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A84372 Christianity in short or The way to be a good Christian· Recommended to the use of such as want either time or capacity for reading longer and learneder discourses. By C. Ellis author of the Gentile-sinner. Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700. 1682 (1682) Wing E552aA; ESTC R229363 19,559 74

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Ordinances with my heart and affections I must use the sacred name of God with all due reverence not profaning it by blasphemous idle or impertinent talk or by false common or needless swearing or by breaking my Holy Vows and Covenants nor any way giving occasion by my insincere profession of his name unto others to blaspheme or profane it I must honour the Lord in his day by spending it in his Worship meditating on and praising him for his wonderful works of Creation and Redemption Especially in the Publick Assemblies bearing my part devoutly in the Prayers of his Church attending to his word Preached and Read and Communicating in his Sacraments I must not think too highly of my self nor be proud of any thing I am have or can do seeing all is the undeserved gift of God I must not humour my passions but labour to be of a meek and quiet and docible Spirit I must make use of my reason in considering what I am and whence I came and whither I must go why I live and how I must dye and what shall become of me after death what I owe to God and men and my self and how I pay it I must often examine the state of my Soul and whether I be converted from the state of sin into the state of grace and all my thoughts words and actions whether they be conformable to the will of God I should often think of the vanity of this World and sinful pleasures the certainty of death the impartiality of judgment the glories of Heaven the terrors of Hell the comforts of a good Conscience and what I must do to be saved with the necessity of a Godly Life I must be heartily contented with my present lot and portion not murmuring or repining at God's dealings not ambitiously seeking a more high or plentiful condition not fretting at my wants or sufferings nor vexing my Soul with Worldly cares nor envying the more flourishing condition of others but conclude that best which God chuseth for me I must be a good husband of my time industriously improving it to the good of my self and others not wasting it unprofitably in idleness sports and vanities but labouring in an honest calling I must be chast and clean in Mind and Body entertaining no wanton thought or desire or look or dress shunning all lasciviousness and obscene discourse books gestures and enticements to lust and uncleanness I must be temperate and moderate in eating drinking sleeping recreations and apparel not pleasing my Appetite or wasting my Estate or loosing my time in any of them but using them onely in such a measure as may best preserve my bodily health to serve my Soul in serving God I must love my Neighbour as my self and do to all men as I would they should do to me that is all the good I can rendering to every man his due Especially I must love and do good to those that are of the Houshould of Faith and love every man the more by how much I see more of God's image upon him Above all I must labour to do good to mens Souls by teaching reproving exhorting comforting and Praying for them Not hurting grieving scanda●izing or tempting them to evil by advice countenance or example Parents must dedicate their children to God instruct and educate them in the knowledge and fear of God correct all vice in them and give them good example maintaining them and providing honest callings for them as they are able Children must love honour obey serve and as there is need relieve their Parents with all thankfulness Husbands and Wives must live in an holy mutual conjugal love to each other helping one another in serving God Educating their Children well Ruling their Servants and managing their necessary Affairs the Wife living in a quiet subjection to her Husband Masters must be kind and just to their servants instructing them in God's service as well as in their own and servants must obey and be faithful to their Masters All Superiors are to rule in Justice and Holiness seeking God's Glory and the publick good and all inferiors are to be subject to the higher powers paying tribute and obeying their just Lawes for Conscience sake not resisting but to taking it Patiently though they suffer wrongfully Ministers must fced and rule and watch over the Souls of their flocks and their flocks must freely contribute to their maintenance honour them in love and be obedient to them I must not take away anothers Life nor hurt his Body nor so much as be angry with him without a cause but must preserve as much as in me lyeth his bodily welfare even as my own I must not defile another's Wife nor be guilty of Fornication nor so much as look on any woman to lust after her but do all I can to preserve the chastity of all I must not wrong another of any part of his Estate by theft robbery fraud or deceit of any kind but must secure his right as much as my own pay my debts duely bargain honestly and make restitution and amends for every wrong I must not wrong another's good name or credit by false-witness slandering false-accusing tale-bearing reproaching back-biting but I must vindicate it as far as with truth I can acknowledging all the good I see in every man groundlesly suspecting no man I must not make or speak any lye but speak the truth plainly I must utterly cast off all selfishness and not be tempted by any desire of pleasing my self to covet any thing that is another mans I must love pray for and do good to my enemies not rendring evil for evil or seeking revenge but forgiving as God for Christ his sake hath forgiven me The matter of our Desires and Prayers I AM not able naturally either to understand the mysteries of Faith or to do the Spiritual duties which I am bound as a Christian to believe and do I must not therefore trust to my self but by frequent fervent and humble Prayer apply my self to God in the name of Jesus Christ for the help of his Holy Spirit to quicken my deadness enlighten my ignorance and strengthen my weakness Of my self I know not how to pray or for what to pray I must therefore learn of Christ who hath taught me thus to Pray Our Father c. I must with all Humility as an undone sinner approach unto God in a true sense of his right in me and dominion over me as my Owner and Governour and of his love to me as my Father so far reconciled unto all men in Jesus Christ that he pitieth us and hath as a gracious Father provided all things needful to make us happy and that he delighteth not in our death but would have us turn and live as his children happy in our Father's love and providence I must draw near unto him as a penitent dutiful and loving child heartily sorry that ever I offended him restlesly longing to be reconciled unto