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A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

holy and heavenly minded towards God we must be friendly and loving to our neighbours slow in taking advantages renewing or revenging of wrongs wee must be humble and lowly in our owne eyes meeke and sober in all our actions and because herein are exhibited and offered things of such wonderfull valew and price to the worthy receivers wee must bee cleansed of our spirituall leprosie before wee presume to communicate in the company of Saints We must therefore assure our selves that we are in the number of those to whom these holy things doe appertaine for whosoever is prophane in his person and an unsanctified creature let him forbeare to come to this holy banquet till he have first used the meanes of better assurance by repentance for his sinnes and amendment of his corrupt and sinnefull life let him often call upon God by zealous and faithfull prayers for the remission of his omissions and transgressions let him earnestly crave the assistance of his holy spirit to assist him in the mortifying and beating downe of sinne and that his heart and conscience may be sanctified and made fit for so holy an exercise When he is thus cleansed let him shew himselfe to the Priest his Pastour and let him take knowledge by his outward confession of his inward contrition And then in all reverence and in the feare of God let him come to this holy Table let him eate the body and drinke the blood of that Lambe that taketh away the sinnes of all penitent sinners and will present him pure unto the Lord for the Lords eye is pure and can abide no wickednesse the Sacrament is holy touch it not rashly if thou have not the wedding garment of sincerity come not thereto Math. 22.11 12 13. for the Lord will finde thee out and thrust thee forth out of his presence among the unbeleevers whose portion shall bee with the divell and his angels Let us therefore search and examine our waies let us lift up our hands with our hearts unto God and feed on this holy mystery 1 Cor. 11.25 26 the life of our soules in remembrance that Christ died for us untill his second comming Blesse me O Lord so that my sins may wholly be remitted by thy blood my conscience sanctified by thy Word my mind enlightened by thy Truth my heart guided by thy Spirit and my will in all things subdued to thy blessed Will and pleasure Blesse mee with all graces which I want and increase in mee those good gifts which thou hast already bestowed upon mee Of the Ordinance of Christ concerning the translation of the Sabbath THe Primitive Church had farre greater reason to celebrate Sunday in memory of Christs resurrection then to keepe the Sabbath because that by his resurrection from the dead Isay 65.17 66.12.13 there is wrought a new spirituall creation of the world without which all the sonnes of Adam had beene turned to everlasting perdition and destruction and so all the workes of the first creation had ministred no consolation unto us In respect of this new spirituall creation 2 Cor. 5.17 18. Rev. 21.1 Gal. 6.15 1 Pet. 2.10 Ephes 4.24 Colos 3.10 Matth. 26.28 2 Pet. 3.13 Isay 66.12.13 Chro 4.9 c. the Scripture saith that old things are passed away and all things are become new new creatures new people new men new knowledge new Testament new Commandements new Heaven new Earth and therefore there is in stead of the old a new holy day to honour and praise our Redeemer and to meditate upon the workes of our redemption and to shew the new change fo the old Testament because that on this day Christ rested from all the sufferings of his passion and finished the glorious worke of our redemption If the finishing of the worke of the first creation whereby God mightily manifested himselfe unto his creatures deserved a Sabbath for to solemnize the memoriall of so great a work Esay 58.13 to the honour of the worker and therefore God calls it mine holy day much more doth the new creation of the world effected by the resurrection of Christ whereby he mightily declared himselfe to be the Sonne of God Rom. 1.3 4. deserve an holy festivall for the perpetuall commemoration thereof to the honour of Christ and therefore most worthily called the Lords day Apoc. 1.10 for as the deliverance out of the captivity of Babylon being greater tooke away the name from the deliverance out of the bondage of Egypt Jer. 23.7 8. 16.13 so the day whereon Christ finished the redemption of the world did more justly deserve to be kept holy than that day wherein God ceased from creating the world Gen. 2.2 as therefore in the creation the first day wherein it was finished was consecrated for a Sabbath Lev. 23.32 Neh. 13.19 so in processe of time after our redemption the first day wherein it was perfected was dedicated to a holy rest The Jewes kept their Sabbath on the last day of the week beginning it with the night when God rested from finishing the worke of his creation but Christians honour the Lord better on the first day of the weeke when the Lord arose They kept their Sabbath in remembrance of the worlds creation but Christians celebrate it in memoriall of the worlds redemption Matth. 28 1. Acts 20.7 2.46 yea the Lords day being the first day of the creation and redemption puts us in minde both of the making of the old world and redeeming of the new world Many godly Writers doe record many memorable things which were done upon the first day of the weeke as so many types that the chiefe worship of God should under the new Testament be celebrated upon this day Exod. 31. as that on this day the cloud of Gods Majesty first sate upon his people Aaron and his children first executed their Priest-hood God first solemnely blessed his people the princes of his people first offered publikely unto God the first day wherein fire descended from heaven the first of the world of the yeere of the moneth of the weeke all shadowing that it should be the first and chiefe holy day of the new Testament Gen. 17.12 and circumcision being commanded on the eighth day which was foreseene by the holy Fathers and Prophets to be a type of the Lords day Esay 58.13 that the Sabbath should cease and give place to the eight or first day of the weeke If this mysterie were so clearely seene by the Fathers and Prophets under the shadowes of the old Testament 2 Cor. 4.4 surely the God of this world hath deepely blinded their mindes who cannot see the truth thereof under the cleere shining light of the Gospel This change of the Sabbath under the new Testament was nothing but a fulfilling of that which was solemnly prefigured and fore-prophesied under the old 1 Cor. 14.36 37 therefore all true Christians according to the Lords minde and Commandement

Gen. 20.17 stones dust and water at the prayer of Abraham God healed King Abimelech his wife and his hand-women and they bare children Isaac prayed unto God for his wife because shee was barren Gen. 25.21 and the Lord well heard him and Rebecca his wife conceived and was delivered Gen. 32.11 33. Jacob prayed to God that hee might be delivered from the hand of his brother Esa● and the Lord heard him and reconciled him to his favour and imbraced him fell on his necke and kissed him Exod. 8.12 13. Exod. 9.28 29 33. as often as Moses prayed unto God hee was well heard when the frogs at his prayer were taken away from Pharaoh and the flies the hayle and thunder ceased the locusts were rid away Exo. 10.18 19. the Amalechites which were the enemies to the people of Israel were overcome by prayer the Lord Exo. 17.11.13 at the prayer of Moses was appeased with Israel with whom he was angry for their grievous offence in setting up a golden calfe his sister Miriam at his prayer Exod. 32.11 was healed of her leprosie the wrath of God Numb 12.13 Numb 14.19 20. when hee went to destroy the Israelites which murmured and desired to returne into Egypt againe was at the prayer of Moses pardoned by the prayer of Moses Numb 21.7 8. Iudg. 6. the people were cured from the fiery serpents Israel being brought low and distressed by the Midianites cryed unto the Lord and was delivered Manoah the father of Samson Iudg. 13. prayed unto God that the Angel might againe appeare which was granted him Samson being sore athirst Iudg. 15.18 19. prayed unto the Lord and the Lord sent him water out of a tooth and when hee had drunke thereof Iudg. 16.28 29 30. his spirit came againe and hee revived Samson by his prayer made unto the Lord received his old strength and was at once revenged on his enemies 1. Sam. 7.9 c. when he was blind Samuel prayed unto the Lord for to deliver the Israelites out of the hands of the Philistims and hee was well heard 1 Sam. 12.16 and the Philistims were discomfited at the prayer of Samuel the Lord sent noises raines from heaven to terrifie the people and they feared the Lord. David We may see the effect of Davids prayers every where in the Psalmes where hee saith oftentimes I have cryed unto the Lord with my voyce and hee hath heard mee when I cryed unto the Lord of my righteousnesse he heard mee and in my trouble I called upon the Lord Psal 18. and cryed unto my God and bee heard my voyce from his holy Temple and my cry entered into his eares I will saith hee call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised so shall I be safe from mine enemies 1 King 2. 2 King 9.13 I cryed unto thee and thou hast healed me Salomon prayed unto the Lord God concerning the people of Israel 2 Kin. 4.28 c. and is heard of the Lord and his prayer and intercession is granted Elizeus by prayer raised up the dead childe of the Shunamite 2 King 6.17 againe he prayed unto the Lord and the young mans eyes were opened and he looked and behold he did see aid from heaven 2 King 20. Ezechias by prayer obtained at Gods hand both recovery of his health and also the prolongign of his daies Jobs friends talked amisse before the Lord Job ult and yet their offence was pardoned at the prayer which Job made for them The Apostles prayed unto God and the place was moved where they were assembled together and they were filled with the holy Ghost Acts 4.31 Acts 9.40 41. Acts 10.4 Peter making his prayer unto God raised up Tabitha from death and restored her to life Cornelius prayed unto God and his prayer was had in remembrance before God the Church prayed for Peter when Herod had cast him into prison Act. 12.5 c. and the Lord delivered the Apostle from his bonds and out of prison at the prayer of S. Paul and Silas Acts 16.25 c. the prison was shaken with an earth-quake and all the dores thereof were opened and their bonds loosed Paul prayed for Publius father Acts 28.8 who lay sicke of a fever and of a bloody-flixe and restored him to health these examples out of the Scriptures doe sufficiently declare how attent the Majesty of God is to heare and grant their prayers who doe heartily call upon his holy Name either for themselves either for others whereby we may perceive what the wonderfull efficacy of prayer is before God the prayers of the faithfull be alwaies acceptable unto God and that hee hath a much better regard and consideration of our necessities then we our selves be able to understand although he doe not at all times performe the same which wee doe desire or not after the same manner or so soone as we doe aske it fot as Saint Iames saith Note you doe demand and not receive what you desire Iam. 4.2 3. because you aske ●misse even to consume it upon your lusts and unlawfull desires Therefore hee that desires to pray effectually unto God and be heard must not be violent and wrathfull cruell and unmercifull against his Christian brethren neither proud nor mistrustfull but they must be quite voyd from anger and strife and ready to forgive when they have any quarrell against their neighbours For God is so offended by these faults that in respect of them hee doth abhorre our prayers There be many other hindr●nces but these bee the most generall and therefore with the greater circumspection to be eschued Aske in faith and waver not Iam. 1.6 for hee that wavereth is like to the wave of the Sea which is tost and carried about with the wind Therefore let not that man suppose that hee receiveth any thing from the Lord sometimes wee doe pray so coldly without heart or spirit Ecclus. 18 22. that we our selves perceive not what it is that we mumble in our mouth Therefore hee that so prayeth and heareth not himselfe how can hee hope to be heard of God we must not put the fault in God if wee obtaine not what we desire at his hands but in our owne sinnes and wickednesse vices and naughtinesse whereby wee doe hinder his goodnesse grace and mercy from performing those things which wee doe aske for hee is so good and mercifull unto us that he hath a regard of our health and salvation and doth give us such things as doe serve for our necessities but it falleth out oftentimes that he doth not grant us our petitions because if we had them they should be more harmefull then profitable unto us Therefore we must pray with continuall and unfeigned hope and trust in God that in his good time he will heare our prayers and grant our requests Therefore hee that prayeth unto God to