilful!) , and de fight therein: $othat by their
good Will, Sin (hallleiVe them before they will
leave it. They will nbt repent, and God wiH not
pardon. Therefore their Sins are rnorialy (faith St.
'■ John) or rather immortal, as faith S. Paul, Rpm.x.
5, It is no excufe therefore to fay, iwd are ail Sin-
. ^ a Rcv.a.i8. b Rey. 19 .*• c Jcr. n^3. di Zac;3.4.cGal.i.i5. Ronu
5,8. John 9. 31 s . * 1 John32. 1 J6hn5.|8. «a A Tim. 2.19/h 1 Jbhii
5. 16. 1 Ibid. : : * .' . *+%
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pets: X\ ue Ghriftians (Thou feeft) are all Saints.
8. Luke 23.. 43. The thief converted at the laft
Gafp, was received to Tarkdifex What then? If I
may have but tiibe to fay, when I am dying, Lord
have mere) upon me ; I fliall like wife be faved. But
what if thau (halt not ? And yet* many in that Day
fball fay, Lord, Lord> and. the Lord wii not know
them. The Thief wzs fayed, for he repented: Btit
his fellow had no Grace to repent, and was darpned.
Beware therefore, left trufting to laU Repentance
at thy laft end on Earth, thou be not driven to re-
pent too late without end in Hell, * '"
9. 1 John 1. -7. The Blood of JefsuChrift cleanfetk
us frx>m all Sin. And 1 John 2. 1. If any Man jtn f
we have an advocate with the Father \ Jtfus Chriftthe
Righteous* &c. O comfortable! But hear what S.
John faith in the fame place!: My little Children f
thefe things mite I unto you\ that ye Sin not. If
therefore thou leaveft thy Sin, thefe Comforts arc
thine ; elfe they belong not to thee.
10. Rom. ?. 20. Where Sin abounded, Grace did
abound muck time. O fweet ! But hear what St*
Paul addeth :'• What fh all mfxy then ? Shall ive conti-
nue in Stir, that Grace may abound? God forbid. Horn
fhall we that are dead to Sh % live any longer therein,
Rom. 6. r, 2; This place doth not teach us to pre-
fume? but only that we fboutd not defpaiiv None
therefore of thefe Promifes, promifeth any <irace
to any, but to the penitent Heart.
' The grtm&ds of Religion miftaken,«*are thefe :
I. From the Do&rine of Juftification by Faith
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ti&) that»paith .y^jgh .<w ftr wfcfa l fa js*, sever
."1 &h s a; 1 9 . •JEoIk.'.JUtfm, {Cs£.ftoa6t, 'u&jk.i^ * Bfon. *.
f. 2 Cor.9.6._Rev 1 a.i 1 i.3. d Rev. a. j. eMatth. ay. ' aTim^fc
Rorh.a* 8. * I'lTim.drij T Gal. j.tf. TTIJes qu« juffificaffola,
non eft fola Fides .- fola jaftifcatr itf oculus (olus vidct.
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/Mjf by good watks b»ft>ce4aP/<Mr„is bw * <?W /f4fck
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dButa juftifyiog Jfeith fywyjfoM* .£&«?, and f/2w
i///f^ thjejwhole Man tfiro'jout,
II. jBnwn the J BKjftriae,of,Go4*s,f«ftr»^ d > ^f^
&m«t't9»,<m& wcbapg^able /)««?, 4ieg4thcretJ],
«7«&*/ // ft* j* frejeftiqdttdrtoikftyeri, be wwot buf
Therefore all the Woik* of P/f^are bwt jn v,ajn.
•But, be ftovjld Jeainy tJbat <hd&4th- t fr«bjiiv4edtlip
•tke<wKM$, asw(U <u uo^the^ttd. Whom, therefore
God' hath, pr«kftina4ed to.be/iifi, wlijeh.is thp
f-eod, he hath iikewjfe pre4eftiaatcd p be fjfcjk
tuBtdy j#/iijk4t W ^rn^ ce^t^e to the bn^i
.of bis 5«r,rwhich i* the Itneao;. And they CCa«£
f S. .Bto?*>who are . *&£ : ,w»to ^«/tp*if*, are , alfi>
■elett upto tbe,S*ril.tfAa$iw efvfa tytvs. -Jf there*
-ibte wpon thy jCalHng, tWi (fooforoj^ft thy.fe|f
>to 'the J^on/ and * Example $>£ fkpfi^yzMm&ji
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l fore tliyri^ that- tb<3U,art«w.o^ thofi;, j^ho,ai;e
i^S^predeftinated to everlaftiog Salvation. If
pthenvife, blame ,nac God's Prc4slli»attot^ but
•fchiaecw»»6in,afldR.eh2inoo. D^ftn Jawc f£ Wfl
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unto God, and God will grasioufly receive thee,
as the Father did the prodigal Son, and by thy con-
verfion, it (hill appear, both to * Angels and
h Men, that thou didft belong to his Eleaion. If
thou Wilt not} why thould God fave thee ?
III. When a carnal Chriftian hears, that Man
hath not free wiS unto Good, he loofetf) the Reins
to his own corrupt Will : As tho ? it lay # not in him
%o bridle, or to fubdueir. Implicitly making God
the Author of Sin, in differing Man to run into
this Nueffiiy. But hefhould know, that God gave
Adam free willy to ftahd in his c Integrity, if he
would ; but Man abufing his free-will, loft both
himfelf and it. Since the Fall, Man in his State
of Corruption hath Free* Will to Evil, Bat not to
Good: For;* in this State, d we are not ( faith the A-
pottle ) fuffidient to think a good Thought. And
God *is riot bound to reftore us, what we loft fo
wretchedly, and -take no more care to recover a-
jgain : But as foon as a Man is regenerated, the
, Grace of God fret h bis Will unto good', fo that he
doth all the good things he doth, with. a Free-
Will: For lb the Apoftle faith, that c God of his
own goqd Pie dure , worhthboth the Will and the
deed in us 9 who (as the Apoftle expounderh) *cleanfe
cm 'f elves from all Ftlthinefs of theflcfh and f fir it, and
1 Luke i j. 10. ■'Ve/fe 24. c Magnas homo liberi arbitrii vires,
* cum conderctiirj actepk: Scd eas peccando amifit. Aug. defpirit. &
Ijb.cap.. 1. EccL 7 ; 29. Homo male mens liberofuoarbitrio. &fe&
Jiberum iuum arbfoium perdidlt. Aug- Ench. ad Laur.c\\o* 2 Cor.
3. ?. Per laplum arbkriilibertasinnfttaralibusmanet, infuperna-
turalimis amifTa eft, donecgraria r efti«#atur. e Phil: a , 12,13. Atii
tgimus. The Will is Paffi vein receiving thefirft Grace, afterwards
AfHveinallGoadneii.taCor, 7. 1. •••••-' - ' - ; :
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fi»?Jb our Salification in the fear of God. And in
this Stdte^ every true Chriftia* hath Free Will, and
as he increafeth in Grace % fo dof h his Will, in />«-
dom : For * tohen thi Son /kail make us free 9 then
fhall we be free indeed: Ancl, f where the Spirit of
the Lord is r there is Liberty : "For the holy Spirit
draws their Mirids, riot by Coafliori, but by the
Cords of Love > , Cant. i. 4. by illuminating their
Minds to iwu; the Truth ; by changing th6ir Hearts'
to /w* the known Truth ; and by enabling every
one of them (according to the Meafure of Grace
which he hath received) to do the good which'
he loveth. But thou wilt not ufe the Freedom of
thy Willj/tf/ar as God hath freed it ; for thou doft
many times wilfully (againft God's Law, to the
haiard of thy Soul) that, which (if the Kingf
Law forbad under the Penalty of Deaths or lofsof
thy worldly Eflatt) thou wouldft not do. Make
not therefore thy want of freewill urito good, to
be fo much the caufe of thy Sin, as thy want of a
loving Heart to ferve thy heavenly Father.
IV; When the natural Mart hears, that no MaH
(Jince the Fall) is able to fulfil the Law of Godj
and to keep all his Commandments : He boldly pre-
fumes to fin as others do r He contents himfelf with
a few good Thoughts j and if he be riot altogether
as bad as the worft, he concludes, that he is as tru-
ly regenerate as the befh Arid every voluntary
feftlfal of doing Good, of withftanding Evil, htf
* .... . . . j , •
* 1 John 8. 36. Liberurn arbitrlum, non nifi gratft Dei efficitsur
Jiberum. Jug. ad Col. c. 17. f a Cor. 3. 17. Voluntas humananonli*
ftertate grsuiain cdnfequicur, fed gratia libertate4i« Aug.degrat.
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<!tfutttt the ImfiffibilityoS tlte £*»;. But he Qaould
fearh, chit though (fince tfie^/yf) no Man but
£**-/)?, Who wis' boefi. God and Matty did, or cad
ptfefrfy fulfil tlte »&/<? Lw : Yet every true Chri-
fViarL as ldoiJ as he is tegenerate y begins to'keep all
Godv Gomrftandfmerits in Truth) tho* he cannot:
fa abfblute ftrfe&ion. thus with Davidy they, * */>-
/j§f tfati ; ffeafts tofolfil God*s Commandments always
Unto the end. And then the B Spirit of Grace*
^hich was" proiteifed to' be more abundantly poured
forth under the Gofpely helptth them i» their good
£ndeaSvours> add ajftfieth them to do what he tom-
mands thebi to do. And in fo doing, God ac-
ttpTdfh their * good will and endeavour y inftead of
firfeft* fftffitltnR of the Law; foppFyiog out of the
Merits of C#rijf f who 1 fulfilled the Law for usy
WhatfoeVer wiaritetftin our Obedience* And in this
fdpd& Saint John faith* that d Geafr Commandment*
dfe not burihenouu And Saint /W. faith* • / am
Alt to do all Tkitigiy through the help ef him thai
fkrengtheneth me. And ZjehArj and Elizabeth are
faid'fo walk in all the Commandments of the Lor d %
loithout Reproof. Hereupon Chrift & com mends td
Bis Difciples, the care ojf keeping his ComnLandmentSy
as the frueft Teftimouyofoav Love urrto him. So
far therefore doth a Man lotfe Chrift* as he makes
Confcience to walk in his Commandments, and the
thore unto Chrift is our love s the lefs will out* Fains
fee* in keeping his Land. The Laws curfi (which
under the- Old Tefhment was fi> terriWe ) is under
*Wkl. ix'sr.iii. 'Jtfd.i. zt,i4. 2adi.ii.io.Quod jubec,juvat.
r Jfi^. < i Gotf.fr.iS.'* i/ehn 53- e PM,4. 13. f Lukei, t6. ijoha
ij. iti.'
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regenerate, The /Tjpwr which' Made vtfoirhpdfibU
to our Paturi before, is noW to the ntw-forn, fo
mollijfeafoiiaeSphrft, tliat'it' fetifts facile and eajtt.
Th£\tyoJtus\iife^
and 1 G«//Z?j the ImpoUibititj df ieeblhg' tW Law,
by ABihry of i^giwfv cortitffed; But when they tiaVc^
to do with regenerate Chfiftiahs, they require w /ftr
Irfw'fwhich is the r«£ of ltig^edufiiefs)tfue*6bttt-i
ence in iftbrd and Deed; tb£*m$rtifjine oftheif Mem*
Urs'i the • crucifying if ike FJeJh, with the Affe&iorii
Mid Lifts fiiiretfi ■ Refut'retiion to newnefs of Life,
jbu can rebate me of Sin ? Yet eVery regenerate L
ffiari dan fay of himfetf, Wnkn of ybu can rebate
me ojf Being an* Jdutterer. WfroVemonget, StPtarcr,
Drtmiard, foief, Vfurer, Of prefer, Proud, Malici-
ous, Covetous, Frcfaner of the Holy S Math, A Lja¥ 9 d
tfegleOerf God's putlici Service, and fuch like gfofs
Sins ? g^e ne is" no true Cnfiftian. When a Man
Calls off the tonjeiehxe of Being fuKfd by <7^/ £**,
then Gotf "gives nim over to be led oy hi* own
Up,xktfurlft Sfgn 6f a reprobate State. Thus
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natural AUlity can fulfil, is fulfilled in tritth of
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|t, and incline his Heart to keep his Laws.
V. When the unregenerate Marl hears that
teod f delight eth more in ibi inward Mind fbdn in the
cutward Man ; then he feigneth within himfelf, that
all outward Reverence and Profefliort is but either
ffperjliiious, ovfuperfluous. Hence :it is that he feN
dom kneeleth in the Church ; that he puts on hi*
Hat at finging of Pfalm^ and the publifck Prayeri i
Which the Propharie Yarlet would not offer to
do in the Prefence of a Prince, or a Noble Man*
And. fo that he keep his Mind unto God, he thinks
he may fofkion himfelf (in other Things) to thd
World* He divides his Thoughts, attd gives fa
much to God, and fo much to his own Lujts:
Yea, he will divide with God the Sabbath^ and
will. give him almoft the dne half, and fpend the
either wholly in his own Pleafaris. But know,
carnal Man, that Almighty God will not be fer-
ved by halves, bec^iife he hath created and re-
deemed the whole Man. And as God dfcteft$ the
Service of. the outward Man, withdut the inward
Heart, as Hypocrifie : So he counts the iii ward Ser-
vice without all external Reverence, to be! trieer
Prophanenejs j he requireth both in his Worftrip. In
Prayer therefore bow thy K/ieis, in Witnefs of
thy Humiliation ^lift up thine Eyes, and thy Hands^
in Teftimoriy of thy Confidence \ hang down thy
head, and fmite thy breafl, in token of thy contrition:
but efpecially call upon God with zfincere Heart,
ferve hitti/folily, ferve him wholly, ferve him 30/73
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contrary a Mafiers; and therefore no Mali can
poflibly ferve both
, VI. The unregenerate Chriftian holAi the bearing
of the Gofpel preached, tohhtt an indifferent Mat-
ter, which he may ufe, or notufeathis Pleafure;
But whofoever thou art, that wilt be aflured in
thy Heart 9 that thou art one of drift's Ele&
Sheep ; thou muft have a fpecial care and confcience
(if pojflible thou canft) to hear Gafs Ward preach-
ed: For, firft the preaching of the Gofpel is th6
chief ordinary Means which God hath appointed
to convert the Souls of all that he hath *predefti-
noted to he faved: Therefore it is called c the Pond-
er of God unto Salvation to every one that believetty
And where this Divine Ordinance is not, the
d People Perijh I And whofoever fhall fefufe it,
t it pat be more teieraUf for the Land of Sodom
and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment, than for :
ihofe People. Secondly, the preaching of the Got
pel is the f Standard or Enjign ofChrijl; to which
all Souidiers arid eleft People ihuft affemble thern-
felves: When this Enfign is difplayed, as upon the
Lorfis Day, he is none of ChriftV People^ that
* flocks hot unto it; neither {hall any drop of the
* Rain of his Grace light on their Souk* „. Thirdly*
It is the ordinary Means, by which the Holy Ghoft
'begetteth Paithitx our Hearts, whithout k which
we Cannot pleafe God.* If the hearing of ChriJPs '
fyicebe the chief Mark of thrijPsEw x fl>eep, and
of the * Bridegrooms friend ; then muft it be a fear- .
* Mat. 6.*+. ^Afts 13.48. «Rom. i. 16. «Prov. 19. it. c Mat.
to.aa.ll&.ii.i. tlfft.2.2. h 2ach. 14. 17. * Rom, 10.14. k Hcb.
i 4. 6. ! John io. 27. ? John 3. a$, . ,
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ii4 gig jggggg^g ftfej?*
fiil Awi df a Reprdbate* <?»**, either to »rg7«!?
of contemn td Deaf the ft^achirtg oftRe GofpeL
Let no man . think this pofitiori tbollflr ; for b by
this fdoiifknefs rffrt Aching, it fletfith Grid to fave
them which hlitvi. Their State is therefore fear-
ful whd \iH in Peace, without carlrig for the
pfeaehlhg of the; Gofpfel. Can Men look ifat God's
mercy, and defoile W nitons* ' c He (faith Chrifi,
of the teachers of his Gofpel) that defpifeth you,
defpifelh. tit*. • He that is of God, heareth GoePs
wtrdsi Te therefore hear them not, becanfe ye are not
of God, Had not the' lfraeiites heard Phimoses
tneffage, they had riever wept. Had hot the Bap-
tijf preached, the Jews had iiever f monfnti. Had
not tfiey whb crucified Chrift, heard Peter's Ser-
ntotiy their hearts had never been * pricked. Had
not the Ifittevites hea*d Jonah's h prevcbitt&they had
never repented i And tflthoti wilt not l be» t and
1 tepent, thoti (halt hevei* b&faved,
Vll. The Opinion that the Sacraments are but
lartStyis and Seats efGod*s Ptomife and Grace unto
us, dotfi not a little hinder Piety: Wtiereas, in-
deed, they are Seals, as well of our Serv ice, and
Obedience Unto God j which Service, if we per-
forin not unto him, the Sacraments feal no Grace
unto tit. But if we receive them, upon the Refo-
ltitiori, to be his faithful and penitent Servants,
then the Sacraments do not only fignijk and offer,
but alfo feal and exhibit indeed the inward fpiri-
tual Grace, which they outwardly prmife and/v-
1 1 i i = — ■ - ■ -
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t Juig .2. i,&t.f take 7. jx, 33! A«j a. 37. " Joa. j.y .'ProTTaS.
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frejent. And to this end Bdptifm is called I'-fe
* walking tf kegerietaffotl, arid renewing of the Holy
Ghoft ; aha Che Lo+iPi Sapper, f 73&e Qonimunion of
the Bbdy tni Blood of ChriH. Were this Truth
believed, the fcfoly Sadranlent of the Ur&s Suf-
fer would be of trier,' kaA tilth greater Reverence
received. . ' *
Villi The laft, and not the leaft 5/oc* whdfeat
P/*//{rurnMeth in the Cotfrfe of Religititi, is by
adorqing Vices, with the Names of Verttiesx Asf to
call drtinkerii Caroafttk, drinfcirig of Healths j fpil-
Iin-g.ihnocent Blood, Ifahat*, muttony, Hofpitdiij;
C&vetMnifs, tbrtftinefs\ tyboteioth, loving a Mi-
firifz i Sintony, Grataitft Pride ; Gracefiilhefs ; Dijfem-
bllrig, dbriffjemerit } Children 6f Belial, Good-fellows j
Wrathi tdtfthefij Rifoaldtj, . Mirth : So on the
othW'fide, to t&nsbfrty) In Words and Aftionsi
ffypdtfijy iJlthi-dieds, Viiin-glory ; Devotion, Super-
flitftn; Zeal M Religion, Puritaniftn\ Humility^
Crotithitigl Scrqple cf Confcitute, Pretifenefs; &c
And yVfttiSt thtisi v we Call Evil,good j and good, Evil',
ttttititH fcfoutff nfhdrled in her progrefs. And tttuS
tnutfrdr tteftrfffcft&tfnceof P/*#, by miftaklng
the fcrtnf 1 Senfe of foriie fpeclal places of Scripture^
and Grounds of Chtffttan Religion. .
/#* Setond hindrance of Piety. .
x. jhfe? evil Example of great Ptrforis : The practice
of \frhdS prdfaAe Lives they prefer fbr their Ifnita-
tforf, BttofS the IV**>/>/j of God's holy Word. . So
tftat .when they -fee the great eft Men iir the J?m/^
• * ' *Tit*3-*5- t *Cor, jo.itf, .
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and many chief Gentlemen in their Country, to
make neither Care nor Conscience to hear Sermons,
to receive the Communion, nor to (an&ifie the Lord's
Sabbath, &c. but to be Swearers, Adulterers, Ca*
rotifers, Opprejfors, &c Then they think, that the
ufing of thefe holy Ordinances, are not matters of
fo great Moment : For if they were ; fuch great
and wife Men would not- fet fo little by them.
Hereupon they think, that Religion is not a mat-
ter of Neeeffity.
And therefore where they fhould (like Chrifti-
.ans)rwagaihft theftream of Impiety towards Hea-
ven; they fuffer themfelves to be carry M with the
Multitude, down-right to Hell; thinking it impof-
fible that God will fuffer fo many to be damned.
Whereas if the God of this World had not blind-
ed the Eyes of their Minds; the Holy Scriptures
would teach them, that* Afo many mfe. Mentyter
the Flejh, not many mighty, not man; noble are called,
&c. But that for the moil part the b Poor receive
the Gofpel, and that 'few rich Men (ball befaved.
And, that howfoever 6 many are called, jet the Cbofen
are but few. Neither did the multitude ever fave
any from Damnation. As God hath advanced Men
in Greatnefs above others; fo doth God expeft
that they in Religion and Piety, fhould go before
others; otherwife, c Greatnefs abufed (in the time
tof their Steward/hip) fhall turn to their greater Con-
demnation in the Day of their Accounts. At what
time finful great and mighty Men> as well as the
fooreft Slaves and Bondmen, fhall with f that the
» i Cor. i. *6. * Matth. 1 1. 5. cMatth. 19. aj, 34, d Match. aai 14.
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Rocks and Mountains fbouldfall upon them, and hid*
them from the Preface of the judge, and from hit jufi
defervedWrath. It will prove but a miferable So-
lace to have a great Company of great Men Partakers
with thee of thine eternal Torments. The multi-
tude of Sinners doth not extenuate, but aggravate
Sin, as ia Sodom. Better it is therefore, witha few,
to be Caved in the Ark, than with the whole World,
to be drowned in the Flood. Walk with the few
godly, in the Scriptures * narrow path to Heaven:
But crowd not with the h godkfs multitude, in the
Broad- way to HeH. Let not the Examples of irreli-
gious great Men hinder thy Repentance : For their
Greatnefs cannot at that Day exempt themfelves,
from their own mofl: grievous Punifbmenc
The Third hindrance of Piety.
3. The bug efidping ofdefirved Pumjhment in this
Lite. Becaufe Sentence (faith * Solomon) it not/pee-
dily executed againfi an evtl worker, therefore the hearts
if the Children of Men are fully fit in them to do Evil:
not knowing that the Bountifulnefs of God d leadeth
them to repentance. But when his patience is abufed,
and Man's Sins are ripened ; his Jufiice will at once
both • begin, and make an end ot the Sinner: And
he will recompence the Slownefs of his Delay, with
the Gtfkvoufnejj of his Puniflbment. Though they. -
were fuffered to run on the Score ajl the Days of
their Life j Yet they ihall be fure to pay the utmofi
Farthing, at the Day of their Death. And wbilft .
»M*rth. j. j 3 . fc Exod. 13. a. c Ecel. 8. s(t i&m^*> aP«C'
310. 2iSam. 3«u. Ezek.32-3. ..' L .
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they fuppofe themfcl ves to be free from J udgraenc ;
they are already fraitfen with the heavieft of God's
Judgments ; * a Heart thajt caanot .repent. The
Stone in the Reins pr Bladjkr, is a grievous pain
that kills many a Man's Body : But there is no Di-
feafe to the Stone, in the #<to*, whereof f Nahal dy-
ed* and which killeth Millions of Smls. They re-
fute the trial ofchrift and his O*/}: But they are
ftoned by HeU's Execution**, to-eternal Death.
• Becaufe many Nobles had Gentlemen are not
fmitten With prefent J^gment^ £or their outragi-
cnis Spearing* Adultery, Druiketnefs, Opprefioty pro*
f honing of the Salfotb, and difgraceful oegtea: of
God y s Worjkip mi Service; They begin CO doubt of
Divine Providence and Jnfi&: Both which Two
Zyw, they would as willingly put out in God, as
the Philifiinef bored out the J^w ofSwpfon. It is
greatly therefore to be feared, left they will pro-
voke the LORD to cry out againft thega, j| asS**/-
jon againft the Philiftinest By aegleftin^ the Law,
arid walking after (heir ewft Hearts, they put out
(as much as* in them lyeth) the Eyes of my Pro-
videme and "Jttfikei lead me therefore to thefe
chief $ P/for*, whereupon the Jtaf/*» flandeth:
that I may pull the Realm upon their £&*£*, and
be at once avenged of them for my Two Eyes!
Let not God's patience hinder thy Repentance;
but becaufe he is fo Patient, therefore do thou the
rather Repent. '..';.
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The Fourth hindrsnce of Piety,
4. The Ptefumftitu of God's Mary. For whe»
Men are juftly convine'd of their Sins, forth with
they betake the mfe Ives to this Shield ; Chrift it mer-
ciful: So that every Sinner makes Chrift the Pa-
trpttoi his 8mi As though he had come into the
World to holder Sin, and not todeftroy the * works
of the Devil. Hereupon the carnal Chriftian pre*
fmnetb, that though hecontinueth a while longer
in bis Sin ; God will not fliorten his Days. But
what is phis but to be an implicit AtheiH 9 Poubt-
ing that either God feeth not his Sins; or jf he
doth* that he is not Juft : For if he believetfi that
Qo$ is JFufl, how can he think that God, who foe
Sin fi> feyerely puniifcetn others, can love him
wto ftW loveth to eoatifluein Sin? True it is,
Chrift is Merciful: But to whom? Only to them
that repeat \auAturn.fram Iniquity in $<wk • But
tf vy 9Un bfcfs himfrif in hit Heart, f tying, I (kilt
hunt Pepce, dtbdlxwk ucprdiug to the Stubhornuefs
ef mne.ovw Heart, thus adding Druukenntfs. to Thirfti
The Lord wiM Hat he Mercifu} u him, &c Omad
Men I Who dare blafs themfclves, when GO D,
pFOPQUrtcethcbemaccurfed Look therefore, how
far thou art from finding 4 Repentance in thy fclf ;
fe far act thou from any Aflaraace of finding Mer-
cy in Chrift. e Let thentfore the wicked firjate his
W^md-^timi^m^fm o#n Imagmationt, mi,
retwtn uuiutke Let-baud he will have Mercy uptm.
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pcccatarelinqacnttcondojwtl^os. efia. j^.7i :
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bim\ And to our God, for he is very ready to forgive;
Defpair is nothing (b dangerous as Preemption.
For we read not in all the Scriptures of above Three
or four, whom roaring Defpair overthrew : But
ftcure Preemption hath fent Millions to Perdition
-without any Noife. As therefore the Damfels of
Jfrael fang in their Dances, a Saul bath kiWd bis
Thoufands, and David bis Ten Tboufandsi So may I
fay, that De/pair of Gods Mercy hath damned
Thoufands ; but the b Prefumption of God «s Mercy
hatlji damned Ten Tboufands, and fcnt them quick
to Hell, where now they remain in eternal Tor-
ments, without all Help of Eafe, or Hope of Re*
demption. GodfparMthe c 7&i*f, but not his FeBom.
God fpar'd 0#* , that no Man might Defpair; God
fparM but One, that no Man Oiould prefumt. Joy-
ful Affurance to a Sinner that repents: No Com-
fort to him that remains impenitent. God is infi-
nite in Mercy/ hut to them only, who turn from
their Sins; to ferve hirfa in Holinefs, without which
'no Manjhall fee the Lord, Heh. 12.14- To keep
thee therefore from Trefummg, remember, that as
. Chrifl fa a- Saviour, fo d M>fes is an Accufer. Live
therefore, ds tho' tliere were no Gofpel: Dye as
tho' there were no\E*r. Pafs thy Life, astho*
thou wert under the ConduQiot Mofes: Depart
this Life, as if thou kiiew'fif none but (thrift, and
-him crucify \L Prefwfre not, if thou wilt not pe-
rilh: e tt*f*ni, ifthcwwilt bejtortt
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r i Sam.,18.7. *Metyen£urii$ftnfe te occidat fpes : &cummul-
tfifli fperes de ifiif ericordia, incidfts 141 judicium, Au&$. c L«kfe
^3-41, l^tronis cxcmplum non eft cxcmplum imicationis, fed
confotetipnifc.: tjbhri f. 45. ^Qoiaatpoeaiteiiti vemwn, wn
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Jfo Fifth hindrance of Piety.
5. Evil Company, commonly termM Good-feBowsi
Bat indeed, the Devift chief Instruments, to hin-
der a wretched Sinner from Repentance and Piety*
The jSr/fign of Gtwfr Favour to a Sinner, is, to
give him Grace to for fake evil Companions : Such
who wilfully continue in Sin, contemn the Means
of their Calling, gibing at the Sincerity of Profef-
fion in others, ana (naming the Chriftian Religion
by their own profane Lives. Thefe *Jt in the Seat
oftheSeorners. For as foonas GOD admitsa Sin-
ner to be one of his People j he bids him h Come out
of Babylon. Every UwdCompany is a Baiylon, out
of which, let every Child of God either keep him-
felf, or if he be in, think that he hears his fa*
titer's Voice founding in his Ear, Come out of Ba-
bylon, my Child. As foonas Chriftlook'd in Mer-
cy uobn 'Peter, he went out of the Company that
was in the High Priefts Hall, and mpt bitterly foe
his Offence. David vowing ('upon recovery,; a
new Life j laid, 4 Away from me, aU ye workers of
Iniquity, &c t\% if it were impoflible to become
a new Man, till he had (haken off all old ill Com-
panions. The trueft JJroof of a Man's Religion is
the Quality of his Companions. Profane Companions
are the chief Enemies of Piety, and Quelkrsof
holy Motions. Many a time is poor Chrifi ( offering
to be new-born in thee) thruft into the" Stable,
when thefe lewd Companions by their drinking,
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Plays 9 and 3f^ take up all the beft Rooms in the
Inn of thy Heart. Oh, let m% the Company of
earthly Sinners hinder thee from the Society of
ft^vcflly ifrfcls ftnd Angeh.
Tkt Sixth kimdrance of Piety.
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6. 4 mttitei &er, left the frdtiu ef Witty ftmli
mekf eMe* CefpeciaHy a young Man) ta wex too
fad w4 fexftvti Whereas indeed) none can better
J<Wi HPr have niQflecaufe to Rejoyet, than Piem and
TleJigtQqs Qiriftian6. For as foon as they are
* j'fMifitd ky F&tK they beve ft ace with 6oJ, than
which there cart be no greater Joy. ■ Betides, they
have already the K/"^domafGnue:de&sea^a4 iq-
to their Hearts* as an Affuranoe that (ia God's
goc>4 time) they iball tfosnd into his Kjngiom ef
Gbry, This Kingdom &f Gr&e eorififts in Three
Things s Firftj'r kVgkto*fmfotoc having C*«A
Righteoufflefc to juftify them before God, they eiu
deayour to live rtghfeoufy before Men. Second-
Jy, PflVfj for the peace of Confcience mftpareil)
ioTlQweth a Righteous Conversion. Thirdly,
Tin Jey ef the Holy Gbcfi ; which Joy is only left in
the fw^Qfa good Confcience; and isy^r^that
II i* P*]j*tb «R Vvderfisoduig. . Na TeMgue.ari ex-
press it, no Heart can conceive it,, but only he that
fcpjs it. This is \\mfulaefs ef Joy, which $ Cbe'tfk
promis'd his Qjfeiples, in the midft of their Trou-
bles; *ycyth#mMa*wtd take from them*. The
feeling Qf this fey, D*vj4 upon his Repentance
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begg'd fo earneftlyat the Hands of God:* Rrjiore me
to the Jg of thy Salvation. And if the Angels in
Heaven ° rejqyce fo much at the Conversion of a Sin*
ner 9 the Joy of a Sinner converted, mult needs be
exceeding great in his own Heart. It is * wrlty
Sorrow, that (hows fo timely upon Mens Hendt x and
fills the Furrows of their Hearts, with the Sorrow of
Death. Thegodly Sorrow of the godly (when God
thinks it meet to try them) caufeth in them Repen-
tance not to be repented oft For it doth but further
their Salvation. And in all fuch Tribulation, they
ftiali be fure to have the Holy Ghoft to be their
d Comforter ; who will * make our Confolotions to
Abound thro* Chrift, as the Sufferings of Chrift flaB
ahoundin its. But whilft a Man lived* in Impiety,
he hath f no Pease, faith Efay : His * Laughter is but
Madnefs, (faith Solomon^) his riches are but h Clay,
faith Habakkuk : Nay, the Apoftie efteems them
no better than ' Dung in eomnarhon of the Pious
Man's Treafure; All his foys mall end in Woe,
faith Chrift. Let not therefore this falfe Fear
hinder thee from the pra&ice of Piety. Better it
is to go fickly (with Lazarus) to Heaven, than full
of Mirfh and Pleafure, with Dives, to Hod. Bet-
ter it is, to mourn for a time with Men, than to
be tormented for ever with Devils.
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e * Cor. 1. j. * Hi. 57. «• • Ecd. *• * Habak. a. 6. • Phil. 3. s.
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Tfo Seventh hindrance of Piety*
7. And laftly, 7fo hope of long Life: For« were
it poffible that a wicked liver thought this Tear to
behlslaftTear ; this Month, * his laft Month; this
Week, his laft Week ; but that he would change and
amend his wicked Life ? No verily, he would ufe
the belt Means to repent, and to become a new
Man. But as the rich Man in the f Gofpel pro-
mifed himfeif many Tears to live in Eafe, Mirth, and
. Fulnefs; when he had not one Night to live longer :
So, many wicked Epicures falfely promifc them-
felves, the Age of many Tears, when the Thread of
their Life is already almoft drawn out to an end.
So Jeremy afcribes the caufe of the Jews Sins and Ca-
lamities to this, that \\fberemembrednot her laft end.
The longefl: Space betwixt a Man's coming by
the womb, and going by the grave, is but/bort : For
§ Man that u born of a Woman hath but a (bort time
U live; He hath but a few Days, and tho&fuMof
nothing but Troubles. And except the Praftice cf
Piety > how much better is the State of the Child
that yefterday was Baptized, and to Day is buried,
than M$tbuftkm% who lived Nine Hundred Sixty
Nine Years, and then died ? Of the, two, happier
the Babe ; becaufe he had lefs Sin, and fewer Scr-
ews. And what now remains of both, but a
bare Remembrance ? What truft ftiould a Man re-
pofe in long Life? Seeing the whol^ Life of Man
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is nothing but a lingring Death : So that as the
Apoftle protefts, * a Man dieth daily.
Hark in thine Ear, O fecure Fellow j thy Life
is but a pujf \ of Breath in thy Noftrils, triift not
to it Thy Soul dwells in a Houfe of Ctey^ohat
will fall e'er it be long j as may appear by the Dim*
»$/} of thy Eyes, the Dfafneft of thy Zkr j, the #W*-
kles in thy Cfoffo, th^ettennefs of thy 7ft/£, the
Weaknefs of thy Shews, the Trembling of thy Hands*
the /Calendar in thy jBokj, the Shortnefs of thy
£&*/, and every £r*? £/*/r, as fo many Summoners,
bids thee prepare for thy /w^ f/0*i. Come, let
us in the mean while walk to thy Father's Cqfin$
break open the Lid ; fee here, how that || Corrupt
tion is thy Father, and the Worm thy Mother And Sifter:
Seeft thou how thefe are ? So muft thou be e'er long:
Fool ! Thou knoweft not how fooo. Thy Hour*
glafs runneth apace, and in all places ; Death in the
mean while waiterb for thee.
§ The whole Life of Man (fave what is fpent
in God's Seryice) is biit Foolery : For a Man lives
Forty Tears, before be knows himfelf to be a Fool:
and by that time hcfeeth his Folly, his Life ufini*
Hark, Husbandman, before thou ieeft many more
Crops of Harveft, thy felf (hall be Ripe, and Death
will cut thee down with his Sickle. Hark Tradef-
mam e're many Six Months go over, thy lafi Month
will come on : After which thou (halt trace away,
* QuotWie morimur : cpiotidie cnim demitur pars vies, & tune
qtioqiiec&m crefcimils, vita decrefcit. Vivts. 1 Cor. 1 j . 31. tlfiu a.
n%. || Job 17. 14. § Homo eft fatuus ufque ad 40. annum, deindo
ubi agnovit ft effe fatuuxn, vita confumpca eft. l»tk.
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tie %& towmjit fMetp* .....
and trade no longer. Har&* tmQtgHv e $*dj*e t with-
in tfew Terms,tb» Term of thy Life appYoacfifeth ;
wherein thou (Rait ceaTe to jtefee others, and go
jjy y*^" /« J* >m£'A Haf fc* #*>» of Qod, that
gofeft to the Palpit i preach tfifcSerniohi as it wete
the /*/ that tbpu fhcftldeft make to thy People.
Hark, /M/* J/**, lay aptf$ tfie %& conceit of thy
Honour-, tomb, ere h be te8g* * wlf lay thy #<«tatf
in the Dufl, and make'dfedas baffe as the FJrrth,
that thou treadeft under thy Feet. Hatflfj rtfo* that
fiontfeidtft thU Btoi t affur* thy ftlf e%r it Be fdflg,
there will be bofc intf £W#< Where nOiw Ihy tftcrEjes
are plac'd } and others ftitfllYead the truth of this let
fori apod thy bare Scull j which flow theft readd! in
thh little Book. How fodrt \ know - hoV/but tffis I
am lure of ; That b d^ //»W * ■ appointed, thy « awwrfo
<r* determined,' thy d afcipj <iW Hantbtted, and thy ^ery
• /i/ horn U Mitifdf tayottl which thou fhilt not
pafs : For then, the firft ho># of Death tfiotrtiretf on
his* W<? tfotfe r Qto\\ ilightatthy Door ,' and ftaot-
wwnftanfling jflltthy WeaUn f thy Honour^ and the
far* of thy dtAteft FriMdiy^ffl catty thee atfay
bvttnAband/tndfm&t hisprifoheristtid fceepfthy bbd jf
under a /<W of Earth, until that day come, y herein
thoir rnuft be btought forth' to » /•«*#* actor t&tlg to
the tbims wbitbtkou hi ft doHi fit that Bddj)'tohe'tbef H
be gxwaor evil. O f fef not tftentTiefdlfc hoprdfati
uncertain long 1Mb, h%jdef tfte'6 from' becOrrirn* a
frefettt Pratttfef 'of Religibti* Piety. Gotf •*• olfcf-
fMorsSceptrafigqnibussequat.. Mob 14. 14, (Job****. *PfaI.
90;**. DHii.?. itf. S^«.fuaciil^at*4?<is. >/r. c ft.j. TReV.6.8.
*a Cot. J. ia. hPfd.^4. Heft. jj. Pttftiteriti v^eriiamfTOffipii$t,
Qbiyfrfl. Nettie tan <fivos habuit fitfehtei, cfattintiitttit poflet fiBi
jolHceri. S**W. H<&. j.ij.
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eth Grace td %', but whd pfotnlleth tdrhtrrvw*
There are now in fiell matty >t>*^ Men, who had
purpoled to re£ent : iri their alAAgy but Deathtut
them Off in their ihtpnktnty^ ere ever they could
attain td the time they had fet Rrf their Repentance!
The longer a Man runs in a t/^4/*, the harder it
is to be cured : For carfivm of Sin, breeds hardhifs
of Heart : And the imptdimehtiy whlfch hinder thee
frofn repenting wif, will hinder thee more, when!
thdu aft awte *£&*. .'•
A W#e M*n being to go a far and fbul Journey,
will hot lay the kaviefl batihen upon the weakeft
horft. And witff what dorirdehceeanft thou lap
the great Loftd of Reberifaneej on thy fttbh and />'
«<* old age? Whet&i doW in tbtf eblefeft Strength
thou canft hot lift % but aft ready to ftaggerunde't
it. Is It Wildom for him. that is fofail a long and
dangeWus vdyage, td lie play ing ahd fleecing whflft
the w^lerVetb.and the M* is fcalffl, the £% found,
thfe PHot well. Mariners ftf otig j and then let fort ty
when the.Wihds are tontraiy, the Weathet pm->
peftkaxs, iheSk ¥»&i*g> the Shiprtfw*, th;e Pftcii
p(k y and the SaHors l&Hgnifbikg? Therefore, (>•
ffnfal Soul, begin now thy Cohverfiori to GOD*
Whllft tifti Hedtb^totntihi and $*** latt \ before
thtole *ye*rs frith frlgb, #hen tkdufhdtfaj I have n6.
plesfhre in tteM. '• God erer rettuired in his Service
&&*fir]l fartr* and the ■•Jfc/tyW#i';. ahd thole to
be<jffettd ttnto him Without delay. So jutt* Jf^/
Oflfcred urtto Odd, his. Tirfllbgs, ito&fxtiefi Limbs;
and reafongoOd, that the ^Lar^UiOuid he jfr/?,
a nd& /? fervid. All God's Servants tbould there-.
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fore * remember to ferve thtir Creator in the Days of
their Touth ; and b early in the Morning, like Abra-
bam, to facrifice unto God the young Ifaac of their
Age* « to fid ntt fee my face (faith Jofeph to his
Brethren) except you bring your Brother with you.
And how (halt thou look in the Face ofjejus, if
thou giveft thy yiunger years to the Devil, and bring-
eth him nothing, but thy blind, lame, and decre-
pit oU Age f Offer it unto thy d Prince, faith Mdacbi.
If he will not accept fuch a one to ferve him, how
fhall the Prince of Princes admit fuch a one. to be
bis Servant? If the c King of Babel would have
young Men (mil favoured, and fuch as had Ability ia
them) to ft and in his Palace ; (hall the Kjng of Hea-
ven have none to (land in his Courts, but the
Blind 2xA Lame, fuch as the Soul iff f David hated?
Thinkeft thou, when thou haft ferved Satan with
thy prime Tears, to fatisfie God with thy Dotage?
Take heed left God turn thee over to thy old Ma*
fier again; That as thou haft all the Days of thy
Life done his Work ; fo he may in the end pay thee
thy Wages. Is that time fit, to undertake by the
ferious Exercifes ot Repentance /which is the Work
of Works) to turn thy finful Soul to G 6 D ; when
thou art not able with all thy Strength to turn thy
mary Bones on thy foft Bed? If thou find'ft it to
hard a matter now, || thou (halt find it far harder
then. For thy Sin will wax ftfonger, thy Strength
Will grow weaker, thy Conference will clog thee,
fain will diftraflt thee, die fear of death will ama^e
thee : and the Fijttdtion of friends will fo difturb
thee; that if thou be not furnifhed afore-hand
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with iftore of Faith, Patience, and Copfolation, thou
foalt not be able either to meditate thy felf or to.
hear the. word of Comfort from others j not to pray.
done, nor to joyn wftjji others whopf ay for thee; It.
may be*thou (halt be taken with & dumb Palfie, on
fuch a deadly Senfeleffnefs, that thou fhaltneither re-.
member God, nor thinly upon thine own Eftate ; and-
doft. thou not well defer ve, that Godfhould forget
to fave thee in thy Death, who art fq unmindful
now toferve him in thy: Life? Ths-Fear of Death
will drive many at that time, to ay, * Lord> Lord:
But Chrifi protefteth, that he will not then know,
them for his. Yea,many fliall then (like f Efau\
with Tears feek to Repent, and yet find no place of
Repentance. For Man hath not Freewill to Repeat
when he will, but when God will .ghre him Grac^
And if Mercy fhewed her felf lb inexorable r tha^
flie woqld not open her Gates to fo tender Suitors'
as llj&rgins, to fo (earned Suitors as Kjioekers, be-
cause they knocked too late ; how thinkefl: thou,
that (he will ever fuffer thee to enter her Gatps,'
being fo impure a wretch that never thinkefl: to
leave.Sin^; till Sin firft jeaveth thee, and didft ne*
ver yqtJpnock with thine own Fifis upon the Breajls
of a p&iiteqc heart?. And juftly doth her Grace deny
to open the Gates of Heaven, when thou knocked in
tK\Q%Adzt&py, who in thy Profperitj wouldeft not
fuffer^ CHRIS T, whilft he knocked, to enter
in atthe door of thy ^eart. Truft not either late
Repentance^ or long Life : Not late Repentance ; be-
fcaugf iffi touch ia be feared, left tfhat the Repen-
tance
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tbflce, which the fear ef death enforceth* dies with
a Mito ifrfcg* And the Hypocrite, who deceived
dtheri in his Life, may deceive himfelf in his Death.
God accfejptetf} ribne but free-will Offerings, and the
Rteptentande ttetplealeth him, thuft be voluntary >
arid fttofc of cbnfttitnt. Not long Ife ; for * old jg C
^fll fell uport the Neck of Youth; and as nothing
is itfort tore thin Death ; fo nothing is more uncer-
tain than the tihte of dying. Vea, oftentimes when
RipeAets 6f Sin is haftned by Outragioufnefs of Sitt-
ing ; God ihddehty cutteth off fuch vicious Livers,
either With the Srvdrd, Intemperatenefs, Luxury,
Surfeit^ or {bofc other fearful Manner of Sicknefs.
May*ft thdu not fee that it is fite-evil Spirit that per-
fwades thee to defer thy Repentance till old Age ;
wheh h Experience tells thee, that tiot one of a thou-
fandthzt takes thy courfe, doth ever attain unto it?
Let G6i*s Holy Spirit move thee not to give thy
felf ahy longer c to eat and drink with the Drunken;
left thy Mafter fend Death for thee in a Daj f when thou
lookeft not for him, and in an Hour that thou art not
Aware of, and fo fuddekly tut thee off, and apmnt thee
thyTortionwith the Hypocrites, where {baD b&keping
and gnafhing of Teeth. But if thou loveft * Itng Life,
fear Odd, and long for Life everlafiing. Thtfjongeft
Life here, when it is come to the period, wSH ap-
pear to have been but as a c tale that is told, f a va*
nifbingvapour, a flitting zjhadow, a feemmg h Dream,
a glorious l flower, growing, and k ftourifhing in the
* Naf ccntcs morimur,finifoue ab origine pendet ; ct pubefcentes
junto fencfia premit. Manil?> Ncquitics vitae non finit effe fenem.
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morning, hut in the evening cut down and withered}
or like a a Weavers Jhuttle, which by winding here
and there fwifrly, unwindeth it felf to an end. It
is but a b moment, faith St. P*ul. Oh then the
madnefs of Man ! That for a moment of c Jft^*/
pkafure, will hazard the lofs of an d Eternal weight
°f &°ry*
Thefe are the &x** chief Hinderers of Piety,
which mud he caft out like • Mary Magdalens Se«
ven Devils , before ever thou canft become a r true
Praflifer of Piety, or have any found Hope to enjoy
either Favour from Chrift by Grace, or FeBowJbip
with him in Glory*
The Conclufion.
TO conclude all ; forafmuch as thou leeft:^
that without Chrift, thou art but iflave of Sin,
Death** V offal, and Worms Meat ; whofe Thoughts
are Vain; whofe Deeds are vile, whofe Pleasures
have fcarce Beginnings, whofe Miseries never know
end ; What wife Man would incur thefe hetfifb
Torments, tho' he might by living in Sin, purchafe
to himfel£ for a time, the Empire of Auguftus, the
Riches ofCrafus, the Pleasures of Solomon, the Poll*
cy of Achitophel, the voluptuous Fare, and fine Appa-
rel of Dives ? For what ftiould it avail a Man ("as
our Saviour faith) to win the whole World for a Time\
and then to lofe his Soul in Hell for ever ?
And feeing that likewife thou feeft how great
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is thy Haffinefs in Chrift ; and how vain are the
hinderances, that debar thee from the fame: Beware
(as the* Apoftle exhorteth) of the Deceit fulnefs of
Sin. For that Sin, which feems now to be fof&i-
fing to thy corrupt Nature^ will one Day prove the
bitter eft Enemy to thy diftrejfed Soul; and in the
meanwhile harden ^ unawares) thine impenitent
Heart.
Sin ("as a Serpent) feems beautiful to the Eye ;
but take Heed of the Sting behind ; whofe veno-
mous EfFe&s if thou knewelt, thou would'ft as care-
fully fly from Sin, as from a Serpent. For,
i. Sin did never any Man Good: And the more
Sin a Man hath committed, the more Odious he
hath made himfelf to God, the more Hateful to
all good Men.
2. Sin brought upon thee all the Evil, Croffes,
LojfeSj DiJgraceSy and SickneJJes, that ever befel
thee : Fools (faith + David) by reafon of their Tranf
greflionsj andbecaufe of their Iniquities, aye dffiiffed.
II Jeremy in lamenting Manner asketh the Queftion,
Wherefore is the living Man forrowful? The Holy
Ghoft aiifwereth him, Man fujferetb for his Sin.
Hereupon the Prophet takes up that doleful out-crj
againft Sin, as the Caufe of all their Miferies, $ Wot
now unto us that ever we have finned !
3. If thou doft not fpeedily Repent thee of thy
Sinsj they will bring upon thee yet far greater
Plagues , Lojfes, Crojfes, Shame and Judgments, than
ever hitherto befel thee. ReadL*i/. 26. i8,&c.
Deut. 28. iy, &c
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4. And laftly, If thou wilt not caft off thy Sin,
God ^ when a the meafure of thine Iniquity is full)
will caft thee off for thy Sin : For as he is Juft, fo
he hath Power to kill and caft into Hell all hardned
and impenitent Sinners. If therefore thou wilt avoid
the curfed Effetts of Sin in this Life, and the eternal
Wrath due thereto in the World to come, and be
affured that thou art not one of thofe, who are gu
ven over to a reprobate Setife; b Let then (O Sin*
ner) my Counfel be acceptable unto thee : Break off thy
Sins by Right eoufnefs, and thine Iniquities by (hewing
Mercy towards the Poor : let there (at length) be
An healing of thine Errour* c Nathan ufed but one
Parable, and David was converted! d Jonas prea-
ched but once to Nineveh, and the whole City re*
fentcd : Chrift looked but once on Peter, and he
went out, and wept bitterly. And now, that thou
art oft and fo lovingly entreated, not by a Prophet f
but by Chrift the Lord cf Prophets ; yea, that z God
himfelfi by his EmbaJJ odors doth pray thee to he recon-
ciled unto him ; leave off thine Adultery with
David i repent of thy Sins, like a true Ninevitei
and whilft Chrift looketh in mercy upon thee, leave
thy wicked Companions, and weep bitterly for thy
Offences. Content not thy felf with that formal
Religion, which unregenerate Men have framed to
themfelves inftead of fincere Devotion: For, in the
multitude of Opinions, moft Men have almoft loft
the Pratfice of true Religion, Think not that thou
artaChriftiangood enough, becaufe thou doftas
the mo!i, and art not fo bad as the worft. No Man
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is fo wicked, chat he is addi&ed to all kinds of Vi-
ces, (for there is an Antipathy 'twixt (orae Vices :;
But remember that Chrift faith, * Except your Righ*
teoufnefs Jhall exceed the Righteoufnefs of the Scribes
and Pbarifees, ye (ball in no cafe enter into the King-
4pm of Heaven. Confider with thy fetf, how far
thou comeft fhort of the Pkarifees in faftingj pry.
ing y frequenting the Churchy and in giving of Alms*
Think with thy felf how many Pagans, whenever
knew Baptifm, yet in moral Vert ties ^ and Hone fly of
f-*ft> <*° 8° far beyond thee. Where is then the
lAfe of Chrift thy Mafler? And how far art thou
from being a trueCbrtftian i If thou doft willingly
yield to live in any one grofs Sin, thou canft not
have a regenerate Soul ; tho' thou reform'ft thy felf
like Herod from many other Vices. A true Chri.
ftian muft have refpe& to b walk in the Truth of
bis heart, in all the Commandments of God alike j
For (faith S. « James) He that fh all offend in one point
$f the Law Cwiilfully) is guilty of all. And d Peter
bids us lay afiie (not fome, hutj aUMdice, Guile and
fjypocrififs, &c. One Sin is enough to damn a Man's
Soul, without Repentance. Dream not to go to
Heaven, by any nearer, or eafier Way than Chrift
bath trained unto us in his Word. The way to
Heaven is not eafte or common, but* fir art and nar«
row: Yea, fo narrow, that Chrift protefteth r that
f a rich titan /hall hardly enter into the Kjngiom of
Heaven ; and that thofe who enter y are but a *few:
And that thofe few cannot get in, but by h ftrhing:
And that fome of thofe who feek to enter in,
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fhall not he able. This all God's Stints (whilft they
here liv'd) knew well ; when with fo often jF4?-
ings, fo earned Prayers, fo frequent Hearing the
J*W, and receiving the Sacraments, and with fttch
abundance of Tears, they devoutly begg'd at the
Hands of God, for Chrijrs Sake, to be received in-
to his Kingdom.
If thou wilt not believe this truth ; I allure thee
that the Devil, which perfwades thee now, that it
is eafie to attain Heaven, will tell thee hereafter,
that it is the bar deft bufimfs in the World/ If there-
fore thou art defirous to purchaie found Affurance of
Salvation to thy Soul ; and to go the right zadfafe
Way to Heaven ; get forthwith (like zvrife* Vir-
gin) the Oyl of Piety in the Lamp of thy Converfa-
tion% that thou may ft be in a continual Readings
to meet the Bridegroom, whether he cotneth by
Death, or by Judgment. Which that thou maytt
the better do, let this be thy daily Pra&ue.
How a private Man muft begin the Morning with f'tety,
AS foon as ever thou awakeft in the Morning,
keep the Door of thy Heart faft (hut, that no
earthly Thought may enter, before that God come in
firft : And let him (before aB others.) have the ifirfi
place therein. So all evil Thoughts, either will
not dare to come in ; or (hall the eafier be kept
out; and the Heart will more favour of Piety and
Qodlinrfs all the Day after. But if thy Heart be
not (at thy firft waking) jM with fome Medita-
tions of God, and his Word ; and drefled like || the
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- nifcg, with the Oyl } olive of Godjs Word ; and perfu-
:• med with the fweet a Iqcenfe of Prayer: Satan will
' attempt to fill it with worldly Cares, or fleftly
Dejires, fothat it will grow unfit for the Service of
* God all the Day after, fending forth nothing, but
the Stench of corrupt and lying Words> and of rajb
■ and Uafphemous Oaths.
Begin therefore every Days Work, with GoSs
Word and Prayer. And offer up unto God upon
•the Altar of a b contrite Heart, the c JSroam of thy
Spirit ) and the d Calves of thy Lips, as thy morn-
ing Sacrifice, and the firft-fruits of the Day : And
as foon as thou awakeft, fay unto him thus ;
Ajhort Soliloquy, when One fir ft wakes in the /Morning.
Mt Soul winteth on tfoe, Lord y more than the
Morning Watch watcheth for the Morning.
f GO Dj therefore be merciful unto tne, and hlefs
pe, and caufe thy Face to jhine upon me. -8 Fill me
with thy Mercy this Morning, fofiaff I rejcyce and be
%lad all my Days. ; ^
Meditations for the Mknifig. ' ' 1
Then meditate*; -
t[TQW Almighty God can (in the Refits
JLi retfion) as eafily raife up thy Bocly out of
the Grave, from the fieep of death ; as he hath this
Morning wakened thee in thy Bed } ouiof the fieep
of Nature.' At the dawning of which Refurreftion
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Day* Chrift *Jhall come to be glorified in hu Saints-
kaA every one of the Bodies of the b Ihoufands of
™/*j»" !&*%* ffioned like unto his gloria*
Body) fliall jbtne as high as the d San. All the
4*gels fluning likewife in their Glory, the Body
of Chrifi furpaffing them all in Splendor and Glorl
and the Godhead excelling it. If "the ruing of 0m
5un, make the Morning Skie fo Glorious, what a
bright Aiming and Glorious Morning will that be
when fo many Thoufand Thoufands of Bodies fer
brighter than the Sw, foil appear and accompanJ
Chrift as his Glorious 7™», coming to keep his
general &?>»of e Righteoufnefs, and to judge the
wicked Angels, and ungodly 8 M*? And let
not anytranfitory Profit, Pleafure, or vain Glory
of this Day, caufe thee to lofe thy part and portioh
of the eternal Blifs and Glory of that Day, which
is properly termed the h RefurreSlion of the lull
Beafts have bodily Eyes, to fee the ordinary Light
of the Day: But endeavour thou with thi Ew of
Faitbg* for6fee the glorious light of that Dav
2. Thatthou know'ft nothow* M rthe€vilfpirit
(which' 'Ntght And Day like a roaring Lten,nJhth
about jeekingto-fovour thee} was unto the whM&tho*
ileptft, and waft not able to help thy [elf- and
that thou knoweft not what Mrfchief he would
hay^done to thee, had not God " hedged thee and
thrae,with his l ever-wakingPjwafc^and guard-
ed thee with his holy and bleffed ■ Angels
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a Ptf *r, to imitate him : And call to mind thsxCock*
trowing found of the lafi Trumpet, which (hall wa-
ken thee from the dead. And confider in what!
cafe thou wert , if it founded now ; and become fuch,
as thou wouldeft wifti to be then: Left at that day
thou wilt wifh that thou hadft never feen this ;
yea, b curfe the day of thy natural birth, for want
\ of being new born by fpiritual grace. d When j
the Cock crows, the Thief defpairs of his hope, and
gives over his nights enterprife : So the Dew/ceaf- j
eth to tempt or attempt any further, when he hears
the devout Soul wakening her felf with Morning
Prayer.
4. Remember that Almighty God is about thy
bed, and \\feetb thy down-lying, and thy up*ri$ng\
Vnderfiandetb thy thought^ and is acquainted with
all thy ways. Remember likewife, that his Holy
Angels, who guarded and watched over thee all
night, do alfo behold how thou c wakeft and rifeft.
Do all things therefore as in the awful prefenceoi
God, and in the Jight of his holy f Angels.
$. As thou art putting on thine Apparel, remem-
ber, that they were firft given as coverings of
fliame, being the filthy effeft of fin ; and that they
are made but of the ofals and excrements of dead
beafts. Therefore, whether thou refpeft the fluff,
or the firft institution*, thou haft jo little caufe to
be proud of them, that thou hajft great caufe to be
. bumbled at the fight and wearing of them : Seeing
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Shame. Meditate rather; that as thine Apparel
ferves to cover thy Shame, and to fence thy Bod/
from Cold: So thou fhouldeft be as careful to co-
ver thy Soul with that * wedding Garment, which
is the b Rigbteoufmfs of Chrifl, and ( becaufe appre-
hended by our Faith) called the Right eoufnefs 0/ the
Saints: Left whilft we are richly apparelled in the
fight of Men, we be not found to walk * naked, (To
that all our Filthinefs be feen) in the fight of God.
But that with his Righteoufnejs (as with a Robe) we
may cover omfelves from perpetual Shame ; and
fhield our Soulsfrom that fiery cold, that will pro-
cure eternal * weeping, and gnajhing of Teeth. And
withal confider now bleffed a People were our Na-
tion, if every filken Suit did cover a fan&ified Soul. '
And yet a Man would think that on whom God
beftowed moft of thete* outward BleQings, of them
he fhould receive greateft inward Thanks. But if it
prove otherwife, their reckoning will prove the
heavier in the Day of their Accounts.
6. Confider, how God's Mercy is renewed unto
thee f every Morning, in giving thee fas it were) a *
new Life ; and in caufing the Sun, after his inceflant
race, to rife again to give thee Light. Let not then
his glorious Light burn in vain j out prevent rather
(as oft as thou canftj) the Suthrifing, to give God
h Thanks; and kneeling down at thy Bed-fide fa*
lute him at the Day spring with fome devout Ante-
lucanum,ov morning Soliloquy : Containing an hum-
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bier Confeffion of thy £/*/, the pardon of all thy
Faults, a Thankfgiving for all his Benefit s, and a
craving of his gracious Prote&ion to his Church, thy
felf, and all that do belong unto thee.
Brief Directions how to read the Holy Scrip ores, once
every Tear over, with Eafe, Profit, and Reverence.
BUT forafmuch, that as Faith is the Soul, fo
reading and meditating of the Word of God, are
the Parents of Prayer, therefore before thou pray-
ed in the Morning, firft read a Chapter in-the Word
of God-, then meditate a while with thy felf, how
many excellent /i/^gjthoucanft remerrtbetout of it.
As firft, what good Counfelsor Exhortations
to good Works, and to a Holy Life,
Secondly, What Threatnings of Judgments a-
gainft fuch and fuch a Sin ; and what fearful Ex-
J amples of God's Punifhment or Vengeance upon
fuch and fuch Sinners.
Thirdly, what BleffingsGod/www/yi?/£ to Path
ence, Chaftity, Mercy, Alms-deeds, Zjal'in his Ser-
vice, Charity, Faith, and Tnfi in God, and fuch ]
like Chriftian Vertues.
Fourthly, What gracious Deliverances God hath
wrought, and what fpecial Bleftngs he hath be-
ftpwed upon them, who were his true and zealous
Servants.
Fifthly, Apply thefe things to thine own Heart,
and read not thefe Chapters, as matter of Hiftaricat
Difcour fc .• But as if they were fo many Letters or
Bpiftles tent down from God out of Heave* unto
thee : For whatfoever is written, is written for our
learning, Rom. x;«4» Sixthly,
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rence, as if God himfelf flood by, and [pake thefe
Words unto thre, to excite thee to thole Virtues^
to diffwade thee from thole Vices ; affuring thy
felf, that iffach (ins (as thou rfcadeft there) be found
in thee without Repentance, the like Plagues will
fall upon thee j but if thou doft pra&ice the tike
Viet) and Vertuout Deeds, the like Blejfings ftiall
come unto thee and thine. '**.'"'
In a Word ; apply all that\thou readeft in hotj
Scripture, to one of thefe two heads chiefly; either
to confirm thy Faith, or to encreafe thy repentance:
For as * Suftine & Abftine, bear and forbear, was
the Epitome of a good Philofophers Life ; fo Crede
& Rejipifce, Believe and Repent, is the whole fum
of a true Chriftians Profeffion. One Chapter thus
read with Vnderflanding, and meditated on with
Application, will better feed and comfort thy Sou!*
than five read and run over without marking their
Scope orSenfe, or making any ufe thereof to thin6
own felf. If in this manner thou (halt read Three
Chapters every Day ; one in the Morning, another
it Noon, and the third at Night, (reading fo many
Tfalms inftead of a Chapter, as our Church Lttur*
g7 appoints for Morning or Evening Prayers) thou
fhalt read over all the Canonical^ Scripture in zyear ;
*Eplfteti di&. t In the Canonical Books of the old Teftament
there are 931 Chapters: But diftributing the i5oPfalms intofi**
ty parts, thou- fhalt find but 841 \ which being added to 260 (the
number of the Chapters in the New Teftatnent) will arndurit ti
1101, dividing which by Three into 365, (the number ofth*
Days of the Year) there will remaiti but Six3 which thou majrft
difpofc bf ai i« pr^fetibed, ; n. .<■
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task of the laft Day of the Year. The reading of
the Bible in order, will help thee the better to un-
derftand both the Htftory and Scope of the holy
Scripture. And as for the * Apocrypha, being but
penned by Man's Spirit j thou mayft i;ead them at
thy pleafure j but believe them, fo far as they agree
with the Canonical Scripture, which is indited by
the Holy Ghbfi.
But it may be thou wilt fay, that thy Bafmefs
will not permit thee fo much Time> as to read every
Morning a Chapter, &c. Mw, remember that
thy Life is but Jbort % and that all this Bufmefs is but
for the ufe of this (hart Life ; But Salvation or Dam*
nation is everlafting \ Rife up therefore every Morn-
ing by fo much time the earlier : Defraud thy foggy
Flejh of fo much Sleep ; but rob not thy Soul of her
Food, nor God of his Service: And iervetbe^f/-
migbty duly whilft thou haft Time and Heahl?.
Having thus read thy Chapter, as thou art a*
bout to pray r remember, that God is a God of
fHoHnefs; whereof he waraethus by repeating
fo ofqpn, || Be ye Holy, for I am Holy. And when he
devoured with a fuddenFire,^ Nadab and Abihu, for
offering unto him Incenfe with $Jtrange Fire, elite
thofe now a- days, who offer Prayers Irom Hearts
* Hos viginti duos libros lege: Cunt Apocryphis nihU habeas
negotii: Hastantitm ftudiofe medicare Scnptura&. quasinEccl*
fi& confidenter legimus. Multo prudentior^s tc & Rcjigiofiorci
foerunt Apoftoli & priori Eptfcopi veritatis tapes, qjzi nobis ess
tradiderunt. Tu igitur ciimfenUus Ecclefifle, non tranfgrediarli
illius ter.ipinos. Ac veteris Xeftamenti ( at diftum eft ) viginti
duos meditarc libros, CyriUiuHitrofolytnita*. Gattcbfa. t Exod.a^
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fraught with the Fite of Luft and Malice:) The £#nf
would give no otherReafon of his judgment but this,
* / will he fanftified in them that come near me. As
if he (hpuld have faid, if I cannot be fan&ified by
them who are my Servants, in ferving me with that
Holinefs that they fliould j I will be fan&ified ox
them, by confounding them with my juft Judg-
ments, which their Lewdnefs doth deferve. God
therefore cannot abide any wilful Uncleannefs, or
Filthinefs in them, who ferve him : Info much that
he commanded the Ifraelites, that when they were
in Camp againft their Enemies, they fhould dig a
bole with a Paddle, and cover their excrements: His
Reafon is, f F& f ^ L&& *h G°& walketh in the
midjl of thy Camp to deliver thee, and to give thee
thine Enemies before thee : Therefoae thy Hoft /ball be
holy^ that be fee no filthy thing in thee, and turn may
from thee.
If he will have Men to be fo holy in time of War
in the field? How much more Holinefs expeð
he at our Hands* in time of Peace, in pur Houfes?
Therefore faith Zjfphar in || Job: If thou prepare
thine Heart, and fir etch out thy Hand towards God
to fray: If Iniquity be in thy Hand put it far away,
and let no Wictednefs dwell in thy Tabernacle. For,
as $ Efay faith, If there be any Vncleannefs in our
Hands, (that is, any Sin whereof we have not re*
pented) tho' we ftretch out our Hands unto him, and
tn&ke mwy Prtyers, the Lord will hide his Eyes from
us, and will not hear our 'Prayers. Therefore before
tho u p r a ye fly let Godfee-that thy Heart isfirronfvi
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for thy Sin ; and that thy Mind is refohed (thro'
the Afliltance of his Grace) "to amend thy Faults.
And then having wafhed thy felf, and ,adorned thy
Body with Jpparel, which befeemeth thy Calling*
and the Image of God, which thou beareft ; [but
thy Chambef-dbor, and kneel down at thy Bed-
* fiae, or fome other convenient Place ; and inreve-
; ^ rent Manner lifting up thy Heart* together with
thy Hands and Eyes, as in the Prefence of God,
who feeth the inward Intention of thy Soul, offer up
tjnto God from the Altar of a contrite Heart, thy
Prayer, as a Morning Sacrifice, thro 7 the Media-
tion of Chrift, in thefe, or the like Words.
A Prayer for the Morning*
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OMoft Mighty and Glorious God, full of Irk
comprehennble Power and Majefty, whofe
Glory the very *■ Heaven of Heavens is not able to
contain : Look down from Heaven, upon me thine
unworthy Servant, who here proftrate my felf at
the fc Foot-flooloi thy « Throne of Grace. . But look
upon me, O Father, thro' the Merit s^nd Mediation
ofjefw Chrift y i thy beloved Son, in whom only thou
art well f leafed. For of my felf I am not worthy
fo ftand in thy Prefence, or to fpqak with mine
e unclean lip to fo holy a God as thou art : !For thou
fenoweft that in f Sin 1 was conceived and torn, and
that I have lived ever fince in Iniauity : So that I
have broken all thy holy Commandments by finful
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Motions, unclean a Thoughts* evil Jtftnfr, and wick*
ed Works \ b omitting many of thofe Duties Ot Pi-
ety which thoti required for thy Service, and com-
mitting ttiany of thofe- Viges, which thou (under
the Penalty of thy DifpleafureJ haft forbidden*
[Here thou may'ft confefs unto God thy fecret
Sins^ which do raoft burthen thy Confcience $ with
the Circumftahces of the Time, Place, Peifon, and
Manner, how they were committed, faying, But.
more efpecidlly, Lord, i jo htre pith Grief of Hem
cenfefs unto thee,&c<>]
Acid for thefe my Sins, c O Lord, I ftand here?
Guilty of thy Curft, with all the Miferiei of this
\Afc&n&evtrUJkingTwme$HsiQ HeUrfir%, when this
wretched Life is ended, if thou flbould'ft deal with
me according to my Deterts. Yea, Lord, I confefs,
that it is d thy Mercy, which endurethfor ever, and
thyQofoptffwn which ttfver fails ^ that is the Caufe
that ". I have not been long ago eonjumed. e But
with thee, Lord, then u Mercy and fUnteous Re+ {
Aemption* I n the f Multitude therefore of thy Mer-
q, wdConfidtna in Cbttft y s Merits, I intrqat thy di-
viae Majesty,- that thoo wouldqft * not enter into
judgment mtbihy $Wvant, neither, he ex tr earn to mark
what I have hitfarta done amifs : For if thou doeft,
[hen no .Flejk can faj*ftifi*A in thy Sight, nor any liv-
ing ftand in thy Pretence. But be thou Merciful
unto me, and * #4$ way *& the ZfmUannefs of my
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910. Dan. 9. 11, Lev. il.i^&c. c Deut.27.2tf, Dan.9.11. Gal.
310. Efc'&il. *Lkfai:l.22. l ^P&l.i3o .^. fFftl.5.7. Pfal.xj.5-
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hath torn the 1 ftw/to?* of ttfftt a &*#*♦ whictr was
<fae -to my TVahf^afflotK; O Lord, deliver me
from tny 5»fr, and from aH thdfe 7<n&f»»<**/.wnich
Hahg 6¥er iky ileady a* due unto me for (hem \ and
lefttfate then* * a* far fro* iky Prefe/K», at the Baft
& fro* the ff^jfi feuty themittthe&/-ii/^65r#,
thai they may neVerftate • Power w rife up againft
m*, to ftartie me kfrthisi^fy or to condemn me in
the WWrf which is to come. And I befeech thee,
O Lord, net odty to wafli away my Skis wkh the
BbdJ of thine" Immaculate d Lmt', but aht* to
purge my *»**» by thy Holy Spirit, from the
cVofs of my natural Corruption ; That I may feet
thy * Spirit, more and more 4/Xftg my Sin, in the
Potter and fra&iee thereof i So that I may wkh
more freedom of As^M and llibeny of Wt& Ctrve
thee, the f B*erli/ti*g Gfitt it Righteotfmfi art Mo*
IHtefs th\s D»y. And give me draefe, that by the
Diftabn and Amftfifiee o**the fame thy Holy Spi-
rit, I may perftvere to be thy/iiif*/<r/and «qfajg*
WSerrant tomy Life's end : That when this8**r*
MLift h ended,! rrmy be hiadea Pwtifcerof A*
mortaliijy and everlaftirtg tlifpkieft in thy heaven*
fy Ki ngdom. In the mean time, Lord, whim
ft is rhy Wefled Will and Pleefore, that I nay con-
tinue to fjtend, and trtd rfsatyM number and rem'
nant of Days,, which thou haft .appointed for me
to live in this vale of Mifery, b Teach mefo to namler
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mj ddyi thit Imq aftlymy heart untomfddt* : And is
thoti ddft add Day* unto my Life, fo»good Lord,
Days j that, as t grow to 2W/> To I may enercaft
in Grdte, and Favour with thee, and all thy Vttpte.
And to this end, give unto me a fupply of all thole
Graces, Which thou knoweft to be wanting in me,
And iuc*jr*ry for me, with an encreafeof all thofe
good Gifts* wherewith thou haft already endow-
ed Me ; thatt> I may ba the better en J ft J to lead
fucb ft goJtflJfe, i*J totieft 0*t*rf*ti<m f as that
thy itfame may thereby be glorified, otken may
take good Example by me, and my Soul may more
cheatfully feed Oft the Ptdceof a good * Cotfritmt,
and be mote replenilhed with the Jy of the fMj
Gho/t* And here, O Lord, according to my bod*,
den Duty, t give thee moft humble and hearty
Tbtnks, fbr all thofe BlefRngs which of thy Good-
hefi thou haft beftowM upon me* And namely,
for that thou haft of thy free Love, according to
thine eternal Patpdfe h ekftiA mt hfire tbt Founda-
tion ef the WttU was laid, unto Sahithn in Jt-
fas Otrfft i Pot that ttteu haft ertmi me after thine
fc oam image, arid haft begun to reftore that ia me,
which was 16(1 in our flrft Parent* .- For thai thou
haft fcffefitually calPd me by the * Working of thy
fyfr/r/irt tfie * Printting of the GoffceJ, and the
receiving of the Satamtnts, to the Knowledge of
thySavrng^arace, arid ' Obedience to thy Blef-
fed Witf : For that thou haft bought and rtdtm-
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ed me with the Blood of thine only begotten Son,
JFrom the Tgrments of Hell, and thrall of Satan:
For that thou haft by Faith in Chrift* freely juftif
ed me, who am by Nature the Chili of Wrath : For
that thou haft in good Meafure h fanftified me by
thy holy Spirit, and given me fo large a Tune to
repent, together with the Means of Repentance. I
thank thee likewife,good Lord, formy£//*, Health,
Wealth, Food, Raiment, Peace, Profperity, and P lew
ty : And for that thou haft preferv'd me this Night,
irdm all Perils and Dangers of Body and Soul, and
haft brought me Cafe to the beginning of this Dsy.
And as thou haft now waken'd my Body from Sleep;
fo I befeeoh thee waken my c Soul from Sin, and
carnal Security: And as thou haft caufed the light
-of the D4y to jhine in tny bodily Eyes) fo, good
Lord, caufe the Light of thy *.Word, and Holy
•Spirit, to illuminate my Heart} and give me Grace,
. as one of thy c Children of Light, to walk in all ho.
ly Obedience before thy Ffcce this Day : And that
. I may * endeavour to keep Faith and a clear Conference
. towards thee, ayd towards all Men, in all ipjUThoughts,
-Words, and Dealings. And fo,good Lord, blefs
. all my Studies and A&ions, which 1 (hall take in
Hand this Day fas that they may tend to thy Glory,
the Good of others, and the fomfort of mine own
Soul and Confcience in that Day, when I (ball
make my iipal Accounts unto thee for them. O my
: God, keep thy Servant, that I do no Evil unto any
. Man this Day : And let it be thy bleflfed. Will, not
•Rom.}. 28. GaLi.irf. Ephcf k /.q. b iCor.dL,n.. iPet.1.1.
aFet.3.9- c Eph..j.i3. d Ibid, c Luke 16.8. Phil. 2.1;. f A&$
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to fuffer cbe Devil nor his wicked * Angels, nor any
of bis evil Members, or my malicious Enemies, to
have any Power to do me any Hurt or Violence,.
Bat let the Eye of thy holy Providence watch over
me, h for Gotland net for Evil; and command thy
holj Angels to fifth their Tents round about me, for my
defence and (afety in my going out and coming in 9
as c thou haft promifed they fhauld do about them
that fear thy Name. For, d into thy hands, Father \
I do here commend my Soul, and Body, my Adions,
and all that ever I have, to be guided, defended,
and protected by thee ; being atfur'd, that whatfo-
ever thou takeft into thy Cuftody v cannot perifb,
nor fuffer any hurt or harm. And if I, at any time
this day, (hall thro* frailty forget thee ; yet, L/>rd, I
befeech thee, do thou.* in Mercy remember me,
And I pray not unto thee* Father, for my felf a-
lone, but I befeech thee alfo be merciful unto thy
whole CburcbfitiAchpfen people,whe?efoever they
live upon the Face^pf the Earth. Defend them
from the rag^^rid tyranny of the Devil, the World
and Antkhrift/ Give thy GofpeU free and a joyful
Paffage thro 1 thq fVorld 9 for the converfton of thofe
who belong to thine Eleftion and Kjngdom.
Blefs f th&.Ckurches and KJng4oms (wherein wc
live) with the Continuance of Peace, Juftice ancj;
true Religion. 8 Blefs our gracious Sovereign Lord
the King, and all the Royal Family. Incrcafe
in them aU heroical Gifts, VLtidfpiritual Grace?, whidfc
mav make them fit for thofeplaces, for which thou
halt ~o?3HhaT them. Dire"2f ' all the "Hfobility^
a Pftta*.7 % tPfiL91.11.' ?Ffml.ii. j. Lukfr* xjfi. *WM!*
31. e Plal. 1 j. ii, 19. Ifa. 39. 8. f Plal. 72. ij. \ Tim. 2. a. m
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*B'Jho?s 7 MiftifterS) and Mogifirotos *f this Church
and Common- wealth, to govern the Commons im
true Religion, Jnfiicfj Ohedience r and Tranquillity*
Be Merciful unto all the Brethren which fear thee,
and call upon thy Name. And Comfort as tmny
among them, as are b $i*k and ComfQrtlefs in Befy
or Mind: Efpecially be Favourable to all fuch as
fufer *ny Trouble or Ferfecutioq for the * Tefthnonjf
of thy 1 ruth, and Holy Goffeli Arid give them a
gracious * Deliverance out of all their Troubles,
Whicti way it (hall feetn bed to thy Htfiom; for
the Glory of thy Mf art, the fattier enlarging of the
Truth, and the more ample encreafeof c their own
Comfort and Confolation. Haften thy coming, O
bUffed Saviour , and end thefe fhful Day^ And
give me Grace, that, likp a f wife Virgin I may
e prepared with Oyt in my Lam fa to tuqet thee
the fweet Bridegroom of my Soul at thy coming,
Whether It be by the Day of Death, or of Judgment :
And then, Lord Jefus, come when thou wile j
* even Lord Jefus eome quitkly. Tbcfe ? all oth$r
Graces which thou kaoweft Needful arid Neceffiry
for me, this Day and evermore, I humbly beg
and crave at thy Hands, O Father; giving thee
t*y Glory, in that form of Prayer, which thrift
l|imfelf hath taught me to fay unto thee.
* Our Father jphkh art in Medven^ Hallowed he tty
liame y &c.
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Meditations, tofiir up to Morning Prayer.
IF when thou art about to pray, Satan ihaD fug-
geft that thy Prayers are too long, and that
therefore it were better either to omit Prayers, pr
elfe to cut them fhorter : Meditate, that Prayer is
thy *fpiritu*l Sicrffie, wherewith God is weB pua/ed',
and therefore it isfodifpleafing to the Devil, and
fo irkfome to the Fkjb. Bead therefore thy Jf-
feHums ( will they, nill they ^ to ft) holy an Exer-
cifc j afluriag tby fclf, that it doth by fo much
the more pkafe God, by how much the more it is
unpkafmg to thy Fkjh,
a. Forget not bow the Holy Ghofi puts it down
as a fpeeuU note of Reprobates : b They c4 not upon
tbo Lord i Then call not nfon Goj. And when Eli-
pk*c fuppo&d that JdMwStofthe Fear of God,
and thai God hsdioft* Joh out of his Favour, he
cbargeth htm that he rtfiwnoi Prayer before God:
Making that a fare mte of the «**, and a fufficieot
canfttf the other. On the other fide, that God
hath promifcd that* l whofoever jbd 'eak Un his Name
fbafi, kfoved* It is certain, that he who mafceth
no CooCcienceof the Duty of Prayer t hath no Grace
oftRebdytyr&iabifli. For the Spirit of c (?*v«*y
and of Prayer, are one: And therefore Grace and
Prayer go together. But he that can from a pi*
nitemt Heart (Morning and Evening) pray unto
God; k is fare-, that he hath his mtjjtre of Grgfe
in this World j and he (hall have his Portion of
Glory in the Life which is to come.
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7. Remember, that as loathing of Meat, arid
painfulnefs of fpeaking, are two Symptoms of a fick
Body ; fo Irkfomenefs of Praying when thou talked
with God, and Carelefsnefs, in hearing, w fen God,
by his Word % fpeaks unto thee* are two jure Signs
of a fick Soul.
4. Oil to mind the zealous Devotions of the
Chriftians in the Primitive Church} who fpent
many whole Nights and Vigils in watching arid
prkying for the Forgivcnefs of their Sins; and that
they might be foupd ready at the comingof Chrift.
And how that David was hot Content * tdprq at
Mornings at Evening, and at Noon: But he woutd
alfo b rife up at Midttight to pray unto God. And
if 'Chrift did Chide his Difciples, becaufe they
would not < watch with him one Hour in fraying;
what chiding doft thou deferve, who thinkeft \t
t6qi long to continue in Prayer but one quarter of
an Hour ? If thou haft fpent divers Hours in feeing
a vafn Mdsk y or Play ; yea, whole days and nights in
tar ding and dicing; to pleafe thy Flejh : J$e alhamed
to think a Prayer of a quarter of an Hour long,
to be tod long an Exercife for the Service of God. *
. 5. Confider, that if the Pspifts in their MndSu-
perflition, do in an unknown, and therefore d urh
edifying Tongue (fit only for theChilnren of c myf
tied Babylon ) mutter over upon their f Be ads y e-
very Morning and Evening, r fo taany Scores of
Jve-Maries. Pater-Nofters* and Idolatrous Pray*
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rife up in Judgment againft thee, profefling thy felf
to be a true Worfhipper of Chrifll If that thou
thinkeft thefe Prayers to be too long a Task, being
(horter for Quantity than theirs, but far more Pro-
fitable for Quality, tending only to God's Glory,
and thy Good ; and fo compiled of Scripture phrafe,
as that thou may'ft fpeak to God as well in his
own holy Words j as in thine own native Language.
Be afhamed, that Papifts in their fuperfiitions wor-
fhippitig of creatures, fhould (hew themfelves more
Devout than thou in the jincere worfliipping of the
true and a only God And indeed, a Prayer in pri-
vate Devotion, fhould hp one b continued Speech,
rather than many broken Fragments.
$. Laftly, When fuch Thoughts come into thy
Heady either to keep thee from Prayer, or to diftraft
thee in frayhgi Remember that thofe are the
c Fowls which the evil one fends to devour the good
£**i,. and the Cdrkaffes of thy fpiritualSacrifices:
But endeavour, With d Abraham, to drive them a-
waj. Yet ttotwithftadding, if thou perceiveft at
fometimes, that thy Spirits are duB, and thy Mind
not apr fotPrajier, and h6ly Devotion 5 ftrive not
too much for that time; but humbttng thy felf at
the Sineeoi tfaiae Infirmity and Dufnefs, knowing
that God? accepted* the c willing Mini (thtf it b?
opprefied with xfaheammfi tfthejkfii) endeavour
the ^jcrthfneto^c^^^^thisDulnift, by redoub-
ling thy Zeal ; and forihe Tim^^W, commend
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Anther flwt Morning Pr*jir.
OMoft gracious Get, and merciful Fa/Arr, I
thine unworthy Strvvtt do here acknow-
ledge, that ?$ I have been j*r/» in £**, fo I have /to-
ft/ » Inifuitji and broken «t*g» 0* of thy Com-
mandments, in Thought* Word and Deed; fbl-
lowing the Dtfim of mine own Wit, and L*ftt of
jny &efi t not earing to he govero'd by thy holy
Word and Spirit ; and therefore I have jultly defer,
ed all Shame and Mifto in this Life, and everlaftiog
"Condemnation in tftU>]ire, if thou (houldcft but deal
with me according to thy jfaifc* a nd my-ptftrt.
Wherefore, O Heavenly frffe* I bcfeech thee
(for thy Son jefm Ckrifi hit Sake, and for the Me-
rit* of that wfisr Death wdbtody Paflioo, wbkh
I believe t|»t ^ hatb fuffemd far wr) ithat thou
would'ft pardon and mrgfae unto me all my Sins,
and deliver me from, the Shame and Vengeance
which i* dye to me for them. And teodthr holy
Spirit in#>my fiiwrt, which may uflqre mo that
ihou art my Ftftor* aod that I am thy Cfafii, and
that thou iov'ft me with an unchangeable Love :
&n$ let the &tna thy good. Spirit had me in thy
3w«A, and fwrifrta me, more and mare, ail world,
|y and cari»jj!,«fo» that my Sins may more and
moroV^ jOAfflei and thatilmay ierveJKheein «*
feigned Ri^Kteoutbefs and Hnlinefs this day,and all
the Dayfof: my Lifej that when tbis mortal Uf?
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heavenly Kingdom. And here, Q Lmd y from the
bottom of ray Heart, I thank thee for aU thy Bkf~
Jf»gs, which thou haft Mowed upon ray Sam
and Body: For «£#/*£ me in thy Z*v#, nuktm-
4# roe by thy &>», f**8tfyivg me by thy ty»#,
ana* prtJerviiigtiM from ray Youth up, until chfe
frtfent Day and Hour, by diy moft gracious Pi*.
<uidence,
I thank thee more efpecially, for that thou baft
defended me this Night from all Perils and Dan*
gers, and haft brought me fafie to the htgi*vtag of
this Day. And now (good Lord) I befeech thee,
keep me this Day from all Eyi! that may hurt mt t
and from falling into. any grofs Sin that would of-
fend thee. Set thy Fear before my Eyes, and lee
thy Spirit fo rulo My Heart, that all that T &all
think, do, or- fpeak this Day, may tend to thy
Glory, the Good of others, and the Ptmt of mine
own Conference. And to this end, I commend
my fdf, and all my Ways and Anions, together
with all that do belong unto me, unto thy graei*
ous Dire8i<MiM JtaMtfio** praying thee to keep
both thenvand me from all EviJ; and togise a
Biefimg to all Our boneft £*W* and £*4t*iiyfri»
Deftndthy whole Church from the Tyranny ofjrhe
World, and of AntichriftH Prefervc our grackwi.
Klfrg from all Confyiracies and Tfetibnss Grant
Him a long and Prosperous Reigpover lis. ' Bkft
th*reft of the Royal Family, .endow them Wittf
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their Places. Be Favourable to all that Fear thee,
and Tremble at thy Judgments ; Comfort all thofe
chat are Skk and Comfortless. Lord keep me in a
continual Readinefe, by Faith and Repentance, for
my laft End ; that whether I Live or Die, I may
& found thine own, to thine eternal Glory, and
•mine everlafting Salvation, thro' Jefm Cbrift my
x>dy Saviour. In whofe bleffecj iName I beg theft
Mercies at thy Hands, and give unto thee thy Praife
and Glory, in that Prayer, which he \mfanfti-
ff& with his own Lips, faying, Our Father, which
art in Heaven, Hallowed he thy Name, &c.
Father Mediutions, to fiir uf to Prayer in the
Morning.
•*••§ *Hiak not any Bnfnefs or Hafie (tho' never
J. fo great) a fufficient J&cufe to omit Prayer
in the Morning: But meditate,
i. That the gretter thy Bufinefs is, by. fo much
the More Need thou haft to pray for God's good
Speed and Bieffing thereon ; feeing it is certain, that
nothing can Proffer vitbout bit Blefjbtg.
j. "A. ; That many a Man, when be thought him-
ktffareft, has ban fooneJi crafted, fo may 'ft thou.
; ' 9 v -That many a Man has gone out of his Door,
and never come in. again. * Many a Man who
rofe well and lively in the Morning, has been ieen
a'cfead Man elerfcJight. So may it befall thee;
and if thou be faCarcfnl before thou goeft abroad
to Drink,' to i^pce chy Body from ill. Airs j how
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prefer ve thy Soul from evil temptations ?
4* That the time fpeat in Prayer never hindreth,
but further eth and profpereth a Man's Journey and
Bufinefs.
5. That in going abroad into the World, thou
goeft into a F<?ri# full of unknown Dangers, where
thou flialt meet many Briers to tear thy good 'Name,
many Snares to trap thy Life, and many Hunters
to devour thy Soul. It is a Field of pleafant Grafs,
but full of poifonous Serpents. Adventure not thfcrcr
fore to go naked ajnongft thefe Briers, till thou hall
prayed Chrift to death thee with his Righteoufnefs:
Nof to pafs through tbefe Snares and Ambufbmepts,
till thou haft prayed for God's ProvidenceK.0 be thy
Guide: Nor to walk Bare-foot through this fnaJty
Field, till hzviagthy Feet jbod with the Preparation
of the Gofpel of Peace, thou haft prayed to have//#
the hrazen Serpent in the Eyes of thy Faith ; that fo
if thou comeft not home holier, thou may'ft be
fure not to return xvorfer than when thou wenteft
out of Door. .
Therefore tho* thy Hafte l?e never fo much, or
thy Bufinefs never u> great ; yet go not about it,
nor out of thy Doors, till thou haft at leaft us'd this,
or the like ftiort Prayer.
A brief Prayer for the Morning, r
O Merciful Father, for Jefus Chrift his fake, \
befeech thee, forgive me all my knms^aaA
fecret Sins, which in Thought, Word, or Deed*: I
have committed againft thy Divine Majefty, and
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dellvfef me from all thofe ^uigmems, which are
due unto me for them! And finttify my ftetrt
With thy Holy. Spirit, that 1 may henceforth lead
a more godly and religious Life. And here, (O
Lord) I praife thy holy Name, for that thou haft
f efreihed me this Night with modertte fletp and teft*
J befeech the likewifc defend me this Day from
kit Perils and Dangers of Body and Soul. And to
this end I commend my felf andall.my Aft ions on*
ttf thy blefled Protection and Government : Be*
leeching thee, that whether I Live at ttie, I may
Live and Die rt thy Glory, and the 9alvatiori of
my poor Soul, which thou hafi bought with thy
precious Blood. Blels me therefore, Lord, in
my goifigout and coming in; and grant that what*
fcever 1 Thall think, he tk, or rake in tiattd this Day,
may tend to the Glory of thy tfam&V tixtmi <f
jothers, and the Cmftft of hiine dwn.pdmcfence,
.When I lhall come to make before th*e tityiafr Ac*
counts. Grant this, heavenly #athef. for 5 efiK
Chrift thy Son's fake.* In whole fileffea Name I
five thee thy G/ory, and bee at my Hands aft dither
'rices which thou feeft tdbe needful for me this
t>ay and ever, in that Prayer which Cbr$ hiraleff
has Taught me, faying, Our Jtoifc^^c.
MeditAtioHS) Hre&ing a Cktif&My 1ftk> be may walk
7 . dll the Day n>ithGod> like Enpch. m _
MAving thus hegti*, keep aO the pay afikr m di-
ligent a tvAtthtt thou carift over aft 1 tfy
ThoA&hs, WorAs^aA A&lons\ which thottinay'ft
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fttfily do, by craving the Afliftanoa of* <?«/»/ #*
£ £/#r/t, a Ad obferving thefe few Rules:
fyftifor thy Thoughts.
t. TJfi fc careful to fupprefc every Sin in thejfrtf
£3 4»»*w. Daft * Atytert Children (whUft
they are jw*g) againft the Stones. Tread (be*
tkties) ' the Cttkatritft Egg, left it break out into
a Serpent. te{ Sin be to thy Heart a Stranger, not
a Heme-dmller. Take heed of falling oft into tl»
fame Sm, left "fe **/?»*» ^ ^w»i»g * takt a*ay the
Cerftletce ef Sit* add then fcak thou wax To imp*
dentty tffhktdi that thou wiit neither/wr God, m
Reverence Mao,
2; Suffer not thy Mhd to feed it fcif upon any
Imagination, which is either impajfiUe for thee to
do, or unpttftaUe if it be done; but rather think
of the #V*V P*wr/y, co condemn iff of Death,
to etpe& it t of Judgment) to avoid k; of HtM> to
efcape it ; and of £/***#, to defire it*
a. Defire not to fulfil thy Mind in all things $
bat learn to deny thy (elf theft Defires (tho' never
fo pleating to thy Nature) which being attained*
will draw either Scandal on thy Retigiott, or hand
to thy Ptrfo*. Confider in every thing the End,
before thou attempt the AStkm,
4. Labour daily more and more to fee thine bWn
Mtfhrj, through Vthetief, Self-Lev*) and ualfal
br&cbesif OotTt Laws; and the tfeteffityrf GotHs
tn It ^i t -Kin. 1
»Rcm.tf.i<5. bEph.^.97. tPW.137-9- *1&-J9-Js •<Jfc*
confcwntix curam •bjiciunr. nee homines retcrentur necDeuro.
Ztth S.17. ProV.e.t 4 -
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Mercy, thro* the Merits of ChriJPs Paffion, to be
ilich j that if thou wert demanded, What is the
vileft Creature upon Earth * Thy Confcience may
anfwer, Mine .wn felf by Reafon of jny great Sins:
And if on the other fide thou wert ask'd, What thou
ifttemefi to be the molt Precious thing in the World ?
Thy Heart might anfwer, One drop qf ChriJPs Blood
to wafh away my Sins. And as thou tendered the
Salvation of thy Soul,, live not in ainy wilful Filtbi-
nefs. Vovjrue Faith, and the Pttrjfofe of. Sitting,
can never (land together, . ,
* $. App^ovetbyfelftobea/r^^r't/iWr/ofChrifl:,
not only in thy general Calling, as in the frequent
«fc of the Word and Sacraments ; but alio in thy
Particular, in making Confcietice to efcbew every
known Sin, land tb obey God id every one of his
Command mepts; like Jofias, who turned to Get
jaitb aB his. ffeart,, according to\ all the Law of Mofes * :
^And Zjchfty gnd Elizrf>eth,yoho waited in ail the
Cpnmandjmenks\of God, without Reproof ; But if at
any time thro* Frailty, tbpu flippeft into any Sin,
lye riot in it, but fpeedily rife out of it by unfeign-
ed Repentance; praying for Pardon, till thy Con*
fcience be pacif/d*Shy hatred <^.Sin encreafed, and
jthy purpofe rfdppendment confirmed.
; (S. Beware of $ failing Popularity ty Adu|atiOun>
the End never prQves goofc and tho? attaia^ by
'ducDeferts, ye$,manage it wifely, left it prove naore
'Dangerous than Contempt. For States defire \mt to
hep down y whom they contemn for their V^mrthu
nefs; but to tut-off, whornthey envy for. their G*eah
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ing the prtmifes) neither affeS'etb nor peglefteih P6L
puiarity. But in arty tyife cake heed of harbouring
a * difcqntemcd Mind?; for it may work thee more
Woe, than thou art aware of. It is ifpecial Mercy^
in the multitude of fo many Bleftngs aS thou doeff
enjov, to have f ome Crops. God gives thee many
Bleflfaas, left thro 1 Want ("being his Child") thou
fhoulaift Dp [pair : Arid he fends thee/oft* Crojfes, left
by too much Profpefity (playing the Pool) thod
fhoulcTft prefumfc. Many who have mounted tor
great dignities, would have contented thefflfelves
with b meaner, had they known their * great Dangers i
Affe& therefore Competency, rather than Emineitcy.
And m all thy #9// ever have an Eye to GodW/tf,
left .thy Self-a8ion turn to thine own Deftruftion;
Hajipy is the Man, wtioin this Life d is leaft knowrt
bf the World, fo that he doth truly know God,
and himfelf. . Whatfobver Crofs therefore thou hall
to difeoxrent thee, remember, that it is tefs than thy
Sins tywe&ftrved. CcJunt therefore Chrift thy chief-
eft Joy\ ahd Sin thy. greateft Grief; efteem do Want,
to t&voatot of Grkce\nov any L0/} to the JLo/x of
God's Favour: ,And then the Difcontentment for
outward Muns fhall' the lefs perplex thine inward
Mind. And as oft i^SataH (hall offer any Motiotf
ofdilcbptentmentto thy Mind, remember S. PauPs*
AdnAprrition, * We brought nothing into this World,
* Socrates in forum egrcflus, qufcmmultis ego; inquit, non c*
go? Non eft ergo pauper; qui caret, fed qulc*getr: *> DimldiufiT
plustQtQ. $tfiod. S Feriunt^ununos fujpaina montes. Horat. Tan*
gunt i^afenos trlftia fata dleos^ Ovid. A*(U Ricipai. Qui hocus ai—
rcis omnp>us, ighotusmoriturfibi. Sen. A t Tim. 6, 7, 8, 9. 'Infa-
m«dapmandi furit qui t*nj.multa tarn anxjl congcrunr, quutri
i mtirfj^uciibpfisVKta. : . ! 1
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and it u certain^ we can carry nothing out. And. hav-
ing food and Raiment \ let $u he p herewith content.
But they that will he rich fall into Temptation^ and a
Snare , and intojnanyfoolijh and hurtful Lufls y which
drown Men in Deft raft ion and Perdition. Pray there-
fore With wife * Agur : Lord % jyve me neither Po-
verty nor Riches : Feed me with Food convenient for
me; kfl J he toofulL and deny thet y and fay\ Who u
mLordf Or hi I he Poor, and Steal, and take the
Name of my God in Vain.
7. fcftow no more Thought upon worldly things
than thou needs muft, for the Difcharge of thy
ttaceivA the b maintenance of thy Efiaie ; but ffiU
let thy Care be greater for • heavenly, than earthly
Things; and Be more grieved for a f ^ornurti^
to God, than for any Injury offered to thy lelf:
&ut if any Injury Be offered unio thee, heat it as
a Chriftian, With Patience, ftever was an innocent
Man wronged, but if he patiently bore his Croft, he
^overcame in the end. But thy good Name in the ,
mean while is wounded, bear that alfo with Pa-
tience. For he that at the laft Day will give thy
Body a Refur reft ion ; will as fare in his good time,
grant a Refurre&ion to thy good Name. If impa-
tiently thou frett'ft and yex'ft at thy Wrongs, the
Hurt which thou doft thy felf, is more thanthat
which thine Enemy caii do unto thee. Neither
danft thou morer^rc him, than to hear that it
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• Pirov. 30. 8. 9. b 1 TJm. <J. 8/9 . Gch. i*. so- • tdt.t
thil,3.29,dj (h. j. 9. .Pfal. 'ij* c ii,ftc. * JWbife vSiceiW
nus eft patientia : v vihcit qui patijfur : (1 vis Viftcere, difc£ ( r m*.
Optima injuria ultio eft oblivio : efficlt cnim tit abuftuitt fcyetj
&cc magi* l*dat, quam fi fafta non effct.
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throughly vexed thee. But if thou canft fliew
Patience on Earth, God will fliew himfelf Jnfi from
tJeuveu. Pray for him ; for if thou be a good Mm
thy felf, thou canft not tkut rejoyte if thou fliouldtt
lee thy mrfi Enemy to become a good Mm too.
But if he ftill tontiuuetfs in his Mtlicc, and iticresfeth
in hi) Mifthief; give thou thy felf unto Prayer.;
committing thy fetf, and commending thy C**fe
unto the Righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth;
faying with 3Mpy, * ° £<W <f H$s that judgefi
krig>t*<mfy, wed ttytf the Reins and the Heart ; VeH~
?ttmce & thine, and onto thte have I oftfd my Cattfe.
n die mean while* mat ( with David) on the Lord\
he of god Courage, and he JbtE xatnfort thine Heart*
8. The more others f commend thee for an ex*
cellent Aft, be 1 thou the more humlle in thine on*
Thoughts. Affeft not the vain iVaifes of <Men : The
Btefled Virgin was troubled when Ihe was truly
praifed of an Angel. They (hall be praifed of An-
gels in Heaven, who have efchew'd the Praifes of
Men on Earth. Neither needeft thou praife thy
^;deal but uprightly, || others will do that far
thee* Be not thou Curious to know other Mi/is
Doings, 'but father be careful that no Man know
any HI dealings by thee.
9. Eftee'm no Sin little; for the Curfe of Cod jfef
due to the ie*ft j and the leaft would have damn'd
thee, had not the 3ph tif <3od dfd for thee, .Be-
wail Hierefare*he Wferi of thine, own State ; and
*&G^ttmis>mkMked,§m0nrtifor the Iniquity of the
* Jfer. 11.10. + Nc verbis quod fcis oflentes, icA rebdi te often-
de fcirt. llPftl.49. i8.'5E«fc.9.4.*fid.5».9, 1c.Mtrk3.5-
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7/w«. Pray to God to amend it, and be not thou
one of them that make it warfe.
i o. Laflj, Think often of the ■ Jbortnefs of thy
■Lift, and certainty of Death: And wifli rather a
■good Lift than a long. For as Ok* D*? of Mtns
Life is* to be preferr'd before the longeft Age of a
-StagfQV Rat/en; fo one Day fpent religioufly, is to
be higher valu'd, than a Man's whole Life that is
: coofum'd in Prophanenefs.
••'•' Caft over therefore once every Day, the num-
ber of thy Days, by fuhftrt&'mg thbfe that are paft
(as being vanilh'd like Yefter-nights Dream) con-
itra&ing them that are to come, (fmce the one half
muft bejlept out, the reft made uncomfortable, by
the Troubles of the Worlds thy own Sickmfs, and
the Death of Friends) counting c the only prefer*
Day thine, which fpend, as if thou wert. to fpeod
m mote.
Secondly, For thy Words,
f
> |3 Emember, that thou muft Anfwer for c-
v J\ very d idle Word^ that in c multiUxjuy, the
wifeft Man (hall overjboct bimfeif. . Avoid there-
fore all tediouf and idle Tdh^ whereof feldom ari-
feth Comfort, many times f Repentance \ efpecially
beware of rajh Afifwers, when the Tongue out-runs
. < m -. ; : r— K ~ j-
*Heufbgiuntfraenononremorantcdies. Pfkl, 90.9,10,11. Non
qu*mditt,fcdqu£mfoMii. b Fuit,nonvixit.&rf» Non refert quan-
ta fit vitae diuturnitas, fed qtHalis fitadminiftratio. Vvvt$. Tota vi-
ta dies unu^at minim fit homines non exfariariiifdem toties re-
deuntibus. c Nori poteft prarfentem diem re&fcvhrere is, quife
non earn quafi ultimam vifturum effe cogitat. * Majth. 1 a. 36.
a Pfov.10.19. f Dixcflcfepe psnituit, tacuiiTeyer^nunquam.
••• fit
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the Mind. The WW * as thint whiPft flfrw Ap/#
it in ; it is * Another's as foon as k is out. the
fhame, when a Man's own Tongue (hall be produced
a Witnefs, to the ccnfufion or his own Face I
Let then thy Words be/w, but advifed ; fere-
thlnfy whether that which thou art to (peak, be b
/it to be fpoken ; affirm no more than what thou
knoweft to be true; and be rather c filent, than '
fpeak to an ill, or to no purpofe.
z, Let thy Heart and Tongue ever go together
in Honefy and Truth ; hate d Diflembhng and Ly-
ing in another, deteft it in thyfelf or God will de-
teft thee for it : For he hatetb a Lyar, and his Father
the Devil alike. And if once thou be difco vered to
make no Confcience of [Lying, no Man will believe
thee when thou fpeakeft a Truth ; but if thou loveft
Truth, more credit will be given to thy WW, than
to a Lya^s Oath. Great is the pofleffion which Sal-
tan has in thofe, who are fo accuftomed to Lying,
that they will Lye tho* they get nothing by it them- ,
[elves , nor are compell' d unto it by others. Let not"
thine Anger remain, when thou feeft the caufe re-
moved : And ever diftinguiihed *twixt him that of-
fended! df c infirmity (or againft his mil) and him'
who.offendeth f maiicioujly, and of let purpofe: Lee
the one have Pity, and the other Jufiice.
3 . Keep thy Speech as clean from all ohfcemty y as
* Ncfit vox mifia reverti. Qutm pcriculofum illud, Lingua
quo vadis ? b Ncfcit pcejiitenda loqm, qui profcrenda priils fuo
tradiditexamini. C^dsrJib.io.Efifi.^. € James s. 19. Cdnfulttti*
eft tacerequam incpti loquL * iPct.a.i. Pfal.j.a. Siiuendacem
tc norkit, ncmotibtcrcdct,ctiamfiafiinne$ veriffima. -dr/7?. fOdi
tanquaja amacurus. Prov.&jo, AGS3.J7 i Tim.*. 13. f Pfil.$9.
3,5- &*<>*•*. \ . .
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thou wouTcPft thy ^/*4f from Poifon : 4nd Jet thy
Talk be a gracious, that he that hears thee, may
grow better by thee $ and be ever more earned
when thou * fpeakeft of Religion than when thou
jaJkeft of Worldly Matters.
ff thou perceive/1 that thou haft *rraf f perfevere
not in thine nrw ; rejoyce to find the Tmth, and
* magnify it. Study therefore three things efpecUl-
ly j to undtrjtand well, to fay mR> and to do well*
And when thou meeteft with God's Children^ be
fafc to make fome holy advantage by them; learn
of them all the good that thou capfl ; and commu-
nicate with them aA the good things that thou
fysomfl. The more good thou teacheft others, the
more tyill God ftill d minifter unto thee. For, as
the Gifts of Men, by much ufing, &operijb and de-
snafc i fo the Gtfts of God, by much ufing, do
the mor$ from and increale; Like the c Widmt
ditcher of Oyl, which the more it pour'd to fill
other Vtffels, the more it was ftill replenished ia
its felf.
4% Beware that ypu believe not all that is ioty
you ; and that you tell not fall that you hear \ for
if you do, you (hall not long enjoy true Friends,
nor ever want great Troubles. Therefore in Accu-
sations be firft affured of the Truths then cenfure.
And as thou tendered the reputation of aa honefi
Heart; never let malm v\ hatred tnake thee to
»1ftoti.4.i9. Pfal.i.i. P1pv.31.atf. Pii eft alios 1*44®* pics*
*> Ma, 1 39. 21 . tlfy .9. c Si veto* audit* fifcntio, mattmts *fevc-
rfcic, ittiqac, tmnquta divine, rcl tftagitd. d Mark 4. ^ as-
« Kings 4. a. fEcclcf.3.7. Luke 2. 19. Arcanum tibicrcdisw
fillips cuflodi, quim depofioun pecuniam. M
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revptfifcQ'yhicjfi Love in friend/hip bound thee a
fagg junje to 'effaced. J&ut for fear of fuch ajftei>
c^ap?, pqferye twp "fhings.
JFirft, Tho' . fi^qu ba$ tpany Jcquvntattts ; yet
jp&e opt axytfryf/tttfitiar Ffiend, but him that /r*/p
a j^r; G^: Such an, one thou never need'ft to fear.
For tho* you fliould infotne particulars, fall but,
y et,Chrifqap Love, the mtingroundof your Friend-
flup, will nevqr fajf away ; and the Fear of God
y#l never differ fywa to do thee any Villa ny. " Se-
condly, Do .notching in the fight of a b civil Friend,
for w&ch 4thou c^nft not be fafe, unlefs it be con-
cealed, nor anyiKing, for which (jfj*ft caufe.^e
offered) ,thou needll ,fear him, if he proves' thine
ftjwft E^my, If thou haft done any jhiug amiis,
ask<Gx*d forgive,ne&, and perfwade thy felt rather
than %' Friepfy *? c keep tn *iJ e , own Counftl.
For Jt>e affured, that wha> Friendftiip foeyer is
^grounded upon any other 'Caufe than (rue Religi-
on ; ,if e,ve.r that Catft fail, ,the friendlhip falleth
.off; And the rather, becaufe that as God breeds
among fylen, frnkt Pe*ce and Arpitji that we
Jhould live to do qne anqt her good ; fo the Devil
daijy foweth * fyubwd, Dtfcord and Enmity y to
capfe (if he.cap) \t(e deleft Friends to devour one
another.
S* Make,not a * Jeft of another plan's Infirmity :
* Vera amicitia tantumoaodo eft later bonos. Mali nee inter
Je amici font, nee cum bonis. k Civilem amicum flc habeas, ut
MfB "pofle intmknm fieri. c Good taceri vis, prior ipft faceas,
'•"^Bnm j&bn eft:hojBwopw,,fetKquod verburofonat) bejlnarum,
& com viriis, non hotninibus, gerendum! Eph 1 . f .'4.' Pfal. 1 y . > .
elrridece phun ne&f: impfom, immape : hpeninem, inhnnjanum,.
Ww»lidkurfibi.i»i$i^utlrn4eri,roereatur.
M'4 Remember
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Remember thine own. Abhor the frothy fVit of
a filthy Nature, whofe Brains having once conceiv-
ed an odd fcoff y his Mind travails fas a Woman
with Child; till he be delivered of it. Yea, he
had rather lofe his beft friend, than his worfi jefi.
But if thou be difpofec? to be a merry, have a fpecial
care to Thr$e things. '*
i, That thy mirth be not againft Religion;
x. That it be not againft Charity;
3. That it be not againft Chafiny, and then be
as merry as thou ca»ft, only in the Lord.
<*. Rejoyce not at the fall of thine Enemy j for
thou knotf eft not what (hall be the manner of
thine own End. But be more h glad to fee the
porfi Man** Amendment, thin his PuniJhmnK Hate
no Man, for fear left Cbrift loves him, who will
not talfe it well, that thou fhould-ft hate whom be
lovethi' Chrifi c loved thee, when thou waft his
Enemy. By the Merits therefore of his Blood, he
requireth thee, for his false, to. love thine Enemy.
Deny hirp (being * Chriftiafi) if thou dareft. He
asketh bin Forgivenefs for forgivenefs. The for-
givenefs of One hundred Fence, for the forgivenefs
of d Zen tboufand Talents ; of Sixty Hundred thou-
fand Crowns for Ten Crowns : Petty forgivenefs,
fif Man, for the inifjnite forgivenefs of Almighty
GOD. Though thou think?ft thine Enemy un-
worthy to be forgiven, yet Chrift is worthy to
be obey 'd. J * ■ , : ^ . < »
-. *iPhlI.4.4.?*ov. 23.17. b Valentiniamislmp. Cum fnppliciOi
jnprtis aliquis afficiendus cflct, aiebat fe malic ad vkain revocare.
frodeJ : ,s animi eft alienis malfc gaudcrc, & non mifereri commu-
aem r uram. 'Rom. 5.8, 40. Eph,2.4. *Matth. 18,24,18. L
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7. When the glory^ of God, or good of thy
Neighbour doth require it, fpeak the truth, and
fear not the face of Man. The * frown of &
Prince may fometimes be the favour of God.
b Neither fhall flattery ftill hold in credit, nor
truth always continue in difgrace,
8. Ever think him a true friend, who tells thee
fecretly and plainly of thy faults. He that fce'h
thee offend, and tells thee not of thy fault, either
flatters thee for favour, or dares not difpleafe thee
for fear. Miferable is his cafe, who when he needs,
hath none to admonifh him. ♦ Reprehenfion, be
it juft, be it unjuft ; come it from the mouth of a
friend, or of a foe; it never doth a wife Man
harm. For if it be true, thou had: a warning to
amend : If it be fane, thou haft a caveat what to
avoid. So every way it makes a wife Man better,
or warier. But d if thou canft not endure to be
reprehended ; do then nothing worthy of repre-
henfion.
9. Speak not of God, but with *fear and reve-
rence, and as in his fight and bearing. For feeing
we. are not worthy to ufe his Holy name in our
mouths; f much lefs ought we to abufc it vainly
in our talk. But ordinarily to ufe in vai/t, rajb «r
faife Oaths, is an undoubted fign Of a Souj, tfiat
never truly feared God. Pray therefore with f>&
vid t whenrhou art to fpeak in any matter that
»Pfal. 1 . 19. > Nee tnendacii utilitts eft diutuma, nee Veritad*
damnum di - ' ™ L - --" ' ■ ■
tiores post
efifa. epe^t^ftSsS. f Qui£Kileiaftrii$inrit,iniMttiiiraMti
Qui in jocis, & in m'endacio. *?«».' •'
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«oay move paffion .• * Sep a wttck, Lord, ttfore'my
Mouth, 4*4 ketp thf ioorof m tips.
. ra. Laftly, In b frrifct fee decreet ; in e * f*.
Mi*g, courteous; in-* sdmnifiing, frienoly} in
forgiving* merciful » in e pnmfofy faithful ; and
bountiful in f rfcmfq&% good lervice : Making
not the re^ar^s or* come, the Gifts Qffiiveitr.
Tbrty for tty A&ms.
i. T^llO *&«*//, tho* thou jBighteG : For Qod
JL/ wiH not fuflfer «he « fc^SinX without bit-
>cr rcipen^«€e) to (?/*<«# ,wp»niflied. Jjeatfe not
undone wygwd that thou canft. But ^q nothing
without a £#$«£, nor any tbita in >thy CaBiirg,
. t+U thou have firit taken fi £<*/»$ 41 fyf* W wA y
of the li«fulntfs thereof, and .prayed &r hjs JBlef-
ijngs.HpoA thy endeavour} and then do itjn tbe
.fcfame *f (God, vfoh cfoearfulnei& of Ijjeatt* com-
mitting the fuccefs unto him j in whofe.^ower it
£, to Scfe !V»th his <?**#, whatfoeve* BuGnefs is
^tended to his GJory.
*. Wbm thou att ! ftw&tof to do an /v*/ ; worJi,
remenjber chat $<nw is where . bis Bufinefs is. Let
pQt{he£httd ofiGod'be tho loftrument of fo bafc
a$Z#v}hate tbe^r/Uft^abhorrefttte^*'^.
Ask thy Cs/tfcience thefe two Qgeftioasi^Fftwr/t//
£ivr **#&r 4? this unto m* ? Wb*t Jbaff I **>/*"
"''Fial.141.3. *iPet.j.ia. cjRom.13.10: 'AfibHittS&ce-
•: tfiieu font mdtiiw impend!], amicltias tamea mtgiuu' co'ngluti-
- nam exhibit*, dMTolvunt pneterimife. 1 1W. J.3«: * 3 TWT-
J.y. >L«V. 19.17. eP4l.iy.4.fp?ut.ij.ijji4. 6Pfal. 119.101.
iSvn.30.8. « tCdr.7.4. Immin^tferaperocc^iUfos^bo:
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Kjtmledge and Conscience, JJhoB do this mckednefs*
oni Sin agoinji him} And remember with Jofepb,
*» that tho' no Man feeth, yet God feeth «& Fly
therefore (wjdi^fft) " om a ^ Sins, as well
thofe that wc fit ret in the Sight of God, as thole
that are manifeft in the Eyes of Men. For God,
as he isjuft, without fpeedy repentance will bring
the fecret Sins, as he did < DavuPs, to the open Ught,
fefore aS Ifrael, and before the Sun. Be therefore
as much afraid of * fecret Sins, as of open fhame.
And fb avoid aB in general, as that thou doft not
allow to thy feH" any one f Articular, or • darling
Sin, which the Corruption of thy nature could belt
agree withal; For the crafty Devil can hold a,
Man's Soul as/*/? fy one, as by many Sins: And fa*:
fter by that one which doth fleafe thee, than by all
thofe which begin to be abominable unto thee.
And as thou defireft to avoid a Sin ; fo he carefttf
%o Ihua the * occajion.
3. In affe&ing good Actions, which are within
the compafs of thy Calling, diftruft not God's Pro-
vidence, tho' thou fee the Means either wanting
or* weal. . And if Means do offer themfeives, be .
fure that they be lawful: And having gotten law-
ful Means, take heed that thou rslie not more up-
on them, than upon God himfelf. Labour, in a
lawful Calling, is Gad's ordinary Means, by which
iie WefletMiis Children with outward things. Pray
J2.12. d Lukc8.i7.&ia.i. «Pn>v. ;><,£& 17. 'Omnisjpec-
candi dccafio virandt eft j nam qui a&it pcricuhim, peribtt in
illo. Ecckf.3. * Judges 7. 7. " '
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In Earthly Bufinefs, bear an Heavenly Mind : Do
thou thy bed endeavour, and commit the whole
fuccefs to the fore ordaining Wijdom of Almighty
God. Never think to thrive by thofe means
which God hath accurfed. That will not in the end
prove G*/*, whjch is gotten with the lofs of thy
* Soul* In all therefore both Aftions and Means,
endeavour with St. Paul, to have b always a char
Confcience towards God, and towards Men.
Look to your [elves (that Confcience ye have:
For Confcience fhall damn, and Confcience JbaH fave.
4. Love all good Things for GocPs fake : But God
for his own fake. Whilft thou holdeft G D thy
Friend, thou needed not 6 fear who is thine Em-
my : For either God will make thine Enemy to be-
come thy d Friend, or will e bridle him that hecan-
not hurt thee. No Man is f overthrown by his
Enemy, unlefs that firft his Sin have prevailed over
him, and God hath left him to hirmeif. He that
would therefore be fafe from the fear of his Ene-
mies, and live ftill in the * favour of his Godi let
him redeem the folly of the time fafi with ferious
Repentance, look to the time frefent with Religious
Diligence, and take heed to thp time to come with
careful providence.
' *Matth. 16.26. b Hic n\unisahcncuscfto, nil confclrcfibi, nuI-
lJ pallcfccre culpl. Hot. Ads 24. 16. *Pfal. 118.6,7. Rojn.8.3i.
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f . Give every Man the Honour due to his Plate ;
but honour a Man more for his Goodnefs, than for
his Greatnefs. And ofwhomfoevfr thou haft receiv-
ed a Benefit^ unto him (as God (hall inable thee)
remember to be thankful Acknowledge it loving- '
ly unto Men, and pray for him heartily unto <W:
And count every Blejpng received from God, as t
pledge oi his eternal Love, and nffur to z godly Life,
t. Be not proud for any external worldly Goods*
nor for any internal fpirituai Gifts. Not for external
Goads, becaufe as they came lately, fo they will
(bortly be gone again ; their Lofs therefore is the
lefe to be grieved at. Not for any internal Gifts i
For as God gave them, fo will he likewife take
them away; if C forgetting the Giver) tbou lhalt a*
bufe his Gifts, to puff up thy Heart with a pride
of thy onto worth ; and contemn others, for whofe
Good Almighty God beftowM thofe Gifts upon,
thee. Haft thou any one Vertue that moves thee
to be Self conceited^ Thou haft Twenty Vices that
may better vilify thee in thy own Eyes.
Be the * fame in the fight of God, who beholds
thy Heart, that thou feeme ft to be in the Eyes of
Men, that lee thy Face. Content not thy felf with
t *» outward good Name, when thy Confcience ftialj
inwardly tell thee it is undeferv'd, and therefore •
| none of thine. A deferved good Name for ,any
thing, but for : Godlinefs, lafts little, and is Je£
worth. In all the; Holy Scripures, I never read
of an tfypocritts Repentance : And no wonder, for
* Tu refit vives, fi curas cflc quod audis. Her. Ef. *jC§)$in.
t Nil jurat bonum nomtn, redamante confeientft " • >
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t*rc *# other Sinners; what Meads remain to re-
cover him who hath converted Contierfitm it felf
into Sin ? Woe therefore unto the Soul that is not,
and yet (till feemeth Religious !
7. Mark the fearful Ends of notorious evil Men,
to abhor their wicked Aft ions: Mark the Life of
the epJly<> that thou tnay'ft imitate it, and his
bleited * End, that it may comfort thee. 0% thy
Betters, otferve the wife, accompany the honeft, and
love the Religious. And feeing the corrupt Na-
ture of Mart Is prone to Hypocrifie ; beWare that
thou ufe not the Exercifes of Religion, as matters
of Coarfe and Cajlom, without Care and Confcience i
to grow more holy and devout thereby. Qbferve
therefore how by the continual ufe of God's Means*
thou feeleft thy fpecial Corruption* Weakened, krid
thy Salification more and more encreafed : And
b make no more fhew of Holinefs otttwurdfy to the
World, than thou hail in the fight of God inward-
ly in thine Heart.
8. Endeavour to rule thofe who litre under thine
Authority j rather by Love than by Fear : For td
rule by c Love 7 is eajfe and fafe, but Tyrdmty is ever
accompanied with Care and *Terft>uK Ojipreffiott
will force the oppreffed to take any Advantage, to
fliake off the Yoke that they ate not abte to bear :
Neither will Gofo Juftice fuflfer thje Sway that is
grounded on Tyranny, long to continue: Remem*
ber that though by * hdtnane OrJinanci they
.'Nimikaj.io. Pfal 37.35,35,37. blfa.j?i.5,tf. Mat.*}.*?,
$8. Ffal. $ 1 . 5, 6. « Ama & impera. Bkndpvis keet imperio.
**&- 4 Qui term, plus ille timet .-Sort ule Tyranno convetut.
Claud, it in/tit. frinc. f I Pet. 2. 1 i.
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ferfre thee ; £et bj a rtiore peculiar right they are
God's Servants. Yea,, how being Chripiaks, * m*
of /J&jr Servants, but dknte Servants,* Brethren 6e*
loved in the Lord. Rote therefore Over e Chriftiant
(being a Chriftian) in Love and Mercy, like
Chrijrih? Matter.
o. Remember, that of all A&ionsj none makes
a Vtaglftratc more like, God, ( whofe Vicegerent he
is) than doing Juftice fmftfy. For die due Execu-
tion whereof.
Firft, Have ever ah open Ear to tfie yig| Com-
plaints tfHinfuJr Dealings.
Secondly, So lend one Bar to the Aeettfir, as that
ttiduiteep the other for the aee&d: For * he that
<lecfeeth For either part, before itfofr be heard) the
Decree :may be Jaift, but himfeff Uojuft.
"thirdly. In hearing both parts, Incline not to
rife kightfiaod ofaffeffioh, or to the Left <£hatred\
as to believe Arguments df Perfwafioh ftr a Friend!
before Ammhentscorfcludtog fbra Foe; *
itourthfy, Deny not Juftice, which is Regit
menfitia, to the nrcatrcft Subjeft : But let the cairie
of the Poor and Hetittj come in equal Ballance With
the liich and Mighty. IF thou perceiveft on the
one fide in a caule, the* high Pith of canning Ad*
vantage, fpnerful Comlikjuhn, aad-biblktot Pro/ecu*
• ftuleW id. 6 1 Corp. y. ' Si Pm'tlet, quotiesChlamydem
indueret, apud fe dicere confuevit, Attend e, PrtfytAab>Stki
turns imperium esinlibcrosAthenienfts^utPfar./w^^M.jQu* 11 '
to might tu, miotics auiliuiuaieiu eieitiiaiuius csi apod teMuai
dicere deberes. memento, homo, onbd Imperinm in liberates Chri«
ttm&Smxmscs* dftuiffl^Ii^^p^inayiittmKerl.
fcqutflto licet ftatberlt, had agqildi'ftjertt. SfahMtX. ej&dicioui
SUft.ftawwEflaysofJudisatttrt. ;
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riw; and on the other fide, tie low FdUeys of Po-
verty y and Simplicity, and Defolation: Prepare thy
Way fas Gpd doth) to Judgment, by * roifing Vol-
fes, and taking dmn HtUs, equalling Inequality :
hat fo thou may*ft lay the Foundation of thy Sen-
tence upon any even Ground, id matters of Right
and fTrtug'twixt Party and Party, let thy Confci-
ence be careful,, rather Jut b dicere, to pronounce
the Law that is mzde fecundunt allegata & probata}
than J us dare, to make a Law of thine own, upon
the Authority of Sk volo, fo jubeo, fearing that
fearful Malediftion: c Ctirfed be he that rmiroetb
hit Neighbours Land-Mark. In Ti yals of Life and
Death, let Judges, like Elohm, m Jufiice, remem-
ber Mercy i and fo caft the-levere Eye QXjufiice,
upon the Fa&, as that they look with the pit/fat
Bye of Mercy upon the MalefaSor, wrefting the
iavour of Life, where Grace frmmfeth amendment :
But iijuflice requireth, that d one, rather than V-
Miry, muft perim, and that a. ratten Member muft
be • cut off, to fave the wfaie Body from purifying ;
fie* JnftitU. But : whilft thou art pronouncing the
Sentence of Judgment on another, remember that
thine earn Judgment hangs over thy Head, In all,
Caufcs therefore Judge erigbt, for thou Chalt be
fore to find a Righteous Judge, before whom thou
muft fbortly appear to be judged thy (elf : At
what time thou may'ft leave to thy Friend this for
thine Epitaph: : ■>' V -' .
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5. 1. 4 Melius ut pereat urnis, quim ut pcreat ttttiw^ ^fiofefe-
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tfuper eram Judex, jam Judicis ante TribuHdl
SuhjifieJu 'pdi/eo: Judicor iffe mo do.
Ma£y (I knbW not ppon what grounds) teem
to be much aggribtfed with the Laws of the Land t
But wife/ Me* may anfwer them With the * Apo-
ftle, Nw /f/*tftfr #0/ww *^2? Legem, tnodo Judex eb
legitime utatur ; We know, that the Law is good, if a
Man iife it lawfully. And he (hall be unto me a
righteous Judge, whofe Heart neither corruption of
Bribes, fear of Foes, nor favour of Friends , can
withdraw from the CpnfeionablePra&ke of thefe
Precepts, • And to that rare and venerable JuJ$ %
I lay with b Jehofliaphhti Be of good Courage, arid
do. Jufiice, and the Lord will be with thee.
to. Laftly, Make hot an Occupation of any He-
creation. The tongffiilfe of Pleafu^e is but /br/.*
But the P*w of . Pleafare abu&d* ard eternal.
c Ufe therefore : /<*u>/*/ Recreation, fo far forth, as
it makes thee the fitter in Bodjrand Mind, to do
more chearfully the Service of God, and the Duties
of thy Calling. d Thy Work is Great, thy time
is but fhort. And he who will c recommence every
Man according to bis Works, fiandeth at the Door.
Think hpw much Work is behind, how flow thou
haft wrought in the time which is paft ; and what
a reckoning thou fhoukPft make, if thy f Mafier *
ihould callthee thisDaj to thine Accounts. Be there*
a r Tinui<8. b ftChron. 19.11. 0Prov.21.17. Phil.4.8. * Vira
brcvis^opftipeaittltum, ©periurii pigri, & urget p«te?-&mttias.
Rahk. 4 A^pntheg. «Rev»aa.»*. * James 5.9*
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tage of thy wort time that remains, as a Man
would of ah old Leafe t that were near expiring :
And when thou art difpofed to recreate thy felf,
remember how fmall a Time is allotted for thy
Life ; and that therefore much of that is not to be
confumed in Idlenefs, Sports, Plays, and toyijb Va-
nities ; feeing the whole is but a fliort while, tho' it
be all fperitin doing the beft good that thou canft :
For a Man was not created For Sports, Plays, and
Recreation; but zealoujly to ferve God in Religion^
and eonfetomably to ferve his Neighbour in his Vo-
cation; and by both to afcertain himfelf of eter-
nal Salvation. Efteem therefore the k>fs of* Time,
one of the greateft Lofles. Redeem it carefully,
to {pend it wifely ; That when that Time cotneth,
that f thou may'ft be no longer a Steward on
Earth, thy Waiter may welcome thee, with an
(I Euge honeferve> and give thee a better Heaven;
where thou (halt joyfully enjoy thy Matter's Joy
for evermore*
Meditations for the Evening*
At Evening when thou prepared thy felf to take tbj
'Reft, meditate on tbefifew Points,
u '"T^Hat feeing thy $ Days are numbered, there
J. »$ one more of thy Number {pent: And
thou art now the nearer to thy End iy a Day.
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Am fe amare profitctur; quum rci nullius magis fit prodigus
quajn temporis. Eph.?*i*. fLukei*.*. ffMatth.a5.ii. $PlaL
$o. JoV 14. ;. Vive rnemor goto & sfi Vrcvis. Jftr.
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and confider with thy fclf f what memorable thing
thou haft feet, heard, or read 'that Day, more than
thou fa weft, heardeft, or kneweft Before; and
make the beft ufe of them : But efpecially, call to
mind what Sin thou haft committed that Day
againft God or Man, and what good thou haft
omitted ; and humble thy felf for both. If thou
findeft that thou haft done any Goodnefs, ac-
knowledge it tobfe God's Grace, and give him the
Glory j and count that Day * kft> wherein thou
bail not done foihe Good.
3. If by Frailty or -ftrbng Temptation; thott
lhalt perceive that thou haft committed any grie-
vous Sin of Fault; prefume not to fleep* till thoU
haft upoti thy Knees made a particular Reconcilia-
tion with God in thrift for the fame, both by
confefling the Fault, and by fervent praying for
the Pardon of the fame. Thus making thy Score
even with Chrift every Nigh;, thou (halt have
the lefs to account for, when thou art to make
thy final Reckoning, before hiS Majefty in the
judgment Day.
4; If thou haft fallen out with ariy in the Day*
let not the Sun \go down in thine Anger thdt Night
If thy Conscience tells thee that thou haft wronged
him, Acknowledge thine Offence, and |] entreat hiitl
to forgive thee- If he have wronged thee, offer
him Reconciliation ; and if be will not be reconciled.
* Hen pcrdidi diem. Ttt. Feff. Apophthegm. Nullus fine line!
dies, t Eph. 4. a<5. 1] Non turpe eft vcnitm prccori * turpe eft
Deum *ut hominem habere inimicdm.
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Verfe 23. But in a$y cafe prefucne not to be thine
own Revenger. For irt fo doing thoudoeft God a
double Injury: Firft, in offering to take the Sword
ofjufike out of his Hand, as tho' he were not
jufi; having -referved the Execution of * Venge-
ance to himfelf. Secondly, in ufurping Authority
over his f Servant, without' deferring the Caufe to
bis Hearing and Cenfure, being his, and thy Ma-
tter. Befides, thou art too partial to be. a Reven-
ger. For if thou be to execute Revenge on thy
fclf, thou wilt do it too lightly ; if on thy Enemy,
too heavily. It beiongeth therefore to God to
revenge ; to thee to forgive. K
And in Teftimony that thou haft freely || for-
given him, pray unto. God for the forgivenefs of
his Fault, and the amendment of his Life ; and the
next time that occafion is offered, (and it lies in
thy Power) do him good, and rejoyce in doing it:
For he that doth good to his ** Enemies, fhews
himfelf the Child of God j and his reward is
With GOD his Father.
f. Ufe not deep as a means to fatiate the foggy
lithernefs of thy Flelh ; but as a Medicine to re-
frefli thy tired Senfes and Members: Sufficient
fleep quickneth the Mind, and reviveth the Body;
but immoderate fleep dulleth the one, and fatneth
the other.
* Mihi vindiQa, dicit dominus. Rom. 12. 19. + Non eft tibi jus
in fervum alienum, imb in confervum tuum. 1 Cui feraeligno-
Vcris, cura ut ille fenciac bona* fide id effe aftum j & fi qua in re
ilium juvare potes, experiatur te amicum. Pives. ** Matth. 3 . 39.
Rom.12.20. Invita\tempu$ qwdfomftoimpenditui^noncft ?ica:
Vita cnimvigiti* eft.
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rife again, till they be wakened and raifed up by the
fearful found of. the laft Trumpet. But he that
Jleepeth and wakeneth with Prayer , fleepeth and wa-
keneth with Chrift. If therefore thou defireft to
Jleep fecurely, and fafely, yield up thy felf into the
Hands of God, whilft thou art waking : And fo
go to Bed, with a reverence of GoJPs Majefly, and
confideratipn of thine own Mifery, which thou
may 'ft imprint in thy Heart in fome meafure, by
thcfe and the like Meditations.
Read a Chapter in the fame order as was pre*
fcribed in the Morning : And when thou haft
done, kneel down on both thy Knees at thy Bed*
fide, or fome other convenient Place in thy Cham*
ber, and lifting up thy Heart, thine Eyes and Hands,
to thy Heavenly Father, in the name and media-
tion of his Holy Son Jefus ; pray unto him, if thou
have the Gift of Prayer :
i. Confeffing thy Sins, efpecially thofe which
thou haft committed that Day.
2. Craving moft earneftly (for Chrift his fake)
far Jan and Forgivenefs for them.
3. Requefting the Affiftance of his Holy Spirit
for amendment of Life.
4. In giving Thanks for Benefits received, efpe»
cially for thy Frefervatian that Day.
j. Praying for Reft and ProteStion that Night
6. Rcmembring the State of the Church, the
KhigiwaA the Royal Pofterity, our Miniftersand Ma-
giftnpes, and all ourBretheren vifited orPerfecutcd.
7. Laftly, commending thy felf and all thwe %
to tiis gracious Cuftody.
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OMoft gracious God, and loving Father, rvb*
art about my Bed, and * knowefi mydfixon-lyireg,
and my ufcrifiug, and art b near unto all that call upon
thee, in truth and Sincerity; I wretched.Sinner do
befcech thee, to look upon me with the Eyes of
thy Mercy, and not to behold me as I am in toy
fetf : For then thou (halt fee but an unclean and de-
filed Creature, * Conceived in Sin, and living in Ini-
quity: So that I am afbamedto lift up mine Eyef to
Heaven^ knowing how grievoufly * 1 have finned
againjf Heaven and before thee ; For, Lord, I have
tranfgrefled ail* thy Commandments and Righteous
Laws, not only thro 9 negligence and infirmity, but
oftentimes thro* wilful Prefumption y and contrary
to my Knowledge; yea, contrary to the Motions of
thy Holy Spirit, reclaiming me from them: So
that Ihave wounded my Confcience, and grieve^
thy Holy Spirit, by whom thou haft { Sealed me to
the Day of Redemption. Thou haft Confecrated my
Soul and Body, to be the Temples of the Hclfy
Ghoft : I wretched Sinner have defiled both, with all
manner of pollution and uncleannefs ; my Eyes, in ta-
fcirig pleafu^e to * behold Vanity ; mine Ears, in hear-
ing impure and unchafk Speeches; my h Tongue, in
leafing arid evil {peaking ; my { Hands are fo fuU of
*Pfia.n9.a,3. b PpJ-H5 ^cPial^i.j. Luke 18.13. *L«te
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Impurity, that I am afhamM to lift them up unto
thee ; and my * Feet have carried me after mine
own Ways ; my under ft aiding and reafoning, which
are fo quick in all earthly matters, are only blind
and Jiufidy when I come to meditate or difcourfc
of fpiritual and heavenly Things; my Memory,
which flbould be the Treafury of all Goodnefs, is
not apt to remember any thing, as thofe things,
which are vile and vain. Yea, Lord, by wofui
Experience I find, that naty rally, h all the Imagina-
tions of the Thoughts cf my Heart are only evil con-
tinually. And thefc my Sins c are more in number %
than the Hairs which grow upon mine Head, and they
have grown over me like a loathfome Leprojy,
6 that from the crown of my Head to thefoleofmy Feet %
there remains no part which they have not infeft-
ed. They make me feem c vile in mine own Byes :
How much more abominable mull I then appear in
thy fight? And the cuflom of finning hath almoin
taken away the Confcience of Sin, and pulled upon
me fuch Dulnefs of Senfe, and Har chefs of Heart,
that thy Judgments denounced againft my Sins,
by the faithful Preachers of thy Word, do not ter-
rifie me to return unto thee by unfeigned Repen*
tance for them. And if thou, £or</,(hould*ft but
deal with me, according to thy Ju(Hce y and my de-
fert, I fliould utterly be confounded and condenv
ned. But feeing that of thine infinite Mercy y thou
haft fpared me to long, and ftill waiteft for my Re-
pentance: I humbly befeech thee, for the bitter
Death and bloody Paffion f ake» wh ich Jefus Chrifi.
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fiath fuffer r d for me, that thou would'ft pardon
and forgive unto me all my Sins and Offences* and
open unto qie that a ever-flreaming Fountain of the
flood cfchrifl, which thou haft promis'd to open
under the New Teftament^ to the penitent of the
Houfe of David: That all my Sins and Unclean-
nefs may be fo bathed in his Blocd, bury'd in his
t)eath, and hid in hi? Wounds, that they may ne-
ver be more feen, to fhame me in this Life, or to
condemn me befo« e thy Judgment-feat in the World
which is to. come. And forafmuch, O Lord, as
thou know'ft, that b it is not in Man to turn hit own
Heart, uplefs thou dofi fir ft give htm Grace to con-
vert \ and feeing that it is as eafy h ith thee to make
me Righteous and Ho/y f as to bid me to be fuch;
my God give me Grace c to do what thou com-
tnanaeft, and then command what thou wilt, and thou
flialt find me willing to do thy bleflfcd Will. And
fo this end, give unto me thy, 4 Boly Spirit, which
thou haft promi? dto give (to the c World** end) unto
all thine Elcft People. And let the famje thy Hoi/
Spirit prge my Heart, heal my Corruption, fanS'i*
Jy my Nature, and consecrate my Soul and Body;
jthat they may become the * Temples of the Holy
Gboft, to ferve thee in « Righteoufnejs and Holiness d
the days of my Life j that when (by the direSion and
afliftance of thy holy Sprit' I {ball* jini/h my courfe
In this fhort and tranhtory Life; I may chearfully
leave this World, and refign my * Soul into thy
Fatherly Hands, in the affjred Confidence of enjoy-
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a Kingdom, which thou haft prepar'd for thy
ele&. Saints, who love the Lordjejus, * and ex-
pect his; appearing.
In the mean while, O Father, I befeech thee,Iet
thy Holy Spirit work in me fuch a ferious Repen-
tance, as that I may with Tears lament my Sins
paft, with Grief of Heart be humbled for my Sins
prefent,and with all my Endeavour, refill the like
filthy Sins in time to come. And let the fame thy
Holy Spirit likewife keep me in the Unity of thy
Church, lead me in the truth of thy Wordy and pre-
ferve me, that I never fwerve from the fame, to
Popery, nor any Error or falfe Wbrmip. And let
thy Spirit open my Eyes more and more to fee • the
wondrous Things of thy Law: And d open my Lipsy
that my Mouth may daily defend thy Truth, and
fet forth thy Praife. Increafe in me thofe good Gifts
which of thy Mercy thou haft already beftow'd up!
on me, and give unto me ^patient Spirit, a chafte
Heart, a contented Mind, pare Afle£Hons$ wife Be-
haviour, and all other Graces which thou feelt to
be Nectflary for mej to govern my e Heart in
thy Fear, and to guide all my Life in thy Favour:
That whether I live or dye, I may live and dye un-
to thee, who art my God and my Redeemer.
And here [O Lord) according as I am bound,
I render unto thee from the Altar of my humbleft
Heart, all poffible Thanks, for all thofe Bleffings
and Benefits, which fo gracioufly and plenteoufly
thou haft beftowed upon my Soul and Body, for
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this Life, and for that which is to cooae: Namely,
for my Election, Creation, Redemption, Vocation^
Jollification, Sanftification, and Prefervation from
my Childhood until this prefent Day and Hour :
And for the firm hope which thou haft given me of
my Glorification ; Likewife for my Hnith, Wealthy
Food, Raiment, and Profferity : And more efpecial-
ly, for thar thou haft defended me this Day now
paft, from all Perils and Dangers both of Body and
Soul, furnifhing me with all necejfary^ood Things,
that I ftand in need of. And as thou hail ordained
the Day for Man to travH in, and the Night for him to
toko his Reft ; So I befeech thee, fan&ifie unto me
this Night's Reft and Sleep, that I may enjoy the
fame as thy fweet Blefling and Benefit. That fo
this iuUvcA wearied Body of mine, being refrefh-
ed with moderate Sleep and reft; I may be the
better enabled to walk before thee, doing all fuch
good Works, as thou haft appointed, when it {hall
pleafe thee, by thy divine Power to waken me
the next Morning. And. whilft I Sleep, do thou
O Lord, who art the Kpeper (f Ifrarf y that neither
flumbreft, norjleepefo watch over me in thy holy
Providence, to proteft me from all Dangers ; fo
that neither the + evil Angels of Satan, nor any
wicked Enemy, may have any power to do me any
Harm or Evil. And to this end, give a Charge
ynto thy || holy Angels* that they (at thine Appoint-
ment) may fitch their tents round about me, for
my Defence and Safety; as thou haft promifed
^hat they ihould do about them that fear thy Name.
And knowing that thy Name is a $ Prong Towe r if
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Defence unto all thofe thai pit their truft therein ; I
here recommend myjelf(znd off that do belong un-
to me ) unto thy Holy Protc&ion add Cuftody. If
it be thy bleffed will to call for mem my flcep ; O
Lord , for Cbrift his lake, have mercy upon me, and
receive my Soul into thy Heavenly Kingdom. And
if it be thy bleffed pleafare to add more Days unto
my Life ; O Lord, add more Amendment unto my
Days • and wean my Mind from the love of the
Worlds and worldly Vanities ; and caufe me more
and more to fettle my Converfation on Heaven,
and heavenly things. And perfect daily in me, that
good work which thou haft begun, to the Glory of thy
Name, and the Salvation of my finfol Soul.
O Lord, I befeech thee likewife, fave and de-
fend from all evil and danger, thy whole Church,
the Kfngy and all the Royal Family; keep them all
in the fincerky of thy Truth, and prof per them in
all Grace and Happinefs. Blefs the Nobility, Mi-
nifters, and Magiftrates of thefe Churches and
Kingdoms, each of them with thofe Graces which;
are expedient for their Place and Calling. And be
thou, O Lord, a comfort and confolation to all thy
People, whom thou haft thought meet to vifit
w ith any kind of Sickuefs, Crofs, or Calamity. Ha-
ften, * O Father, the coming of our Lord Jefm
Cbrift. Make me ever mindful of my laft end, and
of the reckoning that I am to make unto thee;
therein .- And in the mean While, careful, fo to
t follow Cbrift in the Regeneration during this Life,
as that with Chrfti I may have a Portion in the
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a RefurreSion of the Juft, when this mortal Life is
ended. Thefe Graces, and all other Bleffings,
which thou, O Father, knoweft to be requifite and
neceffary for me, I humbly beg and crave at thy
Hands, in the name and mediation of Jefu* Chrifi
thy Son, and in that form of Prayer, which he
himfelf hath taught me to fay unto thee.
Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed he thy
Name, &c.
Another fborter Evening Prayer*
O Eternal God, and heavenly Father, if I
were not taught and affured by the Pro-
mifes of thy Gofpel, and the Examples of * Peter,
c Mary Magdalen, the d Publican, the e Prodigal
Child, and many other Penitent Sinners; that thou
art fo f full of Companion, and fo ready to forgive
the greateft Sinners, who are 8 heaviefi laden with
Sin, at what h time joever they return unto thee
with Penitent Hearts, lamenting their Sins, and
imploring thy Grace : I fhould defpair for mine
own Sins, and be utterly difcouraged, from
prefuming to come into thy Prefence ; confi-
dering the hardnefs of my Heart, the unrulinefs
of my Affe&ions, and the uncleannefs of my
Gonverfation, by means whereof I have tranf*
grefled all thy Laws, and deferv'd thy * Curfe, which
might caufe my Body to bcfmitten with fame fear*
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£/*, my good Name to be traduced with fcand?-
bus Reproaches, and make mine /?/?*/* liable to all
manner of Croffes and €afualties. And I confefs,
L0r<i, that thy * mercy is the cau{§ that I have not
been * long ago tonfumed. But, O my God, as
thy mercy only (laid thy Judgment from falling
upon me hitherto ; fo I humbly befeech thee, in
the c Bowels qf the mercy of Jefa Chrift, d {in whom
only thou art weU pleafed) tfjarttrdu wilt not de4l
with me c according tojHjDeferts, but that thttu
wouldeft * freely* ^ndjuffy remit unto me air my
Sins and Tranfgreffions : And that thou wouldeft
* wafh them clean from me, with the virtue of that
mdft Precious Blood, which thy Son Jefa Chrift hath
jbiitfot me. For he alone is the* Vhyfttian, and his
Blood only is the x Medicine that can fieal my Sicknefs.
And he is the true k . brazen Serpent, that can cure
that Foifon, wherewith the fiery Serpents of my Sins
have ftung and PoifonM my fick and wounded SoljL
And give me, I befeech thee, thine Holy' Spirit,
which may allure me of mine l Adoption^ and that
may confirm my* faith, encreafe toy Repentance, en-
lighten my Z/nderJlanding, purify my £feart,re&\fy
my Will and Jffeftions; and fo ^fanffify me through
out, that my whole Body, Soul, and Spirit may be kept
unllameahk until the glorious comhigofmyCordJeJtu
Chrifi. And now O Lord, I give thee hearty Tlfatiks
and Praife, for that thou haft this Day preferved me
from all Harms and Perils, notwithftanding all my
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Sins and ill Deferts. And I bcfeech thee like wife,
defend me this Night from the * roaring Lion,
which Night and Day feeketh to devour me. Watch
thou, O Lord, over me this Night, to keep me
from bis Temptations and Tyranny ; and let thy Mer-
cy (bield me from his unappeafahle Rage and Ma-
lice. And to this end, 1 f commend my felf into
thy Hands and Protection: Befeeching thee,
my Lord and God, not to fuffer Satan, nor any of
bis evil Members, to have Power, to do unto me
any Hurt or Violence this Night. And grant, good
Lord, that whether I Jleep or wake, live or die, I
may Jleep, woke, live and die unto thee, and to the
Glory of thy Nome, and the Salvation of my Souli
Lord, blefs and defend all thy chofcn People every
where. Grant our KJng a long and happy Reign
over us. Blefs all the Royal Family; together
wkh all our Magiftrates and Mioifters: Comfort
them who are in Mifery, Need, or Sicknefs t Good
' Lordrgive me Grace to be one of thofe || wife Vit*
gins, which may have my Heart prepared like a
J^arnp furnifhed with the 0)1 tf Faith, and light of
~g*U\Varks,to jneetthe Lordlefm, thefweet Bride-
groom of my Soul, at his fecond and fudden coming in
Glory. Grant thi^ good Father, for Cbriftjejus^s
fake, lay onfy Saviour and Mediator, in whofe
bkfled Name, and in whofe own Words I call
upon thee, as he taught me.
Our Father .which art in Heaven, Hallowed it
thf Name, &c
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Thy Grace, Lord Jefsu Chrifi ; thy Love He**
venly Father ; thy Comfort and ConfoUtion, Holy
and Bleffed Spirit, be with me, and dwell in my Hearty
this Night, and evermore, Amen.
Then rifing up in a Holy Reverence, meditate
as thou art putting off thy Clothes,
Things to be meditated upon, as thou art jutting off
thy Clothes.
i. r TT*Hat the Day is coming, when thou muft
JL be as barely * unftript of all chat thou
haft in the World, as thou art now of thy Clothes:
Thou haft therefore here, but the ufe of all things,
as a b Steward, for a time, and that upon Accounts,
whilft therefore thou art trufted with this Stet*-
ardfbip, be c Wife and faithful.
x. When thou fceft thy Bed, let it put thee in
Mind of thy d Grave , which is now the Bed of
Chrifi: For Chrifi (by laying his Holy Body to
reft Three Days, and Three Nights in the 'Grow)
hzxhfanftified, and (as it were) warmed it for the
Bodies of his Saints, to reft and f deep in, till the
Moraine of the Refurre&ion ; So that now, unta
the faithful, Death is but a fweet Sleep; and the
Grave but thrift's * Bed, where their Bodies reft
itidfleep in Peace, until the joyful ^Morning of Ae
Refurreftion Day Jball dawn unto thefli.
* Nudus in hunc mttndum veni, nudus quoqac abibo. b Luke
i£a. cMatth. 24. a. 'tfJSbif.ij. U€ftTWfiti$Tn<Jrtis, flclcfttis
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Let therefore thy Bed-Clothes reprefenr unco
thee the mould of the Earth, tjiat fhall cover
thee ; thy Sheets, thy Winding Jheet ; thy Sleep, thy
Death 3 thy Waking* thy Refurreftion. And being
laid down in thy Bed, when thou perceived fleep
to approach, (ay, || / wit lay me down dndjleep
in Peace * for thou* Lord* only tnakefi me dwell in
Hety.
Thus religioufly opening every Morning thy
Heart, and /hutting it up again every Evening,
With the Word of God and Prayer* as it were with
a Lock and Kjy* and fo beginning the Day with
God's Worfhip, continuing it in his fear, and end-
ing it in bis favour : Thou fhak be fure to find
the Bleffing of God upon all thy Days Labours and
.good Endeavours ; and at Night thou may 9 /): of-
Jure thy fclf, thou ihalt fleep fafely and fweetly in
.the Arms of thy Heavenly Father's Providence*
r ' thus far of the; Piety* which eQery Chrifiian, in
Private, aught to prattife every Day* Nowf&doweth
,that 9 which he {being a Houlholder) mufi frafiife
Publickly with his . Family. , ? .
MedftAtiansfor/0oufhddPiety^
« ?. TF thou be called to the Government of a Fa*
jl mily* thou m,uft not hold it fufficient to ferve
God, and live uprightly in thine own Perfon ; un-
lefs thou caufe all under thy Charge to do the fame
with thee. For the Performance of this Duty, God
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was fo well pleafed with Abraham^ that be would
not hide from him his Counfel. For ( faith *God)
/ know him that he will command his Sons y dnd his
Houfbold after him, that they keep the way of the
Lord \ to do Righteoufnefs and Judgment \ that the
Lord may bring upon Abraham, that he hathfpoken
unto him* And Abraham had b 318 Men-Servants*
which were thus Born andCa/^i^inhisHoufe*
With whafe help he refcued alfo his Nephew Lot
from the Captivity of his Enemies* And Reljgi.
ouQy valiant * Jofbua protefletb before all tlie Pco-
pie, that if they ail would fall away from the
true Worfhip of God; yet that he and bis Houfe
would ferve the Lord. And God himfelf gives i v .
fpecial Charge to all Houftiolders, that they dp
inftruft their Family ip his Word, and train therii
up in his Fear and Service. d theft Wards which t
command thee this Day, JhaR he in thy Heart, dnd
thou fbalt teach them diligently unto thy Children^
and (halt talk of them, when thou fittejl in thine
Houfe) and at thou walkeft by the way, and when thou
lied down, and when thou rtfeft up, &C* thou fbalt
fear she Lor J thy Gjd, atidferve him. David accord*
ing to this Law, had fo ordered his Family, i that
no deceitful Perfonfbould dwell ia.bis Houfe, but fucfi
as would ferve God, and walk in bis way : And Re-
ligious r Eflher had tayght her Maids to ferve God
in Fafiing and Prayer:. And ( the more rri further
thy Family in thb Zgal of \Aeligi<tu) fettle : ever thy
chiefeft Affe&ion on thofe whom thou ihalt per-
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«lfb will turn to thine own Advantage in a double
Refpeft. Firft, God will the rather blefs and pro-
Yper the Labour and Handy. Work of fuch godly
'Servants. For * Lab an perceived, that God bleffed
fjimfor JacoPs fake: And + Potiphar faw, that the
Lord made aB that Jofcphdkl, to profper in bit Hand :
Yea, When innocent (| Jofepb was caft into Prifon,
"bit Kjeper faw, that whatsoever he did, the Lord made
it to proffer : And therefore the Keeper committed
all the charge of the Prifoners into JofepPs Hand.
Secondly* The trulier a Man doth ierve God, the
faithfuBier he will ferve rhee.
2. If every Houfliolder were thus Careful, ac-
cording to his Duty, to bring up his Children and
family in the SerVice-and Fear of GeJ'm histtnk
Houfe ; then the Houfe of God mould be better fil-
led, and thtLord*s Table more frequented evepy Sab-
'bath-day j and the Paftors publhk Preaching and
Labour, would take more eflfeft than it doth. The
Streets of Towns and Cities would not abound
with fo many Drunkards, Swearers, Whoremon-
gers, and Prophane Scorners of true Piety and Re-
ligion i Weftminfter-haB would not be fo full of
Contentions, wrangling Suits, and unchriftian De-
bates: And the Prifons would hot be every Seffitms
fo full of Thieves, Robbers, Traitors, Murtherers.
But (alas) moft Houfliolders make no other life of
their Servants, than they do of their Beafls. Whilft
they may have their Bodies to do their Service,
they care not if their SouU-krve the Devil. Yet the
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common complaint is, that faithful and good itv-
vants are fcarce to bis found. True; but the rea*
fan is, becaufe there are (b many frophane aqd/r-
religious Mailers: For the example and inftrti&ion
of a Godly and Religion* Mailer, will make a good
and a faithful fcrvant, as may wi.tn^fs the exam-
ples of Abraham, Jofbua, David % Cornelius; '&c.
who had good fervants, becaufe they were Refo
gious Matters, fuch as were careful to make their
Servants God's Servants.
Jt is the chief Labour and Care of moft M^n, tt>
raife, and to Advance their Houfe\ yet let thqn
a rife uf early and lie down late f and eat the Bread of
Carefv/pefsj all will he but in vain ; far except rhi
Lor A build the Ftoufe, (that is, raife up a Family)
thej labour in vain. For God hath fpaled this as
an irrevocable Decree, that he will * four his Wrlfh
upon the Families thtf call not upon hu ifame : Yea*
c Go J will take the wicked \ and pluck him out of hi*
Tabernacle, a#d root fym out of the land 9 &c* Yea,
when his d Iniquities $re full y he will make e the
lav J to Jiue out epery ,Cauaani t te. Religion then*
and the jtrvtfepf God in a Family, is the befi build-
ing* wdfareft intailing of Houfc and Land, to a
Mm and his Pojlcrity; For, »the f Righteous Man
Jbdl inherit the Land, anddvaell therein for ever.
As therefore, if thou defined to have the BUffing
of God \ipon thy felf and upon thy Family; pjher
before or after thy own private Devotions, call
every Morning all the Family to fome conve-
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nient Room; and firft either read thy felf unto
them a Chapter in the Word of God, or caufe it
to be read diftin&ly by fome other. If kifure
ferve r thou may'ft * admonifb them of fome remark-
able Notes j and then kneeling down with them
in reverent fprt, as is before defcribed, pray with
them in this manner.
Morning fryer for a Family.
OLord our God and Heavenly Father, who
art the only Creator and Governour of Hea-
, ven and Earth, and all Things therein contained ;
we confefs that we are unworthy to appear in thy
Sight and Prefence, confidering our manifold Sins,
which we have committed againft Heaven and be-
fore thee : And how that we have been Born in Sin,
and do daiif break thy Holy Laws and Command-
ments^ contrary to our Knowledge and Confid-
ences; ilbeit that we know that thou art our Crea-
tor y who haft made us; our Redeemer x who haft
bought us with the Blood of thine only begotten
Son j and our Comforter •, who beftowett upon us,
all the good and Holy Graces, which we enjoy in
our Souls and Bodies. And if thou fhouldeft but
, deal with us, as our wickednefs, and unthankful-
. nefs have deferved ; What other Thing might we
(0 Lord)expe& from thee, but Shame and Confufion
in this Life, and in the World to come, Wrath and
: * Origen would have the Word expounded in Chriftiai* Houfes.
Horn. 9. in Lev. Augufline faith, That what the Preacher is in the
fulpit, the lame the Houlholder i$ in the Houfc.
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everlafting Condemnation? Yet, .0 Lordy in the 4
Obedience of thy Commandment, and in the Con-
fidence which we have in thy unfpeakable and
endlefs mercy in thy Son, our Saviour Jefa Chrift; ,
we thy poor Servants, appealing from thy Throne
of Juftice, where we arejuftly loft and condemn*
ed, to thy Throne of Grace, (where mercy reign*
eth, to pardon abounding Sinj) dq from the bot-v
torn of our Hearts moft numbly befeech thee, to
remit and forgive unto us all our offences and mif-
deeds ; that by the vertue of the precious Blood of
Jefus Chrift, thine Innocent Lamb, which he fo
abundantly fhed {to take away the Sins of the World)
all our Sins both Original and J3ual } may be fo
cleanfed and wafhed from us, as that they may
never be laid to our Charge, nor ever have power
to rife up in Judgment againft us. And we be*
ftech thee, good Father, for Chrift his Death and
Paffions fake, that thou wilt not iuffer to fall upon
us that fearful Curfe and Vengeance, which thy
Law hath threatned^ and our Sins have juftly <fc*
fervedi And forafmuch, Lnrd, as we are taught,
by thy Word, that Idolaters, Adulterers, Covetou?
Mtnt Contentious Perfons, Drunkards, Gluttons, and
fuck like Inordinate Livers, /ball not Inherit the King*
dvmofGod; pour the Grace of thy Holy Spirit,
into our Hearts, whereby we may be enlightened
to fee the Fikhinefe of our Sins, to abhor them j
and may be more and more fiirred uf to live ill
newnefs of Life, and love of tby Majeftj ; fo thai
we may daily encreafe in the obedience of thy
Word, and in a confcionable can; of keeping thy
Commandments^
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• And now, O Lord, we render unto thee moft
hearty Thanks, iot that thou haft elefted, created,
redeemed, called, juftified, and fan&ified us in
good Meafure in this Life, and given us an aftur'd
Hope^ that thou Wilt Glorifie us in thy heavenly
Kingdom, when this mortal Life is ended. Like-
wife we thank thee for our Life, Health, Wealth,
liberty, Profperity, and Peace : Efpecially,
L&dj for the Continuance of thy holy Gofpel a-
fftoftg uiy and for fparing us fo long, and granting
ik To gracious a time of Repentance. Alfo we praife
rife*, for all others thy Mercies beftoW'd upon us ;
iftbre efpecially, for prefer ving us this Night pad,
fftfcft all Danger that might have befali'n our Souls
&c Bodies. And feeing ttioti haft now brought us
&& §o the beginning of this Day, we befeech thee
frdfeti dki direfl us in the fanie, Blefe and defend
1iS ib our going cut, and comi/ig in, this Day and
dVetriiore. Shield us, Lard, from the Tempta-
tions of the Devily and grant us the Cuftody of
thy holy Angels, to defend and direfl: us in all our
* Arid td this end we recommend our felves, and
all tfoofe that belong unto us, and are abroad from
ii$, into thy Hands, and Almighty TuiUqtk Lord,
defend them from all fit///, profper them in all
t}race r and £111 them with thy Gooanefs. Preferve
us likewife this pay, from failing into any grofs
Sin, 'efpecially that whereutfto our Natures are
moft prone. Set a Watch before the door of our Ups ;
$hat we offend not thy Majefty by any raffy of falfe
Oaths, or by any lewd or lying Speeches* Give
tinto us patient Minify pare and ibafie Heats, and
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all other Graces of thy Spirit, which thou kpow'ft
to be Needful for us; that we may the better &
inabled toferve thee ioHolinefsand Righteoufnefs.
And feeing that all Afe*'s Labour without thy Ble£
fing is in vqio, blefs every one of us in our fev^
ral Places and Callings, Aircft thou the Work of our
Hinds upon us, even proffer thou our Handy worh\
(for except thou guide us with thy Gracc % our En-
deavours can have no good Sacctfs.) And provide
for us all Things which thou, O Father, know-
eft to be Needful for every one of us in our Souls
and Bodies this Day* And grant that we may (o
pafs thro' the Pilgrimage of this fliort life ; that
our Hearts being not fettled upon any tranfitory
Things, which we meet with, in the Way, our
Souls may every Day be more and more ravifhed
with the Love of our Home, and thine everlaftii|g
Kingdom.
Defend like wife, OLerd, thy Univefrfal Ghun& 9
and every particular Member thereof s Efpeci^IJy
we befeech thee to continue the Peace and Profpe,
city of rhefe Churches and Kingdoms wherein we
live. Preferye and defend from all Evils and Dag-
gers, our Gracious A?^, with all the Royal Fa-
mily • multiply their Days in Btift and Felictty,and
afterwards crown them with everfefttag Joy 904
Glory. Blefs all our Minifters ^nd Magiftratgs,
with all Graces needful for their places ; and go-
vern thmt them, that they may govern us in Peace,
and Godlinefs : And of thy Mercy, Lark com*
fort all our Brethren that are diftreffed, fick, or
any way Comfortlefs, efeoctalhr thofe who are afc
fli#c(l either vith^a ^Goofcienec^ becaufe they
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266 $$e Practice of $itty.
Have finned againft thy Wordy or for <|W Consci-
ence, becaufe they will not fin againft thy truth.
Make the jfrfi to know, that not one drop of the
blood of Chrift, was a drop of vengeance, but all
drops of grate, powerful to procure pardon upon
repentance, for the greateft fins of the chiefeft fio-
lier in the World. And for the other, let not, O
Lord, thy long fufferance either too much difcou-
rage them, or too niuch encourage their enemies :
But grant them patience in fuffering, and a gracious
and Ipeedy deliverance, which Way may Hand beft
with their comfort, and thy glory. Give every
one of us, grace to be always mindful of his laft
end, and to be prepared with faith and repentance,
as with a wedding garment, againft the time that
thou (halt call tor us out of this finful World.
Arid that in the mean while we may fo in all things,
and above all things, feek thy Glory, that when
this mortal life is ended, "we may then be made
partakers of immortality, 'and life eternal, in thy
fcjoft bleffed and glorious Kingdom.
' Thefe, and all other Graces, which thou, O Fa-
ther, feed to be neceflary for us, and for thy
whole Church, we humbly beg and crave at thy
• iiands : Concluding this our imperfect Prayer,' in
that ahfdlute form of Prayer which Chrift htmfelf
(lath taught us, faying, '
Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed te thy
V Name, k c. "' '.".•'
After Frayers, let every one. of thy Hottfhold {tt>
fyng in the fear of God f tub a BreakfajH or refrejbiag
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<» «• jfr) A/wf : 17v Children to School^ the Ser-
vants w /A«r Kfiwi J every one *o A« QfR», the Ma-
tter «#<i Miftrefs of the Famify to their Cdings^ or to
fome honeft Exercijesfor Recreation^ at thejt thigkfit. *
The Pr office of Piety at Meals, and the manner
of Feeding.
BEfore Dinner and Supper, when the Table is
, covered, ponder with thy felf upon thefe
Meditations ; to work a deeper Impreffion in thy
Heart, of God's Fatherly Providence and Goodnefs
towards thee.
Meditations before Dinner and Suffer.
i. Tt yCEditate that Hanger is like the Sickntfs
IVJ called a Wolf; which if thou doft not
feed, will devour thee, and eat thee up : And that
Meat arid Drink,, are but as * Pkyfuk^ot Means
which God hath ordained, to relieve and cure this
natural Infirmity, and neceflity of Man. Ufe there-
fore to eat and drink, rather to reftrain and refrefli
the Btf*£tf^ of Nature, than tofatisfie the Sehfua*
lity and Delights of the Flefli. Eat therefore to
live, but live not to eat. A Scavenger wlxofe Li-
ving is to empty, is to be preferred before him
that liveth but to fifl Privies. There is no Service
fo + bafe, as for a Man to be a (lave to his Belly.
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* Hocjne^octoifti, ut guemaditfodiim m&lkutofat*, fie atfmen.
tafumpniFusacccdam. AugJ.io.Cvnf: t Major fiini& ad nfcfthi ~
centos, quim ut mafccipiurt* fioi mei corporis, s#*, • - •- -
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The Apoftle termeth fuch, Bety-Gods, Phil. 3. ip.
Therefore we may boldly term them, as the Scrip-
tores do other Idols, * GiBklim % Dungy-Gods, Hak
*~ 18, 19* % Kings ij. it. And as no one A&ion
makes a Man more to refemble a Bead, than
eating and drinking ; fo the abufe of eating and
drinking to furfeitingy Drunkenness, and Spewing,
makes a Man more vile than a Beaft.
ju Meditate on the Ommtotency of God, b who
imge jail thefe Creatures otnbthing: Of his W^
4/00* who c feedeth fo many Infinite Creatures thro 9
the univerfal World, maintaining all their Lives,
which he hath given them, which furpaffeth the
wifdom of all the Angels in Heaven ; and of his
d Clemency and Gtodnejs, in feeding alfo his c very
Enemies*
3. Meditate, how many forts of Creatures, as
Bcafls, Fifbj and /far/, have loft their Lives, to be-
come Food to nourifb thee ; and how God's Provi*
fence, from remote Places, hath brought all thefe
Portions together on. thy Table, for thy nourifh-
jnent j and how by thefe dead Creatures he main-
tains thee in Health and Life.
4. Meditate, that feeing thpu baft fo many
, f Pledges of GODV Fatherly Houniy^ Goodnefs, and
faiercy towards thee f as then? are Difies of Meat on
thy Table j Qhfuffer not in fuch a Place, fo^r*
mm a God to beabufed by fcurrility, ribaldry, or
?r*lr,iPW.i4K*5»i* *Mttth.5.45,&c. eA&s 14.17. fHaop
ofc cftufam Gtatiles mcn&s frcr as & feft* aominabiat* Vh*s.
::\ fwearing:
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f wearing : Or thy a Fellow- brother, by disgrace-
ful Back-biting, Taunting, or Slandering.
f . Meditate, how that thy Matter JefttsChrifi
did never eat any Food, but iirft he blefled the
Creatures, and gave b thanks to his heavenly Fa-
ther for the fame. And after his laft Suffer, we
read that he fung a c Pfaim. For this was the
Commandment of God, d When thou haft eaten and
filed thy felf, thou /halt blefs the Lard thy God, fire.
This was the Pra&ice of the Prophets: For, • the
People nDuli net eat at their Feafi y rt# Samuel came
to hkfs their Meat, And faith Joel to God's People ;
f Te {ball eat and be fatisfied, andpraifc the Home of
the Lord your GOD* This alfo was the Praftice
of the « Jpoftles. . For, St. Paul in the Ship, gave
Thanks hefort Meat, in the Prefence of all the £eoi
pie that wag therein. Imitate thou therefore io
fo holy an Aftfofy fo blejfedz Mafter, and fomany
worthy Precedents that have followed him, ana
gone before thee. It may be, becaufe thou hajl
never ufed to give Thanks at Meals, therefore thou
art no w afham? d to begin. Think it no lhame to
do what Chrift did $ but be rather a&amed that
thou trail fo long negle&ed fo Cbrijlian a Duty.
And if tht Son of God g^ve his, Father fuch great
Thinks- for a Dinner of 41 Barky bread, and 'broiled
F{fh\ wiftt Thanks (hould fa&ifirful Man as ti&i*
art, render unto God, for fuch Variety of good and
7 * -' i i * • * a ■ i - ....■'.' i
¥ S. Aujlin had Written over his TabI* j (SHquis amat aiBfis afc.
ftntttn rodercaifciama, Hdmc raeuftm Tetfcam coverit efli fibl, p«/l
fU.iH4>ii&*u$. ^Luke?. 16. Mat 14. ip.&M- atf. Mark^i ,&*.£.
Luke 14. 30, John 6, 11. c Mat. 26.30. Mark 14. 36. *£>cut.3.io.
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dainty Cheer ? How many a true Chriftian would,
be glad to fill his Belly with the Morfels which
thou refufeft; and doth lack that which thou4eaveft?
HOW hardly do others Labour for that which they
tat, and thou haft thy Food provided for thee,
without either Care or Labour ? To conclude, if
* Pagan Idolaters at their Feafts were accuftomed
to praife their &lfe Gods : What a Shame is it far a
Chriflian, (at his Dinners and Suppers) not to
praife the true Gbd, b in whom we live, move, and
%ave our Being ?
6. Medirate^ that thy BoJy, which thou doft
now fo dainitly feed, muft be fthou knoweft not
how loon) Meat for Worms i c When thou jhalt fay
to corruption, thou art my Father ', and to the Worm,
thou art my Mother •, and my Sifter.
7. Meditate, how that many a d Man r s Talk
is made bis Snare : So that through his Intem-
perance and Unthankfulnefs, the Meat which
should Nourifh his Body, kills him with a Sur-
feit: Infomuch, that more are* killed with this
* Snare, than with the Sword. And feeing that
fince the Curfe> the ufe (as of all Creatures, fo
iikewife) of Meat and Drink, is unto us unclean,
till the/fame be * fanftified by the Word of God,
and Prayer \ and that Man liveth not by » Bread
only, but by the Word of GotPs Ordinance ; and his
Blejftngt which is called the h ftaff of Bread: Sit
not therefore down to eat, before you i pray, and
rife not before you give <5od k Thanks. -Feed -to
* • Daiu j . i, 4. ■> Afts 17.28. c Job 1 7. 14. d Pial. 6> aa; c Gen.
3.17. f 1 Tim. 4.4,*. *Mattli.44. hLev.*6.a6. Ezek. 4 . 16.&5.
i$. • iSam9.i3.Alatth.14.19. Luke 24.30. rCor.io*i(L * Jfitom.
14.6. xTheffij. 18. . ,
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fuffice * Nature, yet rife with an Appetite', and re-
member thy poor Chriftian b 5/y/^w, who fuffer
Hunger, and want thofe good Things, wherewith
thou doft abound*
thefe Things, or fame of them Premeditated, {if-thtrt
be not 4 ' St&maelprefent) d lift up with aU come-
ly ttvcrencc, thy Heart with thy Hinds and Eye.s $
unto the Great Creator and Feeder of all Crea-
tures, and before. Meat; fraj unto him tint :
Grace before Meat.
OMoft gracious God, and loving Father, who
feedeft e aS Creatures living, which f depend
upon thy Divine Providence ; we befeech thee
sjanftijie thefe Creatures, which thou haft ordained
for us: Give them vertue to nourifh our Bodies, in
Ltfe and Health} and give us Grace to receive
them fiber ly and thankfully, as from thy Hands;
that fo in the h Brength of thefe and other thy
Blcflings, we may walk in the uprightnefs of our
Hearts, before thy Face, this Day, and all the Days .
of ouf Lives, thro' Jefus Chrift, out Lord and 6n«
ly Saviour. Amen. ... . , .
; . . Of thus,'
MOft gracious God, arid merciful Father ;
we befeech thee, fanffijfe thefe Creatures
to our ufe ; make thtm healthful for our nounih-
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meat; and us thankful for all thy Bieffipgs, thro'
Cbrift our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.
Another Grace before Meat.
O Eternal God, in whom we live, move> and
have our beings we befeech thee biefc unto
thy Servants thefe Creatures, that in the Strength
of them we may /rw, to the> fitting forth of thy
Praife and Glory, thro* Jefus Cbrijt our Lord and
only Saviour. Amen.
After every Med be t artful of thy felf and Family
as Job was for himfelf and his Children, Job.
i. 4. left that in the Chearfulnefs of eating and
drinkingyfome Speech hath flipped out y which might
be either Offensive to God, or Injurious to Man;
and therefor* with the like comely Gefturc and Rt-
- vert nee give Thanks unto God, and Pray in thk
Manner*
BLeffed be thy holy Native* Q Lord our God,
for thefe thy good Benefits, wherewith thoa
liaft fo plentifully at this Time refreftfdout Bodies :
O Lord vouebfafe likewife to feed our Souls with
the fpiritual Food of thy holy Word and Spirit un-
to Life everlafting. Lord, defend and lave thy
whole Churpb; our grapioys J&ttg, with $e reft
of the Royal Family. Forgive us our Sits and
Vnthankfulqefsr* pais by our manifold Infirmities^
inafce^s^Mndful tf ouzUft End, and .oft be
Reckoning th&t w$ are folate tp^hee therein, £od
in the mean while grant unto us Uf^uPf«ce r dnd
Truth,
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Or thus.
BLdfcd be thy holy Name,(0£.«riQ for theft
thy good Benefits, wherewith <thou haft re-
frefhed us at this Time. Lort^ forgive us all 011:
Shis and Frailties : Save and defend thy whole
Church, our King and the Royal Family ; ate!
grant us Health, feace, and Truth, in Chrifivour
only Saviour. Amen.
Or thus.
T1I7E give thefc Thanks (Q heiverily Father;
Y * for feeding our Bodies fo <graciou% with
thy good Creatures to this temporal Life 4 hefeech-
ing thee like wife xo feed our Souls with thy Hdiy
Word unto Life everlafting. Defend (0 Lord)
thy tJniverfal Church, the King, and the Royal
Family ; and grant us Continuance of thy Grace
and Mercy, in Chrift our only Saviour. Amen.
The Pratt fa of Piety *t Evening.
At Evenings when the due Tone of repairing to refi
approaeheth, caU together -Again -all tfyfcmilj.
Read a Chaffer in the fame manner, that was pre*
fjbxihedin the Morning. Tbe*iri*ihvty e Imitatfyn-of
<wr Lord, and his DifeipUs^ng .aJ>faJm* £#
:'*£>>gin$ tf Pjahmsy either .aftew. Suffer,* or >ap *ny
other Time, obferve thefe Rules,
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i. "DEware of Singiog divine Pfalms for an or-
•*-^ dinary Recreation ; as do Men of impure
Spirits, who fing Holy P/i/w, intermingled with
Prophane Ballads. They are God's Ward, take
them not in thy Mouth in vain,
i. Remember to iing David's Pfalms, with Da~
ivitPs * Spirit.
. 3. Practice St PaaPs Rule, f I wiUfwgtPitb the
Sprit, tat J will fing with the underftandingMfo,
4. As you fing, || uncover your Heads, and be*
have your felves in comely: reverence, as in the
Sight of God, finging to God, in God's own
Words : But be fore that the Matter make more
**ntelodj in your Hearts, than the Mafick in your
Eat: For the finging with Grace in our Hearts, is
that which the Lord is delighted withal, according
to that old Verfe:
If on vox, fed votnm ; non mafic* cborduU,fid cor :
jfon chmttns,fed amans, pfaSit in aare Dei,
''Tis not the Voice, bat vowj
Sound Heart, not founding String:
True Zgal, not outward jkam,
That in God's Ear doth Ring.
5. Thou may'ft (if thou thinkeft good) fing all
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O^eVnalfcabyaad raott%ra<Sdus Father, we
¥Hm* Mintf Oftihy Se¥v*ft$ %xfe atferrtMwl,
fo'6lM'i# (elves afc&etfooeiftootof thy
Grace, acknowle^in|*thatWeftWe%ihfei4Wd(eur
Fathers Corruption, and a&ually in Thought,
Word, and Deed, idnlgttft&l all thy holy Com-
mandments, fo that in us naturally, there dwel-
etb nothing tttft if go3d$ Fotftur 'Hearts'afe %H
of fecret Pride; *»nfetj Impatience, Diffeinbling,
Lying* «,^^ankyj ¥¥#rtment6, Dtftrtft, ft*
MMtoteoPtot f&rteVatoflWfc 1tf erltfj; -rtw&n*
Love of thee, and thy Kingdom; but efcnpty and
void of Faitfc Btv^e, ftnfenee;«aM 4e*ery {griffon!
Grace. If tta'tlto#^\SNttlffli!btt enter iwo
JudgmfttlMilrtis; ah^feaR^iweW natttraTCor*
nftftdn,4nd efelerlteHiH'«hek*n^^ts^&
fetb thatwe bavederiv'd frpm thenceVf i/i* tm£ht
jttRlt-^mflfeflgd W^rhteduJo,(§«d'wt coul^ttK
e)^anythrngfrWi^y^iitff^;%tothy*#mh,
alia- ouffCWHetaiAi*!, w^lo&^teVfr teiigagD
defer**. *&, gfertFatfori feV^^(^^rhf dear
Son's fake, *» vbom only thou txt m&fkljett; and
fWtfttf-Me&*of *h^taer<12&tktti4 Woody^af.
lion, which we believe that he fafch'ftftfctaS \for
us: Have Mercy upon us, pardon and forgive. us
aVttur 55ns, anffftee WhWtl|tSl*fye>aul Con-
fmloh/wliicti ared^ WhW-tis Hk 'Aefci/fhat
they may tiet&rfefee ttpon tts tottur t&nMRon in
this Life, nor to our Condemnation in the World
which is to come. And for as much as thou haft
created w to ferve thee, a% sU other Crutitres to
iervie m : So we befeeefc thee infpire thy holy Sfirit
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into ou/ Hearts, that by his rjlumipatiPri and jef-
feftual working, wq may h^vc f he inward fight
and feeling of our Stysj and natural Corruption^:
and that W rtiay 'iidt be kliaded jji theft r thr6*
Cufltoffl, & the Reprobates afe, but that we may
more arjd more loath them, ajid b^eartily gripved
for th&ri, encjeavpurinftbylth? uf£ ofaU gpqd
&Iean?,xo overcome '^i^ffet, put of then)V . O Hi
u* ftel the Power of * (Xrjjrs peath, kiti ir^g Six) in
pur mortal Bodies j aqd tjie verjtue pjf ] \ik fteftip
region, raifing up opr Spy]* to newneft of jLJifr
Contort, pur He*tts r fiibtli^epp hfyfaWhftJfli*
nerate pur Mipd?, !^nd pjurifc pur N^ture^ a/ict
I fuffer us not to he drowned jngtty e ftfeapiof%oj^
Jiltfiy Vices/ and firvfpl ^afui;cs " pf thi^ ttqi6,
wherewith tbpiffands kr^ carried headlong iq ete?*
nal p6UiHi£l1pn ; but , daily f raipe jus 4n6^ and
more tp the ^X^enefs.'pfdiy'SM jTr/m cir^
.that iri | ,^ighteb^fnqljl and' t^jue Hol^npfs, J[ we
mayTpiferye aad^Wi^iheei that living in thy
ftar f if\& dying i^rfiy^^^r^we may, in thine
appointed ^^.^ttaln^tqttw W?flW Re^irrcfltipn
of tjie Juft,^ntp ^ef nal Xi^e. In the mean % VwjSL
L^A ^npwlejQur fpfti\n tlie fvvcet Pro^iifes of
'thp G?^^/, and pyr ^epenraoce from dead works, the
&fr<}ttyc$$QtJirJfof?e in thy ^rprpifes^pur Fear pi
fo, by *he Jftriilts ef Pieij, and a V|ghtl?ouls Life/^te
may be aiiTured, that thy Holy Spirit dotti dweti in
• ' Vi'r i iMM^i*«4f
* Rom. 6.6. Phtl.3.16. t Rom. 82$: HEpM-a*
P % US,
'us, and th^t we are tfiy.Chjldreh by'- Grace and
Adofttov., And grant us, good Tather^ilie conti-
nuance of Health, Peace, Maintenance, aod all
mother outward Things, (b far forth, as thy divine
wiCdom fliajil think meet and Decenary, fpr every
*>neof u$> ,. '[> ,.„.";/;/ -!. r
? And here, Lord* according to pur\be>unden
'duty, we corifefs that thou haft been exceeding
.merciful unto us all, in Things of this Life; but
Infinitely more merciful in the Things qf ia better
"j-ife; and therefore we do. here from our very
"Soiik, render unto thee all humble and hearty
thanks, for all thy Bleffings and Benefits beftowed
>pon our Souls and Bodies; acknowledging thee to
be that * father of Lights \jrqm whom we have received
aO thofe good and perf eft Gifts ; and, unto thee alone
for therii, we afcribe to bu due all Glory, Honour
juyl Praife^ both now and evermore- But more
.efpeeially, ^we praife thy. divine Majefty, far that
t thou haft defended us this Bay from all £ertfs and
Dangers; fd that, none of thofe Judgments (which
buirSinsh^ye deferved) have fallen upon' any one
pf uSp, /;Qppd pord, forgave us the Sins whicfrthis
T)ay we kwc ^committedagainft thy divine Maje-
fty, and Qiir Brethren : &ii& for Chrift his fake, be
reconciled unto us for them." * And we befi&ch thee
Jflkewifc of the fame thinp' infinite Goodnels and
M^rcy, tq defend and protect us, and ajltfyat be-
long untd>us, this Night from ill dangers of Fire,
Robbery, Terrors of f evil 4*gels> Or; any other
pear or Peri! ? which for our Sins might juftty, fall
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upon us. And that we may be hte*> andtr the jbd»>
daw of thy Wings; we here comtffeftd our Bodies
atid Souls and all that we have, imto thine Al- *
mighty Prore&ion. Lord, blefsand defend both
us and them from all Evil. And whilft we fleep, '
do thou, Fdther,, who never flumbreft nor fle&p- ;
eftj^watch over thy Children, and give a Charge •
tb thy f Htly Angels, to pitch their Tents round a-'.
bout our Houfe and Dwelling, to gutrd m from all \
Dangers : That deeping with thee, we may in the i
next Morning be awakened by thee; and fo being .
refreshed with moderate Sleep, we may be the fif.
tier to fet forth thy Glory in the confcionable Du-
ties of our Callings
: And we befeech thee, O Lord, to be merciful
likewife to thy whole Church, and to continued
the Tranquility of theie Kingdoms whefein wc
live, turning from us thofe Plagues which the
trying Sins of this Nation do cry for, .: . V„
Preferve our Religious King % with the reft of
the Royal Family : All our Magiftrates and Mini-
tter$ } all that fear thee, and call upon thy Namc^
all our Chriftian Brethren and Sifters, that fuffer
Sicknefs, or any other Affli&ion or MHery j Efpe^
cially thofe, who any where do fuflfer Persecution,
for the T eftimohy of thy holy Gofpel, grant them .
patience to bear thy crofs ; and deliverance, when,
and Which way it fliaU feem beft to thy Diviiuy
Wifdom. And, Lord, fuffer us never to forget
our laft end, and thofe Reckonings, which then
we muft render tftuo thee. In Health and Pro-
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fpsrity, make us mindful of Sicknefs, and of the
evtt DSy thatfis behind, that thefe things may not
overtake us ae * * &w*, but that we may in good
Meafare, like fr «*/* Vkgjint^ be found pr epar'd for
t^e coming of Chtiflitht fweet Bridegraot* of our
Sovls. And jidwr* O Lord moft hoi? and juft, we
coitfefi that thetfr is no Caufe, why thou (who
art fi> much dtfpleafed with Sin) ihouldeft hear
tlte Prayer of Sinners j but for his fake only, who
forTerod for Sm, and finned not. In the only Me?
diatioti therefore of thine Vernal Son Jefus our
Lord and Saviour, we humbly beg thefe, and all
other Graces Which thou knoweft co be Needful
for us, {hutting up thefe our unpeffeft Rcquefts,
in that mfi hoi) Prayer, which Chrift himfeif
hath taught us no fiy urrtD thee,
. Gut Fstker which *rt in Heave*, Ht&owtA he thy
}Same y &c.
7ty Grate? Lord tyf** Cbrifi j thf Lobe Hfd*
Vtnly PMhtr \ thy Comfort cud Cenfolatid/t, Hely
tmi Stuffed Spirit, be with »s s And remaitt with tu y
thai Night, shM tvermore, Amen.
r iTbai fkluting one another, as becometh Cbri-
jfoawv who are the Vtfielt of Grace* and JZmffes of
the Holy Gheft, let them in the Fear of God de-
part efrery one to his Reft ; ufing (brne of the for-
mer ffrivate Meditations for Evening.
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toftns and Families \ hut ajfo in «_ «ntrt f#j#«fr
fort, of all the godly joined ftgetber in a vif&jp
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moaly to be tbttit/ttd £«tf of j?v^#»*ir
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the Mm, keep d#&W*k oo thfejiaw Serengfe
Day, whereon it was kept under the 0A< T<$^
I aafwer .- Bectufe that our £*"< ft/W (w&
» the * Lard of tfee SMttb, aod who* %
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fromihat Sevrwrh Day, to this frfi Day qf iftp
Week; whereon We keep tbe<£4&*& For the
holy Evangdift notes ; That ow Lprd <^nae kft*
the midft of the Holy AlTemWy.ofi the tw$ &£
Days of cbe two Weeks *fitawd«*ply:&llQ^flg
hit Refurw&toivand then il^jtd the C^i)«?li,
|l breathed o$ the Apoules the Afoft Ghoft, and gave
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be did id zjolem/t iwnaer every firft Day of the
Week, during the forty Days he continued on
Earth, betweeo his Refurre&ion aod jjceu/ieatfar
the fiftieth Day after, being the firft Day of the
Week, the Apoftles were aflemfcled) during which
time he gave Commandments unto the Apofties,
and *ffake unto them tho/e Things which appertain to
the Kjngdm cf Goi> that is, teftruftcd them, how
they fbould throughout the Churches ( which
'Were to be Converted) change the Sabbath to the
^Lord's Day ; the bodily Sacrifices of Beafts, to the
Spiritual Sacrifices of Praife, Prayer, and contrite
Hearts; the f Levitical Prieffhood of the Law, to
*le Chriftian Mkiiftry of the Gofpel ; the Jenfi
Temples and Synagogues, to Churches and Oratories;
Tthe Old Sacraments.' of Circ'mntifim and Paffover,
i6B»ptifm and die Lortts Supper , <£?.asoiay ap-
pear- by the like'phrafe, A8s .19. 8. and J8s *8.
2, j. Cob;*}* 1 x. Put for the whole frmm of fonts
©Octane, by which were wrought all thefe chan-
ges, Where it took EffecT:., So that as Chrift was
Torty Days inflrufting Mefes in Sinai, what he
fliould teach, and how he (hould rule the Ckurch
binder the Law; Fo he continu'd forty days + teach-
ing his Difciples in Sion, what they Ihould preach,
*nd how they fhould govern the Church under
itisGofpel. And feeing it is nianifeft, that within
rfholeFort^ Days, tfto$apj[>ointed what Minifters
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the Circumftance of vv „„„ y ».u«.uvc nc vumuacs
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fhould teach, and how they fhould govern his
Church to the Wbrld's end;' it is not tobe doUbN
ted, but that within thofe forty Days he likewife
ordained on what Day they fhould keep ihpw Stb*
hath, and ordinarily do the Works of their Mini-
ftry j cfpecially feeing that under thfe Old TTefta-
ment, God (hewed himfelf as careful both bfy "his
Moral and Ceremonial Law, to prescribe the
Time j as well as the Matter^ df his wor/hip. Nei-
ther is it a Thing to -be omitted, that the Lbrd^
* who hath Times and Seafons in his own Power,
appointed the firft Day of the Week, to be the
very Day v b wherein he fent down from Heaven
the Holy Gfofl upon the£poftles;'(b that upon that
Day they firft began, and evet after continued the
piiblick exercifing of their Miniftry* in the c preach-
ing of the Word, the d ^dmiriiftration of the. Sa»
laments, and the e looting of the Sins df Penitent
Sinners. Upon thtfe and the like Grounds, ^Atha*
vafim plainly affirmeth, that the Skbb&th Day \i?i$
changed by the Lord htmfel£ ' :l
As therefore our Communion ts termed {he Lord's
Suffer } becaufe it was Jnftitiited of the^Lord, for
the remembrance of his Death: So the Chriftia^i
SMatb is called the * Lord's Daj y becaufe It was or-
Gained of the Lord, for the Memorial, of h1$//fr*
Urn ft ion. And as the Name of the * Lord* ho;
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1 Aft$ t,i, * Afts a. i, &cv « ASs i. 1^4. * ASs 2.38,41, &
' Aftsj. 38. t a than, in froptifpicio hogL-ric fenf , g Rev. *,«!<>.
The Scripture of the New Teftamenr, f give£ not thjs .honourable
Title to any Thing, but oidy to the WeBed Sibbath; and Holy
»|»pper. For as he fubttitteted the Lord's Wppcr infttad of ffll
-f aflbver, fiwiid he the Lord's Day, m tfce Jc wfl& StfbatiiVltodm;
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nouretb the one, (b doth it the other: And as the
Lord of tbe Sabbath, by his Rjyd Pcerogative,
and Trtnfctnlcnt Authority, coui<±, Co he. had alfo
Reafon to change, the Holy Sabbath from the So*
vetfi Day to tb*+ whereon we keep it. For as
concerning the Seventh Day, which followed the
$ht Days, wherein God nnifhed the Creation $
there wasnafuch prtcife Institution, or Neceffitj
of fan&ifyin& it perpetually, but foch, as by the
lame Authority, or upoo grester Reaibn and Occa-
Hon, it might very wefl be changed and altered un»
tofoHM other Seventh pay. For the Command-
ment doth •not fay, Remember to keep holy the
Seventh Dy, text followimgthe Sixth Day ej the Cw
ti*» t or this, or that Seventh Day : But indefinite-
ly, remember that thou keep holy k 4 Seventh D*jh
And to (peak properly, as we take a Pay for the
pijlinftio* of time, called either a da} nttw*l % coo-
Ming of x4 Hours, or a day miftidy conOfting of
'%% hours, from fun-riling to fun letting ; and with,
al cortfider the SunftaaJptgftiMix. noon, in * Jo/b*f$
time, the (pace of a whole Day ; and the Sun *go-
fa fak Ten Degrees, {viz. Five Hours, abnoft
half an artificial Day) in EteebidPs time ; the Jews
themfelves could not keep their Sabbath upon that
frecife&rid juft Diftitttion 0$ time* called at the firft,
the Seventh Day from the Creation.
Add hereunto, that in refpeft of the e Diverfity
of tyeridia*}** and the mmptel rifi*g and feting of
* WoJphnChrottolog.de Ttmp.l.i.cap.i.p.^i. *LegitfufaAtt-
t|A fft fex diebus, tcrrcois negociis u*cmd>ere; fcji&ni, drrino
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the Sun* every Day varietur in foot* Place 2 0*4>«
wy in fottie *jjf r i» Otter* a mMrf Day: Them*
fore the Jemffi feventh Day cannot predftly to kept
at thcyiaw /»/*** of time* every where in the
World.
Now our Lord Jefus having AuthoYky as *Lori
&vtr the BMtthy had Iftewife now far gfeaeef
reafon and occafion to tienflate the Sabbath from
the Jew/fit feventh Day, unto- the Firft Day where*
6|» Chriftians do keep the Sabbath.
1. Bccaufe that by his Refurrettiou from the
Dead, there is wrought b <* new'Jfiritmd Cumon
of the World; withdut which all the Sons off
jiddd had been turntd to everlafting Deftrnftim,
and all the Works of the firft Creation had mini*
ftred no tonftlaion unto us.
a. And in refpe& Of this nelw fpititua-1 Crea«'
nen, the Scripture faith, That • di Thing sr§
ptffed a iw/, a*d all Things are. btcomt mm ; * mm
Creatures, * nttt People, f new Meri, « mm Know*
ledge, b mm Teftathent, ' new ConfamndmeBt, *
»e* Names, ' new Way, turn Song, m *«fr Garment*
n nm Wine, aw Veflfels, • lietv Jatufatere, p «*ar
Heaven, and a *ep Earth. Arid therefore of no*
ceflity there mud be' infttadof the old, a *m\\ Sab-
bath Day, to honour and nratiebur Redeemer, and
to fttedhate upon the wot K of our Redemption, and"
to fo*w the new change of theOld Teftarffcot. »
5. Becaufe that on this Day ,Chfifi reftcd from
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glorious. Work of our Redemption. If therefore
the finijbing of the Work of the firfl. Creation,
whereby God mightily manifefted himfelf unto his
Creatures, defer vM a Sabbath for tofoiemntiethe
meihdrial of fo great a Work, to the honour of the
Workers, and therefor- God calk it a mine holy Day :.
Much more doth the new Creation of the . World,
affetfed by the Refuire&ion of Cbrift, (whereby
b be mightily declared himfelf to be the Sen ofGrt)
deferve aSabbath, for the perpetual Commemora-
tion thereof, to the Honour of Chrift* and there*
fore is worthily called the 'LorfsDay. For, as the
deliverance out of the Captivity of Babylon, being
greater, ^ took away the Name from the Delive-
rance out of the bonda ge of Egypt : fo the day where-,
on Chrift finished the Redemption of the World,
did morejuftly deferve to have the Sabbath kept
oir it, then on that Day, whereon God ceafed
ftom creating the World. As therefore in the Cre*
ation, die firft Day wherein it was finiflied, was
confecrated for a Sabbath .• So in the time of Re-
demotion, the firft Day wherein it was pcrfefted,
muft be dedicated to a holy reft ; but ftill a feventh
Day kept, according to God's Moral Command-
ment. The Jews kept the lafi Day of the Week,
beginning their Sabbath with the c Night, when
Godrefted : But Chriftians honour the Lord better,
on the f firft Day of the Week, * beginning the
Sabbath with the Djjy when the Lord *rofe. They
kepr their SdbbatbAn remembrance of the World's
'« ' ».*: i i 'nii . rii<f..i>r" ' . . » . • ■'■!
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T, Creation:
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Creation : But Chnftians celebrate it in Memorial
of the World's Redemption; Yea, the -Lor^VDay,,
"being the fir ft, of ^hc Creation zad Redemption, 1 puts
us in mind, both of the making of the 6td t and
redeerriing of the Nlfw World.
-As therefore under the Old Teftament, God., bir
the Glory confining of * feven Lamps, faucn Bran-
cbcs^&c put them in remembrance of the Credit-
on, Light, and Sabbath's reft : So under the New tk-
fi anient t Chrift, the true Light of the Wortd r zQ-
peareth in the t tnidft pf the feven Lamps, and fey}*
Golden Candlcftkks, to put os in mfnd to honour
our Redeemer, m the. Light of t$e Gofpel % on tlfe.
Lord's fcventh. Day of reft. And feeing the /_f-
demption, both far Might and Mercy, fq far exceea-
eth the Creation \ it ftodd with Great UeafOn, thl_:
the Greater Work IhoUld carry the Honour x>t ^the
Day. Neither dbtb : the: , Honour altle Title of thje
Lord's Day dimiuifh the Glory pf the Sabbath fyik
father being added* augments the Dignity theYeolj
as the Name '^4i*/;;added untojiyifo^, made v *t1(i_
Patriarch the more Renowned. \\ . .. ' i ' ! "
[ The. reafon taken from the example of Gdd$
hftkg from the wqrkqf the €rejiti6np\ the W6ty&
cohtmued jri force; till the SoQof'God ceafid'W^Hx
the ^or& of the Redemption.^ the World^'atp
then t jie former 'gaVef place topttie'Jatterl '" ^ ^
^. 'feecaufe it Avas.forefold'in.thd Qtd teflMf,
that'thtf Sabbath' flioulcl be kept (under the'fofc
feftjminhotiiht.ftrft Day of the Week.. •"* ^
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ey oichrifi, and ,hj$ Kingdom ; it Is plainly fpce-
'told r that tbete ftjouW *bt atokmnJOaj o/^Jfemr
Ming, wherein dtt.CfotjFs Peopfajbould mfftmqly ctmf
together in the Beauty tf Hw*efs. IflfonjMCh tbajt
% P9 Jttm (of Peace) Jhaii he »fa» tkqfe i Families,
thitjn that Feaftwll tut -go uf to Jerufafa* (tfcp
Chiircb) t,o worfhif the King, the Lor/l of Hfffis.
"Now on what Day this Holy Feaft, and Affembjy
"Jboujd be kept, />«>*/ /hewstb jjljaiofy, w QV.
t it\wb\ch \ya$ a.Propfoecy tf Cbrift, is appears,
^kfef^ »j.4», /Ufrs^iL-Bphef, %, iq. as'aj&by
>be content of allfhe frap, asfrom witmfletb.
Tor, (hewing bow cbrifl by bH J^oomwioqs
3>ea"t|i. fhom be a* 4 Stwtyetfta'ofjbe BmlAer,,
Jf thief Ruhrs fif^yfe^ and jet fy fa gfortQUJ fo.
J fyrr4Bbn x fi^U.^meil^cluef.S$Qtte^tke Co*mtr :
jft'V wiikBtb tfjewboj* Qjuph jp jfccp jfloly.ffer
jpi^wherwipoa C/fr$0 flspuJd ^^.tbis^'oj^deif.
1$ .Wort, . laying? j| £fc U ih O^jvH^ thl^
$*th cfM^y tet&m$(fanfitfygUiwJfi, $n&, Jew-
ing that upon this I^y!,.j^t x wlu^"^fr(ai^^
gWft appear^ to^fl^nfoc Get Mtafy-fm
Whole .Chyr^ivftertheilvw, Z*^^f, rottftcfe-
jtefraiie tbe|ty^<#r^V Rcf«ixetijl»<** RffliBs?
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tbat jao^he^me pay \pltMtt ffaptdfoifi skf york
$ Mails RoMvpiw*, A«a allutfjnjg. no. *he\6peeQb
of £m« to Rutb f fieef..mta tfa. Attwmi'lfat M§f
jfar, Jbould reft in ,bis^iyc^|l tfreif oabbath. {fey.
And he jjatheretK from tbat Speec h/ Ge n, jt.'gn
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Gia.ftl. at. H. Brntbttn Require of Confent. p. Jo,-ji.
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ftould rife on the jM Dydffhe Wi*k> from ©eatfc
to Life, ami caufethefpnitual Li^ofthe<3pf^l
to enlighten the World, that lay in theihadojvof
Darknefsand Death. The Hebrew Author oftbe
Book called, * ithcr Olsm RMi y Uf.j* re cord ed
many memorable Things, rthieh were done vpoft
the firft Day of the'Week^as to many .Types,. that
the chief Wotflrip of God HiouM '(under the M*
Ttftwvtt} be celebrated upon this 1 Day. As, tha
bn this jO^y the CkuJtfGofs W&fr firfifa mfo*
hs Ycofle. Aaron ami hu xMmt'n frjk "cxt&ttt
timr'+tisfthood: Mftp fitkmtfhH^fedhUP^
fbe Phxcesrfhis feofhfrfiiofind^i^kf^tMfttk
$el ' fhxt it, was tfafxJtpity, whtniri Pirc'&f&a&d
jrm l &eavt». The/ft f 'fr*y /if. 'iteWorUL of tfte
iV^oftiie S^^,ofthe j >fb4t,'l&& AlllnaaW;
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&t)oc.frft.D$t$ltheWeek+ \\ thisMyfiery was
jfo cjearly feen by the Fathers, under the fhadows
-©f the QlcLTtjlsmewt : Sure, the "God of this World
Jbathjdeeply- blin4ed theit Minds, who-cannot fee
the Truth thereof under the,*J(hjning Light of the
jGofpeL Therefore this change of the Sabbath
pay, uoder the New, was nothing but a fulfilling
jbf that which was prefigured and;fore*prophefiea
vnderthedldjXei^afnent.. ., . ',
,'.f.. According to their ■&*$* Mind and ,Com-
mandment, and the dire6tioji of the Holj Gbofi
'( which always affiled t^ejn, y» their Mimfimd
Office) the Apoftles in all the Chriftian Churches
{which t&ey'pjantedj °*»fl'*«4 That the Chrifti;
ans -{hould l^eo jthe Holy, jSab&adi upon that fe-
venth Oajs Wpicb h ; % tnejj&#' Pay of the Week*
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{*otas. Suffer x ™ Jo. te^ntbqr. jwa IP** tbe.Lorjfs
jfretfh,t$ hi tpn$£$e. tq VJjich. Words, note*
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Quum congregamini non, flout juftum eft, In die Domini floftri
couiedhis & bitfhhr.' The Arabian Tranftat ion aMb haih tfaos : -Non
t«i«lJfislfcHbiris^iKVcre.tUrtta:Dwi^
|^:vitteflet&:Th»cfctancancim:(St«ek Copy, there *rea&
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3. Every jirjt day of the week which fheweth a
perpetuity.
4. That it was ordained in the Churches tfG*>
lath, as well as ot Corinth; and he fettled one uni*
form order in all the Churches of the Saints: There-
fore it was aniverfal; - ;
. 5. That the exercifes of this day were * CoEettions
for the poor (which appears by Alls 2.41^ and Jtp*
ftin MarJyrs TcllimoQy mi ; J were
gathered to* the holy Affembly after Pnyer % preach-
ing of the Wordy and Jdmintjlrat ion oi the Sacra*
ments\ Therefore it was fpiritual. ^
6. That he will have the Colle&ion ( though
neceffary) removed, againft his cqrxiingj left ic
(hould: hinder his preaching: But not their holy
meeting on jhc Lord V day 5 for ic was the time
ordained, for the pubjick worfhip of the Lord;
tohich argueth a neceflity. \, • <
And ia the; fame Epijle Saint P aul^qrt Acth,
that he covered them, none other Ordinance, or
Dodrine,* but f tot/at he had received of the 1 Lord.
Infomuch that he ehargeth them, tlm\\.Ifa#y Man
think bimfglftq he a Prqphef, orffiritualy let him ac~
kno\vkdge r ±ha£ the things, that I write umpyou^are
the Commdkndments of the fjords , But hp, wroff untQ
them, an$l prdained stmong them, to keep their
Sabbath t oa the jfrft y d4y A q£ tt# weefe; Therefore
to keep \tjie Sabbath Qf^t6af : dayy is, the .v c ery Com*
- * As the phrafe of breaking fftrfaj, comprehended! alforher fir*
ercifes of RefoiQfl, A6te 20. 7> . 'So thii phrafe of lw'"gty'»ftt r **
comprchenaeth all the other Exercifes of the Sabbath; Arid why
(hould Ac Jptftti require the Colleaions to be made i>n the firft,
day of the Week, but becaufc that orrrhis day the hofy*AtfemMy
Was held in the J/tf It* .xims? JiQta.ji ». 23. || Cor. 14. 37.
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df the Lord. And how din he be either
a true Prophet, or have any Grace of God's Spirk
in his Heart, who feeing fo clearly the LordVday
to hare beenmftiruted and ordainM by the Apo-
ftks, w31 not acknowledge the keepingHbry of ttc
Jjrtfs-dai, to be a CotumaaamentcXthe Lord 1
The Jem coniefs this change of the Sabbath to
Jjave been made by the Apoftles, Peter Alpbvn. in
Vial*, centra Ju&os, tit. n. they are therefore
more blind and fottifh than the jews, who pro*
phanely deny it.
At * Treat likewHe St. Paul, together with Se-
Tenofther^Evangelifts of the Church, Sopater,
jirifiruxhas, Secundus, Onus, Timotbtuh Tjcbnus,
md Tropbmus, and all the Chriftians that wene
Ytiere, kept the Holy Sabbath on the JftfDay of
*he Week, in praying, preaching, and receiving
(bclorff-Sapper.
■ Afld tt is a thing to be noted, that Luke faith
f&b, that the Difciples were fent to hear Paul
preach ; bat the Diftipies heiag come. together to break
ftnoi ufentbefrfi Day of the Week, that is, to be
partakers of the holy Communion, at what time
theLord's Death was by the preaching of the Word
ftewM, x Cor. 18. %6. Paul preached unto them, Src
And that flone kept thofe meetings but Chriftbms,
WboareealW TM^ks^s 1 1.16. But at Pbilippi,
where as yet there were no Difciples, Paul is laid
to go 00 their Sabbath-day to the place where
the Jews and their Profelytes were wont to pray,
and therepreacheduntpthem,^^,id.ia > 13. Se
• Afts ic* f.tcc
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wJby dq$h St* ftV <%ty !foM*e £orjT/ to ; l>w fo
qayfe it was a p*y Jfpowp#> I* MnetaJTy ,&ep,E,h^
Iy» t9 c|ie ppnptv pf jihe .4«<*$# («# xpjj; frj
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jcayfe *hi|t *)1 ,tte $an#$cat40p jb^jiong}n£ jp jcpis
(1 *<w #V# U in Cforift, flp4 Jrpift &f* -fttfWFy,?
.rp .Qhriftiags* And beetle there .qanJpot .cp^e £
grtfi/fer Autpprity, *ban t^t pU#r# .an^fe i$»-
JlJesi.iQC the lU<ccauil;,^s,the,^^Cf^M»pjf t-fye
World ; Therefore the Sabbath q^jqi^er. 5*^ al^f-
ed from this Day* to any otber t 'whim this World
fcftpth, . A44 ,beRefljitp,.iv>jy tl^e 3cfiptu<e spijeth,
that in the/ry?.pja$tirtg a.pd fetthng of the Church,
nothing was done* but by the Ipecial order and
.jdif#wnpfshe^/^j, ; i C^.vy.^.i^r. 14*
& fa&.H%-4' 4&SfiS. t A2friZ$XW apples
.djd wfihiog,biit.>wbat .^y.b^d ^aqra^t .^r f frpjp
ilkfon#ify th^tjie.^^ 90 1 hpfeuftf %*
^^U'^&c. f R<v. i. xo. Ji/tf/ chtiftiatyu, &c. r ft is the man-
ner of Chriftfanfc to call it tWLordV4a.y. ttcL in Luo. tap: 414.
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Is. not a Ceremonial Law abrogated, but the mo-
ral and perpetual Law of God perfefled So that
the fame perpetual Commandment, which bound
the Jews to keep the Sabbath on that feventh day,
to celebrate the World's Creation^ binds Chrifltans
to folcmnize the Sabbath on this feventh day, in
memorial of the Worlds Redemption: For the
fourth Commandment, bting a Moral Law, re-
quireth a feventh day, to be kept holy for ever.
And the Morality of this, as of the reft of the Com-
tnandments, is more religioufly to be kept of us
under the Gofpel y thzn of \he Jews under the Lav;
T>y how much we fin Baptifm^ have made a more
fpictal Covenant with God, to keep his Com*
mandments; and God hath covenanted with us,
to free us from the curfe, and to aflift us with his
Spirit to keep his Laws. And that this Com-
mandment of the Sabbath fas well as the other
nine) is moral arid perpetual, may plainly appear
.by thefe Reafons.
Ten Reafons demon ftrating the Commandment of tk
Sabbath to be Moral.
I. r^Ecaufe *// the Reafons of this Comnrtand-
±j ment, iare moral and perpetual : Arid God
hath hound us to the obedience of this Comtnand-
merit, with more forcible Reafons thain to' any of
* the reft. Firft, becaufe he did fdrefee; that irre-
ligious men- would either morecarelefly neglect*®
more boldly break this Commandment, than any
other* Secondly, becaufe that in the p'raftkt of
this Commandment, the keeping of all die other
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confirtgeh ; Which makes God fo often complain,
that all his Wo*Jhip is negle&ed or overthrown,
when the Sabbath is either a riegle&ed or trarif-
greffed. It would make a Man amaz'd ( faith Mr.
b Calvin) to confider how oft, and with what zeal
and prctefttfioffy God required! all (that will be his
People ) to fan&ify the fevqnth Day z Yea, how
the Goet of Mercy puhilheth the breach of
this Commandment with Death; as tho' it
were .the fumm of his whole Honour and Ser-
vice*
And. it is certain, That he who makes no con-
ference to break the Sabbath, will not (to ftrve
his turn) make any conscience to break any of the
other Commandments; fo he may do it> without
discredit of his reputation, or danger of Man s Law.
Therefore God placed this Commandment in the
midft of the Two Tables ; becatffe the keeping of
it, is the belt help to the keeping of all the reft*
The confcionable keeping of the Sabbath, i^ the
Mother of all Religion, and good Difciplinein the
Church. Take away the Sabbath,, and let every
Map ferve God when he lifteth; and what will
fliOrtly become of Religion, and that c Peace and
Order, which Qod will have to be kept in his
Church? The Sabbath day is God's Market ef^ for
the Week's Provifion ; wherein ffe will have us to
come unto him, and d buy of him* without Silver hr
Money, the Bread of Angels, and Water of Life, tile
Wine of the Sacrament, and Milk of the Word to
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feed our Souls ; * tryed (jold y to enrich our faith ;
pffecieus Eye-faye, %o h*al our fpiritual Bfiridhefs;
^nd the wfc/Ve Raymtnt of ChriflPs Righteoufriefs, t6
CDver our filthy MafcedneTs. He is not fat from
true Piety ^ who makes Confcience to keep the
Sabbath-day; But he who can diffinfe with his
Confcience to break thoSabbathfox his owaqprofit or
pferfurc, his hem vmtx ytc felt, whttckhcr ihe/Air
pf God, or trpe Religion meaneth. £dr, of this
Commandment may that Speech ttFSt fames be
verified :* fi$t thatfoiletb in one, is guilty tf off. See-
jng dierefopfc, that &od hath fet fid this Comma ftd*
ftjent^with fb many moral Reafohs, it is evident,
Ibatthe Commandment it (elf is wbr**/.
a. Becaufe it was <:om landed of God td Add*
in Ms innoccney: Wfeilft (holding hfc HAppiftefs,
"ftot.hy Faith .in thrifts Merits, but by Obedtencfc
jfo Giwfo £*») he needed no Ceremony, fhadow-
*rtg die Redemptian of Chrlft. A Stf&ath there-
fore ofa Seventy day cartnbt be fimp!y kCetemOny.
but an efteotial Part ef God^s Worfhip, Cilyjoynea
iflnto Man, when -their was but onfe condition of
aJl Men. And 'if it was neceftary for our * jfrjf
fbrettts to have a SMathddy, to fertfe God in their
P*rfeflion\} much more heed their Pefi'eritj to keep
the Satiath in the ftateof \hc\rCorrttptioh. And
feeing <iod himfetf \&$t this Day holy, ht)W cat)
that Mam be holy, that doth wilfully prophatie ft.
3. Becaufe it isone of thfe Commandments which
God (pake with his Mbdth, and twice 4 wrott ;
withliis own Ptogerstn Tatrfestrf Stone, toitgo*'
f,a 1t utilliiii
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fie their Authority and Perpetuity. AH that Qodk
wrote, were nwrji and /wwrn^GommaMlfljcnB,
and tbofe are reckoned • Ten la number. If th*
were now but an abrogated Ceremony, then them
were hue Mf*e Cm mmdim*t %> Tee Ceremonial
that wore to be ^awAKis} Ckrifo weie written
afl by b J&^ju Bufi thisof tile Sabham, with tile
other Niric, written, by God htmfelf, were put in*
to the Ark : * No ceremonial Lew was put, to
(hew that they (hould he the perpetual Jwfoof
the GhnrcJbh, yet fuch as none could pcrfeftly fuW
fit and keep* hut only Chrt&
4. Becaufe Chrift nrofenedk, ' tkttt h umt ert
to Aejkmy th Moral. Lswi And that the kefi of
them QaouW not fcei^^Jrtiitthi&Kieadom of the
&* Tej**mt»n Infotoach, this * vaboftnm toahth
ontoftbi buftafthtfa TenC0mmd»Jt»atti,4xJt§aob>
tth Me* fa he fault h catod. thtlufiintk* Ki*g*
Jom QfHd#wft;tbax is, he flttuld have no piece
in his Church. Now the moral Law canomandeth
one Day of fevtan© he perpetually kept a HolySab*
tab. And: Cbrift b\mfcWex*refy naentkwetb the
keeping of a Sabhitk among his Chriftians, at the
deftructionof Jerufdem^ about 4% Teats after his
fciUffecriqow By which time, alt the ' A^ti-
i*i. Ceremonies (except eating ©f blood, and things
ftrwglgd; were by a puhlick Decree of all the A-
poftieg q*m afotijbed, and abrogated in< Chriftiae
Churches, And therefore Chnft admofiifhed his
Dtfciples, » tvprajtbaf their fight btootintheWii*
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ter , /for m ffo Sabbath day. Not in the Winter j for
that (by reafon of the foulncfs of the Ways and
Weather) their flight fhould be more painful and
troublefome onto them : Not upon the Sabbath, be*
Caufe it would be more grievous to their Hearts,
to fpend that Dy in toyTing to fave their 'Lives,
which the Lord had commanded to be fpent in
holy E$ercifesi to comfort their Souls. Now if the
fanftifying of the Sabbath on this Day had been
but ceremonial; it had been ho Grief to have fled
en this Day, any more than any other Day of the
Week* But in that Chrift doth tender fo much this
fear and grief of being driven to fly on the Sabbath-
day ; and therefore wifheth his to pray unto God
to prevent fuch a n occa (ion : He plain ly demonftra tes
that the obfervation of the Sabbath is no abrogated
Ceremony, but a Moral Commandment, confirm-
ed and eftablifhed by Chrift among Chriftians. If
you would know the Day whereupon Chrift ap-
pointed Chriftians to keep the Sabbath, St. John
will tell you, that it was on the Lortts day, Rev.
x. I o. If you will know on what Day of the Week
that was, St. Paul \yill tell you, that it was on eve*
tyfirjl Day of the Week, i Cor. 16. 1.
As Chrift admonifli'i, fo Chriftians pra>?J, and
according to th&r Prayers, God ( a little before the
Wars began) warned by an * Oracle^ all the Chrijlh
xns in Jerufalem, to depart thence, and to go to
PeHdj a little! Town beyond Jordaih and fo to e-
feape the Wrath of God, that fhould fell upon that
• *Eufel>.Htfrt£nl.i.c.sr It is probable that this Oracle was that
Voice ( biigremtishinc) wjnch,with.aii Earthquake was heard bynight
fti the TeQipl t\ mc^tiQrfcJ by iofqhw de M:%yin\h l.j.f . i ». * ? •
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City and Nation. If then a: Chriftian (hould not
without grief of Heart, fly for the fafetjoi his Life
on the Lord's aky; with what sty or comfort can a
true Chriftian *?g/f# the holy Exercifes of Gods
Worihip in the Church, to fpend the ^reateft part
of. the Lortfs-day in prophane and carnal Sports,
or fervile Labour ? And feeing the Deftruftion of
Jerufalem, was both a a Type, and an affurance of
the Deftru&ion of the WorU\ who feeth n6t, but
that the holy Sabbath muft continue till the very
end of the World?
5. Becaufe that all the CeremdnialLtiwwzs en-
joyn'd to the Jews only, and not to the Gentiles :
But this Commandment of the holy Sabbath, (as
Matrimony/ was inftituted of God, ii*the ftateof
hmcency, when there was but' one State of all
Men, ahd therefore enjoy *d to the Gentiles, as
well as to the Jews. So that all Magiftrates and
Houflholders were commanded, to u conflrain aU
Strangers (as well as their own SubjeEts, and Et-
y»ily)\o obferve the holy Sabbath, as aippears by the
fourth Commandment, and praftice of * Nehemi-
*b. AH the Ceremonies were a *' PartitionvtM to
fcparate Jews and Gentiles: But feeing th&Gentiles
are bound to keep this Commandment^ as wejl
as the Jews ; it is evident that it is no Jemfh Cere-
mony,, And fecing.the fame Authority \\ for the
Sabbath, that is for Marriage ; a Man may as well
fay, that Marriage is but a Ceremonial La^,* as the
Sabbath And remember, tt#t whcreaSiAforr/^is
termM but once the e Covenant of God, t>e«*ufe
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ipftituced by God in the * legtnM/tg: The &&*&
is ewry where called the sltiath of fa hard tby
($edt becaufe ordained by God in the fam begin-
inog, both of Xrt*r, $«r# j*4 Perpetithj : There-
fore not Ceremonial.
6\ The Cnmftio* of our Nature: found in the
**4»ifeft ypfitivxtf wicked Men* and in che/W
mm6i%0^s of good Men to fan&ifc/fwewgf the
$aJtath»fufficiently demonftrateth that the Com*
mandate nt of the Sabbath \sffiritu4 and jmtu/L
7. Becaufc that as 6m/ by a ptrpitud Decree,
made the «• Sun, the Moon, and d other lights ia
the Fimamnt of Heaven, not only to divide tbc
Dyfrom the Night, hut alfo to be for ' $jga» and
for *Se*fi*s t and for * Oi/x, and for h Years : S6
he ordained in the Church on Berth, the holy
Sabbath to be not only the appointed Se*fnh for his
{oleum Wor&ipj but alfo the perpetual rule, *nd
weafiirttf Time. So that as Seven Days make
% W&k t Four Wnk$ a Mo»*k y twelve Afcsw a Tear j
fo 5w #» ywi make a Sablitk cfXmt ; Seven f «&.
toiv of Years, make a ?«&/<* j eighty JaktUts t or
Four Thousand Years, or after £«rto/, Four thou-
sand Cubits, the whole time of the QU Ttfimeaty
till drift by his B'ptifm and ?r**thtng x began the
fate of the Nw Tepvmnt, Neither can J here
»Mat»$,£,a. b Nm«iurmvetiram, If*. c Gt«.i.i». 'Job.
•.«.&}?.}> Amost.S. < To difHiMutthVwixt Spring and* H«i-
veft, S«nmtr and WiM«r, and to fereflww Judgments to cost*.
**«*•. 0jp. JacwdttiwaafpolMedfcf Cod's Holy W«fflut>
na m in g far cl a l Si g ni fi cat ions ana Promifcj. f One of ths Seven
$«pi>ffc We* fto»>tfct otter. bft!<* t S*kktrmmiJ4M<u
fMd. 13.11, u.
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pais ever without admiration, how the
merit of Cheumcifton continued in the Onirdl Thir-
ty- nine jubilees from Atraham, to whom it wat
firft given, unto the Baftifin of o&r# in Jortlmx
Which was jsft (b many ?«*zita rafter * A**fo#»
r«-/f account) as the World had continued before
from Adam to the Birth of Abraham. Mefts began
his Miniftry in the Eightieth Year of his Age:
Chrift enters upon his Office in the eightieth Jubilee
, of the World's Age : Jofefb was Thirty Years old,
when he began to rule over Egyft&n. 4. i.46.and
the Levins began to ferve in the Tabernacle at
Thirty Yeats old ; fo Chrift lifcewite to anfwer thefe
■Figures, began his Miniftry in the Thirtieth ?«fc>
lee of Moftty and rtben he btgtn to ie Thirty Tears ef
Age, Lake j.a 3. In the midtt of DaniePs laft week;
ami To (continuing his Miniftry on Earth Three
fears and a half) finifhed our Redemption, and
DatthfPs Period, by his innocent Death upon the
Cnofs. The moft of all the great Alterations, and
"range Accidents, which fell out in the Church,
came to pafs either in a SMatieal Year, or in a
Year of jF«fe/«, lor Example:
The f Seventy Wetks of Daniel beginning the
Firft Year of Cjtus % and the 3439'A Year of the
World, contain fo many Tears, as the World did
Wetis of Yeats unto that time: And fo many Wetkt
*(Te*rs, as the World had laftcd Jubilees. DaniePs
&venty Weeksof Years, contain four hundred and
'Index.Chr.apud Ann/Mandi. i*jp». f After M. M. fm. bit
computation. Treatfle of the laft decaying Age of the WprW, puV-
tffced jhmtpm. ltfoo. ft. >«*. Treat Of the]af| Age, p. 17.
Minety
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ninety fingle years : The world before that~ time
four hundred and ninety weeks, or Sabbaths of years :
Daniels, period feventy Weeks; The world's fgventy
jubilees: So that to comfort the Church for their
ffcventy years Captivity, which they had now acr
cording to a Jeremy's Prophecy, endyred iq Baby-
lon \ Gabriel tell? Daniel, that at the end of feventy
weeks, or Sabbaths of years, that is feventy times
(even years, or four hundred and ninety years,
f heir eternal redemption from Hell, fhould be ef-
fected b.y the death of Chrift, as fure as they were
now redeemed from the Captivity oiBabylon. This
period of Baniel y containing feventy, Sabbaths, or
ren Jufctees of years began at rhe/ry? Liberty grant-
'?& the Jews by Cyrm, in the, firft year of his reign
pver the Babylonians, mentioned, Ezra. i. i. and
ends juft at the time that Chrift dyM upon the
jCrofs. From the Death ofchri/t, or the Jaft end
<0f : DdMeP$ Weeks to the Seventy and one year of
thrift, the World is meafur'd by Seven b Seals, or
r Seven Sabbaths of Years, making one compleat Jubi-
ice.. From the end of thofl- Seven Seals, the World
is meafur'd to her end by c Seven Trumpets, each
containing Two hundred and forty Years (as fome
conjecture, abopt Four hundred and forty Years
jhence the tru,ch will appear:) Enoch, the feventh
irom A4aw, having liv'd fo many Teaxs, as there
,are Days in the Tear, Three hundred fijuy-five N was
. predated of God in a ; Sabbatical year, d Aloft
the fevep'h from Abraham^ as another Enoch, u
„ »Je^.i5. ^1,12. b Rev.5.i. c Rev 8.2.&P.7. Napiez onxh$Jpoc.
4 Pi ripofitiori 6, 8, 9. and his Refolutlon . ' * Pont. Of tne laft age of
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buried of God, but born in a Sabbatical. year ot the
World, two thoufand chree hundred and feyentv
feventh year fince the Flood (after a Broughtox$
Computation) is faved, as a new Noah in a Reefl
Ark) and lived Builder of the Church, fo long
as JVWr was building the v*/i, one hundred abfl
twenty yeai?s. The prqnpife was. made to.Abr4-
ham irt a Sabbatical yeas, being tjie two.thouiartd
and twenty third.) ear of the Worid. .The (ix$h
year of Jojbua> being two thoufand five hundred
years from the Creation of rhe World, wherein tfye
land wa* poflefled, and divided among thechildren
oflfraely was a Sabbatical year, and the b fiftieth ^Waf-
lee frdta .the Creation of the World. 1 At this year
fliafes begins his Jubilee^ by which (as with a chain
of thirty Itnte) he tyeth the parting of Canon? i
pojfefftov to the Jfraelttes by Jcfbua^tQ the opening
of the Kingdom of Heave* to all Believers by
Jefus.* And fo carrieth the Chuych of the Jews, .
by a c joyful itream of Jubilees $ from the Type to
the Sttbftanct, from Canaan to He(iven s iiwxi jojbus
to Jejfcs^Vov Chrift at thie end 9f i*fo/^j*s thirty
lubilt&jmd the beginningpf the thirtieth year 9?
his Age, at bis Baptifm ppeneth £fyaven r and givts
the ckarefi. Fifwn pf the MejfeJ. trinity, that-.wsjs
feea fince the! .World bflgaa And by the filver-
Trumpfi r of his G^/ proclaims^ according to > die
TProphefie of" 1 * i/S^" efeiliat Redefflpcioirto^atl
. that r?peui: and beUeyjet inhinu.^ .> v^ <. • ♦
a ^^*«» , scqncent.^.Ai.i43o, Dcut.'3?«4.' PQnt;#<^.'&Sca*
ligcr,BncJiol. b Ponc, p!ti *Bu^b\CJrtf.^]>Wyf« AJ» 1500..,,* Jubilee
fomc derive pf trumpets Qi^Ranis-hgms, VJieircwitli 4 the Jtibifie
wasftun4?^: Others ftoai.JuM a ftream,"becajife they carry ^
to the death of' Chrift > the Awhor ofoiir .eternal rett ana jdy.
*Ifa.6i.i. Luke*\<8, * •■'"*• * * AlM
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ing the Three thoufand nine hundred and forty
eighth of the World, was at the end Of 3 Saiijrti-
ad Year, and the 1 * Five hundred and fixty fourth
Septenary of the World. Mofes maketh *he com*
mon Age oF all Men, to be ten times ftve*, Pfel.
too* and tvtryfiventb ¥eat, commonly jjroduceth
lomeisotable f change or accident in Maris Life:
And 110 wonder j for, tx/ fiipfocrdtts affirmeth, a-
Child in hisMother^Womb^on the feventh Day,
ibf Tlis Conception, hath all his Members finifl&f,
and from that Day groweeh to tbefetfeftion of
Birth; which is always -cither the ninth or fe-
*enth Month. At Seven Years old the Child csfh
trie Teethe and receives new* And evety ievemh
Tear after, there is Tome alteration or change in
Plan's Life, especially at nine times frv$n % *\ikC It*
mafterick YtzVy winch by Experience is tfound to
have -been-fatal to many of thofe Learned || Men,
-who have been the chirfeft Lights of the Worfcd -i
And .if they dcap'd that Year, yet moft of tbcm
foave departed tHisLife invfeptenaryXiar. %a&eck
dyM in the Yearcif his Life Seven Jmndfi*d&v«iKy
feven. c Methnfdtm y the longefft Liver ctf, the ^ns
of Men, dy*& when he toegan toenten his 'Nine
inmdredund feventicth Year, Jfcakim&fW when
. * A* . of tbckft dcarymg Age efl tbe World, f. t*** J, ** ••***■
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he had iiv'd Twenty-five times fcven Years. Jaeck
when he had h>M Twenty*one rimes feven Year*.
&avid a after he had Uv'd Ten timet Seven Years.
So did Gak* t redid Pttrsrch, who (as Bodin no*
teth) dVd ^ thc famc Day -of the Year that he
was/bom: So did the Maiden Quten *EUz^th y of
Wcflfed apd never-dying Memory, who came in-
to this WotM, the Evetftht Hattvitjiftbe t/ejfed
P/rgi* Mary ; and went out of this World, on the
Eve of the Annnncimm iftbelMejrkfi* Mary.
Bpp<>cr*tes dy'd in the fifteenth Tqieuttr}. * Hierom %
and lfotTAtcs, in their thirteenth; Pliny, Bartoim,
zndCafir, in their ctghthy?pf«Mr;. And t $fa»
m de tetnporibaty who liv'd Three hundred and
fixtyone Years, dyM in the V\fa*\ax&feptc»*y of
his Life. The like might be obferv'd of innume*
rabk othem. And indeed, the whole life of a
Man is meafur'd by the Sabbath : For how man*
Years foever a Man hveth fierce yet his Life «
but a fl Life of Seven Days ntuitiply'd : So chat in
the number of Seven there is a myiticaj perfection,
which our Underftandhig cannot attain unto.
All which Drpint Diftofition of admirable
Things, woftby Sevens, cans upon us to a conti-
nual meditatiooof the bieffedfeverttb Dig SMtth %
in knowing and worthing of God m this Life :
That fb from Sabbath to Sabbath, we may be
traaflated «othe eternal glo ri ous SMvtkvi Reft
ai>d, Bltf* in the Life.jp come*
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By Ihe confideration whereof, any Man thac
looketh into the holy Hiftory, may eafily perceive,
thac the whole courjeoi the World is drawn, and
guided by a certain chain of God's Providence,
* difpofing of all thmgsin number jneafurt>znd weight.
All times are therefore meafured by the Sabbath:
So that Time and the Sabbath can never be fepa-
rated. And the b Angtl fwears, that this meafurt
of c time (hall continue, till that time fhall he no
more. And as the Sabbath had its * fir ft inftituti-
bn in the firjl hook of the Scriptures ' y fo hath it its
confirmation in the Ufi. And as this Book doth
e authorize this day ; lathis day graceth the Book :
In that the matter thereof was revealed upon fo
holy a day ; the Lord's revelation upon the f Lord's
Jaj. As well therefore may they pull the Suo,
Moon, and Stars out of the Heavens, as abolifh
the holy Sabbath (times mete-rod) out of the
Church: Seeing. the Sabbath is ordained in the
Church (as well as the Sun and Moon in the
firmament) for, the diftin&iou of times.
8. Becaiife that the whole Church, by an * uni-
verfal confent, ever fince the Apeflles time, have
ftill held the Commandment of the Sabbath, to be
the moral and perpetual Law : o£ God ; and; the
keeping Qf the Sabbath on the firff day of the week
to be the inftituciqnof CbriflwA ti\$ r Jpo/iles~
• ■ ■ j \ .. \ t j 1 ,'r -^ .j s .•'.•. ,;'» — ■—» 1 .
• Wiffl.11.7. Wolph.Pro«m.Chf6n; ;|< RcV.io/9. e Tempuseft
i€TOg^mundtnarum-dt ifa t io extrinfceus ubf e ivaia , * H. Wolpfa.
Chron. c. 1 1 Temp us aim muirdo coepit, & tftie defiftiturum eft.
Ibid* c GdU2.3. f Rcv.i.k* *Siquidhonimtotodicperorbem
fimquentmt Ecdeii*; i:Na«i hoc qcin Ita fatiendum fit difputare,
ii^lcatiflima injuria «fc *iug.Btift.iM*d?**.
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The * Synod, called Synodtu CoUniefis, (kith,
that the Lords-day hath been famous in the
Church ever ftnce the Apo files time. b Jgnatitu
Bilhop of Antioch living in St. Jobnh time faith*
Let every one that loviih Chrift, keep holy the
Lortfs-day, yrenotvnid by his Rtfurre&ion, tohich is
the Queen of days, in which death it overcome, and
Ife is fprung up in Chrifi. • Juftin Martyr, who li-
ved not long after him, fheweth, how the Chri-
ftians kept their Sabbath on the Lord's- day, as Wti
do. * Orige», who lived about one hundred and
eighty years after Chrift, fllews the reafon why
the Sabbath is tranflated to the LordVday. • J*-
l»flim faith, That the Lords-day was declared Onto the
Church by the Refurrettion of the Lord upon that day.
pexillo caepit habere feftivitatemjuam, and byChrift
it was firft ordained to be kept holy. And in f a-
nother place, that the Apo files appointed the Lord's-
Ay to be kept with aS religious Solemnity, hecaufe that
«fon that day our Redeemer rofefrom the dead; which
dfo » therefore Called the Lords-day.
As therefore * David faid of the City of God, fo
may I fay of the Lords-day, h Glorious things are '
fpoken of the day of the Lord : For it Was the birth*
jty of the world, the firfi'day Wherein all Creatures
began to have being. In it light was given Out of
dvkhefs. In it the Law was given on Mount
&»«. In it the. Lord rofe from death to life. la
" the » Saints came out of their Graves, aflu«
" " " ■■■,.. , — 1 m - . ... -• ■■•■■ j -»
*Synod.Col.pari.9.c.9. *> Ignat.adMagnfcf. cjfol.z. d Origeq.
h ?milia7.fupcrExod.i. c Epifl. ad Janitor. 11 ^.0.13. & ad Caful.E-
pm.86. f ^«g.detemp.fer.3 ji. 6Pfal.87.3. * ^g>detemp.fer.25T.-
k f A' Conc - Conflr. Can.8. WbbhiiChr.lih. 1. c. io.Muff.Biponu
POftDora.Pafch. lMat.27.y2. Codoman. AnntL Anlimd.\%.i%.
ft ring
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ring that on it Chrifiians (hould fife to newnefs of
Life. In ijt the Holy Ghofi defcended upon the Apo-
files. And if is very probable, that on the fevenr h
Day, when the a Seven Trumpets have blown, the
curfed b Jericho of this World (hall fall, and our
true Jefus Ihall give us the promifed poffeffion of
the heavenly Cm am.
He that would fee the uniform Confent of An-
tiquity, and Practice of the Primitive Church in
this Point, let him read c Eufebim\ Ecclefiaftical
Hiftory, t /i£. 4. cap. z^. Tertullianilib. de Idololatria^
cap. 14.Chrjf.Serm. J. de Refurretf. Conflitut. d A-
poftoL I. cap. 37. Cyril, in J oh an. 1. 1 %. c . 5 8. Of this
Judgment are all the found new Writers. See pox
on Rev. u 10. Bucer. in Matth. \x.i\. Gualt. in
Malach. $.hom. %y Fulke on the Remifh Teftam.
Apoc* 1 • 1 o. Chemnit. Exam. Cone. Trid. par. 4. de die-
bus f eft. Wolph. Chron. lib. z. cap. 1. c Armin. Thef.
in 4* pracept. and innumerable others. Learned
f Junius (hall fpeak for all ; Quamobrem cum dies
dominicm % &c» Wherefore feeing the Lord*s*day is
loth by the fail ofChrifl f viz, his Refurreftion, and
often appearing to his Difciples upon that Day % ) by the
example and infiitution of the Apoftles y and by the
continual pr ail ice of the ancient Churchy and ly the
tejlimony of the Scripture, ohferved and fabftituted in-
to, the place of the Jewifh Sabbath: Inept e faciunt,
they dpfoolifbly, who fay, that the obfervation of the
1 Rev. 10.7. b Jpfh'. 6, 1 3 . c Aug. ad Cafulam. Ep. 86. & ad Januar.
119 .c. 19. a Aug. Ser. detemp. 2J1, & 1 $4. & Cone. 6.Conft.
Can. 8. c Non dabitamus guin varifc apud Chriftianos Sabbatum
vfaletur, non abftinendo ab iis quse aliis diebus lkita funt. 4rmin.
i 7«wVPraele&.inGen.2.3< ,
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Lor £s- day is of Tradition, and not from the Scrip*
ture, that hy this means they might efiablifh the Tra-
ditions of Men. And again, The CAufe of this change
is the Rtfurreftion ofChrifl, and the benefit of the re-
Jloring of the Church hy Chrifl, the remembrance of
which benefit did fucceed into the place of the memory
of the Creation. Non humana tr adit ione, fed Chrijti
ipfiiis obfervatione & inflituto ; Not by the Tradition
of Man y but by the obfervation and appointment of
Chrifti who both on the day of his Refurreciion 9 and
on every eighth day after, unto his Afcenfion into Hea-
ven , did appear unto his Difciples, and came into
their Jjfemblies.
9. Bscaufe that the Lord himfelf expoundeth
the end of the Sabbath, to be a *Jign and document for
ever y hetwixt him and his People, that h$ is Jeho-
vah, by whom they are fahihfed ; and therefore
muft only of them be b worfhipped\ and upon the
pain of Death, chargeth his people for ever to keep
this memorial c unviolated. But this end is mo-
ral and perpetual : What d Gotl hath perpetually
Janftifiedj let not Man ever prefume to make common
or prophane. Upon this ground it is, that the Com-
mandment terms this day, the Sahbath of the Lord
thy God. And God himfelf calls it e his holy day.
And upon the fame ground likewife the Old 7V-
flament ccnfecrated all their Sabbaths and holy
days to the worihip and honour of God alone.
To dedicate therefore a Sabbath to the honour of
'Exod. 31.13, 14, &c. Ezek. 20. 12,20. b Ezek. 46. 1,2, 3, &c.
c Excd. 35.2. ' Armin. Difput. Theolog. in Prxcep. 4, Thei". 1. 4*
a A&5JO. 15. c Ifa. 58 13.
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any Creature, is grofs Idolatry. For the firft Ta-
ble makes it a part of God's worfhip, to have a
Sabbath to his honour: fo doth Levit. 23. 3. 37,
28, drc. and Ezek. xo. 20. Neh. 9. 14. the £*/-
bath is put for the whole worfhip of God. And our
Savionr teachetb, that we muft worfhip the Lor A
God only, Matth. 4. 10. and therefore keep a Sab-
bath to the only honour of God. The Holy Ghoft
notes it as one of Jeroboam's greateft fins, that he
ordained a Feaft from the device of his own heart,
1 Kf*g* «■• 33- And God threatneth n vifit Ifrael
for keeping the dajs of Baalim ; That is, of Lords,
as Papifts do of Saints, Hof. x. 13. and faith, that
fuch forget him. And fo indeed none are lefs care-
ful in keeping the Lord's Sabbath, than they, who
are moft * fuperfiitious obfervers of Mens hofy-dajs*
The Church of Rome therefore commits grofs /-
dolatry,
. Firft, In taking upon her to ordain Sabbaths,
Which belongs only unto the Lord of the Sabbath
to do*
Secondly, In dedicating thofc holy-days to the
Honour of Creatures, which in etfeft is to make them
fanftif)ing Gods.
Thirdly, In tying to thefe days, Gofs Worfhip,
Prayers, Fafting, and Merit.
Fourthly, In exaftingon thefe days of Mens in-
vention, a greater meafureof folemnity and fan&i*
fication, than upon the Lor£s»day, which is God's
Commandment : Which in effeft is to prefer AntU
chrift before Chri(l. Our Church hath juftly abo-
* Read H. Wolphii Chrort. dc Temp. 1. x. c. 4. p. 118. & c. 7;
p. 140, &c. .
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[ lifted all Superftitious and Idolatrous Feafts:
and only retains a few holy-days, to the honour
i of God alone, and eafing of fervants, Deut. 5. 14.
though long cuftom forceth to ufe the old names,
for civil diftin&ioto: as Luke ufed the profane names
of Caftor and Pollux, Afts a 8. 11. and Chriftians
of Fort unit us, 1 Cor. 16. 17. Mercurifta, Rom. 1 (J.
14. and Jews of Mardocbeush day, x Mac. i y. J7.
16. Laftly, The examples of God's Judgments
on Sabbath-breakers, may fufficiently feaf unto
them, whofe hearts are not feared, bow wrathful-
ly Almighty God is difpleafed with them, who
are wilful prophaners of the Lord's*day.
The Lord (who is other wife the God of mercy)
comanded * Mofes to ftone to death the Man, who
Cof a frtfumpuous mind) would openly go to ga-
ther ftickson the Sabbath-fay. Thefaft wasfmall:
true; but his fin was the greater, that (for fo fmali
an occafion) would prefume to break fo great a
Commandment.
b tfkanor offering to fight againft the Jews on
the Sabbath-fay, was (lain hirnfelf and 35000 of
his Men.
c A Husbandman grinding Corn upon thp
Lord? s- day, had his Mill burned to aihes.
Another carrying Corn on d this day, had his
Barn, and all his Corn therein burnt with fire from
heaven the next night after.
Alio a certain Nobleman c prophaning the«M*
^//^ufually in hunting) had a Child by his Wife
. '■■■ I , ' ■ V . ' ."J. ' ' ■ '
"Num.15.32. *2Macc.8.ii. c Ccnt.Magdcb.i2.c.tf. d DH£?
4« Tempore. Scr. 117. • Tho. Cantipra{. Ub. 2,deapid« Timpifc
admirand.viadia.diy.Thca.hift.
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with a head like a Dog, and with ears and chaps,
crying like a Hound.
.. A covetous * \Flax-wife at Kingfiat in France
Anno 15:59. ufing with her Maids to work at her
trade on the Lord^s-day, it feemed unto them that
fire iffued.out of the flax, but did no harm: The
next Sabbath it took fire indeed, but was quickly
quenched : But not taking warning by this, the
third Sunday after it rook fire again, burnt the
houfe, and fo fcorched the wretched Wornan^ with
two of her Children, that they died the next day :
but (through .Gods mercy) a child in the Cradle
was taken out of the fire alive and unhurt.
On the 1 3 th of 'January r Anno Dom. 1 5*8 2. be-
ing the Lerfs-cUy, the Scaffolds fell in f Paris Gar*
Jen under the People, at a Bear-baiting; fo that
eight were fuddegly ilain, innumerable hurt and
maimed, A warning to fuch, who take more plea-
fure on the Lord's-day, to be in a Theatre behold-
ing carnal fports, than to be in x\\q, Church fer-
ying God with the fpiritual worksof ?ietj. %
• Many fearful examples of God?s judgments by
fire, have in our days been fhewed upQn divers
towns , where the prophanation of the LordPs-day
hath been openly countenanced.
Stratford upon Avon was twice on the fame day
twelve- month (being the LvrXsJay) almoft con-
fumed with fire: chiefly for prophaning the Lerd^s
Sabbaths, and for contemning his Wprd in the
mouth of his faithful Minifters.
* Johan. Fine. 15<j . 3 . dc miraculis. f $t m Ahridgment, <>bt. 15S2.
Diicitc jam moniti Doorimim non tcauieis ChaJftum. '
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Teverton in Devonfliire, (whofe remembrance
makes my heart bleed) was oftentimes admonifhed
by her godly Preacher, that God would bring
fome heavy Judgment on the Town for their
horrible * prophanation of the Lorfs-Asy, occasi-
oned, chiefly, by their Market on the day fol-
lowing. Not long after his death, on the third
of April, Anno Dom. if 98. God (in lefs than half
an hour) confumed, with a fudden and fearful
fire, the whole Town, except only the Churchy the
Court-hoafe and the Alms~hoafes t or a few poor
Peoples Dwellings ; where a Man might have feen
four hundred Dwelling- houfes all at once on fire,
and above fifty Perfbns confumed with the flame.
And now again, fince the former Edition of this
Book, on the fifth of Auguft laft, 1 6* ia. (fourteen
years fince the former fire) the whole Town was
again fired, and confumed) except, fome thirty
Houfes of poor People^ with the School-houfe 9 ana
Alms-hoaffs: They are blind, who fee not in this
the finger of God. God grant them grace when
it is next built, to change their Market-day, and
to remove all occafions of prophaning the Lord's-
day. Let other Towns remember the Tower of
Sitae, Luke tj. 4. and. take warning by their Neigh-
bours Chaftifements, fear God's Threatning, Jer.
17. 17. and believe God's Prophets, if they will
profper, 1 Chron. 10. 20*
ManyotherExamples of God's Judgments might
* WhiJft the Preachers cried in the Church, Prophanenefs> Fro*
phanenefs, Gain would not fuffer them to hear: Therefore when
they cried Fire, Fire, in the Street, God would not fitfftf an} :>
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be auedged j but if thefe are not fufficienc to ter-
rifie thy heart from the wilful propha nation of
the Lorts-dq, proceed in thy prophanation ; it
may be the Lord will make thee the next Exam*
'fie, to teach others to keep his Sabbaths better.
He punifbeth feme in this life, to fignifie how
he will plague all wilful Tranfgreilors of his Sab-
baths at the laft day.
Thus we have proved, that the Command-
ment of the Sabbath is Moral, and that the
change of it from the feventh to the firft day of
the meky was inftioited by the Authority of Cbrtf,
and of his Jpoftles. But as in promulgating of the
Law, divers Ceremonies peculiar to the Jews, were
annexed, the rather to bind that People to the
more careful performance thereof; as to the firft
• Commandment, their deliverance from .&#/, 1ha-
' jtowiogtheir redemption from HeB, to the fifth Com-
mandment, length of days in Canaan, typifying
eternal life in Heaven, to the fixth Command-
ment, attaining from blood and things firangled, fi-
guring the care to abfiain from all kind of Mur.
ther ; and to the whole Law the Ceremony of
* Parchment lace, putting them in mind to keep
within the limits of the Law: So likewife to the
fourth Commandment were added fome Certmo-
• pies which peculiarly belonged to the Jews, and to
no other People *, as firft, the doable f Sacrifices ap,
pointed for them on the Sabbath day, fhadowing
how God will be fervedt>n the Sabbath, with grea.
ter obedience, than on the week days ; Secondly,
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the a rigid and ftrift ceafingfrom making of fire,
b dreffins of meat, and all bodily labour, botfy
* remempring them of their full deliverance by
Mofefs conduft from the fiery Furnaces, and fla-
very of Egypt % upon d that day ; as alfo fhadow-
ing unto them the eternal redemption of their Souls
from Hell, by the death of Chrift : Thirdly, The
keeping of the Sabbath upon the precije feventh day
in order of the Creation ; fhadowing to the Jews
that Chrift by his death, and refting on their
Sabbath, in the grave ihould bring them reft
and eafe from the burthen and yoke of the Le-
gal Ceremonies which neither they, nor their Fathers
mre able to bear. A&s I J. 10, CoL x. 16,17.
And howfoever in Paradife before Man's Fall,
the keeping of the Sabbath on the feventh day of
th& Creation, was not a Ceremony, but an Argument
bfperfe&ion ; Yet after the Fall, it became Ceremth
nialj and fubjeft to change in refpeft of the re-
ftauration by Chrift, As Man's life before the Fall,
being immortal, became afterwards mortal; and na-
kednefs being an Ornament before, became after-
wards zjhame ; and Marriage became a type of the
rnyftical union betwixt Chrift and his Church Ephef
5. And to fulfil the Ceremonies (added for the
Jews fake unto the Sabbath) Chrift at his death reli-
ed in the grave all the Jewi/b Sabbath-day ; and by
that reft, fulfilled all thofe ceremonial acctffaries.
»Exod.35.i,|. *ExocLj<J.3J. « Dent. 5.1$. *Itwtsthef*£»
bath-fax on which Mtfa, and th$ Cbitarm if ifrml fang to God,
When Pharaoh and his Hoft were drowned in the Sea* Exod. 15.
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Now as the ceafing of the Ceremonies annexed to
the firft, fifth, and fixth Commandments, and to
Marriage, did not abolifh thofe Commandments
and Marriage ; nor caufe them to ceafe from being
the perpetual Rules of Gods worftiip, and Man's
righteoufnefs: No more did the abrogating of
the Ceremonies, annexed to the Sabbath, abolifh
the morality of the Commandment of the Sab-
bath: fo that though the Ceremonies be aboliftied,
by the accefsof the Sulfiance ; and the Shadow over-
shadowed by the Body, (which is CbriJT) yet the
'holy reft (which was commanded and kept, be-
fore either the Jews were a people, or thofe Cere-
' monies annexed to the Sabbath) dill continueth
as God's perpetual Law, whereby aS the pofterity
of Adam are bound to reft from their ordinary bu-
; finefs, that they may wholly fpend every fevsnth
day in the folemn worfliip, and only fervice of
God their Creator and Redeemer ; but in the
fubftance of the fourth Commandment, there is
not found one wonj of any Ceremony,
The chief Obje&ions againft the morality of
the Sabbath are three.
' Obj.i, That of Paul to the Galatians * Te olferve
days, and months, and times, and years, &c. But
there the Apoftle condemns not the moral Sabhathy
(which we call the Lord's- day ; and which he him*
y*if ordain d according to Chrift's Commandment,
in the fame f Churches of GdatiaixA Corinth, and
*Gal.4.jo. ttCor.itf.t.&i*. 37. AQsio. 7.
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kept himfelf in other Churches j) but he fpeaks of
the Jemjb days, and times, and years, and the
keeping of the Sabbath on the feventh day from
the Creation, which he termeth * (badows 0} things
to come, abolifhed now by Chrift the body j and
in the Law are called b Sabbaths, but diftingijifh-
ed from the moral Sabbath.
Obj. 2. That of Paul to the c Coloffians: Let no
Man therefore condemn you in meat or drink, or in re-
fpefi of an holy-day, or of the new Moony or the Sal-
bath-days. But here the Apoftle meaneth the
Jewifb Ceremonial Sabbath, Hot the Chriftians
Lord's day as before.
Obj. 3. That of the fame Apoftle to the Romans,
d This Man efteemeth one day dove another day; and
another counteth every day alike, &c. But St. Paul
makes no fuch account. For the queftion there is
not between Jews. and Gentiles, but between the
c ftrovgeraml weaker Chvi&iaAs. Thejfro^erefteem-
ed one day above another, as appears, in that
there was a day both commanded, and received in
the Church, every where known and honoured by
the name of the Lor£s-day* And therefore Paul
faith here, that he thdt obferved this day, obferved it
unto the Lord 9 The obfervacion whereof, becaufe
of the change of die Jewifi feventh day, fome
weak Chriftian (as many now a-days]) thought
not fo n< ceflary : fo that if Men (becaufe the Jew-
ijb day is abrogated) will not honour and keep ho-
]y the Lord's- day, but count it like other days; it
■ Col. 2. 17. *Lev. 23. 37, 3*. c .Col. 2.16*. f Rom. 14. 5.
* Rom. 15. i.
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is an argument (faith the Apoftle) of their weak-
nefs, whofe infirmity muft be born, till they have
time to be further inftruded and perfwaded. O-
tber Objections are frivolous, and not worth the
anlwering.
The true manner of keeping bolj the Lord's dtq.
NOW the fan&ifying of the Sabbath confifts
in two things. Firft, In reftingfrom oSfer-
vile and common bufinefs pertain trig to out natural
life. Secondly, In confecrating that reft wholly to
thefervice of God, and the ufe of thofe holj means
which belong to our fpiritual life.
For the Firft.
l. the fervile and common works, from which we
are to ceafe, are generally all civil works from the * leafi
to the grtateft. More particularly ;
Firft, From all the works of our Calling, tho'
it were b reaping in time of harvefi.
Secondly, From carrying c Burthens, as Carriers
do; or riding abroad for profit, or for pleafure:
GOD hath commanded that the Beads fhould reft
OH the Sabbath-day, becaufe all occasions of tra-
velling or labouring with them fhould be cut oft
from Man. GOD gives them that day a d reft;
and he that without neceffity, deprives them of
a ExQd.3i.i2,!3.&3t-'f-&$- 5Exod.3*.2i. ^Ndi.13.15.
Jcr.17-21,22,27. a Deut.$.i4.
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their reft on the Lord* s* day, the * groans of the
poor tired Beafts (hall in the day of the Lord rife
up in "Judgment a gain ft hitp. Like wife fuch as
fpend the greateft part of this day in trimming,
fainting^ and pampering of themfelves, like Jezebels,
doing the Devils work upon GotPs day.
Thirdly, From keeping of t Fairs, or Markets,
which for the moft part God punifheth with pefti*
lence, fire, and ftrange Floods.
Fourthly, From ftudyingany Books of Science,
but the holy Scriptures and Divinity. For our
ftudy muft be to be \\ ravijbed in fpirit upon the
Lorfcs~day. In a word, thou muft on that day ceafe
in thy calling to do thy work ; that the Lord by
his calling, may do his work in thee. For what-
fcever is gotten by common working on this day,
fhall never be bhffeJ of the Lord : But it will prove
like Achats gold, which being got contrary to
the Lord's Commandment, brought the fire of
God's curfe upon all the reft which he had law-
fully gotten. And tfchrift fcourged them out as
Thieves, who bought and fold in his Temple,
(which was but a ceremony fhortly to be abrogated)
is it to be thought, that he will ever fuffer thofe
to efcape unpunifhed who (contrary to his Com-
mandment) buy andl fell on the Sabbath-day, which
is his perpetual law ? Chrifi called fuch, facrilegi-
ous Thieves ; and as well may they fteal the Com*
munion Cup from the 'LenPs Table* as fteal from
God, the chief eft part of the Lord's- day to con*
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the Judgments of G<?</ heavier than the Opinions
of Men.
Fifthly, From all recreations and [ports \ which
at fome other times are lawful: For if lawful
works be forbidden on this day ; much more law-
ful iports, which do more *Jleal away our affe&i-
ons from the contemplation of heavenly things, than
any bodily work or labour. Neither can there be
unto a Man {that b delighteth in the Lord) any
greater delight or recreation^ than the fandtifyiog
of the Lora*s-d*y. For can there be any greater
joy for a perfon condemned, than to come to his Prin-
ce s houfe to have his pardon fealed? For one that
is deadly fic%> to come to a Phyfician that can
cure him ? Or for a prodigal child that fed on the
husks with Swine, to be admitted to eat the bread
of Life, at his Father** Table ? Or for him who fears
for fin the tidings of death, to come to hear from
God the affurance of eternal life? If thou wilt al-
low thy felf, or thy fervant, recreation,; allow it
in the fix days which are thine ; Not on tlie Lord's-
day , which is neither thine nor theirs. No bodily
recreation therefore is to be ufed on this day j but fo
far, as it may help x&foul to do more chearfulty
the fetvice of : God.
Sixthly, From c grofs feeding, literal drinking of
Wine, or ftrong drink; which may make us
either d drowfie or unapt to ferve God with our
hearts and minds.
*IfM9< 13*14. b Pfal.37-4» c Eph. 5.18,19. *Rom. 11.11.
Deut.2.8,47. „ t1
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Seventhly, From all talking about worldly
thtogs, which hindreth the fanflf ifying of the Sab*
bath\> more than working ;> feeing one may Work
alone, but cannot Talk buc with others.
He that keeps the Sabbath, only by refting from
his ordinary Work ; keeps it but as a Beaft. But
reft on this Day* is fo far commanded t<? Chrifti-
ans, as it is an help to Salification; and labour fo
far forbidden, as it is an impediment to the outward
and inward Worfhip of God.
If then thofe Recreations, which are lawful xt
other times, are on the Sabbath not allowed', much
more thofe that are altpgether at all times unlaw-
ful. Who without mourning can endure to fee
Chriftians keep the LordVday^as if they celebra-
ted ja Feaft father to Bacchus, than to the honour
of the Lord Jefus, the Saviour and Redeemer of
the World ? For having fervM God'but an Hour in .
outward fliew, they fpend the reft of the LordV
day, in * x fitting down to eat and drink, andrifing ufr„
to plays Firft* f bdafting their Bellies, with eating
and drinkwg ; and then feeding their Lufts with
playing and dancing. Againft which Prophanations*
all holy Divines, both old and new, have in
their times moft bitterly inveighed. Infomuch,
that Auguftine afKrmeth, || That it was better to.
Plough than to dance upon the Sabbath day.
Now in the Name of Almighty God, ( who
refted, having Created Heaven and Earth) and :
* 1 Cor. 10. 7. tExod.32.6.18,19. II Melius enjmararequ&m
(altarc in fabbato. Aug* in tit. Pfal. 91.
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Church, who (hall fhortly come, on the dreadful
* Day of Doom, to judge all Men according to
the obedience, which they have fljewed to his
Commandments: I require thee, who readeft
thefe words, as thou wilt anfwer Before the face
of Chrift, and all his holy Angels at that day, that
thou better weigh and confider whether Dancing,
Stage-playing, Masking, Carding, Dicing, Tailing,
Chefs-playing, Boiling, Shooting, Bear-baiting, Ca-
roufing, Ti fling, andfuch others fooleries of Robin
Hood, Morrice-dances, Wakes, and May games, be
Exercifes that God will blefs and allow on the
Sabbatfad&y. And feeing that no ASion ought to
be done that day, but fuch, as whereby we either
blefs God, or look to receive a bleftng from God :
how dared thou do thofe things on that blejfed
day, on which thou dareft not to pray to God
to beftow a bUffing on it to thy ufe ? Hear this,
and tremble at this, prophane Touth, of * pro*
phone Age.
O Heart all frozen, and void of the feeliog of
the grace of God! That having every day in fix,
every hour on every day, every minute in every
hour,(b tailed the fweet mercy of thy God in Chrift,
without which thou hadft perifhed every mo-
ment ; yet canft not find in thy corrupt and irreli-
gious Heart, to fpend in thy Matter's fervice that
one day of the week, which he hath referved fof
his own Praife and Worfhip. Let Men in defence
of their Prophanenefs, objett what they will, and
* A3* 1 7. 31* Rom.a.u,fcc, 2Theff.2**,&c.
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I could wifli them to remember, that feeing it k
an ancient Tradition in the Church, that the Lord's
*fecond coming (hall be upon the Louts-fa, how
little joy they fhould have, to be overtaken in
thofe Carnal Sports, to pleafe themfelves, When
their Matter fiiould find them in Spiritual Exerti*
fes ferviag him* The prophaneft Wretch would
then wifh rather to be taken kneeling at Prayers
in the Church, than skipping like a Goat in a
Dance. If this cannot move, yet i would wiflk
our impure Gallants to remember* that whilft
they thus dance on the LonPs-day ^contrary to the
Lor^s Commandment) they do but dance about the
Pii*s brink; and they know not which of them
mall firft /tfthereim Whereunto being once fat
len without Repentance, no Greatnefs can exempt
them ftom the vengeance of that ^4/ God, whole
Commandment f contrary to their Knowledge
and Confcience) they do thus frefumptuoujly tranfc
grefs. If then God's Commandment cannot de*
ter thee j nor God's Word advife thee: I fay no
more> but what St. John laid before me, f f&
that is filthy, let him be filthy flik
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i. JThe tonfecrstionef the Sabbaths reft eonftfts in
performing three forts cf Duties. Firftj before; Se*
condly, at; Thirdly, after the Publick Bxercifes
of the Church.
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«fteurfeihatSt.?«**wifljedfpmtB«U«^/««.
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I. To ghe otottr Working betimes on the Eve,
that thy Body may he the more refrcfhM and thy
Mind the better fitted tofanftify the S*H>*tk on the
next Day. For want oftbisfrepdratio*, thy felf and
thy Servants being tired with labour and watch-
ing the Night before, are fo heavy, chat when
youfliould be ferving God, and * hewing wb*t bit
Spirit faith nnfo the Church for your Souls Ioftru&i-
on, you cannot hold up your Heads for flceping;
<o the difiomttr of God, the offence of the Churth,
and the {bunt of your fehes : Therefore the Lord
commands us not only to keep Heiy, hut alio to re-
member afore-hand the Sabbath-day, tojreep it Ho-
ly, by preparing our Hearts, and removing all Bu-
fioefe that might hinder us to t eonfetrate it, at i
gtoriom Dq unto the Lord, Therefore, whereas the
Lord in the ether Commandments, doth but either
bid or forbid ; he doth both in this Commandment, ;
and that with a fpecial Memornndnm : As if a Ma-
iler fhould charge his Servant to look well unto '
Jen Things of great truft, but to have a more fpetitl i
care to remember Oneef thofc Ten, for divers weigh- 1
ty Reafons; fhould not a faithful Servant, that
loves his Mailer, (hew a more fpetid cm unto that
thing above all other Bufioeffes?
Thus Atofes taught the People over Night to re*
member the || Sabbath : And it was a holy Cuftom
among our Forefa thers, when a t the ringing to
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Prayer on the Eve before, the tittshandman would
give Over his labour in the field, and the Trufef-
mnn his work in the Shop, and go to Evening
prayer in the Church, to prepare their fouls, that
their minds might more chearfully attend GoePs
WorJhlP on the SM*tb><Ly.
*. To poffefs that Night * tfy Veffel in botinefi
snd honour, that thou may ft prefent thy Soul more
purely in the fight of God the next Morning.
3. To rife up eorfy in the. Morning on the Son»
bxtb-dq- Be careful therefore to rife fooner on
this day, than on other days; by how much
the Service of God is to be preferred before all
Etrtblj Bufinefs. For there is no Mofltr to ferv*
fo sood as God : And in the end, no work (hall
be better rewarded than his Service*
4. When thou art up, confider with thy felf,
what an impure finner thou art, and into what an
holy place thou goeft to appear, before the mofi
holy Gou\ who feeth thy heart, and hateth all im-
purity and hypocrite. Examine thy felf therefore
before thou goeft to Church, what grievous fins
thou haft committed the week paft ; confefs them
unto God, and earneftly pray for the pardon and
forgivenefs of them, and fo reconcile thy felf with
God in Chrift. Renew thy i>om to walk more
coafcionably, and pray for an increafe of thofe
Graces which thou haft, and a fuppry of thofe
which thou wanteft. But efpecially pray that thou
may'ft have Grdce to hear the Word of God read
and preached, with profit ;And that thou may*ft
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receive the Holy Sacrament with comfort (if it U
Communion Day) that God by his Hbly, Spirit
would * afli# the Preacher,, to fpeak fortieth ing
that may kit thy Sin, and comfort thy Soul; WhicS
thou may'ft do in this or the like fort.
. . A. Morning F 'foyer fir the Sabbath-day.
OLord mofi high, O God eternal, all + whofe
Works are Glorious, and whofe Thoughts are
very deep : There can he no better thing, than to fraife
thy Name, and to declare thy loving kindnefs in the
Morntng, on thy holy and bkffed Sabbath-day. For
it is thy Will and Commandment, that we would
fanftifie this day in thy fervice and praife; and in
the thankful remembrancers of the Crm/m* of the
World by the Power of thy Word; fo of the re-
demjiion of Mankind by the Death of thy Son,
Jl thine (0 Lord) I confefs, is Greatnefs, and Power,
and Glory, and Victory, and Praife : for all that is in
Heaven and Earth is thine : Thine is the Kjttgdom,
Lord, and thou exceOeft as Head over au\ Both
Riches and Honour come of thee, and thou reigneft
over at, and in thine Hand is Power and Strength*,
and in thine Hand it is fo make great, and to
give Grace unto all. Now therefore, O my God,
1 praife thy glorious Name, that whereas I a
wretched Sinner, having fo many ways provoked
thy Majefty to Anger and Difpleafurej thou, not*
withftanding of thy Favour and Goodnefs, (pat-
ling by my Profanenefs and Infirmities) haft
vouchfafed to add this Sabbath again unto the num-
* Col. 4 . 3.. t PfiL 9*. h *, J • II 1 Chr. 29. u ,&c.
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tbery far *1» Merits of J<y«* Cbrift thy Son i whofe
glorious Rcfiirredion thy whole Church celebra*
teth this Day; to pardon and forgive me a II my Sins
and ftfifdeeos. EfpeciaUy, O Lord, * cleanfe my
Soul fcomthofe fikhySins, with the blood of tby .
moft -pane and undefined Lamb, which uketb msy
the, Stns of the WttrU\. And let thy Holy Spirit
moreiaad more fubducmy Corruptions,tbat I may-
be renewed after f hjne mn Image, to ferve thee m
m»Mfs)cfIJft,andb<>li»efsofCom>erf*tian. And as
of xhy Mercy, thou haft brought toe to the begin-
ning of this blefled; Day; fd 1 befcech thee, make
it ai.Diy of BxconuRation* betwixt my fitful 8oul t
andthiy, : ^vhe Mtjtfty. , Give me Grace, to make
it alDnjplof Reptitotwafiawi thee, that thy Good-
nefsftaky Jsai it tolbc a f Etey of JRar^n. unto me i
And>ilia*£ may rcthember, that tihejKeping Holy,
of this; Day, is a Commandment which thine own]
Finger hath, written: ,, That on thjts Pay I might-
medtttteon thy glorious Works of our Cre4tio»$nd
Redemfimi and leaea how to know, and to keep
all the reft of tby holy Laws and Commandments,
Anjltwhcn anon,. I fhall with the reft of the holy
Afl*mbly,appean before thy Prefencein thy houfe.
to afler" unto thee our Moruit^-faerifice if Prttfe
d*d PrqtK} aod- to.Mtr wfat tty Spirit, fy the
freaqjtbtgofjh} fVerdyjkaBfpeak utfd thy Serv*»ti
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ers. from tfexdiag onto, thee ; or to keep backt^
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Grace from descending by thy Word, into my
heart. I know, O Lord, ana tremble to think, that
three parts of the good Seed fells upon bad! ground.
O let not my heart be like the high- way, which
through hardnefe, and want of true underftanding,
receives not the * Seed, till the evil one cometh,
and eatcheth it away : Nor tike to thtjkomgtvaml,
which heareth with joy for a time, but feHeth a.
way as foon as perfecutibo arifith for the Gofpels
fake; Nor like (he Moray £****/, which by the tares
<fth* toortii std tkt iKiitfiAmfs tf rubes, cbotketb
the W*r& vohitb it hearetkf tuU wuht it sltegttber
unfruitful: But that like untO> the goid gtomd, I
may hear thy Word, with zn-Jton/l mmI gwl hat*
W&rftAfditi a»db«p £} aft^^bnkg forth fr mi toitb
Jrstte/tteyiti that tneafure tbacthy WjWqntflnll
hink meet for -thy ^ory,, and mine everkrfting
comfort. OpetfKfcewift,1 befeochthed, 6. Lord,
the * far of tiiWri/tct, ifflto tby farfafai ftiamnr,
whom thou ha^t ftttf unto us *w»tn o*n eyes,thu
p* m*f m# ftim JgrtofsMtigf, siU ftmt'.thi
fide? if &at*» unt» God: Th* m may *nm*/wr-
gkrevefi if fits, ahd- mbcthbn* Among tbixn whttb
aefdnffifiedhj faith tit Ckrijh i ,v And give tntagtace
to fubmit ffly wtf unto bis Mioiftry, as welt wnen
he terriiteth me with judgments, as when he com-
fbrtetn me With thy Mercies. And that I^may
have him \n^Jh%*l** l*e*fi* -M' ptittfs+fy/*',. be-
came; he. iwitfhcfo for my ib\»Vas he tfaac inuft
pive an account for; the feme unto his Matter,
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And give me grace to behave my feif in the holy
Congregation with cotrielinefs and reverence, as
in tbypreftnee, and no the fight x&tkfhoij* AngtU*
Keep. me from drowfineft and deeping, and from
all wandring thoughts, and worldly imaginations!
fanftifie my Memory, that it may be apt to receive,
and firm- to remember thofe good and profitable
Doftrines, which mall be taught onto us out of
the Wordj And that through the affiftance of
thy Htly 'Spirit, I may put the fame leflbns in
pra&ice, for my direction in profperity, for my
confblation in mifery, for the amendment of my
life, and the glory of thy Name. And that this
day, which godlefs and prophage perfons (bend in
their own lufts and pleafures, I (as pne of thy o-
bedient fervants) may make j^y chief delight to eon*
[urate tajhy glory and honour, net doing mike own
nays, nor faking mine own mfil, nor [peaking a vain
word: f But that ceafing from the works of fin as
well as from the works of mine ordinary tilling, I
may through thy blefling, feel in my heart the
beginning of that eternal Sdbsth, which in un-
fpeakable joy and glory t ihall celebrate with
Saints jotd Angels, to thy praife and wormip, in
thy Heavenly Kingdom for evermore. All which
I humbly crave at thy hfn4s, in the Name and
Mediation of my J*ord Jefus; in that form of
Prayer which he hath taught me y
Oar Father which art in Heaven, HaUemi U tJy
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Having thus in private prepaid thine own Soul,
if thou haft the charge of a Family ; call all thy
heufbott together, read a Chapter, and pray as iii
the Week Days: But. remember fo to difpatcb
thefe private preparations and Duties, as that thov
and thy Family may be in tbc Church, before the
beginning of Prayers. Elfe your private Exerci-
fes are rather an hindrance than a Preparation,
And as thou and thy houfbold do go in all reve,
rence towards the Church, let everyone mediate
thus with himfelf: ,j>"
Things to he meditated as thpu^otfi to the Gkwfa
jj i *T*Hat thou art going to the * Court of the
X., I^rd, abd to fpeak with the great God
by Trayer ; and to hear bis Majefty$ftf* unto thee
by his Word ; anil to receive his Blcffing on thy
SouL and thy honeft Labour ; in the Six Days laft
jpafh -' '* ' ;••■•• ' ' * ' '
a. Say With thy felf by the ynyS AstbeHart
brayeth for the rivers qfwater^fi panteth my foul af-
ter thee, God, "' My' foul ihirftetb for God, even
for the living Go J: When (hall I come and appear
■ before* the Vrefinte of Qod? « For a Day in thy
Courts it better than.'a tboufand oiftertibere. 1 bad
rather he a Door 'keeper in ihe Houfe of my GoJ,
than to dwell in toe Tabernacles of Wickednefs.
* Therefore J mil come into thy 'Houfe in the multi-
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fade of thy mercies, and in thy fear wiUl worfhif Ph
vmt4 thyme holy Temple.
3. A$ thou entered into the Church, fay,
% am fearful ^t tbit flue I Tbit it none other but
the Houfe of God, this it the Gait of Heaven. Sure-
ty the Lord it in this flute : > God is in tbit peo-
ple indeed. And proft rating with thy Face down-
ward, being come to thy place, fay, • O Lord, I
kave loved the habitation pftby Houfe, and the Place*
where thy/Honour dweUetb : 4 Qne thing therefore have
I defired of tbee that J will require, even that I may
ipeA in thy. Houfe all the Days of my Life, to be-
held thy Beauty, and to vi/it thy Temple : ? There-
fore, will J offer in thy Tabernacle Jacrifices of Jay, J-
mUJing and fraife the Lord. Hearken unto my Farce,
Lord, when I cry ; have mercy a^o upon me, and
bear tup. f Doubt left, Kindneh and tykrcy fbaUfefc
t' me att tbf> DJffsof 'try Life, and 1 flail remain 4
gfeafon in the Houfe of the Lord\ And this is that
Preparation or looking to our } feet, whereto So-
lomon a>dvifeth us, before we enter into the Houfe
pfGoa. : ;.>/,' ; ■;..* " • ■ .
TbefecondforjofiEfrttfes, which ar;e t,o he performed of
the time of the holy Aftcmbly. ■ '
WHen Prayers bejjin, lay afide thy bw,n pri-
vate Meditatiohsi and let thy Heart, joyq
With the Minifter, and the whole Church, as being
)»ne Bodyoi Chriftj and becaufe that God is the
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God cf order, he will have at things to be done
in the Church with * one heart and sccortl: And
the Enemies of the Church are b common and pmb-
Ikk. It is therefore an ignorant pride, for a Man
to think his own private Prayers more efle&oal
than the public* Prayers of the whole Church*
Solomon therefore advifetka Man • not to be r^fr,
to utter a thing ifr the Church before God. Pray
therefore when the Church prayetb, fing when they
fing, and In the aftion of d kneeling, jtanding, fit*
ting, and fuch indifferent Ceremonies (for the a-
voidingof fcandal, the continuance of charity, and
in teftimony of thine obedience) • conform thy fclf
to the manner of the Church wherein thou It*
yeft. v
Whilft the Preacher is expounding and apply-
ing the Word of the Lord, look upon him: For
it is a great help to Air up thine Attention, and
to keep thee from wandring Thoughts : So f the
eyes efaS that are in the Synagogues, are faid to he
fafiened on Chrifk whrlft he preached: And that
* all the people hanged upon him when they heard him*
Remember that thou art there as one of Chri/Ts
Difciplts, to learn the knowledge of Salvation, by the
remiffion of fins, tbr& the tender mercy of God, Luke
i, verfe 77.
Be not therefore in the School of Chrift, like an
idle Boy in a Grammar School, that often heareth,
a Aa$4.4<S. b Chap. 4. 32. c EccLf.i. *Eiek. 4 6. 10. Fftl.
'»•. 3.-* Cum Romam*«m<h pf*"** Sabbat* fCfem hie fum, non
icjuno- Sic 8c tu ad quamforte Ecclcfiam veneris, ejus morem
ferva, A euiquamnon Vi$ eJBfe fcartdalo, nee quenquam tibi. 4*tb*
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but mever Utrnetk his Leflbn ; and ftill goeth to
School, bat profitbth nothing. Thou hateft it in a .
Child ; Chrift detefteth it in thee. To the end
therefore, that thou may'ft the better profit by
heaving, mark,
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*. ' ftk eahercmi *nJ txflicttton if the Text.
1, &be thief fum orfeefeofthe Holy Gbofi in that
Text* •> ,'■■■■
3. Thed*vij»» ffartt tfthe Text,
4. the Dt&rineiY **>& *» etfiry Dotfriae, the
?r«fs y the. Jleafons, *nd the Ztfij Weretf.
A MsUwd of allTeit&ers; :ej$eftfi>rthe People
(being accoftefeed > 'thereto) Whdbihem toTe-
me«ber*h6Serfa»rt}'afld therefore much wifhed
to be put in pra&ice- ef all faithfiiF Psfftors, who*
defire to edifie their People in the Knowledge of
God, and in bis true Religion. < -
If the Preacher's method be too curious or con*
f4td, Uwolaboui* to rtmonber, '
xj Udm maty t&togf he Haght y wbith jhou hei^
U8s Hit that ibo* #ti&Utj i aif^tkekpn muji U
ameud&bi': •'—' \ ' • -'-- '. l ' ~' A
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,. But in hearing, apply eyecy/fpeecft a$ ipjKui to
thy felf, rather i?y » G«f;,chaft by Man\ and !a»
bjour not fo niuchto hear the words of the Preach*
ep founding in thine; ear, a^t* feci the operation
of the Spirit, working in thy heart Therefore it
is faid fo often, b Let him that hath oh ear, hear what
the Spirit /peaks ft tfoChmrtb* : Aad, c Dtdm mr
hearts faru^ within m> whilA ha qenesf tntto w the
Scriptures ? And thus to near the Word, hath a
d j% F™wM thereto,* It;fctbeateq*abjeft
*forifci»$ °f W: felves un^Ood, It is jtbe
'fiqrtf note of (Shrift's Sajft&j The % t*ktfi y mark
of Chrift's Sheep ; the h apparentefi fign of God's
Eleft; thcwg Mw^as it **ert, A^hi<th uni^tb us
to te the ' j#fnfow/ *«>^fi Brethren and Sifters
of theSon^f GQl^. i This is the beft Aw of
J&Jemory ; fori a; good Header, ...■■..• - : r _.
When the, -Sermon; is ended*
*' i. Beware thou depart mij&e the Mmt Lepers,
till that for thine Inftruftion in the way of thy Sal-
vation, thoi*ha#- renirnedThaoteandPraUe toOod
and after Prayer, and fingmg of a PfaJh^ Ap&
w te d* Wing is pronoumeed, ftanfc up to
W?. 9FJWK jhereinyaud^ear it, asSf * JChrffi
bmfelf (wfiofe Minifter he is) did pronounce
the fame uajq,thee; For in fhis, cafe it is; true ;
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* Be that he*rethjon t hemreth me; and the Sabbath-
da} . is blefied, becaufe God hath appointed it to
be the d*y, -\ wherein by the month of his Minifiefe,
he mti blefs hit people, which hear hit word, snd
^tor/fie his Name, For though the Sabbath-day W
it f elf be no more blefled than .the other fix days;
yet (becaufe the Lord hath appointed it to holy
ufes above others; it doth as far excel the other
days of the Week) as the Confronted J3r*«{ (which
we receive at the Lorfs Table) doth the common
bretd which we eat at our own J Ah,
1. If it be a Communion day, draw near to the
Lord's Table in the Wedding Garment of a faith-
ful and penitent heart, to be partaker of To hoi//
a banquet.
And when Baptifm is to be adminiftred, flay
and behold it with all reverent attention, that (o
thou may'ft, Firft, fhew thy reverence to God's
Ordinance. Secondly, that thou may'ft the bet-
ter confider thine own ingrafting into the vifible
body of Chrift's Church * and how thou perform-
ed the vows of thy new Covenant. Thirdly, that
thou may'ft repay thy debts in praying for the In-
fant which is to be baptifed (as other Chriftians
did in the like cafe for thee) that God would give
him the inward effe&s of Baptifm, by his blood
and Spirit, fourthly, that thou may'ft afBft the
Church in praifing God for grafting another
member into his my ftical Body. Fifthly, that thou
may'ft prove whether the efTeds of Chrift's death
kill Sin in thee, and whether thou be raifed to
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oewnefs of life, by the venue of his refurre&ion t
, and fo to be humbled for .thy wants, and to be
thankful for his graces. Sixthly, tolhew thy felf
to be a Freeman of Chrift's Corporation : Having
a voice or confent in the admiffion of others into
that Holy Society.
3. If there be any Colle&ion for the poor,
* freely without gtudging beftow thine Alms, as I
God hath bleffed thee with Ability. j
And thus far of the dudes to be performed in j
the Holy Membly.
Nowcf the third fort of Duties *fttr the holy Jffca* j
AS thou returneft home, or when thou art en*
tred into thy Houfe, meditate a little while
upon thofe things, which thou baft heard. And
as the clean beafts Which h ebew the cud\ fo muft
thou brine again to thy remembrance, that which
thou haft heard in the Church* And then kneel-
ing down, turn all to a Prayer; befeecbing God
to give fuch a bleffing to thofe things which thou
haft heard, that they may be a • dtrettion to thy
life, and a confolation unto thy foul. For till the
Word be thus made our own, and as it were
dole hidden in our hearts; we are in danger left
* Satan fteal it away, and we (hall receive no pro-
fit thereby. And when thou goeft to dinner, in
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chat reverent and thankful manner before prefcrib-
cd, remember according to thy ability, to have
one or more poor Cbrifiians, whole hungry bow-
els may be refreOied with thy Meat: Imitating ho-
ly Joh, who protected, that * be did never eat hu
morfelt atone, without the geedCampanyof the Poor sad
Father lefs. That is the Commandment of Chrift
our Mafter, Luke 14. 1 3. Or at kaft wife, fend fome
part of thy Dinner to the Poor, b who lies fick in
the Back-lane, without any Food. For this will
bring a c Bleffing upon all thy Works and La-
hours, and it will one Day more rejoyce thy Soul,
than it doth now refrefh his Body, when Chrift
4haH fay unto thee, hleffed Child of God * law am
bt/ngrea, and thou gavefi me Meat, &c And for af^
muse at thou baft done it for my fake, te the leafi ef
thefe my Brethren', J take it in at good pert, at if thorn
badjt done it te my own f elf.
When Dinner is ended, and the Lord praifed%
call thy ' Family together, f examine what they
have learn'd in the Sermon : Commend them that
do well, yet difiourage not them whofe Memoriet
or Capacities are weaker ; but rather help them,
for their Wills and Minds may bo as good. Torn
to the Proofs which the Preacher alledg'd, and
t nib thofe good things over their Mcmoriesagain.
Then fing a h P faint or more. If time permit, thou
may ft teach and examine them in fome part of
•Jobji.ifttt. k Efth.o.l*. * Denti$.io,&C * Matth.ay.j$.8cc'
' If thou be a private Man, either perform thefe holy Done* by
thy felf, or joyn with fome godly Family in the performance of
then. ?Aftsi7<ti. Heb.j.i* •Deut.6.7. •'Mat.atf.30. Jam.j.«.
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the * Catechifm : Conferring every point With
the proofs of the holy Scripture. This wilt both
increafe our knowledge, and iharpen our memory ;
feeing by experience we find, that in every Trade
they who are moft b exereifed, are ever beft expert.
But in any wife, remember fo to difpofe all tnefe
private Exercifes, as that thou may'ft be with the
firft in the holy Congregation at the Evening exer.
rife; where behave thy (elfin the like devotion
and reverence, as was prefcribed for the Holy
Exercife of the Morning.
After Evening Prayer, and at thy Supper, behave
thy felf in the like religious and holy manner, as
was formerly prefcribed. And either before, or
after Supper, if the fcafon of the year and weather
do ferve,
i. Walk into the fields, and meditate upon the
Works of God : For in every * Creature thou may'ft
read, as in an open Bock, the Wifdom, Power, Pro.
videnee, and Goodnefs of Almighty God. And how
that none is able to make d all thefe things in the
variety 1 of their forms, vertues, beauties, fife, mots-
am, and qualities, but our moft Glorious God.
i. Confider how • gracious he is, that made all
thefe things to ferve us.
a. Take occafion hereby, to ftir up both thy
felf and others, to admire and adore his Poorer,
Wtjdom, and Goodnefs, and to think what ungrate-
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ful Wretches we are, iFwe will noc (In all Obedi-
ence^ ferve and honour him.
4. If any Neighboorbe Sick, of in any Heavi-
nefs, go to* vifit him. If any be fallen at Vari*
ance, help to reconcile them.
To cdnctude, three forts of Works may lawfully
be done on the Sabbath-day. .
z. Works of Pfcty, , which either dire&ly con^
cern the Service of God, tho' they be performed by
bodily Labour j as under the Law, . the b Priefls did
Labour in killing and <&r effing t of Qatrifces, and
burning them on the Altar.' And Chriftians un-
der the Gofpel when they travel far, tp, the Places
of God's Worihip, it is but a • SahbathJafs Jour-
ney, like to that of the i Shunamite,vi^6 Travelled
from home, to hear the Prophet on the Sabbath-day,
becaufe Ibe had no teaching near her own dwelling.
And the Preacher, tho* he laboured) in the Sweat
of bis Brews, to the wearying of his £(6c|y« yet he
doth but a Sahbath*dajs Work, for the holy Bnd
fan&ifieth the Work, as the e temple, did the Gold,
or the Altar the Gift thereon. Or elfe {uch bodi-
ly Labour^ whereby the People of Gbdarqaflem-
bled to his Wortbipj. as the bounding of Trum-
pets under the L*r», or the ringing of Bells under
the Gofpel. '•'•".
%. Works of Charity, as to 8 fave the tife of a
»M«t.s*.3& J«n. j.i 4 ,&c. ►Mkt.ra.y. * Aftsi.ia. d a Kings
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M», or* of a Besft;' to *fodiTer t Water, and drejs
Cattle j to d refrejb. our f feWes., ' and to * ft&ee * j&
foor\ tovi^}he'Suk; : t&hi^e*eomh»-for the
J^, 'arid fiich like. . .
2. Works of N&efffyf hot /wg»W, • bot /r^*/
and imminent ,w\ fuch as could not bt prevented
fcefbre, tiaFc&BeaeferteJl unto' another Bay^ As
to refift the Invafion of Erie" mies,' br the'Rdhfce.
ries of Thieves ; to quench the rage of Fire, and
for' ^/fi-foi to'Skaqfchj 'or let Blobd ; orto cure
jkny ,dther d 'i!efperatd Dheaie ; } atid for JkuMvesto
help Wonren'in taDour: flldtiiiersih&y do their
1 Labour ,• Souidiers bewg affefjed may r figbt ; and
" r Pop may 'ride for ihe puttfck°j|ood, and fofeb
; fike* Qn'thefe or the' like. ^Kicaffons, a" Man may
;la^fuilyV^'drk; Yea^ahcPVBehrliey are; Called,
they nwu jpbri any bf theft Occafions, 1 go •out of
twChutth, ' arid 5 from the 1 foft E&rcifeof the
Wer4 J arid StcfamMs: , ProVidid always, that
they be'b ( i\#le£ that ltich Cta*/fo*i 'fell -bur upon
[ that Doj'M time j f and that {hey take no 1Wony
v ,Fot rfheir; Pafos on/'thaF Day, but 6nry 1, fbr their
' 'tijtfi zi}tithefe*r e/^'and Cv/tfdthce oF ; his
' Cbmroa'ndinent.
"When the: Time of'Reft apprc#cheth;iretfre thy
" felf to tome 1 private place f and kdownijf that in
the ftatebf Corr^pfioii hoMah Irving can fatiflifie
a Sabbath in that Spiritual manner that he feould,
'Mtt.nn, '•Luke 13.1$. *Matth. u. i.*i 1C0c.11.-aa, 3f
. r V Cpr. i$a-, f Nuncios pticcpscxcipitur a Stf>l>aKf.7«tf. Coo*
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tranlrariie commits many breach es ther eof, in
his Thoughts; Wor&i.' &nd Dteds j hfrmbly crave
pardon for th£ Defers, ^and rcconcilelfty fetf un-
to God, with' this or the like Bvemng Sucr^ca •
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A private Evening Prayer for the Lord*s-day*
f l - ' • <' : '-- f - -' • I u„,
| ( /y^, * £fo#, //*//, Lord God of Sabbath /
_ ' Suffer die, 'who am but* Dtf# */*/ ^/, : to
k fpfeak uttto thy moft Giottous Majcfty; 'I knew
that rh6u art a t con/ufning /r*;'I afcknowledgethat
that I a ! tri but withered 4 Stubhle. My * Sim we
in my 'fybt, atid SAtari * ftartfa at th Right-hand to
adcuft me for foeift ; 1 tdmc not to ixcdfej but
' to'? fudge my felf worthy' of H\ thofe jddgrtteits,
which th^ juftiee^mislit'moft jtiftly itoflifriigoii
me a Wretched Creature, for ttiy SioS arid Trfcnf*
greffipns. The Number of themfefo gfeaty the
' Nattifeof them is (o grievous, that they inake me
feem ^vite ih;my;6wn Byes^ how rtttush -more
loathfome in thy'Jighttl cbnfefs they itiakfe me fo
fir fr<3m bdng * worthy to be called thy Boh;* thai I
am altogether 'unvborthy to Have the Name of thy
mea'rtfit S'erDantl And if thou fhould'ft but re-
compense rtie according to my defert,the Earth^as
weary of fuch a finful burthfcn) ftiould openiier
, Mouth and fallow trie uj> > like one of Dathans
* family, into the Bottotaiefi Pit'of Hell. F<lr if
thot didft not: fpare 4 the' Natural branches, tHofe
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* Angels of glorious Excellency; but hurld\t them
down from the heavenly Habitations into the Pains
of beltifb Darknefsj to be kept unto Damnation,
when they finned but once againft thy Majefty :
and did ft expel our Firft b Parents out of. ParaJije,
when they did but tranfgrefs One of thy Laws :
Alas, what Vengeance may I expeft, who have
not offended in One Sin only, 'heaping daily Sin
upon Sin, without any true Repentance, d drinking
Iniquity as it were Water, ever pouring in, butnc-
. ver pouring out any Filthinefs ; and have tranf-
- grefied not One, but all thy holy Laws and Com-
mandments/ Yea, this prefentDay, which thou
haft ftriftly commanded me to keep holy, to thy
Praife and Worfhip j I have not fo reli§ioufly
kept and obferved, nor prepared my Soul in that
Holinefe and Chaftity of Heart, as was fie to
meet thy bleffed Majefty in the holy Aflembly of
the Saints. I have not attended 'to the Preach-
ing of thy Word, nor to the Administration of
thy Sacraments, with that Humility, Reverence,
and Devotion, thatlfhould. For tho' I was pre-
sent at thofeholy Excercifes in my Body, yet, Lord,
I was overtaken with much Drowfinefs. And
when I was awake, my Mind was fo diftraQed
and carry'd away with vain and worldly thoughts,
that my Soul feemM to beabfenj, and out of the
Church. I have not fo duly (as I mould) medita-
ted with my felf, nor conferred with my Fami-
ly, upon thofe good Inftruftions which we have
heard and receiv'd out of thy holy Word, by the
. ^i i— — — —————— ^— — ■— — — i— — — — , ■ i — a— ^
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publick Miniftry. For default whereof, Sattn
hath ftoPn the moft part of thofe Inftru&ions out
of my Heart, and I wretched Creature have for-
gotten them, as though they had never been
heard . Aod my Family doth not thrive ia^qg$r~
ledge and San&ification under my Government*
as they fhould. Though I know where many
of my poor Brethren live in Want and Neceffity,
and fome in Pain, and Comfortlefs ; yet I have
not remembred to relieve the one with my Alms,
nor the other with Confolations: But I have
feafted my (elf, and fatisfy'd my own Lufts. I
have fpent the moft part of the Day in idle Talk,
vain Sports and Exercifes: Yea,
Lord, I have, &c. * And for ail f Here conftfs
thefe my Sins, my Confcience. "******. *«*•■
r* :•!«. *L w j thou haft done that
cries Guilty, thjr Law condemns Day by omiffion or
me, and I am in thy Hand to commiffion,andthea
receive the Sentence and the gg?{ f™ <g-
Curfe due to the wilful Breach fay,
of fo Holy a Commandment,
But what if I am by thy Law condemned ? Yet,
Lord, thy Gofpel aflures me, that thy Mercy is
above all thy Works; that thy Grace tranfeends
thy Law; and thy Goodnefs delighteth thereto
reign where Sins do moft t Abound. Tn the
multitude of thy Mercies and for ihe Merits of
Jefus Chrift my Saviour, I befeech thee, O
Lord, (who defpifeft not the fighings of a con-
trite Heart, nor defireft the Death of a pe-
nitent Sinner ) to pardon and forgive me all
thofe my Sins, and all the Errors of this
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Pay ' , and of my : whole /Life } and free my Soul
from that Curfe/and Judgment which is due unto
me for them. Thou that didft juftify the contrite
Publican for*, four Words of Confeflion, and re-
ceivedft the Prodigal <;bild,i^hea he had fpent all
the ftock of thyGra.ce! into favour upon his Re-
pentance ; Pardon my Sins likewife, O Lord, and
fufe me not to perifh for my tranfgreffion. O
fdareme, aad receive me into thy favour again.
Wilt thou {O Lord) ^ejecT; me, who haft receiv'd
altt Publicans, Harlots, and Si/i/ters,<thtt upon Re-
pentance fuM to thee for Grace? Shall Ialooe be
excluded from, thy mercy? Fair-be it from nie to
thinJt to; Fpr.tWart the fame God of Mercy unto
nieythat> tiheu waflruntp-chem, .and thy compaffio*s
riven fail, Whefefbre,0 Lprd,dealnot with meaf-
UE^m^cUieiitSr but according to thy great Mercy.
ES&cute not thy.fe vere Juftice againft me a Sinner :
But exercife thfLong-fuffe'rance in forbearing thy
o w» Creature., I have nothing to prefent unto thee
fix a fausfa&ipnJJUt only \kto{%hloo&yW<mnfo> bitter
hath, and Pafllon , which thy Blefled Sort, my
drily Saviour ■„ hath. fuffered for me. Him (in
yhorn onlythqu^trt yettpleafet) I offerunto thee for
all my Sins, wherewith thou art difpleafed. Him
py Mediator;ther?queft of whofe Blood, W/peah
im bettor things th$h that of Abel, thy Mercy can
qeyer gain-faj(: > Illuminate- my Underftanding,
and fanftjfy my Heart with thy Holy Spirit, that it
may brink to n>y remembrance all thofe good and
profitable Leflons, .which this Day, and at other
tim es have been taught meotit of thy holy Word $
*"" ' ♦ Luke x8. 13. f Mawh. ai. 31, 3a. iHeb. 1 z. *f.
■''■'■■ that
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tEat I may remember" thy Commandments to
keep thsq*?, tfcy Judgm^tstp.a^voto t^iq ; and
the fweet Promifes to rely upon them in Time
of Mjfecy and* I?jftre#. Aad,npw, O.tord, I re-
f^rayjetftothy ny>$lH)ly \fftll: p .receive me t
»P$ Mw-Rwoqt;. ^l^dr^y,me,by tM Grace.
09&tty Tejfi tJiaA^raay as, well be t^riebylpye
an<J Imitation, as.bj CaJJipg and! Creation, ^ndr
give me. Grace fa to keep, holy thy ^abbathVia
thisLife,;: ai tljiai;(wh$n ^t^.^jjeisendedjlmay
with all thy Samp anxj Angels, celebrate, an e/er-
wl. Safttth of Joy and Pra^e, ^o the ^oijour of
thy mpft glorious Najme, in tby. Heavenly' King-
dom fQ? evermore. Amen.
Ao4 tfe n calUng thy Family together, {bu$ up
the %iH>ith with the Meditations and Prayers
before psejcsibed for thy Family. 4ha* theLord)
will give thee that Night a more fweet Mid quiet
Refi thsti, ox&nary* a nd profper thee $he better in
a]l the. taints of tke Week following.
Thm JAT <tf fa orfynarj Pra&ice of Pieij, tyth in
frfatfe wj putyck;
Kmfflomth the extraordinary Bratijce of Ptety y
*Wjby Go,d is glorified in our, ijWff •
THE extraordinary Prdlficeof Titty confifts*
* Jeiunium. „
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There ac^djj^rs kinds- of Fafiing. Firft, A
t conftrain 9 d^jff^zs when Men either have not
F'pod to dtf/'as in the b Famine of Samaria; Or,
Ijkvjtog Food, cannot eat it for Heavinefs or £/>*.
#<3fjV as'ix Mel them, who were in the c Ship with
St. Paul,* This is rather Famine than Failing.
Secondly, 'f A natural Faft> which we undertake
VhfieaDjl for the health of our Body.
Thirdly, * A civil Fa/l, which the Magiftrate
enjoyneth for the better Maintenance of the Com-
mon-wealth ; that by uftng FHh as well as Fie/h,
there may be greater plenty of both.
r Fourthly, * Amir action* Fafi, as the Forty Days
fall of Mofes kn&'£liasi the Types; and of Cbrijt,
the Subftante. This is rather to be admired than
imitated. -
* Fifthly, g A daily Faft. when a Man is careful
to ufe the Creatures of God in fach Moderation,
that he is. qot made heavier^ but more h chearful,
to ferve (Sod, and to do the Duties? of his Calling.
This isefpecially to be obferv'd of Minifters and
| Judgps.
Sixthly, k A Religious Faft y which a Man volun-
tarily undertakes, ro make his Body and Soul the
1 i. Coaftum. b % Kings tf. *$. c Afts ^7. 33. d *. Phyfi«um. Ni-
hil pcriculofius habitudine corporis extremfe bonl ': detrahenda
afuc
giofi^ni. 2 Cor. 6. 4, y .
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fitter to pray more fervently unto God upon fome
extraordinary Occafion. And of this fait only we
are to treat. The Religious Fafi is of two forts,
either private or publish,
1. Of a private Fafi.
THat we may rightly perform a private Fail:,
Four Things are to be obferved : Firft, the
Author: Secondly, the Time and Occafiou : Third-
ly the Manner ; Fourthly the Ends of private Fatt-
ing.
1. Of the Author,
The jhrft that ordained Fading, was God him-
felf in * Paradife; and it was the firft Law that
Go*/ made in commanding Adam to abftain from
eating the forbidden Fruit. God would not pro-
nounce nor write his b Law without Fa/ting, and in
his Law commands all his People to Fail. So
doth our ' Saviour Chrifi teach all his Difciples
under the tfew Tefiament likewife. By religious
Faftingz Man comes neareft the Life of d Angels
and to God's Witt on Earth, as it is done in Hea-
ven. Yea, Nature feemeth to teach Man this
Duty, in [giving him a e little Mouth and a nor-
.f us p ft, fimilitud inem ?um ilUs afieq«itur. Bafil, hom. de Jejup. *
Natura os parvum, & guttur arQum homlni dedlr.
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raiw /fcrotf j for /#****** is content with «a/r«/f,
Oft;* with lefs, . Neither do-Jfatf* andi<&*«.
agree in any one A& better, than in this-Execcife
of religious Ufting: For it ftreng^benetib. thp Me-
mory, and cieareth the Mind\ illuminateth the Z>n>
derft ending, andbridfeth-the Afiflitos j mortifieth
the Flejb,. and preferveth Chaflity; preventeth
^/^W>,an*.continuethiMfeateh ; itdeltoethfrQm
Bvih, and- procuretb-all- kind q£ Blefflngs.
Bfe brewing this Fafo the S*r/*»* overthrew,
the Firfi* Jdam y fothathe loft Patadife. But by
keeping a Fajt, the Second Adam vaoquifhed J;be
&r/>«»f, and reftored us into #mz*». /^Ag
was me who coverd Weak fafs in the Ark, whom
Intemperance uncovered, and left ftark naked in
the kwyard. By Fafting, Let quenched the
Flame of Sodom, whom Druniennefo {couched, with
the Fire of Incejt. Religious fafting, and talking
with God, made Mofet's Face to fliine before Me*,
when Idolatrous eating and drinking caufed the
Jfraelites to appear abominable in the fight of
6od. It wrapt up BUas in an Angelical Coach to
Heaven when voluptuous Jhah was lent in a
BW? Chariot to Het It made Herod believe
that* ?<»£« Baftijl mould live after Death by a blef-
fed Refurreclion; when after an intemperate Life,
he could promife nothing to Wmfelf, but eternal
Death and Definition* divine Ordinance of a Di-
vine Author !
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2. Of the Time.
The * holy Scripture appoints no Tim* under
the New Teftamentto Faft j but leaves icunto
Chrlftiansown/>W£A0»*} Row. 14.3. 1 Cor. 7.5:
toffeft'as occafions {hall be ofFer'd unto them, JKtt **-
9. 1 y. As when a Man becomes an humble and ear*
neft Suitor unto God for the pardon of fome grofi
Sin commited; or for the b prevention of fome
Sin, wliereunto a Man feels himfelf by Satan foU
licited : or to obtain fome fpecial Bleffing which ho
Wants ; or to avert fome Judgment which a Mam-
fears, or is already fall'n upon himfelf or others r
Or laftly, to fubdue his Ftefh unto his Spirit, thac
he may more cheerfully pour forth his Soul unto*
God by Prayer. Upon thefe Occafions a Man*
may faft a c Day or d longer, as his occafions re-*
quire, and the eorifiitatiou of his Body, and other
needful Affairs will permit.
3. Of the manner of '4 private Faft.
The trde manner of performing a frivate Faft,
corififts partly in outward, partly in inward A&ions.
THe outward Actions are, to abftain, for the
•JPraeceptum" eflefejflnlinfi Vliteo, qnifans au tct n non diebus opor-
teatjejunare,&quibusoportcat,pr86cepto Domini velApoftolorum
Hon inveriio defiriiifuin. ijt^.»dCif*l.Bfifi. Z€.* Irtdificrentcr <e-
)unandum,exarbitrib,hoA6x;rtiperionoVaedifciplirrseproteihpori-
bus,<^cau5suhiufcujuii|u*.7Vf*. Aivet. Pfycbtc.M&tanuth&eticxis
primus eratquiibjunibruAfeg«spraefcripgc.£*/eW»Ecdefi«ft.Hift.
lib.5.c.i8.ex^/>«^im.cLev.a3-3*-Jo ftl -7*- d EftH-4-**-
time
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time that we faft : Firft, from all a worldly Bufinefs
and Labour, making our f aft tag Day, as it were a
Sabbath-day, Lev. 1.3. 28. - for worldly Bufinefs
will diftraQ: our Minds from holy Devotion.
Secondly, from all manner of Food, yea, from
b Bread and Water, fo far as Health will permit.
, 1. That fo we may acknowledge our own Indig-
nity, as being unworthy of Life, andallthedfowx
for the Mainteinance thereof. 2. That by affix-
ing the Body, the Soul, which followeth the Confu-
tation thereof, may be the more humbled, j. That
fo we may take a godly c Revenge upon our felves,
for abufing our liberty in the ufe of God's Creatures.
4. That by the hanger of our Bodies^ thro* want of
thefe earthly Things, our Souls may learn to hun-
ger more eagerly after fpiritud and heavenly Food.
jT. To put us in Mind, that as we abftain from Food,
which is lawful, fo we fhould much more abftain
£rom d Sin, which is altogether unlawful.
Thirdly, From good and cofllyt apparel; that
as the abufe of thefe puffs up with Pride ; fo the
laying afide their lawful ufe may witnefs our Humi-
lity. And to this eqd in ancient times they ufed
(efpeciaily in publick Fafts) to put on f Sackcloth,
or other courfe Apparel. The equity hereof ftill
rcmaineth ; efpeciaily in publick Fafis, at what
time to come into the aflembly with ftarched bands,
crifped Hair, brave Apparel,z\A deck'd with flowers;
•Lev. 23. 28,35. Joel 1. i4-&.2.i5. b iSam.3.35. Ezra 10.6 Dan.
10.3. Efth.4.16. A&s 9.9. c 2Cor.7.u. * Quid prodeft vacuarc cor-
pus ab efcis, & animum repler? peccatis ? dug. detemv. S$r.\6.
c Eod. 33. 5, 6. f Efth.4. 1,). Jon. 3,5,6. Joel 1.13 Mat. 11.2^.
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or Perfumes,, argueth a Soul that is neither hum-
ble before God, nor ever knew the true ufe of fo
holy an Exercife.
Fourthly, From the full Meafure of * ordinary
Sleep. That thou may'ft that way aifo humble thy
Body; and that tby Soul may watch und pray, to
be prepar'd for the coming of Chrifi. And if thou
wilt break thy Sleep early and late for wortdfygain;
how much more fhould'ft thou do it for the Service
of God? And if t Ahab (in Imitation of the God-
ly} did in his Fafi lie in Sackcloth, to break his
Sleep by Night ; what (hall we think of thofe who
on a Fafiing-day will yield themfelves to fleep in
the open Church I
Fifthly and Laftly, From all outward Pleajures
of our Senfes. So that as it was not the (} Throat
only that firmed, fo muft not the Throat only be/#-
nijbed: And therefore we muft endeavour to make
our Eyes ( as at all times, fo ) efpecially on that
Day, to faft from beholding Vanities ; our Ears
from hearing Mirth or Mufick, but fuch as may
move to mourn , our Noflrils from pleafant Smells ;
our Tongues from lying, diffembling and Jlandring :
Yea, the ufe of the Marriage-bed muft be omitted
in a religious Reverence of the Divine JUajefiy.
That fo nothing may hinder our true Humiliation,
but that all may be Signs that we are unfeignedly
humbled. Thus much of the outward manner.
* a Sam. 12. 16. Joel 1. 13. Eflh. 4. 3. f J Kings 11. 27. H Slfola
gula peccavit, fola jejunec, &fufficit; Si vcr6 peccaverunt&
membra cster^, curnoa jejun«K&ipl*? g*r».Serm.Quadrag<3 #
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Things, z f Repentance. 2, fryer.
.. Jtepentanee bath Two parts.
1. * Penitency for Sinspaft.
a. f Amendment of Life in fime to come.
This Potency copfifts ity Three Things. Firft,
An inward i^A/ of Sin, and /^^ of /Mifery^ .Se-
condly, A. tcwriting of t,hy vilp Eflate. .Thirdly,
An |iif»^& ;and particular, fonfefion of all thy
known Sins.
jr. Of the inward fight of fin, *a&J*nfoof^jnifery.
Th\sfcnJe,Mdjnfigkt will bp effe&ed in thee:
Firft by confidering thy Sins, Specially thy grofc
Sins, according to the circiraiflances of the time
whep, plane whsv^ manner how, and Peirfons. with
1 whom if was committed, ^bhdfy> ^Tfte Majefty
of God againft whom it was done; and, the father^
becaufe thou didft fuch things ^gajnft Jiim fipce
, he became a Father untp^heeVand beflpw'd fo
.many toqestkUfings in bountiful niaqnejr i^pon thee.
Thirdly, lb eppfidering the t curfes .which God
hath thrsatnttfbr thy Sin; How grievoufly God ,
hath plagued others for the Jam Fault, anq how j
that no means in Heaven or Earth could deliver ,
thee from being eternally damned iot them, had '
not the Stmtf Godio lovingly dy'd for thee. Laft- I
jy, That ]&.Qp$Llwts the y h? nwft fkrftn ;heee'er
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thou* daft frtwff/ fetal by fpeedy a*d wofeigntd
: Repcntafrce. Leeihefe and the fckd Qmfideiatieiis,
'fofpNtbtky* Heart wiriP9oprow,ttfaatj<wBfti^p ibr
*JUifloffe Within thee, 'titwiay: be^?j^/^^,ioto:a
Fount*/* of Tears, txickling^i&ohra tby *MHfra&l
< Cheeks. This rtwumi rig is tlwbcgirm'mg of tide
-fifthfgt arid therefore' ofMknes *yut? fbr/lgftwg,
- thcfirji arid'jpMv/^Wp&rr ion che.n*^ A&idn, :
i %. X)f { fhe hmiling of)lby-omn efiate*
.i ... '
b BetMilingm Lament At ion^ j*4he f fiouriftg out of
« ^he inward HokrniHg of the fdearf^ty the^utwat;d
•• Me&&(f-tb€Foice$*6aT*ars?tf*tfo Ejes.^ With (u^h
Jffi*/J^^ Prayer, is our
heavenly Father well plea$d.£ j&Jfy, wheaitas
the /^tfif of his ty/r/>, and the *^# of our i 7 */*)*,
hetaOTOtbedifpleafedwit^^r. -For- if he beard
the Mwk wtotfh extremity wrttfjg. from Q ljn*el
audW^r; -ind^heaFeth -t-h^ HQry- c^thc^you^g
* Ravens? bnd roariqg of e ^*w : How much fa-
ther wilkheheai* t he >w^
hishwfcfr C*^^5roiakte uflttf hipi in their Miferyi
3, C^/A* humble ConfeQion of Sins. K
In this A&ion thou mud: deal plainly with Go J,
and f acknowledge all the Sins thou knomft, not
, ■■ j 1 ■ \ u ■ — ' ■ ' ■ ■■ , ■ »
. Matth* 9. 15. Can the Children mum ?-then flfcU»thiy /^f.
And Jlf*r4 and Luke, for w«r», have/*/?. Examples. Pfal.6.&. 2 2.
"" &38, & 79. and??r?^^VtamenTatiDnsrJoel 2. 12, ^r^Jer.- ji.
18,19.20. f Gen. 21. 17. * Pfal. 147.9. ePfal, 104. 21. * * Sam.
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only in general 9 but alfo in particular. This hath
been the manner of all God's Children in their
Fails. Firft,Becau(e that without *ConfeQi»H thou
haft no prmife of Mercy or forgivenefs of Sins.
Secondly, that fo thou may'ft acknowledge *God
to be jujt 9 and thy felf unrighteous. Thirdly,
That by the nuntbring of thy Sins, thy Heart may
be the more humbled and pulled down. Fourth-
ly, That it may appear that thou art truly Peni-
tent: For till God hath given thee Grace to repent,
thou vfikbc vtoreafhMmed to confefs thy Fmlty than
. to commit thy Sin. The plainer thou dealeft in
this refped with God, the more tracioufy will
God deal with thee : For if thou doft « acknowledge
thy Sins, God is faithful and juft to forgive thee thy
Sins; and the Blood of JefusChriftbU Sou jbaffchanfe
thee from aU thy Sins.
To help thee the better to perform thefe Three
farts of Penitency, thou may*ft diligently read
fuch Chapters and Portions of the holy Scriptures,
as do chiefly concern thy particular Sins : That thou
may'ft fee God's Curfe and Judgments on others
for the like Sins, and be the more humbled thy
fif I
Thus far of the Firjt Part of Repentance 9 which it j
Penitency.
The other Part, which is Amendment of tiff*
fProv. it. t3. Pfid. U> 5> £ MuVj*. * 5 < John t. 7, £
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confifts; Firft, In devout Prayer*. Secondly, io
devout Attions.
This devout Praydr, which we make in tirtie of
fafling, is either * Deprecation of£vil 9 or craving
needful good things.
Deprecation of Evil, is, when thou befeecheft
GOD, for Chiift the Mediator's Sake, to pardon
unto thee thy Sins y which thou haft confejfed; and
to turn from thee thofe Judgments which are due
unto thee for thy Sins : And as Benhadad, becaufe
he heard b That the KJng of Ifrael was merciful,
proftrated himfelf unto him with a Rope about his
Ned; fo becaufe thou knoweft that the King of
Heaven is merciful, caft down thy felf in his Fre-
fence, in all true figns of Humiliation (efpecially,
feeing he calleth upon thee to come unto him in
thy c iroulles) and doubtlefs thou (halt find him
moft merciful
The craving of ntedful good things is, Firft, a
fervent and faithful begging of God, to feal by
his Spirit in thy Heart, the Affurance of the for-
givenefs of all thy Sins. Secondly, To d renew thy
Heart by the Holy Ghojl, fo that Sin may daily de-
cay, and Righteoafnefs more and more increafe in
the. Laftly, In defiring a fupply of e Fdith, Pati-
ence, Cbdftity, and all other Graces ^hich thou
nantefi , and an encreafe of thofe which G D of
his Mercy hath beftowed upon thee already.
*<tfn*Kt Kr&ffiitif. b i Kings io. 31. c Ffal. $o. 15. d Phil. i.<*.
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Thus jar of Prayer and Fafting.
The devout A&ions in faftiag, are Two. Firft,
avoiding Evil, Secondly, doing Good.
I. Of avoiding Evil.
This Abfiinewefrom Evil, is that which is chief-
ly fignified by thy Abfthence from food, &c. and
is the chief end of fafting, as the a Ninrvites very
Well kfiew. A Vay off aft, and not fafting from Si* %
the Lord dborretb. It is not the vacuity of the Sto-
mach, but the b purity of the Heart that God ref-
fpe&etliL If therefore thou wouldeff have God to
turn from thee c the Eviloi Afflitfion; thou muft
firft turn aw*y from thy felf the Evil of Tranfgrtf-
fori* And without this fafting from Evil^thy Faft
{avours more noyfom to God, than thy Breath doth
to Mao. This made God fo often to rejeft the
Paft of the d Jews. And as thou mud, endeavour
to avoid all Sin ; fo efpecially that Sin, wherewith
thou baft provoked God t either to /bait his Rod at
t;hee, or already to lay his chafteping Hand upon
thee. And do this with a Refolution, by the Af-
fjftance of God's Grace, never to commit thofe
Sins ^gain. For c what l hall it profit a Man by
"John 3.8, 10. b Pulchrum eft corporis jejunium, cum fit ani-
mus \ vitiis je junus. Hier. adCelant. Ep. 1 4. « Jejuna k malis a&ibus,
abftine & malis fermonibus, contine a cogitationibus peflimis.
CrriA in Lev. cap. 10. <* Ifa. 58. 2, &c. Zach. 7* $. Non poffum
efel fordidius cgrcdi malediftum auc mendacium ? Muximw Epifc.
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Abfttnence to humble his Body, if his Mind fwell
with Pride ; Or to fbrbear Wine and flrong Dr//wP,
and to be drunk with Wrath and Ma/ice? Or to
let do Flefb go into the Belly, when Lies, Slanders
and Ribauldry (which are worfe than Meat) come
out of the Mouth ? To abftarn from Meat a , and
to do Mifcbitf, is the DeviPs Fa/t^ who doth Evil %
and is met Hungry
t. Of doing good Worh.
The h good Works which as a Chiiftiari thou
muft do e?iwy Day, but specially on thy Faftfag.
day, are either the Works of. Piety to God, or the
Works of Charity towards thy Brethren;
Firft, ,f he Works of Piety to God, ire the pratl-
ice of all* the former Duties in the (tncerity of a
good Confcience, and in the fight of God.
Secondly, The Works of Charity towards our
ftrethten are, * forgiving Wrongs, remitting Debts to'
the Poof that are not well able to pay ; but efpeci-
ally in thing Alms to the Poor, that want Relief
and Suffenance. Elfe we fhall d under pretence of
Godlinefs, pra&ice Miferablenefs : Like thofe, who
will pinch their, own Bellies* to defraud their la-
bouring Servants of their due Allowance. As there-
* Qui clbis abftinet, & mala agunt, daembnes imitantur, qui-
bus culpa adeft, & cibus deeft. ifid. b Vis oratioacm tuam Volare
ad coeluni ? Fac 111* duas alas, Jujunium & Elcmofynam. Aug.
«Ifa ; 58.6,8cc. Zach.7.9,10. * Qui jejunatutparcat,nonad Dei
gloriam je junat, fed fubftantiae fuse parcit, Chryjofi* in Match. $ .
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fore Chrift joyned Faffing, Prayer, and ^/«w toge-
ther in Precept ; fo muft thou joyn them toge-
ther^ like * Cornelius, in Practice. And therefore
be fure to give at the leafi ib.much to the b Poor,
on thy Faffing- day, as thou wouldft have fpent in
thine oton Diet, if thou hadft not failed that Day.
And remember, that *Jhe that fotoetb pknuoufly,
fhaS reap plenteoujly; and that this is zjpecialjow
ing day. Let thy Fafting fo d afflitt thee, that
it may refrejh a poor Chriftian ; and rejoyce, that
thou haft dined andfupped in another i Or rather,
that thou haft c feafled hungry Chrift, in his poor
Members.
tri giving Alms, obferve Two Things : Firft,
The Rules: Secondly, The Rewards.
i* Rules in giving of Alms and doing good Works.
, I. They muft be done in Obedience to God's
Commandments : Not becaufe we think it to be
good ; but becaufe God requireth us to do fuch
and fuch a good Deed j for fuch f Obedience^ the
worker, God preferreth before all Sacrifices, and
the greateft Works.
* Afls 10. 30. "b Non Deo, fed fibi jejunat, qui qu* ad tempt*
fubtrahit, non inopibus fubtrahit j fed ventri poftmodum ofer
1-enda cuftodit. Greg. M. Paft. c. 44. c 2 Cor. 9. 6. * Jejunium tuuii
te caftigat, fed altcrum laetificat. Aug. Ser. de temp. 64. e Accipi-
at efuriens Chriftus quod jejuharis minis accipit Chriftianus.
Auguft. de temp. Ser. 157. Beatus qui jejunat ut alat paypereffl.
Imitatur enim Chriftum qui ainiinam fuam pofuit pro fratribus
fins. Cyril, in Lev. lib. i o. * 1 Sam .15,21.
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m***? plea/e God; Nay, without Faith the moft
ffcctim Works are but *jhini*g Sips anfl Pharifees
Alms.
3. Thou muft not thick by thy good Works
and Alms to merit Heaven ; for in vain had the
Sotf of Gpd died his Blood, if Heaven could have
feieen furchafed eijther for Afo/wy or /V^A Thou
muft therefore feek Heaven's Pojfeffhn by the/*r-
c£*/* of CAr/^s #W, not by the Merits of thine
own Works. For c eternal Life is the Gift of God
through Jefus Chrifi. Yet every true Chriftian that
believes to be faved, and hopes to come to Hea-
ven, muft do good Works (as the Apoftle faith)
fpr npcpjfary Vfei, which are Four.
Firft, That d Go4 may be glorified. Secondly,
ThAf thou mafjlfibew thyfelf* thankful for thy Re-
demption. Thirdly, That thou msfji *makefure thine
Eletfjon uuto thy f elf Fourthly, That thou may 7 Jl
* vain others, by thy holy Devotion, to thiqk the
better of the Chriftian Profeflion. And for thefe
'ufes we are faid to be h Go£s Worimanjbip, crea-
ted in Chrifi Jefus unto good Worts, and that God
hath ordained us to wa^k in them.
4. Thou mqft not give thine Alms to mpudeni
Vagabonds, who live in wilful idlenefs and filthinefs 9
but to the Religious and honefi Poor, who are ei-
f Hcb.u.tf. Rom.14.13. * Splencfida [toccata, Aug. c RojB-tf»
ult. a iCor. 10. 31. 2 Cor. 8.19. PhiLi.ii. * Luke 1,74,75.
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ther Sick, or fo old that they cannot work : Or
fuch who work, but their work cannot compe-
tently maintain them : Seek out thofe in the Back-
Lanes and relieve them. But if thou meetelt one
that asketh an Alms for Jefus fake, and knoweft
Jiim not to be unworthy, deny him not: For it
is better to give unto Ten Counterfeits, than to fuf-
fer Chrifi to go, in one poor Saint, unrelieved. Look
not on the Perfon, but give thy Alms as unto
Chrifi in the party.
%. Of the rewards of Jims- deeds and good Works.
%. Alms are a facial Means to move God in
JMercy toturn>way his* temporal Judgment from
us j when we by a true Faith, (that (heweth it
jptif by fuch Fruit?) do return unto him.
'' "%. Merciful Alms-givers* fftall be the Children of
the Higheft) arid be like their Father, who is the
' Father of Mercies. They fliall be fris d Stewards
to difpofe his Goods ; his Hands, to diftribute his
Jims ; and if it be fo great an Honour to be the .
Ifing Almoner, how much greater is it to be the
God of 'Heaverfs Alms-giver ?
' 3. When ail this World {hall forfake us, then
only good Works and good Angels fhall accompany
us, the 6ne to c receive their reward, the. other tQ
deliver their f charge.
'■ r 4. Liberality in AlmSrdeeds is our *funjl Foun-
dation, that we [hall chain in eternal Life, a liberal
*Ban. 4 «*7. b Liiketf.35,3$. c 2 Cor. 1.3, d Lukci6.i. cRcr.
14..13. f Lu^ei(i.aa. Pfal.91. 11. Heb. 1.14, SsTim.6.19.
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Laftly, By Alms-deeds w« feed and relieve
Chrift in his Memhets; and a Chrift at the laft &*/
will acknowledge bur love, and reward us in hi*
Mercy; and then it lhall appear, that what we
gave to the Poor, was not /<$, but h tent unto the
Lord. What greater Motives can a Chriftian wifh,
to excite him to be a liberal Alms giver?
Thus far of the Manner of Fading. Now fol-
low the Ends.
3. Of the Ends of Fafiing.
The true ends of Editing are not to merit God's
Favour or eternal Life (for that we have only of
the Gift of God thro' Chrift) nor to place Relight
in bodily Abftinence (for falling in it felf is not
the nmrfbif of God, but an helf to further us thd
better to worship God.) But the true Ends of
Pafling are Three:
Firft, To fubdue our c Flelh to the Spirit ; but
not fo to d weaken our Bodies, as that we are made
unfit to do the neceflafy Duties of our Calling. A
good Man ( faith Solomon is merciful to his Beaft,
Prov. 1 x. vet. 1 p. much more to his own Body.
Secondly, That we may more devoutly con-
template God^s Holy Will, and fervently e pour
*Matth.a$. fcProv.19.17. «Efdr.8.2. **Tiin.$,2*. Jejuni-
um orationcm roborat, oratio fan&ificat jcjuninm. Bern, Ser. de
leiun . «Jocl 2. 17. Luke 2.37- 1 Cor. 7. j.
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forth our Souls unto him by Prayer: For as there
are fome Jcind of Devils, fo there are alfo forae
kind of £/*/ which cannot be fubdued but fry #c/-
M& joynecj unto Brayer, A/4tf6. 17. xx.
Thirdly, That by oijr *feriow Humiliation, and
judging of our felves, we may efcape the Judgment
cf the Lord; not for the merit of our Fafting
(which is none) but for the Mercy of God, who
hath promifed to remove his Judgments from us,
when we by parting do unfeigned ly humble our
felves before him. And indeed no Child of God
ever confcionably ufed this holy Exercife , but in the
End he obtained his Requeft at the Hand of God :
Both in receiving Graces which he wanted, as ap-
fears in the Examples of b Hannah, c Jehefcaphat,
. Nehemiah, e Daniel, r t Qfdras, « Efther*, 3s alfo
jn turning away Judgments fhreatned, or fallen upon
him, as may be feen in the Examples of the h Isra-
elites, the J l$inev(tes 9 ) Rehobaa^m^ 1 4h«b, ^Heze-
kiah, n Manaffah. lie who gave his dear Son from
Heaven to the Death, to ranfom us when we were
his Enemies, thinks nothing too dear on Earth to
|)eftou r upon us, when we humble our .felves, be-
ing |n^de his reconciled Friends and Children.
Thus far o£ tjie private Vafi.
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AVuhlick Fsft, is, y hpn by the • Authority qf
the Magijlrate, either the *Mr Ghurch with-
in hisDominion, or fame fpccial Congregation f whom
it concerneth) 1 do aflemble themfelves together,
to perform the forementioned Duties of htumtlia*
tion\ either for the removingoi fom$ pyblick b Ca*
/amity threatned or already infli&cd upoq them,
as the Sword, Invafion, Famine, P eft Hence, or other
fearful Sickoefs; or elfe for the obtaining of forac ^
publick Bleffing, for the good of the c Church, as tq
crave theafftftance of Go&hboly Spirit, \nthz Elettion
and Ordination of fit and able Pajlors, &c. or, for
the tryal cf Truth, and execution of Juftice^ in mat*
tpre of Difficulty and great Importance, efc
W&en any Evil is to fee removed, the ^Pcfiors
^re to lay open unto the People, by the Evidence
of God's Word, the §ins which we^e the /fecial *
caufesof that Calamity ; tall upon ttam to repent,
and publifk uiito them the Mercies of God in Chrift
upon their Repent we. The People muft hear
the Voice qf God's Mtffengers with hearty Sorrow
for their fins/, earne^ly leg Pardon in Chrift, and
promife unfeigned ' 4mendment of tbgjr Life.
When "any Qleffing is to be obtained, th§ Pajtors
muft lay open tq the People (he fyceffity of that
Bleffing, and the Goodnefs of God who giveth
■Jonahs- 7. aChron.30.3. Ezi*.8.n.l>rSain.7.j,tf.Joe].2.ij;
aCjiron.icJoiuths. 5. Efth,4,itf. *E*<wI. 1?, Efl.fc Afiii.n.
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f uch Graw for the g<wf of Men. The /tap/* tnuft
devoutly fray unto God for befto wing of that Grac*,
and that he would blefs his own Means to his own
Glory, and the good of his Church And when the
holy Exercife'is done, let every Chriftian have a
fpecial care according to his Jbility y to * Remem-
ber the Poor. And'whofoever (when juftOccafion
is offered) uftth not this holy Exercifc of Fajting,
he hiay juftly fufpeft, that his Heart never yet felt
the Power of true Christianity.
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So much of Fafiwg. Now followeth the Exer-
cife of holy Feafting.
Of the practice of Piety in holy Feaft fog.
HOly Feafting is a folemn Thank/giving (ap-
pointed by Authority) to be rendred un-
to God on fome fpecial Day j forfome extraordinary
Bleffings or Deliverances received. Such among
the Jews was the Feaft of the f Pajfover, to re-
riiember to praifeGod for their Deliverance outof
jEgypts Bondage; or the Feaft of || Purim, to give
I'hanks for their Deliverance from Hamatfs Confpi-
racy.. Such amongft us are the Fifth of Auguft, to
praife God for delivering our Gracious K)ng> from
the bloody Confpiracy of the Traiterous Gowries :
And the Fifth of November, to praife God for the
Deliverance of the Kjng and the whole State, from
the fofifh Gm pmder Treafon. Such Feafts are to
*Ifitj8.7,io. aCor.9.7. Gal.a.xo. tExod.ii.r*. tEfth.9.
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be celebrated by a publick rehearfal of thofe fpe-
cial Benefits, by ffiritud P films and Dances, by
mutual Feafting, and [ending Prefents every Man to
his Neighbour y and by giving Gifts to the Poor.
But forafmuch as the benefit of our Redemption
was the greateft that Man needeth from God, or
that God ever beftowed upon Man j and that the
Lord's Suffer is left by our Redeemer, as the chief*
eft Memorial of our Redemption : Every Chrift-
ian fhould account this holy Supper, his chiefeft
and joyfulleft Feaft in this World. And feeing
that as it rainiftreth to worthy Partakers, the
greateft Affurance which they have of their Sal-
vat ion; fo it pulleth temporal Judgments on the
Bodies, and (without Repentance) eternal Dam-
nation on the Souls of them who receive it unwor-
thily : Let us fee how a Chriftian may beft fit
himlelf to be a due Partaker of fo holy a Feajl % and
to be a worthy Gueji at lo J acred a Suffer.
Meditations concerning the due Manner of prattiftng
Pitt) ', in receiving the holy Suffer of the Lord.
THo* no Man living isDf himfelf worthy to be
a Gueft at fp holy a Banquet ; yet it plea-
feth God of his Grace to ? acceft him for a worthy
Receiver^ who eodeavoureth to receive thar holy
Myftery , with that competent meafure of Reverence
that he hath prefcribed in his Word.
He that would receive this Holy Sacrament
with due Reverence, muft confeionably perform
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Three forts of Duties? Firft, Tbofe which pe tq be
done before he receiyeth. Secondly, Thofe that are to
be done in the receiving. Thirdly, Thofe that are
to ie done ffter that he hath received the Sacrament,
The Firft is called Preparation, the Second Medita-
tion, the Third Attion or Practice.
Of Preparation,
That a Chriftjan QUght n?ceflarily to prepare
hirafelf before fie prefume to be a Partaker of the
holy Communion, may evidently appear by Five
Reafon?.'
Firft, Becaufe it is God's Q>mm*ndment, £or
if he commanded under the pain of Death, that
none * uncircurpcifed (liould eat the Pafchal Lamb ;
por any circumcifed upder Four E|ay s Preparation :
How much greater Preparation doth he require
of him, that comes to receive the Sacrament of
his Body and Blood? Which as it fuccedeth, fo
doth it exceed by many Degrees the Sacrament of
the Pajfover.
Secondly, Becaufe the Example of Cbrifi teach*
eth us fo much : For he f rvajbtd his Difciples* Feet
before he admitted them to eat of this Stopper \
(Jgnifying how thpvi fhould'ft lay afide all impare-
nefs of Heart, and uncleannefs of Li fa and be fur-
nifhed with Humility and Charity, before thou pre-
fumeft to tafte of this fjoly Supper.
Thirdly, Becaufe it is the Counfelof the Ho-
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let him eat, &c. And if a Man when he is to eat
with an earthly Prince, mufi confider diligently whit
is before him y b and put a Kjsife to his Throat, rather
than commit any Rudeneis ; how much more
oughteft thou to prepare thy Soul, that thou may 'ft
behave thy felf with all Fear and Reverence when
thou art to feaft at the holy Table of the Prince
of Princes.
Fourthly, Becaufe it hath been ever the pra-
ftice of all God's Saints, to ufe holy Preparation,
before they would meddle with Divine Mjfteries*
David would not go near to God'; Altar y till he
had firft c wafted his Hands in Innocency: Much
lefs fhould'ft thou, without due Preparation, ap-
proach to the Lords Table. Abimelech would not
give, and d David and his Men would not eat
the Skew-bread, but tin Condition that their Vefielt
were holy ; how much lefs fhould'ft thou prefume
to eat the Lord** Bread, or rather the Bread which
is the Lord, unlefs the Veflel of thy Heart be firft
cleanfed by Repentance ? And if the Lord requi-
red c Jofltua (as he had done Mofes. before) tofuf
off his Shoes, in Reverence of his Holinefs, who
was prefent in that place, where he appeared with
a Sword in his Handy for the Deftru&ion of his Ene-
mies ; how much rather fhould'ft thou put off all
the Affe&ions of thine earthly Convention, when
thou com'il near that place, where Chrift appear-
eth to the Eye of thy Faith, with Wounds in his
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And for this caufe it is faid,* that the Lambs Wife
bath made her felf ready far the Marriage. Prepare
therefore thy felf, if thou wilt in this Life be be-
trothed unto Cbrifi by Sacramental Grace, or ia
Heaven married unto him by eternal Glory,
Fifthly, Becaufe that God hath ever fmitten
with fearful Judgments, thofe who have prefum-
ed toufe his holy Ordinances without' due Fear
^nd Preparation. God fet a b flaming Sword in a
Cherubim's Hand to fmite our fir ft: Parents, being
defiled with Sin, if they fhooid attempt to go into
Paradife, to eat the Sacrament of the Tree of Life,
Fear thou therefore to be fmitten with the Sword
of God's Vengeance, if thou prefumeft to-goto the
Church with an impenitent Heart to eat the Sa-
crament of the Lord of Life. God fmote joboo
of the e Betbfbemites, fee looking irreverently 'into
his Ark, and kuTd d Vzea with fadden Death,
for but rafb toacbtagof the Ark* and fmote c Vz-
ziah with a Leprefeioc medlihg with the Prieftfr
Office, which pertained not unto him. The fear
of fuch a ftroke made Hezekiab foearneftly to pray
unto God, that he would hot (mite the People
that wanted time to prepare themftfoes as tbeyfhould,
to eat the Paffover : And it is faid, that the Lord
heard Hezekiah, and healed the People : Intimating,
that had it not been for HezeJciah's Prayer, the
Lord had fmitten the People for their want of due
Preparation. And the Man who came to the Mar-
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amining of himfelf, was examined of another :
and thereupon famf AW *W /w;, W soft into
utter Darknefs, Matth %%. 12. Afld St. Pa*/ teUs
the Corinthians, that for want of this a Preparation
isa examining and judging them/elves, before thfydid
eat the Lord's Supper, God had teqt that fearful
Skkneft among them, whereof b /ewe nwr* then
Sick, others Weak, and many faBen Afleef, that is, tar
ken away by temporal Death. InfomiKjh tha t the
Apqftle c faith, that e*ery unworthy receiver, em
his own Judgment; temporal,, if he repeats; yter-
mi/, if he repents not; acid that in fo heinous a
meafure, as if he d were guilty of the very Body
and Blood of the Lord, whereof this Sacrament is %
holy Sign and Seal. And Princes punifh the Indigni-
ty offered to their great Seal^ in as deep a raealpre,
as that which is done to choir own Perfon*%
whom it reprefenteth. And how heinous the guiir
tinefs of ChriJPs Blood is, may appear by. the f$ife-
ry of the Jem ever fince they wifted e his Blond to
be^an.them and their Children. But thejn thoi^wilt
fay, It were fafer to abftain from coming at all to
the Holy Communion: Not fo, for God hath
threatned to punifh the f wilful Neglefl of his Sa-
craments, with eternal Damnation both of Body
and Soul. And it is the Commandment of Chrift%
Take, eaty do this in remembrance of me: A nd he will
have his Commandment under the Penalty of this
Curfe obeyed. And feeing that this Sacrament
•"Cor.ri.a8. b Ver.3o. c Ver.i9, d Ver. 27. c Matth. xy. t j.
f Num. 9. 13. Heb. 2.9. Matth. 26. 26. 1 Con 11.24.
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wajs the greatefi Token of ChriJPs* Love, which he
left at his <W, to his Friends whom he loved to
the mi; therefore the HfegUS&nd Contempt of this
Sacrament muft argue the Contempt and Negfcfi of
his 2>w b and Blood jbedding : Than which no Sia
in God's account can feem more heinous. Nothing
hinders why thou may'ft not come freely to the
Lord's Table j but becaufethou hadft rather want
the Love of God, than leave thy filthy Sins. Oh
come, but come a Gueft prepared for the Lord's
Table; feeing they are e hlejfed, who ire celled to
the LamPs Sapper. Oeome, but come prepared ;
becaufe the d Efficacy of this Sacrament is received
according to the Proportion of the Faith of the Re-
ceiver.
This preparation confifts in the feriotis Confide*
ration of Three Things : Firft, of the Worthinefs of
the Sacrament, which is termed, to difcern the
Lard's Body. Secondly,\>f thine own Vnworthiaefs,
Which is, to judge thyfelf. Thirdly, of the MtA»s>
whereby, thou may'ft become a worthy Receiver,
called Communication of the Lord's Body.
i. Of the worthinefs of the Sacrament*
THEtPortbmefs of this Sacrament is confider-
ed Three Ways: Firft, By the Majefif of
thy Author ordaining. Secondly, By the freciouf
• Johni3. i. bHcb. 10. 39. cRev. 19. 9. d Efficacia Euchari-
fti* non xqnaliter fe habct quoad omnes fideks, fed pro ratione
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x. C)f /fo ^<tf£<?r <?f ffo Sacrament*
The ^fc/W wis not any &£* or ^<r/, but
our .£«>•</ 7<p/«f, the eternal Son of God. For it
pertaineth to Cbrifi only, under the Nen> refit-
ment, to inftitute a Sacrament, becaufe he only can
promife and perform the Gr** e that it fignifieth. And
we are charged * /o tair #0 Voice but hit in his
Church. How facred fhould we efteem the Ordi-
nance that proceedeth from fo divine an Author t
a. Of the farts of the Sacrament.
The parts of this bleffed Sacramedt are Three.
Firft, The earthly figns fignifying. Secondly, The
divine Word fan&ifying. Thirdly, The heavenly
Graces Ggnified.
Firft, The earthly figns are t %"*& and Wine, in
number Two, but One in ufe.
Secondly, The divine Word % is the Word of
Chrijt's Inftitution ; pronounced with Prayers and
Blefings by a || lanfulMlnifttr. The Bread and Wine
without the Word are nothing, but as they were
before; but when the#Wcometh to thofe Ele-
ments, then they are made a. Sacrament i and God
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1 16. 40. 1 Cor. xo. 16. EuCharlftiae Sacraraenrum non de aliorum
' aanu <juim prsiidentium Jjimimus. Ttrt, tibr. dt Cmn. c. 3.
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is prcfcnt with his own Ordinance, and ready to
perform whatfoever he doth promife. The Divine
Words of Bleffing do not change or annihilate the
* Subfiance of the Bread and Wine : (for if their
Subftance did not remain, it could be no Sacra-*
ment: ) but it changeth them in Vfe and in Name.
For, that which was before but common Bread and
Wine to nourifli Mens Bodies ; is after the Bltffing
deftinated to an holy ufe, for feeding of the Souls
of , Chriftians. And where before they were
called but Bread and Wine ; they are now called
by the Name of thofe ^Things which they fig.
nifie, The Body and Blood ofChrifi : the better to
draw our Minds from thofe outward Elements to
the heavenly Graces, which by the fight of our Bo-
dies they reprefent to the fpiritual Eyes of our Faith.
Neither did Chrift direft thefe Words f This
is my Body y This is my &lood, to the Bread and
Wine ; but to his Difciples, as appears by the
Words going before, Take ye ', eat ye. Neither is
the Bread his Body, but in the fame fenfe that the
Cup is the New Tefiament % viz,, by a facramental
Metonymie. And St. Mark notes plainly, that the
Words, This is my Blood \ &rc. were not pronounced
by our Saviour 9 till after that all his Difciples hd
drunk of m theCup % Mark 14. 23.14. And afterwards
in refped of the natural Subftance thereof, he calls
* Qui eft i terra panis, percipiens vocationem Domini, rion jam
communis paniseft,fed Euchariftia,ex duabus rebus conftans, terre-
n48ccoelefti./r«.//^.4.^.34.Per Sacramentum corporis,&fangui-
nisDomini divinse efficimur confortes nature, &tamcn ejfenonde-
finit fubftanda vel natura panis & vini. Gtlafm emir a Eutjcb. f Chri-
ftus vifibiliafymbola, corporis & fanguinis apoellatione honoravit,
non naturam mutans,fed gratiam nature ad \\Gitn$.Tbe9d$rit.di*L 1.
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that the fruit of the Vine* which in tefpeft of the
fpiritual Sgnification thereof, he had before fdrtit-
ed his Blood, verfe 15. after .the maimer of t'ernft-
iag all Sacraments. And Chrift bids lis riot* to
w^ &//*, but to do this in Remembrance of bim }
and he bids Us. to eat not (imply his Bod), but his
Body as it was then hoken, and £& Blood Jheeti
Which St. IW ejcpoijndsw be but the CqmmunU
on of ChriJPs Body, and the* Communion of his Blood,
that is, an effectual /Vtdfgf that, we are partakers of
Chrift^ andof 4// the Attrits pf his Body and Blood.
And hy the frequent ufeof this Communion, Paul
will have us to *&ake a/hew of the Lord's Death till
he come c from Heaven, and till we, as d Eagles
fhaS he caught up into the air y to meet him wlio is the
blefled Carkajs and Life of our (Souls.
Thirdly, The fpiritual Graces are likewilje Two •
the Body of Chrift, as it was with the feeling of
God's Anger due to us, crucified: and his' Bloody
as it was (in the like fort) foedfor the remijjion of
our Sins. They are in number two, but in ufa one,
viz. whole Chrifl, with all his Benefits offered to all,
and given indeed to the faithful* Thefe are the
Three integral Parts of this blejje J Sacrament, the
Sign, the Word,, and the Grace., The Sign with-
out the Word) or the Word without the Sign can
do nothing; and both conjoyned are unprofita-
ble without the Grace fignified ; but all Three con-
curring, make an effectual Sacrament to a worthy
Receiver. Some receive the outward Sign-without
• a iGw\io. 16. * 1 Cor. 11. 26. c Afts 3.21.&1.JI. *JVSatth,
H.27,28.
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3o8 %ty ftacttce of gtetg*
the fpiritual Grace, as 3M*f, who ^as ^ia///» faith)
received * the Bread of the Lordy but not the Bred
which was the Lord. Some teceive the fpiritual Grace
without the outward fign, as the Saint-Thief on
the Crofs; and innumerable of the faithful, who
dying defire it, but cannot receive it, thro' fome ex-
ternal Impediments ; but the worthy Receivers to
their Comfort receive both in the Lord* s* Supper.
Chrift chofe Bread and Wine (rather than any
other Elements^ to be the outward Signs in this
bleffed Sacrament: Firft, becaufe they are eafteft
for all forts to attain unto : Secondly, to teach us,
that as Man's temporal Life is chiefly nouriflied by
+ Bre*d<> and cheriEhed by Witse\ fo are our Souls
by his Body and B/<Wfuftained and quickned unco
eternal life. Chrift appointed Wine with the Bread
to be the outward Signs in this Sacrament, to teach
us, Firft, That as the perfeft Nourijhment of Man's
Body confifts bothot Meat and Drink; fo Chrift
is unto our Souls not in party but in Perfe8ion y both
Salvation and Nourijbment. Secondly, That by fee-
ing the Sacramental Wine apart from the Bread, we
fhould remember how all his precious Blood was
nit out of his bleffed Body for the remifjion of our
'ins. The ouiward Signs the Paflor gives in the
Church, and thou doft eat with the Mouth of thy
Body\ the fpiritual Grace Chrift reacheth from
Heaven, and thou muft eat it with the Mouth of
Faith.
* PanemDomini,non panem Domlnum. Aug. \ David calls Bread
the ftrcngth of Man's heart, Pjal. 1 04. 1 $ . Efay t the it ay of Bread , csp.
3 x. £&eJbV/,theftaffofBread,r*J>.4.i6. Hmer, M^sa©- riaruu*.
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3. 0/ /A* Ends for which this holy Sacrament wot
ordained.
The excellenr and admirable Ends or Fruit /, for
which this bleffsd Sacrament was ordained, are
Seven. ,
Of the fir fi end of the Lorfs Supper.
1. To keep Chriftians in a continual * Remem-
brance of that propitiatory Sacrifice, which Chrift
once for all, offered by his Death upon the Crofi,
to reconcile us unto God. b Do this (faith Chriftj
/* Remembrance of me. And ('faith the Apoftle,) c ^
of t as ye JhaS eat this Bread and drink this Cup, yt
do fbe» the Lord's Death till he come* And he faith,
that by this Sacrament, and the Preaching of the
Word d Jefus Chrjl was fo evidently fet forth before
the Eyes of the Galatians y as if he had been crucified
among them: For the whole Aftion reprefenteth
Cbrift's Death ; the breaking of the Bread bleffed,
the crucifying of his bleffed Body ; and tht pouring
forth of the fan&ified Wine^ the (bedding of his
holy Blood. Chrift was once in himfelf c really of-
fered : But as oft as the Sacrament is celebrated;
So oft is hefpirituafly offered by the faithful.
Hence the Lord'* JSupper is called a propitiatory
a Mattb.26.2<S. b Lukc32.i9. c 1C0r.11.26. *Gal.3.i. •Hcb.
9.26. & 10.1 2. Quotidic nobis Chriftuscrucifigitur Aug. inPfsl.ft.
X 3 Sacrifice
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Sacrifice, not properly or really, but * figurat-vely,
bpcaitfe it is a memorial of that propitiatory Sacrifice,
which Chrift offerM upon the Crop And to duhn-
guilh it from that red Sacrifice, the Fathers call it
the t mtooodj Sacrifice. It is called the Eucbarifi,
ijecaufp that the Church in this A&ion, offereth
unto God the Sacrifice of Prayer and Thankjgivin%
for her Redemption ; eftefted by the true and only
expiatory Sacrifice of Chrift upon the Crofs. If
the fight of Mo&s King, facrificing on his Walls
his own Son, to move his Gods to refcue him, z
King* 3. 17. moved *he aflailing Kings to ftjch pi-
ty, that they cefts'd the Aflaulr, and »ifed their
Siege 5 how Should, the fpiritual Sight of God the
Barber i j] fcfiri&cipg on the Crflfc ki& only betptten
£a^ to favp tby §Wl» n?ove th$e fo love God thy
Hejieiwer, and to leave Sin, that could not in Ju-
stice be expiated hy «oy meatier Raoipoi ?
><tf the $ec<^ endvf the Lor£$ Sapper.
%. To confirm ot# Faith : For God by this Sacia-
^ift&tohfignifii *nd feat unto us from Heaven,
that according to tfce Promife and new Covenant
* Ufivvvyuws. flncjrucntum facrificium. If it be unbloody, be-
caufc it is ' void of blood ; then/it is not Chf ilVs natural body : Iftc-
fcaufe it is offered without fhedding of Wood ; then it is not avail-
able^ fteremifllon of fins. H*b-9- ll - Ghrifto cum patrc & Spiritu
fan&ofacrificium panis & viiii in fide &t har irate fa n&aEccIefiaCa-
ihfilkn pffcf^e non ceflat. Aug. defid. ad Pet. diac. cap. 19. || Cum firan-
feitur hoftia; dum fanguis de calce in offe ndetmhi tuhditur, quid
|li«4 qu^p Dominicicorporisin cruce emolatio, e jufque fanguinis
fl? j^ff'ra efiiifip defignatur? Can. fifi- 2. dewfec, *wmjr*ngitur. 37.'
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which he "hath made in Chrift t he will truly re-
ceive into his Grace and Mercy all penitent Beleivers,
who duly receive this holy Sacrament; aad that
fpr the Merits of the Death and. Patftoa of Chrift b&
will as verily forgive them all their Sins, as they
are made Partakers of this Sacrament. In this re-
fpe&the holy.Sacrament is called,* Thejealcfihe
new Covenant and remijjion of Situ. In our greateft
Doubts,, we may therefore, receiving this Sacra-
ment, undoubtedly lay with Sampfon's Mother:
b If the Lord would kill us, he would not have receiv-
ed a Burnt-offering and a Meat-offering at our Hands,
neither, would be have /hewed us aU theft Things, per
would as this time have told us fuch Things , aw
fhefe. '.."■'.
Of the Third end of the Lord's Suffer*
3, "To be a Pledge and Symbol of the moftnear
and effectual. Communion which Chriftians have
with Chrift. e The cup of Bleffing which we fiefs,
is if. not the Communion of the Blood of Chrift ? the
Bread which m. break, is it not the Communion of the
Body. of Chrift I That is* a moft effectual fign and
Pledge of our Communion with Chrift? This U-
nion is called a abiding in us, 'joyning to the Lord,
f dwelling in our Hearts: and fet forth in the holy
Scriptures by divers Similies. Firlf, of the * Vine
. Mlcun.4, 11. Matth. »6. a8. i Cor^ rij. b Judg. 13 .53. « 1 Cor.
10.16.* John 14.16,13. e iCbr.6. 17. tfKKwi. r Eph.3.i7.j»-
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and Branches. Secondly, of the * /&*/ and Body.
Thirdly ,< of the b foundation and building. Fourthly,
of one c l.oaf confe&ed of many Grains. Fifthly,
pf t^e 4 matrimonial Vnion 'twixt Man and Wife,
and fuch like. And it is Three-fold betwixt Chrift
and Chrift ians. The firft is natural, betwixt our
human Nature, and ChriJPs divine Nature, in the
perfon of the Word : The fecond is myffical, *t wixt
pur perfons abfent from the Lord, and the perfon
of Chrift God and Man, in One myffidttt Body.
The third is celedial, betwixt our ptrfons prefent
with the Lord, and the perfon of Chrift in a Body
glorified. Thefe three Conjun&ions depend each
upon orher. For, had not our Nature been firft
Hypoftatically united to the Nature of God in the
fecond Perfon ; we couJd never have been united
to Chrift in a myHical Body. And if we be not
in thk JJfe (though abfent i uniced to Chrift by ^
wySiictl Union, we lh?ll never have Communion
of Glory with fym in his heaveqly prefenct* The
fnyHical Ziniop (chiefly here meant) is wrought be-
twixt Chrift arid us by the Spirit q( Chrift appre-
hending us; and by our Faith (ftirred up by the
lame Spirit) apprehending Chrift again. Both which
St. Paul dpth mpft lively exprefs j c J follow after, if
that I may apprehend thqtfor which alfo 1 dm afpre<-
fended of Chrift *]efia. How can he fall away
f hat holdeth, andisfo firmly holden? This Uni-
on he (hallbeftunderftand in his Mind, who doth
jnoft feel it in his Heart. But of all other times,
I pph. 3. 6. *r<*f*r. Eph. 5. 13. Col.j.i8.Ror»,i2. 4^ bEpb. 2.
}9. 26. cj Cor.10.17. d Eph. 5.31, 52.Rey.21. 2. cfhU* ?• J?-
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this Union is beft felt, and moft confirmed, when
we duly receive the Lord's Supper. For then we
mall fenfibly feel our Hearts knit untoChrift, and
the defires of our Sou Is drawn by Faith and the Ho-
ly Ghoft, as by the Cords of Love, nearer and near-
er to his Holinefs,
From this Communion mth Chrifi, there follow
jto the faithful many unfpeakable Benefits.
As Firft,Chrift took by Imputation all their * Sins
and Guiltinefs upon him, to fatisfie God's Juflice
for them: And he freely gives, by Immputttion,
untousallhis^Righteoufneis in this Life, and all
his Right unto eternal Life when this is ended ; and
counteth all the good or iU that is done unto us, as
done unto his 'ownperfon, ■ -
Secondly, There floweth from ChrifiTs Nature
into our Nature, united to him, the lively Spirit
and Breath of Grace, which d reneweth ustoa fpi-
ritual Life; and fo fan&ifieth our Minds, Wills,
and AffecTtons, that we daily grow more and more
e conformable to the Image of Chrift.
Thirdly, He befloweth upon them all faving
f Graces, neceflary to attain eternal Life, as the
fenfe of God's Love, the affurance of our Election,
with Regeneration, purification, and grace to. do good
Works, till we come to live with him in his hea-
i ■». 1
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venjy. If rogdtten. This*fljQqki teach all true Chri-
ftianfrtokeep themfelves asthe undefikd Members
Hi GbriJftTs twly Body,*fl(} to beware of all £>*-
dw*ef$ and JW*A>^$fc»owing that tbejy iive in
Ghr iftfyOE ctthcr, that thrift /#**/£ in them. • From
this Vnion with Chrift (fealed unto us by the
Xor<Tj £»/per ) Saint Paul draweth Arguments, to
with drawithe Cor^A^*»ifr<3Gi the Foliation both
of Idolavy'i'.L'CQr* iq,:i& and Adultery^ i Cor n 16,
1*, 16*.
<. Laftly, From the for-atar Communion 'twiit
Chrift atodChoftians, ttwre flows another Com-
jntwiflio-'twiif t Chriftiaosainoiig tbemfilveu Which
i* alfftHvfcly reprefeated by the Sacraaqent of the
lM$i SufpcKiln that the whole Church beipg
jrw/yydo-aB cjramwwfcate of ok Bread, in that
holy Action. * W? £«»£ ««gf, *rr at* B*?<wf, utAom
&#&\fof*rm d Part'abrs if that one ErtUx That
t»the Bread which wfeeat in the Sacrament, is but
<wr» though it fee confe&ed of many Grains* lb aU
the faUhfoV. though they be matg t yet are they
butt vbtwjfiifd Bvdjf, under one Held, which is
Chrift. Our Saviour prayed ^ times in that pray*
er wbiclh be made after .his. laft Supper, that his
Difciples might foe i <m$ to teach us at once % how
much. this. Vilify pleafeth him. Tiv&Zbiion be-
twixt the. faithful, n. fa. ample, that 00 Diftance
of place can part it; to fang, that..Qeath can-
not diffolve it ; fo durable, that time cannot wear
it oun'fo ejfeftimt) t hat i t br e eds a fervent love be*
i Cot. 10.17. tJohni} 1 ii,u,.2Z,$>*6.
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twixt thofe who never faw one anotofliVFace.
And this conjunSf ion of Souls is termed tbe>l£«KOT*.
tnon of Aw***, wbich Chrift eiFedeth bytSix fpe*
cial Means, Firft, by governing them ah by aw
and the fame Aqfy a fyirtf. Secondly, by enduing
them all with o/w? and the fame b Faith. Thirdly,
$y ftiedding abroad his ow* e Love into all. their
Hearts. Fourthly, By J regenerating them all by
one and the fame Bapttfm. Fifthly, By • nourifbing
them all with one and the fame fpiritual JW.
Sixthly, By being one ^quickning Head of that one
body of his Church, which he * reconciled to God
in the Body of bk Flefb. Hence it was that the mul-
titude of Believers in the Primitive h Church, were
of one Heart and of one Soul, in Truth, Affthion
and Comp^fm, And this ihould teach Chriftians
to love one another ; feeing they are sli Members, of
the fame holy and my ftical Body ; whereof Cbrifl is
Head. And therefore they would have all a Ckri-
fiian Sympathy, and ffBm-feeling, to rej^ee one in
anothers Joy, to condole one in anothers Grief, to
tyar with one anothers Infirmity; arid mutually to
relieve one anothers Wants.
Qf the Fourth end of the LorePs Supper? .
4. To feed the Souls of the faithful, in thiajfured
liope of Life everlafting. For this Sacrament isa.fign
and Pledge unto us as many as (hall receive the fame
according to Chrift 's Inftitutipn, thathe yjll ac-
cording to his Promife, by the verttieJipf his
•iCor.i*. 13. *Epb-4j- cRom.y ; jf. dTitj.y. B*k. 4 , ?
i Cor.io. 17. 11. 33. «qpKi, i8. f Verftaa. *Aa»^a. 7 •
(rueifed
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aucifi&Btid^nd Blood, as verily feed our Souls
to Lifo»fl&J*2ls our Bodies are by Bread and Wine
nouri(hec^«o tbi*J temporal Life. And to this end
Chrift in the adion of the Sacrament * really giv*
eth his very body and blood to every faithful Re-
ceiver. Therefore the Sacrament is called the
* Communion tf the Body, and Blood of the Lord.
And c Communication is not of things abfent % but
prefent: Neither were it the Lord's Sapper, if the
Lord's Body apcl Blood were not there. Chrift is
verity prefent in the Sacrament, by a double Vnion :
Whetwrf die firft isfpiritual, 'twixt Chrift and the
worthy Receiver ; the Second is Sacramental, be*
twixt the Body and Blood of Chrilt, and the out-
ward Signs in the Sacrament. The former is
wrought by Means that the/**** holy Spirit, dwell-
ing in Chrift and in the Faithful^ d incorporated
the Faithful, as Members unto Chrift their Head,
and fo makes them one with Chrift and partakers
of all the Graces, Holinefs, and eternal Glory ; which
is in him ; as fure and as verily, as they hear the
Words of the Promije, and are partakers of the out-
ward Signs of the holy Sacrament. Hence it is*
that the Will of C hrift is a true Chri ftian's Will:
* Audio quid verba foncnc, neque cnim mortis tantum ac re-
furrc&ionis fu* beneficium nobis offcrt Chriftus, led corpus ip-
fum in quo partus eft ae refurrcxit, Concludo, realiter, hoc eft
verfe nobis in ccena dari Chrifti corpus, ut (it animis noftris in cU
bum falutarem, Calv. inCom. in i Cor. it. a?. b i Cor. jo. 16*.
c Quod fe nobis communicated fit arcani fplritfis fanfti virtute,
quae res lpconim diftaatii fejurtftas, ac procul difiitas non mod6
aggregate, fed co-adunare in unum poteft. Calv. in i Cor. 1 1. 1 j.
* Haet (fc corpus & fangui* Domini) accepta atque haufta id ef-
ficimUr a t & no a w €hrtft»^r€hriftgs hr nobis fit. Hil. lib. 9. de '
Trin. Jfofe corpus Chrifti n»o corpofi fociatum eft, & fanguis c-
jus rn«fspni**it genas. • Bl Aptttit dift. af. Amb.
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and the Chriftian's Life is Chrift, who livefh in him,
Galatians 2. verfe 20. If ye look to the things that
are united ; this Union is ejfential; if to the truth
of this Union ; it is real: If to the manner how it
is wrought ; it is fpiritual. It is not our Faith,
that makes the Body and Blood of Chrift to be
prefent; But the Spirit of Chrift dwelling in him
and us. Our Faith doth but receive and apply unto
our Souls thofe heavenly Graces* which are offered
in the Sacrament. ;
The other, being the Sacramental Union* is not
a Phyfical or Local, but a fpiritual Conjunction of
the earthly Signs, which are Bread and Wine,
with the heavenly Graces, which^are the Body
and Blood of Chrift in the aft of receiving ; as if
by a mutual Relation, they were but one and the
fame thing. Hence it is that in the fame * inftant
of Time, that the worthy Receiver eateth with his
Mouth the Bread and Wine of the Lord, he eateth
alfo with the Mouth of his Faith, the very Body
and Blood of Chrift. Not that f Chrift Is brought
down from Heaven to the Sacrament, but that the
holy Spirit by the Sacrament, lifts up his Mind un-
to Chrift ; not by any local Mutation, but by a de»
vout Affettion ; fo that in the holy || contemplation of
Faith, he is at that prefent with Chrift, and Chrift
* Corpus non adcft, cum pane, «(**, id eft, fimul Ioqo, fed ©/*?,
id eft, fimul tempore, t Quum ccena cceleftis fit aftio, minime ab-
lurdum eft Chriiium in coelo manentem a nobis recipLc*J.t» iCor.
11 .2 J. II Fidem mittc in ccelum, & eum in tcrris tanquam prefer*.
tem tenuifti AugXf. s.tdVol. Fidem quumdico,non intclligoquam-
libetopinionem, fedfiduciam qua quum audis pancm tcileram effe
.corporis Chrifts, non dubitas impleri k Domino, quod verba (onant?
corpus quod nequaquam cernis,rpirituale effe tibialimentum ,vim-
que exCibr;7?/carne vivificam in nos per ipiritum difiundi.C#/w»tf ;V.
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&/*£ to*. And thus believing and medicating how
Chrift his Body was crucified z and his precious
Blood ihed for the remiffion or his Sin^.and. the
reconciliation of his Soul unto God ; his Soul is
hereby 1 more ejfetfudly fed in the affur^nce of eter-
nal Life, than Bread and Wine can nourifh his
Body to this temporal Life. Thene mxtft be there-
fore^ Neceflity in the Sacrament,, both* the out-
ward Signs to be : vifibly feen with the Eyes of the
Body } and the Body and Blood of Chnfty to be
fpirifudfy Jijcerned with the Eye of Fmh. But the
rorm, how the Holy Ghoft makes the Body of
Chrift bping abfent from us in placenta b^fnfem
with vis by our, Union, Su Paul terms a * great My.
fiery >; fuch asour Underftanding cannot worthily
comprehend. The Sacramental Bread and Wine
therefore, are not \^z^gnifymg S'g*f, but fuch as
wherewJjthChrift doth indeed exhibit and give toe-
very riprf/jy Receiver, f not only hisdi vine vertue and
efficacy*, but alfo his very Body and J$fat» as verily
as he gave tohis Difciples th&ffply G/^,by thefign
of Hsfacredtreath, or health to the difeafcd, by the
Word of hu Mouth+ot touch of his Hand or Garment.
And the afprehewftonby Faith is n*ore forcible, than
the eyquifiteft comprehension oiSenfe ox Reafon. To
conclude this Point ; this holy Sacrament i* that
BJejfrd Jiread, which, being eaten, opened the
* Eph., 5. 3 *. t Ego tunc nos demum participare ChrifU boms
agno(co,poftquam Chciftum ipfuraobtuiemus* Obtinetur nontan-
turn quum pro nobis faflum fuifle vi&imam crcdimus: fed dum ia
nobis habitat, dum ejus fumus membra, ex carne ejus, dum in u-
nam denique & vitam & fubftantiam (ut ita loquar) cum ipfo co-
alcfcimus. C*/v, ibid.
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Eyes of the |) #wwa//«, that they 'khe^C/ht/t, Thfe
is that Lord/j CuL by Wfiich *WW$ku<feto
w*r* b j%, that revivetH th^ F^rftfii^Spirirs of
every true Jonathan,, that'tafts itwift the Mouth
of Faith. This is that c Bdrlj Z^/ which tum-
bling from above, ftrikes/doWn the Teats of * the
Midianites of infernal Datknefs. iS?/i» , Ss Angelical
"•Cafe and ^/frpreferVedhidi Forty 13aysin#k-
rebi 2lm\* Manna (Jnj>el\fyod)fedth$ i ffraelites
Forty Years in the Wilcernefsj hut this is that
f true Bread of Life y and heavenly VHdnnd, which if
we ihall'^/p eat, will liqurifh our Souls for ever
unto Lift* eternal. How mould theri bur Souls
make unto thrift that requeft from zfiiHfyal De-
fire, which the Caper naites did from a (atrial Ma»
tion ? h Jjot d evermore give us tbii Bread.: • 1 -
'• • '' '-' < ' ! - • .'j j.' i • .'■:
The fifth end of , the jLord*S.SMr. ' J
5« Tolbe <w affuredpleel£e tinto us ofotpRtfi'rreEttioj.
The Refurreftion Of a Chriftjan is tw&Jbld ; Firft,
the 5 j^/r/>*a/Refurre&i6n of our&wifofyithis Life,
from the death of Sip called xhtfrftkeJjwre&ipH'i
Becaufe that by the Trumpet-voice oft. Chrjftyinthe
preaching of the Gofpd r we .are ra'ifed ftoni the
death of Sin, to the Life' df prate': k! 8feffedandfofy
is he (faith Saint ^ohn) who hath 1 pari in the 'firft A?-
fu rte&ion ; for ft? fitch, the, s^on i Death hathjip
Bl^tea* 30, 4 i. a 1 Cpr,i,v«^! > * Sam, if ^m? JufoV. i|>
* 1 King? ip. f 0, 7, 8. c P&L.Z*.: 2,4,-2?- Exq<M& ; 3 5. f Johrifc
3*> 35,49, jo 8 John £.rf.t f ,5«/ jA JoJin^.>*, ! John 5. a£
Rom. tf. 4, 5> iz. *Rev. 20. ff.
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?(»wr: The a ZinPs &ta»tr is both a #/*** and a
Pledge unto us, of this ipiritual and Firft Refurrec-
tion. h He that eateth me, even he fh all live by me.
And then we are/f Gueftsto* fit at tfo Table with
Chrifi ; when like Lazartu, we are raifed from the
2>Mf£ofSui, to newnefs of Life.
The Truth of this firft Refurre&ion will appear
by the Motion wherewith they are internally mov-
ed; for if, when thou art moved to the duties of
Religion, and praftice of Piety ; thy Heart anf wer-
eth, with Samuel 1 d Hear 1 am, fpeak Lord, for
thy Servant heareth. And with David, c Gad,
my Heart is ready. And with f Paul, Lord what
wilt -thou have me to do ? Then furely, thou art
raifed from the death of Sin, and haft thy part in
the firfi RefurreUion : But if thou remained Igno-
rant of the true Grounds of Religion, and firideft
in thy felfa kind of fecret loathing of the Exer-
cifes thereof, and muft be drawn, as it were a-
gainft thy Will, to do the Works of Piety, &c.
then furely thou haft but a name that thou tiuefjt, but
thou art dead, as Chrift told the * Angel of the
Church of Sardv, and thy Soul is but as Salt to
keep thy Body from ftinking.
Secondly, The corporal Refurre&itin of our Bo»
dies at the laft Day* which is called the fecond Re-
furrettion, which freeth us from the firft Death.
*£fe that eateth my Fle/h and drinketh my Blood, hath
aHinc apud prifcos Sacramentum baptifmi appellabatur Salus ;
Sacramentum vero Domini corporis, Vita. Aug. lib. 1 . deftccatvrum
vtmthy cof. 14. * John 6. $7. cjohn ia. 2. d 1 Sam. 3.10.* Pial.
108. 1. *A(k$9-6. *Rcv. 3, i. * John 6. 54-
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tfwW L//*, flW / wiSraife him up at the laft Dor*
For this Satrament fignifieth and iealeth uritd us*
jhat Cbrtfi died and r<^ again for us 5 and that his'
Flefh quiekmtb aaAnounjbeth us unto eternal Life:
and that therefore our Bodies ftall furely be raifed
W eternal Life at the laft Day. For feeing our Head
is rifen, all the Members of the Body (hall like*
wife furely rife again. For how can thofc Bodies
Which (being the weapons of Rigbteottfntfs, Ron*
l u '}' Tem P les °f the Ho b tiboA 1 Cor. 6. 19. and
Members of Chriji) have been ffed and nostrified
with the Body and Blood of the lord of Life, but
be raifed up again at the laft Day ? And this is the
caufe that the Bodies of the Saints, being dead,
are fo reverently buried and laid to fleep in the
LORD. And their burial places are termed the
\\Beds and Dormitories of the Saints. The Repro-
bates fball arife at the laft Day $ but by the Almigh-
ty Power of Chrift, as he is Judge, bringing them
asMalefa&ors out of the Goal, to receive their
Sentence, and deferved Execution.' But theBlefcV
wall arife by virtue of ChriJPs Refurrettion, and of
, Hinc panis & vlnum a veteribusnominantur iymbola reforrc£U
™u», Cmt. ifite». John 6 J i. Caro Chrifti non in fefe, fed in ver-
V >pu hypoftatice nnito, vivifica eft : Cyr. in jthm. io. 1 3 , Et quia
«t propria caro yerbi cuncla viyificantii. Syntd. &ph. DirtftanWe
**«-tgin«. Vivificat j . ratiOne lher iti obedientie, quia Chrifti caro
pocredentibus oblata fuit in facrificium j 1. ratione copulationiS'
?"* craft Chrifto, quia non poffimus ad Deiim vit* fonteta per-
«>gere, nifi carne ilia Chrifti mediante, & quatenus carni ifli quad
■Jembrafnmusiiifiti Caro non prodeft.y«fc«i.6'.63. i.e.<arnalisopiV
™» non conveniens cum myfterio manducationis carrtis ChriftL
t Vuomodo negant carnem capacemefle refurreaionis.fluselknffuU
"•^WxporeChriftinntritBr? imM. 4 .^. 34. fife ,«. ,g, ,r«
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the Communion which they have with him, as
with their Head. And his Refurre&ion is the
a ***/* and ajfurance of ours. The b RefurreSion
of Chrift is a Chriftiatfs particular Faith : The
Refurre&ion of the Douf, is the Child of God's chief-
eft confidence. Therefore Chriftians in the Primi-
tive Church were wont to falute one another in
the Morning, with theft Phrafes; c The Lord is
rifen : And the other would anfwer» True> the
Lard is rifen indeed.
The fix tb End of the Lord's Supper.
6. To fed unto us the ajfurance of everlafting Life.
Oh what more wilhed or loved, than Life? Or
what do all Men naturally more, d either fear or
abhor than Death ? Yet is this firfi Death nothing,
if it be compar'd with tht fecond Death: Neither
is this Life any thing worth* in comparifonof the
Life to come. If therefore thou defireft to be af-
fured of Eternal Life, prepare thy feif to be a
worthy Receiver of this bleffed Sacrament. For our
Saviour affureth us, c That if any fian eat of this
(read, he fhd live for ever ; and the head that I
will give j is my flefh, which I will give for the Lift ef
the World. He therefore who duly eateth of this
holy Sacrament, may truly fay, not only Credo vh
* ChrUH refurreftio, in qvk noftra innititur, communis rcfarre-
Ctionis Fidfc juflbr eft. Theod* b Mortuum cflc Chriftum ctum Fa*
ganicrcdunt : refurfexifle verOpropria Fides eft Cbriftianoram.-
Aug* *- 1 &- ****** F**ft- caf. 19. Tots fiducia Chriftianorum eft re-
furreftio mortuorum. Ten. lib. f. tie refurreB. Cam. KJejt&- ifhrit
lt$£t «rfai. 4 Omnium tcmbilium ttrribiliffimnm mors* Arifi.
*Johntf. 51*
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tarn aternam, I believe Life everlafting j but alio
£fo vitam tternam, I eat Life everlafting; And
indeed^ this is the true Tree of Life* which God
bath planted in the midft of the Paradifi of the
Church: And whereof he hath promis'd * to give,
every one that overcometh, to eat. And this Tree of
Life, by infinite degrees excelleth the! Tree of Life
that grew in the Paradife of Eden ; for that had his
Root in the Earth, this from Heaven ; that gave but
Life to the Body, this to the Soul; that did but
prefer vie the Life of the Living, this reftoreth Life
to the Dead. The t Leaves of this Tree heal the Na*
lions of Believers, and it yields every Month a new
manner of Fruit, which nourifheth them to Life
fcverlafting. Oh, blefled are they who often eat
of this Sacrament ! At leaft, once every Month ^
tafte abew of this renewing Fruit, which Chrift:
hath prepared for us at his Table to heal our In*
firmities> and to confirm our Belief of Life ever-
lafting.
Ofthefeventh End of the Lordts Supper.
7* To bind all Chrifiians, as it were by an || Oath
<f Fidelity, to ferve the One only true God j and td
admit no other propitiatory Sacrifice for Sins, but that
one real Sacrifice which by his Death Chrift onct
offered, and by which he finifhed the Sacrifices of
the Law, and effe&ed eternal redemption and Righte-
*Rev.a.7- tRcv.n.a. H Milites Sacramento erant jurat! &ob-
wifti ad preftandam foli impcratori fidditatem & Qbedientiain.
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m/m/} for all believers. And fo to remain for
ever a publick mark of profefion, CO diftinguifh
Chrift'rans from all Se&s and falfe Religions. And
feeing that in the Mdfs there h zjtrauge Chriji ado-
red, not he that was born of the Virgin Maty, but
One that is made of a Wafer Cake ; and that the
offering up of this Breaden God is thruft upon
the Church, as a propitiatory Sacrifice for the Qgick
and the Dead: All true Chriftians upon the danger
of toilful perjury before the Lord Chief Juftice of
Heaven and Earth, are to deteft the Mafs as the
Idol pf Indignation, which ismoft derogatory to
the all fufficient world-faving merits of Chtifts
Death and Paffioo. For by receiving the Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper, we all fwear that all
real Sacrifices are ended by our Lord's death: And
that his body and Hood once crucified and (bed, is
the perpetual food and nouriflunent of our fouls.
4. liovt to conjtder thine otonHnworthinefs,
A Man fhall beft perceive his own unwortbiuefs,
by examining his life according to the ten
Commandments of Almighty God. Search there-
fore what duties thou haft omitted, and what vices
thou haft committed, contrary to every one of the
Commandments ; remembringthat without repen-
tant* and God's, Mercy m Chrift, the * Curfe of God
(containing all the miferies of this life, and ever-
jafting torments in hell frre, when this is ended) is
due to the breach of the leaft of God's Command-
* Peut. 27. 36. Gal. 3. 10.
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thy Sins and Miferies, retire to fome fecret place,
and there putting thy felf in the fight of the J*Jg* % .
as a £**/# Mdefmor (landing at the Bar to receive
his Sentence, tiowing thy Knees to the Earth, (mi-
ting thy Breafi with thy Fifls, and bedewing thy
Cheeks with thy Tears, confefs thySins, and humbly
ask him Mercy and Forgivenefs, in thefe, or the
like Words,
An humble Confefjion of Sins, to he made unto God
before the receiving of the Holy Communion**
OGod ap0 heavenly Father, when I confidcr
the Goodnrfs which thpu haft ever (hewed
unto me, and the Wickednefs which I have * com-
mttedTagainft Heaven and againfi thee, I am afha-
med of my felf, and Confufion feems to cover my
Face as a Veil; for which of thy Commandments
have I not tranfgrelTed > O Lord ? I ftand here guil-
ty of the Breach of all thy Holy Laws. For the
love of my Heart hath not fo entirely cleaved unto
thy + Majefty, as to *>#» and earthly things. I have
not feared thy *jfadg&ent$ to deter me from Sins, nor
frrfej to thy frqmjfes, to keep me from doubting
of my temporal, or from dtff airing of mine eternal
State, % have macle the rule of thy || divine Wor-
fhip, to be what my Mind thought fit, not what thy
Word frefcribed; finding my Heart more prone to
a fj f 'wi
*Lukciy.u. \TbeFirfl Commandment. Deut.tf.f. Ffal.22 $fi t Zc
38,8; || the Sic mdCwim andmint. Deut.12.32. Matth<(5.9. •
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remember my lie jfed Saviour in a painted figure of
Jf'jft ^fevitt, rather than to behold him a */w-
jfof in his Word and Sacraments, after his own ordi-
nance. Whereas *• I fhould never ufe thy //4w
(whereat all knees do bowjbut with religious reverence}
por any part of thy worfliip, without due prepara-
tion and **<i/: I have blafphemoufly abufed thy
holy name by raft? and cuftomary Oaths; yea, I have
ufed Oaths by thy [acrid name, as falfe covers of
my filthy fins. And I have been prefent at thy
fervice oft-times more for ceremony than confcience^
and to pleafe men more than to pleafe thee, my
gracious God.
Whereas I fhould c fan&ifie thy Sab6ttb-d*y t , by
being prefent at the *puhlic\ exercifes of the C6urcb t
and by meditating privately '..on the n^r^and uwJb
pf God, and by viftting the ftck, and * relieving of
"my jMwr brethren: alas, I have thought thofe ho-
ly Exercifes a burden, becaufe they hinder my
vain fport±\ yea, I have fpent many of thy Sab-
baths in my own * propham pleafures, without be-
ing prefent at any part of thy divine mrfbif.
Whereas I fhould have given all due reference
to roy * Natural, Ecclefiafiicaf, and Political f Pa-
rents.; I have not fhe\yed that meafure of duty
and affeftion to my Parents, which th?ir care and
kindne[s hath deferved. I have not had thy Mu
niters in {\xch fingular h love for their works Jake, as
t Gal.3. i . b The third Commandment. Philip. 2.10, 1 Kings 19. to.
Jer. 5. 2. Here cohfe& thy rafli ftljfe (wearing. . c Thifow&b Cm*
mandmtnt. d A&sao.7. e iCor.itf.a. f Here cohfefsthy travelling
pn the Safcbajh,and thyleaving the holy exercife, to go to fpordog
(ft feafting. & The fifth Commandment. * x TheJf. 5.13. Gal 4, 1 5.
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I ougnt : but I have taunted at their m/ 9 and
hated them becaufe they rtfrvved me >*//?. And
I have carried my felf contemptuoufly againft thy
Magiflrates and Miniflers, though I knew that
it is thine ordinance, that I Ihould be obedient
unto them.
a Where I (hoiuld be h flow to wrath, and c r**#
to forgive offences, and not fuffer the Sun to go down
upon my wrath* but to do good for evil, loving my
very enemies, for thy fake : I alas, for one fan j wordy
have burft out into open rage; and harbouring
thoughts of mifchief in my heart, I have prefer-
red to feed on mine own malice, rather than to eat
of thy holy Suffer.
4 Where I (hould keep my Mind from all /fob
luft, and my Body from all uncleannep : O Lord,
I have defiled both, and made my heart a Cage of
all impure thoughts, and my Mind a very Stye of
the unclean Spirit. Yea the remedy which thou
(Lord) haft ordained for Jntontinency, could not
contain me within the bounds of Chafiity: for by
doating on beauty, whofe ground is but daft, Satan
hath Bewitched my flefh to luft after ftrange flefh.
Where I fliould have lived in • ufrightnefs, giv-
ing every Man his due, being contented with mine
own eftate, and living confeionably in my lawful
i Herccon£rf$thyDifobcdicncctothyPiurcnts,Miniftcrs,Magi.
ftrates, Matters or Tutors. b ThefintkCommttubinnt. * Prov. 19. 1 1 .
* Eph.4.31. Matth.f 44. HcrecQnfef$thyhaftincfeandfury,andif
thou haft been any way the caufe of any Man's death unjuftly or
ttvrfLy.tTbefeventbCmmandnm*. iThef.^fccRom* 1 J. Here
confcfs unto God thy fecret pollutions, fornication, or adultery, if
5*tan hajh fo ftr ^evaled © ve* the©, *' Tin tebthQwrnfind******
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Calling, (hould be ready according to mine Abi-
lity) to lend and * give unto the Poor ; O Lord, I
have by Opprtffion, Extortion, Bribes, Cavillatton,
and other indirect Dealings, under pretence of my
Calling and Office, robbed and purloined from my
fellow Christians ; Yea, I have received and fuflcr-
ed Chrijiy where I was trufted many a Time, in
his pur Members, to ftand hungry* cold and naked
at my Door, and hungry , a?A/ and /**&</, to go away
fuccourlefs, as he came; and when the leannefc
of his Cbt.ks pleaded Ttty thehardnefsofmy Heart
would (hew no Companion.
Where I flwuld have made b Confcience to
*fpeak the Truth in Simplicity, without any falfehood,
prudently * judging aright, and charitably conftru-
jng all Things in the beft part) and flioud have
defended the c good Name an i Credit of my Neigh-
- bour ; alas, (vile wretch that I am) I have htlyed
slid f JlanJrrd my Fellow brother, and as foon as
I beard an ill Report, I made my Tongue the fx/Iru-
ment df the Devil, to blazon tnat abroad unro o-
thers, before I knew the Truth of it my fdf I
was fo far from Tpeaking a good Ward, in defence
of his good Name \ that it tickled my Heart in fecret
to hear one that I envyM to be taxed with fucb a
Blemifli ; though I knew that otherwife the Gra-
ces of God fhined in him in abundant Meafir e. I
a Eph.4.iS Luke^.34,35. Ltv.15.35. HereconfeftirVhouhaft
fteretly #ofn, or, openly robbed anything, or haft detained from
any fttherkfs Child that which is his by right. • b The Ninth Ccm-
msndment. cZaeh 8.16. Matth.10.tA <* 1 Cor. 13.7. eMatth. i.if s
19. k Pikl.50. 20,8c 15. 3. Hareconftfsif thoii haftbelyedorflan*
dejred thy Neighbour, or not fpoken the Truth to dear his iniKK
^eney, when thou waft called thereto.
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made 7*/?/ of officious, and advantage of pernicious
Lies; herein fbewing my fclf a right *Cretian 9 ra-
ther than an upright Clmftia*.
And laftly, (O Lord} where I + fbould have
refted || faHy contented with that. Portion which thy
Majeft y thought meeteft to bellow upon me in this
Pifgrimage; and rejoyced in another s good as in
mine «»»; alas, my Life hath been nothing elfc
but a greedy tufting after this neighbours Houje, and
that neighbours Land\ yea, fecretly wiihing fuch
a Man dead, that I might have his Living or Office ;
coveting rather thofe things which thou haft be.
flowed on another, rather than being thankful for
that which thou haft given unto i*y]elf. Thus J,
O Lord, who am a carnal Sinner, and Jold tinder
Sin, have traofgrefled all thy holy and fpiritual
Commandments, from the firft to the laft 9 from
the greateft unto the leaft ; and here I ftand Guilty
before thy judgment Seat, of the breach of
all thy Laws; and therefore liable to thy Curfe, and
to all the Miferies that Juftke can pour forth up-
on fo Curjed a Creature. And whither fhall I go
for Deliverance from this Mifery ? Angels blufh at
my Rebellion, and will not help me: Men arc guil-
ty or the like Tranfgreffian, and cannot help them-
felves. Shall I then defpair with Cain, or make a-
way my ,felf with Judas? No, Lord ; For that
were but to end the miferies of this Life, and to
begin the endlefs torments of Hell: I will rather
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appeal to thy * Throne of Grip, where mercy reigns
to pardon abounding fins ; and out of the depth of
my miferies, I will cry with h Druid, for the depthtf
&y mercies, thought boa fbauldcjt kill me with af>
£&iem*, yet will /, like Job^futmy tru)i im thee.
Though thou (houldeft drown me in the Sea of
thy dfpleafure, with Jonaty yet will I catch fuch
field on thy Mercy, that I will be taken up dead,
dafpieg her with both my hands. And though
thou Ihouldeft caft me into the novels of Hek\ as
f %mat into the Bthy of the Whale: yet from
thence would I cry unto thee ; God the Father
of Heaven, Ojefut Cbrifthe Redeemer of the Worla\
.0 Holy Ghofi toy S*n8$er, three ferfons, end en*
eternal God, have mercy upon me a miserable patter.
And feeing the goodnefi of thine mm nature firft
moved thee to fend thine amy begotten Son to die
<br my fins, that by his death I might be recon-
ciled to thy Majefty : O rejeft not now my peni-
tent foul, who being difrleafed with her felf for fin,
4efireth to return to ferve, and/Z^theein newneis
of lift : And reach from Heaven thy helping hand
to fave me thy poor fervant, who am (like Peter)
ready to fink in the Sea of my fins and mhery.
Warn away the multitude of ray fins, with the
merits of that blood which I believe that thou haft
fo abundantly (bed for penitent finners.
And now that I am to receive this day the blef-
fed Sacrament of thy precious Body and Blood; O
Lord, I befeech thee, let thy holy Spirit, by thy
Sacrament, feal onto my foul, that by the merits
of thy. Death a nd ¥ affipn, all my fins are fo free-
* »Heb.4.»fr. »Pftl.i}o.i. 'Tobij.t*. *Jofaa a. t. t
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ly and fully reamed and forgiven, that the cur*
fes and judgments which my fins have deferved,
pay never have power either to confound me iq
this life, or to condemn me in the World which is
co come. For my ftedfaft Faith is, that * thou haft
died for my fins, and rifen again for my juftificAtioK
This I believe, Lord, help mine unbelief. Work
in me likewife, I befeeeh thee an unfeigned Repen-
tance; that I may heartily bewail my former fins,
and loath 'them, and ferve thee henceforth in nm-
pefs of life, and greater meafure of holy devotion*
And let my foul never forget the infinite love of
fo fweet a Saviour, that hath laid down his life to
redeem fo vile a finner. And grant, Lord, that
having received tneie ieals and pledges of my Com-
munion with thee ; thou may'ft henceforth fo
dwell by thy Spirit in me, and I fo live by faith,
in thee $ that I may carefully walk all the days of
my life, in godlinefs and piety towards thee, and
in Christian love and charity towards all my
Neighbours; that living in thy fear, I may dye
in thy favour, and after death be made partaker
of eternal life, through jf<?/«* Cbrije my Lord and
only Saviour, Amen, • 1
3. Qfrtbe means whereby thou Ma/ft become a worthy,
■ ■ > Receiver. '
THefe me*n$*x$ duties of t wo^fbrts • The for-
mer refpetttng God; the latter our Neigh-
bour. Thofe which refpeft God, are three ', Firft^
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unfeigned Repentance. That which refpefteth our
f^eiffhrn^f'ti bat one^fimcere Charity.
1. Of found fyoowjedge, reunite in a worthy Con*
. found Rjtowledge is zfauW&td Vnderfiandimg of
the firfi Primaries of Religion. As firft of the Tri-
mitj of Perfons in the Vrntyefthe Godhead. Second-
ly, if the Creation of Man, and his FaB. Thirdly,
of the Curfi ami Mifery due to Sim. Fourthly, of
the Nature and Offices ofChrif, and Redemption by
faith in his Death, efpeeielfy of the DoSrime of the
Sacraments, footing the fame unto us. For as an
Honfe cannot be built uolefs the Foundation be firft
laid, fo no more can Religion ftand, unlets ic be
firft grounded upon the cert aim Knowledge of God's
Word. Secondly, if we know not God's Will,
ire can neither believe nor do the fame. For as
worldly Qufinefles cannot be done but by them
who have Skill therein; fo without knowledge
muft Men be much more ignorant in divine and
ffiritual Matters. And yet in temporal Things a
Man may do much by the light of Nature: But in
religious Mj/leries, the more We rely upon t na-
tural Reafon, the further we are from comprehen-
ding fptritud Truth. Which difcovers the fear-
ful Eftateot thofc who receive without Kuowlefe,
and the more fearful Eftate of thofc Payors who
minifier unto them without Catechizing;
*Hcb.tf.i,i.JohiM7.3. iTim.s.4. aCpr.^5,tiGor.i.i4.
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municaut.
Sincere Faith is not a bare knowledge of the
Scriptures, and firft grounds of Religion, (for thai
4 Devils and Reprobates have in an excellent rnea-
fure, and do believe it and tremble) but b a true
pirftvafion % as of all tbofe things wbatfoever the Lord
hath revealed in his Word\ foalfoa Particular apple*
est ion unto a Marls oven foul, of all the promifes of
ntercy. which Ged bath made in Cbrifl to all believing
fnners. And consequently, that Chrifi *nd aM
bis rherits do Belong unto hint, as weSon to any other.
For firft, if We have not the c rigbteoufnefs of FattJL
the Sacrament^ als nothing unto us ; and every Mam
in the Lord's Supper recervethfo much as he helieveth m
Secondly, Becaufe that without Faith we commiu
nicating on earth 9 cannot apprehend Chrift in
Heaven. For as he d dveSetb tnusby Fsith, fo by
faith we muft likewife eat him. Thirdly, becaufe
that without faith we cannot be perfwaded in our
confeiences that our receiving is * acceptable unto
God.
J. Of unfeigned repentance require for a true Com*
mutuant*
f True repentance is 4 holy change of the mfod, when
'Jamwi.19. b Hrf>.4.»- «Rom. 4 .n. dEph. 3 . I7 . «Heb.«.'
« Rom. 14. a 3 . ' lf«, yy. 7. EjcJj, j j. ,,. A fl, ^ 1Jt & h tf -
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jGptw ffo feeling fight of Go£s mercy, and of a Man's
own mifery, b* Utrnethfrom all his known andfecret
fins, toferve God in holinefi and right eoufmfs att the
reft of his Days. For as he that is glutted with
Meat is not apt to eat Bread; fo he that is fluffed
with ■ Sins, is hot fit to receive Chrifi. And a con-
fidence defil'd with wilful filthinefs, makes the ufe
of all holy things unholy unto us. Our facrificed
fpotlefs Paflbver cannot be eaten with the fower
leaven of malice and wickednefs, faith Paul, i Con
f. 8* Neither can the old Bottles of our corrupt
and impure Confciences, retain the new Wine
of Chrift's precious Blood, as our Saviour faith*
Mark %. %%. We mud therefore truly repent, if
We will be worthy Partakers.
j^ The Duty to be performed in refpett of our Neigh*
hour, is Charity.
Charity it a hearty forgiving of others who hmt
offended us, and after reconciliation, An outward un-
feigned teftifying oftbt inward ajfettions of our hearts
fygefiures, words, dnd deeds, as of t as we meet, and
occafion is offered. For firft, without h Lovt to our
Neighbour, no Sacrifice is acceptable unto God. Se-
condly, becaufe one chief End wherefore thtLortfs*
Supper was ordain'd, is to c confirm Chriftians
Love one towards another. Thirdly, no Man
can affure himfelf that his own Sins are forgiven of
God, if his Heart cannot yield ro forgive die
* faults of Men that have Qffbnded him.
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to perfbrm before we cotoe to the Lord's Table*
called Preparation.
t. Of the fecond fart of Duties which a worthy Com*
municant is to perform at the receiving of the Lorfi
Supper, called Meditation.
THis Exercife of Spiritual Meditation, confifts
in divers Points.
Firft, Whed the Sermon is ended, and the Ban*
pet of the Lords Suffer begins to be celebrated,
meditate with thy felf how thou art invited by
* Chrifi to be a Gueft at his holy Table, and hoW
lovingly he inviteth thee, f Ho, every one that tbir-
fttth, come ye h the Waters of Life, &e. Come, hit}
Wine and AtHk, without Money, tod without Price s
Sat ye that which is goody let your Soul delight it /elf
infatnefs § Take ye, eat ye j This is my Body, which
is broken for you ; drink ye all of this ; for this is
my Blood which was fhedfor the remiffionof your fms<
What greater honour can be vouchfafed, than to
be admitted to fit at the Lord's own Table ? What
better fare can be afforded, than to teed on the Lord's
own Body and Blood? If David thought it to be
the greateft favour that he could (hew unto good
|| BarziUaiy for all the kindnefs that he fhew'd unto
him in his troubles, to offer him, that hejbould feed
tx>ith him at his own Table in Jerufalem : How much
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greater favour ought we to account it, when chrtfi
doth indeed feed us in the Church at hit own Table,,
and that with hit own mofi holy Body and Blood f
Secondly, As * Abraham, when he went up to
the Mount, to fecrifice Jfaae his Son, left his fer-
vants beneath in the Valley i fo when thou coraeft
to thtffiritual Sacrifice of the Lord's Suffer, lay a-
fide all earthly thoughts and cogitations, that thou
may'ft wholy contemplate of Chrifi, and offer up
thy Soul unto him, who facrificed both his Soul
and Body for thee.
Thirdly, Meditate with thy felf, how frectous
and vpnerahU is the Body and Blood of the Sou of
Cod, who is the Ruler or Heaven and Earth, the
tord, at whofe beck the Angels tremble, and by
whom both the quick and dead fhall be judged at
the laft day* and thou among the reft. And how
that it is he, who having been crucified for thy
fins, offereth himlelf now to be received by faith
into thyfoul^ On the other fide, confider how (in-
ful a Creature thou art: how altogether unworthy
of fo holy a Guefi : how ill deferving to tafte of fuch
f acred food, having been conceived in filthinefs,z\A
wallowing ever fince in the mire of Iniquity i bear-
ing the Name of a Cbriftian, but doing the worts of
the Devil', adoring Chrift with an Hail King in
thy mouth, but fpitting Oaths in his face, and crtn
cifring him anew with thy gracelejs odious.
Fourthly, Ponder then with what face dareft
thou offer to touch fo holy a Body wu;h fuch de-
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fo /«w/ and lying a Mouth? Or to lodge fo bleffed
a Gueft io fo unclean a Stable? For if the Bethfbe*
mtts were (lain, for but looking irreverently into
the ^r* ^7£e o/rf Ttfiament, what Judgments may-
eft thou juftly efcpeo:, who with fuch impure Eyes
and Heart, art come to fee and receive the Ark of
the New Tefiament, in which * dwetltth aU thefulneft
tfthe Godhead, bodily ?
Iff VxAah for but touching ftho* not without
Ks*l) the Arkoi the Covenant, Was ftricken with
Mfe* De4f£ ; wh&t Jlroke of <frw** Judgment may-
eft thou not fear, that fo rudely , with unclean hands,
doft prefumc to handle the ^r/r of the e/enM*
Tefiament, wherein are hid at the Treasures of Wif-
dom and knowledge ?
If John Baptift (the hotieft Man that was bora
of a Woman J thought himfelf || unworthy to bear
his Shoes ; how unworthy is fuch zpropbane wretch^
a thou art, to eat his holy flefb, and to drink his
peeioui Blood?
If the bleffed Apoftle Saint Peter, feeing but a
glimpfeof Chrift's Almighty Power, thought him-
felf unworthy to ft and in the fame Boat with him*
how unworthy art thou to fit with Chrift at the
Jme Table, where thou may'ft behold the infinite-
*I* of his Grace and Mercy difplay'd ?
If the $ Centurion thought that the roof of hit
Kottfe was not worthy to harbour fo divine a Gueft,
what Room can there be fit under thy Ribs, fob
C hrifPs Holimfs to dwell in ?
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If the Blodtytjfued fick Woman feared to touch
the . Hemm of his Garment; how fbould'ft thou
tremble to eat his Flefb, and to drink his. all-healing
Blood.
Yet if thou comeft humbly in Faith ^ Repentance,
and Char it j) abhorring thy Sins paft,and purpofiog
unfeignedly to amend thy Life henceforth, let not
thy former Skjs affright thee ; for they (hall never
be laid unto thy charge ; and this Sacrament fhall
fed unto thy Soul, that al] thy Sins and the Judg-
ments due unto them, are fully Pardoned, and clean
too/bed away by the Blood or Chrift. For, this
Sacrament was not ordained for them who are
perfeft ; but to help penitent Sinners unto perfefti-
on* Chrift came, * not to call the Righteous, bat
Sinners to Repentance. And he faith, that the whole
need not the Phyfician, hut they that are Sick : Thofe
hath Chrift called, and when they came, them
hath he ever helped. Witnefs the whole Gofpel,
which teftifieth, that not one Sinner who came to
Chrift for Mercy, went ever away without his Er-
rand. Bathe thou likewife, thy fick Soul, in this
Fountain of ChriJPs Blood', and doubtlefs according
to his Prom^e, Zjch. 13. 1. thou ihalt be healed
of all thy Sins and Vncleannefs. Not Sinners there-
fore, but they who are unwilling to repent of
their Sins, are debarred this Sacrament.
Fifthly, Meditate, that Chrift left this Sacrament
unto us, as the chief Token and Pledge of his Love :
not when we would have made him a King, John
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Kindnefs) but when 3$&f and the High Briefts
were confpiring his Death, therefore wholly of
his mere Favour* When Nathan would fllew
Dw<i how entirely the ^w Af#» Zmw/ bis Sbey>
that was killed by the rich Man j bet/we her (faith
he) to Atf ^ to <w* Morfels, and of bis own Cup to
&rink r z Sam. ix. 3. and null not then the Arc*
tfChri/t to his cWt/> be unfpcakable, when he
gives her his own Flejb to a*?, and his *#* UAW to
bink, for her fpiritual and eternal Nouriihment?
If then there be any love in thy Heart, take chfe
Cup of Salvation into thy Hand, and pledge his
Love with Lave again, Pfal. 1 16. 1 1.
Sixthly , When the Minifter beginneth the holy
Coafecration of the Sacrament, then lay afide aft
fraying, Reading, and all other Cogitations what-
soever ; and fettle thy Meditations only upon thofe
holy Actions and Rites, which according to ChrtJIs
hfatution, are ufed in and about the holy Sacra-
ment: For it hath pleaded God (confidering our
Weaknefs) to appoint thofe Rites, as Means the bet-
ter to lift up our Minds to the ferious Concempla*
tion of his heavenly Graces.
When therefore thou feeft the Minifter putting
tpart Bread and Wine on the LeuPs Table ; and
confarating them by Prayers and the rehearfal of
CbrifP's hptution, ro be a holy Sacrament of the .
WefTed Itofy and Blood of Chrijl; then meditate,
how God the Father, of his meer Love to mankind, >
fa apart) and jealed his only begotten Son* to be the
*&fuflkknt Means, and only Mediator, to redeem
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add to 'bring us to bis Glory i
When thou feeft the Minifter break the Bred,
being bleJTed ; thou triwft meditate, that Jefw
Chrifi the eternal Son of God was put to Death,
and his bleffed Soul and Body (with the fenfe of
God's Anger) broken afunder for thy Sins, as veri-
ly as thou now feeft the holy Sacrament to be
broken before thine Eyes. And. withal call to
mind the heinoufnefs of thy Sins, and the greatnefs
of God's Hatred againft the feme ; feeing God's
Juftice could, not be fetisfvM but by fuch a S*-
crifiee.
When the Minifter hath blefled and broken the
Sacrament, and is addrefGng himfelf to difttibute
it ; then meditate, That the * King (who is the
Matter of the Feaft) (lands at the Table to fee bk
GueHs\ and looketh upon thee, whether thou
haft on thee thy f Wedding Garment. Think alfo,
that all the holy ft Angels that attend upon the
EleB in the Church* and § do defire to heboid the
celebration ofthefe bofy Myfteries y do obferve thy Re-
verence and Behaviour. Let thy Soul therefore,
whilft the Minifter bringeth the Sacrament unto
thee, offer tbis t or the lute fhort Soliloquy unto
Chrifi.
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IS rt tpu* indeed, that * God wilt dwell on Earth?
Behold the Heaven, and the Heaven of Heavens
ire not able to contain thee ; how much more unable is
the Soul tf fitch a fitful Caitiff as J am to receive tbee i
But feeing it is thy bJeffed Pleafure to come thus
to b y«/> with me, arid to c dwell m me: t cannot
for Joy but burft out and fay, what is Man that
thou art fa mindful of him, and the f on of man } that thou
ftregardejl him ? What favour foever thou vouchfe*
feft me in the abundance of thy Grace, I will free*
ly confefi what I am in the wretchednefs of my Na*
ture. I am, in a word,a carnal Creature, whofe very
Soul is * fold tmder $i»; a wretched Man r compaf-
fed about with c a body tf Death. Yet, Ltrd, fee-
ing thou { caffeftj here I come; and feeing thou
calleft Sinners, I have thruft my (elfin among the
nfi ; and feeing thou called aS with their bfaviejt
h*dt % I fee no reafon why I (hould (lay behind. O
Lord, I am fick, afcd whither (hould I go, but unto
thee the Phyftcianoi my Soul ? Thoq haft cqred mar
q, but never didft thou meet with a more miferabl?
Patient ; for I am more leprous than Gehazi t njore
unclean than Magdalen % mor? blind in SouJ^ifcan
Bartimeus was in Body; for I have lived all this
while, and never feen the true light of thy Word.
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My Soul runs with a greater JUx of Sin, than was
the Hemorrhoids iffut of Blood Mepbihojbeth was
not more lame to go, than my Soul is to walk after
thee in Love. Jeroboam's Arm was not more iw-
tjmredto ftrtke the Prophet, than myJHanJis mxim-
ed tQ relieve the Pw\ Cure a**, O Lord; and
thou (halt do as great a Work as in curing them si
And though I have all their Sins and Sores \ yet f
Lord, fo abundant is thy Graf, fo great is thy ;&l,
that if thou wilt, thoucanft with a Word forgive
the 4*). and. heal the tffor: And why fhould I
doubt of thy good WiU, whqp to fave me, will
coft thee now but one loving Smile ;, who didft.
fhsw thy fclf foir/i7/>^to p re(deenji me* though it
fli^uld cpft thee all thy Heart-blood ; and now of.
fereft fo gracioufly unto me the affured Pledge of
jmy Redemption, by thy Blood? « J**** iw /,
£ofd<jqft And what i? my Merit, that thou haft
bought me with fo dear a price? It is meerly thy
Merc} ; and. b /, llpr^, am not worthy the hafl of
4% \thy Mercies ; much fcfs* to be a partaker of this
Jply Sapr^njfint, the grgateft^P/^of the greateft
Mercy, that ever- thou didft'beftdw upon thofe Sons
of Men whom thou lovefi. How might I, in tc«
ipeft of my own Vnworthinefs, cry out for Fear at
the fight of thy holy Sacrament, as the * Philiftimi
^1(1, whqn they faw the Ark of God tome. Into the
*Jfv*bfy\$ Woe now unto me' a Sinner ; but that thy
Amel-6oth comfort me, as. he. did the Woman,
* Fear thou not, for / know that thoujeekeft Jejtu
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fteketh after. And here thou offered thy felf unto
me in t by blefled Sacrament. If therefore a Eliza-
beth thought herfelf fb mucH honoured at thy Pre-
fence in the Womb of thy tlejfed Mother, that the
babe f prang in her Belly for Joy; how (hould my &>*/
leap within me for Joy, now that thou comeft by
thy boiy Sacrament k , to dwell in my Heart for ever?
Oh what an Honour is this, not that the Mother of
my Lardy but my "Lord himfelffhould come thus to
vifit me ! Indeed Lord, I confefs with the faithful
b Centurion, that lam not worthy that thou jhouldeft
come under my Roof; and that if thou did 9 It but
fpeak ; the word only, my find /hould be faved ; yet fee-
ing it hath pleafed the richer of thy Grace y for the
better ftrengthning of my Weaknefi y to feal thy
Mfefcy urito me, by thy vifible fign^ as well as by.
thy tAftblt Ward ; in aB thankful Humility my Soul
fpeiks unto thee with the blejjed Virgin: * J?e-
hold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according
to thy Word. d Knock thou, Lord, by thy Wprd an3
Sacraments at the door of my Heart; and I will,
like the € Patiicdn, with both my Fifts, knock at
my breaftj as faft as I can, that thou may 'ft enter
in; and if the Door will not open faft enough,
break it open, O Lord, by thine Almighty Power,
and then enter in, and dwell there for ever ; ttiac
I may hive caufe with Zjccheus to acknowledge,
that ' this Day Salvation is come into mine Honft %
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And caft out of me whatfoever fhall be offenfive
unto thee ; for I refign the wjiole Poffefcon of my
Heart unto thy {acred Majefty, intreating, that /
may not livt henceforth, but that thou inay^ft live
in me, /peak in me, rva/k in me, and fo£oz/*r* me
by thy Spirit, that nothing may be pkafwg unto
me, but th^t which is acceptable unto thee. That
finilhing my courfe in the Life of Grace, I may
afterwards live with thee for ever in the Kingdom
of Qlory, Grant this, Lord Jefa, for the me-
rits of thy Death and Blood-fhedding. Amen.
When the Minifter hringeth towards thee the
Bread thus lleffed and broken; and offering it un-
to thee, bids thee, Take, eat, &c then meditate
that Chrift himfelfcometh unto thee, and both <fi
ferethy and givetb indeed unto thy Faith, his very
Body and Blood, with all the merits of his Death
and Paffion, to feed thy Soul unto eternal Life; as
furely as the Minifter offereth and giveth the out*
ward Signs, that feed thy Body unto this temponl
Life* f be Bread of the Lord, is given by the Mu
mfter, but the Bread which is the Lord, is given by
Chrift himfelf.
* When thou takeft the Bread at the Minifter's
Hand to eat it, then roufe up thy Soul to apprehend
Chrift by Faith, and to apply his Merits to heal thy
Mtferies. pmbrace him as fweetly with thy J?aitk
in the Sacrament, as ever Simeon hugged' him
with his Arms in his fwadling Clouts.
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As thou h;*/? the Bread, imagiq that thou feed:
Chrift banging ufon the Crofs y and by his unfpeak-
able Torments, fully fatisfying God's Juftice for
thy Sins; and ftrtve to be as verily Partaker of the
fpiritual Grace, as of the elemental Signs. For, the
Truth is not ahfent from the Sign ; neither doth Chrift
deceive, when he faith, This is my Body; but he giv-
eth himfelf indeed to every Soul that fpirituaUy re*
ceives him by Faith. For as ours is the fame Suffer
which Chrift adminiftred ;fo is the fame drift ve-
rily prefent at his own Supper, not by any Papal*
TranftihJrantiatioH t but by a Sacramental Participa-
tion, whereby he doth truly feed the faithful un-
to eternal Life; not by coming down out of Heaven
unto thee, but by lifting thee up from the Earth un*
to him. According to that old faying, Surfnm tor*
da, Lift up your Hearts. And, where the Carkafs
», thither will the Eagles, refort, Matth. 14.
When thou feeft the Wine brought unto thee
apart from the Bread, then remember that the
Blood of Jefut Chrift was at verily feparated from his
Body upon the Crofs,/or the remiffon of thy Sins:
* Chrift calls it his Body, not the fign of his Body ;becaufe this
Sacrament was inftituted not only to fignifie, but alfo to commu-
nicate the fpiritual Graces that they reprefent ; and by the figns to
draw our Myuls to the Graces fignified. So Eutb Jm ,'u S | n NUtth.
19- Non dixit domimis, Hxc funt figna corporis mei, fed, Hoc
eft corpus meum. Oporief ergo, non ad naturam coram que pro.
Sofita funt afpUjere, fed ad ipforum virtutem & gratiani. Non
oc corpus quod videtis manducaturi eftis, & bibituri ilium fan-
gutnem quem fufuri funt qui me crucifigent Sacramentum all-
quid vobis commendo; fpmtualiter inteUe£him vivificabit vos
Mgufi.in Pfal 98. Speakingin the Perfon of Chrift. TheDifcipki
did not eat Chrift corporally and fubftantially in the firft Inftitu-
^ion $ no more do we in ;thc reiteration of the fame Supper..
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Add that this is the jeal efthe new Covenant, which
God hath made to forgive all the Sins of all penitent
Sinners that Relieve in the merits of his blood fhedding.
For the Wine is not a Sacrament of Chrijfs blood
contained in bis Veins ; but as it was fbed out of his
Body upon the Crofs, for the remijfion of the Sins
ef all that believe in him.
As thou drinkeft the Wine, and poured it out
of the Cup into thy Stomach, meditate and believe,
that by the merits of that Blood which Ghrift fhed
Upon the Crofs, all thy Sins are as verily forgiven,
as. thou haft now drunk this Sacramental Wine,
and haft it in- thy Stomach. And in the injlant of
drinking, fettle thy Meditation upon Chrift, as he
hanged upon the Crofs ; as if like Mary and John,
thou didft fee him nailed, and bis Blood running
down bis blefftd Sick out of thzt gafily wound, which
the Spear made in his innocent Heart ; wishing thy
Mouth clofed to his Side that thou mi*htdft receiVe
that precious blood before it fell to the dufiy Earth.
And yet the aftual drinking of that real blood with
thy Mouth, would be nothing* fo* effeftualzs this
Sacramental drinking of that Blood fpirituaOy bj
Faith. For one. of the Souldiers might have druok
that, and beenftill &reprobate;b\it whofoeverdrink-
eth it fpiritually by Faith in the Sacrament, ftia\] furely
have the f remifion of his Sins, and Life everlafting.
As thou feeleft the Sacramental Wine, which
thou haft drunk, warming thy cold Stomach; fo
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appropriated to the drinking of the real Blood, doubtlefs John and
Msry would have made means to have drunk it ; But John afcribe*
the Vertue to the believing that it was fhed.
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endeavour to- feel the Mr Ghofi chetijbing thy Soul
in the joyful aflurance of the Forgivenefsof all thy
Sins, by the merit of the Blood of Chtifi. And to
this end God giveth every faithful Soul, together
with the Sacramental Bloody the Holy Ghofi to
drink: * We an all made to drink into one Spirit.
And fo lift up thy Mind from the Contemplation
of Chrift, as he was crucified upon the Crofs, to
confider how he aovr b fits in Glory at the Right-hand
<f his Father, making « Inter ceflion for thee, by pre-
fenting to his Father the unvaluable Merits of his
Death, which he once fuffer'd for thee, to appeafe
his Juftice for the Sins which thou doft daily com-
mit againft him.
After thou haft eaten and drunk both the Bread
and Wine ; labour that as thofe fur omental Sign*
do tutu to die oourifhment of thy 'Body, and by
the dtgeftionof Hesfibecomc one with thy fubftance;
fo by the Operatmr of Faith, and the holy Ghofi;
theodiayeftr.become.M7tf with Chrift, and Chrift
With \thee $ attdfo may 'ft feel thy * Communion
with Chrift confirmed and increafed daily more and
more. That as it is impoffible to feparate the
Bread arid Wine digefted into the Blood and fub-
ftance of thy Body; fo it may be more impoffible
to part Chrift torn thy Soul, or thy Soul from
Chrift. ■ ■ ■ :
Laftly, As the Bread of the Sacrament, though
corife&cd Of many grains, yet makes but one Bread \
jEbmuft thou remember, that'tho' all the faithful
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are many; yet are they il but one myftical Body,
whereof thrift is Head. And therefore thou muft
love every Chriftian as thy felf, and a fwmlir of
thy Body.
Thus far of the Duties to be done at the receive
|ng of the holy Sacrament, called Meditation.
3. Of the Duties which we are to perform after re-
ceiving of the holy Communion, called Aftion, of
frafttiei
TH E Duty which we are to perform after the
receiving of the Lord's Suffer, is called
'Aft ion or PraQice; without which all the reft will
minifter unto us no Comfort.
•The Ailion confifts of Two forts of Duties:
Fir ft, fuch as we are to perform in the Church: or
elfe* after that we are gone home.
Thofe that we are to perform in the Church,
Wp either fevered from our own Souls; or elfe,
jointly with the Congregation.
The feveral Duties which thou muft perform
from thine own Soul, are Three ; Firft, thou muft
be careful (that forafmuch as Chrift now dwe&etb
ill thee, therefore) to entertain him in a clean Heart,
and with * pure Ajfetfious ; for, the moft Holy will
be holy with the holy ; for if Jofeph of Arimathea
when he had begged of Pilate his dead Body, to bu-
ry it, wrapped it infweet Odours, and/w Linnen,
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fhould'ft thy lodge Chrijl in 4 *w /fort, and
perfume his Rooms with the odoriferous fncenfi of
Prayers, and all pure Affeftions ? If God required
Mojes to provide a pot of pure Gold to keep the
Manna that fell in the IVildernefs; what a pure
Heart fhould'ft thou provide to receive this divine
Manna, that is come down from He wen ?
And as thou cameft forrowing like * Jofepb and
Maty, to feek Chrift in the Temple; fo now hav-
ing there found him in the midftdi his WordztA
Sacraments, be careful with Joy to carry him &ww
with thee, as they did.
And if the Man that found but f his loft Sheep]
rejoyced fo much ; how canft thou having found
the Saviour of the World, but rejoyce much more?
Secondly, thou muft offer the Sacrifice of a private
Thank/giving unto God for this ineftimable Grace
and Mercy ; for as this aftion is common unto the
whole Church ; fo it it applyed particularly to every
one of the faithful in the Church ; and for this par-
ticular Mercy, every Soul muft joyfully offer up
a particular Sacrific^of Thank/giving. For if the
Wifemen rejoyced fo much, when they faw the Star
which condufted them unto Chrift $ and worlhip-
ped him fo devoutly when he lay, a Babe, in the
Manger ; and offered unto him their Gold, Myrrhe,
**d Frankincenfe: How much more ihould'ft thou
rejoyce, now that thou haft bothy*** and received
this Sacrament, which guideth thy Soul upto him,
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Glory ? And thither lifting up thy Heart, adore him,
and offer up unto him, the Gold of a pure Faith,
the Myrrhehli* mortify* J Heart, and this or the like
fweet Jncenfe ef Prayer and Tbankfgiving.
A Prayer to be [aid after the receiving of the* Comma*
won.
WHat (hall I render unto thee ( bleffed Sa-
viour) for all thefe Bleffings, which thou
haft fogracioufly beftowed upon my Soul? Mow
can I fufficiently thank thee, when I can fcarce ex*
prefs them ? Whereas thou might'ft have made me
a Beaji, thou madeft me a Man, after thine own 7-
mage. When by Sin I bad loft both thine Image,
and my felf \ thou didft renew in me thine Image
by thy Spirit, and did'ft redeem my Soul by thy
Bhod again ; and now thou haft given unto me
the Seal and Pledge of my Redemption; nay, thou
haft given thy felf unto me, bleffed Redeemer. O
what an ineftimatye treafure of /&£*/, and over-
flowing Fountain of Grin hath he got who hath
.gained thee ! No man ever touched thee by faith, but
thou didlt heal him by Grace ; for thou art the
Author of Salvation, the raw^ of all Zfc/fr, the «rc-
<&7w> of the &V£, the Life of the j/wofr, and the/*-
furreiHon of the Dm<£ Seemed it a fmall matter
unto thee to appoint thy holy Angels to attend up-
on foW* a Creature as 1 am ; bur that thou fliould-
eft enter thy felf into my Soul, there to prejirv*,
nourifh and cherifb me unto Life evedafting ?
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If the * Carkaft of the dead Prophet could revive
zdead Man that touched it; haw much more (hall
the living Body <f the Lord of aS Prophets, quick*
en the faithful, in whofe Heart he dweðl Add
if thou wilt raife my Body at the lafl Day out of
the Dull ; how much more wilt thou now revive
my Soul which thou haft fanftified with thy Spirit,
and purified with thy blood ? O Lord, what could
I more defire, or what could'ft thou more bellow
upon me, than to give me thy body for meaty thy
blood for drink, and to lay down thy Soul for die
price of my Redemption? Thou Lord enduredft
the Pain, and I do reap the prop : I received Par*
ion, and thou didft bear the Punifhment. Thy
Tears were my Bath, thy Wounds my Weal, and
the Injaftiee done to thee, fatisfied for the Judg«
ment which was due to me. Thus by thy birth
thou art become my Brother, by thy Death my ran*
fom, by thy Mercy my Reward, and by thy Sacra*
ment my tfouriflment. O divine Food, by which
the Sons if Men are transformed into theScnstfGodi
fo that iMwV Mature dyeth, and God's Nature liv-
eth and ruleth in us. Indeed, all Creatures wondred
thatthcCrofttrwould be inclosM nine months in the
Virgin* s Womb ; (tho* her Womb being replenifli'd
with the Holy Gboft, was more fplen did than thzftar-
ry Firmament ; ) But that thou fliouid'ft thus humble
thy felf to dwell for ever in my Heart, which thou
foundeft more unclean than a Dung-bill, it is able
to make all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth to
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meer pleafure thus to enter and to dwell in myheart,
I would to God that I had fo pure a heart as my
Heart could wifli to entertain thee. And who is fit
to entertain drift? Or who, tho' invited, would
not chufe with Mary rather to kneel at thy Feet,
than prefume to fit with thee at thy Table? Tho'
I want a pure Heart for thee to dwell in, yet weeping
Eyes fhall never be wanting to wafh thy ilejfed Feet,
and to lament my filthy Sins. And albeit 1 cannot
weep fo many Tears as may fuffice to wafh thy holy
Feet; yet Lord, it is fufficient that thou haftihed
Blood enough to cleanfe myfinful Soul. And I am
fully (O Lord) ajfured, that all the dainty fare where-
with the difdatnful Pharifee entertained thee at his
Table, did not lb much pleafe thee, as tbofe Tears
which penitentAkry pour'd under the table . I would
therefore wifh withjeremy, that my Head were waters,
and mine eyes a fountain of Tears ; Jer. 9.1. that feeing
I can by no Means yield fufficient Thanks for thy
Love to me ; yet I might by continual Tears, teftifie
my Love unto thee. And though no man is worthy
of fo infinite a Grace j yet this is my Comfort, That be
is worthy whom thou in Favour account efl worthy . And
feeing that now of thy meer Grace thou haft count-
edme(among others thy chofen) worthy of this uo-
fpeakable Favour, and fealed by thy Sacrament
the affurance of thy Love, and the forgivenefs of
my Sins, O Lord, confirm thy favour unto thy
Servant ; and fay of me as Ifaac did of * Jacob, I
have bleffed him, therefore he [ball be bleffed* And
that I may fay unto thee with t D avid, Thou,
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Lwi, baft bleffcd my Soul, and made it thy houfe, and
itfiaSbe bleffedfor ever. And feeing it pleas'd thee
to * blefs the houfe of Obededom and all his houfkold
whilft the Ark of the Lord remained in his houfe ; I
doubt not but thou wilt much more blefs my Soil
and Body, and all that do belong unto me, now
that it bath pleafed thy Majefty of thine own
good Will to enter under my Koof % and to dwell fdr
ever in my poor Cottage. Blefs me, O Lord, fb f
that my Sins may wholly be remitted by thy blood,
my Confcience fan&ified by- thy Spirit, my Mind
cnlightned by thy Truths my Heart guided by thy
Spirit, and my Will in all things, fubdued to chy
bleffed Will and Pleafnre. Blefs me with all Gra-
ces, which I want, and increafe in me thofe good
Gifts which thou halt already be flowed upon me.
And feeing that 1 hold thee not by the Arms, as f
$acob wrejiltng without me ; but inwardly dwell-
ing by Faith within me : Surely, Lord, / will ne-
ver let thee go, except thou blefs me, and give me a
new name,-* new Heart, a new Spirit^ and Strength
by the Power of God to prevail over Sin and Satan.
And I befeecb thee, O Lord, delirc not to depart
from to-, as thou did ft from Jacobs becaufe the Dfy
breaketh, and thy Grace beginneth to dawrt and ap-
pear: But I from my Soul, humbly* with the Peo-
ple of Emmaus intreat thee, O fweet Jefvt, to abidi
with me, htaafe it draweth toward Night. For the
fright of Temptation, the Night of Tribulation, yea*
my loft long Night of Death apprdachfeth. O blefr
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And * if thy prefence go not borne with me, carry me
not from hence. Go with me, and live with me,
and let neither Death nor lAkfeparate me from
thee. Drive me from my felf, draw me unto thee.
Lei; me be fick; but found in tbee 5 and in my weak-
nefs let thy firength appear. Let me feem as dead,
that thou done may 'ft be feen to live in me; fo that
nil my members may be but inflruments to a& thy
motions. h Set me as * fed upon thine heart ; and
let thy zeal-be fettled upon mine, that I may be out
of love with all, that I may he only in love with
thee. And grant, O Lord, that as thou now vouch-
fafeft me this favour to fit at thy Table, to receive
this Sacrament in thy houfe of grace : So I may here-
after through thy mercy, be received to c eat and
drink at thy Table in thy Kjngdom of glory. And
for thy mercy, I do here with the four beafts, and
twenty- four Elders, caft my felf down before thy
Throne of Grace; acknowledging that it is thou that
haft d redeemed me with thy blood, and that falvathn
cometh only from thee. And therefore unto tbee e /
do yield a/l praife, and glory, and w/fdom, and thanks,
and honour, and power, and might, and Majefiy,
my Lord, and my God for evermore Amen.
Thirdly, feeing Chrift hath facrificed himfclf
for thee ; (and all that thou canft give, is too lit-
tle) therefore thou muft Offer thy felf a f Zw-
ing, holy, and acceptable Sacrifice unto God ; by fer-
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ving him in * righteoufnefs and hoiinefs all thy Days.
Thus TertuOian witnefletli that in his Time a Chri«
ftian was known from another Man, only by the
Hoiinefs and tfprigbtntfs of his Life.
2. Of the Duties which ive are to do after the Com*
munion jointly with the Congregation.
TH E Duties to be pcrform'd joint Ij wjtH the
Church, are Three. Firft, publick Thankf
givingi b^th by Prayers, and b finging of Pfalmst
thus Chrift himfelf and his Apoftles did. Secondly,
^Joining with the Church, c in giving (every. Man
according to his AbJity) towards the relief of the
Poor. This was the manner of the Primitive
Churches, to make Colle&ifas and d LoveFeafts af r
ter the Lord's Supper for the. relief of the Poor
Chriftians. Thirdly* when Thanks and Praife i*
ended, theh with all Reverence to ftand up, and
to receive the Bleffing cf God, .by the Mouth of
his Minijler; and to receive it, as if thou didrf
hear God himfelf pronouncing it unto thee froni
Heaven; For by t their Bleffing, God doth bie/s his
Pedpli.
Thus far the Duties to be praSifed in the Church.
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& volunt, pro arbkrio quifq ue fuo quo d vjfum e ft, contr ibuunt i .
& quod Ita colt igitur, apud prsepoFitum 3eponitur, atque mete illeo-
pitulatur pupillis&viduls,8^qui propte/ mcrbum out aliquam aliam'
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The Duties which thou art to praftice after that
thou art departed home, are Three. Fir ft, to ob-
ferve diligently, whether thou haft truly received
Chrift in the Sacrament. Which thou may 'ft thus
eafily perceive .• For * feeing bis Flefb is meat indeed,
dnd bis Blood is Drink indeed, and that he is fo/*l
of grace that no Man ever touched him by Faith,
but he received Vertue from him; it cannot pofli-
bly be, that if thou haft eaten his Flefb, or drunk
his Blood, but thou (halt receive Grace and Power
to be cleanfed from thy Sins and Filthinefs. For
if the Hemorboife that did hut touch ^Garment,
had her bloody ijfue that continued fo long, b forth-
with ftanched j how much more will the bloody ijfue
of thy fin be ftanched, if thou then haft truly eaten
and drunk the very flefh and blood of Chrift? But if
thy Iffue (till runneth, thou may'ft juftly fufpeft
thou haft never yet truly touched Chrift.
Secondly, Seeing thou haft now reconciled thy
fclf to God, and renewed thy Covenant) and vow-
ed newnefs and amendment of Life ; thou muft
therefore have a fpeciai care, that thou doft not
yield to commit thy former fins any more : know-
ing that the c unclean Spirit, if ever he can get in-
to thy Soul again, after that it is (wept and gar*
nifbed; he will enter by forcible Pofleffion with Sc
ven other Devils worfe.tban himfelf : So that the
end of that Man fhaM be tvorfc than his beginning.
Be ye not therefore like the Dog, that d returns to
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Mire again. And return not to thy Malice, like
to the Adder % who laying afide her Poifon while
(he Drinksy takes it up again when flje hath tone*
But when either the Devil or thy Flefb fhall offer
to tempt and move thee to relapfe into thy for-
mer Sins; anfwer them as the Spoufe doth in the
Canticles, * / h we Put off my Coat (of my former
Corruptions ) how /hall J put it on f I wafhed my feet,
how fhall J defile them again ?
Lafilji If ever thou haft found either Joy or
Comfort in receiving the holy Sacrament, let it
appear by thy eager Dejire of receiving it b often
again. For the Body of Chrifl as it was c anointed
with theOylofgladnefs above his Fellows; fo doth it
yield a fweeter Savour than all the Oyntments of
the World : The fragrant find whereof allureth
all Sauls who have once tailed the fweetnefs there*
of, ever after to defire oftner to tafte thereof again.
d Beeaufe of the favour of thy good Oyntments % there*
fore do the Virgins love thee. e /^therefore of*
ten, 2nd fee how good the Lord is, faith David. This
i$ the Commandment of Chrifi himfelf, Do this in re*
tpemlrance of me \ and in doing this, thou (halt (hew
thy felf beft mindful and thankful for his Death.
For as oft as ye fhall eat this bread and drink this cuf y
ye fhall fbew the Lord's Death until he come. And
■ Cant. 5.3. * Scio Rome hanc efle confuctudincm, ut fideles
temper Chrifti corpus accipiant. Hier. jpol.adv.jovin. Quotidie
communionem Euchariftiz precipcre non laudo, nee reprehendo.
Omnibus Dominicis dicbus communicandum ibadeo & hortojr,
fi mens (Ineaffe&u peccandifit. Aug* (vel potius Gennadiw). ltk.de
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ceiving and living tendeth, that thou may'ft be a
holy ChrifiianS zealous of good Works, fur get from
Sin, to livefoberly, righteoujly and godly, invbn pre-
Cent World; that thou may'ft be acceptable to God,
profitable to thy Brethren, and comfortable unto thine
own SouL
Thus far of the manner of glorifying God in thy Lift.
tfon folbwetb the Practice of Piety in glorifying Gad,
in the time of Sickvefs, and whin thou art called to
die in the herd.
AS foon as thou perceiveft thy feif to be viG-
ted with any Sicknefs, meditate with thy
felf •..--,-.■
i. That 1 'mifery cometh not forth of the duft\nei-
ther doth Ajfiittionffring out of the Barib. Sickoefs
comes not by Hap or Chances (as the \ PhUiftinet
fuppofed thaj their Mice and Emrcds came) but
from Matfs Wickednefs, which, as SpirkUs,breakctb
out. Man fuffereth C faith d Jeremy) for hU Sins,
Fools \ faith e David; by Reafon of their Tranfgrejfiens,
and becaufe of their Iniquities are aflUfled. As there«
fore' Solomon advifeth a Man to carry himfelf to-
wards art earthly Prince j f '/ the Spirit of him thtt
rukth* rife, up againft ' tkee, leave not thy place ; for
gwtlenefs pacifeth great Sins:' So counfel I thee to
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him that ruleth Heaven and Earth, rife up againft
thee, let not thy Heart defpair ; for Repentance
pacifieth great Sins. And whofoever * returneth in
bis AffliQion to the Lord God of Jfrael, And feeks
him, be wiU be found of him.
x. b Shut to thy Chamber door j c Examine thine
own Heart upon thy Bed ; d Search and try thy Ways;
Search as diligently for thy capital Sin, as e Jojiua
did for AchaU) till thou findeft it. For albeit God,
when he beginneth to chaften his Children, hath
refpecl: to aU their Sins ; yet when his Anger is
incenfed, he chiefly taketh Occafibn to chaften,
and enter with them into Judgment, for fome
one grievous Sin, wherein they have lived with-
out Repentance.
3. When thou haft thusconfidered all thy Sins,
put. thy felf before the Judgment Seat of God, as
a Felon or Murtherer, ftanaing at the Barr of an
earthly Judge ; and with grief and forrow of heart
confefi uiitp God all thy known Sins, efpecially
thy capital Offences, wherewith God is chiefly dif-
pleafed. Lay them open, with all the Circumftan-
ces, of the time, place, and manner how they were
committed, as may moft ferve to aggravate the
beineufnefi of thy Sins, and to fhew the Contrition
of tby Heart for the fame. Lift up thine Hand 4
and acknowledge thy felf before the Righteous
Judge of Heaven and Eirth, guilty of eternal death
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Tranfgreflipns. And having thus accufed and judg-
ed tby (elf, caft down thy felf before the a toot*
Jtool of his Throne of Grace, a (Turing thy felf, that
whatfoever the b Kings of Ifraet be, yet the God
of Ifrael\s a merciful God : And cry unto him from
a penitent and faithful Heart, for Mercy and for.
givenefs, as eagerly and earneftly, as ever tbou
koe^eft a Malefaaor, being to receive his Seiv
tence, crying unto the Judge for Favour and Par-
don ; vowing amendment of Life, and (by tfo. a£
ilftance of his Grace) never to commit the like Sin
any more. All which thou may'ft do in thtfe^
or the Tike Wbrds. •■••-.
A. Prayer when one begins, to be fick.
OMoft righteous Judge, yet in Jefus Chrift my
Gracious Father : I wretched Sinner do here
return unto thee (though driven with Pah and
Sicknefs) like the prodigal Child with Want and
Hunger. I acknowledge that this Sicknefs and Pain
comes not by blind Chance or Fortune, but by thy
divine Providence, and fpecial Appointment. It is
the firojjje of thy heavy Hand, which my Sins have
juftly deferved: and c the things that I feared, are
now fallen upon me* Yet I do well perceive, that
d in Wrath thou remembrtft Mercy^ when I confider
how many, and how heinous are my Sins, and
how few and eafie are thy Corre&ions. Thou
mighteft have ftricken mie with fome fearful and
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ther Time or Space to have called upon thee for
Grace and Mercy ; and fo I (hould have periflwd
in my Sins, and have been for ever condemned
in Hell.
But thou, O Lord, vifiteft me with fuch a Fa«
therly chaftifement, as thou ufeft to vifit thy dear-
eft Children whom thou beft loveft ; giving me
(by this Sicknefs) both warning and time to re-
pent, and to fue unto thee for Grace and Pardon.
I take not therefore, O Lord, this thy Vifitation,
as any fign of thy Wrath or hatred ; but as an a(-
fured Pledge, and token of thy Favour and Loving-,
kindnefs, whereby thou doft with thy temporal
Judgments draw me to * judge myfelf and to re-
pent of my wicked Life, that I mould not be eon?
demned with the godlefs and unrepenting World.
For thy holy Word allures me, that f whom those
kvefij thou thus ehafteneft; and that thou fcourgefi
every Son that thou reeeiveft. that if J endure thy
ehaftening, thorn offer eft- thy f elf unto me as unto a Son :
And that aU that continue in Stn t and yet efcape with*
out Correction (whereof all thy Children are partaker s\
are Baft ards and not Sons : And that thou shaft eneft
me for my profit L , that 1 may he a partaker of thy Holt'
tiefs. O Lord, how full of Goodnefs is thy Nature,
that haft dealt with me fo gracioufly in the time
of my Health and Profperity ; And now being pro-
voked by my Sins and unthankfalnefs, haft fuch
fatherly and profitable Ends, in inflicting upon me
this Sicknefs and Correction !
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Body with ficknefe; for my £00/ was lick before of
a long profperity, and forfeited with cafe, peace,
plenty, and fulnefsof bread. And now, Q Lord,
I lament and mourn for my Sins, a / acknowledge
ny WickedmfS) and my Iniquities are always in my
fight. Oh, wliat a wretched Sinner am I, void of
all good nefs by Nature, and full of evil by finful
Cuftom ! O, what a world of Sin have I commit-
ted againft thee, whilft thy Long-fufFerance expell-
ed my Conversion, and thy Bleflings wooed me to
Repentance ! Yet, O my God, feeing it is thy pro-
perty more to refpett thtgoodmefs or thy own Na-
tore than the deferts of Sinners; I befeech thee,
O Father, for thy Son Jrfm Chrifis fake, and for
the Merits of that aB-faving Death which he hath
voluntarily fuffibred for all which believe in him ;
b -Hope mercy ufon me % according to the multitude of
tky Mercies \turn thy face. away from mySins^ and blot
e*t aU rny Iniquities: c Cafl me mot oat of thy Pre-
fence* d neither, reward me according to, my defer ts : For
if thou doft rejeflt me, who wifl receive me?
Or, who will {uccour me, if thou doft forfake me?
But thouy Lordf art the Heifer of the belplefs, and
c . in tbep the Fatherkfs findeth\ Mercy : For though
rpy Sins be exceeding great, yet thy Mercy, O
Lprd, far eaceedeth them all ; neither can I com-
mit fo many v as thy Grace can remit and pardon.
Wafh therefore, Q Chrift, my Sins with the vir-
tue of thy precious Blood, especially thofe Sins,
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to thee: But chiefly, O Lord, for Chrift his false
forgive mfe. * And feeing that of thy love thou
didlt lay down thy Life for my Ranfom, when I
was thine Enemy ; Oh, fave now the price of
chine own Blood* when it fhall coft thee but a
Smile upon me, or a gracious Appear $me in thy Fa-
ther's tight in my behalf. Reconcile me once a-
gain, O merciful Mediator, unto thy Father: For
though there be nothing in me that can pleafe
him ; yet I know that in thee, and for thy fake,
he is i well f leafed with all whom thou accepted and
loveft. And if it be thy blefled Will, remove this
Sicknefs from me, and reftore me to my former
Health again ; that I may live longer to fet forth
thy glory, and to be a comfort to my friends which
depend upon me ; and to procure to my felf a
more fettled Affurance of that heavenly Inheritance
which thou haft prepared for me. And then,
Lord^ thou {halt fee how religioufly and wifely I
fhall || redeem the time, which heretofore I have
fq leWdly and prophanely fpent. And to the end
that I qiay the fooner and the eafier be delivered
from this Pain and Sicknefs j direft me, O Lord, \
befeech thee by thy divine Providence, to fiich
a Phyficun and helper, as (that by thy hlejfmg up-
on the Means) 1 may recover my former Health
and 'Welfare again* And good Lord vouchfafe,
that as thou haft fent this Sicknefs unto me, fo
•* Here name that Sin which rnoft troubleth thy Confciencc
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thou would'ft likewife be pleas'd to fend thy Hoh
Spirit into my Heart, whereby this prefent Sicknefs
may be fandify'd unto me ; that I may ufe it as thy
Scheol, wherein I may learn to know the greatnefi
of my Mifery,and the riches of thy Mercy; that I
may be fo bumbled** the one, that I defpair not of the
other: And that I may fo renounce all Confidence
of Help in my ielf, or in any other Creature • that
X may only put my whole reft for Salvation in
thy All-fufficient Merits. And forafmuch as thou
bnbweft, Lord, how weak a Veflel I am, full of
Frailty and Imperfections? and that by Nature I
am Angry and Froward under every Crofs and Af.
fliftion ; O Lord, who art the * giver of aU good gifts
arm me with Patience to endure thy blefled Will
and Pleafure ; and of thy Mercy f lay no more upon
tw, than I (hall be able to endure and fuffer. Give me
Grace to behave my felf in all Patience, love, and
Meeknefs, unto thofe that fhall come and vifit me-
that I may thankfully receive, and willingly i m -
brace all good counfelsand confolations from them;
and that they may likewife fee in me fuch a good'
example of Patience, and hear from me fuch god^
ly Leffbns of Comfort, as may be Arguments of my
Chriftian Faith and Profeflion, and inft ruftions un-
to them, how to behave themfelves when it ftiall
pleafe thee to vifit them with the like Affliction of
Sicknefs. I |mow, Q Lord, I have deferved to dye;
and I defire not longer to live, than to amend my
wicked Life, and in fome better meafure to fet forth
*J*m?si. 19. Johnj.j7. fiGor.io.jj,
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thy Glory. Therefore, O Father, if it be thy blef-
fed Will reftore me to Health again, and grant me
a longer Life* But if thou haft, according to thy
eternal Decree, appointed by this Sicknefs to call
for me out of this tranfitory Life, I refign my felf
* into thy Hands, and holy Pleafure .• thy bleffedWik
be done, whether it be by Life or by Death. Only
I befeech thee of thy Mercy forgive me all my
Sins, and prepare my poor Soul, that by a true^
Faith and unfeigned Repentance, (he may be ready
againft the time that thou flialt call for her out of
my {ick and finful Body. O heavenly Father,
who art the b hearer of Prayer s, hear thou in Heaven
this my Prayer j and in this extremity grant me
thefe Requefts ; not for any Worthinefs that is in
me, but for the Merits of thy beloved Son Jefue,
my only Saviour and Mediator ; for whofe fake
thou haft promis'd to hear us, and to grant c what'
Joever we jfhaS ask of thee in hit Name, In his Name
therefore, and in his own Words I conclude this
my imperfeft Prayer, faying,
Oar Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name, &c»
Having thus reconciled thy felf unto God in
Chriftj
1. Let thy next care be tofet thy Huufe in order,
as Jfaiab advis'd King Hetekiah ; making thy laft
FF/tfand Teflament { if it be not already made. ) If
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it bejrfade, then per ufe it, confirm ir, and for avoid-
ing all Doubts aod Contention, f*AS0ft it before
Witnefles, that (if God calleth for thee out of this
Life} it may ftand in force and unalterable as thy
lift WillixA Tefiomtnt ; and fo deliver it locked or
fioled up in fome Box, to the keeping of a faithful
friend, in the frefence of hoheft Wtneffes.
a. But in making thy Teftdmeut, take a Rcligi-
jbus Divine's Advice, how to bellow thy benevolence)
and fome honeft Lawyers Counfel, to continue it
according to Law.
Difpatch this before thy Sicknefs doth increafe
and thy Memory decay: Left otherwife thy Te-
fiomtnt prove a Doatment, and fo another Man's
fancy f rather than thy Will
3. To prevent many Inconveniencies, let me re^
commend to thy Difcretion Two Things.
1. If God hath bleffed thee with any competent
State of Wealth, make thy Will in thy Health time.
It will neither put thee further from thy Goods,
nor batten thee fooner to thy Death j bilt it will be
a greater eafe to thy Mind, in freeing thee from a
great Trouble, when thou fhalt have moft iieed of
Quiet. For when thy Houfe is fet in order, thou
fhalt be better enabled to fet thy Soul in order, and
to difpofe of thy Journey towards God;
2. If thou haft Children, give to every one of
them a Portion, according to thine Ability > in thy
Life time j that thy Life may feem an eafe> and not
zyoke unto them: Yet fo # give, a$ that thy Children
may be ftill beholden unto thee, and not thou
unto them* But if thou keep all in thy Hands
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whilft thou liveft, they may thank death and not
thee, for the portion that thou kaveft them. If
thou haft no Children, and the Lord hath Weft
* thee with a great portion of the Goods of this
World ; and if thou meaneft to beftow them up*
on any charitable or pious ufes : Put not over that
good work to the truft of others, feeing thou feed
how moft of other Mens Executors^ prove almofi
Executioners. And if friends be fo unfaithful m a,
Man's life: How much greater caufe haft thou to
diftruft their fidelity after thy death? Lamentable
experience fheweth how many dead Mens WtiU
have of late, either been quite concealed, utterly
overthrown, or by Cavils and Quirks of Law/r</?r«-
ted or .altered: Whereas by the Law of God, the
will of the dead Ihould not be * violated; but all
his godly intentions confcionably performed and
fulfilled, as in the fight of God, who in the day of
the Rejurretl ion, will be a b jufi )udge both of the
quid and dead. And if any thing ihould hap in
his Will to be ambiguous or faultful, it ihould be
* conftrued, as it might come neareft to the honour
of God, and the honefi intention of the Teflator*
But let the vengeance, due to fuch unchriftian deeds*
light on the J8ors that do them ; not on the KJng*
dam wherein they are fufFered to be done. And
let other Rich Men be warned by fuch wretched
examples, not fo to d niarrj their minds to their
* Gal. 3. 1 5. Hcb.9.17. h a Cor. 5. 10. Eccl 12.14. Rom.i.T?.
1 Cor. 4. "j. * Voluntas teftatoris magis infpicfenth eft qnfcm V**.
ba, 1. cum virum. feft. fani C. de fidci cum ff. ad leg. Fal. 1. Cu
ff. ad Trcb. 1. ubi. feft. tc rogo. * Matrimonium inter Aurum &
Arcam, divortium inter Deum & Animam. Auguft. Fselix qutiit
fcctuntalienapericulacaiiann. ....-•.-..
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Money ; as thac they will do no go** with their
Goods, till Death divorceth them. Confidering
therefore the (hortnets of thine own Lift, and the
uncertainty of <*&r* juft Sealing after thy Death, in
tbefe **/*/£ D*p : Let me advife thee (whom God
bath blefled with ability, and an intent to do good)
to become in thy lifetime, thine own Admimfirttorx
make thine own Hands thine Executors, and thine
own Eyes thy Overfeers ; caufe thy lanthorn to give
her light before thee, and not behind /foe; give
God the Glory, and thou (halt receive of him in
• due time the b Reward, which of his Grace and
Mercy he hath promifed to thy good Wsrks.
4. Having thus fet thy Houfe and Soul in order
(if the ' determined number of thy Days be not
expired) God will either have Mercy upon thee,
and fay, i /pare him (O killing Malady) that he go
not down into the Pit: For J have received a Recon-
ciliation : Or elfe, his Fatherly Providence will di-
rect thee to fuch a Phy$cian,ixA to fuch e Means, as
that by his Bleffiugxxyon. their Endeavours thou (halt
recover, and be reftored to thy former Health again.
But in any wife, take heed that neither thou, nor
any for thee, fend unto Socerers, Wizards, Char"
mers, or Inehanters for help : For this were to leave
the Godoflfraelt and to go to f Baalzebuh the God
vf Ebon for help, as did wicked Ahaxiah ; and to
break thy Vow which thou haft made with the
blefled Trinity in thy Baptifmi And be fure that
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14.14 &i8.aa. 1C0r.15.j8. Rev.14. ij. °J«**4 5- <Uob33*4«
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God will never give a a bleiling by thofe means
which he hath accurfcd ; but if he permit Satan
to cute thy body, fear left it tend to the damnation
of thy foul. Thou art h tryed, beware.
When thou haft fent for the Phyftcian, take heed
that thou put not thy truft rather in the Phyf%cian y
than in the Lord, as Afa did ; of whom it is faid,
that c he fought not to the Lord, in his difeafe, hut
to the Phyfician : which is a kind of Idolatry, that
will increafe the Lord's anger, and make the Phy-
fick received uneffe&uaL Ufe therefore the Phy-
ficiad as GodV Inftrument, and Phyfick as GodV
means, And feeing it is not lawful without Pray-
er to ufe ordinary Food, t Tim. 4. 4. much Ief9
extraordinary Phyfick whofe good effeft depends
Upon the bleffing of God ; before thou rakeli thy
Phyfick, d fray therefore heartily unto God to blew
it unto thy ufe, in thefe or the like words*
A Prayer lefore taking of Phyfick.
O Merciful Father, who art the Lorctof health)
and of ficknefs, of life, and of death; who
kiUefty and makefi alive ; who * bringefl down to
the grave and raifefi uf again: I come unto thee*
as to the only Phyfician, who canft cure my foul
from yfo, and my iody from ficknefsi I defire nei*
ther life nor death, but refer my felf to thy moft
holy will, for, though we mufi needs dye and be*
tng deadydur lives are as * water fpiit on the ground^
9 J. i .. Jf • 'f il m 1 1 ■ ■ ' ,. * '
i Jcr. 8. is. • x Sam. 1. 6, i 2 Safli. 14. 14. .
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*?£/;& cannot be gathered up again ; yet hath thy gra-
cious providence (whilft life remaineth; appointed
means which thou wilt have thy Children to ufe j
and (by the lawful ufe thereof) to expeft thy bJcf-
fing upon thine own means, to the curing of their
-ficknefs, and teflitution of their health And now,
O Lotd, m this itay neceffity, J have, according
to thirie Ordinance, fent for thy Servant ( the Pfy.
fician) who hath prepared fbr me this Phyfick,
which I receive as means fent from thy fatherly
band: I befeech thee therefore, that as by thy
hUffing on a E lump of dry Jigs, thou did'ft heal He-
zekiah J s Sore, that he recovered; and by Seven
times iva/hing in the River of h Jordan, didft cleanfe
Naaman the Syrian of his Leprofiej and didft re-
ftore the Man that was blind from his birth, by
* anointing his eyes with clay and Cpittle, and fend-
ing him to wafh in the pool cf Siham, and by
touching the hand of d Peter's Wive's Mother, didft
cure her of her Feaverj and didft reftore the
Woman that c touched the hemm of thy Garment,
from her blood; ijfue: So it would pleafe thee of
thy infinite Goodnefs and Mercy, to fan&ifie this
Phyfick to my ufe, and to give fuch a blefling un-
to it, that it may (if it be thy will and pleafure)
reriiove this my ficknefs and pain, and reftore mc
to health and Jhength again. But if the number of
thofe days which thou haft f appointed for me, to
live in this vale of mifery, be at an end ; and that
* Ha 38.11. Virlfings 5. 14. *Johfl9.$,7- * Matth. *. U-
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thou haft lent this iickneis as thy Meflenger, to
cafl me out of this mortal Life : Then Lord, let
thy lltffed will be done : For I fubuitt my will to thy
moft holy pleafure. Only I befeech thee, encreale
my Faith and Patience, and let thy grace and mer-
cy be never wanting unto me; But in the midft
of all extremities amft me with thine holy Spirit,
that I may willingly and cheerfully refign up my
Soul ( the price of thine own Blood) into thy moft
fradous hands and euftody. Grant this, O Father,
or Jefiis Cbrift his fake; to whom with thee, and
the holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, both
how and evermore. Amen.
Meditations for the fick.
T \ THilft thy (kknefs remaineth,ufe often (for
YV thy comfort ) thefe few Meditations^ ta-
ken from the ends wherefore God fendeth afflift-
ions to his Children. Thoie are ten.
i. That by afflictions God may not only * cor*
reft our fins paft, but alfo work in us a deeper
loathing of our natural corruption ; and fo pre*
vent us from falling into many other fins, which
otherwife we would commit ; Like a good Father*
who fufters his tender Babe to fcorch his finger in
a candle, that he may the rather learn to beware
of. falling into a greater fire. So that the Child of
God may fay with David f it is good for me that
* Deui fuospercutit ut cmenctet, Hicr. com in Efa. i . 6. Dens
cmhmltateinfflgit, non ejetingnefe, fedcaftigarenoscupiens. Am
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/£mi/* few* dfflitfed, that I may learn thyftaiutes ; for
4 before I was afflicted /went aft ray, but now banc I kept
thy word. And indeed (faith Su Paul) b We are
chaftened of the Lord, becauje we fbould not be con-
demned with the World. With one crofs God ma-
keth two cures ; the chafiifement of fins part, and
the prevention of fin to come. For though the
eternal funijhment of fin (as it proceedeth from Ju-
ftice) is fully pardoned in the Sacrifice of Chrift;
yet we are not ^without ferious judging our felves)
exempted from the temporal chafiifement of fin;
for this proceedeth only from the love of God, for
our good. And this is the rcafon, that when Na-
than told David, from the Lord, that his fins were
forgiven ; yet that the c Sword of Chafiifement fkould
not depart from his houfe ; and that d his Child Jbould
furely die. For God, like a skilful Phyfician, fee-
ing the Soul to be foifoned with the fettling of fin;
and knowing that the reigning of the Jft/ft will prove
the ruin of the Spirit: miniftreth the bitter pill of
affli&ion, whereby the reliques of fin are purged,
and the Soul more found Iy cured ; thzflejb is fob-
dued, and the Spirit is lanttified. Oh the odioufr
nefs of fin, which caufeth God to Chajlen (ofevere*
Iy his Children, whom otherwife he* loveth fo
dearly!
x. God fendeth affii&ion to feal unto us our
Adoption : for e every Child whom God loveth f be cor*
reflet h : And he is a Baflard that is not cor retted : Yea*
•Pfil.119.tf7. *i Cor. 11.31. 5iSam.lt. io. dVerfei*
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ic is a Cure Note, that where God feeth Sin and
[mites not, there he detefls and loves not. There-
fore it is laid, that he * differed the wicked Tons
of Eli to continue in their fins, without correflion, be*
csufe the; Lord would flay them* On the f other fide,
there is no furer token of God's fatherly lovezxA
we, than to be corre&ed with fome crofs y as oft as
we commit any finful crime. Affli&ioa therefore
is a feai of Adoption, no fign of Reprobation. For
the pureft Corn is cleaned fanned, the fineft Gold
is ofteft tried, the fweeteft Grape is hardeft prefr
fed, and the trueft Chriftian heavieft croffed.
3 . God fendeth affit&ion to man our hearts from
too much loving this world and worldly vanities :
and to caufo us the more earneftly to dcfire and
l90g for |l eternal life. As the Children of Ifrael (h&d
they not been ill intreated in Egypt j would never
have been fo willing to go towards Cannan; So
(were it not for the Croffes and Afflictions in this
life) God's Children would not fo heartily long
and willingly define for the kingdom of Heaven.
For, we fee many Epicures y that would be content
to foregoe Heaven, on condition that they might
ftill enjoy their earthly Pleafures ; and (having
mver tafted the joys of a better J how loth are
* Ad mlla fcrvantur non moritura mail, i Sam. 2.25. + Nam*
que favor nimius non eft favor, ira fed ingens: At favor in mag-
no fepe dolore latet. Bafil. Anthofacr. || Crebris tribulationibus
Ecclefiam fuam Dominus exercec : nfe fi cun&a temporalia fortfe
proipcre currant ; incolatu pnefentis exilii dilefta, minds coded-
em patriam fufpiret. Beds in Cant. Mundanus affe&us prefentia
amat, temporalia cumulat, fpiri tualia negligit , & cilm totus fe fpar-
git in tmis, ail pottft pmarc defummis. Tqjf /19. Btttitrch dedifc. m**
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they to depart this life ? whereas the Apoftle (that
fa w * Heaven's glory ) tells us* that there is do more
comparifori betwbit the joys of eteroal life, and
the fkafares of this world, than there is betwixt
the fthiefi dung, and the fkafanufi meat: Or be-
twixt the ftinkingeft b dung-hill, and the faireft bed-
chamber. As therefore a loving Nurfe, puts Worm-
wood or Muflard on the bread, to make the Child
the rather to forfake the Dug ; fo God mixeth
fometimes * afBidion with the pleafares and pro-
fpertty of this life, left (like the children of this ge-
neration! they fliould forget God, and fall into
too much love of this prefer* evil World ; and fo
by riches grow proud ,• by/*w» infolent • by tiber-
tj wanton j and d ./f*r» with their beel agatnf the
Lord, when they wax fut. For if God's Children
love the world (6 well* when (like a ourft fief-
mother flie mifufeth and ftrikes us; how (hould we
love this harlot, if {hefmittd upon us, zoAftroak-
ed us, as me doth her own worldly Brats? Thus
doth God (like a wife and loving Father) embit-
ter wi h erodes the pleafuresof this life to his chil-
dren, that(finding in this MwtyAate no true zvApr-
maxentj<ys)they might fighand long for eternal life,
where firm and everUflingjoys are only to be found.
4. By afBi&ioa and fickoefs God exercifeth his
Children, and the graces which he beftoweth upoo
them. He refineth and trieth their faith, as the
Goldfmith doth his Go/dm the* Furnace, to make
ijCor. i»-4- b Phil. 3&» «Nef«i{Hviriallqul elarioae in
h»c vita fuperbiant, quibufdam teatationibus rcpritpwHiv. Smth.
in 1 Reg- d V*"*- 1'- ' J- e ' Pet - *• 7* Ut itf* 9******, & at> ad-
mixtione vitiorum carnalium defecati, fpkndcaat «oinati in*
nocentise clatitate. HiU.inPfal.tf.
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it Ihine mo«e glittering and bright: he ftirreth us
up to pray more diligently, and zealoufly, and pro-
veth what patience we have learned all this while
in his * School. The like experience he maketh
of our Hope, Love, and all the reft of our Chrifiian
Vcrtues: Which without this trial, would rujf,
like Iron unexercifed ; or corrupt like ftanding wa-
ters, that either have no current, or elfe are not
* poured from vejfel to vejfel; whofi tafte remaineth>
and wbofejcent is not changed. And rather than a
Man ftiould keep ftill the Jcent of his corrupt Na-
ture to damnation ; who would not wilh to be chan-
ged from ftate to ftate, by crofles and ficknefs, to
[dvai'tonl For as the Camomile which is trodden %
growethbeft, and fmelleth moft fragrant j and as
ttejijb-isfiieetejl that lives in they*//*/? Waters:
So %hofc fouls are moft precious unto Chrijf, who
are moft exercifed and afflifted with his Crops.
.5. God fendeth afflictions, to dejmonftrate un-
to the world the truenefs of his child rens love and
Service. Every hypocrite will ferve God whilft he
prqfperetb and bleffeth him, as the Psw/falfely ao
cufed c Joh to have done; but who (faving his loving
Child) will love and ferve him in adverftty, when
God feemeth to be angry and iifpleafed with him ?
Yea, and cleave unto him moft infeparately, when
he fqemeth ("with the greatefi frown and difgrace)
» Schota cruris, fchola lucis. Gubernator in tempeftate dignof-
eitur, in act* m»«s probata* $ delicata iaOatio eft, c&ra pericu-
lum npn eft : confliQatio in adverfis, probatio eft Veritas. Cyfr.
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to rcjed a Man, and to caft htm out of his favour?
yea, when he feemeth to wound and kit as an enemy :
yet then to fay with job * Tbf thou Lard, kit
me^yet wit I put mj trufi in (beef The loving and
the ferving of God ; and trailing in his mercy in
the time of our correction and mifery, is the truefi
note of an unfeigned Child And Servant if the Lord.
6. Sanftified affli&ion is a Angular help ta further
our true comer fion-, and to drive us home by repe*
tance to our heavenly Father, f In their tfJUfttons
(faith the Lord) they vpitfeek me diligently. Egyfth
burthens made a Ifrqel cry unto God. b David's trou-
bles made hicnprsy. c Hezekiah** ficknefs made him
to ipeep : and miiery drove the d Prodigal Child to
return and fue for hi? Bather's grace and mercy.
Yea, we rtfid of many in the Gqfpel r that by fuk-
nejfes and afflictions were driven to come unto
Chrift, who if they had had health and prof peri*
ty as others, would hav4 (like others) neglected
br contemned their Saviour, and never have
fought unto him for his faving health and grace.
For as %bv Ark of Noah ', (he higher it vra$ toflfed
with the flood, the nearer it pipunted towards fica-
ven-y fa the fan£tifed foul, the more it is exercifed
with affliflion, the nearer it is lifted towards God.
O! blejfedv* that crofs that drawetb a finner to * come
("upon the knees of his heart) unto Chtifi, to coo-
fefe his own Mifery, and to implore his endlefe
m^rcy ! O blejfed, ever hleffed be that Chrifi % that
Mobn.i*. tHof.5.15. ?Exod.5;7. b £<*].*&£. clft.38.
1,3. * Luke 13. itf,&c. c Dens non dclcftatur pcenis aoftds, fe4
SPafeffic qem qwerit erroris. Ah. in Pfsl. 4. Penitent.
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never refufeth the Tinner that cometh unto him,
tbo* weather driven by affii&ien and mijeryl
7- Af&i&ion worketh in us pity and compaffio*
toward our feBoi»-irethren 9 that be in diftrefs and
mifery ; whereby we learn to have a a fellow feel*
ing of their calamities ; and to condole their eftate,
as if we fuffered with fbem. And for this caufe
Chrift himfelf would fuffer, and *be temfted in all
things like unto m (fin only excepted/ that he might
he a tntrctful HigbPriefij touched with the feeling of
our infirmities. For none can fo heartily bemoan
the mifery of another, as he who firft (uttered himm
felfthv fame affii&idih Hereupon a (inner in mife*
ry may boldly fay v unto Chriftj
if on ignore midi^ miferis fuccurito Chrifte.
Oar frailty ftth (0 Cbrift) thou didj? perceive ;
Condole our fiari,i$hhfli& in frailty cleave.
&. God ufeth pur (fckneffes and affltftions, as
means and examples both to c mauifeft unto others
the fdifb and vertuej which he hath beftowed upon
us j as alio to ftrehgthen thofe who have not rcceiv-
ed-fo great a meafure of Faith as we. For there can
be; no greater encouragement to i weak Chriftian,
than to behold a true profeflbr (in the extreameft
ficknefeof his body) fuj?port<?d with greater patience
wm incidere m calaimtates, ut virtutem qna& in iUo latebkt, alils
^rtammwfcftainquc feciac. D0m.Li.diOrib.c0P. 29.
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and confoktion in his /mil And the comfortable
and bleffed departure of fucb a Man, will arm him
againft the fear of death, and aflure him, that the
hope of the godly it afar mart precious thing than that
ftejk and blood can uwtfrft«nd> or mortal eyes behold,
in this vdtofmifery. And were it not that we did
fee many of thofe whom we know to be the un-
doubted Children of God, to have endured fuch
aJBt&ians and calamities before us ; the greatnefs
ofthe miferies and. erodes which oft-times we en*
dure, would make us doubt, whether we be the
Children of God or no. And to this purpofe S.
Jsmts faith, God. made Job and the Prophet t an ex-
ample of fuffering adn/erfity, and pf long patience.
9. By * afflictions God makes us conformable to
the Image of Ckrtfl his Son, who being the b Cap-
tain of our Salvation, was made perfeft through J of-
ferings. And therefore he fir ft bare the Crofs in
jharr.e, before he was * crowned with glory; did firft
tafte d gall, before he did eat the e honey-comb:
and was derided King of the, Jem, by the Souldiers
in the High-grkfts Ml, before he was fainted
f Ktnr of Glory, by the Angels in his Fathers Court.
And t be mare lively our btaven/y Father (hall per-
ceive the noge of his natural Son. to appear in us,
the better he will love us, and when we have for
a time, born bis Likenefs io his Sufferings, and
* fought and k overcome , we (hall be crowned by
• Rom. 8. 1 a. 1 Pjet. 4. 14. b Heb. a. w.. cHeb. 3. 7. d Mtt.37.
}4-. ' e. Luke 34.43, ' Ftvtt P»Jl ftl gmfisvlt. Tore lib. de Coroo.
ttuMt.cap.34. »piU^34.7. • rfim.*?,.*. iRev.j,.*!.
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Chrifi j and with C/ir/// 9 fit on bis Throne ; and
oiChrift receive the a fruhsts white Jione acid morn-
ing fiar that Jbafl make us h Jbine like Chrifi tor ever
in his glory.
io. Laftly, That the godly may be humbled
in refpcft of their own ftate and mifery ; and
c God glorified by delivering them out of their
troubles and afflictions, when they call upon him
for his help and fuccour. For though there be
no Man to fare, but if the Lord wi\]ftrattfy d mark
iniquities y he fhall find in him juft caufe to punifli
him for his Sin: yet the Lord in Mercy doth
not c always in the affliftion of his Children, re-
fpeft thtir fins ; but fometimes layeth affli&ions
and croffes upon them for his glorfs fake. Thus
our Saviour Cbrift told his Difciples, that the Mm
was not born blind for his own or his Parents fimi
But that the mrk of God fhould bejbewed on him. . So
he told them likewife, that Lazarus's ficknefs was
not unto the death, but for the glory of God. O the
unfpeakable goodnefs of God, which turneth thofe
affli&ions, which are the jbame and funifbment due
to our Sins, to be the fubjeft of his hononr and
glory!
» Rev. 2. 17. b Phil. 3. 11. c Hco tentantur Sanfii, ut ipfi fe
agOQfcant. Prima/, Effc fc magnarum virium homo crederet, (i
nullum unquam carundem virium dcfe&um fentirct. Greg. I. z.
M°r*l- Job. d pfai. 130. 3. c In his qu« patimur, nullum contra
Dcum murmur cordi noftro fubrcpat : quia ad quid hoc Creator
nofteroperetur,ignommcft.Grg;. Mptf-li. f John93.*Johhu.4.
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Tbefe ate the bleffed and profitable * ends, where-
fore God fendeth ficknefs and affliction upoon his
Children; whereby it may plainly appear that
aflliftions are not figns either of God's hatred, or wrr
reprobation ; but rather /ofatf and f Jr^M of his fa-
therly love unto Children, whom be loveth, and
therefore chafteneth them in this life, where, up-
on repentance, there remains hope of pardon i ra-
ther than to refer the Puoifliment to that Lift,
where there is no hope of pardon, nor end of Pu-
ttifbment. For this caufe, the Chriftians in the
Primitive f Church, were wont to give God great
thanks* for afflicting them m this Itfk. So the A*
poftles rejoyced, that they were counted worthy tofuf-
ftr for CbriJfs.Vame, ASfs $. 41. And the Chrift-
ian Hebrews f offered with joy the fpoilwgof their goods,
knowing that they had in Heaven a better, and an en-
storing fubftanct, Heb. 10. 34. And in refpeft of
thofe holy ends, the Apoftle faith, || That though no
affliction for the prtfent feemetb joyous, hut grievous 1
Yet, afterwards it bringeth the quiet fruit of rigbteouf,
nefs to them who are thereby exercifed. Pray there-
fore heartily, that as God hath fenf untG thee
this ficknefs ; fo it would pleafe him to come h'mr
felf unto thee, with thy ficknefs, by teaching thee
to make thofe fanclified ufes of it, for which he b,atb
jpflifted the fame upon thee,
* Malum pat! malum non eft : malum facere malum eft.. Chyf:
de prod. Jul. i Cum vexamur ac premimur, turn maximas gra-
tias aglmus induJgentiflimo patri, a_uod corruptelam noftnun non
patitur longiCjs procedure, fed plagisac yerberibua emendat. Ls%.
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Meditations for one that is recovered from Sicknefs.
IF God hath of his mercy heard thy Prayers*
and reftored thee to thy health again * ponfider
with thy felf,
1. That thou haft now received from God, as
it were, another Life. Spend it therefore to the
honour of God, in newnefs of Life. Let thy Sin
die with thy ftcknefs : but live thou by grace to
holinefs.
x. Be not the more fecure, that thou art reftor-
ed to healthy neither infult in thy felf, that thou haft
efcaped death : But think rather, chat God (fee*
ing how unprepared thou waft) hath of his mercy
heard thy Prayer, fpared thee, and given thee
fdme little longer time of refpite $ that thou may'ft
both amend thy life, and put thy felf in a hetter
readinefs againft the time that he (hall call for thee
without further delay, out of this World. For
,tho' thou haft efcaped this, it may be, thou (halt
not efcape the next ficknefs.
3. Confider how fearful a reckoning thou hadft
made before the Judgment feat of Cbrift, by this
time, if thou haft dyed of this Jfcknefs : Spend
therefore the time that remains, fo as that thou
may'ft be able to make a more cheerful account of
thy felf, when it muft be expired indeed.
4. Put not far off the daj of death: thou know-
eft not for all this, how near it is at hand; and
being fo fairly warned, be wifer. For if thou be
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fee kfe, and thy judgment greater.
$ . Remember that thou haft vowed amendment
and newnefs of life. Thou haft * vowed a vow un-
to God, defer not to pay it : for be deligbtetb not in
fools j pay therefore that thou haft vowed. The un-
clean Spirit is caft out : O let him not re-enter
with h feven worfe than himfelf. Thou haft fighed
out the groans of Contrition, thou haft wept the
tearS of Repentance ; thou art waflbed in the Pool
of Betbefda, dreaming with five bloody wounds,
not of a c troubling Angel, but of the d Angel tf
God's prefence, troubled with the wrath due to thy
fins ; who defended into Hell, to reftore thee to
faving Health, and Heaven. c Return not now,
with the Dog, to thine own vomit, nor like the
wafied Sow % to wallow again in the mire of thy for-
ner fins and uncleannefs; left f being intangledani
overcome again with the fltbinefs of Jin, (which now
thou haft efcaped ) thy latter end prove worfe than
thyfirfi beginning. Twice therefore doth our Savi-
our Chrift give the tame cautionary warning to
healing finners. Firft, to the Man, cured of his
thirty-eight years difeafe $ * Behold thou art made
tojfole ; fin no more, left a worfe thing fall upon thee.
Secondly, To the Woman taken in adultery ;
b Neither do I condemn thee : Go thy wop and fin
no more. Teaching us, how dangerous a thing it
is, to relapfe and fall again in to. the former ' excefs
*EecL?-4- bMatth.12.45. 'J hn 5. 4. d Ha. 63.94 *xP*.
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tf riot. Take heed therefore unto thy ways j and
pray for grace that || thou maffi affty thy bean un-
to wifdom, during thttfmaB number of days which
yet remain behind : And for thy prefect mercy
and health received, imitate the thankful Leper,
and return unto God, this or the like Thankfgtv*
ing.
A Thankf giving to be fad of one that it recovered
from Sicknefs.
O Gracious and merciful Father, who art the
Lord of health and fickneft, of life and of
death ; * who kiBefc and maiefi alive; wtho hring*
eft dawn to the grave \ and raifeft uf again ; who
art the only preserver of all thofe that truft in thee:
I thy poor and unworthy fervant having now (by
experience of my painful ficknefs) felc the grie-
voufnefs of mifery due unto fin, and the greatnefs
of thy mercy in forgiving finners, and perceiving
with what a fatherly companion thou haft heard
my prayers, and reltored me to my health and
ftrength again ; do here (upon the bended knees"
of my heart) return (with the thankful Leper) to
acknowledge thee alone to be the God of my heajjth
and falvation; and to give thee praife and glory
for my ftrength and deliverance out of that grie-
vous difeafe and malady ; And for thus turning my
.mourning into mirth* my ficknefs into health, and
my death into life. My fins deferred puniffimenr,
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and thou haft combed me, but baft not given me
Iter unto Death. * lk*\ if™ ^ >J f
«*i*r fib - Crane, or a SwaBfi I mourned (m a
Dave) when the biuernefsof Hcknefs oppreffed jneyj
lifted up mine eyes unto thee, Lord, and thpu diffl
Vomfjmex For thou difift caftaB my fins bebmd thy
tact and did'(l deliver my foul from the P'f°f Cor-
ruption : and when I found no help in myfelf, nor in
pother creature faying I am deprived of the refine
of my years, 1 /ball fee Man no more amon* the Inba.
iitaits of the world) then did ft thou fore mete
health again, andgaveft life unto me: I found tbee,
Lord, ready to Jave me. -
And now, Lord, I confefs, that I cad never
vield unto thee, fuch a meafure of thanks as thou
haft (for this beneEt) deferved at my hands. And
(feeing that I can never be able to repay thy good-
nefs with acceptable works) O that I could with
Mary Magdalen teftifie the love and thankfulnefs of
my heart, with abounding tearsl O, what ftafl I
be able to render unto thee, O Lord, /or aBtbeJe
Benefits which thou ha/ beftowed upon my Soul I
Surely, as in my ftcknefs, when I had nothing elfe
to give unto thee, I offered Chriffi and his merits
uffto thee us a ranfom for my fins : So being now
reftored by thy grace unto my health and ftrength.
and having no better thing to give; behold, O
Lord, f I do here offer up my/f//iinto thee,, be-
^eching thee fd to affift me with thy holy Spirit,
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that the' remainder of my life may be wholly
fpent in fettlng forth thy praife add glory.
O Lord, forgive me 1 my former follies and tin*
thaokfulnefs; that 1 was no more careful to love
thee, according to itiy goodkefs, nortoferve thee,
according to thy wtB, nor to obey thee, accord*
ing to. thy Commandment s t nor to thank thee, ac-
cording to thy benefits. , And feeing thou knoweft
thaiofmyfelfl am not fu$cient fo math as to think
t good thought, (much lefs to do that which is good
and acceptable in thyfight) affift me with thyGrace
and hqiy Spirit, that' I may (in my profperity) as
devoutly fbend my health in thy fervice,as I was
earneli in my ficknefs to beg it at thy hands. And
fuflfer me never to forget either this thy mercy id
reftoring trie.td my health, or thole i/ows&hd pro-
mifes, which I have made unto thee in my ficknefs*
With my new healtbi reaew.in me, O Lord, a right
Spirit : which may free me from theflavery of fin,
and eftabliJb my heart in the fervice of grace.
Work in me a great deteftation of all fins (which
were the caufes of thy anger and my ficknefs) and
increafe my Faith in Jefus Chrift, who is the Au-
thor of my health » ahd fahation. Let thj good Spi-
rit lead we in the way that I/hoald walk j and * teach
me to deny all at>goMinefs t and xvorldl) lufts,wd td*
live foterfc rigbteottjly and godly in this world; that
others by my example may think better* of thy.
truth. And fith this time f which I have yet to*
live; is but a little refpite and fmall remnant of
days, which canndt long continue;^ Teach me
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heart to that fpiritturf mmm^yhiih direftctb ttfaf-
nation And to cTiis end, make me more aealoas
than T nave, been m Religion, more devout in pray-
er, more fervent in (pint,, more careful to hear
and profit by the preaching of thy Gofeely to/an
helpful to my poor brethren, more watchful over
my ways, more faithful in my catting, and every
tray more abundant in aU>0bi Works, Let me
Sin the joy'fut time of ProTperity) fear the evil
'ay of affliction; in- the time of health, think on
fickrieft j in the time of ficknefs, make my felf rea-
dy for detth j and when death approjrche-ih. pre-
pare hVyiEtf &r jit foment. Let nVy whole fife be an
exprefling. thank'fulnefsunto'thee for thy grace and
niercy. And therefore, O Lord, t clo here from
the very bottom of my heart, together With the
* thoufdhdthnjands of JjMets % the four %*jLs y and
fmnijfiitr Efit&s % and aUthit Creatures in Heaven
and on the Earth* acknowledge to %e due unto tbto,
Father, wbiebfkteth upon the Jhront % anXtothe ham,
thy Son, who'fitteth at thy righr-hahd, and to the
hot} Spirit^ which^procsedeth'from both, the holy
Trinity of perfon's in *wVof fiibftance, all Praife,
hohMK, glory and power, kom this time forth and
Jbr evermore. Amen. '
jtfeditafmii'fdr ofiethttt ,fr like to Aye.
F t by (ickrwfs be like to iof reafe unto death; then
meditate pa three things ; Firl\ how gracioafy
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God deajerig with thee; Secondly, from wteat *wJ
death wiS free theei Thirdly, what ^ttrf death
win bring; unto thee.
Firft, Concerning <3aPj favourable dealing with
thee*
i. Meditate* that God uCeDh this tbaftijement of
thy Jm$ but as a Medkine to cure thy >»4 by
drawing thee {who art ficfc hi fin) to come by re»
peatanoc unto » £*>■# (thy ?hyfici*»y to have thy
foul heated.
%. That die fcreft ficknefsor feinfnSefi Difeafe
which**wu caaft endure, is nothing, if it be com-
pared to /%? dolours and ^4«m which y*/*/ Chrijt
thy Saviour hath foflfered for thee: when in a
b Mood} fate* be endured the • tvrtth of (7^ the
paimiWl^QadtktcKrfed death which was due
to thy fins. Juftly therefore may he ufe thoie
words of Jeremy, Behold, #td fee if there $t anjfor*
vtm> Me unto m fomto, tohfchis done unto me x where'
with the Lord hath ajfflifted me in the fay of his ford
wrsth. Hath the Son of God endured fo much for
thy redemption *and wilt not thou a/*/*/ Man tat
dure a little fieknefs for bis pieafure ; efpecially
wften it is <fer thy good?
$. "itiat^hen thy Adtnefsand difeafe is at the
ejotmnofti yet it is kfs and eajser than thy fins have
'", . ■. mn
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& quanta illcJint culpa {uftfcuit. intelligja^s jios pec£atpit*qm»
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defer ved. ' Lee thine own conscience judge whe-
ther thou haft not defifvri wfe than ail that thou
doft fufFer. .
Murmur not therefore, but confidering thy
manifold fend gYkvous )fcj; 9 tliank God that .thou
art not plagued with far more grievous punijbments.
Think how willingly the damned in Hell would
endure the extrearneft Pains a thoufand/ Years, on
condition that they had but the hope t$ be fa ved;
and \ after fo many years) to be eafed of tHeir eter^
^/.torments. And feeing that it is his mercy that
thou art not rather *' confUmed than cor retted ;
how canft thou but bear patiently his temporal
correction,; feeing the end is to fave- thee from
b eternal condemnation?
4. That nothing corneth tp;pafs iti this cafe un-
to chee, but fuch as ordinarily befel to others thy
brethren ; who (being the f btjoved and undoubt-
ed ftrvants of God whenahey lived on. earth) are
now moft * blejfed and glorious Saints >vith Chrift
in Heaven; as Job, David> Lazaru^ &c. They
groaned for a. time, as thou doeft, under the like
burthen: but they are no\^ delivered from all their
m ferie<, troubles, and calamities. And fo lrkewife
e'er long (if thou wile patiently tarry, the Lord's
•leifure) thou (halt alfa be delivered from thy
ficknefs and painj either by; reftitution to thy
former health, with .Jab; pr (which is far better)
by being received to heavenly reft, with Lazarus.
5-. Laftly, That G<?^ ilatlnfOt given thee over
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into the hand of chine enemy, to be punimed and
difgraqgd-; but v being thy. loving Ftther) he cor-
refteth thee with his own merciful hand. When
David had tiis with, to chufe his own chaftifement,
he chpfe rather tq be corrected by the hand of
God, tfran by any other means ; a Let, us fall into the
band of' the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let
we not .fail into the hand of man. Who will not take
any aftti£tkm in good part, when it cometh from
the hand^gf G^from whomcthouflhno b ^/^/»
oh feemeth joyous far theprefent) we know nothing
Cometh : but what is good f The confideration here-
of made * David to endure Shimefs curfed railing,
with greater patience ; and tocorred himfelfano*
ther time for his impatience ; d I Jbould not have
opened my mouth, becaufe thou didji vit: and Job, tO :
reprqvp the unodvtftd fpeech of his Wife, e Tho*-
fpeakeft lite a fpoltfb Woman* ' What?, fiat we re«
ceive good at the hand of God, and not revive evil?
And though the cup of Gods wrath due to our fins r
was fuch a horror to our Saviours Humane N^ s
ture t ' that h? earneftly . prayed that it might f pafs '
from him j yet (when he confidered ,that it was
reached' linto him by the « hand and will of his
Father) he willingly fubmitted bimfelf to driokit
to the very dregs thereof. Nothing will more arm
thee Vitfi patience iij thy fkknefs, than to fee that,
it c^meili.frpm the hand of thy heavenly Father^
who would never fend it, but that he fees it to he
upto thee both needful and profitable.
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*&g, and of all the miferies which are .due untp
fin: fo that after death * ihtrtfbaA }e no more for-
row, nor crying \ wither JhaS there U any -more fain ;
for QoJ Jhaf! wipe away all tears from then eyes. Xea,
by djeatp we are feparated from the Company of
wicked Men j and Qod e S**??* 4»<r minifkl ***4
right ious Men from the evil to come. So lie dealt
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3{ Whereas this w«$ejlbc$y li«esio 3 World
of wictedBfi fo jthat fhe pqor fopl cannot Jpqk
out #t *be r ey§, and not bejnfefled ; nor hear by
the^M»,a»d *©t be dUfraeted,; W fmell at the
noftrils, and not be tainted; nor tafte with the
taaftw.and ootfce alltfrld ;*iDr touch by thelpnd,
and eot he akfilM; and every fcpfc V99P * v ?*y
temptation is ready ce betray die fouk.By fl?ath
the foul lhall be delivered from this thraldom,
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and this corruptible body jhaUput ontucQrrtiftiqn^Mi
this mortdjmmqrtdlity, i Con if. 53* Q faffed,
ghrice blefled be that death iq the Lord, which
delivers us out of To evil a World, and freeth u$
from fuch a body of bondage andcorruptiooi
Jie third fort of Mfiiutims are, U conftfer wkt
g<K>4 death mBhring unto the?.
jT^Eath bringeth the godly Mftri's fof/foeo.
JL/ joy an immediate Cqmmunion with the
blefled ftwtjy in .everlafting ////} andg/07.
V It franflates the foul from the; Aifijries of
r tnis .World, the contagton of fin, and toqety of
'finnersi to the * City ofth} /«//*& G*£ r& tUtfiid
^irufalemyani the company' of innumerable Amk
' and to the. "Affetnbly and Congttyaiqn of the 'Tkfl-hrt,
which arf mitten * n fJeaven,andto Gqdtfrejufyef
l *JZ, and to the fouls of juft *M> ntade'j>erfitt,adti
*fefus the Mediator of (he New Cavtnant,
, 3. Death putteth the Soul into the a&oal and
full pofleflion of all the Inheritance and happinefs
which Cjhriit' hath either promifed/ufctd thee in
! his Wor3, or purchased for thee by his Blood.
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This is the good and happinefs,' whereuntoa
' blefled death will bring thee. And what a truly
religious Chrtftian that is young, would not wift
; himfelf
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fobncr approach, ,tQ ent^r into this Ccelefti al Para*
clife ? Where thou may'lt exchange tKy Brafs for"
Gqlf^ £hy Vanitjr for .Pdicjity^ thy r Vilen<?f$ 'for
Honour, thy Bpn^gefor Freetfot&thy Leafe fitf
an Inheritance, and thy Mortal ftate for an Ira- r
mortaVLife? He that doth not 'daily defire thi*
Bleflednefs above all things^ of *U others he is led
WQnUy to enjoy it[. .. ..*,-... . ~, .
If * C*fa Vtitftfisi and CkomBrofm, two Ftea*
then Men, (reading P/tf^s Book of the Immorta-
lity of the Soul) did voluntarily, the one break
h&Netk, the other run ppon his Sword, that they
migfit the fooner(^s they thought) have enjoyed
tbojj Joys; what a jtyap»is it for Chriftians (kno w-
ing t^QKi things }ri* mpre excellent meafure and
manner out of($9<l sown B 00 ^^ not t0 be willing
to enter into thefs heavenly Joys ? Efpecially when
t\j&\r $ Mqfter calte for them thither. It there*
fqre,thpre be in theeany love of God, or defire of
thih^ownha^ when the time
of tby departing 4rajWeth near; that time I fay,
and manner of death, which God in his unchange-
able cpimfel hath appointed and determined before
thou wsft born ; yield aijd furrender up ; willingly
andcjiserfully^lhy foul into the merciful hands
of Jefus Chriff^thy Saviour And to this end,
when the time.isr come; as the || Angel in the
„f t f i JiV
■• * Hut invito Car Cic^Euft- qu«ftr4> *, Vol.^raecipitLre*
niasinTartara faxo, Uc qui Socracicum de nccc legit opus, Ovid.
ialbin. fM^tth. ij.?i. {JJudg.i^ 4 i9,t9. r . ,- A - k
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fight of Msnotb and bis Wife, attended from the
Alt sr up to Hiatoen in the flattie if the $«*$&?; ft
endeavour thou, that thy spirit in the frfa
oF thy Friend*, may from the Altar of a Coo-
trite Heart* afxttd up to Heaven, in the fVeet
perfume of this, or the like fpirjtud Sacrifice of
rrsyer. " '
A Prayer for djuk Ms*, when he v toil that he *
fiot a Md» fot this Wofid % i$tt Viafl frefm bim-
OHea-vemy Father, who $rt * r& fyri Qbd
oftht'frii'itiofdSjfelb. aUhift mtde uj theft
Efc/r, **& ^ a « b appointed us tfttf tmii^ if* to ttome
Into, this Wo^lft, fo ft»vfag ^hi£bod our" a ""
«o : £o out of .ad fame; the * iwtfto' of my
wh#h thou haft * thtrmiued. art now; e*i
■a'nd 1 am come: to the utrtioft ^bodnfh; vhicb thoji
Haft ippointedyleyfo'J ttbjthlc4»ttdt]>Mfs. I know,
Q'tflrd,that iFmu euterejiikby*temmi mftfk
\knbe jujlified i* thy fight : Alfa VfO Lord) of all
others ihould appeal 1 ffloft imotireand Tjrrjuft : fijr
I nave nw* fo^hl that good jfght for the defence
of thy J?aith and keligion, with that Zeal and
coriftancy that I ftiould : But for Fear of difpfofmg
fbe' World, I have given way unto Sins and Br-
fours; and for defire to Jiteale my flefti, I have
broken -all -tfay Comnaanrimrnryin Xhoaght,
"Numb. itf.n. Nwtfc;i9*4& *Icr.|M*. 4Mb 17- a^ at
c sTim.4.7- *P&1.9o.i2. c Jobi4.j.i4,&i6. Luke 22. 53.
*¥fil. 143.1. «iTim.47.
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Word, and Deed: *S6 that mj fyisbaVeukth filck
bM rt* *ki that I urn not Me to took Ufa ancj
t$fr Artinm in number than the hairs on tyheid'.
b # thou mh fintHlr mark mint iniquities, 6 totL
*h&ijbo*U tftandT* If ' thauibeighefi mh thelaU
hm^I fi&Blefcmni too light. For 1 am voidofafl
r^tsdufnetVthat might merit tliy mercy: antf
*Ba#eA wiflrafl iniquities; that raoft juftfy defer vc
thjr ftpekvieft wrath. But, O my Lord, and my
Odfl; '-Bt-ft/it Chtifiihy Son** fake, *i* n^
d*/jr /fed -irt •mtfUqte with all penitent and be-
tteving tinners s tafce pity and companion upon
m«, who am the v thief tf fhttterj. Btot out all
my -fins fort of thy «. rtmemtraoce, and b mjh d*
may afl mjr tranfgrefflotis out of thy fight, with
the l frttiom hhoA xS. thy Son; which 1 1>e?ieve
jfc*, hnitcfi *&*ittfor toyjitfltfcitidu: Arid feeing
tfoat fee hath endured that death, and * born the
lur&ektf that jafypeHt which Was" flue onto my
fins; Father, lor his deam afld|>affions fake,
now f that 1 am coming to appear before thy jud&
mentVeat^acttuit and deliver me from that fearful
jndgmtnt, which my fins have juffly 'deferred',
Aad perform onto me that gracious and comfor-
table promife which thou haft made in thy Gorpel ;
That jsbofacver Uikwth m -thee, hash tv e rhfting
ii *; " i Hy- i' V '' ■ ■;'■ - i f i ' — i.' ■" i ---'-i*
■ P&I.40.1 a. b Pfal.130.3. Ipan.*.**. * Kfttth-M^t.' e Afaffc.
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Jfom detth untiiifc* Stfeijgth^n, O Chrift, my
* Fqib ; that 1'ipayjpiit the whole confidence of
my x Salvation, in the merits of thy obedience and
blood. Encreafe, holy Spirit, my patience;
lay no more upon me b than 1 dm able to bear ; and
enable me to bear fo much as '(hall ftand with thy
blejSed will and pleafure. O Welled Trinity in U-
nijty, my Creator, Re^emer, and San&ifier, vouch*
£fe, thatjas ray oik ward Man doth decay; foiny
inward Man may pore and more by tby grace and
cjonfplation, increafc and gather ftrength. Q Savi-
our; jMt my foul in feadinefs, that (like ^voife Vir-
gin? ^having the ^Wedding Garment of thy righte-
piifnefs and holinefs)' flie maybe ready to iqefjtthee
at thy cqmin& mtkOyl inker L^mp. e M4fTy her
unfc> thy felfthat fhe {nay/be f one with thee in
everfafting love iVL&feftowJbip. Lord, reprove tS+>
Un y and chafe him away ; h Deliver m^ foul from
the power -of the Dog. Save we from the .Lions
mouth. \ thank thee, O Lord, for all thy bleflings
both fpiritual and temporal, beftowed upon me;
efpepially for. my Redemption by the death of. my
Saviour Chrift. I thank thee, that thou haft pro*
te&ed me with thy holy ■ Angels- from my youth
up until now. O Lord, I befeech thee, give them
a charge to attend upon me^ till thou calleft for
my foul ; and then to carry her (as they did the
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ftev.19.8. c Rcv.i9.7. f Johni7.a2. *Zech.3,i. fc Pfal,aa.
&iif. fMatth; 18.10. Heb.i.i* 4
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foul of* Lazarus y itito thy heavenly b Kjngdom.
And as the tftrie of rtly departure (hall approach
nearer unto me; fo grant, O Lord, that my foul
may draw nearer Unto thee: And that I may joy-
fully xmimtnd my foul into thy hands as into the.
hands of a loving Father, and a merciful c Re-
deemer: and at that inftant, d Lord, grdcioufh
receive my [fir it. All which that I may do, affift
me, I befeech thee, with thy grace: and let thy
holy Spirit continue with me unto the end 9 and
in the end, for Jefus Chrift his fake, thy Sort, my
Lord and holy Saviour : In whofe name I give
thee the glory, and beg thefe things at thy hand,
in that Prayer which Chrift himfelf hath taught
me, faying,
Qstt ; Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be
thy Name, &a
Meditations againfi deffair, or doubting of God's
Mercy*
IT is found by continual experience, that near
the time of death, (when the Children of God
are weakeft) then Satan makes the greateft JUuriJh
ofhis ftrength: and aflails them with his ftrong-
jeft temptations. For he knoweth that either he
ihuft now or never prevail j for if their fouls once
go to Heaven, he (hall never vex: not trouble them
*Lukei6.22. l>Matth.8»li« Luke 13. i*. cEph.t.io. Aftsif.
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afiy rooc c. And therefore be wo! oow beftir bis*
fcff as mucjb as be can, and kboup to fcttofetf
iheir e?es all the /*# ^ which wer tbey mo*
mitted, apd cbe Jmigmrttj of Cod wbicfc ape 4w
uojo then) $ thereby to drive thpgitf be can, »
to defpatr ; which is a grievou&r fin tbafeaB tk
fins that they oqmm i tt e d, or be »a MEufeibw
y * Acfe* therefor* tntuUe thy Cnrftiew mt»
w/trds tip dusk, than tm thj tffj
i. * Coafefs % Sins ui*o q*xj, «** j»ly io
general, but alfo it* particqlar*
x. Make fatisfa&ion unto thole Nfcnt whom
thou baft wronged, if thou beeft able. And if thou
doft in^rtauOy or fraudulently dgtaim mtyin
thy fojfetfion> any Umit or goods*, that *f right (b
belong to any *f/<£»> or Fatherless child, prefume
not, as thou tendereft j&y $>ufrtaritfc, i*ta*
the Righteous Judge in the face ; unlefs thotfedoft
firft make refiitution thereof to the right mitrs\
for the JUrn^fW, under j&e penalty of jfeis.or^
requioeth *nee> to * *#>r* vhrtfaw m* gi>*
thee * lutfy or 1)1*4* s*s. temWti frity »4r
or wbaffaever hy -rUby* <* W*fo* Qfprtfm H*
toAJJrmttb^4mg^m\ wthefifthfrntfarmuik
added tc tbeftw^d. /And wfefcthftC-tfee X^aebe-
«u, thou 4oft-<pake * itfitoiim4fy*.gxis **
» Satan's firft Stratagem, in time of death, b The defeature
tufi reftituatur ablatom. * Luke 19. 8, 9. Mic. 4. to, «r.-
lutds,
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kw&, according to CocTs Law ; thou csnlt never
truly r*/v#/j and without true Repentance thou
canft never be faved. But though by the temp-
tation of the Devil, thou haft done wrong and
injmy; yet if thou doft truly ■ repent, and make
rtjlttution to thy power, the Lord hath protflifed
to be merciful unto thee, to hear the b Frayers of
Us faithful Minifiert for thee» to forgive thee thy
trefiafs-wd fa and to receive tby foul in the/ve-
riAf of C^i/ r J bkaa\ as a Xom^ without blemifi.
3. Ask God for Ghrifthts feke,/Ww andjfiwr-
gtvenejs. And then thefc troublesof mind a*e no-
Afccur4gme*ts, buf rather cemforii ■: Exmffes^ not
ptntfimenti. They arc ajfursntes unto thee, that
thou a*t in Unc^iffit waj : for the nup tofkawen,
it Iff tie gates if Ntlli that is, by fuffering pains
in the ifagy, and £bch doubting? in the mur4» thai
thy eftate in this life being every way madefeterj,
the joys of eternal life may relim unto thee better
and more fweet.
If e Satan teS thee that thou haft, no Faith U-
caufi thou haft no feeling ; meditate,
1. d That the trueft faith hath oftentimes the
Ieajtfistling, i*&&*atift doubts - 9 but foloqg as thou
bateft e fucb doubting^ they ftull not be laid un-
to thy charge; for they belong to the flelh, f«ona
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which thou art divorced., When thy HefbMhafl
perilh, thy weak inward Man, which ***** them,
and k/ the Lord Jefus, ihafl be faved, - ;
i. That it is abetter faith to believe Without
feeli*g> than with feeling. The fcaft Fakir (fd
much as a b grain of muftardfeed, b much as i*
in ah infant faptized] is enough to five the foul
which loveth Chrift, and believeth in him.
3. That the Child of God which defittth to
feel the aflfurance of God's favour, fhall have hit
defire, when God (hall fee it to be for his good:
For God hath promifed to give them the e water
of Itfe, who third for it We have an example in
* Mafter Glover the holy Martyr, who could have
ton Comfortable feeling till he catne to the fight off be
flake j and then cryed out, and clapped his hatids
for joy to his friends, faying, Atiftin^ be is tom^
he is come : meaning the feeling jov of Faith and the
Holy Ghoft. Tarry therefore the Lord*s leifurer
• hejtrongy and be fhall comfort thine heart.
x If Satan [baS aggravate unto thee the great*]*)
the multitude, and heinoufnefs ef thy fins ; meditate,
1. « That upon true repentance it is as eafie tfith
God to forgive the greateft fin as the leaft; aodie
is as willing to h forgive many, as to pardon one.
And his mercy fliuieth more in pardoning^'*
finners, than fmall offenders; as appears in the
a JoM3 1$. iwL$L. 17.10. cRcv.ar^lfi^j.x. * **H^
and Monuments. * * Ffal. 27. 14, f Satan's third Aflkuft. |W
Encounter. J 1 Tim, 1.15. { (
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And || bhere Sin mofi abounded, there doth bit Grace
rejoice to abound much tnore.
*> That God did never forfake any Man, till a
Man did firft forfake God, as appears in the Ex-
amples of Cain, Saul, Achitopbel, Aha&iah, Judas*
3. that God callcthall, even thofe Sinners who
are * beany laden with Sin :■ and that he did never"
deny his Mercy to any Sinner that asked his Mercy
with a penitent Heart. This the Hiftory of the
Gofpel witnefleth: There Came unto ChriftsW forts
of fick Sinners; the Blind, Lame, Halt, Lepers}
fach as were fick of Palfies, Dropftes, Bloodj-fluxes i
fach as: were Lmaticks, andpojfejfed with uncle**
Spirits **d Devils: Yet of allthefe not one that
came and asked his Mercy and Help, went aWay
without his Errand : If Mercy he asked/Mercy
he found, were his Sin never fo great, were his
Difeafe never fo grievous. Nay, he offered and
gave his Mercy to many that never asked it j (be-
ing moved Only with the Bowels of his own Conu
l4pon> and the fight of their Mifery) as to the
Woman of a Samaria, the Widow of b Nairn, and
to the fick Man that lay at the Pool of Bethefdd,
who had been thirty eight Years fick. If he thus
willingly gave his Mercy to them that did not ask'
i*i and was found of them (as the c Prophet faith)
that fought him not', will he deny Mercy unto thee,
||Rom.s.ao. *Matth. 11.28. *John 4 . * Luke 7. 13. «ifti
•j. 1. Rom. io. 20.
D d who
wholldU lb eMrixftJj (?& for it with 'e<ir»? and
<loft like the poor P#JicM*, fy k<*t*b **** Ipr ifc
with fenitentfits upon a brmiftJ aqd fafe* /far*?
Especially when thou prayeft to thy #tf$*r, in
the dame and roediafioo of C4r(/?, fof whofe fefce
he h?tb prproifed to t gr4»f wk*ifavg[ we
JbdBask of himi As fure as God is true, he wjU
not. Though Niuevejfs Qns bad pAPxafcpd the
tord to feod out his fenfence agajpft tbam, yet
upqq (heir repenuoqe, he recalled it agaifU and
Qpared the City' : |[ How much mors if. thro like*
witere^epJKtf, willbefpare thee, <§eiflg Wfefr
teqce i* not yet gone forth again/* thee? If he de-
ferred the judgments all ^*#s digs, for the e*
Vernal (hew only which he madeql tanwlktUHit
how qjuchrnpre will he clean tuxa awajs b« vtn*-
geanct, nt thou wjlj: unfejg&fy. repeat of ifry fin,
ana^ return unto him for gra.ce and BKCfiji ?•...?
" Heofferd'bjs mercy. %Rtp. Cain. ( who mmhet-
ed his iqnoceqf Brother) * If thou ifotf.wpfa fait,
thou 'npt.b$.uce$e& As if he. topuW ha^ laid ;
If thpu Wilt leave thy. envy and eialipe, ajjdofler
unto pie from a faithful apd contrite heajj, both
thou apd thine, Qhfeiqn ajfp JM. is acceptable
tinto me, Apd to jforfw (that fojreacfeeawily
betrayed him, ) in cajlipg hjm. • frjfu£ a Jvm
>nppelJatian of /ovet : A i t^'vfhegi Jujaf oflferedV
he willingly confentfdy/tib that msyth (uikew^
never wot found} gui/e) t^Iyfs thofediiflJBOBWing,
t John 14. 14. || Novit Dominm martre ftntentiam, fi raj*.
VerisMnendareVindn.**: &>y»f j6.' *QHt:^ /T'MJfeO;.
*o. * 1 Pet. a. *». ' ' " '"'w^' *
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/*<*«» .apraenenaea mis wora rra
^tWdf'pmjf^ as' fBentiM did tire' Word*
4MM* *M)A tihe tridtitft of A*; doubtfefs j**
<«£ ffioliltf hk<ffbtfHa ( toe 1 (ftirf 0/ JWntore mer-
MWft f'&hmU fotihd the KM tfltraeU
m Gd»^ ^ te6te difbleafed : With 0$ for 4£
&r ffftV^'fafe' ^VriWrfcthfex^olildiriake''
iWM/jtfPtforiai'' Meti sVeate^ than the infinite 1
W/ ; oft
tBlfaft' .„ . ...
to' ptoftj^W mWcy fdr ibffifydti^ tftaft a'lf
tKfr f fms;' 'tee t#o\i Ka(f ! committed) caWbe of
f<8r& tiff prbyofeelrfs Wath to t&i Jdtnna'iioti,
■ ^S^j0fiiUl''jM4^yaMa\»M of.6od*s
M'^'/WVW 'tot' belong tMo tb& y Jecau/e'
ttyffi. tiPftiate? ttifl other MeiiSy.d^irigJtnsof,
Imo^/tiAk^y aiid'of' m'atyjears continuance: andfucb !
<*f whereby btMri hivikiri Undone':, and all [for the
*hvjl fWtf l cbtithitlJd 'tiilfutty. and fiefutntuoujlj a-
giinfGo'd^n'd l tf>yionfiUnce\ And therefore though
b&wkhtM^ihVuafo other s y Vet he will not Be. mer-
tfii*tfb^fye$MqW^';
i.' 1* 't fiat*hiaiy fM>no aVe now in' f?eav€id moftv
. .-. .••.. j ••-. . r : ,.'.:■.■: •' ; ' lit. ■ - ■ • v
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* Pfal. 140. 3.f i Kings 20.32,33. || Ver. 34. Sudani hon tarn
fccl m yww i dcfpcratiu f c cii i u t niius imcuiie. Au&ttttFuin. Ymit,
. Sccleratioromnibus,OJuda,cxtitifti,quein nonpcenitcntiaduxit
ad Dominm, fed Jlf%ritip xxMxi att laqati'm; £™. * Satan's
wyrtte/UTault. t The Encounter.
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t>leffed and glorious Saints) committed id the fame
kind (when they lived upon earth) as great and
greater fins than ever thop haft committed, and
continued . before they repented) in thofe fins as
long as ever thou haft done. As therefore all
their (ins *nd the continuance in them* could not
Binder God's mercy upon their repentance, from
forgiving their fins, and receiving them into fa-
vour : No more fliall thy y?*/,and continuance there-
in, hinder him from being merciful unto thee, if
thou doft repent as they did; Yea, upon thy reptn*
iance, every one of their examples is a * pledge
that he will do the fame unto thee that he did un-
to them. For as the leafi fin, in GocPs Jufiice
without repentance is damnable ; {otbigreateft fin
upon Repentance is in his Mercy pardonable. Thy
greateft and inveterate!! fins are but the^qs of a
Aim } but the leafi of his merries is the tfiercy of
God. Becaufe tliou knoweft thine own fins, thou
doubted whether they (hall be pardoned: Mark
how this doubtful cafe is refoived by Godbimfeff.
Many in lfaiah'% days thought as thou doft} that
they had continued fo long in fin, that it was too
late for them now to fe< k to return untp God for
Grace and mercy. But (/*JanfweretK them, \\ Seek
je the Lord rvhilfi he may be found : Call ye, upon him
whilfi he is near. As if he had faid, Whilft life
tafteth, and my Word is preached, I am near to be
found of all that feek me, and pray unto me.
The People feply, But we(OLord)are grievout
! i Tim. r. itf. 1116. 5*.*>7,*,9.
Sin-
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Stnners, and therefore dare not prefume to call
upon thy Name, or to come near thine Holinefs.
To this the Lord anfwereth, Let the wicked for*
fake bis Wq, and the Man of Iniquity his Thought s\
And let him return unto me, ana I will have Mercy
upon him, and to his God, and I will far don him
abundantly. But we would think (fay the Peo-
ple) that if our Sins were but ordinary Sins, this
Promife 0$ Mercy might belong unto us : But be-
caufe our Sins are fo great, and of fuch long
Continuance^ therefore we fear leaft when we ap-
pear before God, he will rejett us. To this, GOD
anfwereth again : My Thoughts (of Mercy) are not
your Thoughts, neither are your ways (of pardoning)
my Ways: For as the Heavens are higher than ths
Earth, fo are my Ways higher than your Ways, and
my Thoughts than your Thoughts. \i therefore every
Sinner in the World were a World of fuch Sinners
as thou art; do thou but yet (what God bids thee)
Repent and Believe, and the a Blood ofjefm €hrifi %
being the Blood of God, will cleanfe both thee and
them from all your Sins.
x. That as God did forefee all the Sins which
the World fhould commit, and yet * all thofe could
not hinder him from loving the World, fo that he
gave his only begotten Son to Death, tofave as many
of the World as would Believe and Repent ; much left
fhail thy Sins (being the Sins of the leaft Member
of the World j be able to hinder God from loving
thy Soul, and forgiving thy Sins, if thou doft Tfo,
pent and Believe. ~ m
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y That if he kwjed thee f jb dftrij (when ihqu
wait bis Enemy) th^t he payed 'for thai fa dear a
firice as the fpdling of his heart Moqj; bow cad
be now but be gracious unto thee, when to iave
thee wiU coft hifri but the calling of a gracious fak
upon thee? Look not thou therefore to the^r**-
icfs of thy fins, but to the infinitewefs of hir mer-
cy, which is fo furpaffiog great, that if thou put*
tpft all thine own grievous fins together, and ad*
cfeft unto thofc the fins of Cats and J*da* y and
piitttSt unto them aU the fins of the Rtfiebates ia
the World ; fdbubtlefs it would be a bug heap)
yet compare this huge heap with the infinite met*
y of G6d, arid there will be ftd more comparison be-
twixf them, than betwiit the &?# Mofabiiand the
greatefl Mountain in a £oi8itry. The cry of the
grievdufeft ffnsthat tvec we toad of, could never
teach tip higher than uqtcr Hearten, as the cry of
the fins of "'« £aA»»: but ifA* ^rc> ^TjW (fittth
fc David J re achy h up hi^bejf than, the KLeasue*^ and
fo overtoppeth all our fins* And # Air * «wrgr if
greater than att his works, it tivdQ. deeds be greater
than all thy )f#j. And fq Ibng as his mercy is great**
er than the fins of the. whdle World, do thoU but
repent, there is op doubt of pardon*
fl // Satan /ball obje£t> that thou btfmaty timet
y owed to repent, and baft made a fbew ef\ repentance
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fir tb* time, and yet didjtfdtl to th^ fame fins a^aii
ami again ; and that all thy repentance was but feign-
&fy Arid a mockirtg of Qod Atid that feting thou haft
fo tftenyrdkintkf volt, therefore. God bdtbwithdraM
his mercj/i aHd huh ch'ditged htifove;&£. medittfte,' *
i. * That tlio^b'this\vnrd true (which indeed
is heinous "> yet it is no fufRcient caufe why thou
fhould'ft defpair ; feeing that this is 4 thd common
edfe cf all the ChitdreA of Qoi in this /^y who vow
fo ofa to forbear -footo -fin, 4 rill perceiving then:
maknefs not able to perform it, they vow that
they will vow pa more. Their vim Jnew thbdd»
fires' of their fpiritual Martj their breaking* the
*m&w/5 of their co^nxptjfe/k Arid oat eft flrps it*
to the^ fame fins cbr$ forfcfaW, wfhe& he. taugfifc
us to pi'ay daily ; Forfar, fof give m oatTref^n*
And /tfhy doth Chrift enjaiij thefe f (who art btfc
* fitlfuf Man) toforgivh rty brother jh>$n timet in 4
day, if be /hall tetartiftveti ttfrn in a 'M^mA faj^
jr repenteth met bttt x to affqpe the£ that- he f b©»
jug the 6^ of mercy atjd goodnfefs itfeif) will
forgive unto riffee 1 thy ffatHtytmesfevenfotd
faw & day, whteh thou" hrkft * dofa^iiitted 1 agalnft
* The encounter. b lr$ki?^evJifpt)xL4tht$ jhijt $ta*$friMy&s
wont to tell me, Ego plus quam millies Deo Vbvi, &c. f have mom
than ^thouj&ad JunejLVQJJ£ejLiintO Gftd, that | lyqulfl mend^iy
jIET but I could never per form my vow HeneforthI willmakcno
iuch vow,,b*caufeI verily kaowtbulcannot.fcjsep if, Unlefs there-
fore God wit fb.e irocrciful unto mefofXhrlfthisfake, and grant p\c
a blefled departure out of th^ wretched life, all my vows and good
works wijl ftand me in np ftead/ This is the ffate.of rhe dcareft
ChiMrenp^GodJiithlslife. Readl^J&^onGi/^CJhap; Y- c tuke
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him, if thou return unto him by true Repentance.
The Israelites were curat by looking (tho'with
Weak Eyes) on the brazen \\ Serpent, as oft as they
were flung by tht jlery Serpent in the Wildernefc;
to ^ffure thee, that upon thy Tears of Repentance,
thou (halt be recovered by Faith in C^r#, as often
as thou art wouoded to Death by Sin,
%. That thy Salvation is grounded, not upon
the confiancy of thine Obedience, but upon the
firmneft of God's Covenant. Tho' thou varieft
with God, and the Covenant be broken on thy
behalf, yet it is firm on God's Part; and therefore
all is fafe enough, if thou wilt return ; for there
is! no a VaxialUnefs mth him, neither Sh adorn of
Change. He hath locked up thy Salvation, and
made it fure in his own unchangeable Purpofe; and
hath delivered to thy keeping the Keys, which are
Faith and Repentance ; and whilft thou hail: them,
thoumay?ft perfwade thy felf that thy Salvation
is fure and fafe : For, whom Gad bveth, helovetb
to the end,, and never repenteth of beftOwing his
Love on them who Repent and Believe.
; Laftly, * If Satan {hall: perfwade tbee f that thou
haft Been doubting a long Time, and that it it heft for
thee nowTo ~DeJpair y feeing thy Sins increafe, and thy
Judgment drawcth hear ; meditate, ■•
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*' jJNumbrit,9Poftlachrypias, gemitufque graves, dementi*
Chrifti cohfeftim $ft oculos 5 Ante locarid* tubs. ■ Jam. 1.17. Rom.*.
£?.&o. 1 1 :\By thfcfekeys Ppfftoperi'd Heaven to himfelf, and altcf-
^ard$,Wittithereft6f the A potties, unto others. Luke ti.6%. 8c'a^.
^7.Johnie.2i;&x3;i.Rom.ii.i9.&8.3o. * Satan's Sixth Af&ult.
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i. That no Sin (tho* never fo great) fbould be a
caufe to move any Chrillian to Defpoir, fo long as
God*% Mercy by fo many Millions of Degrees is grea-
ter ; and that every Penitent and Believing Sinner
hath the Pardon of all his Sins confirmed by the
Word and Oath of God; * Two immutable Things
wherein it is impoftble that Godfbould Lye. His Word
is, that at what Time foever a Sinner, whofiever %
doth repent of his Sin, wbatfiever, (for both Time
and Sins, and Sinners are indefinite from the bottom
efbu Heart, b God wiB blot forth all his Sins oat of
H Remembrance t that they (hall he mentioned unto
bins no more 9 If we will not take his Word (which
God forbid we Ihould doubt of) he hath given us
his Oath, t As I live, 1 defire not the Death of the
wicked, hut that the wicked turn from his way and
live. As if he had faid, Will ye not believe my
Word? Ifwear by my Lift, that I delight not to
damn any Sinner for his Sins, but rather to fave
him upon his Conversion and Repentance. The
Meditation hereof moved || TertuUianvo exclaim:
bm happy are we, when Godjweareth that he wig's
not our Damnation I what miserable wretches are we,
if we wiS not believe God when he fwearetb this Truth
mto sts I Liften, O drooping Spirit, whofe Soul is
aflailed with Waves of faithlcfs defpair ; how hap*
py were it to fee many like thee and Hezekiah?
Iwbo * mourn like Doves for the Senfe of Sin, and chat-
•_Heb.rf.i8. *Ezek. 18.11. Dr. King of Uni. his LeSurcs
a Jonah. fEzek. 33 •- ■"*-••-■
>eBs! OmUerrimos
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en Jonah. T Ezek. 3 3 . 1 1 . 1 fceliccs nos, quorum causa, jurat
Dens ! O mUernmos Ms, fi npn Deo .uidem. juranci crediqupJ
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tar kke Ctutts and SwaBmsf&r tbtfeilrtfGo&s an-
ger) miter than to behold many whd&e liketafa
without any/Wajg of their owfl ^i*#, or toyfitir
•f GdS^i OAtfiK or Tribtnal Sett, before which
they are to appear ? Comfort thy filf, O feng^iffi-
jog Soul; for if thk earth hith idf for whett
Chrift fpiit bis blood on the Crofc, rhoii affored.
|y an owe. Cheer up therefore thy ftlf in- the d.
Ajkieto atonement of the fefoorf of the Lamb,
which ^ ffe&etk fater ibbigs who* thai ef jBntl
And pray for thofe^ who never yet. obtained th$
pace to have jCw* a Jl&we and deteftariofr of fir.
Thftw art one htdtid, for whort* Cnrift- dyed; sod
#om whoi* * xtounid (pint (judging fatbfer at-
cor(Jingtohisj/%^J^th*i hte AfcA)"hatfi wnme
that dokfct voice of Chrift, * AffGntr Mj Oof)
%by baft' thou forfukn the ? : Aridf dbufet not but e'er
fcuig tho« fhaltt a»tfufy b rettn wittthiiif, as'ttbtf
thou dti&fitfer with- Kirii: For C T** arid d A
Jiath fpoheo it. Mo fin bars a 1 Nftrfftom'fafvajion,
bnc onty || wrsduihyi and mpenitenc} : nothing
rtraket the fm again0 the Holy Gftoft u»pktibnS>^
hat^wam of repentance. Thy unfeigned defire to
tepchc, is sis* acceptable unto God, as the perftft-
eft repefltanee, that thou cpuWft wiffi to perform
uwo hit*..
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thou flialt fee that in the very agosxof^afh 0$
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will fo aflift thee with his fpirit, that when Sato*
loofceth lor the ^ vi&ory, he ftall receive the
foulefi foil; yea, when thy eye-flrings are broken
that thou can'it not fee the Jigt>t, Jefas Chriji will
appear unto thee, to comfort thy $atf, and his
(I Hokf Angelt will carry thee into his HeaterA
Kingdom* Then lhall thy friends behold tbee,
Ijke t Mammas Angel, doing wonders indeed J
when thty lhall fee zfrtilMa* ift hisgreateji tcttk-
**fo (Py the meer affiftance of God's Spirit) over,
coming the ftrtngtb of fin, the litternefs of death
and air the power of Satan $ and in the Jire of F*itb
*t& perfume of Prayer, attend up with ^*w/f vifto-
rioufiy into Heaven. «? •
A» 4d*mhio9 to them who come to vijk tbejkk.
>Hey who come to vifit the fick, maft hjve *
^_ fpecial care not to ftand Aun& in&ftaritrtr
in the ffek perfons face to difquiet him $ not y«t tp
fpeak «gtj and toask *»/r<^i*/*queftipps, asmoft
If they fee therefore that the fick party is like
to die, let them not diffemble -; but lovingly and
diftreetly admonifh him of His maknefy, and to
prepare f&F eternal life. One-hour weHfftnt when a
Matfis life is almofr out-font, may gain a Man the
affurajice of eternal life. Sooth him not wkft the
vain hope of this life, left thou, betray his foul to
ttemal d&atb. '■ • Admonifh him plainly of ms effete,
*0d ask, him, briefly thefe, or the like Qujftipns.
Quefibns
4 i2 Xty&mKtd&tty.
80*$iom to be asked of afick Man % that is like to die,
DOST thou believe that Almighty God, the
Trinity of Perfons in Unity of Eflence, hath
by his Power made Heaven and Earth, and all
Things therein ? and that he doth dill by his Di-
vine Providence govern the fame? fo that nothing
pomes to pafs in the World, nor to tfyfclf, but
what bis Divine Hand and Counfel bad determined
before to be done*
%. Doll thou confefs that thou baft tranfgrefled
and broken the Holy Commandments of Almigh-
ty God, in Tboaghtj Word, and Deed} and haft de-
fended for breaking his Holy Laws, the CurfeofGol
which containeth all the Miferies of this Life, and
overlaying Torments in Hell-fire, when this Life is
ended, if fo be that God (ball deal with thee ac-
cording to thy Deferts ?
3. Art thou not forry in thy Heanf, that thou
Baft fo broken his Laws, and neglefted his Service,
and Worihip, and fo much followed the World,
and thine own vain Pleafures f A*d woujd'ft thou
OQt lead a holier £ife 9 if thou wert to begin agaio f
, , 4, Doft thou not from thy Heart defir* to be re-
conciled unto God in Jefus Chrifi his Blejfed Son,
thy MedUtor y who is * a$ the Right-hand of God i?
Htaven b now af fearing for thee in the fight of God,
and making Requefi unto him for thy §ouI?
. 5. Doft thou renounce all confidence in all Q-
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flier* Mediators, Qtjntercejfors, Skints, or Angels,
believing that ?e/«rj CAr//?, f At * only Mediator *f the
new Teftament, b is. able per fettfy to Jave them that
come unto God, by him,. feting be ever liveth to make
Intent ffion for tbemt And wilt thou with David
lay unto Chrift, c W&w A<«/t / in Heaven but tbeei
And //fore is none upon earth that J defire befides thee ?
. 6. Doft thou confidently Believe and Hope to be
favedrby the only Merits of that bloody Death and
Paflion, which thy Saviour Jefus€brjfl hath fuller-
ed for thee? not putting any Hope of Salvation in
thine own Merits, npr jn any other Means ox Crea*
tures? being afluredly.perfwaded, d that there is no'
Salvation in any other ; and that. there is none other"
Name under Heaven, whereby thou mufl befaved?
. 7; Doft thou heartily forgive all Wrongs and
Offences done or offer'd unto thee, by any manner
of Perfon whatfoever ? And doft thou as wilHng^
ly (from thy Heart) ask Forgivenefs of them whom
tJjQUfliaft; arovoufly wronged in Wotd or Deed *
AndidcwlKou cajfc out of thy Heart all Malice
and Hatred, ^hiicfe thou haft born to any Body ;
tlja* tjhpu may'ft appear befbre v the* Face ofcbrifl
(the Prince of Peace) "in perfect Love and Charity f
8. Doth thy Conference tell thee of any thing,
which thou haft wrongfully taken, and doft ftill
witb-hold from, any Widow or fatherlefs Children,
or from any other Perfon whatfoever ? Be a.fured -
tbw unlefs thou (halt reftore, like Zjechetu, thdfe '
Goodreod Lands (if thou beeft able) thou canft not '
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truly rtfcitt : and without tra*ripentd*c& thou catflff
pot be V^ nor look <&&*# id tht i^wlftij t!*5S
fcaJU .appear before bis Judgment-feat
, 5>. Doftj*oii/&w^rfiwr,.thsk <hy &£flfe*B»
rJfotMf out of the Gfcit*, atth* found of fiheTft)£
Trumpet* andtbactfcy Bb4y astfSotf flkflWuW-
ced together agsWin the tyMf*0teF®fy>&'-£$
Mar befatf the £#*! fejtochiijh, and «henc**to
go with h«n into the Kiug<loi4» r oPHe^«v^fi*c
in tfverbfting bins and glory ? ''"'.'
KtlKfick party IhaHanfw^ to ^rth^^dff?^
ons &ks a fitttttfui Chriftiani; • the* let alt wttfsire 3
n/e&at, jayii together aaApfyfot hkriy-tn inW
qr the Uite words. .
4 fr*** at tkfihi forth* frktythe* vb&tfjk tim.
OMercifa* Rather, who att^Lttdfttttefter.
of lift, and to, wtaa *»£*£ M? rfMsV
*«*; We* thy Cbildrctr h«-^affert*J*4 db^
koowfedge, thai (hsrefnea off ouY nl&if&toton*/
we are not worthy toi ask; atfybiefio^^for^o^
fdvotsttby D<fads.;-much -fe&loJteontfflsMtf'
ro tby ^'^/jnche behalf of oehefci • yttfcecauK
/Aw 64? conotoetikd tus to prdy^ one fob anotheY,
ejfttfdly fbr tnetjfebsy and ' haft' pt&uiS^'tbdf-tie
nqtrs «fi thl righteous jhiatiwdfc Miilfr Mi& tM :
m obedunci therefor to- tKy torMunmfit, :• add :
coxfi&oce of th£ gteioiB frt>tii$ we are bbWW
b^ome humble fcirtors unco thy divine M^'fly^ifr
the behalf of tjusaur dear Br o th e r (tr£ifl m> ) whom
thou haft vifited witb the cktijk'tUifentcfi thineown
Fftherly hand. r We could gtoOfy wifl^tfteV^fi^
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life, add Chrtftian Mo&jbtp amongft us : but f&*
afmuch ask appeareeh (as far as we can difcern)
that; thou haft appointed by tiis 'vifitatio*, to cafl
fee him out of this mortal Me; wefubmit our&ilk
to % J/<$r^ «»<//, and humbly imteat for J*yU
Ghrift his fake, and/ the meshi of his Bitter DeatM
aad Paflion i^hichhehath fufferedfor him) that
thou wouldHt patdon and forgive unto him Mi
ka p»s ; as well that whereinhe visucimehied And ■
hatHi as alfo all the, ofieoees and ttadigceJfidiftj
which ever fmoe, to this i/a/afid £«»y he hath*
committed' in thought i word, andJwL, ageitlft ihf
divine Majejfcy; Cait them behind thy back .- A
Wwejbeto&far frototky priftnte, as.th£kJHtft<of#
tktifltfi *Biot them out of thy remembrance^ lay
them not to his charge; waffe them a Way wttNhtf
B/W of Chrift, that they may no more be feetf >
And deliver him from all the Jodgnents whiohar^
djie unto, him for- his fins* tint they may heve*>
trouble his Conference, nee rife in judgments J
gaioft his Soul ; and imfute unto him tmtigit^
o*faf* oft Jefus Ghrtft, whereby he may appear*
righteow in nby fight. AndifitoifceHtremkyatfthitf
tifeie> we befeectvthee, look down-' from Heaven
upon him with thole eyes of 'grace and compaffiort .
wherewith thou art wont to look upon thy ChU--
dren in their affli&ionand mifery. ftty thy wounds
dedServanr, like the good S*m*rit*m For he#»h&
a &fc 8ou/th&% needeth the help Qlfuchu Hta^khif-
Fbyfm**. 6 > Lord intretft hi*F*m r ihii he may '
f l ' i' " iii i # 1 J »r '1 ' i' ' ■' ■ ' ITual , & +miiii0i+ n 11 mi h" ■■■<
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believe chat Chrift died fa him, and that his
Blood cleanfeth him from all his Sins: and either
afwage his Fain, or elfe incriafe bis Patience to en-
dure thy Bleffed Will and Pleafure. And good
Lord, lay oo more upon him, than thou flialt co-
able htm to bear, hkavt him up unto thy fclf f
With thofef ighs and Groans, which cadpot.be ex.
preffed. Make him now to feel what is the Hope
of bis Calling, and what is the exceeding Greetufs
of thy Mercy and Power towards them that bebeve
jn thee: And in bis Weaknefs, O Lord (hew thou
thy Strength. Defend him againft tb&Saggeftm
and Temptations of Satan : who (as he hat hall his
Life time) will now in bis Weaknefs efpeciaJly feek
to affail him, and devour him. Ofave his Aw/,
and reprove Satan, and command thy Holy An^U
to be about himto aid him, and to chafe away ail
evil and malignant Spirits fax from him. Make
him more and more to loath this World* and to
defirc to be toofed, and to be with Cbrifi. And whep
that good Hour and Time (hall come (wherein thou
haft determined to call for him out of this pre-
. fent Life) give him Grace peaceably and joyfafyto
yield up hk Soul into thy merciful Hands, and do
thou receive her into thy Mercy, and let thy Bkf
fed Angels carry her into thy Kingdom. Make his
lafi Hour his beft Hour, his Uft Words his befi iVords,
and his Uft Thoughts his befi thoughts. And when
th^ fight of his Eyes is gone, and his Tongue tt&W
fail to do its Office ; grant, O Lord, that his Aw/
may (with Stephen) behold Jefus Chrift in Heaven
ready to receive him J and that thy Spirit within
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cannot he expreffeJ. leach us in him to read and
fee our own end and mortality 1 And therefore to
be careful to prepare our felves for our lap ends,
and put our (elves in a readinefsagainft the time
that 4 thou (halt call fer us in the like ftianrier.
Thus, Lord, we recommend this our dear Brother
(or Sifter) thy fick Servant, unto thy eternal Grace
and Mercy, in that Prayer, which Chrift our Sa-
viour hath taught Us, faying^
Our Father which art in Htavtn % H domed fo thy
flame, Sec
Thy Orate, Lord ' Jefut Cbrift ; thy L&vc bed
veniy Father ; thy Comfort and Co»Jolation y holy
Sfirit,, it wkk us all, andeffecialty with this thy fick
&erv4*t r t* the end, and in the end, Amen.
Let them read often unto the fick, fome fpecial
Chapters of the holy Scriptures; As,
The three firft Chapters bf the Book of JoL
The 14th and 19th Chapters of Joh.
The 34th Chapter of Deuteronomy.
The two Iaft Chapters of Jofbua.
The j ? tb Chapter of the firft of King$ t
The 2d, 4th, and 12th Chapters of the fecond
of Kjngs.
The j8th, 40th, and 65th Chapters of /faith,
'Rom. 8. j6 ■ . ■
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The 8th Chapter to the %omu%s.
The 15th Chapter of the. irft Epiftle to the
Cwinthittts.
The 4th Qbap.of the firftEpiftk to the Tbgffaionim.
The $th Chapter of the fecoadEpiftk of Pud
tip. the Corinthians. ■ .
The firiVand laft Chapters of -Saint ?«»«.
The 1 1 th. a ntf i a*hi to the Hebrews.
The firft Epiftle of St. Peter-
The three firft, and the three laft Chapters of
the Revelati**, .or fome of theft.
And fo exhorting the fick Party to wait upon
Opd by Faith ^nd Ptthiut, M be fend for bim;
and praying (he Lord W fena\ them a joyfol meet-
ing in the Kjngkw of Hewn, and a A4J0M #/<*•
i*#«w at the laft day ; they may departs that
pleafure in the peace of God.
Copfotatim againfi impatience in Sichtfu
F in thy Sicftofifc by extremity of Pain thou be
driven to impatience, Meditate,
r
i . Thaj thy S\nt have deferred tbcjMtflfc
Therefore thoU may'ft wjth greater Ea^enflc *n-
dure thefe Fatherly Corfeftion* .
a. That thefe are the Scourges of thy .hsftWnly
Father, and -the Rod is in his ffaud, IFfboB (Udfl
fuffer with reverence being a C&/</, the corre&ioos
of thy earthly Parents ; how much rathtfthoultTO
thou now fubjeft thy felf /being the ChtidefGd
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it is for thy f /*w<i/ good ?
3. That* Chrift fufferM in his Soul and Body
/*r grievoufer pains for thee : therefore thou mult
more wittingly fuflfer his bldTed^foi/^for thy
own good. Therefore* faith Peter, b Chrifi [offered fdr
yeu, m leaving you an example, that you fbould follow hit
ftips. And t Let m (faith St. Paul) run with joy the
Race that is fit Before us, leaking unto Jefue the Au»
tbor kndFinifher of our Faith, who for the joy that mm
fit before him, endured the Crofs, &&
4. That thefe Affli&ions which now you fuflfer,
are none other, but fuch as d *rs actomplifhed i*
your Brethren that are in the World, as wit aefleth
Peter, yea, Jd&$ Afflitfions wcte far more grid
Vtoti. There is not one of the Saints which notf
ire at reft hi heavenly Joys, but endurM as touch
as you do, before they went thither : Yea, many
fcf thethmllingly fufferM all the torments that Ty*
rants could inflift upon thefn, that they might
come unto thofe heavenly Joys whereunto you are
bow caHU And you have a Promife, That e the
God dfaiBGrpoe, after that you have fujfered a while
will make you petfeff, ftdhlifb, ftrengtben, and fettle
you. And that f God of his Fidelity, will not fuffef
you to be tempted above that you are able j hut will with
the Temptation, alfo make a way to efcape, that ye may
he abie to hear it*
S. Rcanituscumquoouinis gravl morbo tcntaretur a Deo, doluir,
4u»d aimaiibet efict, ac fi a Deo tuncdefertus fkiflet. Vit. Patr.
c*S. * i Pet 5« 10* U Cor. to. i j.
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thy Affliction (hall *»/f, as well as the time when
it began. Thirty eight Tears were appointed the
\ftck Man at a Bethefda's Pool. Tm/i* Tar/ to the
Woman with the b bloody IJfue. Three Months to
* Mofes. Ten Days Tribulation to the d Angel of
the Church of Smyrna. Three Days plague to * JDo*
vid Yea, the number of the godly Man*fc Tears
are regiftred in f Godfc Bock, and the quantity kept
in his Bottle.
The time of our Ti ouble (faith Chriff) is bjut
a g Modicum. God's i4*g;r lads but a ■ Moment
(faith David). A little « ya/w (faith the Lanf)
and therefore calls all the time of our Pain,
but the k W <jf Sorrow. David, for thcfwiftnefs
thereof, compares our prefent Trouble to a \ Brook,
and m Atbanafius to * flower. Compare the long ft
Mifery that Man jendures in this Life, to the eter-
nity <f heavenly Joys, and they will appear to be
nothing. And as the fight of a Son fafe born,
makes the n Mother forget all Jier former deadly
fain; fo the fight ofCbrtftin Heaven, who was horn
for thee, will make all thefe pangs of Death to be
quite forgotten, as if they had never been : Like
Stephen, who as foon as he faw Chrift, forgat his
own Wounds, with the horror of the Grave, and
terror of 'the Stones; and fweetiy, yielded bis Soul.
into the Hands of his Saviour. Forget thy own
Pain, think of ChriJPs Wounds, f Be faithful unto
•John5.$.bMatth.o.2o. .cExod.2.2. d Rcv.i.io. t2Sa.24.r3.
f Fftl. 56. 8. » Modicum & videbo vo$ . John 16. 16. * Pfid. to.
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6. That your are now called to Repetitions in
Chrift's School ; to fee how much Faith, Patience^
and G odd nets you have learned all this while : And
whether you can like Jot * receive at the hand of
God fome evil, as Well as you have hitherto re»
caved a great deal of Good? As therefore you have,
qlways prayed, Thy mil he done} fo be not now
of ended at this which is done by his Jfofy will
7. Thatt*# things Jhdl work together for the hep
to them that love God; infomuch that neither death
nor Life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers^
fcc. Shall he able to fe far ate us from the lave of God>
which ifinChrifi Jejus our Lord. Aflure your felf,
that (very pang is a prevention of the pains of fftll i
every refpite an earneft of \\ coven's ^ : And hovi?
many firipes do you eft?em Heaven worth ? As
your Life hath been a comfort to others ; fo g ve
your friends zChrijtiw example to die, and deceive
the Devil, as Job did. It i$ but the Croft ofchrifi
ferit before, to crucifie the love of the World in
thee; that thou may 'ft go eternally to live wkh
Chrifi who was crucified for thee. As thou art there-
fore a trueCbriftian take up (\i\sz Simeon of Cjrene)
with both thy arms his holy Crofs, carry it after
him, unto him j thy pains will ihortly pafs y thy
joys (hall never pafs awap.
*Job 1. 10. t Rom. 8.29,38,39. Morbus non nulis adnumeraft-
dus, quumukisutilitcrtccidit.B#/2/. inHtf^w. Morbus eft ujtU
lis quxdam inftitucio, que docct, caduca ipcmere, & cqrieftia
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Consolations again fi the fear #/ Death. '
F iff the time of thy ftckuefs, thou fiadcft thy
fclf fearful to dye, Meditate,
i. That it argueth a dafiardlymaA to fear that
vbieb is not : For in the Church efCbrift there ir
no Deaths Jfa.x§. Jj 8. And whofoever Irvttb-and
htlievetb fa Cbrijl y JbaB never dye, John n. %<*
Let them ftar Death, who live without Chrift.
Chriftians die not: But when thejr fk^e God,
they are fike * Enoch tranflateduQUy G*>d. Their
gains are bat f Elijahs fiery Chariot to carry them
tip to Heaven; or like Lazarufs fires, lending
them to Abraham** bofom. In a word, if thocr
be one of them that like Lazarm^lovefifefu^ thy
fitknefsM not unto the deaths bat for the glory of God;
who of his love changed* thy living death to an
everlajting life. And if many Heathen Men, as
$ocr4tes> Curtiusy Seneca, &c Died mtffhtglj (when
they might have lived) in hope of the immortality
tof the foul: Wilt thou, being trained fo long in
ChriJPs School^ (and now called to the Marriage
Supper of the hleffed Lamb, Rev. 19. 7.) be one
of thofe Quefts that refafe to go td thzt jgful Ban-
quet? God forbid.
x. Remember th^t thy abode here is but the fe+
eaml degree of. thy life.- for after thou hadft/rj?
lived iine months in thy Mothers Wbmb 9 thottr
AGen. 5- **• t a ^P *• M» **• !***«$. 23. IJoha 114.
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waft <rf neceffity driven thence to live here in a
ficoHd' degree of Life. And when chat number ef
Months * which God hath determined for this Lifa
is exptr'd j thou muft likewife leaved, and pais
to a third degree in the other World, which mvew
endsi Which to them that live and die in the
Lord, furpaflbth as far this iindof Lifers this dotft
that which one live* in his Mother's Womb, To this
laft and excellentefi degree of Life, through this doer
pafsM Chrift himielf, and all his Saints that were
before thee \ and fo (hall all the reft after them and
thee. Why lhouldft thou fear that which is com-
mon to all God's Elefci Why fhouid that be un-
couth to thee, which was fo welcome to z\\ them?
Fear not Death, for as it is thef Exodus of a bad,
fo it is the Genejis of a better World j The end of z
temporal, but the beginning of an eternal Life,
3 . Confider that there are but three things that
can make Death {q fearful unto thee: Firft, The
lofs thou haft thereby : Secondly, The fain that is
therein: Thirdly, The terrible effeSs which fob
low after. All thefe are but falfe Fires, and caufe*
lefs Fears.
For the Firft, if thou leaveft here uncertain
goods which Thieves may rob, thou (bait find ia
Heaven a \\true treafure, that can never be takes
away .• Thefe were but lent thee as a Steward up-
on accounts ; Thofe (hall be given thee as thy Re*
ward forever. If thou leaveft a loving Wife, thou
* Job if. j. t Mors prsefenris vits exitus 8c tatroituf tnelioris.
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fhalt be married to Cbnft, which is more lovely.
If thou leaveft Children and Friends, thou ftalt
there find all thy religious Anceftors, and Chil-
dren departed ; Tea, Chrift, and all his bleffed
Saints and Angels. And as many of thy Children
as be God's Children, /ball thhhtv fafom after thee.
Thou leaveft an earthly pofftffion, and a * f/ouje of
Clay, and thou (halt enjoy an Heavenly inheritance
and b manfion ef glory: Which is purchafed, pre-
pared, and referved for tbee. What haft thou
loft ? Nay, is not death unto thee gain ? Go home,
go home, and we will follow after thee.
Secondly/ f For the pain in death ; the fear of
death more pains many than the very pangs of
death j for many a Chriftian dies without any
great pangs or pains. Pitch the Anchor of thy
Hope on the firm ground of the ward of God, who
tiath promifed 4 in thy weaknefstoperfcft hitfirengtb,
and e not tojujfer thee to be temped glove that tbon
art able to bear. And Chrift will fhortly turn all
thy temporal pains to his eternal joys.
Laftly, as for the terrible effetts which follow
after death they belong not unto thee being a
Member of Cbrift; for Chrift by his death hath
taken away thtfting of death to the faithful; fo
that now there is no * condemnation to them that art
*> Cbri/t fefuu And Chrift hath protefted, that %
he that believer b in him, bath eperlafiing life, and
JbaU not come into- condemnation^ but hath faf-
fed from death unto life. Hereupon the holy Spirit
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■2 Cor. y. l. *Johni4.». c Timor mortis ip$i inorte pejor.
I ? Cor l \- 9- e * Cor. 10/13. f Rom. fc. 1. sjbhn j. 14. :
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from Heaven faith, £/r//o/ <wr the dead which dye in
the Lord: And that from henceforth they reft from
their Labours, and thir Works do follow them. In
refpeft therefore of the Faithful, * Detth is fwal~
lowed mp in viffory : And hit fting, which is Sin, and
the punifbment thereof, is taken away by Chrift.
Hence Death is call'd in refpett of our Bodies, a
^fleep and reft : In refpeft of our Souls, agoing to
our heavenly Father, a * departing in peace, a remov-
ing from this Body to go to the Lord i « d devolution of
Soul and Body to be with Chrifl. What (hall I fay ?
Precious in the fight of the Lord, u the death of his
Saints. Thefe pains are but thy throes and travail
to bring forth efernal life. And who would not
pafs through Hell to go to Paradue ? Much more
through Death f There is nothing after Death that
thou need'ft fear ; not thy Sins, becaufe Chrift
hath paid thy Ranfom', not the Judge, for he is
thy loving Brother; not the Grave, for it is the
Lord's Bed; not Hell, for thy Redeemer keeps the
Kjys\ not the Devil, for God's holy Angels pitch
their Tents about thee, and will not leave thee till
they bring thee to Heaven. Thou wad never
nearer eternal Life ; glorify therefore Chrifl by a
hleffed Death. Say cheerfully, Come, Lordjejus,
for thy Servant cometh unto thee, I am mlltng,
Lord help my weaknefs.
* 1 Cor. 1 j 54. bi Theft 4. 13. !&. stf. Rev. 14. tJiritomt
i*ti(nt». Luke 2. 19. <* 2 Cor. j. PhiL i f x\. iniKumt. Mors.
oorta glorisc. Gn$. Janua, vk«. Btnunf.
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cy doth fo tthtper our pain/and fic&hefi,
that we are not always opprefled with extremity;
but givtS us in the midft of out* extremities fome
refpife, to eafe and refreflrour (elves: Thou muft
have ad efpecial care (confidering how fhort a
time thou haft, either fbf ever to lofe or to obtain
Heaven) to make u(e of every breathing time,
which God doth afford thee: And during ttot tit-
tle time of «/e, to gather ftrength againft the fits
of greater anguifli. Therefore iri thefe times of
relaxation and eafe, uft fome of thefe fhort
Thoughts and Sighs.
tbtpfi Thought.
SEeirig every Man enters iawthis life intaar&t
paffcth it in fweat, and ends it in fonom; ah I
what is there in it, that a Man fhould defire to
live any longer in it? O! what a folly is it, that
when the Mariner roweth with all his force to
arrive at the wifhea part; and that the Traveller
never refteth till be come to bis Journey's end ;
We fear to difcry our port ; and therefore would
fut back our Bark* to be longer tojfed ia this con-
tinual Tempejl? We weep to lee our jourqefs eni%
and therefore defire our journey to be lengthened,
that we might be more tired with a jW and
cumbersome way.
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OLord, this life is but a troubjefome Pilgri-
mage >"/w in days, but /ȣin evilis; and
I am weary of it, by reafon of my fins. Let me
therefore (OLord) entreat thy Majefty, in this
my Bedof'Jfcknefs, b as Elias did under the J***.
per tree in his affliction'. It is now enough^ Lord,
that I have lived fo long in this vale of mifery j
take my foul into thy tnerctful hands, for lam no bet-
tor than my fathers.
tht feeond Thought.
THink with what a e body of yfothou art lba-
den, what great * civil wars are contained
in a little world', the e Flejh fighting agaihjt the Spi-
rit, Parson againft Reafon f Earth againft Heaven}
and the World within thee banding it felf for the
World without thee ; and that but one only means
remains to end this conftift, death which (in God's
appointed time) will feparate thy fpirit from thy
fiefh ; the pure and regenerate part of thy foul, from
that part which is impure and unregnerateJ.
the fpiriiual figji upon the feeond Thought,
t~\ Wretched * Man that I ami who fhaS deliver
V/ me f rom t p, e foiy f (fa j eat f, ? q m y f Wcet
*Gep.47 9- " J King? 19. « f e iflm.7 <*♦• * J«a»'4. «. « G»k *
17. 'Rom. 7. 34.
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thy precious blood. And b becaufe thou koft deliver-
ed my foul from fin, mine eyes from tears, And my feet
from fMliugi I do here from the very bottom
of my heart 9 afcribe the whole praife and glory of
my (alvation c to thy ooly grace and mercy, faying
( with the holy Apqflle ) d Thanks be unto God,
which hath given me the viflory through our Lord Je*
fus Chrift.
Jhe third Thought.
THink how it behoves thee, to be affiired
that thy foul is ebriJPs; for death hath tak-
en fufficient gages to affure hirofelf of thy tody,
in that 4// thy fenfes be all ready to die, fave only
the feafe of pain : But full the beginning of thy be-
ing began with pain ; marvel the lefs if thy end
conclude with dolours. But if thefe temporal do*
loursf which' only affti&the body) be fo painful;
O Lord, e who can endure the devouring fire ? who can
abide the ever lofting burning ?
The fpiritual Sigh upon the third Thought.
OLord Jefus Chrift, the fon of the living God,
who art the only Phyjfcian, that canft cafe
my body from pain, and reftore my Soul to life e-
ternal: Put thy Paffton,Crofs, and Peath, betwixt
my Soul, and thy Judgments : and let the merits of
* Rev. 5. 9. t>Pfid. x i6JMPfal; i 4 j. d 1 Cor. 15. 57. tlik.33.14.
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and my Difbhediencc 4 and from thefe W/£ paint
..receive iroy. Soul into thy everlafting Peace : For
I cry. umothee with * Stephen, Lordjefut, receive
my Spirit,
The fourth thought.
THiok that the vmfi that Death can do, is
but to fend thy Soul fooner than thy Flefli
would be willing* to Chrift and his heavenly Joys
Remember, that that worft, is thy heft Hope. The
wor/t therefore of Death, is rather a help than a
harm. -
7he fpiritual Sigh upon the fourth Thought. .
OLord Jefus Chrift, the Saviour of all them
that put their truft in thee; forfake not
him, that in Mtftrj flyeth unto thy Grace for fuc-
cour and mercy. O found that fweet Voice in the
ears of my Soul, which thou fpakeft unto the pe-
nitent Thief on the Croft; f Thit Day thou fhalt be
with me in Paradife : For I, O Lord, do fwith th£
Apoftle) from my Soul fpeak unto thee, |J / deftre
to be difjolved, and to be with Chrift.
The fifth thought.
THink (if thoufeareft to dye; a That in Mount
Siou there is no Death : For he that belUveth
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live ; without doubc the IMteumd Ohtreunto
this Death is a t*ff<ge) J*rju(feth off. There A)
all the faithful departed (having coded their Mi-
ferias) live with Cbr'/fl in Joys: And thither (hall
all the Godly which fmrvhXy be gathered out of
tbeit Troubles to enjoy with bametcrnol Rtfi.
Tiejfirimd S^bmtke fftbThmgx.
OLord, thou fceft the Malice of Sttm, who
(not conteotiog bimfelf, * iikt* rotrUg Lien
sH the Dsfs and ffijpts of our Life, to "feck oat
deftru&ion) (news himfelf tufieft, when thy Chil-
dren are wcdkeft and neareft to their end : Lard
reprove him, and preferve tny So»k ffete&sto
terrify me with Df a/ 6, which my Sins have defer-
mix butktthy^^^/mcoiTjfart mjrSouLwiti
the aflurance of eternal Life, which -thy Blood
hath fmrcbofed. AfTwage my -J****, increafe my
p*i*0ce,*o& (if it be thy bleued will ) end my Trw
Uu : For my Soul befeechetb thee with old Simeon,
tLori, mm let me thy Servant depart in petcex-
wording to tbj War A.
The fixth thought.
THinfc with thy felf what a bfeffing God hath
beftow'd upon thee above many Millions in
the World; that whereas they are either Pagans,
mdimSa**m+i*+m*
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worflup the true God foWty ; Thou baft liv'd in
t trueChrifiun Church, and baft Grace to dye in
the true Cirijtiau Ftitb, and to be bwy'd in the
Sepulchre *f<h>d?s Servants; who aU wait for the
* Hafexf Ifraet, the raiting of their Bodies in the
b refurreftion of the 3te£
Thefprkital Sigh Mpem the fixtb Thought.
OLord Jefus Chrift, who art * >/£* RefitnrefH-
on, and the lty,totpkmrphtfQeverbelhvetb
JboM&ve though he mare de*d' 9 /Relieve that whom-
ever Mveth. and heUevefh in the** fhofi never djt.
* I Jbtomihatl fhoU rtfeagtitt in the Mtfitrre&m^f
the loft Hoy ; *for Ismfttre^ that thou, my Redeem-
er Jiueft. And though that after «jr Qeoth Warms
defix& .thu.Badyi yet IjhaAfee )hee t **) Lard, and
m Gad, m this Flejb. Grant therefore, Q Chrift,
for thy bitter Death and Paflion's fake, that, or
that Day I may be one of them to whom thou
wilt pronounce that joyful Sentence ; { Cmey* Muf-
fed of iny Father t inherit the Kjngdm$r*$attdfer$ou
before the foundation of the World*
Ihe fkventh < Jbonght.
THiftk with thy .felf how Chrift: endured (for
thee a* tntfed Death* andthe. ffMnfGad
whieh was due unto thy Sins; and what terrible
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Putts and cruel torments the Apofkles and Martyrs
nave voluntarily fuffer'd for the Defence of Chrift's
Faith, when they might have liv'd by diffemUing
or denying bim: How much more willing fhouldlt
thou be to depart in the Faith ef Chrijf, having
lefs pains to torment thee* and more means to com*
fort thee?
The fpiritual Sigh upon the /event b Thought.
OLord, my Sins have deferved the pains ef
Hell, and eternal Death ; much more thefe
Fatherly Cor regions wherewith thou doft afBift me:
But a bleffed Lamb of God, which take ft. may the
. Sifts of tbe World, have mercy upon mo, and h wafb
away dS my jflthj Sins with thy moft precums Blood,
and e receive my Soul into thy heavenly KJngdom ;
for 4 into thy Hands, Father, /commend my Spirit,
for tboa baft redeemed me, Lord, thou Ged ef
Truth,
Thefick Perfon ought nan to fend for fame goaty and
' religious P after.
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T Naoy wife, remember (if conveniently it may
I be) to fend for fome godly arid religious Pa.
fior, not only to pray for thee at thy Death (for God
in fuch a cafe hath promisd to bear the Prayers' of
the righteous e Prophets,and * Elders of the Church J but
•John 1.29. fc Rev. i.j. «Luke 23.41. * PfiL ji. j.« Geo.20,7.
Jcr. 18. 20. & 1 j. « Sam. 12. 19, 23. > Jam. j. 14, itf.
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alfo upon thy confeffion and unfeigned repentance to
d^far thee of thy fins* For, as Chnft hath given
him a ^/w to • bsptizi tbet unto repentance, for the
rtmiffton of thy fins \ fo he hath likewife given
hini a c dingy and h powir f and c authority, (upon
repentance) ^ j^ofoe thee from thy fins. d IwiBgtfe
thee the Keys of the Kingdon* of Heaven e And what- •
fiever thou {halt bind upon earthy jhatt be bound in
bmven : Andfrhatfoevtr thou (halt loofe on eattb, (ball
be loofid in heaven. And again, c Verily, I fay unto*
pa, tobatfieverye {ball bind on earth) fbsllbe bound in
heaven: Andwbatfoever ye fbatl loofe on tattb,fhallbe
bofed in beawefi. And again, * Restive ye the Holy
6bqft. Whoft foeiter fins ye remit,, they are remitted
unto them ; and whofe foever fins ye retain, they are re*
tained This Do&rine was as ancient in the Church
6f God as Job, for Elihu tells him, * That when
God Jirikes a man with malady on his bed, ft that
bis foul drawethneat the Grave, and his life to the
buriers : If there be any mejferiger with him, Or an In-
terpreter, one ofatboufand, to declare unto Man his
right eoufhefs, thtn will be have mercy upon him, Sec.
And anfwerable hereunto (faith Saint Jamet)
if the fick have committed fins (upon his repentance,
and the prayers of the Elders) thty fbaU be forgiven
him. h 7hfe have power to /hut Heaven, and to ' de*
liver (the fcandalous impenitent Sinner; to Satan:
For, k the weapons of their warfare aire not carnal,
tut mighty through God, to cafi down, &c Audio
'■1 l ia^tft witi i 1 t 1 • i 1 n • ■ - . r 1 ■
.' 'Mark 14. Aftrx?.* *i Cor. 5.8. c % Cor. 1©. 1. *Mat.i&i9.
* Mtt.i8.it* f John 10.32,13. * Job 33.19,22,23,24* rj*mcs$4$<
: Rey. 1 1 A fc i Cor. 5 . 5. a Cor. 10. ^ &*.
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have vengeance w readinefs agamfi all difobeiience.
They h&ve ube * key ^ loojt»g t therefore the fatt-
er or abfcfaing.
. The BiJbopSy and P4/?<?r/ of the Church, do not
forgive (la by wyfatfb/Hte Power of their own,
(for fo only Chrift their Matter forgiveth fiasj) but
\\.mi»i/hrt*fy> $&$* ftrvattts o( Chrift, and S/w-
<r4, to whofc fidelity their Lord and Matter hath
committed his KCys, and that is, when they do
deelve and protmarxe, either pullUily % or privately,
by the Word of God, what bmdeth, what £*?T-
**, and the merries of God to penitent finners,
or his judgmwts to impenitent and obftinate per*
fons $ and {b do apply the general promifes or threat*
nings to the penitent or impenitent. For CJirift from
Heaven doth by *fc«» (as by his *• Jh&njters oo
&»/;&) tedzxtwbom he remrtteth andbindetb, and
*p *&<m» to wiJSf open the Qates of ffeavs*, and i-
gainfi whom he will ihut them. And therefore it
is is not faid, Whofe fat ye jignifito he rem#te*\ but
whofe fins ye remit. They then do remit £ns, be-
cnife Chrift by their Mm/try remittetb fins, as Chrift
by his Difciples loafed Lazarus, John H. 44. Aod
as no water could walh away tfaama/fs Leprofie,
but the waters of Jordan, (though other Rivers
were as clear) becaufethe promifi was-aflnexed w>
* Mat. i«. 19. Mialftri peccata remituM non att'r«jW«-*, fid
itytrimt. 1 1 Cor. $.4. 1 1 Cor.4! 1,2. Afts 1]. j8. * To this end
faith BW?/,in //i. f.i 3. Chriftus omnibus paftoribus & Dodoribui
Fccleftas, l#b» fWfi^afowaus ttqua l cm tribuit poteft a wat, <aq«
fignum eft quod omnescx ajquo ligant $c folvunr,. uc P«w, P«*
piftttxti n6t dehr this. Quilibec racerdos (guattttim eft ex vir-
tute clavium) htbet poteOatem lAdjftfcnter in otaocs. In ftp*
plement. ihms. 4. tt Verie..
30fc ft *ctta of #<ety» 43s
to the water of Jorde» t and not to other Rivets;
fo though another Man may pronounce the feme
words* yet have they not the like efficacy and fower
to work on the conference, as when they are pro-
nounced from the mouth of CbrijTs Mi»iften y be*
caufe the * promife is annexed to the Wo'rd of
God in their mouths j for them he bath b cbofen f
* fepnrsted, and d jet a-fnrt for this tvork, and to
?£«» he hath committed the * minijhy and word' of
monciltation : by their holy f caMing and « or dim*
tion they have received the > bo{f Qhofa and the
mimfterUl power of binding and looting* They
are font forth of the i Hoiy Gbojt for this wort,
toheteuM6.be betb ceiled them.
And jChrift gives his Minifters power to forgive
fins to the penitent in the k fame words' that he
teacheth us in the Lord's Prayer to defire God to
forgive* us our (ins : To affure all penitent tinners,
that God bf his Minifters abfolution doth fully, .
through the merits of Quiffs blood, forgive them
all their fins. So that what Chrift decreeth in
Heaven* jnforo juJiciiy the famehedeclarethori
earth by his reconciling Minifters, in foro fenitentin:
So that as God hath \ reconciled the World to bint* -
[elf by Jefiu Chrift : So heth he (faith the Apoftle)
given unto tu the minijhf of this reconciliation.
He that fent them to baptize, faying, Go and
1 etch at N At ions, beptizing them, &c. Sent them ak
"•Joint ao. ijv * Afts r. 14. * Aftrrj. a. * Rora ; 1. 1. e 7 Cot. ■
5. 1 8, 19. f Afts 13 . a. r Cor. i- 1. Heb. $.4. « Tit. 1. y. hjohn ao.-
aa, aj. » Afis 1 3 44. k it mmTdtfr* itf* £y*(\i*t. Jem ao.aj.
K*i dftf niiif its *i*fi\*t tutor*' } a Gor. f . i«. •
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fo to remit fins, faying, *,As my Father feat me,
ft fend Jyou; wbofefiever fins ye remit ', they *re remit-
ted unto them, &c. As therefore none can taptize,
(though he ufe the fame water and words j but
only the lawful Minifier y which Chrift hath
tated atid authorized to this divine and minifterid
Funftion : So though others may comfort vrithgood
words ; yet none can * obfohe from fin, but on-
iy thofe to whom thrift hath committed the holy
c Miniftery'mdvVotd of Reconciliation : And of their
atfolution Chrift fpeaketh, be tbst hetrethyou, hear-
eth me. In a doubtful title thou wilt ask the coun-
sel of a skilful Lawyer: In peril of ficknefs thou
wilt know the advice of the learned Pbyficiam : And
is there no danger in dread of damnation, for a
jmner to be his own Judge ?
Judicious d Calvin teacheth this point of do-
ctrine moft plainly ; Etfi omnes mutuo nos deheamus
.con/olarif &c. *. Although (faith be) we ought to
4 comfort and confirm one another in theconfi-
' dence of God's mercy ; yet we fee that the Mi-
« .'nifters are appointed as witneffes and fureties to
* afcertain our conferences of the remifiion of fins :
' Infomuch, as they are faid to remit fins, and
« to loofe fouls* Let every faithful man therefore
* remember, that it is his duty (if inwardly he be
* vexed and afflicled with thefenfe of his fins) not
c to neglect that remedy which is offer'd unto him
1 by the Lord, to wit, that ( for the eating of his
•John ao. ai, aj.^a Cor. a. 7, 10. Heb.5.41. « a Cof.j.iS,ia
i Luke 10. 16. e Lib. j. Inltu, cap, 4. fe&. ia«
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€ Sins unto his Paftor ; and that he defire his pri-
( vate. endeavour for the application of fome com*
' € fort unto his foul ; whofe Office it is (both puk
1 lickly and privately i to adminifter Evangelical
1 Coniolation to God^s People., . , 1
Bex* highly a coirimendeth this pra&ice: Arid
b Luther laitb, That he had rather loofe a tboufand
World >, thorn fuffer private confeffton to he tbrufi out
of the Church. Our Church hath ever irioft *foundh
maintained the truth of this Dottrine; but moft
jufily abolifh'd the Tyrannous and Antichriftia^
abufe of Popifh Auricular Confeffionsy which ttiey
thruft upon the Souls of Chriftians, as an Expiatory
Sacrifice^ and a meritorious Sat isf attic? for Sin ; rack-
ing their Confctences to confefs r when, they fedi
no dlftrefs; and toenumerate^f their Sins, which
is iippoftible j that by this means they might dive
into the fecretsof.afl Men, which oft-times h^tTt
provM pernicious, not only to private. Perfous, but
alfo to fubltik Eftates* But the truth of God's
Word is, that no Perfon having received Orders
in the Church of Rome, can truly abfolye a Sinner^
for the Keys of Ahfolution are two ; the one is the
Key of Authority, and that only * thrift hath ; , the
other is the Key of Minifiry\ and this he e gives
to his MimjlerS) who are therefore called the
f Miftijlers of Chrijl> thp Stewards of God's Mjfteries,
8 la Antith. Papatus & Chriftianiflni vol. fol A 66. b Lather
torn.- 4J6L 100. &fequ. « Witncfs our Liturgy. Dt. Hottmufsii-
folvcd Or. Reynold;, wLo not being able to fpeak, fcHTcd the Hand
herewith he was abfo^lvcd. d Rev. 3, 7. Marfca. 7. kukc f . ii.
<M«tth.xtf.i9* fiCor.4. 1. 4
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' #>* * /imbaffaddrs of Rt£Oforliatio» y Rilkops, Pm^vts %
Elders', &c: But CAr?^ never ordained in the
$few TeffamCnt, any Ordef of facrificifs^ Pricfts |
neither is the Natne of 1«f<&, which properly fig.
nffieth Sscercbs, ot furtfiting Prieft, given to any
Qj^cer of Chrift, in all the New- Teftament ; net.
ttier do we read in all the New Teftament, of g
py, who confefled himfelfto a Priejt, but b 3<*.
da4. ty$jtner is there ^dy real Prieft m the New
Ifxjtejnejit,; huU/ify ' Cbr$: ^Neither is/there any
irf'of fc'f rV/HM to bfe bow accompfifbed on
f, $artb t .hlix *4t which he A fa!fiiIeth in Heavt/i,
W ' making jntertej^'fotiis:," Seeing therefore
jPirift neVer araainetf Vrajr' Order of ficnficing
"Prieftsi and that Popith Pitefts fcorn the Name
pt/kliipirs.ft the Go/ftl; to whom only Chrift
'committed hts' keys; itnjfec^&fn'y folio, weth, that
jf<? Pi/$& Pyfyjft cktt truly , either exeotimunuste or
jfcjplve any' Sinner, or have any Uaf alright to
meddle with qhr<(PsJOjf. Buuhe Anti*cbriftU»
tlufe of this Divine Ordinance fhould not. abolifli
the knjfr/ *j£ thereof betwixt'Chriftians. and their
Tailors in Cafis of dtfirefs of Qo^fcieiue^ for which
.jt^was chiefiy 1 prdained. ; r
And verily, there is not ahy means more ei*
"cellent to humble* proud He*rT y nor to taife up aa
bumble Spirit, than this fpiritual conference betwixt
the Paftqrs and the People committed ; to their
" charge. If any Sin therefore troubleth thy Confci-
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*t*ce % conrefs k to Qo4 ? s A&mfler : Ask his counfl^
>and ifthou doft truly repent, receive his Jjfa
iution. And then.deube not in fin co»jeieutU t but
thy fins lie as verify forgiveo on Earth, as if thou
diqft heac Chrifthim&lf to fir* /*4««*, pronoun*
dog them to be forgiven in Heaven..* Qui vot
audit « me audit i he that . bewetfaypu heareth mc
Try -this; and tell me, .whether thou (bale not find
more cafe in thy Canfcience, than can be exprefled
in words. Did prophane Men .coofider the dig-
nity of this divine sailing, they would the more
honoqr the CaBlng, and reverence the gerfous. ,
Thefick Man ( having th us eafed bis Confcienoe,
and received his Abfeltttion) may do well (having
a convenient number of faithful Christians joyned
with him) to receive the holy Sacrament ot the
Lorfs Suffer ; to encourage htm w hi»Faith r zp^
to dilcouragethe Devil in his Aftouks. In this re-
fpe£ttbe> Caawa/of Nw termed this Sacrament,
ViatUim\ the fjmhfrovifm fir her journey* And
atbehnhe LonaTs &r#w: be an Ecdefiaftical s&ipn,
yet forafmnch as our Lor J (the firft Inftjtutor) ce-
Jebrated it in a • private houfe, and. that. d Saint
Paul termeth the houjks of Chriftians* tb&Churches
of Cbrifti aod that e Chrifi himfelf hath proroifed
to le in the midft of the faithful, where buf two or
three are gathered together in his Name : I fee "no
reafon, but if Chriftians dejfreit (when they are
nor, through fickneft, able tocOme.to the Church)
n> i f i'>Mm l li i n „ j i , i n |h ii t
» Lu4c jou i£, > Cone- Nioen. Can. 1 1. c Mat. *« *$. Luke a*.
i;. <* Rom. i&.j.fhifcoi. vcrfc a. • lyfa^ t%. %d.w
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but that they ihould receive, and Pai tors ought to
adminifter tnc Sacrament unto them at home. He
fheweth more fimplicity than knowledge, who
thinks that this favours of a private Mofs: For a
Mais is called private f not becaufe it is (aid in a pri-
vate Houie, but becaufe (asBifhop • JeoWteach-
cth out of h Aptinm) the Pricft rcoeiveth the Sa«
cramenthimfdfalone, without diftribution made
onto others, and then it is private, although
the whole Partfh be prefent and look upon him
There is as much difference between fueh a Com-
munion, and the Anti-cbrifiion IdoLcf a private
'flfafs, as there is betwixt Heaven and Hell, For
• at Communion in a private Family upon foch
an extraordinary occafioh, Chrsfslajlitutionisobh
:&rv'd* Many faithful Brethren meet together, and
tdrry one fir *w/A*r,£hrift's Death is remembred
and (hewed j and the Minifter, together with the
'Faithful and the fick Party do communicate. Ma-
iler c £*4s** faith, 7b*t be doth very willingly admit
adminiftring of the Communion to them that Me fick,
when the cafe and opportunity Jo refutretk And in
d another place he faith, That be hah many weigh-
ty Rea/ons to compel him not to deq the Lord's Supper
unto the fick. Yet I would with all Christians to
ufe to receive often i in their health ) efpecially
1 fmel againft Hiding, Artie, i. of private Mafs, fbl, 4, k In
miflu privatis fufficit fi arias fit prefens, fcilicet Miniftcr, qui
populi tet«us- perfbnam gcrit, Aquin. part ?. q. }*. art 5. c Do
tasnx adminiftrationeita fentio, libenter admjttendum cflc hunc
tootf m, f\ »ud ipgrotps qelebretur gommunjo^ cum ;ta res &
opportumtas&rant. Eg. $1. d Cur Coenaip a^gtotis ncgandani cfl^
pgn arbicror/mutoe & grave? q(u& pic irjipclhi^i. E£ . jj. |.
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pace every month with the whole Church ; for
then they (ball not need fo much to affemble their
friends upon fuch an occasion, porfo much tp be
troubled themfelves for want of the Sacrament;
For as Mr. * Perkins faith very well, The fruit aid
efflcdey tf the Sncrnment is not to he refrained to the
time of receiving! but it extends it fcjfto the whole
time of M*n*f life afterwards ; The efficacy where,
pf, aid Men throughly underftand, they would
not need to be Co often exhorted to*receive it.
b f aft ores omnet hie exoratos vellem, ut in httjus
contravetfie ftatum penittjts intr officiant °- nee ji "deles
exhac vitamigr antes, & fanemvitafetentes, vtati-
tofito frandari finant, ne lugubris ijt'a iniis ad id*,
fleatur lament at io: • Parvulipanempetunt, &noh
fit qui frangat eis.
As therefore when a wicked Uvtr dieth, he may
(ay to death as d Ah A faid to Elijah ; Uafl then
found fee* mint Enemy? So on the other fide,
when it is told a penitent (inner, that Death knocks
at the door, and begins to look him in the face j
he may fay of Death, as David faid. of Ahimaaz,
* Let 'him conte dnd welcome, for he is a good Matt,
sad conuth with good tydingt} He is the Meflefl-
ger of Chrift, and bringeth unto me the joyful
new$ of eternal life, And as the Red Set was a
gulf tp drown the Egyptians to deftru&ion. ; but
a paffage to the Ifraelties, to convey them tp
Xanajrts po.Teffion: fo death tp the wicked, is a
* ptrtinr his right way to dying well. * Admonitio ad pafto-
W. (Lam. 4. 4. «i Kings »i. ao. e » Sam. 18. 17. y$ mpriare
jius^veredjfcspifc,
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/fowl to hell and condemnation ; but to tfje godly,
the gste toerrerlafting life and falVation.. And one
4*yef* Meffed* death will make an amends for
4O the forrowt of a titter life. "
X ( : .. :..~ ......
When therefore thou perceiveft thy foQl <fe-
parring from thy oedy> pray with thy tongntf if
thou can'ft, elfe pray in thy heart and mind
tbefe words* fixing thd eyes of thy foul upon
Jefut Chrifl t'hy Saviour. ;
' A Prayer at the yielding up of the Ghcft.
b £«»£ cf God, which by thy Wood haft
taken away the fins of the World;; have
mercy « **»» ot* 4 Jfawr. Z.0fi J«/W mttifei? mji
ty/rft, Amen..'
ffcfe* flfe fiti party is departing, kfth* fakkfaivfa
are prefent kneel etou>n> and commend hie font to
God in thefe or the like words.
O Gracious God, and merciful Father, who
art * our refkge and ftr*ngth % and a very
prefect help fa trouble ; lift up the * light of thy fa-
your able countenance at this inftaot upon thy tef-
vant, that now corrieth to appear ki thy pretence.
Wafb awq ', good Lord, all his fins by the f merits of
Chrifi Jefus*s blood* that they may never befetd to
his charge; Increafe his Faith f .preferve and keep
'- * Strnimum hominisfednum, bonusex-tiac vitA exitrrs. ' h JofefM .
99* c Luke i8« 13. ^Plkl. 4.6. 1. « Ffal. 4. & f 1 John 1. 7* .
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fafe bis Sent from the danger of the Devil and his
wicked Angels. .Comfort him with thy Holy Spi*
fit, caufe him now to feel that thou art his loving
Father, and that he is thy Child by Adopt ietr ana
praee. Save, OChfiftythe price of thy own
Blood ; and ftiflfer him not to be loft, whom thou
haft bought fo dearly. Receive his Soul, as thou
did'ft the petit tern Thief \ into thy heavenly Para*
Sfe. lit thy bklkctAtgels conduct him thither,
as they carryed the Soul of Lazarus; and grant
unto him a joyful Refurre&ion atthe laft Day. O
Father, hear us for him, and hear thy <m$ Son,
our only Mediator, that *fits at thy Right hand, for
him and us all \ even for the merits of that bitter
Death and Paffiori, which he hath funer'd for us.
In confidence whereof, we now recommend his
Soul into thy Fatherly Hands, in that bleffcd
. Prayer, which our Saviour hath taught us in aO
times of our troubles to fay unto thee :
Oar father rxhidi art in Heaven, Hollowed k thy
Name, &c.
Thus far cf the Pratficeof Piety, fo dying m the Lor J.
HtoP fottws the Pr off ice of Piety in dying for the Lord*
T r H F Pra&ice of Piety in dying for the Lord,
is termed Martyrdom. ~\
f Martyrdom is the Teftimony which 4 ChriflUn
% Rom.8.34. t Sanguis Martyrum femen Ecclefi*. Martyrcs
accepcrunt, norf fcdpnjnt coronas. Leo Afartyrio coronati*
ftf. ufuaJJy. '
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tWȣ to the Do&riue of the GoffeL, by enafuring any
kind tf Death ; to invite many, and to confirm all,
to embrace the truth thereof. To this kiwi of Death,
Chrift bath promis'd a Crown: * Be thott faithful
etnto Deaths and I wiB^gwe .thee a Crown of Life,
Which Promifc the Church fo firmly .believed,
ihat they term'd Martyrdom it felf z -Crown.
iAnd God, to animate Cbriftians to this excel-
lent Prize, would by. a Tred&ion, that b Stephen,
'the firft Chriftian Martyr, fhould have his Name
of a Crowe.
Of Martyrdom there are three kinds,
. i. Sola volamtate, in Will only as ?«&* the
Eyaugetift, who (being boiled in a Cauldron of
Oyl ) came out rather anointed than ,/W $ and
rdy'd of Old age at Bpbefue.
%. Solo ofere, in Deed only i as the innocent t of
« Bethlehem.
j. VoUmtate & ofere,bocbm WiD and Deed; as
in the Primitive Church, Stephen, Pofyearfue, Ig-
natius, Laurent ins , Romauus, Antiecbionus, ami
Thousands. And in our days, Creamer, Latimer,
Hoofer, Ridley, Ferrari Bradford, Philpot t Saw-
ders, Glover, Taylor, and others innumerable:,
whofe fiery zeal to God's Truth brought them to
the Flames qf Martyrdom.* to feal Chrift's faith
* Amtet mi -mr WfMMT w< £«?*. Re*, a. to. Ben*. Scr. in ftft.
Innoc. /WV. Nanfca in lie Jtbsn. Fltrtt Hift. *d. An. 6j . * A&* 7.
_' M»tth. a. A$* and Monument*.
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It is noc the cr**//? of the death, but the * inno-
ttmy and holinefs of the caufethat njaketh a Mar.
ty r. Neither is an erroneous Confcience a fuffici-
ent warrant to fuffer Martyrdom : Becaufe Science
in God's Word mud direft Confcience in Man's
heart. For they who killed the Apoftles, in their
erroneous Confcience, thought fthey did Cod good
fervice : And Paul of zeal breathed out j| /laughters
againft the Lord's Saints. Now whether the caufe
oT our Seminary Priefts and Jefuits be fo holy, true,
alnd innocent, as that it may warrant their Confci-
eoce to fuffer death, and to hazard their eternal faU
•vasion thereon, let • TW's Entitle' written to the
ancient Chriftian Romans, ( but againft our new
Antucbr$iaH Romans) be judge. And it will plain-
ly appear, that the Doctrine which St. Paul taught
to the ancient Church of Rome, is ex diametro op-
pofite in x6. Fundamental points of true Religi-
on, to that which the new Church of Rome.teach-
eth and maintainetb. For Saint Paul taught the
Primitive Church of Rome.
s. That our EleclionisofGotfsfree Grace, aa&'
not ex oferibus frxvifts, Rom. o. n. Rom. <k t.
5,6. x •
x. That we are j*/jM before<3od by /&£ «*.
/jr, withoutgo*/ works, Rom. > xo, 18. Rom. 4. x.
&c Rom. 1. 17.
3. That the goo* works of the regenerate are not
of their own condignity meritorious, nor fuch as can
' /
*TPrt.2.i9.Csxrf*7nonpaffio, ficir Manyrcm Aiig.Ep^i.Nad*
mortet fed mores, Dr. Boft. Tha. Ajuin.i. a. qusefh 17. art 6
I Jcfcn *6. a: || A«s* i. Phil. 3. 6. JEpiftola ad Roinanos, u nov
tpiftote in Romano*.
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delervc Heaven, Rom. 8.x 8. Rom.i i 6,Rom6.±^,
4. That tbqfe Books, only at& Goafs Or*kr/« and
Canonical Scripture, which were committed to rho
eufiodj and credit of the Jifws, Rom. j» a* Rom. 1.
x. Rom. 16. xo\ fuch were never the Jpocrypho*
5. That the Holy Scriptures have Go^s autho-
rity, * Rom. 9. 17. Rom. 3.4. Rom. 1 1.31. confer*
red with Gal. 3. ax. Therefore above the Atttho*
rity of the Church. . '
9. That all, as well L*tfy as Oerjft that will be
faved, muft familiarly read or ifwv the Holy Scrip,
ture, Rom. 15. 4> R °n»* io. x, x, 8. Rom. 16. %6.
7. That all t Images made of the true God are
very Idols, Rom 1. a 3. and Rom.a»xx. Conferred*
8. That to Imp ftfe Awe rdfghujty to an /mg?,
or to worflitp any Creature, is meer ldda&j\
Rom. 1.1.4. an ^ a fyf"g fi^vice,' Kara. i.%$.-
9. That we muft not pray unco any but to God
o»lj, in whom we believe, Rom. xo. 1 3, 14. Rom.
8. 1 j, x?. therefore not to Saints and Angels:
10. That Chrift is our only Intertejfor in Hea-
ven, Rom. 8. 34. Rom. 5^ a. Rom. 16. ay.
?i. That the only Sacrifice of Chriftians, isno-
thing but tat Jpiritual Sacrificing of their fouls and
£ofcj to ferve God in &»&»/? and rightebu/hejs,
Rom. 1 a. x. Rom. 15.16. Therefore no ^^/facrift*
cing of Chrift in the Mafs.
12. That the religious worflitp called dulia, as
well as £#?/«, belongeth to God ohm, Rom. 1.9.
Rom. ix. 11. Rom. 16. 18. Conferred.
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* Nth, TTiat the Scripture fiuth, God fjnth, an4 the Scripture-
concluded!, is all one with i>#«/, t T«i «<&** having reference*
what he fpake before, Roof. i. 33. Of Imam.'
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i \. That all Chriftians are to fray unto God in
their, own ftatrvt, language, Rom. 14. ix.
1 4. That we have not of our felves in the ftate
of corruption, free wii unto Good, Rom;;. 18. &C.
Rom. 9. 16.
15. That Concupifence in the regenerate, is fin,
Rom. 7. 7. 8. 10.
1 6. That the Sacraments do not confer grace
ex of ere operato, but jign and ^4/ that is conferred
already unto us, Rom. 4. 11, ix. .Rom. x.x8,x9.
^7. That every true believing Chriftian may
in this life beajfured of but Salvation, Rom. 8. 9,
16, 35. &a
18. That no Man in this life fince Adam's faO t
can perfectly fulfil the Commandments of God,
Rom. 7. 10. &c. Rom. 3. 19, &c. Rom. 11. jx.
19. That tq place Religion in the difference of
meats and days, is fupeftition, Rom. 14.. 3 » f, <5,
xo. That the hnpnted Rigbteoufnefs of CJirift, is
that only that makes us juft before God, Rom. 4.
9, 17**3-
xi s That Chrift's Jfcyfc was made of the&ei 0/
David, py Incarnation: not of a Ff^fvr ftifc by
Tranfubfiantiation, Rom* 1. 3.
xx. That all * r*e Chriftians are &f/#tt, and not
thofe whom the Pope only doth ctmmize, Rom.
i* 7. Rom. 8. 17. Rom. 15.31. Rom. 1 6. x. & 1 j.
Rom. if. 3^5.
23. That 7^/e* Chrift,the God of peace, and
sot //>/*, the Woman, would bruife the Serpent's
head, Rom. 16. xo.
x4« That every Soul muft oUconfdenc* bcfubjecT.
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and pay tribute to the Higher powers, that is, the
Magiftrates which 'bear the /word, Rom. 13.1,1,
&c. aftd therefore the P*/* and all Prelates mull be
fubjeft to their Emfereurs, Kjngs, and Magiftrates,
unlefs they will bring damnation upon their fouls,
as Traitor s> that re/50 God and bis Ordtam^
Rom. 13. z.
% j. That P**/ fnot Pertr) Was ottfciiied by the
grace of God, \o be the chief Jpoftle of the Gtih
tiles* and confequently of Rome, the chfcf City of
the Gentiles, *Rom.ij*i j, 16, 19,10* &c Rom. 11.
14. 16.4.
x6 That the Church of Rome may err, and fall
jn)4y from the true faith, as well as the Church tf
Jerufakm, or any other particular Church, Ron.
xi.zo, %!,%%•
And feeing the new upftart Chutch of Rome teach*
eth in all thtfe/and in innumerable other points,
clean contrary to that which the ApoftJe taught
the Primitive Romans, let G*d and this Efiftb
judge betwixt them and us ; whether of us both
ftands in the true ancient Catholick Faith, which the
Apoftle taught the old Roman*? And whether we
have not done well to depart from them, fo far as
they have departed from the Afo files Do&rine?
* It fecitts by R§m. 1 5. 10, 19. And the whole laft Chapter, that
the Chriftians who were in Rime before Psul came thither, were
converted by thofe Preachers whom he had fent thither, before
him: For he caUs them bis htlfcts, ver.3.9. kinfmtn, v.7,1 j/***J
. prifmertyV.y.tbefrft frmits of Achats, where he had preached, W"
fsmtiisr t$ him, *nd n Tertius, who writ the Epiftle, v.ai. And
therefore they came To joyfully to meet Paul at Affit fmm, b&'
ing that he was coming towards Rmt, Afts 18.^1 j« ~ ' ,
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And whether it be not better to return to >t. PauPs
Truth, than ftill to continue in Romeh Error?
And if this be true ; then let Jefuits and Seminary
Priejts take heed and fea^ left it be not Faith,
but Edition $ not Truths but freafon ; not Religion,
but Rebellion, beginning at Tyber, and ending at
Tyburn^ which is the caufe of their Deaths. And
being lent from a troublefotae^/^itar<*/See, ra-
ther thpn from a peaceable At>ofioltcd§zzx., becaufe
they cannot be fufferM to peviuzde Sufyetfs to break
their Oaths, and to withdraw their Allegiance from
their Sovereign ; to raife Rebellion, to move In-
vafion* to ftab and poyfon Queens, to kill and
murder Kjngs, to blow up whole States with
Gunpowder ; they defperately caft away their own
Bodies to be hang'd and quartered, and their Souls
fav'd, if they belong to God ; (I wiflj *fuch ho-
nour to d bis Saints that fends them-J And I have
jufi caufe to fear, that the f Miracles of Lipf%m\
two Ladies, Blunfton's Boy, Garnet's Straw, and
the Maid's fiery Apron* will not fuffice to clear,
that thefe Men are not Murderers of themfelves,
rather than Martyrs of Chriftk
And with what Confcienee can any Priefi count
Garnet a Martyr ; when his own Confcienee forced
him to confefi, that it was for Treafo*, and not for
Religion that he dy'd ? But if the Priefts of fuch
a Gunpowder Gofpel be Martyrs^ I marvel who are
Murderers ? If they be Saints, who are Scythians ?
and who are Cannibals, if they be Catholicks ?
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patefiat : Judicatus eft Epbejt&b i£milio Frontino Proconfuleynon
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But leaving thefe, if they will be filthy, to
their Filthinefe ftil), let us (to whofe Fidelity the
Lord hath committed his true Faith, as a precious
* depofitum) pray unto God, that we may lead a
holy Life, aofwerable to our holy Faith, in Piety to
Cbrtfi, and Obedience to our b King ; that if our Sa-
viour (hall ever count us c worthy that honour to /offer
Martyrdom for his Gqfpefs fake ,- be it by open
burning at the Stake, as in Queen Mary*/ Days, or
by fecret Murtherim^ as in the Inquifition houfe ; or
by outragious mafjacring, as in the Parifian Mtt-
tins; in being blown uf with Gunpowder, as was
intended in the Parliameni-houfe : We may have
Grace to pray for the Affiftance of his holy Spirit, fo
to ftrengthen our Frailty^ and to defend his Caufe,
as that we iflay Teal with our deaths the EvangeUcd
Truth which we have profeffed in our Lives :That
in the Days of our Lives we may be d M#i by his
Word 1 in the D*y of Death be blefled in the Lord,
and in the Day of Judgment be the c blefled of his
father; * Even fo grant % Lordjefu*. Amen.
A Divine Colloquy between the Soul and her Saviour \
concerning the Bffc&ual Merits cf his dolorous
Paffion.
Soul.
LOAD, wherefore didft thou tvsjh thy Difciples
feet?
Cbrijf. To teach thee how thou (houldft prqknre thy
ielf to come to my Supper. •
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C. To teach thee Humility if thou wilt be my Diftiple.
S. Lord, wherefore didft thou before thy Death inftitute
h thy laft Supper >
C. That thou mighteft the better remember my Death,
and be allured that all the Merits thereof are thine.
S. Lord, wherefore wouldft thou go tofuch a place, where
c Judas knew to find thee ?
C. That thou mighteft know that I went as willingly
to fuffer for thy Sin, as ever thou wenteft to any place
to commit a Sin.
S. Lord, wherefore wouldft thou begin thy Pajlon in a
* Garden ?
C. Becaufe that in a c Garden thy Sita took firft Be-
ginning.
& Lord, wherefore did thy three feleS Difiiples fall
f &f a ft *fl**P* when thou beganft to fall into tin Jgony ?
C. To fliew, that I 8 alone wrought the Work of thy
Redemption.
S. Lord, why were there fo many h Plots and Snares laid
for tbee<?
C. That I might make thee to efcape' 1 all the Snares
of thy ghoftly Hunter.
S. Lord, why Jhouldft tboitfufer k Judas (betraying thee)
to kifs thee ?
C. That by enduring the Words of dijfembling Lips.,
I might there begin to expiate Sin, where Satan \ firft
brought it into the World. m
S. Lord, why wouldft thou be m fold for thirty pieces of
filver?
C. That I might free thee from perpetual Bondage.
S. Lord, why didft thou "pray with Juch ftrong cryinf
and Tears £
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c Gen. 3. 3. f Mat 26.40. slfa. 63. $. 8 Mac. 20*. 4. l Pial. 1247.
k Matth. 16. 49. ? Gen. 3.4, 5- m Match. 27. }• * Match. 26. 39.
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C. That 1 might quench the Pmry of God's jfc/i«,
whkh was fb fiercely Kindled againft thee.
S. Lord, v£y v*/ f 60* y© * 4/ra£, «i caft into fab
an Jgony ? '
C. That fullering the Wrath due to thy Sins, thou
mighfft be more fecure in thy Death, and find more
Comfort in thy Croffes.
5. Lord, wherefore didft thorn pray Jb h oft, and fo ear-
fteJHj that the Cup might pafs from thee.
C. That thou mightelt perceive the Horror of that
« Cmfe and Wrath, which being doe to tbj Shu, I was
thai to drink and endure for thee.
S. Lord, wherefore didft thou after thy vnlb , d fib-
met thy WiUtotbe JTiBoftby Father}
C. To teach thee what thou fhould'ft do in all thy
Affii&ions* and bow willingly thou fhould'ft yield to
bear with Patience that Crqls, which thou feeft to ctne
ftom the juft Hand of thy heavenly Father.
5. Lord, wherefore didft thou c fweat fucb drops of
Water and Blood?
C. That 1 might cleanfe thee from thy ftom
and bloody fpots.
£. Lord, *Aj Jbouiitfl thou be taken f pfcir rios
Viigbfft have efcaped thine enemies?
C. That thy fpiritual Enemies (hould not take thee,
and caft thee into the s Prifon of utter Darknefs. .
£ Lord, wherefore wouldfi thou be h forfahen of all tbj
Difciples ?
C. That I might reconcile thee unto God, of whom
thou waft forfaken for thy Sins.
iS. Lord, wherefore wouldfl thou [ ftandtobeapprebendei
alone ?
C. To (hew thee that my Love of thy Salvation was
more than the Love of all my Difciples.
•« Luke i2. 44. b Matth. 2$. 39. &41. 44, cGal. 3, 13. * Luke
2. 42. c Luke 3.1. 44- * Luke 2a. 54. 6 Matth, 5. 25. Mat. 22.13.
Marrh. *6. <4_ k lohn 1 8. 8.
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<S. Lord, wherefore was the « jmOT£ ittoi ong&t by the
Souldiers^ and mftript of bislinnen, who came out of his
bei^ hearing the fiir at thy avprebenfipn and leading to thp *
BghPrieft}
C. To (hew their Outrage in apprehending me, and.
my Power in preserving out of their outragious Hands,
all my Difdpks, who otherwife had been worji handled
by them, than was thatyoiwg Man
S. Lord, wherefore wouldft thou b be bound ?
C. That I might loole the Cords of thine Iniquities.
S. Lord, why waft thou « denied of Peter ?
C. That I might confer* thee before my Father, and
thou mightft learn, that there is no Truft in Man, and.
that Salvation proceeds of my meer Mercy.
S. Lord, wherefore wouldft thou bring Peter to Regen*
tance-by the d crowing of a Cock ?
C. That none fliould delpife the Means which God
hath appointed for their Canverfiob, thongh they feem
never fo mean.
S m Lord, wherefore didft thou at the *GochCr owing turn
and look upon Peter?
C. Becaufethou might'ft know, that without thp
help of my Grace, no Means can turn a Sinner unto
Goi, when he is once falPn from him.
S. Lord, wherefore waft thou f covered with a purple
Robe?
C. That thou might'ft perceive that it was I that did
away thy fcarlet Sins ?
S. Lord, wherefore wouldft thou be g crowned wilbTborns£
C. That by wearing Tbqrns^ .the Firft Fruits of the
Curfe, it might appear, that it is I which take away
the Sins and Curfe of the World, and crown thee with
the h Crown of Life and Glory.
S. Lord, wherejore was a { Reed put into thy Hand ?
•Mark 14. 51,5a. *Matth.27.2. «Luke a2.57.5fr, 60. dMatth-
26. 74^75? c Lukeaa.tfi. » John 19, 5- • Ifii i.i€U * Matth.27.2j.
• X Pet 5.4, Rev. 2* lo, kMatth.27.20.
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C. That it might appear that I came not to * break
the BrmfedReedf
S. Lotdjpberefore waff thou b mocked of the Jews ?
C, That thou might'ft infult over Devils, who other*,
wile would have mock'd thee, as the c Pbiliftines did
SatUgfott.
S. Lord, wherefore wouldfi thou have tbj blejfed Face
defied with* Spittle?
C. That I may cleanfe tby Face from tbejbame ofSh ?
S. Wherefore* Lord, were tby Eyes bood-winfcd with a
'Veil?
C. That thy Ipiritual Blindnefs being retrtov'd, thou
fttighrft behold the Face of my Father in Heaven,
S. Lord, wberefore did they f buffet thee with Fifis^ ad
beat tbee with t Staves ?
C. That thou might'ft be freed from the Strokes and
Tearing* of infernal Fiends.
S. Lord, wherefore wouldfi thou be * revikd ?
.. C. That God. might ipeak Peace unto thee by his
Word ahd Spirit .
f, . Lord, wberefore was tby l Face disfigured with Blows
Blood?
C. That thy Face might (hine glorious as the k Angth
|n tfeaven*
£ 4 Lotd, wberefore wouldfi thou be fo cruelly x fcourgei?
C. That thou might'ft be freed from the Sting ofOm-
fciertce, and Whips of everlafting Torments ?
S. Lord, wherefore would" ft thou be arraigned at m Pilate'*
Bar ?
C. That thou migh^ft at the Laft Day be acquitted
before my Judgment-feat.
£ Lord, wberefore wouWfi thou be n faljly accufed?
C. That thou fhpuld'ft not be juftly condemn'd.
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& Lord, wherefore wmld'ft tbou be * termi over to be
condemned by ajhange Judge ?
C. That thou being redeemed from the Captivity of
a hellifh Tyrant, raight'ft be reftoxed to God, whole
own thou art by right.
S. Wherefore, Cbrift, diifi thou acknowledge, that
Pilate had b Power over thee from above i
C. That Antichrifi y under pretence of being my Vicar,
fhould not « exalt bimfelf above all d Principalities and
Powers.
S. Lord, why wouVTft thou fufer thy Pafim % wide*
* Pontius Pilate, being a Roman Prefdent to the Csfiir
of Rome ?
C. To (hew, that the Cafarian and Pontifician Polity
of f Rome fhould chiefly perfecute my Church, and
% crucify me in my Members.
S. But why., Lord, wouhTJt thou be h condemned?
C. That the Law being condemned in nje, thou
might^ft not be condemned by it. ^ .'.
S. But why waft tbou condemned, feeing notbipg could
be x proved again fi thee ? r
C. That thou might'ft knovir, that it was not for mj
Faults, but for thine, that 1 fuffered.
S. Lord, wherefore waS tbou led to k fufer out of tie
City?
C. That I might, bring thee to reft in the heavenly
City.
S. Lord, why did the Jews compel Simon of Cyrene,
coming out of the l Field, to carry thy Crofs ?
C. To fhew the Weaknefr whereunto the Burden of
thy Sins brought me, and what muft be every Chriftian's
Cafe; which goeth out of the Field of this World, to-
wards the heavenly Jerufalem.
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* Matth. 27. a. b John 19. 11. c Tit. 3.1.4 Rom. 1 3. i. 1 Pet,
; 2. 13, 14. c Luke 23. 1, 2. John 10. 13, &c. f Note veB^ Rev.n.8.
. <rwrfRev.17.5-6. S John 19.16. b Luke 23.24. Rom. 8. 3. *Mac.
*7 24. John 19. 6. * Matth. 27.33. Heb.13.12. * Luke 23. 26.
Afatth. 27. 3*. ^ " _ r 3
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C. That thou might'ft lee how I forfook aS to redeem
thee.
SI Lord, wherefore woulfft thou be * lifted upon the
Crqfs?
C. That I might lift thee op with me to Heaven.
S. Lord, wherefore didft thou c bang upon a curfedtree ?
C. That I might fitisfy for thy Sin committed in
eating the d forbidden Fruit of a Tree.
S. Lord, wherefore wouWft thou bang between two
« Thieves ?
C. That thou my dear Soul might'ft have place in
the midft of heavenly Angels.
• S. Lord, wherefore were thy Hands and Feet f nailed
totbeCrofs?
C To enlarge thy Hands to do the Works of Righ-
teoufhels ; and to let thy Feet at Liberty to walk in
the ways of Peace.
S. Lord, wherefore did tbey crucifie thee in Golgotha,
the place of s dead Mens Soub ?
C.To allure thee that my Death is Life unto the Deal
S. Lord, why d\d not the Soldiers h divide thy feamlefs
Coat?
C. To (hew that my Church is One, without Rent or
Scbifm.
$. Lord, wberefori didft thou tafte l Vinegar and GaS ?
C. That thou might'ft eat the Bread of Angels, and
drink the Water of Life.
S. Lord, why faidfl thou upon the Crofs, k k isfinijbed?
C. That thou might'ft know that by my Death, the
l Law was fulfilled, and thy Redemption effe&ed.
$. Lord, wby didft thou cry out upon the Crofs, 4 m U)
God, nty God, why baft thou forfalen ml
\ John 19. 23 . fc Luke 25 . 3 3. « ibid. d Gen. 2. 17. e Luke' aj.M.
f Pikl. 12. 16. Johft 20. 2?. * Matth. 27. 33. h John 19.24. Up.
?7-34- *Johni9-3°- ' Rom. jo.*; 2 Cor.j. 13. ■? Mark if " ;
lc*,*v.
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C. Left thou being foriaken of God, fhouldft have
been driven to cry in the Pains of Hell, wo and alas,
for evermore*
S. Lord, wherefore was there fucb a general * Darbtefi,
when thou iiifi fifffer and cry out won the Crofs ?
C. That thou might?ft fee an Image of thofe hellilh
Pains which I fufferd, to deliver thee from the eqdlefs
Pains of Hell, and everlafting Chains of Darknefc
S. Lord, why would' f thou have thy b Arms naiVd abroad?
C. That I might embrace thee more lpvingly, my
fweet Soul. .«..,., ,
S. Lord, why did the Thief that never c wrought Gooi
before* obtain Paradice upon fo Jhort Repentance ?
C. That thou may'ft fee the Power of my Death to
forgive them that repent, that no Sinner needs defpair.
S. Lord, why did pot the other d Thief which banged as
near thee, obtain the lihe Mercy?
C. Becaufe I * leave whom I wiU^ to harden themfelves
in themfelves, to Deftruftion, that all fliould fear, and
none prefume.
S. Lord, wherefore didfi thou cry with fucb a f loud and
pong Voice in yielding, up the Qhcfi ?
G. That it might appear s that no Man took my Life
from me^ hut that I laid it down of my felf
S. Lord, wherefore didfi thou h commend thy Soul into
thy Father's (lands ?
C. To teach thee what thou fliould'ft do, being to
\ depart this Life.
S. Lord, wherefore was the Veil of the k Temple rent
in twain at thy Death ?
C. To (hew that the Levitical Law fhould be no
longer a l Partition JVall between Jews and Gentiles^
and that the Way to Heaven is now open to all BeUevers ?
* Matth. 27- 45- * * ? ct - * *' . J u . dc v * £ C Luke **• 43-
* Luke aj. 39. c Rom. p. J|8. f Macth. 27. 50. 8 John 10. 18.
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S. Lord, wherefore did the Earth quake, a oxi t£*
Stones cleave at thy Death ? *
C. For Horror to bear her Lord dying, and to upbraid
the cruel Hardneis of Sinners Hearts.
S. Lord, wherefore did not the Soldiers b break thy
legs % as they did the Thieves who hanged at thy right
and left Hand ?
C. That thou mightlt know that they had not Power
to do any more unto me than the Scripture had foretold
that they (hould do, and I fliould fufier fo lave thee.
S. Lord, wherefore was thy fide opened with a Spear ?
C. That thou might'ft have way to come nearer my
Heart.
S, Lord, wherefore ran thereout of thy precious Side
Blood and Water* t
C. To affuae thee that I was flain indeed, feeing my
Heart-blood gufted out, and the c Water which com-
pafled my Heart flowed forth after it, which once fpfo %
Wan mutt needs die. I
.. S. Lord, wherefore ran the Blood firft by d it felf and
the Water afterwards by it felfc out of thy bkffed Wound?
. C. To allure thee of Two Things : ^, v That by my
Blood (bedding, Jufiification and SanSification were ef-
fected to five thee. 2dly> That my Spirit by the con-
fcionabie ufe of th$ Water in Baptifn^ and Blood in the
Eucharifi y will effe& in' thee Rigbteoufnefs and Holinefs,
by which thou (halt ghrifie me.
S. Lord, wherefore jdid the e Graves open at thy Death >
C. To fignify, that Death by my Death, had now
receiv'd his Death's Wound, and was overcome.
S. Lord, wherefore wonldfi thou be s burfd?
a Matth.27.5i. b Exod.i2.46. Johni9.j3. John io.34. c There
is about Man's Heart a Skin called Pericardium, containing W%
ter, which cools and moiftens the Heart, left it fhouJd be fcorched
with continual Motion. This Skin once pierced, Man cannot
live* Columb. jfnatom. 1. 7* Horjf. dt not. human l.i, Exerc. 8. q. J.
d i Jofen 5. 6. e Matth. 27. 52. f'Matth. 27,60.
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C. That thy Sins might never rife *p to Judgment
againft thee.
5, Lord, wherefore would/} thou be burfd by two ficb
honourable a Senators as Nicodemus and Jofeph of Ari-
mathaea >
C. That the Truth of .my Death (the Caufe of thy Life)
might more evidently appear unto all.
S. Lord, wherefore waft thou burfd in a h New Sepulchre,
wherein was never Man laid ?
C. That it might appear that I, and not another arole*
and that by my own Power, and not another's Verttae *
like him who reviv'd at the touching of Elijba s Bones.
S. Lord, wherefore didft thou c raifeup thy Body again ?
. C That thou may'ft be aflur'd that thy Sim are difc
charg'd, and that thou art juftify'd.
S.Xord, wherefore did fo many Bodies * of thy Saints
(which Jlept) arife at thy RefurreSion ?
C. To give thee Affurance, that all the Saints fha8
arife, by Virtue of my Refurre&ion at the laft Day.
S. Lord, what Jhatl 1 c render unto thee for all theft
Benefits?
<?. Love thy Creator, and become a new Creature.
The SouPs Colliloquy ravifbed in Contemplation of the
Paffion of our Lord.
WHat hadft thou done, my fweet Saviour, and
ever-bleffed Redeemer, that thou waft thus be-
trayed of Judas, fold of the Jews, apprehended as a Ma-
lefactor, and led bound as a Lamb to the Slaughter >
What Evil hadft thou committed, that thou fhouldft
be thus openly arraigned, accufed falfly and uniuftly,
condemned before Annas and Caiaphas, the Jewijh Priefc
at the Judgment Seat of Pilate', the Roman Prefident >
* Matth. 27. 57. John 19. 39>4°- * John 19.
c 2 Kings 13.21. Matth. 28. 6. Rom. 4. 25. <*
Aps 1731* « Hal. 116. is. Gal.tf.17.
». *John 19.41. Matth. 27.60.
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What was thine Offence ? Or to whom didft thou ever
Wrong? That thou fhouldft be thus pitifully fcourgei
with Whips, crowned with Thorns, fccffed with Flouts,
reviled with Words, buffeted with Fills, and beaten with
Staves > O Lord, what didft thou deferve to have thy
Bleffed Face fpit upon, and covered as it were with
Shame? To have thy Garments parted, thy Hands and
Feet nailed to the Crofs ? To be lifted upon the curfed
Tree, to be cfucify'd among Thieves, and made to
taft Gall and Vinegar : And in thy deadly Extremity,
to endure fuch a Sea of God's Wrath, that made thee
to cry out, as if thou hadft been forfaken of God thy
Father ; Yea, to have thy innocent Heart pierc'd with
a cruel Spear, and thy precious Blood to be fpilt before
thy bleffed Mother's Eyes ? Sweet Saviour, how much
waft thou tormented to endure all this, feeing I am fo
much amaz'd to think upon it ! I enquire for thy Of-
fence, but I can find none in thee $ no, nor fo much as
guile to have been found in thy mouth. Thy Enemies are
challeng'd, and none of them dare rebuke thee of Sin $
thy Accufers (that are fuborn'd) agree not in their Wit-
nefe-, the Judge that condemns thee, openly cleareth
thy Innocency 5 his * Wife fends him word (he was
warned in a Dream that thou waft a juft M*n, and
therefore (hould take heed of doing Injuftice unto thee.
The Centurion that Executed thee, confefs'd thee of a
truth to be both a juft Man, and the very Jon of God.
( lie Thief that hanged with thee juftifieth thee, that
thou baft done nothing amifs. What is the eaufe then,
Lord, of this thy cruel Ignpminy, Pafl&on and Death?
I, O Lord, I am the caufe of thefe thy Sorrows, my
Sins wrought thy Shaye, my Iniquities are the occafion
« of thy Injuries. I have committed the Fault, and thou
art plagued for the Offence h I am guilty, and thou art
, arraigned •, I committed the Sin, and thou fuiFered'lt
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the death $ I have done the Crime, and thou harigeft on
the Crofs : Oh the decpnefe of God's Love ! Oh the
wonderful Difpofition of heavenly Grace ! Oh the un-
meafurable Meafure of Divine Mercy ! the wicked tranf-
greffeth, and the Juft is punifhed •, the Guilty let efcape>
and ithe Innocent is arraigned 5 the MalefaSor is acquit-
ted, and the barmlefs condemned * what the evil Man
defervetb, the good Man fuffereth $ the Servant doth
the Fault, the Mafier endures the Strokes. What fhall
I lay ? Man finneth, and God dieth. Son of God!
who can Efficiently exprefs thy Love, or commend thy
Vity, ox extol thy Praife ? I was proud, and thou arc
bumble $ I was difobedhnt, and thou becam'ft obedient-,
1 did eat the forbidden Fruit, and thou didft hang on
the curfed Tree-, I played the glutton, and thou didft
faft, evil Concupifcence drew me to eat the pleafant Apple,
andperfeS Charity led thee to drink of the bitter Cup 5 I
eflayed the fweetnefi of the JRri/fr, and thou didft tatte
the bkternefs of the Gall. Jbolifh Eve fmiled when I
laughed * but blefled Mary wept when thy Heart bled
and died. O my God, here I fee thy Goodnefs, and my
Badnefs * thy JuSice, and my InjuSke, the Impiety of my
Flefh, and the Piety of thy Nature. And now, O
blefled Lord, thou haft endured all this for my lake ;
what JhaU 1 render unto thee for all thy Benefits bellowed
upon me a finfui Soul > Indeed, Lord, I acknowledge,
that Lowe thee already for my Creation more than I
am able to pay : For I am in that refpefl: bound, with
all my Powers and Afle&ions to love and adore thee.
If I owed my Jelf unto thee for giving me my f elf, in my
Creation, what (hall bnow render thee for giving thy
felfiot me to fo cruel a Death, to procure my Redemp-
tion? Great was the Benefit that thou wouldft create
me of nothing : But what Tongu? can exprefs the Great*
nefs of this Grace, that thou didft redeem me with
fo dear a Price, when I was worfe than nothing > Surely,
Lord, If I cannot pay the Thanh I owe thee (and who
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ment or regard of meafure *) it is the abundance of thy
Bleffings that makes me fuch a Bankrupt, chat I am lo
£ur unable to pay the Principal, that I cannot poffiblypq
Jo utucb as the Intereft of thy Love.
But, O my Lord, thou knoweft, that fihce the lofc
of thy Image (by the Fall of my unhappy Parents) I
cannot love thee with all my Might, and Mind, as I
fliould *, therefore as tbou didft firit caft thy Love upon
me, when I was a Child of Wrath, and a lump of the
loft and condemned World \ fo now, I befeech thee,
fhed abroad thy Love by thy Spirit, thro' all my Facul-
ties and AfFe&ions \ that tho' I can never pay thee in
that meafure of Love which thou haft deferved, yet I
may endeavour to repay thee in fuch a manner, as thou
vouchfafeft to accept in Mercy : That I may in truth of
Heart love my Neighbour for thy fake, and love thee
above all, for thine own lake. Let nothing be plca-
fant unto me, but that which is pleafag unto thee.
And fweet Saviour, fuffer me never to be loft or caft
away, whom thou Tialt bought fo dearly with thine
own moft precious Blood. Lord, let me never forget
thine infinite Love, and this unfpeakable Benefit of nay
Redemption*, without which, it had been better for me
never to have been, than to have any Being.
And feeing that thou haft vouchfafed me the Affi-
ftance of thy hoi/ Spirit -, fuffer me, O heavenly Fa*
tber, vyho art the Father of Spirits, in the Mediation
of thy Son, to fpeak a few Words in the Eon of my
lord* If thou, O Father, defpifeft me for my Iniqui-
ties, as I have deferved*, yet be merciful unto me for
the Merits of thy Son, who fo much for me hath fuf-
fered. What if thou feeft nothing in me but nnfery,
which might move Anger and Pafion ? yet behold the
Merits of thy Son, and thou (halt fee enough to move
thee to Mercy and Compajlon. Behold the Myfteryoi
his Incarnation, and remit the Mifery of my Tranfgref
fion. And as oft as the Wounds of tby Son appear
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*n thy fight, O let the Fb« of my Sins be hid from thy
Pitfence. As oft as the rednefi of his Blood glitters in
thy Eyes, O lee the guiltinefi of my Sins Jbe blotted
out of • thy Book. The wantonnefs of my FUJI) provokes
thee to Wrath, O let the Chaftity of his Flejb perfwade
thee to Mercy * that as my FUJI) feduced me to Sin, fo
his Flejb may reduce «je into thy Favour. My Disobe-
dience hath deferved shjreat Revenge > but his Obedi-
ence merits a greater Weight of Mercy : For what can
Man deferve to fuffer, which God, made Man, cannot
merit to have forgiven ? When I confider the greatneis
of thy Paffion, then do I fee the trt^nefs of that laying :
Thai; Chrift came into the World to fave the chiefeft
Sinners. Dareft thou, O Grin, fiy that thy Sins are
greater than may be forgiven ? Thou lieft like a Mur-
derer, the Mercies of one Chrift are able to forgive a
world of Cains, if they'll believe and repent. 4 The
4 Sins of all Sinners are finite, the Mercies of God are
c infinite. Therefore^ Father, for the Death and
* Paffion's fake, which thy Son Jefus Chrift has fuf-
' feted for me, and I have now remembred to thee ;
€ pardon and forgive thou unto me all my Sins, and
€ deliver me from the Curie and Vengeance which they
c have juftly deferv'd, and thro' his Merits, make me,
* O Lord, a Partaker of thy Mercy. It is thy Mercy
* that 1 fo earheftly knock for : Neither fhall my Im-
* portunity ceaie to call, and knock, with the Man
c that would borrow the Loaves, until thou arife, and
c open unto me thy Gates of Grace. And if thou
c wilt not beftow on me thy Loaves, yet, © Lord,
€ deny me not the Crumbs of thy Mercy, and thofe
( (hall fuffice thy hungry Hand-maid. And feeing thou
' requireft nothing for thy Benefits, but that I love
c thee in- the Truth of my inward Heart (whereof
€ a New Creature is the trueft outward Teftimony)
* and that it is as eafy for thee to make me a new 1
* Creature, as to bid me to be fuch : Create in me,- O
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* Spirit ,\and then thou (hale fee how Cmortify.
' ing Old Aiam and his corrupt Lilfts) I will
c ferve thee as thy new Creature, in a new Life,
* after a new way, with a new Tongue, and new
' Manners, with new Words, and new Works,
* to the glory of thy Name, and the winning
' other finful Souls to thy Faith, by my devout
* Example. Keep me for ever; O my Saviour,
' from the Torments of Hell, and Tyranny of
* the Devil. Aqd when I am to depart this
' Life, fend thy holy Angels to carry me, as they
< did the Soul of Lazarus \ into thy Kingdom^
* Receive me into that joyful Paradice, which
4 thou didft promife to the -penitent Thief, who
* at his laft Gafp upon the Crofs fo devoutly
* begg'd thy Mercy , and Admiffion into thy
* Kingdom. Grant this, O Chrift, for thy own
* Name's Sake, to whom (as is raoft due/ 1 af-
' cribe-all Glory and Honour, Praife and Domi-
* nion, both now and for ever.
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