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A58938 A Seasonable prospect for the view and consideration of Christians being a brief representation of the lives and conversations of infidels and heathens, in our age, as to religion and morality : together with some reflections thereupon, in relation to us who profess Christianity : to which is now added many of the wise and vertuous sayings of the ancient heathens / by a gentleman. Gentleman. 1691 (1691) Wing S2239A_VARIANT; ESTC R34065 38,938 60

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with Sorrow moderate They are not lost but gone before where Fate Disposeth all and we in order must One after one be turn'd to the same dust We meet at the same Inn by several ways And in another World shall see new days And as to their Tartarus or Hell Virgil having begun to relate some of the infernal Torments passes over the rest in silence because of their multitude declaring that though he had one hundred Mouths and as many Tongues and a Voice of Iron yet should he not be able to recite so much as their Names I shall draw to a Conclusion and make use of the words of a late worthy Author That indeed Moral Vertues were never so establish'd by the Light of Reason as they are by the Laws of the Gospel and our Obedience endeared to us by nobler Promises than the Pagan Philosophy were ever made acquainted with and these Promises attended with all the Motives of Credibility and likewise enforced under severer Penalties than either Virgil or Homer in all their Romantick Description of Elyzium or Tartarus ever dreamt of Nor is there in all the Ethicks of the Grecians or Romans such an Inducement and incentive to practical Obedience as the Incarnation of the Son of God That God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son to die for us that we might not perish but have eternal Life nor such a matchless Patern of universal Vertue as the Life of the ever blessed Jesus sets before us So that upon the whole we Christians that have the Light of the Gospel the sacred Writings of the Old and New Testament are more inexcusable in our Failures and criminal in our Miscarriages than those that lived under the Conduct of meer Reason were And to which let me adjoin that notable Saying of Salvian viz. After what manner is Jesus Christ at this day honoured among us Christians when the being his faithful Disciples is an Occasion to make one less esteemed of men How can the Corruption of the World come to any greater Extremity than to hold Religion for a mean and dishonourable thing when on the contrary 't is Religion only that truly deserves Honour and Regard and to which all Divine and Humane Laws have ever given great Respect and Deference yea so far that the very feigned Deities of the Heathens were thought worthy of Gold and Silver Temples when even the true God who gives all Beauty and Lustre to Gold and Silver and precious Stones is scarcely honoured by us within Stone Walls Alas as another Author tells us The great Wisdom of many in our times consisteth only in getting Money the grand Antichrist of the World which in the very Letter of the Text they exalt above God and Religion But a wise man saith Seneca studies rather to fill his Mind than his Coffers And may I conclude with these serious Cautions of Seneca and Virgil. That Kingdom saith Seneca is in an unstable and cottering Condition where Impudence abounds and where is no regard of Religion Justice Fidelity and Integrity Discite Justitiam moniti non temnere Divos saith Virgil. Be admonished and learn Righteousness and cease to contemn God and Religion any more ERRATA PAge 37. l. 3. r. saith Seneca p. 39 l 1. for presenting r. prosecuting p. 41. dele the 10th line Books Printed for and Sold by Luke Meredith at the Angel in Amen-Corner Books written by the Reverend Dr. Patrick now Lord Bishop of Chichester THE Christian Sacrifice A Treatise shewing the Necessity End and Manner of receiving the Holy Communion together with suitable Prayers and Meditations for every Month in the Year and the principal Festivals in memory of our blessed Saviour In Four parts The Ninth Edition corrected The devout Christian instructed how to pray and give thanks to God Or a Book of Devotions for Families and particular persons in most of the Concerns of humane Life The Eighth Edition in Twelves And Advice to a Friend The Fourth Edition in Twelves The Glorious Epiphany with the devout Christian's Love to it in Octavo The Book of Job Paraphras'd in Octavo new The whole Book of Psalms Paraphrased in Octavo Two Volumes The Proverbs of Solomon Paraphrased with Arguments to each Chapter which supply the place of Commenting A Paraphrase upon the Books of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon with Arguments to each Chapter and Annotations thereupon in Octavo The Truth of Christian Religion in Six Books written in Latin by Hugo Grotius and now Translated into English with the Addition of a Seventh Book against the present Roman Church in Octavo Search the Scriptures A Treatise shewing that all Christians ought to read the Holy Books with directions to them therein In Three Parts A Treatise of Repentance and of Fasting especially of the Lent Fast In Three Parts A Discourse concerning Prayer especially of frequenting the daily publick Prayers In Two Parts A Book for Beginners or a Help to Young Communicants that they may be fitted for the Holy Communion and receive it with profit Books written by Jer. Taylor D. D. and late Lor● Bishop of Down and Connor THE Rules and Exercises of holy Living and holy Dying the Eleventh Edition newly Printed in 8. The Golden Grove a Choice Manual containing what is to be believed practised and desired or prayed for the Prayers being fitted to the several days of the Week also Festival Hymns according to the manner of the Ancient Church A Collection of Offices or Forms of Prayer in Cases ordinary and extraordinary taken out of the Scriptures and the ancient Liturgies of several Churches especially the Greek Together with a large Preface in Vindication of the Liturgy of the Church of England The Second Edition in Twelves The Psalter of David with Titles and Collects according to the Matter of each Psalm whereunto are added Devotions for the Help and Assistance of all Christian People in all occasions and Necessities The Tenth Edition in Twelves Books written by the Reverend J. Goodman D. D. THE Penitent pardoned or a Discourse of the nature of Sin and the Efficacy of Repentance under the Parable of the Prodigal Son A Winter Evening Conference between Neighbours in three Parts The Old Religion demonstrated in its Principles and described in the Life and Practice thereof Boanerges and Barnabas Judgment and Mercy or Wine and Oil for wounded and afflicted Souls In Two Parts By Fra. Quarles The Tenth Edition in Twelves The Saints Legacies or a Collection of certain Promises out of the Word of God Collected for privatence but Published for the Comfort of God's People Together with the Saints Support in time of Trouble The Thirteenth Edition In 12o. Bishop Cozen 's Devotions in Twelves The Countess of Morton's daily Exercise or a Book of Prayers and Rules how to spend the time in the 〈◊〉 vice and Pleasure of Almighty God The Thirtee●●● Edition 24. THE END