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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74688	Vox Dei & hominis. God's call from heaven ecchoed [sic] by mans answer from earth. Or a survey of effectual calling. In the [brace] explication of its nature. Distribution of it into its parts. Illustration of it by its properties. Confirmation of it by reasons. Application of it by uses. Being the substance of several sermons delivered to the people of Heveningham, in Suffolk. / By J. Votier, minister of the gospel.; Vox Dei et hominis	Votier, J. (James), b. 1622.	1658 (1658)	Wing V709; Thomason E1756_1; ESTC R209691	204,151	359

his dear Consort and welbeloved Children Whose spititual welfare should I tender if not yours I cannot but interest you in this my publike as well as private services FOr thee Dear heart as my love here greeteth thee so thine to me to thy self I question not will put thee on seriously to view and hearken to this discourse as well as my other and former advices Here thou mayst try that grace which the Lord hath given thee to his glory and thine and my comfort and mayst be helped to make sure thy calling and election It is true I am as yet present with thee through mercy and thou with me but it is unknown unless in heaven how soon we may be snatched each out of others bosome for the cloud of death many times overcasts a fair morning and so have opportunity for information direction and counsel according to my talent But this may live when I am dead and by this means thou mayst have an admonishing husband present even when absent However it may prove subservient to thy souls advantage whether our time be less or more in this world As for you my dear Children I judge it not unmeet to commend these collections to you and as a father to command you to study them and to search your selves by them I have formerly had in my thoughts to draw up some admonitions and cautions for the good of your souls which as a father careful of your eternal weal I might leave with you as a fathers blessing as the best legacy I can bequeath to you but those being not hatched and these fledged and compleated I could not but put them into your hands not knowing though my self wtth your loving mother be in the prime of our years having but newly past the noon of Moses Psal 90. his youngest old man how short my time may be with you as also because the subject is of special concernment for you being born and brought forth in sin For what doctrine could I better lay before you than that of effectual calling shewing you what is grace and what not and what duty could I better lay upon you than that of conversion and repentance Young children like young plants had need be shored and underpropped with good admonitions I endeavour it in this Treatise as well as in my private teachings I have six of you in the land of the living Oh that the Lord would make you his So far as I know mine own heart though the heart of man and so mine is very deceitful I profess seriously that how low soever your condition should be for temporals yet if the Lord would be pleased to bestow a new heart upon you I should abundantly rejoyce yea more than to see you sit upon the highest pinacle of worldly advancement I am full of fears and desires in reference to your souls good and though now you be tender and young and so little sensible and not so fit for this or other books yet if it please God to lengthen out the thread of your lives which I pray for then take a word of advice from your father oh that God would bless it to you Study throughly the nature of original sin and that pravity that is diffused throughout your natures Remember that you are born in sin and so will live and die if not changed by grace The Lord change you for his Christ's sake Let the Scriptures be precious in your eyes they are the book of books read them often and heedfully Make great conscience of obedience to your parents and superiors Remember your creator in the days of your youth make good use of your young time flee youthful lusts take heed of the beginnings of sin beware of pride lying vain company c. Be willing to learn and be taught the things of God and your souls good I must contract or mine Epistles will swell too much Jesus Christ wash you with his blood cleanse you from the filth and guilt of sin make you the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty The Lord make thee my dear yoke-fellow a Mother of Saints and more and more an Eunice to the fruit of thy womb So prays An affectionate husband and father tender of your souls good J. V. Heveningham Feb. 4. 1657 8. To his neer relations in the bonds of consanguinity and affinity and to all his loving friends and acquaintance in the City of London County of Suffolk and elsewhere Respected Kinsfolk and Acquaintance RElations and friendship are the pillars of human society great comforts of our lives love is the sinew of friendship and religion is the life of this love What is love without religion but a sensual affection and acquaintance without love but flattery and dissimulation so that religion is the centre to the lines of love and friendship and that wherein they live and have their being Non nobis solum nati sumus We were not born for our selves alone said the Heathen Orator And if for others for their good and if for their good then their best good or their good in the best respects thereof God made and knit us together in bonds not to further or let each other alone in sin which we are apt to do through the corruption of base flesh but to admonish and help each other on towards grace and glory Though I must confess I fail too much in the duty of every of my relations wherein I stand yet I bless God that he hath helped and encouraged me in some measure to deal with divers of you in the way of private admonition which I hope hath not been altogether fruitless It is a precious duty I wish it were more put in use and practice I have had sometimes wishes though the thing can hardly be attained that we might all meet together at some times especially we that are more neerly related to each other not only for civil society but also and principally for spiritual advantage In some measure I may have my desire meeting with you all by counsel and advice in this Book and oh that God would so bless it for which I desire to bend my knees and lift up mine heart every day that we might one day meet with each other in the presence of God in the highest heavens Come let me beg your hearts for the Lord let the words of a Brother Kinsman Friend in the name of Christ prevail with you Who knows but God allied me to and gave me acquaintance with any of you for such an end and purpose as this Some of you may be yet knee-deep and more in the clay of a natural condition standing at a great distance from the father of light The Lord pull your feet out and set them on the rock Christ Others of you may be washed and whited over with civility and common profession but remember that not every one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven Pardon me that I hint