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B02255 The godly mans request : or, Choice flowers gathered out of the Holy Scriptures, For the strengthning [sic] and support of weak and fainting souls in these times of trouble. / by I.C. I.C. 1676 (1676) Wing C49A; ESTC R173302 7,745 26

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THE Godly Mans Request LONDON Printed for F. Cole T. Vere J. Wright and J. Clark 1676. THE Godly Mans Request OR Choice Flowers gathered out of the Holy Scriptures for the Strengthning and support of weak and fainting Souls in these times of trouble Psal 9. v. 12. Teach us O Lord to number our days that we may apply our hearts to Wisdome Isa 14. v. 6. A voice said cry and he said what shall I cry all fl●sh is grass v. 8. The grass withereth the flower fadeth but the word of God shall stand for ever The Fift Edition with Additions By I. C. LONDON Printed for F. Cole T. Vere J. Wright and J. Clark 1676. The Godly mans Request Psal 90. v. 12. Teach us O Lord to number our days that we may apply our hearts to Wisdome Isaiah 40. v. 6. A voice said cry and he said what shall I cry all flesh is grass and v. 8. the grass withereth the flower fadeth but the Word of our God shall stand for ever THis Psalm was compiled by Moses as you may seé by the Title at what time the spies returned from the Land of Canaan and God for the murmuring of the people pronounced that all which were above twenty years old should die in the wilderness except Calib and Joshua that encouraged their brethren to go into Canaan now when Moses heard the sentence of death pronounced against himself and all the Jews which came out of Egypt except only two Calib and Joshua that all should die before they came to the land which they sought he prayeth thus for himself and the rest Teach us O Lord to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdome That is séeing we must néeds dye teach us to think of our death that we may die in thy fear to live for ever in thy favour shewing us howthe consideration of our mortality will make us apply our hearts to godliness therefore Moses thinking of his death runneth to Wisdome as a remedy against death which intimates to us that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdome therefore we must come to some schoolmaster which teacheth us like John Baptist what we should do that we may grow in knowledge as we grow in years Teach me to number my days saith Moses that I may apply my heart to Wisdome As a man that hath a set time for his task listens to the Clock and counts his hours so we have a set time to serve God John 9. v. 4. Work while it is day the night cometh when no man can work That is this life is the day wherein we should work what work we have to do the Apostle tells us work out your salvation this is a long task therefore we have néed to number our dayes not to lose a minute least we be benighted before our work be done Teach me O LORD to number my days c. That is that we may still be numbring and counting our dayes and hours and minutes to see how fast we die that every day and hour we may learn something of wisdome unless we think upon death we cannot fashion our selves to a godly life though we were as well instructed as Moses this we find dayly in our selves that the forgetfulness of death makes us apply our hearts unto folly and pleasure and voluptuousness that contrary to his advice work your salvation we work our damnation we are so far from numbring our dayes that we do not number our wéeks nor our months nor our years muchless number our dayes Oh my beloved friends and Christians who shall he present at the reading of this little book my Prayers shall be to the throne of Grace That we may be so taught to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts to Wisdome To pray and fast and watch and hear and do as becometh him which shall shortly give account of his Stewardship with cheerfulness to his Lord and Master and receive that blessed and joyful benediction of love Well done thou good and faithful servant enter into the joy of thy Lord this shall be the reward of those that apply their hearts to wisdome There is no such enemy to Repentance as to think we have time enough hereafter which makes a man say when any good motion cometh into his mind I may stay yet a little longer and defer my Repentance for I am Young in my Youth if I do take a little pleasure why God is a merciful God and he will pardon my sins if I truly repent I may stay yet like the sluggard who turns upon his Bed like a Door upon the Hinges and saith as in Prov. 6. v. 10. Yet a little more sleep a little more slumber I may lye still a while this is not to number our days but to stretch our days to make them séem more then they are and they that do so never apply their hearts to wisdome so you sée what a preservative Moses used against sin and pleasure He kept a Kalendar as it were of his days which called upon him and said be diligent for thou hast but a short time here Five things I note in these words First that Death is the Haven of every man and woman whether they sit in the throne or live in a Cottage at last we must knock at Deaths door as all our fathers have done before us Secondly that man's time is set and his bounds appointed beyond which he cannot pass Thirdly that our dayes are but few as though we were sent into the world but to sée it shewing that it is an easie thing for a man to number his dayes they be so few Fourthly the aptness of man to forget Death as we have often experienced when one man shall say to another do you remember where you are to go to morrow the other shall answer again and say I protest I thought no more of it then of my Dying day and therefore Moses prayeth to the Lord to teach him to number his dayes Fifthly and Lastly that to remember how short a time we have to live we may apply our hearts to that which is good as every one had a day to come into this world so surely they shall have a day to go out of this world When Moses had spoken of some vvhich lived seven hundred years and another that lived eight hundred years and another that lived nine hundred years at last comes in Mortuus est he died Therefore the Apostle saith we have here no abiding City but we look for one to come as our Saviour saith My Kingdome is not of this world so we may say our dwelling is not of this world but the soul soareth upward whence she came and the body stoopeth downward whence it came our tabernacles are made to remove every man is a tenant at will and there is nothing sure in this life but death When Adam and Eve were thrust out of Paradice by reason of their sins God cloathed