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A59766	The practical Christian divided into four parts. I. The practice of self-examination, and a form of confession fitted thereunto; the Lord's Praier and penitential Psalms paraphrased; with meditations, and praiers to be made partakers of Christ's merits. II. Directions, meditations and praiers, in order to the worthy receiving of the Holy Communion of the body and bloud of Christ. III. Meditations with Psalms for the hours of praier, the ordinary actions of day and night, with other religious considerations and concerns. IV. Meditations with Psalms--- upon the four last things; 1. Death, 2. Judgment, 3. Hell, 4. Heav[en.] The third and fourth parts make the second volume, formerly called the second part. By R. Sherlock D.D. Rector of Winwick.	Sherlock, R. (Richard), 1612-1689.	1677 (1677)	Wing S3243; ESTC R221137	111,932	313

humble shall hear thereof and be glad 3. O praise the Lord with me and let us magnify his Name together 4. I sought the Lord and he heard me yea he delivered me out of all my fear 5. They had an eye unto him and were lightned and their faces were not ashamed 6. Lo the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him yea and saveth him out of all his troubles 7. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him and delivereth them 8. O taste and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9. O fear the Lord ye that be his Saints for they that fear him do lack nothing 10. The lions do lack and suffer hunger but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good 11. Come ye children and hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12. What man is he that lusteth to live and would fain see good days 13. Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips that they speak no guile 14. Eschew evil and doe good seek peace and ensue it 15. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their praiers 16. The countenance of the Lord is against them that doe evil to root out the remembrance of them from off the earth 17. The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles 18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble spirit 19. Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all 20. He keepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken 21. But misfortune shall slay the ungodly and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate 22. The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute Glory be to the Father As it was in the beginning The Prayer May the praise of the Lord be ever in my mouth and let us all magnify his Name together who do now tast and see how gracious the Lord is for he hath heard our praiers enlightned our minds delivered us from all our fears and from all those troubles whereunto our Sins had made us liable And oh that the sweet tast of our gracious Lord in this Blessed Sacrament of his Body and Bloud may have its proper influence upon all the Affections of our hearts and Actions of our lives that we may henceforth and for ever eschew evil and doe good being fruitfull in all the good works of Righteousness and true Holiness from whence ensue eternal Peace and Happiness through Jesus Christ I have sworn vowed in my Baptism and now again renewed the same Vow and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy righteous judgments k Psal 119.106 I am thine even now solemnly devoted thine stedfastly resolved thine O save me for I have sought thy Commandments l Vers 94. O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not m Psal 17.5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that I may daily perform my vows n Psal 61.8 CHAP. XI Psalms of Praise and Thanksgiving after the Holy Communion The CIII Psalm Verse 1. PRaise the Lord O my Soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name 2. Praise the Lord O my Soul and forget not all his benefits 3. Who forgiveth all thy sins and healeth all thy infirmities 4. Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as the eagle 6. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7. He shewed his ways unto Moyses his works unto the children of Israel 8. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and of great goodness 9. He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickedness 11. But look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also towards them that fear him 12. Look how wide also the East is from the West so far hath he set our sins from us 13. Yea like as a father pitieth his own children even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him 14. For he knoweth whereof we are made he remembreth that we are but dust 15. The days of man are but as grass for he flourisheth as a flower of the field 16. For as soon as the wind goeth over it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17. But the mercifull loving-kindness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon childrens children 18. Even upon such as keep his covenant and think upon his commandments to doe them 19. The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven and his Kingdom ruleth over all 20. O praise the Lord ye Angels of his ye that excell in strength ye that fulfill his commandment and hearken unto the voice of his words 21. O praise the Lord all ye his hosts ye servants of his that doe his pleasure 22. O praise the Lord all ye works of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my Soul Glory be to the Father c. I. 'T is not within the power of all the Faculties of my Soul worthily to praise the Lord for that he hath now satisfied my mouth with the good things of Heaven he hath forgiven me all my sins and healed the diseases of my Soul he hath renewed my strength as an Eagle to mount my Soul unto Heaven upon the sacred wings of holy Faith firm Hope fervent Charity and by the virtue of that celestiall Food I have now received II. How great is the goodness and how great is the mercy of the Lord who hath not dealt with me after my Sins nor rewarded me according to my wickedness But as a father pitieth his own children so mercifull is the Lord and hath compassion upon the work of his own hands and whom he hath framed after his own Image frail and sinfull though we be III. But since through the weakness and frailties of my mortal nature I cannot praise the Lord as becometh his eminent grace and greatness may my defects herein be supplied with the Hallelujahs of Angels and Archangels and all the company of Heaven And 't is the exultation and joy of my heart that these celestiall Spirits cease not day and night saying Holy Holy Holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory Glory be to God on high Amen Blessed be the Lord God even the God of Israel who onely doeth wondrous things And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever and all

by a full confession of them to God and in some cases to Man and that 3. with all contrition and godly sorrow for sin and 4. with a full purpose of amendment Heb. 10.16 17. renewing your covenant with God contracted in the foregoing Sacrament of Baptism and now to be sealed in the Sacrament of Christ's Bloud 4. Have you with all reverence and humility 1 Cor. 6.20 both of Soul and body approached to that Sacrament and have you received the same 1. Ro. 5.1 2. with a lively Faith in the mercies of God through the merits of Christ 2. with all Devotion and thankfulness of heart in the grateful acknowledgment of God's infinite love Joh. 3.16 1 ●im 1.15 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Joh. 6.51 Matt. 5.23 24 25. Isa 12.3 in giving his Son to be both the price of your Redemption and the food of your Soul 3. with an entire and unfeigned Charity towards all men 4. being inwardly affected with a spiritual joy in the Lord 5. After the participation of those divine Mysteries examine 1. whether you feel your former sinful motions sensual and worldly lusts dying and decaying in your heart 2. whether you have any sense of God's mercy refreshing your Soul as to the pardon of your sins past Rom. 14.17 and 3. of Grace quickening and strengthning you to serve God more sincerely and industriously for the time to come If not you may justly suspect your self guilty either of an undue preparation or some sinful defect in the participation thereof And because the Name of God is called not onely upon his Word and Sacraments but also upon the Place where those are administred examine whether you have made your approaches to that House which is called by his Name 1 Cor. 3.17 Ps 93.5 Matt. 21.13 Psal 5.7.132.7 Ps 11.4 Hab 2.20 viz. the Temple of the Lord the house of God c. and demeaned your self therein with that lowly Reverence and Humility both inward and outward as becomes the place that is separate to his service and sanctified by his special presence therein If otherwise remember with horrour if any one defile or profane the Temple of the Lord 1 Cor. 3.17 him shall God destroy for the Temple of God is holy 'T is here objected that the immediate following words which Temple ye are do imply this Text to relate to holy Persons not to any holy Houses of God But 't is answered That this makes not void that duty of holiness which becometh the House of God but rather confirms the same for these words which Temple ye are are an illation or consequence flowing from this which the Apostle takes for an undeniable principle The Temple of God is holy And the plain and full meaning of the whole Verse is in other words briefly this The material Temple or House of God is a figure of the mystical Temple or People of God As therefore the material Temple is an holy place being sanctified to the holy Service of the most Holy God and whosoever profanes the same by irreverent and undecent carriage there him will God destroy so the People of God being his mystical Temple must keep themselves undefiled and pure both in heart and life that God destroy them not The Fourth Commandment Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day c. Examination by the Fourth Commandment 1. HAve you wisely distinguished betwixt times sacred and profane Ecclus. 33.7 8 9. by esteeming of such days as are devoted to the service of God in a select and separate respect from such as are common or ordinary days allowed for the service of man 2. Have you not omitted the Christian Duties required to the Sanctification of the Lord's day and of every day holy to the Lord viz. 1. the publick Prayers with Thanksgivings Eph. 5.19 Isa 56.7 the Psalms and Hymns and spiritual Songs in the Lord's House 2. the offices of Charity Matt. 12.12 Mar. 3.4 Alms-deeds Visiting the sick 3. Have you not profaned any days devoted to God's publick Worship Isa 56.2 Ex. 20.10 by doing such servile works that might be omitted or by going unnecessary journeys Isa 58.13 or by spending the same in idleness or vain sports luxury and wantonness 4. Have you observed not onely the Festival days Joel 1.14 Matt. 6.16 1 Cor. 7.5 Lev. 16.29 30. but also those daies of Fasting and Humiliation which have been observed in all ages of the Church of Christ by the devout people of God and are injoyned by lawful Superiours in order to the obedience we owe to the Commands of God 5. Have you kept the true Christian spiritual Sabbath which is to rest from the service of sin and to be wholly devoted to the service of God here Heb. 4 9 10 11. so that you may reasonably hope to keep an eternall Sabbath of peace and joy with God and all the Chore of Heaven hereafter The Fifth Commandment Honour thy Father and thy Mother c. Examination by the Fifth Commandment THE Christian Duties enjoyned in this Commandment are as many as there are Relations of Superiority and Inferiority amongst men 1. As to your natural Parents Have you not been stubborn and irreverent in your carriage towards them Deut. 21.18 Prov. 20.20 and 23.22 Prov. 30.17 Pro. 1.8 4.1 13.1 Eph. 5.1 Ecclus. 3.12 13. Mar. 7.11 12. Have you not secretly despised them in your heart nor openly published their infirmities Have you not slighted their wholsome admonitions nor disobeyed their lawful commands Have you not neglected to comfort and relieve them to the best of your power and skill in their sickness wants weakness and old age and have you not secretly coveted their estates though by their death 2. If you be a Father or a Mother of Children examine 1. have you taken care to see they were rightly and in due time Baptized 2. Eph. 6.4 that they be taught as soon as they are able to learn what a solemn Vow was made in their name when Baptized with the Principles of Religion implied therein and depending thereupon 3. to correct them for their offences Heb. 12.9 10 11. that they contract not a custom in sin 4. to give them good example 5. to pray for them in private and openly to give them your blessing 6. Ecclus. 3.9 1 Tim. 5.8 to provide for them according to your ability and not to spend in needless riot or otherwise what ought to have been reserv'd for their maintenance 3. As to your civil Father 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Jud. 8. Pet. 2.10 11. Rom. 13.6 Tit. 3.1 Rom. 13.1 2. Pro. 24.21 Eccles. 10.20 who is the King as Supreme have you not been censorious and malapert in judging and traducing him or his government Have you not grudged to pay him toll or tribute refused to obey his lawful commands had no hand in rising up against him nor contributed thereunto by sowing sedition and faction spreading