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B05977	The map of the little world, illuminated with religion being a practical treatise, directing man to a religious scope, and right measure, in all the periods of his life; with devotion suitable. To which is added an appendix, containing a gospel ministers legacie, in some sermons, upon 2 Pet. 1. 12, &c. / By Patrick Strachan minister of the gospel at St. Vigeans.	Strachan, Patrick, fl. 1693.	1693 (1693)	Wing S5775A; ESTC R184656	117,746	314

fully made up in the perpetual festival which they shall enjoy in their Fathers house where we hope Luther and Calvin and their biguit adherents Having keept the main of Religion are now agreed And all the debates about Modus Rei the manner of our LORDS presence in the Eucharist are now settled and sa●i●fied in the Celestial Communion Where all debates anent the outward policy of the Church shall evanish When we come to a continual Doxologie of the Trine-Une GOD an● a●tain unto the General Assemly of the first-born where also we hope that Papists who have walked suitably to fundamentals of Religion yet through the Unhappiness of their Birth and Education have been under a sort of invincible Ignorance shall join with the Protestant Where also we do charitably h●pe that many who are without a●d have answered their Light in Morality and have implicitly closed with the Mercy of GOD which takes in all the methods of its communication may come to share of the deepth of that Mercy which is the very Nature of GOD And that Tremendous Justice which rendereth to every man according to his Works and impartia●● Judgeth such as are under and such as a●● without Law And particulary we ho●● that all the private Contests among Fam 〈…〉 lys and Relations which have flowe●● from humour weakness temptations and incumberances of the World shall all be gone when the warm Flame of the infinite Love of GOD shall fill their Hearts § 15. Away with all biguit adherance to a Sect or Party since neither Papis● nor Protestanism Parity nor Prelacy will save us if we be not real Christians We ought indeed to search all things and hold what is best but withall we should not so much lean to our own understanding but follow after Charity that Ephraim no more vex Israel but all be joyned in one faith to the LORD § 16. Away with all fears of the frowns of providence for there is a wise disposer Away with all vexation about the troubles of Revolutions since we hope to be Citizens of a Continuing City that hath a Foundation Let us labour to vanquish the World by Faith and be still doing good and we need not fear what man can do ss 17. Adi●w all Relatives and Acquaintances We leave you to the ●race and Guidance of God Farewel Sun ●nd M●on and that gl●ri●us Canopy of ●he Firmament bespangled with divid●d Lights For we hope to Live above ●he Clouds in our Fathers House where there is no need of the Sun because the Son of Righteo●sness is there we leave all the flowers and pleasures of an earthly paradise to feed upon the Tree of Life And last of all farewell beloved Body the Spirit and Voice of our Beloved sayes come we must gird up the loins of our Mind we leave thee to the dust but we hope to return-again for tho thou hast been corrupted by sin yet now sanctified by the Blessed Body of CHRIST we lay thee down as precious dust to be refined in the bowels of the Earth Our Souls can not be fully perfect without Thee therefor go to thy Dormitory and sleeping house till the last Trump sound and then shall we be made perfect in Soul and Body and be ever with the LORD The Devotion Suitable ANd now what clogs and fetters thee O my Soul thou sees what sin and the world can do linger not but arise for this●● not thy Rest look to the recompence of reward with Moses think upon the calmn●● of a better life in the t●mpests of this fight the Good fight of Faith and GOD will give thee the Crown of Life Prepare for Judg●m●nt and Eternity for the Judge is a● the Door The Prayer LORD make up my wants and Remove what is superfluous in me adorn me with the We●ing Garment and deck my soul that through thy Grace I may be able to enter in Courage Courage O my Soul for CHRISTS mercy and Grace i● before thee let not Death be Irksome to thee but LORD grant me the Wish that I have long breathed for to Die in peace and lay down my Tabernacle with joy and render up my Soul to GOD with delight I have seen an end of all perfection in the short span of my life I have seen the Glory of the World pass away like a Scroll there 's nothing certain but in Thee all flesh is Grass but thy word endureth for ever I have seen Riches flee away with the Wings of the morning and strength and vigour turn to weakness but Thou O LORD art the only sure portion of thy People I count all things loss for thee I have none in Heaven but thee and none is there on Earth that I desire beside Thee I aquiesce in thee as my Repose for ever Thou art all my bless and happiness for ever Amen The End AN APPENDIX The Pastoral legacy and latter will of a Gospel Minister to his flock in some Sermous upon 2 Pet Chap. 1. from v 12. to the middle of 16. Preached from the 2 Sunday of April to the 4th Sunday of June 1693. To the Reader Courtious Reader COnsidering the weakness and uncertainty of my life being under often Infirmities some years bygon to which I humbly submit and kisses the hand that smites me considering also the uncertainty of the times not knowing how soon I may be turned out I did resolve to leave this Valedictarie behind me for the good of my flock and of any that shall pursue it which I dedicat● to the glorie of GOD and the Edification of the Church and to my Reverend Brethren of the Ministrie Moses took hie leave of Israel and left directions after him Deut. 1. 32. So did Solomon Eccl. 12. 8. And He that is greater than Solomon our Blessed Lord had his farewell Sermon John chap 14 15 16 Saint Paul Acts 20 29. And. St. Peter here So I desire to leave my Flock with some Advertisement and monument of my care for them Sermon I. Containing the Compact Chain of our Holy Religion exactlie knitting the Priviledges and Properties of a Christian together in one link in the particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wherefore I Shall leave it to such as write upon the whole Epistle to vendicate it from the false Aspersion of some who denyed it to be Canonical of whom Eus speaks in his Church history 3 Book 25. Chap Which indeed was very unjust since the Epistle savo●rs of its Author and the genious of Christianity So that its like whoever they were that refused it to be Canonick could not b●● be among the number of those false Prophers mentioned by this Apostle Chap 2 d Vers 1. Or of ●hese scoffers of whom he writes Chap 3 d Verse 1. Neither shall I insist upon the design and scope of this Epistle since it is so clearly manifest to any that ●eads it mentioning the great priviledges and properties of a Christian and a preserv ●ive against false Prophers and

be diligent since we know not the hour § 7 It cann●t then be impertinent seriously to warn the World to look to the Periods of their Life Which is the great Scope and Design of the following Treatise to lead the Christian through the Labyrinth of Life that he may well consider how short his time is with the Psalmist Psal 86. 47. And follow the Threed of the Word of GOD to direct him in all the Stages and Periods of his Life which is here set before thee in the following Periods Period first Of our Beginning and bygone Life and the Stages thereof Period second Of our present Time and the State of Our Growing Age and the several Stages thereof Period third Of the future Age or what is to come in the Declensions of Nature and the Stages thereof With a Vale to the WORLD Period first Of our beginning and bygone life and the Stages thereof MAn's Age is but a Span and but an Instant 'twixt our birth and our death Man comes to the World and knows not how and goes to a World of Eternity and knows not when He lives he groans he acts awhile and dyes And it takes a great part of the short Span of his time ' ere he well know where he is how he is and what he hath to do He lives long the life of a Brute as it were without reason It 's fit then when he begins to reflect to act as a rational Creature that he consider what he is and review the bygone time Yesterday can not be brought back But time may be Redeemed His life is but a dream yet he may gather some good out of it When he awakes if he consider The Prayer ANd Thou O LORD who only Remains unchangeable in all the stages and Changes of time and the inexpressible permanence of Eternal ages World without end Fix the heart of unconstant Man upon thee alone Our Soul is the Daughter of an high House Give us Grace with the Psalmist to say unto thee LORD thou art my LORD Psal 16. 2. Keep us O GOD in thy Name and make us pure and clean to be fit for Thee Keep our Immortal Soul in life and still upon wing to Flee to its Center and repose for where shall it Flee to be happie but to Thee thou only has the words of Eternal Life O JESV the Powerful attractive of Hearts who makes all Generous Souls sigh after thee draw us to thee for this is our Rest and only repose which sweetneth all the acerbities of time and Bitterness of this World here will we dwell for ever and If we Change upon the Wheel of time we roll indeed but in Thee we can not be moved nor Removed Amen Come I now to consider the stages and several Tu●ns of the first Period of our Life STAGE First The Contents OF the Formation and Production of the Infant of the propagation of the Soul and of sin of Infant Baptism and the right that the Children of Church Members have unto it The duty to be extended to Infants as Care Provision Prayer for them to study their Nature and Humour and acting accordingly Grave example and a serious timeous dedication of them to GOD which for more distinct clear uptaking thereof shall be considered by a Particular account of the purpose and d●ctrine of the first Stage in the first period of our life § 1. Let Naturalists and Ancient or modern Masters of Medicine discourse of the Formation of the Child in the womb Job and the Royal Psalmist draweth this unseen Embryo best with a Divine Pencil Job 10. 8. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about thou hast fashioned me as the Clay Has thou not powred me out as Milk and croudled me as Chees Thou hast Clothed me with Skin and Flesh and fenced me with Bones and Sinews And Psal 139. from 13. Thou hast possessed my Reins thou hast covered me in my Mothers Womb. I am fearfully and wonderfully made and Curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth and in thy book all my members were written which in continuance were fashioned when yet there was none of them Man 's a wonder before the World see him lying in the dark Cells of the womb and if he consider from what he Flows and his little Chamber in the womb and how nourished there It may humble him he flows from Blood and lives on Blood and dwells amongst Blood and Ordurs Thy very nature may humble thee For as it proves the Wisdom and power of the GOD of Nature who can extract a quintessence out of Dullest matters so doth it bid thee look unto thy Original All the Earth being of one Blood Acts 17. 26. And there being no differance 'twixt the Prince and the Peasent and that GOD who teacheth Art to extract Rarities who by nature brings Silk from a Worm a Pearl from a Shell and precious Minerals from Dust and Rubbish doth make this Raritie Man Ex Humo Eccle. 12 7. For Dust thou art and to Dust thou shalt return thou comes from the womb and goes to thy long home the Grave If thou boast of thy Pedigree Go to the House of Rottenness and look to the worms that makes thy Flesh to shrink and learn to confess with Abraham that thou art Dust and Ashes Gen 17. 28. And with Job abhor thy self in Dust and Ashes Job 42. 6. And if thou shall consider that thou art not only Dust but fallen in the Dust and comes forth with a Contaminate Blood dying in thy sin and no Eye pitying thee Ezek 16. 1. it may further abase thee and not suffer thee to be proud when thou lyest in the Dunghill all besmeared with filth and uncleanness Consider then thy rise and thy fall and learn to be humble else thou art proud of nothing or worse than nothing § 2. Next As to the Propogation of the Soul and how the dust body comes to be animated not only with vital spirits but with a rational Soul I shall leave the curiousity of this also to Philosophers For altho some will have the Soul ex traduce because if not so Man doth not beget a perfect Man and commonly Children Patriscent follow the ill of the Parents and they are Father-like there is not only vitium Gentis familiae of the Nation and Family but also personae of the Person Yet its safest to joyn with the universal Church that the soul is infused according to that of St. Aug Creando infunditur infundendo Creature By creation it is infused and by the infusion of the Soul it is created And this common Vote is not infringed by the sentiments of some Private Men For although Man begetteth not a Soul yet he begets a spiritu● Organ and Embryo disposed for the Soul a● so doth he begett Man Virtually And the Scripture favours this Infusion as Solomon sayeth Dust shall return to Dust and the spirit to