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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08277	The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1624 (1624)	STC 18610; ESTC S113324	90,720	456

world if I say Satan inticed me and I did sinne thou hast commanded me to resist Satan and his tentations so that though I plead with Adam that my Heuah my carnall part that thou gauest me did moue me and I did sinne it will be no excuse for mee if I say the world allured or Satan tempted me it booteth me not and therefore Father I cannot but freely confesse against my selfe that I euen I haue sinned and done all these euills against thee against thee O Lord I haue sinned against my selfe and haue deseruedly stirred vp thy displeasure against me and in thy displeasure is death This this O Lord is the gaine that my sinnes haue gotten not onely a dissolution of the soule and body due to all flesh but the death of body and soule due onely to impenitent sinners among whom I euen I acknowledge my selfe worthy to bee numbred without thy mercy For who hath power Lord by his owne corrupt nature to repent By nature Lord I sinne How can I by the same sinfull part repent of that wherein nature it selfe delighteth A fountaine bringeth not forth bitter water and sweet How then Lord can I bring forth true repentance out of a corrupt heart as it is corrupt Yet Lord though my heart bee corrupt by nature being made in part sincere and holy by thy grace it shall so farre forth worke repentance as is thy grace powerfull and effectuall in me So that though sinne by nature dwell in me by thy grace may sanctity also as Esau and Iaakob in Rebeccahs wombe striuing for superiority Therefore good Father as Esau the elder gaue place and became seruant to Iaakob So let sinne which is in me the first borne giue place in mee vnto sanctity And let sanctity haue the sole dominion in my heart then shall my heart bring forth the good fruits of a godly life though while I liue here the weeds of corruption will also grow but Lord let them not ouergrow the good seed of thy spirit but let them wither and die before they grow vp to beare any fruit vnto death But feed me now at the last with the most wholesome fruits of thy spirit and giue me grace to expresse my sorrow for my sins that I haue done with an inward relenting heart grieued that euer I contriued sin in my inward thoughts that euer I acted it or consented vnto it Lord see and behold my sorrow for my sins if it bring not forth sincere repentance water it so with thy mollifying spirit that it may worke in mee that which may testifie that I repent indeed so that sinne may become loathsome vnto me and sanctitie sweet And although while I carrie about me this vnholy lump of earth my best exercises cannot but sauour of the fountaine from whence they flow if of corruption corruptly if of thy spirit heauenly O season therefore my heart O Lord my soule and whole man with thy spirit that whatsoeuer I thinke speake or doe may sauour from aboue that I may feele in my heart and soule a true and liuely detestation of whatsoeuer sauoureth of the loue of this world as the lust of the flesh the lust of the eies and the pride of life Giue me strength to performe all perfect obedience in all righteousnesse euen to the forgetting of sinne And yet to remember my sinnes past and to repent them that thou my louing Father before whose presence I presently stand maiest bee pleased to turne thy louing and fatherly countenance in mercy towards me in the merits and mediation of Christ my Reedeemer Let these mine humble petitions O Lord ascend vp vnto thee and let the infallible tokens of thy mercies appeare towards mee that my heart now cast downe for feare of thy iudgements may bee againe lifted vp feeling the inward testimonies of thy mercies in Christ. To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour praise and glory A Praier for the morning with thankes for rest and safetie O Father mercifull and euermore louing in Iesus Christ who this night past hast beene a powerfull and prouident Watch-man ouer me euen when by the deadnesse of sleepe I was depriued euen of sense care or feare of any danger which yet without thy preseruation and prouidence might suddenly haue seized vpon me and that by infinite meanes For Lord thou knowest what a malicious and watchfull Aduersary we haue who is attended on by a troupe of infernall Ministers that hourely seeke by some meanes to surprize vs Besides the corruption of our owne nature that is alwaies working in vs sinfull thoughts vncleane desires and most vngodly affections mouing vs in our night-wakings in stead of holy meditation and godly praier to purpose the committing of infinite sorts of sinnes when we enter into the day hauing no meanes to preuent the execution of most sinfull actions but by thine owne most gracious working holy feare and godly obedience in our hearts Wherefore louing Father I come this morning into thy holy presence from which I cannot hide mee and vpon the knees of my heart I vnfainedly intreat thee that as it hath pleased thee this night to preserue me and giuing me comfortable rest and sleepe in safetie so thou wilt be pleased to watch ouer mee this day that no danger befall me either in body soule or any thing belonging vnto me But that I may be so led vnder the pauilion of thy protection guided by thy spirit that neither in thought word or deed I may offend thee endeuouring to performe all holy and heauenly duties vnto thee my God who for all thy mercies requirest onely pure and sincere obedience which is also thy gift for none by his owne power can thinke a good thought much lesse Lord worke any thing pleasing vnto thee but the contrary therefore disclaime I all mine owne merit and cleaue onely vnto thy mercy in Iesus Christ Humbly beseeching thee for his sake to take charge of me this day preuent the malicious intentions of Satan and his ministers mortifie mine owne sinfull affections and infuse into my heart all diuine graces that my waies this day may nothing sauour of sinne but of sanctitie And as I haue by thee safely passed this night so I may begin continue and end this day and all the daies of my life in thy faith feare and obedience And that in all mine actions whereunto I am bound by my place and calling I may so walke and so performe them as that thy blessing● may accompany whatsoeuer I endeuour Giue me Lord an vpright heart asking and let me euer receiue counsell from thee to be guided in whatsoeuer I purpose that so prospering the glory may bee thine to whom all power wisdome strength and glory belongeth Amen A Praier to be vsed before a man goes to his rest LOrd as it hath now pleased thee to bring mee in safetie to the end of this day and hast therein by many blessings testified thy fatherly care

whatsoeuer or whosoeuer shall rise vp against me I will neither faint nor feare for thou wilt be my succour thou wilt neither faile me nor forsake me O God of my saluation Amen VERSE 10. Though my Father and my Mother forsake me thou Lord wilt take me vp IT is impossible for man to comprehend the depth of Gods vnsearchable wisdome prouidence and loue towards his children his wisdome in disposing his prouidence in finding out and his loue in bestowing things both spirituall and corporall vpon his children necessary In so much as wée may admire with Saint Paul and say O the déepnesse of the vnsearchable riches of the wisdome prouidence and loue of God towards vs who when father mother friends and meanes faile vs hée taketh charge of vs we are all cast vpon his prouidence and care euen as well before as when we are borne And if then father and mother faile vs or forsake vs he will take vs to himselfe as he tooke vp Moses out of the riuer being cast into it in a basket of réeds in a most desperate danger to be vtterly cast away Did father or mother preserue him Was it not the prouidence of God that saued him Was not Ioseph cast into a pit by his Brethren intending hée should haue there perished Was hee not after sould to Merchants and then as a slaue depriued of the aid or comfort of father mother or friends falsly accused vniustly imprisoned Who tooke him into protection Who tooke care of him was not God alone he that preserued him The prouidence of God ouer-ruleth all things that fall out in the world for hée causeth them all to worke for the best not onely for them that are of age to loue him and to pray vnto him as Dauid did but euen vnto Infants as vnto Moses when he was a childe preseruing him beyond the expectation of his owne Parents It worketh also all troubles crosses and afflictions to the good of his There is none so young nor any so old but God disposeth of them yea when they haue neither father nor mother or friend to helpe them hée then comes and takes them into his own guard and kéeping bée they neuer so base and vile in mans corrupt indgement he can make them honorable be they neuer so abiect and despised either for birth or poore estate he is all one to all he respecteth no degrée Though he dwell in the heauens farre aboue our apprehension yet he beholdeth all his creatures and knoweth them he can sée through the Clouds and behold all the things on earth He is good to all and his mercies are ouer all his workes He vpholdeth all that fall and lifteth vp all that are ready to fall When a man loseth father and mother being left naked and destitute of helpe is it not a great tentation When he knowes not which way or to whom to turne for reléefe What a comfort is it then which the holy spirit hath here recorded of the prouidence and loue of God who hath promised that when we are depriued of all earthly meanes he will be a father and mother vnto vs Children commonly in their young yeeres care for no prouision for food or maintenance but relie onely vpon their parents So the Children of God howsoeuer old they are yet vnable of themselues to prouide things necessary without their heauenly fathers helpe And therefore as the young birds ●ang at the bill of the old for food so doe Gods children depend vpon God for all that they néed and he doth nourish them He is in stead of their naturall father and mother nay fathers and mothers may haue a good desire to prouide for their children but want the meanes but our heauenly father wanteth none To come to preferment nay to bee supplied with things necessary is neither from the East nor from the West saith Dauid nor from the South But God is the Iudge he maketh low and he maketh high What a strange kinde of care then is it in many Parents that setting God as it were aside his prouidence and care and onely study how they may aduance their children to greatnesse after their deaths As if when they can sée them richly prouided for it is sufficient riches lands and reuenues are in stead of father and mother and of Gods prouidence also And yet if these men were not wilfully blinde or rather besotted whether more with the fond loue of their children or foolish desire of vaine-glory I cannot tell they might obserue more poore cast and depending vpon the prouidence of God by religious endeuors to liue more contentedly with their little than many left rich with their plentie and more from meane beginnings to rise to greatnesse than in hereditary greatnesse to gaine glory and continuance Let them then that are in a meane estate wanting father and mother which imply all worldly meanes take comfort and courage in this That God to the faithfull is in stead of al helps and if our naturall fathers that begat vs our naturall mothers that bare vs our friends that professed friendship to vs and the meanes that wée had to sustaine vs faile all let vs not feare for the Lord of heauen and earth and the owner and disposer of all things within the same hath giuen vs a promise to be a father vnto vs if a father he will loue vs if he loue vs he will not see vs want any thing that is fit and necessary for vs. Though then our eies faile vs our féet falter vnder vs our hands be helplesse to vs though our limbs become weake though we hane neither Gold nor Siluer nor food nor raiment nor friend nor helper but our ancient friends and companions to deride vs for our basenesse enemies to rage and raile against vs for our poorenesse let vs not dismay nor fall from our faith and assurance in God he is our father let vs returne vnto him though as Prodigalls he will entertaine vs into his house not as seruants but as sonnes Hée will regard vs as his sonnes prouide for vs as his sonnes and defend vs as his sonnes and in stead of our naturall father he will be our heauenly father hee will bring vs vp and wée shall want nothing that is good though hee séeme here to expose vs to be as Apprentises for a time in the world to learne to beare the Crosse of Christ it is but seuen yéeres be it seuenty hee in the end will make vs frée men of the City new Ierusalem where we shall worke no more in our former trade of life but in stead of all the miseries and troubles wée here endure wee shall haue peace and rest and glory for euermore Therefore in the meane time while we shall liue as the worlds slaues here let vs vndergoe it with patience it is but a little while If we want any thing for soule or body hee willeth vs to tell him and hee will supply it If any wrong vs

or abuse vs to complaine to him and he will redresse it If we bée sicke he knoweth our diseases he is our Physician and knoweth whether life or death be fittest for vs. If we die he will restore vs to life eternall therefore may wée fréely cast our care vpon him for hee careth for vs. Fathers saith Salomon are the glory of their children How much more shall the God of all glory our heauenly Father be a glory to vs his children who hath prouided for vs an inheritance which no man can depriue vs of yea a Kingdome whose glory shall haue no end The remembrance of our futur● enioying it is as a most deepe Sea of comfort in this inferiour Kingdome of crosses It cannot bee fadomed with the line of mans capacity what hee hath promised hee will performe for his children therefore may we stand assured and boldly affirme that though the fathers and mothers of the faithfull doe forsake them that God will take charge of them A Prayer that God will shew himselfe our father in all our troubles and afflictions when all other helpe faileth O Gracious Lord God most mercifull and louing Father from whom proceedeth euery good and perfect gift and who of thine owne will hast begotten vs with the Word of truth shew thy selfe a father vnto mee who am depriued of father and mother from all helpe and comfort in this life beset on all sides with troubles dangers and many afflictions relying only vpon thy prouidence shew thy selfe vnto me a father a powerfull and protecting father as thou diddest vnto Ioseph who being depriued of father and mother hated of his brethren sold as a slaue falsly accused sharply imprisoned hauing none to helpe him or to comfort him forsaken of all his friends yet when all helpe failed thou tookest him into thy protection and directedst him in thy waies he became louing vnto thee as a sonne obedient vnto thee as a seruant he waited on thee as vpon a most faithfull father hee called vpon thee and thou heardest him and gauest him the honour of a sonne euen in this life holinesse and honour testifying vnto him that thou his father hadst a respect vnto his faith constancy and wrongs neuer leauing him nor forsaking him to teach vs O Lord faithfully to depend vpon thy mercy power and prouidence in whatsoeuer danger I was left vnto thee as soone as I was borne and thou like a most louing father tookest me vp hast hitherunto kept me O forsake mee not for if thou my father leaue me and forsake mee who will or can take charge of me I am many waies afflicted and full of sorrow not so much for my troubles as for that I haue sinned and offended thee so louing a God as thou Hast beene vnto me euer vnto this day but now louing Father I seeme destitute of thy fauour of thy releeuing hand I am he ●ily oppressed and what I endure is not hid from thee and thou onely knowest how to releeue me my father my mother and all my friends haue forsaken me Dauid being thus destitute he resorted vnto thee confessing that when his father and his mother forsooke him thou tookest him vp and is thyr fatherly affection dead and discontinued in Dauid No no louing art thou still powerfull art thou still and helpfull art thou still for thy faithfulnesse and thy truth and thy power and thy prouidence are for euer and happy yea most happy is he that hath thee his releeuing and helping father for nothing is wanting to him that is thus cast vpon thee He hath not only the promise but the assurance of thy presence and loue both in this life and the life to come Yet gracious Father among all men it goeth hardest with thine owne children often troubled much abused deeply distressed falsly accused scoffingly derided and many crosses cruell calamities and great afflictions follow them I am enforced to vndergoe the burthen of infinite trialls as if thou hadst not onely not taken mee vp but vtterly cast mee off And were it not that I truly know thee to bee my father in that thou so fatherly yet sharply correctest me I could not but faint but thy grace sustaineth mee and doth inwardly comfort mee else should I vtterly despaire O my father take mee into thy protection leaue me not forsake mee not for I am brought very low and there is none that careth for mee there is none willing to adde any comfort but sorrow vnto my soule there is neither father nor mother neither friend nor helper to commiserate mine estate but thou whom I only trust for thy promises tend to mine encouragement to cast my care vpon thee who hast willed all that are oppressed to come to thee and be eased But Lord what booteth it mee to seeke thee when I cannot finde thee to pray vnto thee when thou seemest to refuse to heare me Haue I so deepely offended thee that neither my repentance can pacifie thee the mediation of thy Sonne reconcile thee nor my faithfull prayers preuaile with thee Is thy mercy come to an end Hast thou no more blessings for thy children O wretch that I am Why doe I thus reason with thee am I able to ouer-rule thee with my words Shall I teach thee what thou shouldest doe No Lord I only bewray mine ignorance by my words which can no further preuaile with thee than thou in thy wisdome and mercy thinkest fit for mee Therefore will I close my lips I will keepe silence and wait both thy pleasure and leisure for thou hast a time to be angry and a time to hee pacified I will rest with patience and commit my selfe vnto thee in obedience and if thou lay a greater burthen vpon mee then yet I beare if thou suffer mee to sinke and to bee cleane ouerwhelmed with more bitter waters than yet I feele I will yet trust in thee though my body perish and all outward helpe faile mee preserue my soule O Lord for thou art the father of it and respectest it farre aboue my carnall par●● yet both make but one body yet may the one prosper when the other may perish But I know that such is thy care of both that rather than thou wilt permit me vtterly to bee confounded thou wilt euen send from Heauen and saue me Be it vnto me euen as thou wilt O God my strength and my saluation VERSE 11. Teach mee thy way O Lord and lead me in a right path because of mine enemies IT is the property of an enemy to bée alwaies prying into the life of him hee hates and to obserue whatsoeuer faults hée doth commit though he himselfe bée quilty of more and to publish and proclaime them to the world to his vttermost disgrace And therefore it behooueth all men especially a man that hath enemies as Dauid had to looke vnto his waies lest by the errors of his life they take aduantage and so make his cause otherwise good séeme the worst