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Divine meditations: or, A honey-comb to refresh weary travellers Being a collection of divine sayings out of the Holy Scriptures of truth. Gathered by G.L.
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Liddell, George.
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Divine Meditations OR A Honey-comb To Refresh Weary Travellers BEING A Collection of Divine Sayings out of the Holy Scriptures of Truth Gathered by G. L. The Second Edition Corrected Psal 19.10 11. Thy Statutes are more to be desired than much fine Gold and sweeter also than Honey from the Honey-comb and in keeping of them there is a great Reward LONDON Printed for Iohn Marshall at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street 1700. Where you may be supplied with most of Dr. Owen's Mr. Mead's and Mr. Bunyan's Work and Effigies Books Newly Printed and Sold by John Marshall at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street GOod Company or Sudden Thoughts on Things past present and to come Price 2 d. A Funeral Sermon Preached at the Merchants Lecture at Pinners-Hall Broad-street upon the Death of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Gouge who Deceased Jan. 8. 1699. By John Nesbitt Price 6 d. The Young Man's Remembrancer and Youth's Best Choice in Two Anniversary Discourses By M. M. Price bound 1 s. An Elegiack Essay on the Pious Memory of Mr. Matthew Mead Minister at Stepney c. also most of his Works and his Effigies Engraved c. The Regular Architect or The general Rule of the Five Orders with a New Addition by John Leake for the Benefit of Free Masons Carpenters Joiners Carvers Painters Bricklayers and Plaisterers in general for all Ingenious Persons in the Art of Building The Art of Defence in which the Guards Passes Enclosures and Disarms are Represented by proper Figures The Pens Dexterity or Mr. Rich's Short-hand Improved or the Readiest Way to attain the Art of Short-writing as also Mr. Rich's Testament and Psalms in the same Character England's Golden Treasure or The Compleat Miner or A Discovery of Rich Mines laying on of Hands proved a Gospel Ordinance The Bands of Love and Peace or The Duties of Christians one to another together with their Duty to their Pastor or Minister and his Duty to them A Honey-comb c. CHAP. I. 1 O That great and glorious Work of God in Conversion of a Sinner Angels and Saints Rejoices to have the number of their Heavenly Company increase 2 The Enjoyment of God experimentally is the Life of all our Joys whatever our Condition be that 's our good Chear and Welfare 3 For no less will satisfie a Gracious Heart than that either God may be with him on Earth or he may be with God in Heaven 4 O then let us Labour to see and enjoy God in all things and all things in God! 5 It 's no Sin to show our Righteousness but it 's a Sin to have nothing but a show of Righteousness 6 Though God hath promised to give to them that ask him yet many ask and miss because they ask amiss 7 Wicked Men are Dead while they Live but the Godly Live while they are Dead 8 The Tie of the Covenant is sure where Christ is the Surety of the Covenant 9 They who Glory in their shame without Repentance will be ashamed of their Glory hereafter 10 To be very Great and very Good is a very great Goodness 11 Men we Try before we Trust but God we may Trust before we Try 12 Nothing engages a Saint to love God so much as this that God loves him so much 13 The Saints shall not be tempted above what they are able or at most not above what God will enable them to 14 The Saints fare better yea are far better for one anothers Prayers 15 If Men did consider that the Milk of the Word is the Food of the Soul they would rather their Bodies be without Soul 's than their Churches without faithful Preachers 16 No Man is more hated of God than the Hypocrite for a counterfeit Religion shall find a real Hell 17 The greatest earthly Pleasures are but Pains in their Loss 18 some Men find the Want of Comforts and some find Comforts in Wants 19 The means of Grace is but a mean thing in Comparison of Grace which is the main thing 20 The great Good and Means which God affords his People here is but little to what he minds to give them hereafter 21 Sathan knows not the Thoughts of a Maâ— Heart for it's God's peculiar Treasure 22 Afflictions are the Touch stone and great Discoverer of Sincerity David 23 It fills the Soul with unspeakable Joy to Remember whilst it suffers the Will of God is a doing 24 Men are not happy in having more Good than others but in doing more Good than others 25 Some go a Fishing with Holiness and when they have their Ends there is an end of their Profession 26 When Religion and Profession goes together it 's hard to say which a Man follows but when separate the true Professor's Mettle is shown 27 It 's not always a Token of God's Love to have one's desires granted for we may ask amiss 28 Sathan nor none of his Instruments can meddle with the Person or the Estates of Men without God's Permission Job 29 It 's the Part of a good Man to Reprove Vice though his Reproof should not be taken in good Part. 30 God may as soon cease to be God as cease to be Good Assoon cease to Live as cease to Love 31 By Reason of our Sins we have Cause to be Sorrowful in the midst of our Prayers but by Reason of God's Mercy we have Reason to Rejoice in the midst of our Sorrow 32 Carnal Men love the God's they make and forsakes the God that made them 33 It 's a Christian's Comfort though he have a fearful and unruly Heart yet he hath a faithful God to flee to to rule it 34 They that have no true Grace in their Life can have no true Peace in their Death 35 The things of this Life have not the Promise of Godliness but Godliness hath the Promise of the things of this Life 36 What we are afraid to do before Men we should be afraid to think before God 37 Riches Honours and Pleasures cannot give one Christ but Christ can give one Riches Honours and Pleasures 38 Death hath nothing Terrible in it but what our Lives hath made so by Sin 39 They who have no Trâ—asures in Heaven cannot but be enraged when the Hope of their Gain is gone on Earth 40 A Christian that has his Faith awake cannot Sin without a Check in his Conscience 41 There is more of the Power of God seen in bringing us into the World than in bringing us out of any Trouble in the World 42 The Study of the Vanity of the Creatures is of an excellent use to bring us to the Knowledge of the Creator 43 Wicked Men thrive often but seldom blessed their Prosperity proves often their Curse 44 Men may put their Riches in the Grave with them but their Riches cannot keep them one Moment out of it 45 The Favour of God goes out for nothing in Man but the Wrath of God goes out for some Rebellion in Man 46 A Saint does not only look for Heaven
Gates of Hell cannot prevail against 7 God's Thoughts is and has been Thoughts of Peace to his own from all Eternity and in sending the only Begotten Son of his Bosom to to work out the Work of our Redemption 8 O how Delightful are those spiritual and eternal Imbraces which Saints have and shall have in the Arms of God's Everlasting Love 9 It 's a Joy next unto the Joys of Heaven for one to know that he 's within the Covenant of Grace Devils and Men may sooner pull the Sun out of the Firmament at Noon-day than him from his God for he is kept by his Power to Salvation 10 It 's to be afraid that those that Loves not the Company of Saints on Earth shall not be admitted to their Company in Heaven 11 A Saint will part with any thing for Christ but will not part with him for all things 12 When our Affections and Conversations are in Heaven we enjoy Heaven upon Earth 13 Nothing Disgraces a Man so much as Sin and nothing Honors him so much as Grace 14 They that think as Hypocrites do to deceive God will find they deceive themselves at the last 15 Let Christians do their Best in drawing near unto God and let the Devil and the World do their Worst no matter 16 A gracious Heart desires not only to Walk holily but also so wholly with God 17 He that 's Prayerful before Mercy is received it 's a Token he shall be Praiseful when received 18 A Saint's Care is to keep himself in God's Way yet he leaves the Care of himself and his Ways to God 19 Believers are all for Christ and Christ is all for Believers 20 Means without God can do nothing but God without means can do any thing 21 Some Men make their Lusts their Gods on Earth but they 'll be their Devils in Hell without Repentance 22 He is not so much a Fool that hath no Wit to use as he that abuses the Wit he hath by playing the Fool. 23 Christ's Voice is Sweet to Saints and their Voices is Sweet to him 24 Our Sins delivered Christ to Death for us and his Death delivers us from Sin 25 Faith is like the Neck Knits the Head and the Body together in time of Persecution That 's Christ and a Believer 26 The holiest Christians hath some Stains and evitable Failings which does not deface nor disessence them 27 The great Love that Christ had to us from Eternity made him not mind the Wounds of the Cross for his Delight was and is with the Sons of Men. 28 All the World is but a Wilderness in Comparison of the Church of God which is as a Garden inclosed full of Flowers and Fruits 29 The Excellency of God and the Sweetness of his Ways are the Ways and Joys of the dear Saints 30 The more Spiritual and Temporal Blessings we receive the more Thanks and Service God's looks for at our Hands 31 If thou thinks God be better to others nor thee yet since he is better to thee nor thou deserves thou has no Cause to complain 32 It 's a greater Virtue to forgive one an Injury than to do many Courtesies for it goes harder against Nature and many will do for their Friends but will not suffer for them 33 Corn Wine and Oyl is the Worldlings Happiness and when they are at an End their Happiness is Eat up 34 Let none despair for the Depths of our Miseries are far from the Depths of God's Mercies 35 The glorious Sun has its Morning of Resurrection how much more the Sons of Glory 36 That Man 's full of Grace who is composed in Word and Thought under Affliction and to be Good and Patient when we suffer Evil is the height of Goodness 37 It 's a Woful Thing to put off Repentance and a good Life till a Death Bed and Pained Body for then there is enough ado with it self to disquiet the Mind 38 Yet wicked Men thinks Death is an end to all their Troubles when indeed it only begins 39 That Man is never thankful to God who is unthankful to or for the Means of Grace 40 Great is the Affection of a Convert to a Minister who hath been the Means of his Conversion 41 Our Love to God is best known by our Respect to his Ambassadors and Love to the Brethren 42 Some Friends are like the Swallow to come and sit and sing with us in the Summer of Prosperity but when the Winter of Affliction comes they seek for a hotter Climate 43 A good suitable End is the Grace and Beauty of all our Undertakings 44 If God give thee Grace there 's presently a Chain leading thee to Triumph and Glory to all Eternity which I am perswaded Devils and Men cannot Break. Rom. 8. 45 The Inward Peace which Saints feel is not in Freedom from Trouble but in Freeness with God in the midst of Troubles 46 A Fool 's Heart is in his Tongue but a Wise Man's Tongue is in his Heart 47 They who are most full of Faith have most Experience of God's Faithfulness to them 48 As there is a Vanity lyes hid in the best worldly Good so there is a Blessing lyes hid in the worst worldly Evil to his own 49 God usually brings sudden Destruction upon Surfeiting and Drunkenness Palate-pleasers and Belly-Gods as on the old World on Sodom and Job's Children and Belshazar and Nabal 50 Oh it 's much more glorious to serve God who made the World and will Crown his Servants with Glory than your slavish Lusts which will bring Torment in the End 51 A faithful Christian can Trust and Rejoice in his God when all Worldly Things not only crosses him but flies in his Face to destroy him Moses at the Red Sea Daniel in the Den David at Zilphag 52 Christ was made like unto us Sin excepted that he might be tempted and he permits us to be tempted that we may fly unto be like unto him 53 Heaven is the only place of Joy and Rest Hell is the only place of Sorrow and Torment on Earth we have weary Toil by Sin 54 He that 's tender of his Conscience will not be Prodigal of his Credit for a good Conscience cheers his Heart and Countenance 55 Worldly Men are Demetrius-like crying great is the Goddess Diana whom Asia and all the World worshipped and brings us all our Gain 56 We should fear none but God and be afraid of nothing but Sin But blessed is he that feareth him always 57 Ministers may teach us as a Prophet but it 's God only that teacheth us only to Profit 58 The Tongue blessing God without the Heart is like a tinkling Symbol and sounding Brass but both together is delightful to Heaven and Earth 59 When there is no Doctrine in a Man's Life it 's a Token there 's but little Life in his Doctrine 60 A Christian should be Watchful to and in Prayer seeing his Enemy watched him where and when he prays