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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89032	Good company being a collection of various, serious, pious meditations; Christian experiences, sayings, sentences; useful for instruction, consolation and confirmation. / By John Melvin, M.A. preacher of the word at Udimer in Sussex.	Melvin, John, M.A.	1659 (1659)	Wing M1656; Thomason E2124_1; ESTC R210169	44,421	139

that the least error entertain'd prepares the heart for greater and disposeth it to reject all truth at last 88. Seducers arguments are not settling but startling keeping men in a wavering condition 89. Piety and verity truth and godlinesse are like Hippocrates twins living and dying together 90. Sectaries lay out their time in examination of opinions and not of conscience looking after the notions of the brain not the bettering of the heart 91. The endeavour of the erroneus are for party not piety faction not faith not considering so much now a man lives but what doth he hold 92. Seducers may be known by their crooked expression uttering truth and error in one sentence shadowing their opinions with the Veil of godlinesse and their mistakes with the flowers of truth 93. As Physicians give bitter pills in sugar sops so Seducers vent damnable errors in fine expressions 94. It 's no small tentation when men in high esteem for piety and ability fall into error 95. The Seducer changes his opinions as often as he can get customers for his new ones 96. The Polypus by changing his colour hunts and takes the fishes so Seducers serve their followers 97. Seducers arguments are like Spiders webs catching little flies simple Christians 98. Where there 's curiosity and wantonness of brain old truths are rejected as stale meat 99. It 's the Divels policy to reproach true Religion by sending many false ones into the world 100. Men's outward conversation should be no protection to their errors for we are to judge of persons by their faith and not faith by persons Century 4. 1. AS dead Fish are carried along by the stream so are dead Christians by the times 2. The new creature is nursed and born under the Ordinances for faith comes by hearing and grows by the same 3. Men commonly who cast off Ordinances cast off also godlinesse for Ordinances awe men's consciences and keep them in a sober modesty modest sobriety 4. He is but a bad Christian that is so by fits and girds in publick assemblies and not in closets in hearing and not in practising 5. All secondary causes are but the rods of affliction in God's hand therefore we should make our peace with the Judge and not go to the Serjeant 6. Error spreads much by the strangeness of people to their spiritual guides 7. It behoovs us to be wary and circumspect seeing all men may deceive and be deceived some errors are so like truths 8. The clearer the water is the deeper wee see so where there 's least passion there 's most judgment for passion muds the understanding 9. Scripture is the great Standard of truth unto which all opinions must bee brought 10. A man may attain much literal scriptural knowledge and yet the minde of God in the Bible not in the man's heart 11. Religion at some times without profession may be profitable but profession without Religion is alwaies execrable 12. Whatsoever a man receivs upon the account of dispute or argument he is bound to disown when he meets with a more subtil argument or Sophister 13. Every head is not big enough to grapple with the depth of some arguments 14. The arguing of every truth disputes men out of truth into Atheism 15. There 's a holy sympathie betwixt a regenerate heart and a precious truth 16. As Oyle mixeth not with other liquors nor incorporates into no body so the divine unction like a well-spring of water works out all the filth that 's cast into the soul 17. He that hath light in his understanding and no honesty in heart is like a ship with no ballast and a great Sayl lying open to every wind 18. Comfort when not found on earth is very sweet to thy soul from heaven 19. There 's more mercy in God then can be sin or evil in us 20. God who requires rather truth of heart then length of time makes sick souls by a sharp repentance shoot out suddenly that if taken out of the world they may be eternally saved 21. He that is good onely under the Crosse is never good doing it from the fear of punishment not hatred of sin 22. It 's hypocrisie when in sicknesse we desire our recovery not the grace of God 23. It 's the hell of hell to damned souls that they brought themselves thither 24. God in bringing his children home sees the furthest way about is nearest suffering them to fall in sin and by sin to shorten their daies and so occasion their repentance 25. A Child of God at the worst is better then a Worldling at the best 26. We have often more occasion to blesse God for crosses then for comforts 27. There 's a blessing to the godly hidden in the very worst things 28. It argues neither grace nor wit for a man to take occasion to sin because God will save him for though God save such a man's soul he will take such a course with him as to make him deeply repent of trying conclusions with God 29. It requires much wisdom to manage our profession to our own comfort and God's glory 30. Education may civilize but not subdue onely grace makes the new change on the heart 31. Hee who hath tasted of heavenly comforts cannot but shew pity to others which he hath felt from God himself 32. Deliverance shall come when wee are fit to receive the greatest comfort and to render God the greatest glory 33. Never despair of the Church for rather then it shall fail it shall breed in a Lion's den 34. That which is not enjoied with overmuch pleasure is parted withall without over-much grief 35. In great distresse the Spirit of Praier will difference a sincere heart from an hypocrite 36. Such is our own inclination and Satan's temptation that no lesse then an Almighty power can deliver us from evil 37. A true Christians desire is not onely to clear his conscience from the guilt of sin past but to avoid for it the future 38. Grief no further yields comfort then it hath care of prevention 39. The triall of repentance is when we turn not onely from sin but to the contrary good 40. We wrong both the goodnesse and greatnesse of God in not trusting him for the time to come by the experience of former favours 41. Old Christians ought to be strong in faith upon this account that their old favours should help them to set upon new 42. Wicked men have not any bettering deliverance no preservation but a reservation to a worse 43. Doing ill is the cause of all ills and we may thank our ill in doing for ill in suffering 44. The Crosse neither daunts the godly man's courage nor stains his conscience 45. A purpose to live in one sin is enough for the Divel to hold his possession and in death to claim us for his own 46. He that hath not a care to prevent sin never yet truly did repent for sin 47. It 's ridiculous for Duelists to go to

of sin 91. Children must not be counted bills of changes for they are greater blessings then any outward thing else 92. Wo to those parents whose gain for their children is the loss of their own souls 93. Emptiness and poverty presseth hose most who once were full and rich 94. Great and good rich and holy are happy but rare conjunctions 95. To be extream poor or rich is one extream temptation 96. That man is rich in grace who is very poor but very holy 97. Temptations are greater and stronger upon the full and rich then the poor and empty 98. God never gives any thing evill in it self to those who are good nor the chief good to those chat are evill 99. There 's fire in all estates ill gotten which at last will consume them 100. The time we spend in spirituall duties is the time gained for secular therefore to turn poor if thou turn godly fear not CENTURY 8. 1. MUtual agreement amongst children is a comfortable blessing to parents 2. Nothing more uncomely and unnaturall as rents divisions and brawlings in a family 3. Prodigality of time is the worst and most dangerous prodigality 4. Faith is a glutinous monopolizing grace possessing Christ and by a close application making him wholly the soul's 5. The faithfull soul takes sure hold of Christ in the time of darkness and temptation 6. Christ lodged in the heart is as a bundle of myrrhe sweet and bitter at once preserving joy and trembling together 7. If thy heart swell too high and grow proud taste and chaw the bitter plant of Christ's death and it will break the imposthume 8. If thy heart fail thee in any conditon smell at the sweetnes of Christ and he will transmit life and comfort 9. The virtue of Christ's death never dieth but floweth down to ail ages for ever 10. God hath appointed that where the crosse is there also is the cordiall against it 11. Divine love is the caus of divine beauty and rejoyceth in it's own work 12. The beauty of the soul is the holiness of it being God's Image 13. Christ hath the truth and essence of beauty whereas earthly things have it only in estimation 14. The unquiet brains of men tossed with opinions rest in the scripture as in a bed 15. Our sins are thorns and so are temptations to sin and afflictions for sin 16. Heresies and schisms are worser then the sharpest stings and thorns to the Church 17. Women lose their good name not onely by keeping ill company but by keeping none 18. As weary travellers seek cool arbours and delight in them so doth the weary soul after and in Christ 19. Some men carry a thin shaddow of piety and zeal but no more 20. It 's neither losse nor dishonour to be vanquished in the field where Christ is General for at last we shall be conquerors 21. A holy soul is sick and weary and lives not in her self but in Christ in whom her life is hid 22. They are happy beyond expression who are transfixed with the wounds of Christ's love 23. It 's no waies befitting Christians to lye down and stretch themselves in sinfull pleasures 24. It 's our duty comfort to draw near to Christ in affection and conversation 25. Holy practise makes grace visible and brings out from the heart to the life 26. A parent may put money in a childs purse but he cannot put grace in his heart 27. Prayer which requires a holy heart many times makes a holy heart 28. None can come at the spirit of another but the Spirit of God 29. Moderate refreshing and recreation may well become holy men 30. The care of parents ought to live as long as they and their children live together 31. Children when grown in years must not think they have out-grown obedience and honour to their parents 32. The speciall care of a holy father is for the soul of his child 33. Such parents whose care is onely to make their children great not good in this world are themselves the Devils children 34. Grace is very attractive it desires to draw others into fellowship 35. He that doth ill by thy advice the ill shall be reckoned unto thee 36. All holy duties call upon us all for a holy preparation 37. It 's seldome the duty sanctifies us unless we be sanctified for the duty 38. It 's very bad to make a preparation and then to put off or neglect the duty 39. It 's God's due and our duty to give God the morning the first and best part of the day 40. As the morning is a friend to the Muses so to the Graces it being the best praying time 41. It 's not safe to let sin lie upon our consciences unrepented 42. He that hath guilt upon his soul hath a fire in his soul 43. Prayer is a lifting up of the soul and elevation of the spirit unto God 44. By distinguishing the times many Scrptures are made to agree 45. He that sacrificed offered up a beast but he that obeyeth offereth up himself 46. God in the Sacrament sees the death of his Son and that satisfies him and man sees the death of his Saviour and that justifies him 47 Actings of faith powering out of prayer makes Sacraments effectuall to man acceptable to God 48. Christ was ever and is and shall be the only remedy and cure of sin 49. Every one is saved by particular actings of his own faith and therefore every soul must believe for it selfe 50. We cannot converse in this uncleane and dirty world but some uncleanness will fasten upon us 51. To be without grosse sin is our holiness on earth to be without any sin is the holinesse of heaven 52. A good heart turns suspicious of others sinning into intercession that they may be pardoned not in accusations that they may be defamed 53. He that repents of those sins which he only fears he hath committed shall be sure to repent of those he doth commit 54. It 's too easie a matter to sin about holy things lawfull things often being the occasion of unlawfull 55. For a man to blesse God in his sin is a very high strain of wickednesse 56. Every sin is a turning from God but few sins are a farewell to God 57. The heart is to be kept with all manner of keeping for sinfull thoughts are dangerous sins 58. The heart of man is so wicked as to sin over one sin a thousand times 59. Renewed sin require renewed repentance and we must give over repenting when wee have don sining 60. That which men do out of conscience they will do it out of peresverance for nature may have good moods but grace is steady 61. Usually where God gives much grace he tries grace much 62. All things in heaven and earth are disposed by the unerring wisdom and limited by the Almighty power of God 63. Sleep is a short death and death is a long sleep 64. It should be the voice of every soul