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Mans chief guide to salvation wherein is laid down many good instructions and motives to stir up every poor soul, that he may be able in these sinfull days to withstand Satans assaults / by Thomas Robins.
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Robins, Thomas.
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of wars and rumours of wars be not troubled for such things must needs be but the end shall not be yet Mark 13. 5 6. verses Nay if you but please to read the whole Chapter you shall find it altogether to that purpose Therefore in the Name of God I desire you to have a care of those people for you may sée here thaâ the Lord gives us fair warning as you maâ sée in the 22 verse of this Chapter For sayâ he If any man shall say unto you lo here is Chrisâ or lo there is Christ believe him not and iâ the 22 verse of this Chapter you may morâ plainly understand the reason why he giveâ us so much warning of them for false Christâ and false Prophets shall arise and shall sheâ signs and wonders to seduce if it were possiblâ even the very Elect. And indéed good peoplâ you may assure your selves that there are sucâ people abroad now therefore have a care oâ them truly I do not say this or that is heâ for you may know them by their works Anâ as James saith in the second of James and thâ 14 verse What doth it profit my Brethren though a man say he hath Faith and have noâ works can Faith save him Now in the following verses you may understand the differencâ betwéen him that hath Faith and no works For if a brother and a sister be naked and destitute of daily food and one of you say unto them depart in peace be you clothed and filled notwithstanding ye give them not these thingâ that are néedful So is Faith if it have noâ works it is dead being alone yea a man maâ say he hath faith and I have works shew me thy faith without thy works and I will shew theâ thy faith by thy works Thou believest there iâ one God thou dost well the Devils believe and ââemble but wilt thou know vain man that faith âithout works is dead James 2 beginning at âhe 14 verse and so to the twentieth so may ââe say unto such people as do call themselves Christ and a man cannot perceive any such ââorks in them for if a man knows himself to âave so much worth in him as to call himself Christ I say I would gladly sée them do such âiraculous déeds as he did that is to cure the âame the blind and the sick and to raise the âead as he did Nay his Apostles which call âim Lord and Master yet they had the same âower in themselves to do such things as you âay sée in the 28 of the Acts and the 8 verse There you may sée that Paul had power by thââealing of a Publican which lay sick of a fever ând a bloody flux and he but touched him after âe had prayed And it came to pass that the âather of the Publican lay sick of a Fever and ãâã Bloody flux to whom Paul entred in and prayâd and laid his hands on him and healed him ãâã when this was done others also which had âseases in the Island came and were healed ãâã you may sée by this that the Apostle had âme more power then ordinary men yet ârst not call themselves Christ Nay I desire ââu to look into the 3 of the Acts and beginââng of the 1 verse and so to the 13 verse I âay you take notice for it is worth your observation Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple at the hour of prayer being the ninth hour and a certain man lame from his Mothers womb was carried whom they laid daily at the Temple which is called beautiful to ask alms of them which entred into the Temple he seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple asking alms of them Peter fastening his eyes upon him with John said Look on us and he gave heed unto them expecting to have received something of them Then Peter said Silver nor Gold have I none but such aâ I have I give to thee in the Name of Jesus oâ Nazareth rise up and walk and he took him by the right hand and lift him up and immediately his feet and his ancle-bones received strength and he leaped up stood and walked with them into the Temple leaping and praising God Anâ they knew it was he which sate for alms at the gate of the Temple and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him And as the lame man whicâ was healed beheld Peter and John and aâl thâ people ran together unto them in the Porchâ which was called Solomons and when Peter saâ it he said unto the people Ye men of Israeâ why marvel ye aââhis or why look ye so earnestly on us as if by our own power and godlinesâ we had made this man to walk Acts thâ third and beginning at the first and so to thâ twelfth verse So here you may sée that the âpostles had great power from God yet they ãâã not call themselves Christ as some will ãâã now for all that you may sée here they but ââk hold of the mans hand and bid him arise ââd he arose up from the ground and was ââaled yet I say for all this they denyed the ââwer of themselves as you may sée in this âst verse Then I say how dare any one of ãâã say they be Christ when they are not able ãâã do as his Apostles did for certainly if our âith be weak and our works so small that ââe fall short of his Apostles then certainly âe are not fit to equall our selves so much âith the Lord our God as to call us Christ ândéed I would desire at the hands of Alâighty God to guide all such into the way of âghteousness and to pardon and forgive both ââem and us for all our sins and wickedness ãâã as for all those that doth hear any that calls âimself Christ despise him not as an enemy âut rather exhort him as a brother yet this I âây unto you as you may find it written in âark 13. and the 23. But take ye heed behold ãâã have foretold you all these things This is a âair warning for us to have a care of such âeople and not to be one of them for if I âould hear or sée this man do such acts as our âaviour Iesus Christ did or as his Apostles âid then there would be some ground for their professing themselves Christ but truly it ãâã to be feared that they be as great sinners ãâã ever if not greater therefore ought more ãâã be pitied I exbort you therefore in the naâ of God to pray for them For as James saith ãâã the fifth of James and at the thirtéenth versâ and so the latter end of the Chapter and ãâã I say to you all Is any man among you afflicâed let him pray is any man merry let him siâ Psalms is any man sick among you let him caââ for the Elders of the Church and let them praâ over him anointing him with the Oyl of theâ Lord and the prayer of the faithful shall save thâ sick and the Lord will raise him up and if he havâ committed sins they shall be forgiven him bâ also in the last verse let him know that hâ that converteth a sinner from the error of hiâ way shall save a soul from death and hides ãâã multitude of sins and the Lord give us every one grace to pray one for another anâ strive to forsake our wicked sins and flie tâ the Lord our God and forsake all other gods And I beséech you brethren suffer this worâ of Exhortation to take impression in youâ hearts Let brotherly love continue amonââ you let your conversation be without covetousness that we may all boldly say the Lorâ is my help I will not fear what man can dâ unto me If any of us lack wisdom let uâ ask it of the Lord but let us have a care thaâ we ask it with a true and faithful heart lookââg after Iesus Christ the Author and Fiââher of our faith Love thy Neighbour as ãâã self and do to all men as you would they âould do unto you and in so doing thou mayst ââme to be one of that blessed company which âr Lord and our Saviour Iesus Christ ââth call so loving As come unto me all ye ââat are weary and heavy laden and I will give ââu rest And the Lord of his mercy send ââery poor soul to that blessed rest which neââr will have end and that for thy dear Son ââr only Lord and Saviours sake to whom given all honour praise power and domiââon now and for evermore Amen I am yours in Christ Jesus âHOMAS ROBINS FINIS ââese Books following being of a small Price are ãâã Printed for Thomas Passenger at the three Bibles ãâã on the middle of London-bridge THe Christians Combate or his true spiritual warfare by C. Love late Preacher of ãâã Word in the City of London The wise Merchant or the pearl of price ãâã T. Calvert Minister in York The Book of Graces with Prayers for Moââing and Evening These are all but 3 d a piece The Sinners Warning piece or Heavens Mââsenger by T. Robins B of D. The Scholars Winter Garment or the Gââment of Righteousness by T. R. B. of D. Englands Colden Legacy or a brief Desâââption of the manifold mercies the Lord hââ bestowed upon this sinful Nation A Wonder of wonders or Gods people ãâã worlds wonder by R. H. a Lover of the Truââ Gods Message from Heaven to Sinners ãâã Earth by T. R. B. of L. Christ upon the Cross suffering for Sinneâ by S. S. A Call to unconverted Sinners to turn to ãâã Lord a Book seasonable for these Times ãâã T. P. B. of L. The School of Learning being Prayers ãâã Morning and Evening for every day in the weâ with Graces before and after Meat and a shâ Catechisme for Children Now or never work out your salvation wâââ fear and trembling by R. B. The Vertuous Wife or a good woman in ãâã proper colors being a new Book setting foâââ the rare qualities of the truly Vertuous Wiââ by L. P. These ten last are sold for 2 d a pieââ FINIS