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A77634 Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well. Brough, W. (William), d. 1671. 1649 (1649) Wing B4991; Thomason E1339_1; ESTC R209131 186,268 487

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as if made for nothing but thy lust and the dunghill Thou wilt therefore be condemned for thy injury to him thy self and them To a gluttony of torments starved body and soul without crumb or Luk. 16. 23 drop of comfort for thy short pleasures to paines long and lasting for ever Consider this 2. There is a Cloath a Meat a Drink an Art an Office that will help if thou have it Do thou then endeavour it 1. The Coat is Christ Of particular Rom. 13. 13 14. virtue to expell Gluttony 2. The Meat is his Word and Sacrament To which to have an holy Appetite is to lose the Job 6. 27. sensuall and to digest it to loath it 3. The Drink is his Spirit with Eph. 5. 18. which the soul drunk keepes the body sober The greater excesses of good the lesse of it surfets 4. The Art is his Pionry to undermine Dan. 4. 27. gluttony by works of Charity Giving the maintenance of thy lust to the poor So thou shalt at once starve thy Job 29. 15 and 31. 16. sinne and feast thy Conscience And God and Christ himself will come to the feast Mat. 15. 35 Luk. 14. 13. 5. The Office is to keep his Table Which Frugality covers and Temperance takes away His Example Command wil make thee able and Prayer will get the blessing of both And sooner if for his sake thou eat and delight in sober company and leave Gluttons for Saints Wednesday-Service Against Lasciuiousnesse and Luxury Morning Prayer Psal 106. Lesson Ezek. 16. or 2 Sam. 12. Prov. 7. Joh. 8. to v. 42 Evening-Prayer Psal 51. Lesson 2 Sam. 12. 1 Cor. 6. or Heb. 13. ¶ Prayer against Lasciviousnesse LOrd keepe me from all filthinesse of flesh and Spirit that before men and thee who discernest both I may appeare pure and undefiled a chast Spouse to thee not to be tempted to any acts or lusts of uncomelinesse or unworthinesse which be ill in thy eyes that are ever upon me O let me be pure and holy in all manner of conversation as thou art holy that in the great day of tryall thou maist not disclaime me but owne me and take me to thy glory for the merits of thy Holy One and Undefiled Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Daily Prayers Remedies against Lasciviousnesse 1. GEnerally The sin of unchastity is vaine foule fearefull and prevailing For 1. The more lust is served the lesse satisfied a Ezek. 16. 28. 2. It 's called particularly filthinesse and uncleannesse b Apoc. 17 14. It is sacrilegiously to make the Body c 1 Cor. 6. 18 19 Gods Temple a Stewes and that is the vilest filthinesse d 1 Cor. 3. 17. 3. It is a short pleasure for everlasting paine e Heb. 11. 24. yet this fire is the end of that fleshlinesse f 1 Cor. 6. 9. Heb. 13. 4. Apoc. 21. 8. Besides a foule conscience it wounds health honour state wasting the balsame of life blessing of wealth and oyntment of a good reputation g Prov. 5. 8 9 10. Pro. 6. 26. 32. 33. Job 31. 9 10. c. 4. It is a strong lust in the assault and commonly gets the victory Nature concurring with the strength h Pro. 7. 21 2 Sam. 11. 2 5. The holy Martyrs could no more be tempted by pleasures then tortures But 2. Particularly In a married condition it is every way worse 1. Not onely Damnation in another world i Apoc. 21. 8. but present Death k Joh. 8. 5. Levit. 20. 10. in this by the Law of God and man too in many places 2. It tends to the confusion of mankinde Incest c. l Gen. 38. 16. 3. The dumbe creatures are true to their Mates 3. The cure of both is the same To kill the sinne 1. In the Egge Stifle the first thoughts and motions of lust m Mat. 5. 28. no Bird but was first an Egge 2. In the hatching Take heed of the things that beget and nourish lust Covenant with the eyes n Job 31. 1 against lascivious Persons Pictures gestures stop the o Pro. 7. 21. eares against lustfull Songs Discourses Devices Keepe the heart p Pro. 6. 255 from being idle and the body from excessive sleeps and meats and drinks or such as are knowne to be provocative q Pro. 23. 33. Temperance Sobriety are great friends to Chastity 3. Tempted Thinke that thy keepers eyes are upon thee with Joseph that God sees thee r Gen. 39. 9. and will judge thee s Prov. 5. 20 21. Thou wilt blush if but a child behold thee Thursday-Service Against Pride Morning Prayer Psal 73. 131. Lessons Isa 14. Luk. 18. to v. 19 or Acts 12. Evening Prayer Psal 86. 138. Lesson J●r 13. Jam. 4. or 1 Pet. 5. ¶ Collect or Prayer against Pride LOrd keepe me from the sinne of Pride which threw Angels out of Heaven and Man out of Paradise lest it cast me headlong into the depths of thy displeasure and barre my soule of both O let me who am nothing but a miserable body and soule a lump of sins and woes let me never exalt my selfe before or against thee Without whose goodnesse but one minute my flesh would fall to the earth and my spirit lie in hell for ever without thy mercy Preserve by these thoughts an humble spirit in me such as thou maist respect on earth and hereafter advance unto thy glory Even for his sake who so abased himselfe for my pride Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen! Daily Prayers Remedies against Pride 1. KNow what Pride is A sinne abhominable as that which is 1. Gods hate Others sinnes fly God but this flyes at God * S. Greg. and God at it a 1 Pet. 5. 5. 2. Mans bane It went before the fall of Angels b Jude v. 6. Isai 14. and Adam c Gen. 3. 5 6. and doth goe before destruction d Prov. 16. 18. 3. Christs scorne In his birth life death all humility nothing of pride much against it 2. Know what we are and there is no cause of pride 1. Not for our Ills. And our 1. Bodies are Baggs of phlegme and choler poore and vile e Phil. 3. 21. 1. I am quickened dust and shall be dead f Gen. 3. 19. 2. One worme was my begining and many will be my end and much woe betweene g Job 25. 6 Job 19. 26. 2. Soules be Cages of uncleane lusts and errours h Gen. 6. 5 Nests of Serpents and Vipers i Isa 49. 4 5. 3. Bodies and Soules both have what should humble us 1. My body is subject to a thousand sicknesses and sorrowes but my soule to ten thousand times more sins and wounds and weaknesses and falls k Rom. 7. 24. Psal 19. 12. Psal 40. 12 2. A Grave will be the end of my Body l Psal 49. 14. and Hell without pardon the end of a sinning Soule
State his Palace is an Inne His bed a Manger His Throne a Cratch His Canopy none but Webbs which Spiders spin him Is it for strength then the Oxe is better For Beauty He lies in Soile and dust For wit It falls down at his feet Lo whom a Star and Angels Mat. 2. 11. Mat. 2. 2. Luc. 2. 8 9 2 Cor. 8. 9 and Sages proclaim Lord King of Heaven and Earth he is born thus poor that thou shouldst not be proud 2. His life is like his Birth to kill thy Covetousnesse He had no Lands to Lord but to walk in No Mounts to climb but to kneel on Mount Olivet Luc. 22. 39. Mat. 14. 13. 19. was his Closet and the Desert his House His Table the Grasse no Covering but Heaven His Provisions not the purchase of Monies but Miracles By them and Loanes he lives If he ride if he rest if he feast with his Friends Beast Bed Roome all are borrowed Birds and Beasts were provided Mat. 21. 3. Luk. 22. 11 better they had their Nests and Holes He not where to lay his Head Mat. 8. 20. Mat. 27. 60. Mat. 3. 16 17. Mat. 17. 5. Joh. 12. 29 Mat. 25. 14. 15. Luk. 16. 2. Nor House nor Tomb Dead or Living Not He He whom Heaven own'd by Voice and Signe for the Beloved Sonne of God the Lord of all would have nothing that thou shouldst not gape for much and Grasp at all Thou that by his favour dost borrow all of Gods and must account for all not laid out for him And can his Passion revive and lust live No for 3. His Death is the Crucifixion of lust a 1 Pet. 4. 1. 2. 24. Rom. 6. 16. Gal. 2. 20. It crucified him as the cause b Rom. 4. 25. 1 Pet. 2. 22 and thou must crucifie it c Gal. 5. 24 that 's the Consequent And as they him thou it that 's the Patterne d 2 Cor. 13. 4. And as he it so thou that 's the Power e Rom. 6. 11. Come lustfull thoughts Clap his thorns to thy Head Rise wanton Lusts Thrust his Speare to thy heart Tempt fleshly Deeds Strike his nailes into thy hands and into thy feet at such Motions If to Drunkennesse put his Spunge to thy mouth If to Gluttony bring his Gall to thy Palate In short whatever the flesh lusts for for his Deaths sake denie it At Bed or Board let it no where Obtaine let his Crosse crucifie it Golgotha burie it Let it not live the Lord of Life suffered Death for it And for thee that thou shouldst not let it Live That thou die not for 1 Pet. 2. 14 Rom. 8. 13 ever for it Alas my Soul If thy lust struck him who had none of his own Dead how shouldst thou who hast all 2 Cor. 5. 21 Isa 53. 45. and of thy owne Live How not be D●om'd and damn'd to eternall Death Gal. 5. 21. My Soule If thou sadly thinke of God in those foure and of Christ in these three these will be like wisdoms Seaven Prov. 9. 1. Pillers to build up thy heart to all Godlinesse And though such thoughts be the Epicures Dreads and Atheists follies Beleive thou God who loves not thy griefe and wisheth thee no better wisdome And despise not the Inspirations of the Almighty which are Gods Aids to advance that blessed worke My Soule Make much of them if they be Gods For 2. Holy Motions are great helps to Pietie Indeed when Holy Motions and Meditations meet as most what they doe as they make a blessed mixture and union of Holy Spirits Gods and mans So they give a great strength by the juncture and concurrence of two such Holy Hands in one and the same Soule mans and Gods And the worke will goe on that 's undertaken by such two 1 Joh. 4. 1. Ezek. 13. 3 Jer. 31. 33. Ezek. 11. 19. But My Soul It is as necessary as worthy thy knowledg to discern which be and which be not the Motions of the Holy Spirit For if another to it Delusion leads thee and if it guide thou wilt follow it The Tryall of Spirits is That is not Gods which is not Holy nor the Motions His which are not Heavenly For Gods Law is the way when his Spirit is the Guide Which did dictate and therefore will never drive Isa 8. 20. Joh. 16. 13 14 15. Gal. 1. 8. 2 Joh. 10. 2 Cor. 3. 6 from that way As being ever the same and never contrary to it selfe Even Gods Spirit in his Word makes this Tryall And when the Spirit is found Right make much of the Motions They are Rom. 8. 14 1 Cor. 11. 1. from an High my Soule Thou must not bring and bow them to thy Mind but it to them When God is leader thou must not goe before but keep the place of a follower And follow after in Gods name for it Leads ro Heaven It is no worse nor lesse A Messenger from it a Guide to it All good and regular Motion is from the first and Best Mover It is an Angell sent from Heaven for Mal. 2. 1. ● Angelus nuncius what 's that more then a Heavenly Messenger Take heed then Deare Soule Thou doe not entertaine bad and neglect good motions That 's to observe a Devill before an Angell Give not Audience to the Devils Messenger before Gods Embassadour That is to be tyed in too strict a league with Hell too loose with Heaven Beleive it there is as much difference betwixt a good and a bad Motion as a Cherub and a Fiend and betwixt their Isa 8. 19. entertainments as an Angels and a Devils And in their ends too For the one weighes to the Center below the other lifts up to the Circumference above A Seraphim to fire the heart and carry it up in the flame That is a Hellish Firebrand this the Heavenly Isa 6. 6. coale Thou art in some errour and the light of this is to lead thee right At a stand and coole in good and the heat of this is to wa●me thee and lead thee on Under a fall of grace dead under the ashes of prevailing frailty 1 Thes 5. 19. And this is to quicken thy sparke and stir it up O my Soule then Kindle not the Hellish Quench not the Heavenly coale Quench not the Spirit Cast not water and Earth upon it Drown not the Motions in Sensuall and secular pleasures and affaires Thy heart is the hearth where it is to burne but if good acceptance and endeavours Ephes 4. 30. 2 Tim. 1. 6 doe not blow and stir it up it will goe out They make the Bellowes for this Holy fire O my Soule Have dread of this The Messenger oft refus'd will come Act. 13. 46. Luc. 13. 35. Cant. 5. 23 6 7. Rom. 1. 28 2 Thes 2. 3 1 Sam. 16. 14. Luc. 12. 3. 1 Tim. 4. 1. Luc. 11. 26. Apoc. 3. 10. no more