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A32913 More cheap riches, or, Heavenly aphorismes viz. a third, or rather true first part of the pocket companion compleated : being 300 golden sayings more / faithfully copied out of the manuscripts of Mr. H.C. (that eminent and faithful servant of God, many years agoe deceased) by N.C. Church, Nathanaell. 1660 (1660) Wing C3991; ESTC R37674 15,757 83

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Lazarus Job 11.44 2. Without spiritual Motion 3. Insensible of their Sins or Gods Wrath 4. Stinking So be Wicked men in the Eyes of God and the godly 244. God hears not his Childrens Prayers immediately that they may be seven times the better by their Afflictions as Gold by the Fire 245. 1. To try their Faith ●●d Patience 2. To make them more humble 3. More earnest in Prayer 4. More weaned from the World 5. More fellow-feeling of Others Grief 6. To esteem his Grace more 7. To give Him the more Glory 246. Our Preparation for CHRIST stands in four things 1. Watching 2. Believing 3. Repenting 4. Diligence 247. We ought to serve God upon a three fold Obligation for he hath 1. Created us 2. Redeemed us 3. Preserved us 248. We ought to serve God upon a four fold Advantage 'T is 1. Honourable 2. Profitable 3. Comfortable at Death and 4. Easie Mat 11. last 249. Without the Fear of God we cannot serve Him The Fear of God is to depart from Evil and to do Good 250. Three marks of true Fear 1. It is clean Psalm 119. 2. It springs from Love 3. It makes us eschew secret Sin like Joseph who had Privacy Importunity and Opportunity Gen. 39. 251. God often takes from his Children that which is their Chiefe joy but Faith will overcome natural Affections 252. The Examples of the Saints are three-fold 1. Extraordinary as Phineas and Elias 2. Sinful as their failings 3. Good as in holy Duties in these last onely they are imitable 1 Cor. 11.1 253. The fals of the Saints teach us 1. No man is without Sin 2. We must with them repent of Sin 3. We must be Watchful because they fell 4. We must be Merciful as our Heavenly Father to forgive them that offend us 254. Examples do shew us that Godliness is no Novelty 2. No Impossibility 255. Pleasures must be used for God viz. 1. To fit us for our general or particular Calling 2. To raise our minds higher 3. To fit us to leave this World seeing its Vanity 256. We should Catechize Children because 1. Without a Foundation no Building can be raised 257. 2. That they may be able to give a Reason of their Faith 258. 3. That they may be fit to pr●fit by Sermons after-ward 259. 4. God sets down the Manner of a Catechisme Heb. 6.2 3. 260 5. If we do not teach them Gods Catechisme The Devil will teach them his to be sure Apocrypha is not canonical Scripture upon a Various account 261. The End of Malachy speaks of John the Baptist and Matthew next of all speaks of him Mal. 4.5 Mat. 3.1 ch 11.14 262. The Apocrypha is erro … Tobit 6. The Devil is said 〈◊〉 … ven away with Smelling The story of Judith is fabulous Eccl. 46.13 Samuel prophecyed after his Death 263. The Apocrypha is impious the Book of Machabees commends a man for killing Himself 264. 'T is mendacious and tels lyes In the Song of the three Children the Flame ascended fourty nine Cubies And in the story of Susanna Daniel is termed a young Child 265. The Church of God hath not received them for Canonical though Antichrist hath to uphold his Filthiness 〈◊〉 Devil has five notable devices 266. If he can he labours to keep us in Ignorance 267. If he fail therein he will keep us from Practice 268. If he fail therein he will keep us from Reverence and make us presumptuous 269. If he fail therein he will keep us from Cheerfulness 270. If he fail therein he will keep us from Perseverance that we may fall short of our Work and our Wages 271. Many hope well yet would be non-plust if any should ask them What Ground have you for your Hope 272. Hope is taken three wayes 1. For the Object of Hope 2. For the Grace of Hope 3. For the Ground of Hope 273. Three sorts have no Hope 1. Those in a natural Estate 2. Those which are Hypocrites 3. Presumptuous Sinners 274. Four sorts have Hope 1. Those who rely on God though Means fail 2. Who will not use Vnlawful means 3. Who rest on God in the use of means 4. That leave the things present for Hope of things future 275. Means to get Hope are 1. To repent of our Sins 2. To acquaint our selves with Scripture Rom. 15.4 3. To look to former Experience 4. To Pray to the God of Hope 276. Effectual Prayer must be thus 1. We must not regard Wickedness 2. We must be true Worshippers 3. Feele our Wants 4. Be Fervent 5. Pray in Christs Name 6. With zeal for Gods Glory Psal 79.7 Be Merciful to the Poor and hear their Cry 277. God will hear his Children 1. Because of his Goodness 2. Because of his Promises 3. Because all Flesh shall come to him Psal 65. 278. God hears 1. Our Prayers 2. Our Desires 3. Our Meaning 4. Our Miseries 5. Others for us 6. Us for Others 7. Christ for all 279. The way to grow in Grace is 1. To use the pure Means 2. With a pure Heart 3. Vnweariedly 280. A man thinks his Jesting a witty Ornament but God accounts it foolish and uncomly Eph. 5. 281. I see in some Wicked Swearers the Tyranny of Sin I thank God for freeing me not only from Hell but also from the Cruelty and Dominion of Sin 282 After I have Prayed me thinks God saith According to thy Faith be it unto thee I therefore labour to believe that God will grant what I desire nay more then I can ask or think upon 283. Oh! That I could alwayes have an humble Soul Then God would dwell with me yea in me and I should be capable of Grace and content with any thing I should be Wise Gracious Peaceable Gentle Holy Heavenly-Minded LORD give me humility and then I shall sincerely serve THEE 284. The Charriots of Israel and the Hors-men thereof are the Faithful whose Prayers and Tears prevail more then Weapons of War Therefore an Ancient sayes Better is one Saint Praying then twenty Souldiers fighting Job sayes the innocent shall deliver the Iland How much then is every Nation beholding to the godly that live amongst them 285. Some hear much reform nothings Profess Religion but deny the Power thereof LORD give me Soundness that I may walk uprightly before thee though with much Hardness I know I shall not want Opposition the Devil my Corruption and the Scoff of the Wicked Yet I desire Courage and Resolution for thy Yoak is easie and thy Burthen Light unto him that has thine holy Spirit Mat. 11. last 286. I have lost and forgot many sweet Meditations for want of Writing I therefore will hence-forth Write them for fear of Forgetting I will Write them for the good of Others But LORD write THOU them in my Heart by the Blessed Spirit that I may have Good of them my self 287. As I walked through the Corn-Field I considered thy Bounty of God towards Man the great Increase God gives