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The Parliament of instrvctjons; for, the relief of afflicted, persecuted, and plundered Christians. / Written by H.T. one of the Parliaments soldiers, who hath since lost his life in the service.
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THE PARLIAMENT OF JNSTRVCTJONS FOR The relief of afflicted persecuted and plundered Christians Written by H. T. one of the Parliaments Soldiers who hath since lost his life in the service PSAL. 55. 22. Cast thy Burthen upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee he will not suffer the Righteous to fall for ever LONDON Printed by JANE COE 1645. The Parliament of Instructions for the relief of afflicted persecuted and plundered Christians THe Ship of this Kingdome being now tossed with the Waves and Tempests of a Civill and unnaturall Warre the sharpest and sorest of all Gods Arrowes It is no time for any man like Ionas to lie snorting in the bottome of the Ship but we must all indeavour to use some means for to stop the current of this inundation and overflowing of Gods judgements upon us and as by our many great and crying sins we have provoked God to wrath and indignation against us so by our humiliation prayer and reformation we ought to seek to appease his offended Majestie Which that every perticular man may the better put in execution I have collected these considerations and Meditations following out of the word of God which may serve as directions unto all sorts of people how to behave and dispose of themselves in the most sad and disconsolate times 1 Let a man examine himself whether he be in the estate of grace or not Let us try our faith and repentance if we will not try our selves we shall be tried it is therefore our duty to do it before hand Let us look that we lay a good foundation and build upon the sure and immoveable rock Christ Jesus and then let the flouds of affliction beate Lam. 3 40. Let the Stormes and Tempests of persecution blow never so yet we shall stand firm and sure Mariners you know it s enough for them almost that they know their ships good however they be tossed they know the nature of the Seas I am well imbarqued why so may you in the middest of all your tossings who are right with him say I am in a good vessell I am in Christ here is my Ark let the world rage let what will come I am in Christ I am in a very blessed Ark Math. 3. 26 27 28. Mar. 5. 37. Luk. 8. 28. Rom. 13. 14. 2 We should wean our mindes from the love of the world A thing hanged on a pin is easily heaved off but the things that are glewed or cemented together are hardly surrendred or divided David loved Absalom too much which made him so much lament for the losse of him Excessive love to the world makes the crosse the harder to be indured 2 Sam 18. 33. 3 We should be twice as much exercised in religious duties as in other more peaceable times When Iudas was plotting Christ went to the passeover when Almighty God comes to visit let him finde us well imployed let us be moved with reverence and diligence to use means to save our selves and our families all that belong unto us Mat. 26. 14. Lu. 22. 4. 4 We should labor to keep a good conscience that when we have troubles without we may have peace within For saith Salomon a good conscience is a continuall Feast Acts 24. 16. 1 Cor. 1 3. Gal. 1. 3. 5 We should inure our selves to some hardnesse a delicate person will hardly suffer We should deny our selves something in meat something in apparell Let us abase our selves lest God abase us God threatens a severe curse by the mouth of his Prophet unto those that humble not themselves in times of common calamitie Joel 2. 1. 12. Zeph. 1. 12. 6 Pray and sue and intreat evermore for the favour of God it wil be intolerable to apprehend the wrath of God and the wrath of man both at once God hath promised that if we cal upon him in the time of trouble he wil hear Psa. 50. 15. Jam. 5 13. Jer. 29. 12. 7 Let us make much of the promises they being up wil be as strong waters to keep us from fainting Amongst other precious promises of God in Scripture meditate upon these Texts following Psa. 125. 1 2. They which trust in the Lord shal be as M. Sion which cannot be moved but abideth for ever As the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is about his people from henceforth even for ever 1 Sam â— 9. The Lord will keep the feet of his Saints Prov. 1. 33. Who so hearkneth unto me shall dwell safely and shall be quiet for fear of evill Psal. 91. 4. He will cover thee under his wings and thou shalt be sure under his feathers his Truth shall be thy sword and buckler Psal. 121. 3 4 5. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved he that keepeth thee will not slumber Behold he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep The Lord is thy Keeper the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand Seeing the Lord is our Keeper we need not fear the greatest dangers in the most dangerous times See also Job 11. 18 19. Matth. 10. 39. Chap. 19. 24. Psal. 125. 3. 1 Sam. 2. 20. Deut. 28. 7. Deut. 30. 7. Prov. 21. 18. 8 Get into thy heart sound and experimentall knowledge of the truth as also the love of it It is the truth we are likely to suffer for we cannot suffer for that we do not know much lesse for that we do not love Joh. 17. 3. Tit. 1. 16. Joh. 18. 37. 9 We should labour to incourage and comfort one another in these evill times God hath a Book of remembrance of them that speak often one to another Mal. 3. When men do ask what news we should question with them what shall we do to escape Gods judgments shall we pray and humble our selves shall we fast shall we become new men and binde our selves to God with an everlasting covenant Many good friends oftentimes in the world shake hands at parting therefore when we keep our solemn Assemblies which should be now more often then ordinary we should keep them with the more reverence and devotion for we know not whether we shall make them any more Mal. 3. 17. Luk. 21. 38. Joel 1. 14. Pr. 27. 12. Isa. 45. 20. Ezr. 6. 23. Neh. 8. 30. 1 Pe. 5. 6. When we make our humble repentance unto God we had need do it sincerely indeed it may be our last It is said of certain Hawkes in colder Countries that they are most earnest and eager to take their prey when the day light there is of least continuance Let us not care so much what shall be after us in the World but let us care what will become of us when we are departed in the World to come Hear good counsell saith Austin do that before death which may do thee good when thou art dead When the Church in Hesters time was sold to be destroyed by wicked counsell as we now are Hester and Mordecai and all the Jews they fasted and