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city_n	aaron_n	jerusalem_n	son_n	45	3	4.5668	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25385	Holy devotions, with directions to pray also a brief exposition upon [brace] the Lords prayer, the creed, the Ten commandments, the 7 penitential psalms, the 7 psalms of thanksgiving : together with a letanie / by the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews ...; Institutiones piae, or, Directions to pray	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1663 (1663)	Wing A3129A; ESTC R40284	169,352	493

Christi I conceive that there is nothing perpetual in this confused and disordered life but think that all things are transitory and pass away And whosoever duly considereth this falls upon his face knowing how far he is distant from the Majesty of GOD and will bend his knees to GOD the Father in the name of Iesus Christ and crave to be dissolved 2. It is Miserable Besides the brevity many miseries accompany it No year day nor hour but hath his misery One sues thee for thine estate another layeth wait for thy life a third wrongeth thy good name Evil Children vex thee if thou have any If thou hast none thou art grieved for the want Thy Wife unchast and unquiet disquiets thee Thy friends death discomforts thee One loseth an eye another an arm One is slain by a fall from his horse Another perisheth by water or fire So that the miseries over-ballance the joyes Then I would know what felicity is in it Saint Augustine describes them at large Plena sunt omnia laqueis plena periculis incitant cupiditates insidiantur illecebrae blandiunt lucra damna deterrent amarae sunt obloquentium linguae nec semper veraecia sunt ora laudantium c. All things are full of snares full of dangers concupiscence tickleth allurements lye in wait gain flattereth loss terrifieth slanderous tongues of some are bitter and the praises of others are not alwayes true or pleasing to us c. 3. It is sinful All the actions of it and of all that live in it being so In it you may see the Innocents afflicted the Guilty acquit the good despised the evil preferred The Lord himself looked down from Heaven upon the children of men and found them all abominable none to do good No truth mercy nor knowledge of GOD in the Land but swearing lying killing and whoring If the Devil be Prince of the world what goodness can be expected in his Dominions 4. Lastly It is Deceitful It seems to be that it is not promiseth that it gives not Out of the pleasures thereof arise many sorrows Children bestowed bring cares Honour enjoyed brings emulation Wealth encreased brings fear Offices possessed bring envy Unlawful pleasures used bring diseases If the World flatter thee it is but to deceive thee If it exalt thee it is but to cast thee down headlong If it make thee merry it is but in short time after to afflict thee the more Extrema gaudia luctus occupaet Si spes nobis in vita non esset relicta quam de vita futura concipimus non multum hic mundus ab inferno distaret If we had not here some hope left to us which we conceive of the felicity of the life to come there were little difference between this World aud Hell it self Therefore to end this first point love it not for he which loves it hath not the love of God in him But settle your affections on high on God alone in whose service consists true happiness No Creature can be fully at rest till it attain to the end for which it was created but is restless till then Now God is the object of Mans happiness and the end of his felicity Nothing can satisfie Mans heart but God nor can it be at rest though it possess the whole world till it return to him The nearer to him the quieter No Man hath perfect blessedness in this World Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas said Solomon who had his hearts desire as much as any Usque quo filii hominum How long will ye have pleasure in vanity in the things of this life follow lies in the false appearance of them The World is a Hypocrite covers his defects It is a Harlot that bears her Lover out of doors when their money is spent I will conclude with Saint Augustine Mare terras omnia percurre scrutare universa ubique misereris nisi ad Deum refugeris Travel over Sea and Land and search all places yet shalt thou be miserable and wretched every where except thou have recourse to God And in Gods service all good is to be found If thou desire profit Eye hath not seen c. what God hath prepared for them that love him If length of dayes Length of dayes is in his right hand If pleasures Pleasures for evermore If honour The Iust shall be had in everlasting remembrance Them that honour me I will honour Blessed therefore are they which are undefiled in the way and walk in the Law of God Blessed are they which keep his testimonies and seek after him with their whole heart II. The second part of Gods service in general is To avoid that which he forbiddeth that is Sin The difinition whereof and how it cometh you shall have out of St. Gregory All sin is committed gradatim by three degrees 1. By Suggestion of the Devil 2. By Delight of the Flesh. 3. By Consent of the Spirit 1. For when the malicious Spirit suggesteth sin in the mind of Man no delight in it follow sin is no way acted 2. But when the flesh beginneth to delight in it the sin is begun to be in the birth 3. Then if a Man descend to consent upon deliberation then it is plain that sin is committed So that in the suggestion is the seed in the delight is the nourishment and in the consent is the full accomplishment Now as vertue and goodness is for divers respects to be followed So sin is to be avoided for many reasons Because God hateth sin and sinners The Psalmist calleth sinners Gods enemies The ungodly and his ungodliness are both hated alike of God Your iniquities have separated you from God His hate may appear by the continuance of it He visiteth the wickedness of the Fathers upon the Children in the third and fourth generation Seeing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children 2. By with-holding good things from them I will hide my face from them I will take away the hedge of my Vineyard I will not feed you I will be to Ephraim as a Moth. 3. By the severe punishment of Offenders from time to time Who gave Iacob for a spoyl and Israel to the Robbers Did not the Lord because we have sinned against him For sin God drove our first Parents out of Paradise The Angels from Heaven Sodom and Gomorrah was consumed by fire The whole World by Deluge God drowned Pharaoh and the Egyptians Destroyed Korah Dathan and Abiram The two Sons of Aaron and of Heli. Ananias and Saphira Ierusalem his own City and o● 600000. which went out of Egypt only two came into the Land of promise Because God heareth not the prayers of the wicked When they stretch out their hands he will hide his eyes from them and though they make many prayers he