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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00218	The trauellers ioy: or, A sermon on the third verse of the second chapter of Salomons song. By Master Iohn Adamson, minister of the Word of God at Liberton.	Adamson, John, d. 1653.	1623 (1623)	STC 143; ESTC S124444	16,908	48

haue a reasonable soule And whereas many Mat. 6.32 howbeit professed Christians are affected and inclined only to things naturall sensuall and such as are founded on reason what can we conclude of them but that they liue a life only naturall as do plants sensuall as do beasts and reasonable as do the heathen and haue no spirituall life at all Seeing their appetite doth not carry them toward the things of God Col. 3.1 it is certaine they liue not the life of God Rom. 8.5 and professe what they will Christ liueth not in them by his Spirit otherwaies their desire would be towards him their delight would bee in him and his fruits would be swéet to their taste Let vs study then to know our owne misery Iesus Christ his excellency then our desire and languor will bee toward him our delight will bee in him The soule that is weary of the burthen of sinne will hunger and thirst after his righteousnesse will earnestly desire to rest and repose vnder his shadow The Spirit that feeleth the piercing Arrowes of Gods wrath for sinne will aboue all things seeke to bee couered with the sauing shadow of his mercy O how sweet will his comfortable fruits be to the hungry and distressed soule that seeth no life no refreshment no consolation but in him and through him Now the Lord of life that Father of mercies and God of all consolation so moue vs so direct vs so affect vs that aboue all things we may seeke him and finde him to his euerlasting glory and our eternall felicity Amen A sweet and heauenly Prayer made for the helpe and direction of the weaker sort of Christians in knowledge and comfortable also for the stronger O Lord God most glorious and mercifull who searchest the hearts and knowest the thoughts of the sonnes of men wee thy vnworthy seruants doe here at this present most humbly present our selues before thee ashamed and grieued for our manifold sins committed against thee Lord if thou shouldst enter into iudgement with vs according to our deseruings wee were not able to abide it if thou O GOD shouldst strictly marke wherein the best of vs all haue erred before thee O Lord who were able to endure it for we are loath some leprous and out of measure sinfull our minds so blinded that we know nothing that may make for our blisse our iudgements so shallow that we cannot conceiue and rightly adiudge of holy and heauenly things our memories so dull and dead that wee can hold no good thought or holy meditation our hearts so hardned that neither thy mercies nor iudgements can bring vs to obedience our wills so peruerted that wee freely desire nothing but euill our affections so corrupted that we lust for and delight in nothing but wickednesse our words so vaine and our workes so vile that wee practise daily nothing but sinfull rebellion against thee Lord therefore for Iesus Christ his sake bee mercifull vnto vs thus miserable sinners wee are weary of these our sinfull conditions and laden with these our damnable abominations Lord be thou our refreshing Perswade our hearts deare God by faith that our sinnes are forgiuen vs our soules reconciled vnto thee and our names written in the booke of life we are instant suters vnto thee for this thy mercy as was Moses vpon the Mount Lord shew vs thy glory and say vnto our amazed soules that thou art our saluation And we most humbly beseech thee to sanctifie vs all with thy holy and heauenly feare let thy Word and Spirit dwell in vs in all wisdome plenteously that thereby our vile affections may be purified our wicked minds renued and our sinfull liues most graciously amended that as formerly we haue giuen our selues to prophanenesse so euer hereafter we may apply our selues to holinesse O that our waies were made so direct that euerlastingly we may keepe they commandements O that wee could doe thy will on earth as thine Angels and glorified soules doe it in Heauen Lord blesse with vs all thy Church and chosen blesse this sinfull nation blesse all our friends and kindred blesse this house and family blesse all afflicted members especially such as are wounded in conscience for their sinnes continue thy blessed Gospell vnto vs and make vs truly thankfull for all thy mercies And this night wee beseech thee redouble thy blessings vpon vs that are humbled in prayer before thee blesse vs in body blesse vs in soule blesse vs in the basket blesse vs in the store blesse vs in whatsoeuer belong vnto vs within doores and without giue vnto our bodies a comfortable rest and sleepe pitch thine Angels about our tents that nothing may destroy them and keepe our soules from sleeping in sinne and the seducings of Satan that wee being blessed of thee in soule and body in this world may haue the surer hope and truer hold of euerlasting saluation from thee at that screeching day of iudgement to come and that for Iesus Christ his sake who we hope at this present intercedeth to thee for vs for a prosperous blessing from thee vpon vs to whom with thee and thy holy spirit three persons but one God we desire to returne all glory honour dominion and thanksgiuing this night and euerlastingly to come both here on earth and hereafter hopefully in Heauen Amen FINIS