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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10874	Life after death Containing many religious instructions and godly exhortations, for all those that meane to liue holy, and dye blessedly. With the manner of disposing ones selfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure out of this world. With many prayers for the same purpose By Francis Rodes.	Rodes, Francis, Sir, ca. 1595-1646.	1622 (1622)	STC 21140; ESTC S112044	39,083	228

The effects of the spirit of the world are fornication vncleanenesse wantonnesse c. Whoso desireth to bee a friend of this world is thereby made an enemy to God therefore nolite conformari huic seculo nolite diligere mundum neque ea quae in mundo sunt so that wee may neither loue it nor conforme our selues vnto it vnder the paine of the enmitie of God and of eternall damnation Seeing then this world is such a thing as it is so vaine so deceitfull so troublesome so dangerous who would bee deceiued or allured with the vanity thereof or bee stayed from the noble seruice of God by the loue of so fond a trifle as is this world How we may auoid the dangers of the world The sixt point of this Parable how wee may auoid the dangers of the world and vse them to our owne gaine commoditie The onely way is to vse the refuge of birds in auoiding the dangerous snares of Fowlers that is to mount vp into the aire and so to fly ouer them al Frustrà iacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum the net is laid in vaine before the eyes of such as haue wings and can fly And as the Fowler hath no hope to catch the bird except hee can allure her to pitch and to come downe so hath the Diuell no way to entangle vs but to say as he said to Christ Mitte te deorsum throwe thy selfe downe vpon the baites which I haue laid eat and deuoure them enamour thy selfe with them tye thine appetite vnto them and the like which grosse and open temptation hee that will auoid by contemning the allurements of these baits by flying ouer them by placing his loue cogitations in the mountaines of heauenly ioyes eternity hee shall easily escape all dangers and perils S. Paul past ouer these dangers when he said that he was now crucified to the world the world vnto him and that he esteemed all the wealth of this world as meere dung and albeit he liued in the flesh yet liued he not according to the flesh Which glorious example if we would follow in contemning despising the vanities of this world and fixing our minds on the noble riches of Gods eternal Kingdom to come the snares of the Diuell would preuaile nothing at all against vs in this life Now how to vse the riches and commodities of this world to our aduantage Christ hath plainely laid downe the meanes saying Facite vobis amicos de Mammona iniquitatis Make vnto you friends of the riches of iniquitie How easily then may rich men bee happy if they will what a plentifull haruest may they reape to themselues if they were wise hauing such store of seed by them and so much ground offred them dayly to sow it in O you rich men therefore deceiue not your selues for what a man soweth that shall hee reape Rom. CHAP. 14. 14 Against procrastination Our conuersion is made harder by delay LEt vs turn to the Lord and put not off from day to day for many inconueniences insue procrastination If wee doe sleepe in security and accustome our selues with sinning our custome will wax to be our nature and hard will it be to rise from sinne in which wee haue been so long and so deeply buried for continuance of sinne bringeth custome which hauing gotten roote in vs will hardly be rooted out of vs. Secondy the longer we persist in our sinfull life the further off is Gods helpe from vs and the more doth hee plucke his grace and assistance from vs for by delay wee exasperate Gods iustice and heape vengeance on our owne heads Thirdly by longer custome of sinne the habit is more deepely rooted in vs and the power and kingdome of the deuill more established confirmed in vs our minde more infected our iudgement more weakened our good desires extinguished our passions confirmed our body corrupted our strength diminished and all our whole Cōmon-wealth the more peruerted Fourthly it is dangerous in respect of the sudden taking away of man who is often so suddenly smitten that hee hath no time to thinke vpon God much lesse to call vpon him with true repentance The fifth danger is that in driuing off to the last houre we shall finde hard time then to turne vnto God for sicknes will sore disquiet vs Satan will extremely tempt vs Friends with talking and crauing will molest vs the terrour of our vgly conscience will astonish vs so that it will bee very hard to be rightly mindfull of our end and in our extremity to call to God for mercy Miserable is that soule which placeth the ankor of his eternall wealth or woe vpon so tickle a point as is his conuersion at the very last houre It is said to be tickle in regard all Diuines speake very doubtfully of it and albeit they doe not absolutely condemne it in all but doe leaue it as vncertaine vnto Gods secret iudgement yet doe they encline vnto the negatiue part and do alledge foure reasons The first for that the extreme feare and paines of death which are most terrible doe not permit a man commonly so to ga-gather his spirits and sences at that time as is required for the treating of so weighty a matter with Almighty God as is our conuersion and saluation for scarcely can any fixe his minde earnestly vpon heauenly cogitations at such time as hee is but troubled with the passions of Chollick or Stone or other sharp diseases how much lesse in the anguishes of death The second is for that the conuersion which a man makes at the last day is not for the most part voluntary but vpon necessity and for feare The third reason for that the custome of sinne cannot be remoued vpon the instant being growne now as it were into nature it selfe for which cause God saith to euill men by the Prophet Ieremie If an Aethiopian can change his blacke skin or a Leopard his spots then can you also doe well hauing learned all dayes of your life to doe euill The fourth cause is for that the acts of Vertue themselues cannot be of so great value with God in that instant as if they had beene done in time of health before for what great matter is it then to pardon thine enemie when thou canst hurt him no more To giue thy goods away when thou canst enioy them no longer To abandon thy Concubine when of force thou must forsake her To leaue to sinne when sinne leaueth thee He is a carelesse and a gracelesse man who knowing all this will venture notwithstanding the eternitie of his saluation and damnation vpon the doubtfull euent of his finall repentance But what ingratitude and iniustice is this towards Almighty God hauing receiued so many benefits from him already and expecting so great a matter hereafter as is the Kingdome of Heauen to appoint out the least last and worst part of thy life vnto his seruice and that whereof thou art