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A04961
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Spirituall almes a treatise wherein is set forth the necessity, the enforcements, and directions of the duty of exhortation.
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A. L., fl. 1625.
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STC 15103; ESTC S105957
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fearelesse but vsefull as the rod of Moses was to worke wonders for our guidance and safety in the midst of all our spirituall enemies Å¿ Deut. 33. 29. who shall be all found liars vnto vs and we shall treade vpon their high places t Mat. 14. 30. 31. Yea but as soone as thou pitchest thy conceit on the Law for direction in all things indifferent thou beginnest to sinke in the depth thereof as t Mat. 14. 30. 31. Peter did in the sea and thou art at such an amazement with u 2 Chr. 20. 12. King Iehoshaphat that thou knowest not what to doe Yes being Gods childe thou hast receiued the spirit of adoption whereby thou canst cry Abba Father let thine eyes then be vpon Christ as Iehoshaphats were vpon God and cry with Peter Lord saue mee cry with Dauid w Psal 119 18. 19 20. Lord open thou mine eyes that I may see wondrous things out of thy Law I am a stranger vpon earth hide not thy commandements from me O let me not wander from thy Commandements Thou canst not bee so ready to looke and cry vnto him as he is ready to leade and saue thee it is but x Mat. 7. 7. aske and hâ—ue seeke and finde y Esa 45. 22. looke vnto him and bee saued For z Deut. 4. 7. what nation is so great that hath God so nigh vnto them as the Lord our GOD is in all things that wee call vpon him for Call yea a Esa 65. 24. before we call hee will answere and while wee are yet speaking he will heare Yea but thou wouldest haue me shew thee presently that perfect direction of the law in the choise and vse of things indifferent So would b Exo. â—â— 18 19 20. Moses haue God shew him his glory when good man hee asked hee knew not what for hee could not liue see Gods face But answere mee wouldest thou see the full eare while the blade is springing and the stalke growing or can a growing-childe comprehend what belongs to full age Or canst thou bee in thy heauenly Mansion-house whiles thou art in thy earthly Tabernacle Then and there shall wee c 2 Cor. 5. 7. walke by sight but now by faith d 1 Cor. 13. 1â— now wee see through a glasse darkely but then face to face now we know in part but then shall wee know euen as wee are known Such perfect knowledge as it is too wonderfull for vs Pilgrims on earth so it is neither for our owne safety e 2 Cor. 12. lest we should be exalted aboue measure in the abundance of reuelations neither for our Sauiours glory f Verse 9. whose strength is made perfect in weakenesse Be content therefore now with Moses g Exo. 33. 23 to see his backe-parts whose face cannot here bee seene thy Sauiours h Verse 13. 14. presence shall still goe with thee i Esa 59 21. by his spirit and word whereby he will be so gracious as to make k 2 Cor. 12. 9 his grace sufficient for thee Onely humble thy selfe to walke with thy God shew thy willing minde and endeauour to keepe his word and he wil be thy aduocate to pleade for thee that thou hast 1 Ioh. 17. 6. kept his word namely in that euangelicall manner and measure which grace requireth of thee Yea but here is a doubt how thy humble willing indeauour must bee made manifest Herein let no man deceiue himselfe with his faint wishings and sluggish wouldings neuer can such wishers and woulders thriue in the kingdome of heauen which m Mat. 11. 12 suffereth violence and is taken of those that n Luk. 16. 16. presse into it and take it by force Here therefore if euer thou must bee o Iam. 5. 16. feruent in prayer and instant in p 2 Pet. 1. 5. giuing all diligence that aboue q Pro. 4. 7. all gettings thou maiest get wisedome and vnderstanding thou must r Pro. 2. 2. cry for the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding and ply all means as they that Å¿ Verse 3. digge for treasures by continuall t Ios 1. 8. meditation v Iam. 1. 19. Pro. 8. 34. hearing w Reuel 1. 3 Col. 4. 16. reading and x Psal 119. 13. 48. Acts 17. 11. conference of the word that so thou maiest bee y Col. 1. 9. filled with all wisedome and spirituall vnderstanding in applying generall knowledge to particular practises by z Heb. 5. 14. reason of which vse thou maieâ—â— haue thy sences exercised to discerne both good and euill and so a Acts 24. 16. exercise thy selfe to haue alwaies a conscience void of offence toward God toward men Then when the b Psa .. 119. 21. proud that erre from Gods commandements shall bee cursed and c Esa 45. 24. 65. 14. all that be incenced against him shall bee ashamed and howle for vexation of spirit being snared in their owne transgression thou shalt d Pro. 29. 6. sing and reioyce with the righteous and shout for ioy in the e 2 Cor. 1. 12 Pro. 15. 15. testimony of thy conscience as in a continuall feast Yea but by the former meanes applied thy conscience accuseth thee of many sinnes yea of f Gen. 42. 21 sinne many yeares past and of the g Iob 13. 26. sins of thy youth sins h Psal 40. 12 more then the haires of thy head and the more thou lookest into the glasse of Gods law the more thou seest thy sinnes to abound Yet being washed in the bloud of the Lambe were they multiplied to thousands and euery penny debt increased to a pound to a talent the i Heb. 9. 14. 1 Ioh. 1. 7. bloud of Christ who through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God doth purge thy conscience from them all So that they may now serue thee as good remembrancers to magnifie that grace that hath k Rom. 5. 20 ouer-abounded them all but l Rom. 8. 1. condemne thee they cannot being in Christ Iesus and walking after the spirit Yea but as thou walkest thou art still yet erring on the right hand or on the left and how farre so many errors may carry thee thou canst not but feare But Gods promise I say stands for thee that m Esa 30. 21 in all these errings thine eares shall heare a word behinde thee saying This is the way walke yee in it and this shall n Psal 19. 13 keepe thee backe from presumptuous sinnes and thou shalt be innocent from the great transgression Yea but sometimes thou stumblest fouly thou sayest and fallest downe flat Yet o Psal 37. 24 though thou fall thou shalt not vtterly be cast downe for the Lord vpholdeth thee with his hand yea p Deut 33. 27. the euerlasting armes are vnderneath thee to raise thee vp and q Psal 34. 7. 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