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<P>_SALOMON that mo&s;t re|nowned &amp; roy|al King, weigh|ing the wret|chedne&s;&s;e of this world, by the weight of his wonder|full wi&s;edome; could no le&s;&s;e but redouble his words and &s;ay, <HI>Vanitas vanitatum,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 1. 2.</NOTE> <HI>vanitas vanitatum: &amp; omnia vanitas.</HI> Which &s;eing it is &s;o (Right <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span">) it be|hooueth
<PB REF="4"> euery one of vs, not &s;omuch to auoid the cau&s;es that may prouoke vs to vanity, as to practi&s;e all the means that may procure vs to piety; and to walke with &s;uch fore&s;ight in this terre&s;triall pilgrimage, as we may haue fruition of felici|ty in the Cele&s;tiall Paradi&s;e; according to the coun&s;ell of our Sauiour Chri&s;t, who willeth vs fir&s;t to &s;eeke the Kingdome of God, and his <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 7. 33.</NOTE> righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e: and not di&s;|&s;enting from the &s;aying of the Apo&s;tle, who per&s;wa|deth vs to &s;et our affections on things that are aboue, &amp; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Col. 3. 2.</NOTE>
<PB REF="4"> not on thinges that are on the earth; In&s;omuch that all our knowledge is but vaine, that is &s;educed with vanity: all our wi&s;edome is but meare folly, that is car|ried away with earthly co|gitations: yea al our doings dete&s;table that tend onelye to temporall di&s;po&s;itions; for there is none to bee dee|med wi&s;e indeede, that will not be&s;tow his talent in the trea&s;ure of Gods word, con|&s;idering it is &s;o precious, that it ought more to be de|&s;ired then Gold, yea then much fine Gold: and it is &s;o delectable, that in &s;weetnes
<PB REF="5"> it excelleth the hony, and the hony combe, wherein <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 19. 10.</NOTE> <HI>Dauid</HI> did oppo&s;e his whole <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119. 97.</NOTE> delight: And it is &s;o expe|dient for vs to profit therin, as he that hath much, may yeeld &s;omewhat, &s;ithence that he that hath le&s;&s;e, &s;hall not bee excu&s;ed with no|thing; the Lord will looke for ten Talents, where hee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 25. 22.</NOTE> left fiue, and wil puni&s;h him that maketh no profit wher he be&s;towed one. Heereof it is I haue proceeded in this enterpri&s;e, and be&s;towed my time to the benefit of others which although it bee not comparable to any comme~|dable
<PB REF="5"> worke, yet that is not excu&s;able for any to detract his duty, &s;eing God will ac|cept of a Mite, of a willing mind, neither ought to bee contemptible among&s;t o|thers, though all bee not currant: for the building is furthered by inferiour helpes, though it be framed by finer heads.</P>
<P>Againe the world is now growne into his la&s;t age, wherein Sects, Schi&s;mes, and errors doe &s;pread, and &s;inne and iniquitie. aboun|deth: In&s;omuch as (I feare mee) it is with ma|ny of vs in <HI>ENGLAND,</HI>
<PB REF="6"> as it was with the people of <HI>ISRAEL,</HI> they loathed <NOTE PLACE="marg">Exod. 16.</NOTE> <HI>Manna</HI> that fell from Hea|uen for the &s;u&s;tenance of their bodies, and too too many of vs doe little regard that &s;pirituall <HI>Manna,</HI> (the word of GOD) that is &s;ent for the &s;uccour of our &s;oules. Heereof it I haue made choice of your good <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> and pre&s;ented my labours to your Godly patronage, a&s;&s;uring my &s;elfe as you be fauourers and fol|lowers of Gods word, &s;o you will be defenders of the fruites of the &s;ame, and ra|ther bee preferrers then de|facers
<PB REF="6"> of a forward action, not doubting but your <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> will well accept of it, as a worke ymporting and proceeding of good will, by the con&s;ideration of that ex|ample of the poore widdow preferring the &s;implicitie of the giuer, before the &s;uffici|ency of the gift, knowing that the imperfection of the pre&s;ent may bee couered by the pre&s;umption of the Po|et; and I may &s;ay in the want of well doing, <HI>E&s;t vo|lui&s;se &s;atis.</HI> Thus being loath to bee too tedious in my E|pi&s;tle, hauing ob&s;erued breuitie in all my &s;aid book,
<PB REF="7"> I referre the con&s;ideration thereof, to your graue cen|&s;ures; &s;ubmitting my &s;elfe to your good curte&s;ies, and committing your to the protec|tion of the Al|mightie.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your to command.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Chri&s;tian READER.</HEAD>
<P>_HEE that doth publi&s;h a matter to the iudgement of many, the &s;ame requireth to bee done, not lightly, but deliberate|ly; con&s;idering it is a &s;ubiect to &s;undry cen&s;ures, and in reading and iudging all are not <HI>Candi|di Lectores.</HI> In regard wher|of (good Chri&s;tian Reader) I
<PB REF="8"> haue publi&s;hed my paines to thy profit, and pre&s;ented thy liking of it, to thy looking ouer, hauing (as nigh as I may) not onely cut off all &s;uch occa&s;ions, as might cau&s;e cavillation, but al|&s;o ministred &s;uch matter as con|cernes our con&s;olation: and al|though it bee not polli&s;hed pre|ci&s;ely, for the expectation of the curious; yet it is fini&s;hed plaine|ly for the information of the &s;imple. Now it may bee there be many that will v&s;e obiectio~s again&s;t the Triple forme of this Treati&s;e, becau&s;e no art hath reduced althings (and rightly) to <HI>Dicotomies.</HI> True; but wi&s;edome may contriue much
<PB REF="8"> compendiou&s;ly, and yet profita|blie: be&s;ides although I haue framed it as an ea&s;ie entrance for the erudition of the igno|rant, I haue not excluded what may further bee added by the con&s;ideration of the learned, &amp; abiect much more might bee in|&s;erted in many places for pro|lixitie, yet much le&s;&s;e I feare mee is ob&s;erued of the most part for their vtilitie. Some will require a more direct placing of thinges in their order; <HI>Certes</HI> that is well placed, that is well applied: And tho&s;e that doe more re&s;pect the manner of pla|cing, then the matter it &s;elfe, may bee noted in the number of
<PB REF="9"> tho&s;e, who would haue the P&s;almes of <HI>DAVID</HI> to proceede, and not to follow the Booke of <HI>IOB;</HI> making a &s;cripulous question without cau&s;e, when wee all know they are both included in the Scrip|tures, and containe comforta|ble matter for our &s;aluation. Some will not like &s;o many di|uers &s;ortes of &s;undry things con|gest together in one heape, o|ther will require more pro&s;py|cuitie, &s;ome one thing, &s;ome another: In&s;omuch that hee that expecteth to plea&s;e the o|pinions of all people, mu&s;t either refraine from open Publication of any thing, or referre him&s;elfe
<PB REF="9"> to their generall di&s;po&s;itions in iudgement: And this is the common &s;ucce&s;&s;e of acceptance; many will commend it, mo&s;t will mi&s;like it, few will follow it. But as my meaning was to profit the &s;imple, by the &s;et|ting foorth of it; &s;o I &s;hall per|&s;wade the godly to a good liking of it: and as for the froward, I will not refell their fooli&s;h que&s;tions in di&s;putation about it, knowing what the <HI>Apo&s;tle Paul</HI> &s;aith, that fooli&s;h and vnlearned que&s;tions, ingender &s;trife.</P>
<P>So wi&s;hing all to mea&s;ure by the meete they would receiue them&s;elues, and &s;o to report
<PB REF="10"> as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">pect <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> pri&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> I both &s;ubmit my&s;elfe to repre|hen&s;ion, &s;o it be pertinent; and commit euery one to his owne liking, &s;o it be indif|ferent.</P>
<P>Vale.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours in the Lord.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>_EVERY mans know|ledge ought to bee rea&s;onable towards <NOTE PLACE="marg">Man <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> not pre&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"></NOTE> God, that hee pre|&s;ume not to vnder|&s;tand aboue that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></NOTE> which is meete to vnder&s;tand.</P>
<P>Applyable to him&s;elfe, that ac|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">ding to his knowledge, hee &s;hew <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ame in his life and conuer&s;ati|on <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke 12.</NOTE> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">or el&s;e his great knowledge will <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">emne him.</P>
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<P> Profitable to others, that as hee receiued the gift, hee mini&s;ter the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">er. 4. 10</NOTE> &s;ame to others.</P>
<P>Hee that would attaine to an e|fectuall knowledge of God, mu&s;t remember his precepts, his promi|&s;es, and his threatnings.</P>
<P>The eternall power of God, may be knowne by the reuelation of his Word, by the creation of the world, and by the con&s;ideration of all his Workes.</P>
<P>The infaillible prouidence of God, may appeare vnto vs by the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Dan. 6. 6. Ionas. 1. 15</NOTE> pre&s;eruation of <HI>Daniell</HI> in the Lions Denne: of <HI>Ionas</HI> in the Whales bel|ly, and of the <HI>three Children,</HI> in the fiery Ouen.</P>
<P>The prouidence of God is won|derfull, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Gods proui|de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"> won|derfull.</HI> M. P.</NOTE> for he worketh by means. For meate is a meane to &s;erue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">is prouidence for the pre&s;eruation of health and life here, hee that con|temneth to eate becau&s;e his proui|dence is infallible; doth contemne his prouidence, without meanes:
<PB REF="11"> For if it were &s;o that meate could not be had, then &s;hould wee not tie his prouidence to this meane, for without meate, God can helpe and giue health, and life here. Again&s;t meanes, for his power and wi&s;edome is infinite, and therefore wee &s;hould depend vpon his prouidence, euen when all is cleane again&s;t vs.</P>
<P>The exceeding mercy of God, is made manife&s;t vnto vs in the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> manife&s;t.</NOTE> Scriptures, by the miraculous ex|amples of compa&s;&s;ion, by the ma|nifold words of con&s;olation, and by the death of his onelie Sonne for our propitiation.</P>
<P>Hee that mi&s;tru&s;ts the mercy of God, denyeth him to bee Loue, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods mercy mu&s;t not be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> mi&s;tru&s;ted.</NOTE> wherein con&s;i&s;teth all the hope of poore &s;inners, becau&s;e of his great loue, he &s;ent his onely Sonne to &s;uf|fer death, for the remi&s;&s;ion of our &s;innes, (Truth) becau&s;e hee promi|&s;ed for the loue of his Sonne, par|don to all poore &s;inners, &s;o oft as they require it in faith, with a con|trite
<PB N="4" REF="12"> heart</P>
<P>Power, becau&s;e hee is as true of his promi&s;es, as hee is able to per|forme them; and as hee is of power &s;o will hee doe what&s;oeuer plea&s;eth him.</P>
<P>The &s;uper-aboundant loue of God, appeareth vnto vs in this, that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods &s;uper-aboundant Loue.</NOTE> he &s;ent his owne Sonne for our re|demption, for our iu&s;tification, and for our &s;anctification.</P>
<P>The ioyes of Heauen, prepared for tho&s;e that loue God, are &s;uch: <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ioyes of Heauen.</HI> 1. Cor. 2. 9.</NOTE> as the eye hath not &s;eene, the eare hath not heard, and the heart can|not conceiue.</P>
<P>Euery man ought to know the difference in beleeuing, A God is to be belieud, he is the only true, &amp; al|mighty <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Difference in beleeuing.</HI> M. P.</NOTE> God, this faith is Hi&s;torical, for &s;o Diuells beleeue as well as the wicked, of God: All is true that he &s;aith in the &s;criptures of him, &amp; &s;o do the euill Chri&s;tians, as wel as the good, vnle&s;&s;e they bee Heretickes. In God, is to loue him, and to tru&s;t
<PB N="5" REF="12"> in his goodne&s;&s;e, and in beleeuing, to ioyne our &s;elues to him by loue, and obedience, this Faith is Euan|gelicall, onely propper to the elect, (who liue by Faith.)</P>
<P>It is not &s;ufficient for vs to &s;ay, we know God, loue God, and feare <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Iohn 2.</NOTE> God, vnle&s;&s;e wee keepe his com|mandements.</P>
<P>God &s;heweth vpon earth, mercy, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iere. 9. 24. &amp;c.</NOTE> wherein con&s;i&s;teth our &s;aluation: Iudgment, wherewith he puni&s;heth the wicked: Iu&s;tice, whereby he pre|&s;erueth the godlie.</P>
<P>God, often times cro&s;&s;eth and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iohn 9. 3. Luke 13. 3.</NOTE> puni&s;heth man vpon earth, for his owne glorie, as appeareth by the Blinde-man; for example to others, as appeareth by the Galilean; for triall of his faith, as appeareth by <HI>Iob</HI> that patient man.</P>
<P>God in times pa&s;t, &s;pake, and preached to his people by dreames, by vi&s;ions, and by reuelations.</P>
<P>God hath apointed three places <NOTE PLACE="marg">Three pla|ces apointed&punc;</NOTE> for all per&s;ons, the ioyes of Heauen,
<PB REF="13"> for the godlie, the paines of Hell, for the wicked, the v&s;e of the Earth, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">or all per|&s;ons.</NOTE> for both.</P>
<P>God is worthilie &s;aid to bee Rich in mercy, in that hee re&s;pecteth the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">od rich in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ercy.</NOTE> humble freelie. Mightie in Iu&s;tice, in that hee iudgeth the wicked iu&s;t|lie.</P>
<P>Bountifull in grace, in that hee &s;a|ueth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Barnard.</NOTE> &s;inners pittifully.</P>
<P>God requireth no more at our hands: but the&s;e three things, Feare, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 10. 12.</NOTE> Obedience, and Loue.</P>
<P>God ought to bee beloued of vs, with all our hearts, with all our &s;ouls <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 10. 12. Rom. 8. 28.</NOTE> and with all our &s;trength, all things worke for the be&s;t to them that loue God.</P>
<P>God is loued effectually three <NOTE PLACE="marg">God loued three waies.</NOTE> manner of waies, entirelie, in hauing a good will to him: reioycing great|lie, hee is &s;uch a one as hee is: order|lie, in referring our &s;elues, and all that we haue to him, in &s;uch manner and mea&s;ure as he willeth.</P>
<P>Loue, is the end of the Comman|dement. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Tim. 1. 5.</NOTE></P>
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<P> Loue, cannot be without a good con&s;cience. A good con&s;cience, can|not be without Faith. Faith, cannot bee without the word of God.</P>
<P>Wee ought continually to bee thankefull to God, becau&s;e, of him, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 11. 3.</NOTE> through him, and for him are all things.</P>
<P>True thankefullne&s;&s;e, con&s;i&s;teth <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>True thank|fulne&s;&s;e.</HI> M. R.</NOTE> in three thinges, commemoration, becau&s;e in recounting Gods excee|ding benefits, hee hath done for vs, wee &s;hall finde the better occa&s;ion (if we will con&s;ider) to bee the more thankefull for them, as <HI>Dauid</HI> did which made him in feruencie of &s;pi|rit bur&s;t forth into the&s;e &s;peeches: <HI>What &s;hall I render vnto the Lord, for all</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 116. 12. 13. 14.</NOTE> <HI>his benefits be&s;towed vpon me.</HI></P>
<P>Abiection, becau&s;e if we mea&s;ure Gods benefits with our de&s;erts, wee &s;hall finde our &s;elues not worthie of the lea&s;t, but in re&s;pect of our im|perfections, wee are no better then abiects, which we &s;hould not onely
<PB REF="14"> acknowledg, and &s;ay with the &s;ame Prophet, Lord what is man that <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word">. 114. 3.</NOTE> thou art &s;o mindefull of him? But al&s;o in regard thereof &s;ay (with him) I will not die: but liue (to this end) to declare works &amp; goodnes of god, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;al. 118. 17.</NOTE> he hath done for mee. Narration, becau&s;e it is not enough for vs to receiue Gods benefits and be mind|full thereof, but al&s;o wee are bound to make others to profit thereby, and prai&s;e God, as the &s;ame <HI>P&s;almo|graph</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 6<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">. 16.</NOTE> <HI>did,</HI> come (&s;aith he) and hear|ken all yee that feare God, and I will tell you what hee hath done to my Soule.</P>
<P>Wee ought continually to haue the feare of God before our eyes, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 9. 10. Pro 19. 23. Luke 1. 15.</NOTE> becau&s;e it is the beginning of wi&s;e|dome, becau&s;e it cau&s;eth vs to de|part from euill, becau&s;e his mercy is on &s;uch from generation to gene|ration. It was the trea&s;ure of <HI>Heze|kiah.</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;ay. 33. 6.</NOTE></P>
<P>There be three kindes of feares, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Feares three <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ndes.</NOTE> childelie feare, this appertayneth to
<PB REF="14"> the godlie: who feares God onelie for his goodne&s;&s;e, without any fi|ni&s;ter <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts 9. 31.</NOTE> re&s;pects. Seruile feare: this is proper to the wicked, who feare <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Kings 7. 3<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc;</NOTE> God onelie for his puni&s;hment. Naturall feare: this is common to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 14. 26&punc;</NOTE> both, for faith often times faileth the very elect.</P>
<P>The feare of God, (as Saint <HI>Bar|nard</HI> &s;aith) is the water of whole&s;ome wi&s;edome, hee that hath this feare before his eyes, his waies are beau|tifull, the well of Life: Hee that hath this feare before his eyes, his paths are peaceable, the beginning of knowledge: Hee that hath this feare before his eyes, his foote&s;teps are vnmoueable.</P>
<P>This may inforce vs to feare God becau&s;e he is &s;aid to be terrible, and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Exod 23.</NOTE> a God of reuenge, becau&s;e his hou&s;e &s;hall &s;oone bee ouerthrowne: that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 27. 3&punc;</NOTE> feares him not, becau&s;e he is &s;uch a <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 10. 28.</NOTE> one as is able to ca&s;t both body and &s;oule, into hell fire.</P>
<P>God repented him of three things <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 6. 6.</NOTE>
<PB REF="15"> that hee made man on the Earth, that he made <HI>Saule</HI> King, that hee <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">m 15. 11. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Sam. 24.</NOTE> had &s;ent euill to the I&s;raelites.</P>
<P>God neuer repented, although it &s;eemed to mans iudgement, when a|ny thing goeth contrary to his tem|porall election: becau&s;e his eternall <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ho&s;ea. 13. 14 1. sam. 15. Eccle. 39. 16.</NOTE> councell is immutable: becau&s;e hee is not man that hee &s;hould repent: becau&s;e all his workes are excee|ding good.</P>
<P>God ought to bee wor&s;hipped of vs with our hearts, &s;inceerelie, be|cau&s;e with the heart man beleeueth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 10. 10.</NOTE> vnto righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e: with our mouthes boldlie: becau&s;e with the mouth hee confe&s;&s;eth vnto &s;aluati|on, with our workes accordinglie, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 17.</NOTE> becau&s;e by workes hee &s;heweth the fruits of his faith and profe&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>In the true wor&s;hip of God, this is to bee con&s;idered, if wee acknow|ledge <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke 12. 9.</NOTE> him in our hearts and denie him with our mouthes, or any of our members, he will denie vs, and this is no better then Idolatrie, if
<PB REF="15"> wee draw nigh him with our lippes, <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 18. 41.</NOTE> and are farre from him with our hearts, he will not heare vs, for this is meere hipocri&s;ie, if we doe workes without faith, hee will not accept <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 14. 13.</NOTE> them, for it is but iniqoitie.</P>
<P>What&s;oeuer we neede; wee mu&s;t <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 4. 6.</NOTE> require the &s;ame of God by Prayer, For although he knoweth our want <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 21. 39.</NOTE> before we aske, yet wee mu&s;t pray: becau&s;e hee hath commaunded wee &s;hould, becau&s;e we continually want that grace which hee hath promi&s;ed <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 22. 40.</NOTE> to giue: becau&s;e the diuell is bu&s;ie, lea&s;t we fall into temptation.</P>
<P>Prayer is verie expedient and profitable, (con&s;idering our whole <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Prayer pro|fitable.</HI> M. Pla.</NOTE> &s;aluation in the calling vppon the name of God) for thereby hee is wholly pre&s;ent with vs, by his Fa|therlie prouidence, by the which he continually watcheth ouer vs: infallible power, by the which hee &s;u&s;taineth and &s;uccoureth our weakene&s;&s;e, being euery moment readie to peri&s;h: infinite goodne&s;&s;e,
<PB REF="16"> by the which hee receaueth vs into fauour being mi&s;erablie laden with &s;inne.</P>
<P>Our Prayers are to bee v&s;ed ge|nerally <NOTE PLACE="marg">Prayers at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ll times.</NOTE> at all times; becau&s;e the Lord hath promi&s;ed to heare vs at what time &s;oeuer wee call vpon him <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ezek. 18, 19.</NOTE> faithfullie: in all places, becau&s;e he <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 139. 6.</NOTE> is euery where, whither &s;hall I goe from thy &s;pirit (&s;aith <HI>Dauid):</HI> for all per&s;ons, becau&s;e it is our dutie to pray one for another. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam 5. 16.</NOTE></P>
<P>In our prayer wee are to con&s;ider in who&s;e pre&s;ence wee &s;tand, that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 18. 22. <HI>Con&s;iderati|on in prayer.</HI></NOTE> &s;eeing wee &s;tand in the pre&s;ence of God (to who&s;e maie&s;tie &s;o innume|rable thou&s;ands of Angels doe a&s;&s;i&s;t and bee &s;ubiect,) wee may haue a reuerent regard of his maie&s;tie, in preparing our &s;elues to prayer, lea&s;t thereby we tempt him.</P>
<P>To whome wee &s;peake, that &s;ee|ing wee enter common with him, that knoweth the &s;ecrets of our hearts, (before whome nothing is more odious then hipocry&s;ie) wee
<PB REF="16"> call vpon him in truth, lea&s;t he re|iect our &s;uits, what wee de&s;ire, that &s;eeing prayers at aduenture are vn|profitable (which proceede more <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 4. 2.</NOTE> of cu&s;tome from the lippes, then of zeale from the heart) wee aske tho&s;e things which bee mo&s;t to the glory of God, and the comfort of our con&s;ciences, lea&s;t wee aske and receiue not.</P>
<P>We mu&s;t offer and continue our Prayers faithfully without doubt|ing, becau&s;e the Lord hath not pro|mi&s;ed to graunt, but onelie to &s;uch <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mar. 11. 24.</NOTE> as beleeue to obtaine, and therefore hee &s;aith, what&s;oeuer you de&s;ire when you pray, beleeue that you &s;hall haue it, and it &s;hall be done vn|to you, charitablely without wrath; becau&s;e wee cannot bee a&s;&s;ured of Gods fauour, vnle&s;&s;e wee forgiue (which is after the manner of a Sa|crament vnto vs) hereof &s;aith our Sauiour Chri&s;t, when you pray, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mar 11. 25.</NOTE> forgiue, that your father may for|giue you. Ince&s;&s;antlie without fain|ting;
<PB REF="17"> becau&s;e the Lord requireth per&s;euerance in our Prayers, accor|ding to that &s;ame &s;aying of <HI>S. Paule.</HI> In due &s;ea&s;on wee &s;hall reape, if wee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gale. 6. 9.</NOTE> faint not.</P>
<P>We mu&s;t not offer our prayers to any I doll; for it is abhomination in the &s;ight of God, to any earthlie <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 17. 15. Iere. 17. 5.</NOTE> man, for cur&s;ed is hee that putteth his tru&s;t in man. To any heauenlie Saint; for Chri&s;t is our onely medi|ator. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iohn. 17. 3.</NOTE></P>
<P>Our prayers mu&s;t bee v&s;ed and <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Prayers v&s;ed.</HI> Iohn. 5. 22.</NOTE> offered to God by Chri&s;t Ie&s;us, be|cau&s;e power is giuen into his hands, becau&s;e in him, the Father is well <NOTE PLACE="marg">Math. 3. 17.</NOTE> plea&s;ed; becau&s;e without him we can doe nothing. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 15. 5.</NOTE></P>
<P>Hee that offereth an effectuall <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 145. Peter. 3. Math. 6. Iohn. 3. P&s;al. 109.</NOTE> prayer, mu&s;t haue a liuelie feeling Faith. lea&s;t it be hindred: peace and loue with his neighbours, lea&s;t it be no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> regarded: a life an&s;werable to this Faith, lea&s;t it bee turned into &s;inne.</P>
<P>Our prayer hath his perfection <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Prayers per|fection&punc;</HI> 1. Cor. 5. 2<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc;</NOTE>
<PB REF="17"> from Chri&s;t, or el&s;e it could not pre|uaile: for hee was made &s;inne for vs, that we might bee made the righte|ou&s;ne&s;&s;e of God, for to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 4. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> that iu&s;tifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, for wee beeing iu&s;tified through Faith, haue peace towards God, through <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 5. 1.</NOTE> him.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us, may very fitlie bee called our eyes: becau&s;e by him we <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;t our eyes.</NOTE> &s;ee the Father. Our mouth: becau&s;e by him we &s;peake to the father. Our hand: becau&s;e by him wee offer to the father.</P>
<P>The Lord will not alwaies pre|&s;entlie heare our prayers, or grant our reque&s;ts; becau&s;e hee will trie our faith and patience, Hereof &s;aith <HI>Dauid,</HI> I waited patientlie for the <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 40. 1.</NOTE> Lord, and he enclined vnto me and heard my crie: becau&s;e they are im|pertinent: for wee know not what to pray as wee ought: and therefore <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 8. 26.</NOTE> wee aske and haue not, becau&s;e wee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 4. 3.</NOTE>
<PB REF="18"> aske ami&s;&s;e, becau&s;e they accord not with his plea&s;ure: for this a&s;&s;u|rance <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 5. 14.</NOTE> we haue, if we aske according to his will, he heareth vs.</P>
<P>To this end, in prayer wee &s;hould lift vp our eyes, that they may not <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119. 37.</NOTE> incline or bee carried with vanitie. Hereof &s;aith <HI>Dauid,</HI> turne away my eyes from regarding vanitie. Our hands, that wee &s;hould remember our &s;elues to be farre off from God, vnle&s;&s;e we lift vp our hearts al&s;o on high: and therefore &s;aith the &s;ame <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 25. 1.</NOTE> Prophet. To thee haue I lifted vp my Soule. Our hearts, that there|by we &s;hould know if our hearts be not farre from terre&s;triall cogitati|ons, we &s;hall hardly receiue any ce|le&s;tiall con&s;olations.</P>
<P>We may lawfully in prayer aske corporall benefits of God: becau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Corporall benefits.</NOTE> we &s;hould thereby know that he is the author and giuer thereof, and &s;hould not onelie be thankefull to him for it, but thereby to &s;eeke, loue, and wor&s;hip him, becau&s;e we &s;hould <NOTE PLACE="marg">Io&s;. 7.</NOTE>
<PB REF="18"> bee per&s;waded of his good proui|dence towards vs, in that hee hath <NOTE PLACE="marg">Io&s;. 7.</NOTE> not onely promi&s;ed, hee will neuer faile vs: but al&s;o hath an out&s;tretch|ed hand, to helpe them that call vp|pon him. Becau&s;e our faith of reco|ciliation and remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins, &s;hold bee exerci&s;ed through the a&s;king of the&s;e corporall things.</P>
<P>The feruent prayer of the righte|ous <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Prayer a|vaileth.</HI> Exod. 8.</NOTE> much aualyeth, not onely for them, but for others. At <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> pray|er the plague cea&s;ed. <HI>Elias,</HI> great <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. King. 17.</NOTE> plenty of raine. Queene <HI>Hester</HI> de|liuered <NOTE PLACE="marg">He&s;t. 14.</NOTE> her, and her people.</P>
<P>We ought to referre all our pray|ers, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Prayers &amp;c referred.</NOTE> reque&s;ts and doings to Gods good plea&s;ure, following the exam|ple of Chri&s;t, when he was crucified <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 26. 4</NOTE> without cau&s;e by the <HI>Iewes.</HI> Of <HI>Da|vid,</HI> when he was di&s;po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of his <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Sam. 15. 26</NOTE> Kingdome by his &s;onne, and of <HI>Iob,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 2. 7 &amp; 13</NOTE> when hee was afflicted mo&s;t grie|uou&s;ly by Sathan.</P>
<P>The meanes whereby wee are <NOTE PLACE="marg">Saluation&punc;</NOTE> drawne to &s;aluation, is Faith, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word">,
<PB REF="19"> and Charity; The chiefe&s;t of the&s;e is loue, becau&s;e it &s;erueth heare and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Co. 13. 13</NOTE> in the world to come.</P>
<P>The worke of a true faith is buil|ded <NOTE PLACE="marg">True faith builded.</NOTE> vpon things pa&s;t, we belieue the death of Chri&s;t is pa&s;t: things pre|&s;ent, wee belieue at this pre&s;ent, hee &s;itteth at the right hand of his Fa|ther; and things to come, we belieue that Chri&s;t &s;hall come to iudge the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Augu&s;t.</NOTE> quicke and the dead.</P>
<P>Faith doth grow and increa&s;e in vs, three manner of waies; By the hearing of the word of God prea|ched: <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Faith in|crea&s;eth</HI> 3. <HI>wayes.</HI> M. P.</NOTE> becau&s;e it layeth before our eyes, the promi&s;es which God in his Go&s;pell hath made vnto vs in his Sonne. By the reuerent receiuing of the Sacraments, becau&s;e they be|ing rightly receiued of vs, are as pledges and &s;eales of the promi&s;es of God, made vnto vs in his word. And by prayer and inuocation, be|cau&s;e God hath made an e&s;peciall promi&s;e to vs thereby, that hee will heare what&s;oeuer we a&s;ke according
<PB N="19" REF="19"> to his will.</P>
<P>A true and liuely faith mu&s;t bee <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A de&s;cripti|on of true Faith.</HI> M. S.</NOTE> <HI>Simple</HI> in belieuing the word of god without inquiring or &s;earching in Gods my&s;ticall matters by humane rea&s;ons. <HI>Sound</HI> in defending the truth thereof with inclyning or lea|uing to the erronious opinions of the aduer&s;aries of the &s;ame. <HI>Con&s;tant,</HI> in following the &s;ame word without doubting, for any rea&s;on of mans blame that &s;eemeth contrary, nor to be drawne away from it by tempta|tions, promi&s;es or threatnings ei|ther of torment or of death.</P>
<P>Such as will know whether they <NOTE PLACE="marg">Faith the knowledge.</NOTE> haue an effectuall faith, mu&s;t con&s;i|der, the fruis of it is, good works: for <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 17.</NOTE> faith without workes, is dead. The triall of it is <HI>Affliction,</HI> for it is not &s;uf|ficient <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 1 29.</NOTE> for vs to belieue in Chri&s;t, but al&s;o to &s;uffer for his &s;ake. The end of it is <HI>Saluation,</HI> for he that con|tinueth to the end (hath this com|fort) <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 24.</NOTE> &s;halbe &s;aued.</P>
<P>A Iu&s;tifying Faith is knowne by
<PB N="20" REF="20"> the&s;e effects: It bringeth foorth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 7. 18. Iam. 3. 18. Galat. 5. 6.</NOTE> fruits; It worketh by loue: It appre+hendeth Gods mercy offered in Ie|&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>Faith differeth from Hope, and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Faith the difference.</NOTE> yet wee hope in thinges pre&s;ent, as when I hope I am in Gods fauour. things pa&s;t, as when I hope my &s;ins be forgiuen me: things to come, as when I hope to haue eternall life.</P>
<P>Charity is a &s;ingular vertue, for <NOTE PLACE="marg">Charity a vertue.</NOTE> without it, what is Faith? It auayleth little though it moue mountaines. Knowledg, it profiteth little though I &s;peake with tongues of men and Angels. Martirdome, It helpeth little though I offer my body to be <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 13.</NOTE> burned.</P>
<P>Wee ought to liue in loue &amp; cha|rity, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>How to liue.</HI> 1. Tim. 1. 5.</NOTE> becau&s;e it is the effect and ful|filling of the Commandement and whole Law: Becau&s;e it is a te&s;timo|ny vnto vs of our tran&s;lation from <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Iohn. 3. 14.</NOTE> death to life, whereby we are made <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Iohn 4. 8.</NOTE> the Children of God and heires in heauen: Becau&s;e it worketh the cau&s;e
<PB N="21" REF="20"> in vs, for God is loue, and hee that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him.</P>
<P>Workes of &s;uperarrogation are <NOTE PLACE="marg">Workes of &s;uperarro|gation.</NOTE> very friuolous, for our works are in no wi&s;e availeable to &s;aue vs, by rea|&s;on of their Imperfection: becau&s;e all righteou&s;nes is no better then fil|thy <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;a. 64. 6.</NOTE> clouts (or as &s;ome writ) men&s;tru|ous <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 11. 6.</NOTE> clothes. Gods election, becau&s;e we &s;hould then cho&s;e God rather by our works, then he &s;hould elect vs of his meere grace, and then grace were no grace. Chri&s;ts pa&s;&s;ion, be|cau&s;e his &s;onne &s;hould haue &s;uffered in vaine, if we had any &s;ufficiency of our &s;elues.</P>
<P>Although works are not the cau&s;e of our &s;aluation, yet partly they are the effects of it: good works are ve|ry nece&s;&s;ary to bee v&s;ed among&s;t Chri&s;tians; That thereby God may glorified: That by their good ex|amples <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 5. 16. 1. Peter. 3. 1. 2. Peter. 1. 10.</NOTE> others may be wonne to the word: That by them they may make their Election &s;ure.</P>
<PB N="22" REF="21">
<P> <HI>Dauid</HI> numbred three degrees of our &s;aluation. <HI>Gods mercy,</HI> whereby <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 40. 10 <HI>Degrees of &s;aluation.</HI></NOTE> he fatherly pittieth vs: <HI>His righte|ou&s;ne&s;&s;e,</HI> wherby he continually pro|tecteth vs: <HI>His truth,</HI> whereby ap|peareth his con&s;tant fauour towar<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s vs.</P>
<P>There be three cau&s;es of our &s;al|uation: The <HI>efficient</HI> cau&s;e God the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Saluation</HI> 3. <HI>cau&s;es.</HI> M. P.</NOTE> Father is the begining of our &s;alua|tion. The <HI>materiall</HI> cau&s;e, Chri&s;t Ie|&s;us is he in whom our righteou&s;nes is re&s;ident. The <HI>In&s;trumentall</HI> cau&s;e, faith is the meane whereby wee ap|prehend the &s;ame.</P>
<P><HI>S. Paul</HI> approueth the formall cau&s;e of our &s;aluation to be the free mercie of God: for whom hee pre|de&s;tinateth, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 8. 30.</NOTE> he calleth: whom hee calleth, he iu&s;tifieth: and whom he <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe&s;. 2. 8.</NOTE> iu&s;tifieth, he glorifieth. <HI>By grace yee are &s;aued through faith.</HI></P>
<P>Although there be many rea&s;ons whereby we may a&s;&s;ure our &s;elues to be elected, yet we may briefly gather our election, by the holy Gho&s;t,
<PB N="23" REF="21"> which te&s;tifieth with our &s;pirit, that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 8. 15.</NOTE> we are the Children of God: by the fruites of the &s;pirit, in hauing good workes or will to doe well. By re|mor&s;e of con&s;cience, ioyned with the loathing of &s;inne, and loue of righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Election is knowne by the&s;e te&s;ti|monies, Faith is gathered by &s;ancti|fication, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Election. Beza.</HI> 2. The&s;. 10. 11</NOTE> and according to the truth: truth is gathered by calling, throgh the preaching of the Go&s;pell: The Go&s;pell a&s;&s;ureth vs of a certaine hope of glorification.</P>
<P>Touching <HI>Election</HI> and <HI>Reproboti|on,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Elestion and Reprobatio~.</HI> M. Deut.</NOTE> this is to be con&s;idered: That the only will and purpo&s;e of God is the chiefe cau&s;e of both. That his free mercy in Chri&s;t is an inferior cau&s;e of &s;aluation. That the hardne&s;&s;e of heart, is an inferior cau&s;e of damna|tion.</P>
<P>This vndoubted per&s;wa&s;ion wee ought generally to haue: Euery one is elected, or reiected at the be|gining: Euery one is an vnprofita|ble
<PB N="24" REF="22"> &s;eruant, when hee hath done his be&s;t: Euery one &s;hall haue reward according to his worke.</P>
<P>Wee ought not to condemne or <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Condemne not.</HI> P&s;al. 64. 4.</NOTE> iudge any to bee Reprobate (albeit to be without feare of God) and re|uerence of man, are &s;ignes of repro|bation. Becau&s;e it is a &s;ecret, onely re&s;erued to God, and therefore hee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 7. 1. Iam. 4. 12.</NOTE> hath &s;aid, iudge not, that ye be not iudged. Becau&s;e the Lord is not &s;o mercifull in forgiuing, as hee is mi|raculous in calling; making of a per|&s;ecutor <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 9. 3.</NOTE> an Apo&s;tle, as hee did by <HI>Paul.</HI> Becau&s;e the very Godly haue <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Kin. 19. 10.</NOTE> beene very greatly ouer gone in this matter, as that great Prophet of the Lord <HI>Elias</HI> in iudging the people of <HI>I&s;raell.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e three &s;teps do lead vs into <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Barnard. De&s;truction</HI> 3. <HI>&s;teps.</HI></NOTE> de&s;truction; The di&s;&s;embling of our weakenes, The ignorance of our wretchednes: The excu&s;ing &amp; per|&s;euering in our wickednes.</P>
<P>The Scriptures are written for vs, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Script<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">res writteo.</NOTE> That we might know the will of god
<PB N="25" REF="22"> and follow it. That wee might be|leeue that Ie&s;us is Chri&s;t the Sonne <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 20. 31.</NOTE> of God. That in belieuing we might haue life through his name.</P>
<P>The whole Scriptures are diuided <NOTE PLACE="marg">Barnard. Scriptures deuided.</NOTE> into three parts: Lawe, Prophets, Go&s;pell. The Law con&s;i&s;t in doing, the Go&s;pell con&s;i&s;t in belieuing.</P>
<P>This may per&s;wade vs to belieue the authority of the &s;criptures to be true: The &s;ecret te&s;timony of the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Bib:</NOTE> holy Gho&s;t in our heartes, which cau&s;eth vs to con&s;ent thereto. The incomprehen&s;ible Maie&s;tie of God appearing in the &s;imple and &s;incere doctrine therein. The godly agree|ment of all parts together, with the orderly di&s;po&s;ition, certainty and &s;ucce&s;&s;e thereof.</P>
<P>The Scriptures doe &s;et forth vnto vs (among&s;t many other) three &s;pe|ciall matters which wee ought to re|member: The frailty of man, and his prone inclination to euill; The Iu&s;tice of God, and his &s;euere pu|ni&s;hment apointed for ob&s;tinate
<PB N="26" REF="23"> tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors. The mercy of God, and his free pardon promi&s;ed to pe|nitent &s;inners.</P>
<P>Euery one ought effectually to know and &s;earch the holy &s;criptures (for knowledge,) becau&s;e the igno|rance of them is the cau&s;e of all er|ror. (for confirmation,) becau&s;e we mu&s;t belieue nothing, but that which is approued by them. (for con&s;olation,) becau&s;e in them is <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts 17.</NOTE> contained eternall life.</P>
<P>We may gather knowledge in the &s;criptures three manner of waies, by attendant hearing of the &s;ame well preached; By diligent reading of the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 8.</NOTE> &s;ame with vnder&s;tanding: By con|tinuall conference with &s;uch as can open them.</P>
<P>The word of God then draweth vs vnto him, when it is &s;o preached and heard, as wee vnder&s;tand and learne what is taught therby. When we receiue thankfully that which is giuen, promi&s;ed and a&s;&s;ured therin. When we be moued with de&s;ire and
<PB N="27" REF="23"> diligence to doe that which it com|mandeth. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Word of god perfect word</HI> 1. Peter. 4. 8.</NOTE></P>
<P>The word of God hath then his perfect worke, when it is Preached truely, Belieued faithfully, Follow|ed effectually.</P>
<P>Such as will not belieue the word of God, what followeth: If the righ|teous &s;earcely be &s;aued, where &s;hall the vngodly and &s;inners appeare? Euery vnfaithfull, &s;hall dye in his vnfaithfullne&s;&s;e, &s;aith <HI>E&s;dras.</HI> Eue|ry <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;dras. 15. 4. Ioh. 3. 18. 2. The&s;. 1.</NOTE> vnbelieuer is condemned already And &s;hall bee puni&s;hed with euerla|&s;ting perdition.</P>
<P>Ignorance can no way be excu&s;a|ble, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ignrance vnexcu&s;able</HI> Rom. 1. 19.</NOTE> for that which may be knowne of God, is made manife&s;t vnto vs: For tho&s;e that know not the Lawe, &s;hall peri&s;h without the law. For the offering for ignorant &s;innes, in the Leuiticall law, argueth no excu&s;e to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Leuit. 4. 12.</NOTE> be admitted.</P>
<P>Our Sauiour Chri&s;t de&s;cribeth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 13. <HI>A de&s;cripti|on.</HI></NOTE> by the parable of the Sower, three vnprofitable hearers of the word.
<PB N="28" REF="24"> Such a one as heareth it, and vnder|&s;ta~deth it not, by rea&s;on the euil one commeth and catcheth it away out of his heart. Such a one as heareth it, and receiueth it pre&s;ently with great ioy, but when per&s;ecution or tribulation commeth, by rea&s;on of the word, he is offended. Such a one as heareth it, but the cares of this world, and the deceitfullne&s;&s;e of riches choake it, and the &s;ame is made vnfruitfull.</P>
<P>We ought to re&s;ort to the Church of God, becau&s;e his holy mini&s;teries <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Church of God mu&s;t be v&s;ed.</HI> M. Fox.</NOTE> are there laid open, which are hid and ob&s;cure to many: becau&s;e wee may be vnited and copled together by receiuing the Sacraments: be|cau&s;e if the Lord hath promi&s;ed to grant our reque&s;ts, where two or three bee gathered together in his name, how much more will hee bee mindfull of a multitude that &s;o a&s;|&s;emble them&s;elues.</P>
<P>The Church of God hath three <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Church</HI> 3. <HI>Ornaments.</HI></NOTE> ancient and excellent Ornaments,</P>
<LG>
<PB N="29" REF="24">
<L>Preaching, Prayer, Sacraments.</L>
<L><HI>Preaching,</HI> ingendreth Faith.</L>
<L><HI>Prayer,</HI> increa&s;eth it.</L>
<L><HI>Sacraments,</HI> confirme it.</L>
</LG>
<P>The Church or Congregation <NOTE PLACE="marg">Congregati|on mu&s;t pray without dif|ference.</NOTE> ought to pray for all men, without any difference of Nation, kind, age, or order: becau&s;e the Lord by cal|ling of all &s;orts, yea &s;ometimes tho&s;e that are the greate&s;t enemies to the Go&s;pell, will haue his Church ga|thered together after this &s;ort, and therefore prayers to be made for all; becau&s;e God &s;hould not el&s;e be ma|nife&s;ted to bee the onely God of all men, vnle&s;&s;e hee &s;hould &s;hew his goodne&s;&s;e in &s;auing of all &s;orts of men: becau&s;e his &s;onne Chri&s;t Ie|&s;us &s;hould not be &s;eene to be the on|ly mediator betweene God and of al &s;orts of men, by hauing taken vpon that nature of man, which is com|mon to all men, and made interce&s;|&s;ion for all.</P>
<P>Sacraments are &s;ignes or badges <NOTE PLACE="marg">Sacraments</NOTE> of Chri&s;tianity, &s;eales or pledges of
<PB N="30" REF="25"> our faith, a&s;&s;urance of our &s;aluation whereof there be two, Bapti&s;me and the Lords &s;upper.</P>
<P>The &s;acrament of Bapti&s;me, tea|cheth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Bib: Bapti&s;me.</NOTE> vs to put on Chri&s;t, that his righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e may couer our &s;in|fulne&s;&s;e: a&s;&s;ureth vs that wee are grafted in Chri&s;t, that all our cor|ruption is cleane wa&s;hed away, char|geth vs to mortifie and dye to &s;inne, that wee may become his &s;eruants, and liue in mutuall amity.</P>
<P>The &s;acrament of the Lords &s;up|per, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Bib: Lords &s;up|per.</NOTE> &s;heweth vs, that the body and blood of Chri&s;t crucified is the only food for the regenerate, a&s;&s;ureth vs that Chri&s;t is wholy ours, and that by faith our &s;oules are fed and nou|ri&s;hed in him vnto euerla&s;ting life: requireth a thankfull remembrance of his death, with vnity among&s;t brethren.</P>
<P>The &s;acrament of the Lords &s;up|per <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Sacraments</HI> M. Dent.</NOTE> is vnworthyly receiued, when wee receiue it onely by the vi&s;ible &s;igne, without regard of the invi&s;ible
<PB N="31" REF="25"> grace, when wee receiue it more of cu&s;tome, then good con&s;ideration, or more for feare, then good affecti|on: when wee receiue it di&s;orderly (being drunked) or with a corrupted con&s;cience (continuing in malice or enmitie.</P>
<P>The &s;acrament of the Lords &s;up|per mu&s;t bee receiued reuerently: therefore let euery one try and ex|amine his knowledge. Eaten effec|tuall, therefore let euery one try and examine his faith. Di&s;ge&s;ted thank|fully, and therefore let euery one try <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Article Religio.</HI> 26.</NOTE> and examine his repentance.</P>
<P>Good Mini&s;ters are mo&s;t fit to mini&s;ter the holy Sacraments, yet <NOTE PLACE="marg">Good Mini|&s;ters mo&s;t fit</NOTE> wee may receiue them by the euill, becau&s;e they doe it in Chri&s;t his name, and not in their owne: be|cau&s;e their wickedne&s;&s;e cannot take away the effect of the ordinance, be|cau&s;e of Chri&s;ts in&s;titution &amp; pro|mi&s;e, &s;o it bee rightly receiued by faith.</P>
<P>The&s;e three things are to bee no|ted
<PB N="32" REF="26"> (whereof hitherto hath ari&s;en &s;ome que&s;tion) concerning the &s;a|crament <NOTE PLACE="marg">Note three things.</NOTE> of the Lords &s;upper; By whom we receiue it, we ought to re|ceiue it at the hands of the good mi|ni&s;ter, if it be po&s;&s;ible; yet wee mu&s;t not reiect the mini&s;trie thereof by the wicked, &s;o it bee done formally. With whom we receiue it, wee may communicate with euery one, &s;o the <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 5. 11.</NOTE> bee not &s;uch as are not notoriou&s;ly knowne to be Drunkers, Adulterers and &s;uch like, for that is prohibited. How ought we receiue it, we may re|reiue <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 11. 27</NOTE> at all times, &s;o our faith &amp; con|firmity bee fit for the &s;ame: other|wi&s;e it will turne to our condemnati|on, &s;aith <HI>Paule.</HI></P>
<P>It is a pitifull (nay rather a pe&s;ti|ferous thing) to &s;ee &s;uch placed in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Apittifull thing.</NOTE> the mini&s;try as bee <HI>Ignorant in learn|ning,</HI> for where there is no vi&s;ion, the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Prov. 29. 18.</NOTE> people peri&s;h. <HI>Negligent in their cal|ling,</HI> for they are accur&s;ed that doe <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iere. 48 10.</NOTE> the worke of God negligently. <HI>Im|pudent in their liuing,</HI> for their lewd|ne&s;&s;e
<PB N="33" REF="26"> maketh the word of god wor&s;e liked of. <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Sam. 2. 17.</NOTE></P>
<P>Idle Mini&s;ters, vnpreaching Pa|&s;tors, and &s;uch like, are nothing el&s;e, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Idle Mini|sters.</HI> E&s;a. 56. 9. 10. Ezek. 13. 4.</NOTE> but; <HI>Blind watchmen, Dumme dogges, Subtill Foxes,</HI> who de&s;troy Gods vine for their owne advantage.</P>
<P>Godly Preachers will bee very <NOTE PLACE="marg">Godly Prea|chers.</NOTE> carefull, of the &s;inceritye of their doctrine, that it bee agreable to the word of God: Of the integrity of their liues, that they bee confirma|ble to the &s;ame word: Of all their whole actions, that they bee profi|table to the example of others.</P>
<P>The&s;e &s;ayings may moue Prea|chers and &s;uch like, to bee very care|full; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Sayinges to moue Prea|chers.</NOTE> Becau&s;e they mu&s;t one day yeeld an accompt of their Steward|&s;hippe. <HI>Watchfull,</HI> Becau&s;e his blood <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ezek. 33. 6. 1</NOTE> &s;hall be required at their hands, that dies in their iniquity through their <NOTE PLACE="marg">Wi&s;d. 6. 5.</NOTE> negligence. <HI>Fearefull,</HI> Becau&s;e an hard Iudgement &s;hall try him that beareth rule.</P>
<P>Godly Preachers and Pa&s;tors are
<PB N="34" REF="27"> greatly to bee <HI>accepted,</HI> for their of|fice &s;ake: Becau&s;e they repre&s;ent <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 9. 41. Mark. 10. 41. 1. The&s;. 5. 13.</NOTE> the per&s;on of God. <HI>Loued,</HI> for their workes &s;ake: Becau&s;e they di&s;po&s;e his &s;ecrets and mi&s;teries. <HI>Obayed,</HI> for Commandement &s;ake: Becau&s;e they are appointed Ouer&s;eers, and watchers for our &s;oules, as tho&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 13. 17.</NOTE> that mu&s;t yeeld accompt for them.</P>
<P><HI>S. Peter</HI> willeth preachers, pa&s;tors <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Pete. 1. 18.</NOTE> and &s;uch like, to feede their flocke, caring for it; Not by con&s;traint, but willingly: Not for filthy lucre, but of a willing mind: Not as though they were Lords ouer Gods heritage but as examples to them.</P>
<P><HI>S. Paule</HI> &s;hewed a mo&s;t worthy ex|ample to preachers and &s;uch like, by <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>An example to preachers</HI> Acts 20. 31.</NOTE> his dutifulne&s;&s;e in preaching; For hee cea&s;ed not by the &s;pace of three yeares, to preach and warne euerie one both night and day with teares: by his painefulne&s;&s;e in labouring; For he wrought with his owne ha~ds to mini&s;ter to his nece&s;&s;ities, not <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 4. 12.</NOTE> onely becau&s;e he would be chargea|ble <NOTE PLACE="marg">Act. 20. 23.</NOTE>
<PB N="35" REF="27"> to none, but al&s;o to helpe to re|lieue others: by his contentment in liuing, for although his liuing was little, yet hee well accepted of all e|&s;tates, without coueting any mans &s;iluer, Gold, or apparell.</P>
<P>Preachers mu&s;t teach the word of God, whether they regard it or no: becau&s;e it may bee a Te&s;timony a|gain&s;t <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 18. 19</NOTE> the vnbeleeuers, or neglec|tors of the &s;ame at the latter day: <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iere. 7. 27.</NOTE> becau&s;e the Lord will v&s;e the means of his &s;eruants to make the wicked more faulty to proue his: becau&s;e it is their duty to be in&s;tant in &s;ea&s;on <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Tim. 4. 2.</NOTE> and out of &s;ea&s;on.</P>
<P>The &s;pirit of Prophe&s;iyng and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Io. 11. 51. 1. &s;am. 10. 10. 1. Ioh. 4. 1.</NOTE> preaching is &s;ometimes giuen to the wicked a&s;well as to the Godly, as by <HI>Caiphas, Saule, Iudas</HI> the Apo|&s;tle. Therefore we mu&s;t try the &s;pi|rits whether they be of God.</P>
<P>The word of God ought not to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods word not to be ex|empted to a|ny.</NOTE> be exempted from any e&s;tate, nei|ther ought to be contemned in any per&s;on in re&s;pect of his condition,
<PB N="36" REF="28"> calling, or vnworthyne&s;&s;e; profe&s;|ing the &s;ame profitably, con&s;idering God hath called Plowmen from the fields, to be Prophets; Shepheardes <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. King. 19. 19 P&s;al. 78. 7 Mat. 4. 18.</NOTE> from the folds, to be zealous profe&s;|&s;ors: Fi&s;hermen from the nets, to be followers of him.</P>
<P>We mu&s;t not condemne, or con|temne <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mini&s;ters not to bee contemned.</NOTE> the Mini&s;ters of God, if by infirmity they fall into horrible of|fences, for Sathan hath beguiled the mo&s;t Godly profe&s;&s;ors, as <HI>Lot</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gene&s;. 19 30</NOTE> that ancient Patriarke, became in|ce&s;tious. <HI>Dauid</HI> that excellent pro|phet, <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Sam. 11. 25.</NOTE> committed Homicide. <HI>Peter</HI> that good Apo&s;tle proued periured. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 18. 27.</NOTE></P>
<P>It is very dangerous to de&s;pi&s;e, pen&s;ecute, or con&s;pire the death of <NOTE PLACE="marg">A da~gorous thing.</NOTE> the <HI>Mini&s;ters</HI> of God, as may ap|peare by the&s;e three Examples.</P>
<P N="1">1 <HI>Ie&s;ubel</HI> did threaten the death <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Kin. 19. 35. &amp; 36.</NOTE> of <HI>Eliah,</HI> yet hee liued and was taken vp into heauen; when &s;hee died, and was eaten of Dogges.</P>
<P N="2">2 <HI>Saule</HI> intended the death of <HI>Da|uid,</HI> yet he e&s;caped &amp; became King; <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. &s;am. 31. 4.</NOTE>
<PB N="37" REF="28"> but <HI>Saule</HI> procured his owne death <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. &s;am. 1. 9. 15</NOTE> mo&s;t de&s;perately.</P>
<P N="3">3 <HI>Herod</HI> put to death <HI>Iohn Bap|ti&s;t,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 12. 13.</NOTE> but as his deedes were dete&s;ta|ble before God, &s;o his end was igno|minious to the world, for he was ea|ten to death with wormes.</P>
<P>Preachers Pa&s;tors and &s;uch like, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Preachers &s;ubiect to contempt.</HI> M. Gray.</NOTE> of all others are mo&s;t of all &s;ubiect to contempt and enmity: Becau&s;e Sathan by pollicy procureth many to a di&s;daine of their per&s;ons, as a meane to induce them to a di&s;liking of their Doctrine: Becau&s;e the &s;pirits of error are now &s;pread a|broad, <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Tim. 3. 2.</NOTE> which will deceiue the hearts of many, and cau&s;e them to become cur&s;ed &s;peakers, e&s;pecially again&s;t Gods mini&s;ters: Becau&s;e the&s;e are <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Tim. 3</NOTE> tho&s;e perillous daies, wherein it was long &s;ithence prophe&s;ied, that many &s;hould bee di&s;pi&s;ers of them which are good.</P>
<P>Peter was three times commaun|ded <NOTE PLACE="marg">Bar.</NOTE> to feed his flocke, which is ex|pounded three waies: with &s;ound
<PB N="38" REF="29"> doctrine, with hone&s;t life, with good <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 21. <HI>Flocke fed</HI></NOTE> Ho&s;pitality.</P>
<P>This word <HI>(Behold)</HI> doth com|monly import &s;ome great admirati|on vnto vs, as it is v&s;ed concerning Chri&s;t at his Natiuitie: <HI>Behold</HI> (&s;aith <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luk. 2. 10.</NOTE> the Angell to the Shepeheardes) <HI>I bring you glad tidinges, that vnto you is borne this day, a Sauiour, which is Chri&s;t the Lord.</HI> At his pa&s;&s;ion, <HI>Be|hold</HI> (at his yeelding vp of the gho&s;t) <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 27. 51.</NOTE> <HI>the vaile of the temple was rent it twaine the earth &s;haked, Stones cloven, the graues opened &amp;c.</HI> At his &s;econd com|ming, <HI>Behold</HI> (&s;aith our Sauiour <NOTE PLACE="marg">Apoc. 22. 12.</NOTE> Chri&s;t) <HI>I come &s;hortly, and my reward is with mee to giue to euery man as his worke &s;hall bee.</HI></P>
<P>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us came into the world, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts comming.</NOTE> not as a iu&s;t Iudge, but as a Phi&s;iti|an: Not as a de&s;troyer, but as a Sa|uiour: Not to call the Iu&s;t, but &s;in|ners to repentance.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us de&s;cended and came (as it was promi&s;ed) Of the &s;eede of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts Li|neage.</NOTE> Abraham. <HI>Bethelem</HI> brought him
<PB N="39" REF="29"> forth, Of the tribe of Iuda. Naza|reth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Theoph.</NOTE> brought him vp, Of the &s;tocke of <HI>Dauid. Capernaum</HI> was his dwel|ling place.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us was tran&s;figured vp|pon <HI>Mount Thabor,</HI> was crucified <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 17. 1. Heb. 13. 12. Luk. 24. 50. Acts 1. 3. <HI>Chri&s;t tran&s;+figured.</HI></NOTE> at <HI>Ieru&s;alem:</HI> was taken into Hea|uen, at <HI>Bethaniah.</HI> Hee liued vpon the earth before his pa&s;&s;ion Thirtie Three yeares. After his re&s;urrecti|on, Forty daies.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us con&s;i&s;teth of three <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Chri&s;ts of</HI> 3. <HI>parts.</HI></NOTE> parts. <HI>God-head, Soule,</HI> and <HI>Bodye,</HI> who as touching his humanitie, had no father: as concerning his diui|nitie, had no mother.</P>
<P>It was nece&s;&s;ary that CHRIST <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Chri&s;ts death nece&s;|&s;ary.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> Mat. 26. 56. Gen. 3. 15. 1. Ioh 4. 9. 1. Tim. 2. 6. Heb. 6. 11.</NOTE> &s;hould die: That the Scriptures might be fulfilled. That he might brui&s;e the Serpents Head. That we might haue life through him.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t is &s;aid to die (generally) for all the world, (&s;pecially) for tho&s;e that belieue: (valiantly) for that he ouercame death.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t had &s;mall comfort of his
<PB N="40" REF="30"> Apo&s;tles, when he was taken pri&s;o|ner: for <HI>Iudas</HI> betrayed him, <HI>Peter</HI> for&s;ware him, all the re&s;t for&s;ooke him, And a great multitude follow|ed him to his death: all to &s;ee the end of him.</P>
<P>The benefit we reape by the death <NOTE PLACE="marg">Colo&s;. 1. 20. 1. Iohn. 2. 2. Galat. 3. 13. Mat. 11. 30.</NOTE> of Chri&s;t, is great. Hee reconciled vs to his father. Hee redeemed vs from the cur&s;e of the Law. He &s;hew|ed vs an ea&s;ier way to heauen.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t by his death became for man, <HI>Cur&s;e,</HI> con&s;idering the quality of his death. <HI>Sinne,</HI> con&s;idering <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 21. 23. E&s;a. 53. 9. Phi. 2.</NOTE> the integrity of his life. <HI>Seruile,</HI> con|&s;idering the qualilie of his e&s;tate.</P>
<P>It was requi&s;ite that Chri&s;t &s;hould <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts re|&s;urrection requi&s;ite.</NOTE> ri&s;e againe after death; becau&s;e hee fore&s;hewed it to his Apo&s;tles: be|cau&s;e his fle&s;h might not &s;ee corrup|tion, becau&s;e we might be iu&s;tified through him.</P>
<P>It was nece&s;&s;ary that Chri&s;t &s;hold a&s;cend after hee was ri&s;en, that hee might bee fully glorified, that hee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 7. 39. Iohn 16. 7. Ioh. 17. 3.</NOTE> might &s;end downe the Comforter:
<PB N="41" REF="30"> that hee might become our Media|tor.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t &s;aid that the Comforter at his comming &s;hould reproue the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh 16. 8 9. 10.</NOTE> world of &s;inne, becau&s;e they belieue not in him. Of righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, be|cau&s;e hee is gone to his father. Of Iudgement, becau&s;e the Prince of this world is iudged. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A wonder|full example</HI> E&s;a. 53. 7.</NOTE></P>
<P>Chri&s;t hath &s;hewed vs a worthy example of <HI>Patience,</HI> becau&s;e being oppre&s;&s;ed and afflicted, hee did not open his mouth; but was like a &s;heep dumbe before the &s;hearer: Of <HI>Hu|mility,</HI> becau&s;e hee tooke vpon him <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 2. 7.</NOTE> the &s;hape of a &s;eruant beeing equall with his father. Of <HI>Loue,</HI> becau&s;e he laid downe his life for vs: than this, what loue can be greater?</P>
<P>Chri&s;t is very fitly called a <HI>Prie&s;t,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;t a Prie&s;t.</NOTE> becau&s;e by his onely Sacrifice hee appea&s;ed his fathers wrath. A <HI>King,</HI> becau&s;e he raigneth over all. A <HI>Pro|phet,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 5. 22. Acts. 7. 37.</NOTE> becau&s;e hee declared his fa|thers will.</P>
<P>There be three things that beare
<PB N="42" REF="31"> record of Chri&s;t in heauen, the fa|ther <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">. Iohn. 5. 7.</NOTE> who &s;ent his &s;onne, the word which became fle&s;h: the holy gho&s;t which proceeds from both.</P>
<P>There be three things that beare <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 8. 16. Ioh. 3. 5. Ephe&s;. 1. 7.</NOTE> witnes of Chri&s;t vpon earth, <HI>Spirit,</HI> this a&s;&s;ureth vs of our adoption, <HI>Water,</HI> a&s;&s;ureth vs of our Regenera|tion: <HI>Blood,</HI> a&s;&s;ureth vs of our re|demption.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t being the <HI>Truth,</HI> maife&s;teth&punc; to vs his <HI>Nature,</HI> &s;o that in him wee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;t ma|nife&s;teth his nature.</NOTE> mu&s;t begin: the <HI>Way,</HI> manife&s;teth to vs his <HI>Will,</HI> &s;o that in him we mu&s;t continue: the <HI>Life,</HI> manife&s;teth to vs his office, &s;o that in him we mu&s;t <NOTE PLACE="marg">Beza.</NOTE> end.</P>
<P>Hee that will come after Chri&s;t, mu&s;t deny him&s;elfe, wherein is laide before vs Bondage, in denying him &s;elfe. Take vp his cro&s;&s;e, wherein is laid before vs Ba&s;ene&s;&s;e, in taking vp the cro&s;&s;e. Follow him, where|in is laid before vs Hardne&s;&s;e, in fol|lowing Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t amazed and appea&s;ed his
<PB N="43" REF="31"> enemies three manner of waies, by <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;t ap|pea&s;ed his e|nemies.</NOTE> his &s;ound doctrine, by his &s;traunge Miracles, by his mild an&s;weres.</P>
<P>Chri&s;t de&s;cended into Hell, as may appeare by the&s;e places, for &s;o <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 16. 10. Ioh. 20. 17. Ephe&s;. 4. 9.</NOTE> we confe&s;&s;e in the creede of <HI>Nicene, Athana&s;ius,</HI> and the <HI>Apo&s;tles.</HI></P>
<P>Many produce the&s;e direction, to approue that the power, and not the &s;oule of Chri&s;t de&s;cended.</P>
<P>His &s;peech to the Theife vpon the cro&s;&s;e, this day &s;hall thou bee with me in Paradi&s;e.</P>
<P>His yeelding vp the Gho&s;t, when <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 23. 4.</NOTE> he &s;aid, it is fini&s;hed.</P>
<P>His Agonie in the Garden, in &s;weating drops of Blood and water.</P>
<P>God &s;pake mo&s;t by parables to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods &s;peech by parables.</NOTE> the multitude, becau&s;e by &s;eeing, they &s;hould &s;ee, &amp; not perceiue, be|cau&s;e by hearing they &s;hould heare and not vnder&s;tand: becau&s;e it might be fulfilled which was &s;poken by the prophets.</P>
<P>The great Miracles and wonders Chri&s;t wrought in the world, were
<PB N="44" REF="32"> done partly to this end: to &s;he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 15. 31.</NOTE> the great power, glory and goodnes of his father. To proue him&s;elfe <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 2. 22.</NOTE> the Sonne of God, and that hee was &s;ent of him. To confirme the au|thority <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 11. 42.</NOTE> and excellency of his doc|trine, to winne the vnbeleeuers of it. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 2. 23.</NOTE></P>
<P>Miracles are often called in the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Beza.</HI> Heb. 2. 4. <HI>Miracles called &s;ignes.</HI></NOTE> Scriptures, <HI>Signes:</HI> Signes, becau&s;e they appeare one thing, and repre|&s;ent another. <HI>Wonders:</HI> Wonders, becau&s;e they import &s;ome &s;trange and vnexcu&s;able thing. <HI>Vertues:</HI> Vertues, becau&s;e they giue a glimp&s; of Gods power.</P>
<P>Three &s;inguler benefites &s;hewen to man, by the father, he &s;ent his <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The fathers</HI> 3. <HI>benefit.</HI></NOTE> Sonne for our reconciliation: by the Sonne, his righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e is our imputation: by the holy Gho&s;t, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Yet all one vnyon.</NOTE> this proceedeth from both, for our &s;anctification.</P>
<P>It is a &s;inguler comfort vnto vs, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A &s;ingular comfort.</HI> D. King.</NOTE> to con&s;ider the exceeding loue of Chri&s;t towards vs, (by that hee hath done,) becau&s;e hee did not
<PB N="45" REF="32"> onely &s;acrifice him&s;elfe vppon the cro&s;&s;e for our &s;akes, but al&s;o &s;ati&s;fi|ed his fathers wrath for our &s;innes. By that hee &s;till doth, becau&s;e hee did not onely &s;uffer for vs, but be|came al&s;o a continuall interce&s;&s;or for vs. By that he will doe, becau&s;e he hath not onely &s;aued vs, but al&s;o come to iudge.</P>
<P>Such as will pre&s;ume of the time <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 24. 36. markc. 13. 32 1. The&s;. 5. 1. Acts. 1. 12</NOTE> that Chri&s;t &s;hall come to iudgment, may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e reproued by the&s;e places, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">or it is not for vs to know the times and the &s;ea&s;ons, the father hath put in his owne power&punc;</P>
<P>The comming of Chri&s;t is of 3. &s;ortes. <HI>Vnto men, Into men, Again&s;t</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iohn 1. 14 Iohn 14. 18. Apoc. 22. 12.</NOTE> <HI>men, Vnto men,</HI> in the fle&s;h. <HI>Into men,</HI> by his &s;pirit. <HI>Again&s;t men,</HI> in Iudgement.</P>
<P>It &s;tands vs not &s;o much vpon to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts com+ming to Iudgment not to be di&s;|puted on.</NOTE> v&s;e di&s;putation, of the time of Chri&s;ts comming to Iudgement, as to be in a daily preparation, and re|formation of our liues, con&s;idering, euery mans end is imminent &amp; vn|certaine,
<PB N="46" REF="33"> euery mans death is his lat|ter <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 4. 14. Heb. 9. 27. Eccle. 11. 3.</NOTE> day, euery man as he dieth, &s;o he &s;hall be iudged.</P>
<P>The comming of Chri&s;t to iudg|ment will bee, Fearefull to the wic|ked; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts com+ming feare|full.</NOTE> becau&s;e that day to them wil be the beginning of their woe: Ioyful&punc; to the Godly, becau&s;e it is to them the ful fruition of their felicity. Wo~|derfull to both, becau&s;e of the &s;ud|daine alteration of all things.</P>
<P>The&s;e three things doe argue the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A &s;igne of the worlds end.</HI> Mat. 4. 23. Mat. 24.</NOTE> world to draw to an end. The Fig-tree, becau&s;e it flori&s;heth. Charity, becau&s;e it waxeth cold. Iniquity, becau&s;e it aboundeth.</P>
<P>The comming of Chri&s;t to iudg|ment will be of a &s;uddaine, as a wo|man <NOTE PLACE="marg">Chri&s;ts com+ming &s;ud|daine.</NOTE> trauailling with Child. As lightning from the Ea&s;t. In the ho|wer we thinke not. Bee &s;ober and watch, for happie are tho&s;e &s;er|vants <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 12. 37.</NOTE> which the Lord when hee commeth &s;hall find waking.</P>
<P>Although it was &s;aid One Thou|&s;and Fiue Hundred yeares and
<PB N="47" REF="33"> more &s;ince, the day of the LORD is at hand; And yet the worlde in|dure: We mu&s;t not &s;uppo&s;e tho&s;e words to be frivolous or fru&s;trate: for thereby the Lord doth make manife&s;t vnto vs <HI>(His infinite wi&s;e|dome)</HI> In Computation of yeares, becau&s;e hee doth not reckon or re|cord the time, according to our knowledge or rea&s;on: For one day is with him, as a Thou&s;and <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 19. 4.</NOTE> yeares, and a Thou&s;and yeares as one day. <HI>(His exceeding mer|cy)</HI> In delaying of the day, becau&s;e he would not haue vs peri&s;h, but <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Pet. 3. 9.</NOTE> would all men to come to repen|tance. <HI>Our ympudent mi&s;ery,</HI> In <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 2. 4.</NOTE> con&s;ideration thereof, becau&s;e we doe not v&s;e the bountifulnes of his patience and long &s;uffering accor|dingly. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Account to be made.</HI> Rom. 2. 25. Mat. 12. 37.</NOTE></P>
<P>Wee mu&s;t yeeld accompt at the later day of all our &s;ines, committed <HI>(In cogitation,</HI> our thoughts &s;hall ei|ther accu&s;e or excu&s;e vs, <HI>In co~munica|tion,</HI> our words &s;hal either iu&s;tifie or condemne vs.</P>
<PB N="48" REF="34">
<P> In <HI>Action,</HI> our works &s;hall then haue <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 9. 27.</NOTE> their due reward.</P>
<P>Our great accu&s;ers at the yeeld|ing <NOTE PLACE="marg">The Law our accu&s;er.</NOTE> vp of our la&s;t accompt, &s;hall be the Law: be&s;ide that, we &s;hall &s;tand helpele&s;&s;e before &s;o many Iudges as haue excelled vs in good workes. The Deuill, be&s;ides that, wee &s;hall bee ca&s;t by &s;o many euidences as haue giuen vs example of good life. Our Con&s;ciences, we &s;hall be conuinced with &s;o many witne&s;&s;es as haue admoni&s;hed vs with whole|&s;ome coun&s;ell, and by their vertu|ous deeds, haue beene patternes for vs to imitate.</P>
<P>The Pope doth rather preferre, then make him&s;elfe equall, with the <NOTE PLACE="marg">The Pope.</NOTE> excellency of our Sauiour Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>Hee will bee the Supreame of all the world, exempting him&s;elfe from all obedience to an earthly Prince, or reuerence to any people, when Chri&s;t was content to acknowledge <NOTE PLACE="marg">mat. 17. 27.</NOTE> the authoritie of the Magi&s;trate in Tole, yea euen to &s;uch as were ene|mies
<PB N="49" REF="34"> to Religion. Hee giueth out his feete to bee ki&s;&s;ed of men, euen of Kings and Emperors: when Chri&s;t did neuer &s;o lay foorth his feete; but that he wa&s;hed his poore <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 13. 5, 15</NOTE> di&s;ciples feete, and that becau&s;e they &s;hould doe, as hee had done to them.</P>
<P>Hee doth of pitty free one or o|ther euery day from the paines of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Purgatory.</NOTE> Purgatorie, when our Sauiour Chri&s;t did free none at all from tho&s;e helli&s;h paines.</P>
<P>The Soule of man after death <NOTE PLACE="marg">Soule of man.</NOTE> doth goe either to Ioy or paine ime|diately, whereof there be three ex|amples, (be&s;ides manife&s;t proues,) that may flatly refell their erroni|ous opinions of &s;uch as fal&s;lie af|firme there is a Purgatorie. The Soule receiued into <HI>Abrahams</HI> bo|&s;ome. The Soule of the Theife a&s;cending into Paradice. The &s;oule <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 16. 22. Luke. 23. 33. Lu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">. 16. 2<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> of the Rich man de&s;cending into Hell.</P>
<P>The&s;e three thinges are worthy
<PB N="50" REF="35"> continually to bee noted. The &s;e|crets <NOTE PLACE="marg">Note three things.</NOTE> of God are vn&s;earchable. The Ioyes of Heauen are vn&s;peakeable. The paines of Hell are intollerable.</P>
<P>A vertuous man di&s;po&s;eth his <NOTE PLACE="marg">A vertuous man his di&s;|po&s;ition.</NOTE> way in this world <HI>Prudently,</HI> to di&s;|po&s;e and order things pre&s;ent: <HI>Pe|nitently,</HI> to con&s;ider his mi&s;deedes pa&s;t. <HI>Prouidently,</HI> to prouide and fore&s;ee for things to come.</P>
<P>S. Paul deuideth man into three <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mans devi|&s;ion.</NOTE> parts, <HI>Spirit,</HI> for then is man fully &s;anctified, when his mind thinketh nothing. <HI>Soule,</HI> for then is man fully &s;anctified, when his will couets nothing. <HI>Body,</HI> for then man is fully &s;anctified, when his body exe|cutes <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. The&s;. 5. 23.</NOTE> nothing, contrary to the will of God.</P>
<P>A Godly Chri&s;tian ought to liue in this world, <HI>Soberly,</HI> concerning <NOTE PLACE="marg">D. Milwood.</NOTE> him&s;elfe, that hee keepe his body temporately without abu&s;ing the gift of God, wantonly or wa&s;tfully. <HI>Iu&s;tly,</HI> concerning his neighbour, That hee deale plainely, vprightly,
<PB N="51" REF="35"> and charitably, without di&s;&s;imulati|on. <HI>Godly,</HI> concerning God, That he pre&s;ume not to much of him&s;elfe but referre all to Gods good plea|&s;ure and prouidence.</P>
<P>A man &s;hould not do ami&s;&s;e &s;aith <HI>Augu&s;tine,</HI> If forgetfullnes confou~d not his memory. If error ob&s;cure not his vnder&s;tanding. If iniquity&punc; depraue not his will.</P>
<P>The &s;tate of man is three waies to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mans e&s;tate</NOTE> be con&s;idered, <HI>by creation,</HI> hee was made like to the Image of GOD, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe. 4. 24.</NOTE> which Image is expounded heere, by fall and &s;inne, hee became &s;laue vnto Sathan, and &s;o procured the &s;ame thraldome to all po&s;terities. <HI>By Regeneration,</HI> hee is ingrafted into Chri&s;t by faith, and in him hath re|couered the former right.</P>
<P>A man is happy in this world that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Man happie</NOTE> can reioyce in aduer&s;ity, following the example of <HI>Paule.</HI> Beare all <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Cor. 11. 30</NOTE> cro&s;&s;es patiently, following the ex|ample <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 1. 1.</NOTE> of <HI>Iob.</HI> Lament his &s;in &s;or|rowfully, following the example of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 22. 62</NOTE>
<PB N="52" REF="36"> <HI>Peter.</HI></P>
<P>Euery man &s;hould be mindfull of his <HI>Creation,</HI> becau&s;e he is du&s;t and to du&s;t he &s;hall returne. Of his <HI>Con|uer&s;ation,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 3. Eccle. 12. 24.</NOTE> becau&s;e hee mu&s;t one day yeeld account of his liuing. Of his <HI>Di&s;&s;olution,</HI> becau&s;e his end is vn|certaine, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 11. 3.</NOTE> and as he falls, &s;uch iudge|ment followes.</P>
<P>Heerein con&s;i&s;ts the whole duty of man towards God, to feare him, for his Iu&s;tice: becau&s;e it is horri|ble <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mans duty.</NOTE> to fall into his hands. To loue him for his goodnes, becau&s;e hee lo|ued <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 10. 31.</NOTE> vs fir&s;t: To keepe his Com|mandements, <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Iohn. 4. 19. 2. Iohn. 5. 3.</NOTE> to confirme it, be|cau&s;e tho&s;e that loue him, wil keepe his commandements.</P>
<P><HI>S. Iames</HI> willeth euery man to be, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 1. 19.</NOTE> Swift to heare, Slow to &s;peake, Slow to wrath.</P>
<P>No man hath cau&s;e to glorie in him&s;elfe, if hee con&s;ider what hee is of him&s;elfe, <HI>By Sub&s;tance,</HI> hee wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 3. 7.</NOTE> made of the du&s;t. <HI>By Nature,</HI> h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> is the child of wrath. <HI>By Knowledg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe&s;. 2. 3.</NOTE>
<PB N="53" REF="36"> he is but a bea&s;t. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iere. 10. 14.</NOTE></P>
<P>For a man to glory or attribute a|ny prai&s;e to him&s;elfe in any good at|tempts, It is <HI>Vanity,</HI> becau&s;e of him|&s;elfe hee cannot thinke a good <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Cor. 3. 5.</NOTE> thoght, much le&s;&s;e do a good deed. It is <HI>Arraganey,</HI> becau&s;e he attribu|teth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 1. 17.</NOTE> that to him&s;elfe, which is pro|per to God, for euery good and per|fect gift commeth from aboue. It is <HI>Iniquitie,</HI> becau&s;e hee doth not ac|knowledge <NOTE PLACE="marg">Colo. 3. 17.</NOTE> the giuer thankefully, for all prai&s;e and honor is to bee gi|uen to God.</P>
<P><HI>Herod</HI> by abridging GOD of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 12. 23. <HI>Herod end.</HI></NOTE> his glory, came to a mo&s;t mi&s;era|ble end.</P>
<P>This may abate the high a&s;piring <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 10. 9.</NOTE> mind of man, His birth beeing &s;in|full, His life beeing mi&s;erable, His body being wormes meat.</P>
<P>Euery man mu&s;t haue a Godly <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Mans care to liue.</HI> Exod. 20. 9. 1. Tim. 5. 8.</NOTE> care to liue in this world, becau&s;e God hath commaunded hee &s;hould labour Sixe daies, becau&s;e hee is wor&s;e then an Infidell, that provi|deth
<PB N="54" REF="37"> not for his hou&s;hold: becau&s;e he may avoid the inconuenience of <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. The&s;. 3. 10. Prou. 12. 11.</NOTE> Idlenes, which bringeth much euill.</P>
<P>A good Chri&s;tian ought to bee wi&s;e, vnto that which is good, <HI>Sym|ple,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 16. 19. 1. Cor. 1. 20.</NOTE> concerning euill: <HI>Fooli&s;h</HI> in re|&s;pect of this world.</P>
<P>Heretickes and erronnyous per|&s;ons <NOTE PLACE="marg">Hereticks dangerous.</NOTE> are verie dangerous to be per|mitted among&s;t Godly Chri&s;tians, con&s;idering their condition: Be|cau&s;e they thinke it not enough to erre and doe euill them&s;elues, ex|cept <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;a. 3. 10. Wi&s;. 14. 21.</NOTE> they draw others with them as appeareth. In con&s;idering their cor|ruption: Becau&s;e by continuance they will defile many, for a little lea|ven, leaueneth the whole lumpe. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 12. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">5.</NOTE> Con&s;idering the &s;ea&s;on, becau&s;e in the&s;e latter times many &s;hall giue <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 4. 1.</NOTE> heed to &s;pirits of error and doctrine of Deuil<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s.</P>
<P>Wicked men are f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tly compared in the Scriptures, To Thornes, be|cau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Compari&s;on</NOTE> they be as prickes to procure hurt to the Godly.</P>
<PB N="55" REF="37">
<P> <HI>To Chaffe,</HI> becau&s;e as the wind doth &s;catter the Chaffe, &s;o &s;hall the be &s;oone cut off from the face of the earth. <HI>To tares,</HI> becau&s;e as Tares are to bee bound in bundels and burnt, &s;o &s;hall they in hell fier.</P>
<P>Wicked men are called by &s;un|dry names, and compared in the <NOTE PLACE="marg">A compari|&s;on of wicked men.</NOTE> Scriptures, <HI>To Foxes,</HI> becau&s;e they are &s;ubtill in vndermining, and do|ing of mi&s;chiefe, In&s;omuch as the Church requireth to haue the foxes <NOTE PLACE="marg">Cant. 2. 15.</NOTE> taken away. <HI>To Dogges,</HI> becau&s;e they are Curri&s;h in controlling and barking again&s;t all goodnes. Heere|of <HI>Paule</HI> willeth the <HI>Phillipians</HI> to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 3. 2.</NOTE> beware of Dogges. <HI>To Bea&s;ts,</HI> be|cau&s;e they are prophaine in their liues, and degenerate from their kind wor&s;e then bea&s;tes. So <HI>Paul</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 15. 32</NOTE> complaineth that hee fought with bea&s;ts at <HI>Ephe&s;us</HI> after the manner of men.</P>
<P>The wicked and vngodly, are <NOTE PLACE="marg">Wicked men not to be &s;up|ported.</NOTE> not to bee &s;upported purpo&s;ly, be|cau&s;e it is an abhomination before
<PB N="56" REF="38"> God to iu&s;tifie the wicke. Accom|paned <NOTE PLACE="marg">Prou. 17. 15.</NOTE> willingly, becau&s;e it is dange|rous, for hee that toucheth pitch, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 13. 1.</NOTE> &s;hall bee defiled. Condemned vt|terly, becau&s;e the Lord will haue <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 9. 15.</NOTE> mercy on whom hee will, and when he plea&s;e.</P>
<P>The&s;e &s;ayings may terrifie &s;uch as attempt any euill. The face of the <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Pet. 3. 12 Rom. 2. 9.</NOTE> Lord is again&s;t him; Tribulation and angui&s;h &s;hall be vpon his &s;oule: There &s;hall bee no end of plagu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 24. 20</NOTE> to him.</P>
<P>God tempteth no man to euill, <NOTE PLACE="marg">God temp|teth not any.</NOTE> but we are drawne to it, by the De|uill, who watcheth to worke our o|uerthrow. By our owne concupi|&s;cence, to con&s;ent to his &s;ugge&s;ti|ons. By vicious company, and ill per&s;wa&s;ions of others, when wee bee &s;educed.</P>
<P>The Deuill will vndermine vs in our mu&s;ings, if wee take not great <NOTE PLACE="marg">Barnard. The Deuill vndermi|neth.</NOTE> heed, for in them he talketh with vs wittily; hee eggeth vs cunningly: Hee deceiueth vs craftily, whom if
<PB N="57" REF="38"> wee re&s;i&s;t by faith, the Lord will o|verlooke vs fighting, &s;uccour vs fainting: crowne vs overcomming.</P>
<P>The Deuills haue knowledge af|ter <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 19.</NOTE> a &s;ort, for they beleiue there is a God, and feare and tremble. They can pleade &s;cripture for their owne purpo&s;e: They acknowledge the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 4. 6. mat. 829.</NOTE> comming of Chri&s;t to Iudgement.</P>
<P>The Deuill hath three euill pro|perties, he is &s;ubtill as a <HI>Serpent,</HI> for hee can tran&s;forme him&s;elfe into many &s;hapes, (yea into an Angell <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Diuels properties</HI> 3. M. Smith.</NOTE> of Light) and v&s;e many &s;hifts to de|ceiue withall. Hee is &s;ttong as a <HI>Lyon,</HI> for he is not &s;o bu&s;ie in &s;eek|ing daily for his prey, as he is forci|ble to re&s;i&s;t where he a&s;&s;aulteth. He is cruel as a <HI>Tyger,</HI> for where hee hath any entrance at al, he will neuer re&s;t, vntill he bringeth to confu&s;ion.</P>
<P>The Deuill v&s;eth three pollicies <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Diuels pollicies</HI> 3.</NOTE> to tempt Chri&s;t in the Wilderne&s;&s;e, per&s;wading him, to di&s;tru&s;t in God, To the de&s;ite of riches and honour: To a vaine confidence of him&s;elfe.</P>
<PB N="58" REF="39">
<P> Wee haue three cruell foes that fight again&s;t the &s;pirit in this life. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Three cruel foes.</NOTE> The <HI>Fle&s;h,</HI> The <HI>World,</HI> And the <HI>Deuill.</HI> The fierce&s;t foe in this fight is the Deuill: whom wee may ex|pell with the&s;e three weapons. <HI>Faith, Prayer, The word of God.</HI></P>
<P>Wee ought not to follow the lu&s;ts of the fle&s;h, but lead our liues holie, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Beza.</HI> 1. Pet. 2. 11.</NOTE> becau&s;e tho&s;e lu&s;ts though they flatter vs, yet they cea&s;e not to fight again&s;t our &s;aluation. Becau&s;e wee are Cittizens in heauen, and there|fore ought to lead our liues thereaf|ter although we be &s;trangers heare. Becau&s;e the glory of God is greatly &s;et forth by that meanes, while&s;t by example of our hone&s;t life, euen the mo&s;t prophane men are brought vnto God, and &s;ubmit them&s;elues vnto him.</P>
<P>There are many walke in this world (&s;aith <HI>Paul)</HI> who&s;e God is <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 3 19.</NOTE> their belly, who&s;e glory is their &s;hame, who&s;e end is damnation.</P>
<P>The wretchednes of this worlde
<PB N="59" REF="39"> made <HI>Salomon</HI> &s;ay, the day of death is better then the day one is borne: <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 7. 3.</NOTE> made <HI>Iob</HI> &s;ay, My &s;oule is cut off <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 10. 1.</NOTE> though I liue: made <HI>Paul</HI> &s;ay, I de&s;ire to bee loo&s;ed from this life. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 1. 23.</NOTE></P>
<P>What &s;hould wee &s;o account of this world, &s;eeing the fa&s;hion of it goes away. The wi&s;dome of it is meere fooli&s;hne&s;&s;e. The amity of <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 7.</NOTE> it, is enmity with God. V&s;e this world as though ye v&s;ed it not &s;aith <HI>Paule.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e three thinges may with|draw <NOTE PLACE="marg">Note three things.</NOTE> a man from de&s;iring long life in this world. The wretchedne&s;&s;e of his life, becau&s;e it is but a contin|uall temptation and full of mi&s;ery. The grieuon&s;ue&s;&s;e of his &s;innes, be|cau&s;e they will more increa&s;e by continuance. The greatne&s;&s;e of his Accompt, becau&s;e it will be the more fearefull at the yeelding vp.</P>
<P>The Godly de&s;ire to bee out of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Godly their de&s;ire.</NOTE> this world, becau&s;e it is variable and nothing but vanity, becau&s;e of the innumerable euills they are &s;ub|iect
<PB N="60" REF="40"> vnto, becau&s;e they long to bee clothed with the heauenly habit.</P>
<P>Life is very &s;weete, and &s;o &s;weete that it hath prouoked the Godly to <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Life &s;weet.</HI> M. Dodd.</NOTE> prolonge the &s;afety of it by &s;hifts.</P>
<P><HI>Dauid</HI> doubting of euill dealing, fained him&s;elfe mad to &s;aue his life.</P>
<P><HI>Paule</HI> perceiuing their cruelty that would kill him, had rather in the night bee let downe in a Ba&s;ket, then abide.</P>
<P><HI>Peter</HI> fearing death, did for&s;weare his Ma&s;ter.</P>
<P>The faithfull and Godly in this world doe daily Fight, by rea&s;on of their aduer&s;arie. Faint, by rea&s;on of their Infidelity. Fall, by rea&s;on of <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 37. 24.</NOTE> their infimity, yet the &s;hall not bee ca&s;t away.</P>
<P>The&s;e three thinges are worthy to bee con&s;idered, hee that liueth <NOTE PLACE="marg">three things to be con&s;i|dened.</NOTE> be&s;t doth daily &s;inne. Hee is happy that hath grace to repent. Hee is ble&s;&s;ed to whom God imputeth no &s;inne.</P>
<P>Although euery man is a &s;inner,
<PB N="61" REF="40"> yet euery &s;inne is not of like con&s;i|deration, for &s;ome &s;inne of <HI>Ignorance</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 13. 2. Sam. 11. 2 Dan. 3. 1.</NOTE> as <HI>Paul</HI> did: &s;ome of <HI>Infirmity,</HI> as <HI>Dauid</HI> did: &s;ome of <HI>Malice,</HI> as <HI>Na|buchadnezzar</HI> did.</P>
<P>Euery &s;inner mu&s;t beware of <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Sinners to beware of</HI> 3. <HI>things.</HI> Mat. 24. 50 Rom. 6. 1.</NOTE> the&s;e three things, of <HI>Procra&s;tination</HI> In delaying the time of repentance, Of <HI>Pre&s;umption,</HI> In pre&s;uming &s;till vpon hope. Of <HI>Prouocation,</HI> In &s;in|ning ob&s;tinately again&s;t the holy Gho&s;t.</P>
<P>Sinne is nothing el&s;e but a &s;weete poy&s;on, a flattering death, and a de|&s;truction <NOTE PLACE="marg">Sinne two &s;orts.</NOTE> of the &s;oule: whereof there bee two &s;orts, <HI>Originall,</HI> and <HI>Actuall</HI></P>
<P><HI>ADAM</HI> did further his fall and increa&s;e his &s;inne in the Garden 3. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Adams fall</NOTE> waies, by <HI>Ambition,</HI> becau&s;e hee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 3. 6.</NOTE> thought to be as GOD knowing good from euill. By <HI>Hypocri&s;ie,</HI> be|cau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 3. 10.</NOTE> he hid the cau&s;e of his naked|ne&s;&s;e, which was the breach of gods <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 3. 12.</NOTE> Commaundements. By <HI>Impeniten|cy,</HI> becau&s;e hee was &s;o farre from ac|knowledging
<PB N="62" REF="41"> his tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion, that hee burdened God with his fault, in that he had giuen him a wife.</P>
<P>It appeareth by this that &s;inne is <HI>Execrable,</HI> becau&s;e it repented God <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Sinne exe|crable.</HI> Gen. 6. 6 Zepan. 1. 3.</NOTE> that he had made man on the earth. <HI>Dete&s;table,</HI> becau&s;e hee de&s;troyed dumme creatures for our cau&s;e. <HI>In|tollerable,</HI> becau&s;e he would not &s;pare his onely Sonne for our &s;innes.</P>
<P>It is an exceeding comfort to a &s;inner, to con&s;ider, That God is as <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>An excee|ding com|fort.</HI> M. Rog.</NOTE> well a Father as a Lord. That Chri&s;t is as well a Sauiour, as a Iudge. That the Scriptures includ, as well a Go&s;|pell as a Law.</P>
<P>Sinners &s;hould not de&s;paire of Gods mercy, if they did but per|ceiue <NOTE PLACE="marg">Sinners not to de&s;paire.</NOTE> his goodne&s;&s;e, which appear|eth vnto them, by his readyne&s;&s;e in calling, before they cry (&s;aith the Lord) I will an&s;were, and while&s;t <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;a. 65. 24.</NOTE> they are yet thinking what to &s;peak, I will heare. By his worthyne&s;&s;e in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Wi&s;. 11&punc; 20.</NOTE> &s;paring hee maketh as though hee &s;aw not the &s;innes of men, becau&s;e
<PB N="63" REF="41"> they &s;hould amend. By his vnwil|lingne&s;&s;e in &s;tricking, hee taketh <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ezek. 18. 23.</NOTE> no plea&s;ure in the de&s;truction, but in the conuer&s;ion of Sinners.</P>
<P>What greater comfort can &s;in|ners haue, &s;ith Chri&s;t him&s;elfe &s;aith <NOTE PLACE="marg">Sinners comfort.</NOTE> Aske, and ye &s;hall haue. Seeke, and yee &s;hall find. Knocke, and it &s;hall be opened vnto you. I &s;tand at the doore and knocke, &amp;c.</P>
<P>Hee that will obtaine mercy by <NOTE PLACE="marg">Apoc. 3. 20.</NOTE> true repentance, mu&s;t acknowledge his &s;innes &s;orrowfully with the Pro|digall Sonne: Mu&s;t &s;hew a hearty contrition for the &s;ame, and loath them. Mu&s;t doe good workes wor|thy <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts 26. 20.</NOTE> amendment afterward.</P>
<P>Hee that is fully per&s;waded of the forgiuene&s;&s;e of his &s;innes, it behoo|ueth him to remember the&s;e three <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Remem|brance of</HI> 3. <HI>things.</HI></NOTE> things. The mercy of God, that he be thankefull vnto him for his gra|tious goodne&s;&s;e &s;hewen vnto him, by remitting his offences, and re|ceiuing him into his fauour. The Subtilty of Sathan; that hee watch
<PB N="64" REF="42"> and pray continually, for the De|uill <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Pet. 5. 8.</NOTE> goeth about like a roaring Lyo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;eeking whom he may deuoure.</P>
<P>The frailty of him&s;elfe, that &s;ee|ing his owne infirmity hee may the rather depend vpon God, and craue his mercy to increa&s;e his faith and &s;trengthen his weakene&s;&s;e, or el&s;e he &s;hall not bee able to with&s;tand the oppo&s;ite euils he is &s;ubiect to.</P>
<P>God &s;heweth him&s;elfe to all his people: Mercifull to the Elect, In <NOTE PLACE="marg">M. Pe.</NOTE> pardoning their &s;innes. Good to the Reprobate, Albeit they cannot feele the &s;weete comfort of the &s;ame&punc; Iu&s;t, to both of them: In giuing Iudgement.</P>
<P>The Lord will not reiect the &s;uit of a &s;inner, neither accept of it, vn|le&s;&s;e in a&s;king he hath a &s;peciall re|gard of the&s;e three thinges. Of the time: For the Lord will not bee found at all times, but requireth op|portunity. Heereof &s;aith the Pro|phet <HI>E&s;ay,</HI> Seeke the Lord while h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;a. 55. 6.</NOTE> may bee found, and call vpon hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB N="65" REF="42"> while he is neare. The Fiue fooli&s;h Virgins comming to late, were ex|cluded. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 25. 12.</NOTE> <HI>Of the manner:</HI> For the Lord will not onely haue &s;uch as call vpon him, depart from iniquitye, but will al&s;o haue their prayers pro|ceede from the very hart.</P>
<P>Then &s;halt thou call (&s;aith the &s;ame Prophet to the Hypocrites,) <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;ay. 58. 9.</NOTE> and the Lord &s;hall an&s;were, thou &s;halt cry, and hee &s;hall &s;ay, heere I am. <HI>Of the end,</HI> For God requi|reth not onely opportunity of vs in a&s;king; as appeareth by the woman of <HI>Canaan,</HI> but al&s;o re&s;pecteth the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 15. 28.</NOTE> end of our reque&s;ts, in a&s;king accor|ding to his will, otherwi&s;e wee may aske, and receiue not, becau&s;e wee a&s;ke ami&s;&s;e, to con&s;ume it on our <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 4. 3.</NOTE> lu&s;ts.</P>
<P>Hee that will reclaime a &s;inner, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ob&s;eruation of</HI> 3. <HI>things.</HI> D. King.</NOTE> mu&s;t ob&s;erue three thinges in hand|ling of him, which the Apo&s;tle &s;aint <HI>Peter</HI> practi&s;ed with the <HI>Iewes.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1 <HI>Demon&s;tration</HI> of the matter, in &s;hewing him (by the word of God)
<PB N="66" REF="43"> it is a &s;inne, that it may &s;o appeare vnto him: whereby hee may the better acknowledge it before God.</P>
<P N="2">2 <HI>Reprehen&s;ion</HI> of the Offence, In reprouing him (by the Iudge|ments of God, pronounced again&s;t the &s;ame) that hee may both heare the puni&s;hment hee hath worthily de&s;erued, and al&s;o thereby, bee the more terryfied from attempting e|uill.</P>
<P N="3">3 <HI>Exhortation</HI> to the &s;inner, In per&s;wading him (by the promi&s;es of Gods mercy) that he may not on|ly bee driuen from de&s;paire, but al&s;o by that meanes bee drawne to a|mendment.</P>
<P>The &s;ame notable example of <HI>Mana&s;&s;es</HI> in his conuer&s;ion, doth <NOTE PLACE="marg">A notable example.</NOTE> mini&s;ter &s;ingular matter to euery &s;inner, wherein hee may note three &s;peciall cau&s;es for his comfort. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Note three &s;peciall cau|&s;es.</NOTE></P>
<P N="1">1 That God will puni&s;h the wic|ked, that hee intendeth to &s;aue: that by this meanes they may &s;eeke him by repentance, according to that
<PB N="67" REF="43"> &s;ame &s;aying of the <HI>P&s;almi&s;t,</HI> when hee &s;lewe them, hee &s;ought the~ and <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 78. 34</NOTE> returned, and &s;ought God earely.</P>
<P N="2">2 That the mercy of God is ve|ry great, who although hee will not &s;uff<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r &s;inne to pa&s;&s;e vnpuni&s;hed, yet he is ready to forgiue, though it bee very grieuous, as hee hath promi&s;ed by the Prophet <HI>E&s;ayas,</HI> to &s;uch as <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;ay. 55. 7. 8, &amp; 9.</NOTE> hartily repent.</P>
<P N="3">3 That tho&s;e whom God hath <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 1. 75.</NOTE> thus called, are not to returne to their &s;innes, as the dogge to his vo|mit, but as becommeth new borne Children, to liue in holyne&s;&s;e and righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e all the dayes of their life.</P>
<P>God keepeth his Children com|monly in this world &s;paringly, that they may not be to proud with pro|&s;perity; that by this meanes they may the better &s;ee their owne mi&s;e|ry: that thereby they may the ra|ther depend on his mercy. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Godly care of time.</NOTE></P>
<P>The Godly thinke that day to be ill &s;pent, wherein they <HI>Doe nothing,</HI>
<PB N="68" REF="44"> that may make to the glory of God: Wherein they <HI>Say nothing,</HI> that may make to the comfort of them|&s;elues. Wherein they <HI>Thinke no|thing,</HI> that may make to the edyfi|yng of others.</P>
<P>Tribulations and affliction are to the Godly and faithfull a confirma|tion <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A confirma|tion of Gods loue.</HI> M. Dent.</NOTE> of Gods loue: Becau&s;e he will not &s;uffer them to bee condemned with the world, and therefore hee cha&s;ti&s;eth tho&s;e whom hee loueth. A probation of their faith and pati|ence: Becau&s;e he will &s;ee if they will &s;tand as &s;trict to him now, as they promi&s;ed in pro&s;perity, not that God is ignorant of the i&s;&s;ue, but be|cau&s;e hee would haue it appeare to others, that hee doth Crowne &s;uch <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 24. 13.</NOTE> with his glory, as continue con&s;ta~t. A purgation of their liues: Becau&s;e he v&s;eth the&s;e cro&s;&s;es to make them remember their mi&s;erable e&s;tate that by the&s;e meanes they may bee made perfect again&s;t the day of re|&s;tauration.</P>
<PB N="69" REF="44">
<P> The Godly doe reioyce in Tri|bulation, knowing that Tribulation bringeth forth Patience; Patience, Experience: Experience, Hope: And hope maketh not a&s;hamed.</P>
<P>The afflictions of the Godly dif|fer from the wicked, becau&s;e the <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Beza.</HI> 1. Peter. 4.</NOTE> Godly communicate with Chri&s;t in their afflictions, and therefore &s;hall in time al&s;o be pertakers of his glory: becau&s;e in &s;uffering the&s;e cro&s;&s;es, their adoption is &s;ealed in them by the &s;pirit of God, although the Infidels thinke farre otherwi&s;e, who in afflicting the Godly, bla&s;|pheme God. Becau&s;e they are not afflicted for their euill doings, but for righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e &s;ake, which mi|ni&s;treth vn&s;peakeable ioy to them.</P>
<P>The faithfull in their afflictions, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The faith|fuls confi|dence.</HI> 1. Cor. 10. 13</NOTE> haue this confidence in God: that hee will la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> no more vpon them, then hee will make them able to beare. That hee will deliuer them out of their troubles in a good time. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Apoc. 2. 10.</NOTE> That hee will giue them a Crowne
<PB N="70" REF="45"> of life in the end.</P>
<P>Such as &s;uffer affliction may take <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Comforta|ble &s;aings.</HI> Act. 14. 22.</NOTE> comfort by the con&s;ideration of the&s;e &s;ayings. Wee mu&s;t by ma|ny afflictions enter into the King|dome of Heauen. All that liue <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Tim. 3. Rom. 8. 18.</NOTE> Godly in Chri&s;t, &s;hall &s;uffer per&s;e|cution. All the afflictions in this life, are not counted worthy of the glory of the life to come.</P>
<P>Afflictions are very nece&s;&s;ary for the Godly, becau&s;e their faith is <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Beza.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">am. 2. 3. <HI>afflictions nece&s;&s;ary.</HI></NOTE> tryed through afflictions, which ought to bee mo&s;t pure, for &s;o it is behooueable for them: becau&s;e patience is a farre pa&s;&s;ing and more excellent vertue, is by this meanes ingendred in them. Becau&s;e the Cro&s;&s;e is as it were the In&s;trument wherwith God doth polli&s;h and fine them, therefore the workes and ef|fects of afflictions, is the perfecting of them in Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>Patience is very expedient for Chri&s;tians: That by it their faith <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Patience expedient.</HI> Phil. 4. 5.</NOTE> might be confirmed. That there|by
<PB N="71" REF="45"> they may bee made perfect and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 1. 4. Hob. 10. 36.</NOTE> intire. That after they haue done the will of God they might receiue the promi&s;e.</P>
<P>There bee three worthy exam|ples <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>worthy Examples.</HI></NOTE> of patience &s;et foorth vnto vs.</P>
<P>The Example of Chri&s;t him&s;elfe <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 5. 10.</NOTE> the onely patterne of patience.</P>
<P>The Example of <HI>Iob,</HI> who&s;e pa|tience ye haue heard of.</P>
<P>The Example of the Prophets, who&s;e patient examples appeare vnto vs.</P>
<P>The&s;e three poynts are required of the faithfull. That their talke <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 37. 30. 31. &amp;c.</NOTE> bee Godly; That Gods law bee in their hart: That their life bee vp|right.</P>
<P>There bee three thinges verie dangerous for the Godly, <HI>Pro&s;peri|ty</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>thinges dangerous.</HI></NOTE> of them&s;elues: becau&s;e it maketh them to forget God. Heereof &s;aith <HI>Dauid,</HI> I &s;aid in my pro&s;perity I will <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 30. 6.</NOTE> not bee moued. <HI>Pro&s;perity</HI> of the wicked: becau&s;e it maketh them di&s;pute with God, thinking hee doth
<PB N="72" REF="46"> not rightly con&s;ider of them, as the <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 73. 13.</NOTE> &s;ame Prophet did. <HI>Extremity</HI> of af|fliction: becau&s;e it maketh them di&s;paire of God, thinking he would de&s;troy them vtterly; In&s;omuch as the &s;ame <HI>P&s;almi&s;t</HI> bur&s;t foorth with <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 39. 13.</NOTE> the&s;e &s;ayings. Stay thine anger from me that I may recouer my &s;trength before I goe hence, and be not.</P>
<P><HI>Cornelius</HI> was a deuout man in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts. 10. 2.</NOTE> three re&s;pects: He feared God with all his Hou&s;hold. Hee gaue much Almes to the people. Hee prayed to God continually.</P>
<P>And <HI>Iob</HI> a iu&s;t man in three re|&s;pects. Hee feared God. Hee e&s;|chewed <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 1. Iob. 31. 16.</NOTE> euill. Hee did good workes.</P>
<P>Hee that will bee acceptable to God, mu&s;t bee, Iu&s;t in word; Vp|right <NOTE PLACE="marg">Barnard.</NOTE> in deede: Vndefiled in his thought.</P>
<P>The Iu&s;t doe reioyce at the pu|ni&s;hment of the wicked, becau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 94. 2.</NOTE> therby God &s;heweth him&s;elfe Iudge of the world, and by this meanes continueth his honour and glory.
<PB N="73" REF="46"> Becau&s;e heereby hee &s;heweth hee <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 41. 11.</NOTE> hath care ouer his Children, in that hee puni&s;heth their enemies: Be|cau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut. 17. 13. 2. The&s;. 3. 14.</NOTE> by their example others may feare, and bee reformed in &s;ome mea&s;ure.</P>
<P>Wee ought to loue and do good to our enemies: Becau&s;e Chri&s;t <NOTE PLACE="marg">Loue our e|nemies.</NOTE> him&s;elfe did &s;o, who&s;e example wee ought to ymitate. Becau&s;e it is not <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke. 3. 24. Mat. 5. 46.</NOTE> pray&s;e worthy, to loue where wee are beloued, for &s;o doe the Hypo|crites and Publicanes. Becau&s;e it <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 12. 17. 20.</NOTE> is our duty, not onely to &s;uffer iniu|ry, but al&s;o to doe good.</P>
<P>Such as continue in malice and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mark. 11. 25.</NOTE> hatred &s;hould con&s;ider their praiers are vnprofitable, if they a&s;ke mercy and forgiue not. The Lords &s;upper <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 11. 27</NOTE> is prophaned, if they receiue it vn|worthyly. They them&s;elues are <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Ioh. 3. 13. 15.</NOTE> but Man&s;layers if they liue not in charity.</P>
<P>The&s;e three thinges (&s;aith the Sonne of <HI>Syrach)</HI> My &s;oule loueth, <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>thinges to be loued.</HI> Eccle. 25. 1.</NOTE> Vnity of Brethren. Loue of Neigh|bours:
<PB N="74" REF="47"> And agreement of man, and wife.</P>
<P>Euery one ought to know, how <NOTE PLACE="marg">Knowledge how to liue.</NOTE> farre and in what manner he ought to loue. A mutuall friend in God; becau&s;e in louing other he &s;hall of|fend God: for he that loueth father or mother (much le&s;&s;e a common friend) more then mee &s;aith our Sa|uiour Chri&s;t, is not worthy of mee. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 10. 37.</NOTE> A malicious foe, for the loue of God: becau&s;e he cannot loue God <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. Ioh. 4&punc; 20.</NOTE> whom hee hath not &s;eene, if hee lo|ueth not his brother that hee hath &s;eene. A manife&s;t &s;inner, for hu|manity &s;ake: becau&s;e wee ought to haue a con&s;ideration of his &s;oule, though we haue a dete&s;tation of his <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. The&s; 3. 15.</NOTE> &s;innes, according to the councell of the <HI>Apo&s;tle,</HI> who willeth vs to ac|compt &s;uch a one not as an enemie, but admoni&s;h him as a brother.</P>
<P>There bee three things prohibi|ted, which ought not to bee v&s;ed of <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>Things to be prohibi|ted.</HI></NOTE> any to their very enemies. To en|uie their e&s;tate: Becau&s;e enuie tur|neth
<PB N="75" REF="47"> to a mans owne euil in the end <NOTE PLACE="marg">Galat. 2. 21.</NOTE> according as it was written, No en|uious per&s;ons or &s;uch like, &s;hall not inherit heauen. To reioyce at their full: becau&s;e it is dangerous, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 24. 18.</NOTE> lea&s;t the Lord &s;ee it (as <HI>Salomon</HI> &s;aith) and it di&s;plea&s;e him, and hee turne his wrath from him, to bee a|uenged on thee. To render euill for evill: becau&s;e it is the part of a <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 12. 20.</NOTE> good Chri&s;tian, not to v&s;e the meanes to further a mi&s;chiefe, but to ouercome euill with good.</P>
<P><HI>Dauid</HI> beeing both a Prince and <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 78. 72. <HI>A Kings charge.</HI></NOTE> a prophet, &s;heweth wherein a Kings charge &s;tandeth. To prouide faith|fully for his people. To guide them by coun&s;ell. To defend them by power.</P>
<P>Such as are called to bee Rulers <NOTE PLACE="marg">Magi&s;trats.</NOTE> and Magi&s;trates, ought to bee men of courage, fearing God. Men <NOTE PLACE="marg">Exo. 18. 21.</NOTE> dealing truly, hating Couetou&s;nes. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Deut 1. 13.</NOTE> Men of wi&s;edome and vnder&s;tan|ding.</P>
<P>Such as intend euill attempts, or
<PB N="76" REF="48"> v&s;e any rebellious meanes, or mi&s;|chiefe again&s;t Gods annoynted, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Kings and princes mu&s;t remember</NOTE> Kings and Princes &s;hould remem|ber the end of the&s;e three Examples <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>examples</HI> 1. Sam. 24. 5. 6.</NOTE> <HI>Dauid</HI> hauing but priuily cut off the lappe of a King <HI>Sauls</HI> garment, was touched vehemently in his hart for it. <HI>Ab&s;olon</HI> hauing betrayed King <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. &s;am. 18. 14.</NOTE> <HI>Dauid</HI> his Father, came to an vn|timely death, for he was hanged by the haire of his head vpon an Oake. <HI>Achitophel</HI> being a coadiutor in pre|ferring <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. &s;am. 17. 23.</NOTE> the lewd practi&s;es of <HI>Ab&s;olon,</HI> again&s;t his father; when hee percei|ued his coun&s;ell preuailed not, hee went de&s;perately and hanged him|&s;elfe.</P>
<P>Hee that will v&s;e reuerent obedi|ence to his Prince, mu&s;t bee very <NOTE PLACE="marg">Daungerous to offend.</NOTE> carefull to con&s;ider, how dangerous it is to offend, in thinking euill: for the foule of the heauen &s;hall carry <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 10. 20.</NOTE> the voyce, and that which hath wings &s;hall declare the matter. In <NOTE PLACE="marg">Exod 22. 28.</NOTE> vttering euil, for it is written: Thou &s;halt not &s;peake euill of the rule of
<PB N="77" REF="48"> thy people. In committing euill, for if the Lord doth dete&s;t the euill intent, and forbid filthy &s;peeches, how much more doth hee abhorre his act of euill, and will puni&s;h the Malefactors.</P>
<P>There bee three poynts com|mendable a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d nece&s;&s;ary for him <NOTE PLACE="marg">3. <HI>Commen|dable points.</HI> He&s;t. 10. 3. aec</NOTE> that is in authority. To haue the fauour of the people. To procure their wealth. To bee gentle and louing towards them.</P>
<P>Good and Godly Magi&s;trates <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Magi&s;trats obeyed.</HI> Rom. 3. 5.</NOTE> ought to bee obayed in re&s;pect of <HI>Con&s;cience,</HI> Becau&s;e they are ordey|ned of GOD, who&s;e will is, they &s;hould bee obeyed. <HI>Feare,</HI> becau&s;e they are his Mini&s;ters to take ven|geance <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 13. 4. Iudg. 16. 6.</NOTE> on them that doe euill. <HI>Ne|ce&s;&s;itie,</HI> becau&s;e where no rule is, all things goe to ruine.</P>
<P>Heerein con&s;i&s;ts the whole duty <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Magi&s;trats duty.</HI> Wi&s;. 6. 8.</NOTE> of Magi&s;trates, That the higher they are placed, the &s;orer is their tryall. That their negligence in &s;uffering euill, is their iniquity. That
<PB N="78" REF="49"> the ill example of them&s;elues is a double &s;inne.</P>
<P>There bee three thinges not tol|lerable in any Magi&s;trate. <HI>Partia|litie,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Leuit. 19. 15. Deut. 1. 17.</NOTE> in re&s;pect of per&s;ons, for that is abhomination in the &s;ight of god. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 4. 24.</NOTE> <HI>Crueltie,</HI> in mini&s;tring <HI>Iu&s;tice,</HI> for &s;uch mea&s;ure as they meete, &s;hall be met to them againe. <HI>Bribery,</HI> in detayning right, for fire &s;hall con|&s;ume <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 15.</NOTE> the hou&s;es of bribes.</P>
<P>Hee that will bee Ma&s;ter ouer a <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ma&s;ters duty.</NOTE> Godly Hou&s;hold, mu&s;t know his owne duty to his Family, Wife, Children and &s;eruants, and how to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e them being well di&s;po&s;ed or euill enclyned.</P>
<P>The duty of the Hou&s;holder, is: <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 27. 23. P&s;al. 78 5. 1 Tim. 5. 8.</NOTE> To know the &s;tate of his flocke. To in&s;truct them in the feare of GOD. To prouide carefully for his family.</P>
<P>The Hu&s;band ought to haue a <NOTE PLACE="marg">Hon&s;holders care.</NOTE> &s;peciall hone&s;t care and loue to his Wife, in three re&s;pects. Becau&s;e &s;he commeth of his owne fle&s;h, and therefore who will bee biteer to his
<PB N="79" REF="49"> owne body. Becau&s;e they are the weaker ve&s;&s;els, and therefore who will not beare with their infirmities. Becau&s;e &s;hee was made a comforter to man: and therefore hee is wor&s;e then a bea&s;t, that will bee cruell to her.</P>
<P>There bee three cau&s;es &s;hould <NOTE PLACE="marg">Wife obedi|ent.</NOTE> moue and make the Wife obey, ho|nour and &s;ubmit her&s;elfe to her hu&s;band. The Priority of mans <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 2. 14.</NOTE> Creation: Becau&s;e <HI>Adam</HI> was fir&s;t fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">med, <HI>Eue</HI> afterward for his &s;ake.</P>
<P>The Superiority of his placing, becau&s;e man was made to beare rule <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe. 5. 23. <HI>Superioritie.</HI></NOTE> Whereunto <HI>Paule</HI> very well alludeth and &s;aith: That as Chri&s;t is the head of the Church, &s;o is the man of the woman. The iniquitie of the womans procuring, becau&s;e the <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 214. Gen. 3. 16.</NOTE> man was deceiued by the woman, whereupon God inioyned her (a|mong&s;t other) this puni&s;hment of &s;ubiection.</P>
<P>Parents mu&s;t haue a great regard <NOTE PLACE="marg">Parentes.</NOTE> of their children, in ob&s;eruing three
<PB N="80" REF="50"> thinges. That they bring them vp <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe. 6. 4.</NOTE> carefully in the Information of God, lea&s;t they growe gracele&s;&s;e. That they bridle them di&s;creetely, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 22. 6.</NOTE> while they are young, lea&s;t they grieue them when they are old. That they prouoke them not too rigorou&s;ly at any time, lea&s;t they <NOTE PLACE="marg">Collo. 3. 21.</NOTE> di&s;courage them.</P>
<P>Such Children as are obedient to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Childrens duty.</NOTE> their Parents, &s;hall haue this bene|fit: They &s;hall liue long vpon the earth. They &s;hall pro&s;per in all <NOTE PLACE="marg">M. Perk.</NOTE> their proceedings. They &s;hall haue ioy of their owne Children.</P>
<P>Children ought to obey their Parents, by the Law of God, by the cour&s;e of nature, by the rule of rea&s;on, &s;o it be in the Lord.</P>
<P>Ma&s;ters &s;hould continually re|member, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mai&s;ters duty.</NOTE> That they haue a Ma&s;ter aboue that &s;eeth all. That they &s;hall receiue for the wronge they of|fer, of him who re&s;pecteth no per|&s;ons. That they bee as carefull to redre&s;&s;e their faults, as ready to re|proue
<PB N="81" REF="50"> their &s;eruants e&s;capes.</P>
<P>Heerein con&s;i&s;ts the dutie of &s;er|uants: To obey their Ma&s;ters in <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Seruants duty.</HI> Ephe&s;. 6. 6.</NOTE> the Lord, without murmuring. To doe their duty in &s;inglene&s;&s;e of heart, without eye-&s;eruice. To &s;uf|fer patiently rebukes and cha&s;ti&s;e|ments without re&s;i&s;ting.</P>
<P>Riches oftentimes be the meanes <NOTE PLACE="marg">Riches.</NOTE> to cau&s;e <HI>Impiety,</HI> as appeares by the Parable of the young man. <HI>Securi|ty,</HI> as appeares by the Parable of the rich man. <HI>Mi&s;ery,</HI> as appeares by the Parable of <HI>Diues</HI> and <HI>Lazarus.</HI></P>
<P>Wicked, wealthy worldlings <NOTE PLACE="marg">Amos. 6. 1. E&s;ay. 65. 13. Iam. 5. 1. Mat. 20.</NOTE> &s;hould doe well to con&s;ider conti|nually of the&s;e places. A rich man &s;hal hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen.</P>
<P>Such as gather their goods by v|&s;ery, bribery, extortion or &s;uch <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 28. 8.</NOTE> like vnlawfull meanes, what follow|eth. They gather them for &s;uch as <HI>(Salomon</HI> &s;aith) will bee good to the poore. The ru&s;t of their gold <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 5. 3.</NOTE> and &s;iluer as <HI>(S. Iames</HI> &s;aith) will bee
<PB N="82" REF="51"> a witne&s;&s;e again&s;t them, and eate their fle&s;h as it were fire. They lye in graue like Sheepe, as <HI>(Dauid</HI> &s;aith) and death gnaweth vppon <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 49. 14.</NOTE> them.</P>
<P>Although worldlings doe make <NOTE PLACE="marg">Phil. 3. 8. <HI>Worldlings God.</HI></NOTE> their God of their goods, yet the iu&s;t man doth but e&s;teeme Gold &amp; Siluer to bee coloured Earth, yea but dunge. Worldly and voluptu|ous feeding, to bee filth and famine. Dignitie and delight, to be &s;moake which the ayre con&s;umeth &s;udden|lie.</P>
<P>Riches are good in this re&s;pect, If wee can v&s;e, and be&s;tow them to that end they are giuen vs: If wee can as willingly leaue them, as re|ceaue them: If wee &s;et not our <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 62. 10.</NOTE> hearts on them, as they increa&s;e.</P>
<P>It is a vaine thing for a man to hunt &s;o greedily after the&s;e worldly goods, or take &s;uch delight in ga|thering: <NOTE PLACE="marg">E&s;a. 49. 17. 1. Tim. 6. 10.</NOTE> Becau&s;e he &s;hall take no|thing with him, when he dieth: be|cau&s;e hee cannot prolong his life
<PB N="83" REF="51"> with them though hee hath abun|dance, becau&s;e they will not auaile <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe. 5. 5.</NOTE> him in the day of wrath.</P>
<P>Coueteou&s;ne&s;&s;e is contemptible <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Coueteou&s;|ne&s;&s;e.</HI> Eccle. 6. 2. &amp; c</NOTE> in any, e&s;pecially in &s;uch as GOD hath &s;ent plenty vnto: becau&s;e it is a plague to a rich man to want a liberall heart. Becau&s;e it is the root <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 6. 10.</NOTE> of all euill. Becau&s;e it will bee their owne de&s;truction in the end.</P>
<P>Riches &s;hould not make a man high minded, if hee did but thinke vpon God. Becau&s;e hee is but his Steward ouer them for a time. Be|cau&s;e hee can ympoueri&s;h him as he <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 1. 12. Acts. 12. 23.</NOTE> did <HI>Iob.</HI> Becau&s;e hee can puni&s;h him as he did <HI>Herod.</HI></P>
<P>God hath cho&s;en in this world, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gods choice.</NOTE> Fooli&s;h thinges, to confound the wi&s;e. Weake thinges, to confound the mighty. Vile things &amp; thinges <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 1. 17.</NOTE> which are not, to bring to nought things that are.</P>
<P>Although begging bee a mi&s;era|blelife, yet wee mu&s;t not de&s;pi&s;e the <NOTE PLACE="marg">Begging.</NOTE> poore; For he that de&s;pi&s;eth them
<PB N="84" REF="52"> de&s;pi&s;e him that made the~. For God hath made them as in&s;truments for <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 17. 5. Deut. 25. 11.</NOTE> the triall of our hearts and charitie. For God hath cho&s;en the poore in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 5.</NOTE> this world, that they &s;hould be rich in faith and heires of his kingdome.</P>
<P>Aduer&s;itie and pouerty is often|times <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 1. <HI>Aduer&s;ity.</HI></NOTE> &s;ent of God, for the triall of our faith, as appeares by <HI>Iob,</HI> who&s;e &s;afety of &s;ub&s;tance was taken away. For amendment of our liues, as ap|peares by the Prodigall &s;onne, who by the&s;e cro&s;&s;es was reclaymed. For <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 20. 13.</NOTE> neglect of our vocation, as appeares by <HI>Salomons</HI> &s;aying, loue not &s;leepe lea&s;t thou come vnto pouerty.</P>
<P>Wee ought to giue to the poore, for the glory and honour of GOD. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 3. 9.</NOTE> Giue for Commaundement &s;ake: <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 5. 16.</NOTE> For good example to others. Giue for nece&s;&s;itie &s;ake: For a &s;igne of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 18.</NOTE> the &s;incerity of our profe&s;&s;ion. Giue for natures &s;ake. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Poore a compari&s;on.</HI> Pro. 12. 10.</NOTE></P>
<P>It may appeare vnto vs by way of compari&s;on, wee ought to giue to the poore, for if a good man will
<PB N="85" REF="52"> haue pitty on his bea&s;t, how much more ought we to re&s;pect a Chri&s;ti|an. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ioh. 3. 16.</NOTE> If wee ought to lay downe our liues for our brethren, how much more ought wee to relieue them with our goods. If a Factor ought to di&s;po&s;e his goods where his tem|porall Ma&s;ter plea&s;eth: how much more ought wee to di&s;tribute them, where our eternall Ma&s;ter appoyn|teth.</P>
<P>Hee that giueth to the poore, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Gifts to the poore &s;ecret.</HI> Mat. 6. 2. Rom. 12. 8. Eccle. 35. 10.</NOTE> mu&s;t be&s;tow his beneuolence:</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><P>1 <HI>Secretly,</HI> without o&s;tentation.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>2 <HI>Liberallie,</HI> according to his a|billitie.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>3 <HI>Chearefully,</HI> without grudging.</P></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>This a&s;&s;urance hath hee that gi|ueth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 19. 17. Pro. 28. 27. Mat. 25. 40.</NOTE> to the poore: Hee lendeth to the Lord: He &s;hall not lacke; He &s;hall not want his reward.</P>
<P>The poore ought rather to bee bidden to Fea&s;ts, then the rich: be|cau&s;e &s;uch haue mo&s;t need. Becau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 25.</NOTE> they can make no recompence. Be|cau&s;e it is mo&s;t acceptable to God.</P>
<PB N="86" REF="53">
<P> Fea&s;ting is not ami&s;&s;e, &s;o it bee v&s;ed; In remembrance of Gods be|nefits: <NOTE PLACE="marg">Nehe. 8. <HI>Fea&s;ting al|lowed.</HI></NOTE> For the maintenance of mu|tuall friend&s;hip. Towards the reliefe of the poore.</P>
<P>Wee mu&s;t bee more mindfull of the poore, if wee did but remember <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A daunge|rous thing.</HI> Pro. 28. 27.</NOTE> how dangerous it is: To hide our eyes from them, &s;uch &s;hall haue ma|ny cur&s;es. To &s;toppe our eares at their cry, &s;uch &s;hall cry and not bee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 21. 13.</NOTE> heard. To &s;hew no mercy at all: &s;uch &s;hall haue mercile&s;&s;e condem|nation. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 2. 13.</NOTE></P>
<P>Pure Religion con&s;i&s;ts in this: To vi&s;it the fatherle&s;&s;e and widdows <NOTE PLACE="marg">Barnard. Religion.</NOTE> in aduer&s;itie. To follow the Ex|ample of Chri&s;t. To keepe thy &s;elfe vn&s;potted of the world.</P>
<P>Such as will bee perfect Chri&s;ti|ans in Religion ought not to bee <NOTE PLACE="marg">Reuel. 3. 19. <HI>Chri&s;tians.</HI></NOTE> Hot, Cold, Luke-warme; but zea|lous profe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>It is very daungerous to deale <NOTE PLACE="marg">A daunge|rous thing.</NOTE> craftily in this worlde, becau&s;e it greatly offendeth God, who is the
<PB N="87" REF="53"> Author of truth: Becau&s;e it defrau|deth a mans Neighbour with a &s;hew of hone&s;t meaning. Becau&s;e it de|&s;troyeth the deceiuer in the end. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 19.</NOTE></P>
<P>Hypocrites may well Iuggle with the world, but they cannot deceiue <NOTE PLACE="marg">Hypocrites.</NOTE> the&s;e three. <HI>GOD,</HI> For hee &s;eeth their &s;ecrets, and will one day re|ueale all. <HI>DEATH,</HI> For hee commeth of a &s;uddaine, and will de|&s;troy them with all. The <HI>DEVIL,</HI> For he waites for their Soules to re|ward them for all.</P>
<P>An Hypocrite is re&s;embled to the&s;e three thinges. A &s;heepe in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Wo to you Hipocrits.</NOTE> skinne: Hee talketh &s;moothly. A Foxe in &s;ubtiltie: Hee intendeth craftily. A Wolfe in crueltie: He attempteth villany.</P>
<P>Truth is a mo&s;t excellent trea&s;ure <NOTE PLACE="marg">Truth ex|cellent.</NOTE> and worthy to bee, <HI>Honoured:</HI> Be|cau&s;e it ouercommeth all thinges. <HI>Embraced,</HI> Becau&s;e it defendeth all things. <HI>Aduanced,</HI> Becau&s;e it in|dureth for euer.</P>
<P>Such as delight in Lying, &s;hould
<PB N="88" REF="54"> but remember the Author of it. It <NOTE PLACE="marg">Lying.</NOTE> is a &s;eed of the Deuills &s;owing. The euill of it, It is abhomination before the Lord: And the end of it, It procureth &s;orrow to his owne &s;oule at the la&s;t.</P>
<P>This di&s;commodity commeth of lying: when one doth accu&s;tome it, hee &s;hall &s;eldome leaue it; when <NOTE PLACE="marg">Lying the di&s;commodi|ty.</NOTE> hee &s;aith truth, hee &s;hall hardly bee beleeued; when hee is knowne to be &s;uch a one, the better &s;ort will ab|horre him.</P>
<P>Hee is happie that in his com|munication hath an eye in feare to <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 10. 3. <HI>Feane of God.</HI></NOTE> Gods Maie&s;ty, becau&s;e it is feare|full to fall into his handes. To his Brothers frayltie: Becau&s;e it is the ea&s;ie&s;t thing of a Thou&s;and to of|fend him. To his owne &s;afetie, be|cau&s;e he mu&s;t giue accompt of eue|ry Idle word.</P>
<P>Our Communication ought to <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Communica+tion what.</HI> E&s;a. 19. Heb. 6. 16.</NOTE> bee yea, and nay; yet wee may law|fully Sweare: For the glory and wor&s;hip of God. For confirmation
<PB N="89" REF="54"> of truth and equity. For di&s;charge of our con&s;cience being lawfully called</P>
<P>The Magi&s;trate may lawfully re|quire <NOTE PLACE="marg">Oathes.</NOTE> an oath, &s;o it bee done for the manife&s;tation of <HI>Iu&s;tice, Iudgement,</HI> and <HI>Truth.</HI> But wee ought not to &s;weare, vainely, when there is no cau&s;e at all: Lightly, vpon euery &s;mal occa&s;ion. Ra&s;hly, without good con&s;ideration.</P>
<P>Who &s;hall inherit heauen (&s;aith <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 24.</NOTE> <HI>Dauid)</HI> He that hath cleane hands &amp; a pure hart. He that hath not lift vp his mind to vanity. He that hath not &s;worne to deceiue his neighbour.</P>
<P>The Mi&s;cheifes that in&s;ue of <HI>Le|chery,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Lechery.</NOTE> are many, if we confer the be|ginnig with the end, at fir&s;t it tick|leth the fle&s;h with touching, after|wards it poi&s;oneth the mind with fil|thy delights; and la&s;t of all by con|&s;enting to &s;in, both body &amp; &s;oul are ouercome. The &s;in of <HI>Lechery</HI> is the plea&s;a~ts to the deuill, becau&s;e it hur|teth body &amp; &s;oule, becau&s;e he was ne+uer touched with it, being a &s;pirit: becau&s;e
<PB N="90" REF="55"> it bringeth a heape of other &s;innes withall.</P>
<P>The Lecherous man in this life <NOTE PLACE="marg">Lechery tor|mented.</NOTE> is three waies tormented, with the heat of the Harlot; with the paine of his hurt: with the worme of his owne con&s;cience.</P>
<P>The Sonne of <HI>Syrach,</HI> &s;aith there <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 25. <HI>Sirach his hatred.</HI></NOTE> are three thinges which his &s;oule hateth. A poore man that is proud. A rich man that is a lyer. An old A|dulterer that doteth.</P>
<P>There bee three &s;peciall rea&s;ons, that fornication &s;hould be e&s;chewed Becau&s;e it defileth the body with a peculier kind of filthine&s;&s;e, Becau&s;e <NOTE PLACE="marg">Fornicators Sacriligious per&s;ons.</NOTE> a fornicator is &s;acriligious, for that our bodies are con&s;ecrated to God: Becau&s;e we ought both in body and &s;oule, to &s;erue him, who hath &s;aued vs.</P>
<P>This briefly is to bee ob&s;erued in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle 26. <HI>A Whores Compari&s;on.</HI></NOTE> a Whore: Shee brings a man to a mor&s;ell of bread, therefore compa|red to a Dogge. Shee hunts for the precious life of him, therefore com|pared
<PB N="91" REF="55"> to a Sowe. Shee leades him the high way to Hell, &s;he is there|fore compared to Dung.</P>
<P>A whore is to bee abandoned, if <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A Whore a|bandoned.</HI> Deut 23. 17. Pro. 23. 28. 2. E&s;d. 16. 42.</NOTE> it were but for the&s;e cau&s;es, becau&s;e God hath forbidden any &s;uch to be &s;uffered: Becau&s;e &s;hee increa&s;eth the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors among men: Be|cau&s;e &s;hee enuieth hone&s;t and ver|tuous women.</P>
<P>There bee three thinges may ter|rifie <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>A Theife terrified by</HI> 3. <HI>things.</HI> Bradford.</NOTE> a Theife in his lewd attempts: the precept GOD hath &s;et downe, (that is) Thou &s;halt not &s;teale. The Po&s;itiue Law of this Land (that is) Death of body. The ympor|table iudgement to come: de&s;truc|tion both of body and &s;oule.</P>
<P>A theife by following one (that is the Deuill) hee offendeth three. Hee di&s;plea&s;eth God, by breaking his commaundement. Hee hurt|eth his neighbour, by taking away his right. He hateth his owne &s;oule, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 29.</NOTE> by following &s;inne.</P>
<P>This inconuenience commeth of
<PB N="92" REF="56"> Idlene&s;&s;e, when one is rooted in it, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Idlene&s;&s;e the inconueni|ence.</NOTE> it will hardly be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> remoued: when he hath the end of his lu&s;t, it will bee mo&s;t loath&s;ome: when he is &s;o idle, the deuill is mo&s;t occupied.</P>
<P>There be 3. things that grieued the wi&s;e man: A man of warre, that <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle 26. 29. <HI>Wi&s;eman grieued.</HI></NOTE> &s;uffered pouerty. Men of vnder|&s;tanding that are not &s;et by. When one departeth from righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e to &s;inne.</P>
<P>God puni&s;heth his people for their &s;innes with 3. kinds of plagues <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Plauges</HI> 3. <HI>kinds.</HI></NOTE> which commonly goe together. <HI>Warre, Famine,</HI> and <HI>Pe&s;tilence:</HI> And where hee ble&s;&s;eth, there followeth three benefits, <HI>Peace, Plentie,</HI> and <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ble&s;&s;ings</HI> 3. <HI>kinds.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Salubrity.</HI></P>
<P>Chri&s;tian Souldiers fight but faintly, if they want the&s;e weapons. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Ephe. 6. 12. <HI>Souldiers weapons.</HI></NOTE> The Sheild of Faith, The Helmet of Hope, The Sword of the Spirit.</P>
<P>Euery Chri&s;tian Souldier hath 3. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Souldiers enemies.</HI> Iam. 4. 1. Ephe. 6, 12.</NOTE> enemies to incounter with, the lewd affections of them&s;elues: The euill prouocations of the people. The
<PB N="93" REF="56"> dayly &s;ugge&s;tions of Sathan.</P>
<P>There were three per&s;ons &s;pared <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Per&s;ons &s;pa|red from the Warres.</HI> Deut. 20 7. Deut. 24. 5. Deut. 20. 8.</NOTE> in the old Lawe from going on war|fare, hee that was betrothed to a maid, he that was but new married: he that was faint hearted.</P>
<P>God &s;endeth Raine, Cold, Heate, Tempe&s;t and &s;uch like oftentimes, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iob. 37. 13. <HI>Weather.</HI></NOTE> to puni&s;h man, to profit the earth, to declare his fauour towards man.</P>
<P>One may eate fle&s;h at all times, &s;o it be done without &s;cruple or doub|ting, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Fle&s;h.</NOTE> without offence of our brother without breach of Godly orders. For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to bee refu&s;ed, if <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Tim. 4. 4.</NOTE> it bee receiued with thank&s;giuing.</P>
<P>Our meats are &s;anctified vnto vs <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Beza.</HI> 1. Tim. 4. 5. <HI>Meates.</HI></NOTE> by the word of God and prayer, be|cau&s;e wee confe&s;&s;e and acknowledge that God is the maker and giuer of tho&s;e creatures which wee v&s;e, be|cau&s;e we are of the number of tho&s;e, who through Chri&s;ts benefits haue recouered that right ouer al cretures
<PB N="94" REF="57"> which <HI>Adam</HI> lo&s;t by his fall: Be|cau&s;e by our Prayers wee craue of the Lord that wee may v&s;e tho&s;e meates with a good con&s;cience, which wee receiue at his hands.</P>
<P>Such as by their Doctrine will <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Difference made of meates.</HI> Fox.</NOTE> make difference of meates, the &s;ame may bee called Deuilli&s;h or de|ceitfull, in three re&s;pects.</P>
<P>1 Becau&s;e the teachers of them make lawes of thinges which are not their owne, for God created the meates.</P>
<P>2 Becau&s;e they ouerthrowe with their decrees, the end wherfore they were made of God, (to wit) that wee &s;hould v&s;e them.</P>
<P>3 Becau&s;e, by this meanes they rob Chri&s;t of his glorie, who will be honoured in the v&s;e of them.</P>
<P>Our behauiour ought to be v&s;ed, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Behauiour to be v&s;ed.</NOTE> To our Betters, reuerently; To our Equals, louingly; To our vnder|lings, lowly.</P>
<P>We ought to call our Elder, Fa|ther; our Younger, Brother; euery
<PB N="95" REF="57"> man our Neighbour.</P>
<P>Marriage was in&s;tituted for three ends. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mariage.</NOTE></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><P>1. For a remedy again&s;t Inconti|nencie; It is allowed of the Patri|arkes.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>2. For the propagation of Chil|dren; It is condemned by the Pro|phets.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>3. For the con&s;olation of Man &amp; Woman; It is followed by the Apo|&s;tles.</P></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Men are made three manner of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 19. 12.</NOTE> waies.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><P>1. By Nature; &s;uch are borne of <NOTE PLACE="marg">Cha&s;titie.</NOTE> their mothers belly.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>2. By Art; &s;uch as be made cha&s;t by men.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>3. By Grace; &s;uch as haue made them&s;elues cha&s;te for Heauen.</P></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Wee haue great cau&s;e to reioyce at the&s;e daies, more then our prede|ce&s;&s;ours had.</P>
<P N="1">1. Becau&s;e Chri&s;t hath made ea|&s;ie <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 11. 31.</NOTE> vnto vs that importable yoake they were &s;ubiect to.</P>
<P N="2"><PB N="96" REF="58"> 2 Becau&s;e hee hath brought v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> the glad tydings of &s;aluation, which <NOTE PLACE="marg">Rom. 16. 17</NOTE> they longed to &s;ee.</P>
<P N="3">3 Becau&s;e many Prophets and <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 13. 17.</NOTE> righteous men haue de&s;ired to &s;ee the&s;e daies.</P>
<P>Although hone&s;t Mirth bee tolle|rable, yet fooli&s;h or exce&s;&s;iue mirth <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mirth.</NOTE> is <HI>Vaine.</HI></P>
<P>1 Becau&s;e &s;uch mirth &s;hall bee mingled with mourning, and the end of &s;uch ioy is Lamentation.</P>
<P><HI>Wicked:</HI> Becau&s;e thereby wee cleane forget the meanes that &s;hold make vs remember our mi&s;ery. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 7. 4</NOTE></P>
<P><HI>Dangerous:</HI> Becau&s;e our Sauiour &s;aith, Woe bee to them that now <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luk. 16. 25</NOTE> laughe, for they &s;hall wayle and weepe.</P>
<P>There are three kind of Fooles.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><P>1 Such as are naturally borne <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Fooles three kindes.</HI> Pr. 17. 21. 25</NOTE> without witt, and tho&s;e (as <HI>Salo|mon</HI> &s;aith) are a griefe to the father, and a heauine&s;&s;e to her that bare them.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>2 Such as become fooles, and <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 3. 18.</NOTE>
<PB N="97" REF="58"> are &s;o contented to bee counted in this world, that they may be wi&s;e in the world to come.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>3 Such as are giuen ouer to their owne lu&s;ts, and follow all kind of filthine&s;&s;e; the&s;e are they whom <HI>Dauid</HI> called Fooles, who lewdly &s;ay in their hearts (as they fal&s;ly think) <NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 53. 1.</NOTE> there is no God.</P></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>A wi&s;e man is noted and di&s;cer|ned three manner of waies.</P>
<P N="1">1 By di&s;creet <HI>Silence,</HI> for as <HI>Salo|mon</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 27. 28. <HI>A wi&s;e man noted three waies.</HI></NOTE> &s;aith, his peace is counted wi&s;e: not that any &s;hould be re&s;trained of &s;peech, but that they &s;hould ob&s;erue opportunitie in &s;peaking; Heereof &s;aith the Philo&s;opher. <HI>Qui ne&s;cit ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">re, ne&s;cit loqui.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2 By mode&s;t <HI>Speach:</HI> For it is pro|per to fooles to bee full of friuolous talke, but hee that hath knowledge (&s;aith the wi&s;eman) &s;pareth his <NOTE PLACE="marg">Pro. 17. 27.</NOTE> words.</P>
<P N="3">3 By &s;ober <HI>Life:</HI> For hee that is heauenly wi&s;e indeede will (as <HI>St. Iames</HI> &s;aith) &s;hew by conuer&s;ation <NOTE PLACE="marg">Iam. 3. 13.</NOTE>
<PB N="98" REF="59"> his works in meeknes of wi&s;edome.</P>
<P>Sickene&s;&s;e is very nece&s;&s;ary for <NOTE PLACE="marg">Eccle. 7. 4. <HI>Sickenes ne|ce&s;&s;ary.</HI> 2. King. 20 2. Heb. 12. 6.</NOTE> man for three cau&s;es.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><P>1 Becau&s;e thereby hee is put in mind of his owne frailtie.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>2 Becau&s;e thereby hee &s;hall bee better incited to call vpon God.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM><P>3 Becau&s;e it is a te&s;timony vnto him of the loue of God. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Loath to die</NOTE></P></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Hee that is loath to frame him|&s;elfe to die e&s;peciallie in &s;ickene&s;&s;e, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 11. 13.</NOTE> doth &s;hew him&s;elfe <HI>Vnnaturall:</HI> Be|cau&s;e hee &s;o little de&s;ires to bee at home with his heauenly Father, con&s;idering hee is heere, but as a &s;tranger and a Pilgrime. <HI>Vnwi&s;e,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Cor. 7. 13.</NOTE> Becau&s;e hee taketh felicitie in the vanitie of this world, con&s;idering the fa&s;hion of it goes away. <HI>Wret|ched:</HI> Becau&s;e hee had rather &s;till liue to augment his mi&s;ery, then frame him&s;elfe by a Godly end, to embrace eternall ble&s;&s;ednes.</P>
<P>In our &s;ickne&s;&s;e wee ought to re|member <NOTE PLACE="marg">M. Dent.</NOTE> three things.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1 To &s;eeke to God to purge our
<PB N="99" REF="59"> &s;innes, which are the cheife cau&s;e of all our di&s;ea&s;es.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 To v&s;e the helpe of the <HI>Phi&s;i|tian,</HI> as a meane by whom God wor|keth.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 To di&s;po&s;e our temporal goods where they may make mo&s;t to his glory that gaue them.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>For a man to make his Will in <NOTE PLACE="marg">Will made.</NOTE> &s;ickne&s;&s;e or health it is <HI>Lawfull;</HI> be|cau&s;e the Lord willed <HI>Hezekiah</HI> to <NOTE PLACE="marg">2. King. 20. 1.</NOTE> put his hou&s;e in order before he di|ed. <HI>Godly;</HI> becau&s;e his mind being quiet in worldly matters, hee &s;hall the better apply it to heauenly mo|tions. <HI>Nece&s;&s;ary;</HI> becau&s;e a good &s;tay being made, it &s;hall cut off oc|ca&s;ion of contention, that may hap|pen afterward.</P>
<P>The mindes of men are very mu|table, <NOTE PLACE="marg">M. Rodg.</NOTE> and their opinions (e&s;pecially &s;uch as be perue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e) are very &s;cripu|lous to plea&s;e: For, he that did well, offended &s;ome, and yet was an Apo|&s;tle. Hee that did wor&s;e, plea&s;ed many, and yet was but a Bea&s;t. He
<PB N="100" REF="60"> that did be&s;t of all, could not plea&s;e all: and yet was a God.</P>
<P>ENLAND hath three &s;pecial <NOTE PLACE="marg">Enland thankfull for three cau&s;es.</NOTE> cau&s;es to bee continually thankefull to God for.</P>
<P N="1">1 The free pa&s;&s;age of the Go&s;|pell.</P>
<P N="2">2 The ble&s;&s;ed time of Peace.</P>
<P N="3">3 The Godly Gouernour there|of. Which Pa&s;&s;age, Peace, and Prince; The Lord for his mercy &s;ake, &s;till pro&s;per, pre&s;erue, and pro|tect. Amen.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="101" REF="60">
<HEAD>A Morning Prayer to bee v&s;ed in <HI>Priuate Families.</HI></HEAD>
<P>O Lord our God and heauenly fa|ther, we thy vnworthy Children do here come into thy mo&s;t holy and heauenly pre&s;ence to giue thee prai&s;e and glory for all thy mercies &amp; mani|fold ble&s;&s;ings toward vs: e&s;pecially for that thou ha&s;t pre&s;erued vs this night pa&s;t, from all dangers and feares therof ha&s;t giuen vs quiet re&s;t to our bodies and brought vs now &s;afely to the be|ginnig of this day, and do&s;t now afre&s;h renew all thy mercies vpon vs, as the Eagle reneweth her bill, giuing vs all things aboundantly to enioy: as food, raiment, health, peace, libertie, &amp; free|dome from many mi&s;eries, di&s;ea&s;es, ca|&s;ualties, &amp; calamities, which we are &s;ub|iect vnto in this Citie euery minute of an houre, &amp; not onely &s;o, but al&s;o for vouch&s;afeing vnto vs many good things, not only for nece&s;&s;ity, but euen for delight al&s;o. But aboue all (deare Father) wee prai&s;e thy name for the
<PB N="102" REF="61"> ble&s;&s;ings of a better life, e&s;pecially for thy mo&s;t holy word &amp; &s;acrament, &amp; all the good we enioy thereby: for the co|tinuance of the Go&s;pell among&s;t vs, for the death of thy &s;on &amp; all that hap|pine&s;&s;e which we haue therby. Al&s;o be|cau&s;e thou ha&s;t cho&s;en vs to life before we were, &amp; that of thy meere goodnes, and vnde&s;erued fauour towards vs, &amp; ha&s;t called vs in thine appointed time, iu&s;tified by thy grace, &s;anctified vs by thy &s;pirit, and adopted vs to be thine own children &amp; heires apparent to thy great Crowne. O Lord, open our eies euery day more &amp; more, to &s;ee &amp; con|&s;ider of thy great &amp; marueilous loue to vs in all the&s;e things, that by the due con&s;ideration therof, our harts may be drawn yet neerer vnto thee, euen more to loue thee, feare thee, and obey thee: that as thou art inlarged towards vs in mercy, &s;o we may bee inlarged towards thee in thank&s;giuing: and as thou do&s;t abound towards vs in goodne&s;&s;e, &s;o we may abound towards thee in obedi|ence &amp; loue. And &s;ith (deer father) thou
<PB N="103" REF="61"> art neuer wearie of doing vs good, not|with&s;tanding all our vnworthine&s;&s;e &amp; naughtines, therfore let the con&s;idera|t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">on of thy great mercy and fatherly kindne&s;&s;e towards vs, euen as it were force our hearts, &amp; compell vs to come into thy mo&s;t glorious pre&s;ence with newe &s;ongs of thank&s;giuing in our mouths. We pray thee (O mo&s;t merci-God) to forgiue vs all our vnthankful|nes, vnkindnes, prophane &amp; great a|bu&s;ing of all thy mercies, and &s;pecially our abu&s;e &amp; contempt of thy Go&s;pell: together with all other &s;ins of our life, which we confe&s;&s;e are innumerable, &amp; moe then can be reckoned, both in o|mi&s;&s;ion of good things, &amp; commi&s;&s;ion of euill. We mo&s;t humbly intreat thee, to &s;et them all ouer to that reckoning which thy &s;onne Chri&s;t hath made vp for them vpon his cro&s;&s;e, and neuer to lay any of them to our charge, but fre|ly forget all, &amp; forgiue al. Naile downe all our &s;ins &amp; iniquities to the cro&s;&s;e of Chri&s;t, burie them in his death, bath them in his blood, hide them in his
<PB N="104" REF="62"> wounds: let them neuer ri&s;e vp in iudg+ment again&s;t vs; &s;et vs free of the mi&s;e|ries that are vpon vs for &s;inne, &amp; keepe backe the iudgments to come both of &s;oule &amp; body, goods, &amp; good name&punc; Be recon&s;iled vnto vs in thy deer Son, concerning al matters pa&s;t; not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our old &amp; abhominable iniquities, but ac|cept vs righteous in him, imputing his righteou&s;nes to vs, &amp; our &s;ins to him. Let his righteou&s;nes &s;ati&s;fie thy iu&s;tice for our vnrighteou&s;nes, his obedience for our di&s;obedience: his perfection for our imperfection. Moreouer wee humbly be&s;eech thy good Maie&s;tie to giue vs the true &s;ight &amp; feeling of our manifold &s;innes, that wee may not bee blinded in them through delight, or hardned in them through cu&s;tome, as the reprobates are: but that we may be euen weary of them, and much grieued for them, labouring &amp; &s;triuing by all po&s;&s;ible meanes to get out of them. Good Father, touch our hearts with true repentance for all &s;ins; let vs not
<PB N="105" REF="62"> take any delight or plea&s;ure in any &s;in, but how&s;oeuer we fall through frailtie, (as we fal often) yet let vs neuer fal fi|nally; let vs neuer lie downe in &s;inne, or continue in &s;in, but let vs get vp vpon our feet againe, &amp; turne vnto thee with all our harts, &amp; &s;eeke thee while&s;t thou maye&s;t bee found, &amp; while&s;t thou do&s;t offer grace &amp; mercy vnto vs. O Lord increa&s;e in vs that true and liuely faith whereby wee may lay &s;ure hold on thy &s;on Chri&s;t, &amp; re&s;t vpon his mercies al|together. Giue vs faith, a&s;&s;uredly to beleeue al the great &amp; precious promi|&s;es made in the Go&s;pell, and &s;trengh|then vs from aboue, to walke &amp; abou~d in all the true &amp; &s;ound fruites of faith. Let vs grow daily in the &s;anctification of the &s;pirit, and the mortification of the fle&s;h: Let vs liue holily, iu&s;tly, and &s;oberly in this pre&s;ent euil world, &s;hew|ing forth the vertues of thee in all our particular actions, that we may adorne our mo&s;t holy profe&s;&s;ion, and &s;hine as lights in the mid&s;t of a crooked &amp; fro|ward generation, among&s;t whom wee
<PB N="106" REF="63"> liue, being gainfull to all by our liues and couer&s;ations, &amp; offen&s;iue to none. To this end wee pray thee, fill vs with thy &s;pirit, and all &s;pirituall graces; as loue, wi&s;edome, patience, contentment meekenes, humilitie, temperance, cha|&s;titie, kindnes and affabilitie: and &s;tirre vs vp to v&s;e prayer &amp; watchfulne&s;&s;e, reading &amp; meditating in thy Law, &amp; all other good meanes whereby wee may grow &amp; abound in all heauenly vertue ble&s;&s;e vs in the v&s;e of the meane from day to day: make vs &s;uch as thou woul|de&s;t haue vs to be, and &s;uch as wee de|&s;ire to be, working in vs both will, deed purpo&s;e, and power.</P>
<P>For thou O Lord, art all in all: thou wilt haue mercy vpon whom thou wilt haue mercie: &amp; whom thou wilt, thou hardne&s;t. Haue mercie vpon vs there|fore (deere father) &amp; neuer leaue vs to our &s;elues, nor to our owne willes, lu&s;ts &amp; de&s;ires, but a&s;&s;i&s;t vs with thy good &s;pirit, that we may continue to the end in a righteous cour&s;e, that &s;o at length we may be receiued into glory, and be
<PB N="107" REF="63"> partakers of that immortall Crowne, which thou ha&s;t laid vppe for all that loue thee, &amp; truely call vpon thee.</P>
<P>Further we intreat thee O heauenly Father to giue vs all thinges nece&s;&s;arie for this life; as food, raiment, health, peace, libertie, &amp; &s;uch freedome from tho&s;e manifold mi&s;eries which wee lye open vnto euery day, as thou &s;ee&s;t meet. Ble&s;&s;e our &s;tocke &amp; &s;tore, corne and cattell, trades &amp; occupations, &amp; all the works of our hands: for thy ble&s;|&s;&s;ing only maketh rich, &amp; it bringeth no &s;orrows with it. Grant the&s;e thinges good father vnto vs heere pre&s;ent, and to all thine ab&s;ent, praying the in &s;pe|ciall fauour, to remember our friends &amp; kinsfolks in the fle&s;h, all our neigh|bors &amp; wellwiller, &amp; all tho&s;e for whom we are bound to pray, for Ie&s;us Chri&s;ts &s;ake our onely mediator &amp; aduocate. Amen.</P>
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<HEAD>An Euening Prayer to be v&s;ed in <HI>priuate Families.</HI></HEAD>
<P>O Eternall God, and our mo&s;t lo|uing and deare Father, wee thy vnworthy children doe here fall down at the foote of thy great Maie&s;ty, ac|knowledging euen from our hearts, that wee are altogether vnworthy to come neere thee, or to looke towards thee, becau&s;e thou art a God of infinit glory, and we are mo&s;t vile and abho|minable &s;inners, &s;uch as were concei|ued and borne in &s;inne and corrupti|on: &s;uch as haue inherited our fathers corruption, &amp; al&s;o haue actually tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ed all thy holy &s;tatutes and lawes, both in thoughts, words, and deeds, be|fore we knew thee, and &s;ince, &s;ecretly &amp; openly, with our &s;elues, &amp; with others, our particular &s;innes are moe then can be numbred: for who knoweth how of|tentimes hee offendeth? But this wee mu&s;t needs confe&s;&s;e again&s;t our owne &s;elues, that our hearts are full of pride, couetou&s;nes, &amp; the loue of this world;
<PB N="109" REF="64"> yea, the very &s;inckes of &s;in, and dung|hils of all filthine&s;&s;e; &s;o that thou ha&s;t ha&s;t iu&s;t cau&s;e to proceed to &s;entence of Iudgement again&s;t vs as mo&s;t dam|nable tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors of thy holy Com|mandements; yea, &s;uch as are &s;uncke in our rebellios, and haue many times and often committed high trea&s;on a|gain&s;t thy &s;acred Maie&s;ty: and there|fore thou maye&s;t iu&s;tly ca&s;t vs downe into Hell fire, there to bee tormented with Sathan and his Angels for euer: and we haue nothing to except again&s;t thy Maie&s;ty for &s;o doing, &s;ith therein thou &s;houlde&s;t deale with vs, but euen according to equity, and our iu&s;t de|&s;erts. Wherefore (deere Father) wee doe appeale from thy Iu&s;tice to thy Mercie, mo&s;t humbly intreating thee to haue mercy vpon vs, and freely to forgiue vs all our &s;ins pa&s;t what&s;oeuer, both new and old, &s;ecret and open knowne and vnknowne, and that for Ie&s;us Chri&s;t his &s;ake our only Media|tor and Redeemer.</P>
<PB N="110" REF="65">
<P> Giue vs therfore) deere father) euery day more &amp; more &s;ight and feeling of our &s;ins, with true humiliation vnder the &s;ame. Giue vs al&s;o that true &amp; liue|ly faith, wherby we may lay hold vpon thy deere &s;on Chri&s;t, &amp; all his merits, applying the &s;ame to our owne &s;oules: &s;o as wee may &s;tand fully per&s;waded, that what&s;oeuer hee hath done vpon the Cro&s;&s;e, he hath done for vs parti|cularly, as well as for others. Giue vn|to vs faith (good father) con&s;tantly to beleeue all the &s;weete promi&s;es of the Go&s;pell, touching remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins &amp; eternall life, made in thy &s;on Chri&s;t. O Lord increa&s;e our faith, that wee may altogether re&s;t vppon thy promi&s;es which are all yea &amp; Amen. Yea, that we may &s;ettle our &s;elues, &amp; all that wee haue, wholly vpon them: both our &s;oules, bodies, goods, name, wiues, chil|dren, &amp; our whole e&s;tate, knowing that al things depend vpon thy promi&s;es, power &amp; prouidence: And that thy word doth &s;upport &amp; beare vppe the whole order of Nature. Moreouer we
<PB N="111" REF="65"> intreat thee O Lord, to &s;trengthen vs from aboue, to walke in euer good way and to bring foorth the fruits of true faith in all our particular actions, &s;tu|dying to plea&s;e thee in al things, and to be fruitfull in all good works, that wee may &s;hew foorth vnto all men by our good conuer&s;ation, who&s;e children we are: and that we may adorne &amp; beauti|fie our mo&s;t holy profe&s;&s;ion, by walk|ing in a Chri&s;tian cour&s;e, and in all the &s;ound fruits &amp; practi&s;e of Godline&s;&s;e and true religon.</P>
<P>To this end wee pray thee &s;anctifie our hearts by thy &s;pirit yet more and more; &s;anctifie our &s;oules and bodies, and all our corrupt naturall faculties, as rea&s;on, vnder&s;tanding, wil, &amp; affecti|ons, &s;o as they may bee fitted for thy wor&s;hip and &s;eruice, taking a delight and plea&s;ure therein, &s;tirre vs vp to v&s;e prayer, watchfulnes, reading, and me|ditation in thy Law and all other good meanes wherby we may profit in grace and goodnes from day to day. Ble&s;&s;e vs in the v&s;e of the meanes that wee
<PB N="112" REF="66"> may die to &s;in, and liue to righteou&s;n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"> Direct all our &s;teps in thy word, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> none iniquity haue dominion ouer v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> A&s;&s;i&s;t vs again&s;t our &s;pecial infirmitie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> and ma&s;ter &s;ins, that wee may get th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> victory ouer them all, to thy glory, and the great peace &amp; comfort of our ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> con&s;ciences. Strengthen vs, good Fa|ther, by thy grace &amp; holy &s;pirit again<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> the common corruptions of the worl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> as pride, whoredom, couetou&s;nes, co~+tempt of thy go&s;pell, &s;wearing, yin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;&s;embling and deceiuing. Oh dear<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> father, let vs not be ouercome of tho&s;e filthy vices, or any other &s;infull plea|&s;ures, and fond delights wherewith thou&s;ands are carried headlong into de&s;truction.</P>
<P>Grant the&s;e things, and all other need|full graces for our &s;oules or bodies, for Ie&s;us Chri&s;ts &s;ake. In who&s;e name we further cal vpon the as he hath taught vs &s;aying, <HI>Our Father which art, &amp;c.</HI></P>
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