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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12203	The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his owne salvation may be the maine end of all / by the faithfull and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1637 (1637)	STC 22513; ESTC S1655	25,951	96

food such as we must leave vaine and emptie things Will not this therefore make us seek the maine the food that indures to everlasting life and labour to bee in Christ more and more labour to cherish Communion with Christ that Everlasting Bond VVhat is the Sacrament but the Food of our Soules our Everlasting Manna that will continue for ever and make us continue for ever Christ if we have him hee continues for ever and hee makes us continue for ever too And therefore considering that all things else are vaine I beseech you let the consideration of that that hath beene spoken bee as sowre herbes to make the Passeover to make Christ relish the better Oh! Are all things vaine and shall I not labour to have my part in that that shall never die in him that is my Husband for ever and my Lord for ever Shall I not labour to strengthen mine Interest in him that hath all good things in him What if all the earth should fayle If I have Communion with Christ I have all If I marry Christ I have all with him All is my Ioynture if I have Christ once All things are yours if you are Christs If I have Christ what can I want when I receive the Sacrament having Communion with Christ Let this strengthen my desire to come to the Sacrament in this that I have spoken that all other things fayle our communion with Christ is Everlasting Therefore looke to that Christ is the food of the soule all other food the sweetnesse of it is gone within a quarter of an houre The sweetnesse is gone presently and the strength within a day or two of all other food that wee take but this food Christ the food of the Soule Christ offering himselfe unto death and shedding out his bloud and giving his bodie to bee crucified for us This food feedes our soules to everlasting life VVee cherish our Faith in the assurance of the favour of God to everlasting the sweetnesse the strength and the comfort of this food indures for ever And therefore considering that all other things are food that perisheth labour for that that will feed us to everlasting life And then wee shall make a right use of the alteration and change of all things A heathen man can say this Text all that I have set Brethren aside a heathen man could tell you The time is short And the fashion of things passe away Hee sees them and thereupon could inferre the Negative part therfore wee should not be worldly for the Negative part by the light of Nature a man that hath no Religion may bee sound in that and therefore not to care much for earthly things considering that wee must bee gone A Heathen man could speake very sweetly this way as Plutarch and Seneca and the rest what fine speeches had they this way Oh! but the Positive part that is when we see all things here are vaine and fading to know what wee must cleave too that is proper to religion to know Christ the good we have by Christ when we have him we have al he is the of our soules these things are proper to Religion and therefore let us arise from the consideration of the Vanitie of all things to the positive part to interest our selves in that that is better then all things Which if we have we have all and then we shall make a right use of this FINIS A Table of the severall Heads contained in this Booke WE must know Particulars in our journey to Heaven pag. 2 1. Doctrine A very good way to satisfie cases of Conscience in particular is to have in our minde the maine p. 3. Reason why none but a sound Christian can carry himselfe moderatly in the things of this world p. 5. 2. Doctrine Religion meddles with all matters p. 6 Religion is a skill that fits a man for a further end p. 7. Religion guides all to the maine p. 7. Time is short 13. The world is short Our life is short Opportunitie is short Time uncertaine 14 Time irrecoverable p. 15. Time hath three maine parts p. 17. Time past in ill repent ibid. Time present doe good ibid Time to come get into such an estate as is not lyable to time p. 18. Advice to youth to age p. 19. Neglect of time makes us worse than the Divell p. 20. Marriage lawfull p. 21. A liberty to marry p. 24. Who brought in a base esteeme of Marriage p. 25. A danger in Marriage p. 25. Those that have Wives to be as if they had none how understood p. 27. Bonds in Religion above all bonds p. 28. Weeping lawfull p 30 For what wee are bound to weep p. 31. Wee ought to grieve p. 31. Danger in weeping overmuch for crosses p. 32. God takes it vnkindely when wee over-grieve for the losse of worldly comforts ibid. Though our weeping be for sinne there must bee a moderation p. 34 What to doe when we are tempted to overgrieve for any earthly thing p. 35. Ioy lawfull p. 36 Danger in over-joying p. 37. Religion is seene especially in moderating the affections p. 39. Many Christians intemperate in their griefe and joy not having learned to schoole their affections ib. Affections of Christians mixed p. 41 A carnall man is in simples if merry hee is mad ibid. Grace tempers the Affections in a godly man ibid. Buying is lawfull and why 42. Danger in buying 43. Buy so as not to neglect the best possession p. 44. Vsing the world lawfull p. 46. Danger in using the word p. 47 What it is to abuse the world p. 49 Labour to use it as not abusing it ibid. The world is a fashion or a shew p. 51. Things of this life are a shew p. 53 Things in Religion reall p. 56 The world passeth away 61 Reasons why it passeth away 1. Because they were made of nothing p. 63. 2. Because there is a sentence of mutabilitie passed on it p. 64 Not to grieve for the losse of things below p. 65 Learne to bee content with little p. 66. Be moderate in desires p. 67. Prouide for better things after all these things are gone p. 68. The world to low for a Christians thoughts p. 71. Why Christians are excessive in outward things the grounds p. 72. 1. They looke not on them as past ibid. 2 They compare them not with Eternitie p. 74. 3 They forget their better condition p. 74. Reason why men aime not at the maine p. 79. Application to the Sacrament p. 80. How wee ought to labour for things certaine and not fading p. 82. Perlegi hanc Concionem dignamque iudico quae Typis mandetur THO. WEEKES R. P. Ep. Lond. Cap. Domest We must know particulars in our journey to heaven Doct 1. Looking to the maine helps particulars Doct. 2. Religion reacheth to other callings Religion guides all to the maine The five particular directions The time is short 1. Of the World 2 Of our life 2. Of opportunity 1. Time is short 2 Time is uncertain 3. It is irrecoverable 1 Repent the time past in ill 2. For time present do good 3. For time to come get into such a state as is not lyable to time Advice to youth A memorandum to old age Our neglect of time makes us worse than the Divel Marriage lawfull 1 A liberty to marry 2. Danger Those that have wives to be as if they had none how to be understood Bonds in Religion above all other Weeping lawfull Weeping excessive dangerous Excessive griefe argues want of trust in God Moderation in griefe for sin Ioy lawfull Danger in Ioy. Religion in the affections chiefely Affections of Christians mixed Buying lawfull Danger in buying Vsing the world lawfull Danger in vsing the world The world a shew Vse Things of this life shewes Things in religion reall It passeth away 1 Reason because they were made of nothing 2. They are accursed Rom. 8. Vse Not to grieve for the losse of them 2. Vse To be content with little 3. To be moderate in desires 4. To provide for better things The world too low for a Christians thoughte Why Christians are excessive in outward things 1. They looke not upon them as past 2. We compare not with eternitie 3. We forget our better condition Simile The reason why men aime not at the maine Application to the Sacrament