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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45630	Horæ consecratæ, or, Spiritual pastime. concerning divine meditations upon the great mysteries of our faith and salvation : occasional meditations and gratulatory reflexions upon particular providences and deliverances, vouchsafed to the author and his family : also a scripture-catechisme dedicated to the service of his wife and children, and now published, together with other treatises mentioned in the following page for common use / by Sir James Harrington ...	Harrington, James, Sir, 1607-1680.; Harrington, James, Sir, 1607-1680. Meditations upon the creation, man's fall, and redemption by Christ.; Harrington, James, Sir, 1607-1680. Noah's dove.	1682 (1682)	Wing H803E_PARTIAL; Wing H815_PARTIAL; Wing H831_CANCELLED; ESTC R4540	368,029	493

O but sayest thou I am spiritually dead how then can I hear Know poor wretch that thy Saviours Ephata works as powerfully on the Soul as upon the Body Yea the Apostle reciting the prediction of Moses saith not him may you hear But him shall yee hear Even so be it Lord Jesus Christ that so loving me a Lazarus thou maist raise me though a Lazarus and be unto me a Jesus Notwithstanding these saving and comfortable promises me-thinks I feel my Soul still heavy and sorrowfull within me Objecting that these indeed are favourable and sweet expressions but they are too general considering her several defects grievous soars and Ulcers Requiring not only external and powerfull Baths and washings but particular application of Remedies and Medicines She confesseth that from these she is assured of the abilities and sufficiency of her spiritual Physician but she desires to have experience of his skill and to apply his several Medicaments unto her special infirmities Is this thy further request O my Soul Be strong and of a good courage Loe he calls thee Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Again I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance For The whole need not a Physitian but the sick Nay that thou mightest not have the least doubting or fear hearken to the voice of his Prophet seconded and expounded by himself and that in a full Auditory The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me there 's his calling to preach the Gospel to the Poor there 's his Office He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted to preach deliverance unto the Captives and recovery of sight unto the blinde to set at liberty them that are bruised to wit thee O distressed Patient with all thy Diseases Well thou art now even by his own most gracious Call admitted into his presence Be not ashamed but with boldness approach unto his Throne of Grace un●bareing thy soares and discovering all thy spiritual wants That so the two estates in Adam fallen and in Christ risen being compared all may behold with thee a revival from death even that first resurrection spoken of in the Revelations As also the difference and disproportion that is betwixt a Man in grace and a Man in sin And lastly be ravisht in the apprehension of such infinite mercy which administers Plaisters to every soare and in the conclusion works a general cure effecting in a good measure though not in absolute perfection those two great works of mortification and vivication in us For the more accurate perception and meditation of which great works I presume in all humility of Soul to speak Dialogue-wise unto my Saviour and according to my weak ability to describe him answering in and according to his Word That so both my self and others may the better understand how excellently and powerfully a true faith begotten and strengthened by God's Spirit doth apprehend and apply the saving and spiritual promises Doth mortifie our corruptions silence all objections and overcome all kinde of temptations by degrees perfecting holiness in the love and fear of God O Gracious Saviour and skilfull Physician seeing thou calledst me I come although ashamed to come I have brought if not a dead yet a deadly sick Soul unto thee If illumination be the antecedent of faith and faith the eye of the Soul and seeing a symptome of life in how dangerous an estate am I who walk in the vanity of my minde having my understanding darkned being in my own apprehension alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in me because of the blindness of my heart Poor Soul faint not nor despair thou wast once dead but now thou art alive I finde no signes of death but of life in thee A Trunck or senceless Corps perceives not nor complains of its misery as thou dost Neither art thou hopelesly sick for in thee witness these strivings there is the strength of a renued nature to co-act with the work of Grace Take then these receipts out of my Book and apply them I am the true light that lighteth every Man that cometh into the World and am come for Judgment into this World that they which see not might see and they which see might be made blinde I am made unto thee wisdome and will enlighten thy darkness yea if thou criest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord and finde the knowledge of God For I the Lord give wisdome and out of my Mouth cometh knowledge and understanding Again faith is the gift of God O then ask and thou shalt have seek and thou shalt finde knock and the treasury of all good and perfect gifts shall be opened and bestowed upon thee Even the holy Spirit whom thy Heavenly Father will give to them that aske Him The voice of my beloved Thy Mouth is most sweet yea thou art altogether lovely The roof of thy Mouth is like the best Wine that goeth down sweetly causing the Lips of those that are asleep to speak But alass Lord how can I be delighted in these thy gracious promises or take comfort in this cure as long as the tormenting worm of Conscience feeds upon my entrails inditeing bitter things against me and making me to possess the sins of my youth being both my Judge and Accuser O my Patient I confess this thy pain and grief is unsupportable for the Spirit of a Man may sustain his infirmity But a wounded Spirit who can bear Yet for thy comfort know that there is balme in Gilead for all wounds and a Physician there for all Diseases And I even I am he and there is no other God with me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal yea I will restore health unto thee and will heal thee of thy wounds And as for this gnawing Worm which thou complainest of know that it as other infects are generated of a putred matter even thy sin and corruption Yea it is nourisht therewith If then this cause of thy torture be withdrawn the effect will undoubtedly cease For I will forgive thy iniquity and will remember thy sins no more making them though as red as Scarlet to be as white as Snow Through my blood thou hast redemption even the forgivenesses of Sins If the Blood of Bulls and Goats and the Ashes of an Heyfer sprinkling the unclean Sanctified to the purifying of the flesh How much more shall my Blood that through the eternal Spirit offered my self without spot to God purge thy Conscience from dead works O my spiritual healer as thy Word assures me of thy ableness to cure so it also informs me of my uncapableness of cure In the sickness of the Body so

excessive idle and inordinate use of the Down-beds of England of the hot Springs of Bathe of the fresh but wanton Aire of Hide-Park of the cool Baths and Aquaducts of Italy Remember that antient but true Proverb Latet anguis in Herba made good literally and vitiously in the Egyptian Cleopatra whose lusts even her unclean and immoderate indulging of this sense procured her Soul and Bodies destruction O my Soul let this sense fulfill the end for which it was made and become as before hath been observed thy Instrument and diligent Investigator to inquire into the wonders and bounty of God in the Elements other natural things and in all thy enjoyments That in the pleasing and sober exercise of this sense both thy body may be delighted and thou maist be assisted and instructed therefrom to glorify thy great and good God in all his mercies and attributes and in all thy liberal fruitions so shalt thou be like the blessed Angels who by their spiritual sense beholding and apprehending God in all his works are thereby inlarged and unwearied in his praises and be also a Companion with them hereafter in their Heavenly Hallelujahs and Coelestial Glory O Lord my God and Saviour who hath said in thy Word which Word is truth Behold I make all things new fulfill that promisary Word I beseech thee in me renew both my Soul and Body that this sense of senses this universal sense that possesses every part and member may not seem to be alive and yet not alive as being by nature and from my birth taken with and under a dead Palsie of Sin and in danger to be made past feeling through customary offending and the frequent stroaks and sharp launcings of thy Judgments the gnawings and bitings of Conscience and of my dangerous condition Is there no Balme in Gilead Is there no Physician there Lord Jesus thou alone art my Physician thou hast undertaken my Cure thou hast begun it and wilt certainly perfect it For thou art the Author and finisher of my Faith a God of perfection and immutable therefore thy Gifts and Calling are without Repentance O be thou graciously pleased to wash both Soul and Body in that Fountain opened in the House of David for Sin and for Vncleanness even in thy own most precious healing and purifying blood For thy blood O Lord Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin and iniquity and that not only from the guilt as to Gods divine justice But from the filth of sin this my body of death and corrupt Lusts so shall I have a pure tender and feeling Conscience to avoid and eschew all evil and the like Sense of Feeling in my Body shall be so sanctified and regulated by it that neither costly pride nor penurious covetousness lustfull and itching concupiscence wastfull voluptuousness nor deceivable vanity shall vitiate corrupt or disorder it O my Lord since thou hast made a firme Covenant with me in Baptisme even an everlasting Covenant the sure mercies of David and hast contracted thy self to me in the Communion of thy Body and Blood I will now presume to say as thy Spirit hath taught me My Beloved is mine and I am his Kiss me with the kisses of thy Mouth for thy love is better than Wine Bring me into thy Banquetting-house and let thy Banner over me be love Stay me with Flaggons comfort me with Apples for I am sick of love let thy left Hand be under my Head and let thy right hand imbrace me Now I have found thee whom my Soul loveth I will hold thee and will not let thee go O set me as a Seal upon thy Heart as a Seal upon thy Arme so my love in thy strength is as strong as death Many Waters through thy grace shall not nor can quench my love neither can the Floods of Tentations Tribulations and Persecutions for thy sake drown it O let me be in thy Eyes as one that hath found favour so shall this Sense my Touch be spiritualiz'd by thee here and glorified with thee hereafter and be the Hand-maid and assistant to my Soul to distinguish and discover unto her thy bounty and goodness and all other thy excellencies in thy wonderfull works in nature and cease to be as in its unregenerate state a Pander to lust and Sathan For the works of the Flesh are Adultery Fornication Vncleanness Lasciviousness and without the new Jerusalem are Dogs and Whoremongers Lord do thou touch me with the Finger of thy sanctifying Spirit and let me lay hold and imbrace thee in the Armes of Faith and love and then this bodily sense shall be so metamorphosed by such a union and communion with thee that it shall be a real augmentation of my happiness and delight in this life and through thy free grace who proportionably rewards thy Saints receive from thee by the holy exercise of it here at the Resurrection an answerable increase of Glory Amen Having through Gods gracious assistance although in much weakness meditated and discoursed of the glorification of the Five Senses I shall conclude with the blessed and excellent use and exercise of the Tongue under which I comprehend the voice and articulate speech at our Resurrection in Glory which although not numbered amongst the Senses yet is not inferiour but transcends them all as being the Souls Orator and Interpreter to the glory of God of what is seen heard tasted smelt or touched by us And therefore it is styled by David His Glory as being that sweet and most melodious Instrument that utters and declares the wonderous works of God to his great praise and honour which is the principal end of our Creation Redemption and Glorification To this member I annex as necessary assistants the Aire Lips Teeth Throat and Lungs And as to the Speech Language or Dialect solely to be used by all the Saints at the Resurrection I humbly conceive it shall be the Primitive Hebrew Tongue as being certainly the Original Language of Adam in the Creation and before his Fall when he gave names to the Creatures according to their natures and in which God spake unto him and therefore is to be restored to us by Christ the second Adam The rise of all other Languages being a curse punishment and an effect of sin in their Original and the confusion at the building of the Tower of Babel Besides this Tongue had the great and special honour to be the Language of the Holy Ghost in the old Testament and in St. Matthew's Gospel and of our blessed Saviour the Eternal Word of God and of the blessed Angels in all their several missions and appearances throughout the Book of God So that in fine this Tongue hath the priviledge and prerogative of all other Languages and may be called the Language of the glorious Trinity Holy Angels and inspired Saints and Prophets yea the Language of Heaven I proceed next to the

World to come If they shall fall away to renew them again unto Repentance seeing they crucifie unto themselves Me the Son of God afresh and put Me to an open shame For the Earth which drinketh in the Rain which cometh often upon it and bringeth forth Herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God But that which beareth Thorns and Briars is rejected and is nigh unto Cursing whose end is to be burned If then ye sin wilfully after that ye have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more Sacrifice for Sin but a certain fearful looking for of Judgment and Fiery indignation which shall devour the Adversaries He that despised Moses Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses Of how much soarer punishment suppose ye shall be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot Me the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the Covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing and hath done despight unto my spirit of grace Wherefore I say unto you that all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto Men. And whosoever speaketh a word against Me the Son of Man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever sinneth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him neither in this World nor in the World to come But beloved I am perswaded better things of you and things that accompany Salvation though I thus speak Pray therefore that you may be kept back from presumptuous sins and that they may not have dominion over you So shall you be innocent from the great transgression My Children forget not my Law but let your hearts keep my Commandements For length of Days and long life and peace shall they add unto you Be not slothfull in business but fervent in Spirit serving the Lord. As Enoch and Noah walked with God and Moses seeing him who is invisible So walk you as Children of the Light and by the same Rule since your fellowship is with the Father and the Son And you are made partakers of the Divine nature and being joyned unto me are one Spirit My Children attend to my words incline your Eares unto my sayings let them not depart from your Eyes keep them in the midest of your hearts These things write I unto you that ye sin not and that your joy may be full And if any of you sin I am your Advocate with the Father and the Propitiation for your sins Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his Seed remaineth in him Have respect therefore to all my Commandements And keep your selves from your Iniquity Repent and turn from all your transgressions with a godly sorrow not to be repented of So iniquity shall not be your ruine Yea let Rivers of Waters run down your Eyes because Men keep not my Law Watch and pray always lest you run into temptation through Me that strengthens you you shall be able to do all things And be more than Conquerors and saved from your Enemies and from the hand of all that hate you Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness nor go in the way of evil Men but rather reprove them Set me always before you And whether you sleep or wake be together with me Lay hold on Eternal Life since the things that are seen are temporal but the things that are not seen are eternal For you know that if your Earthly House of this Tabernacle was dissolved you have a building of God an House not made with Hands Eternal in the Heavens Hate evil thoughts and let not vain thoughts lod within you Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life Yea out of your hearts proceed evil thoughts Murders Adulteries Fornications Thefts False-witness Blasphemies Be not high-minded but fear For God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble Be angry but sin not Let not the Sun go down up on your wrath Let your Conversation be without Covetousness and be content with such things as ye have For I have said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee A meek and quiet Spirit is in the sight of God of much Price Exercise your selves to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards Men. Speak not lies in Hypocrisie not have your understandings darkned nor your Consciences feared with an hot Iron Happy are you if you condemn not your selves in those things which you allow since he that doubteth is condemned For whatsoever is not of faith is sin Have your Hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience And follow after the things which make for peace and things wherewith one may edifie one another It is good neither to eat Flesh nor to drink Wine nor any thing whereby your Brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak Speak evil of no Man Take heed to your ways that you offend not with your Tongues Let not wasting and destruction be in your Paths nor wast your substance among Harlots Wherefore do ye spend Money for that which is not Bread And set your Eyes upon that which is not If riches increase set not your Hearts on them For riches certainly make themselves Wings and flie away as an Eagle towards Heaven Vanity of Vanities all is Vanity Therefore honour the Lord with your substance and with the first-fruits of your increase Cast your Bread upon the Waters for after many Days you shall finde it Give a portion to seven and also to eight He that hath pitty on the poor lendeth unto the Lord And that which ye have given will he repay you again Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness that when ye faile they may receive you into everlasting habitations Give Almes of those things you have and lend looking for nothing again Say not to your Neighbour Go and come again to morrow I will give when you have it by you Nor shut your hands from your poor Brethren Lest I say unto you Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels For I was an hungry and ye gave me no Meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no Drink I was a stranger and ye took me not in Sick and in Prison and ye Visited me not For inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these my poor Members ye did it not to me See then that ye walk circumspectly