sheweth knowledge Psal. 19. 2. Let the Saints bee ioyfull in glory let them sing alowd vpon their beds Psal. 149. 5. Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe Psal. 121. 4. The Lord is my keeper the Lord is my shade on my right hand verse 5. The Sunne shall not smite me by day nor the Moone by night verse 6. The Lord shall preserue mee from all euill he shall preserue my soule verse 7. I will lay me downe in peace and take my rest for thou Lord makest mee dwell in safety Psal. 4. 9. Lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not the sleepe of Death Psal. 13. 3. With thee is the fountaine of life In thy light shall I see light Psal. 36. 9. Thou wilt light my candle and wilt make my darknesse to be light Psal. 18. 28. A Prayer for the Euening GLorious Creator eternall infinite and incomprehensible God whose face obscureth the Sunne and darkeneth the Moone and shadoweth the Starres and dazeleth the eyes of the Cherubims to whom the light it selfe if it be compared is but a darke shadow and the darkenesse is no darkenesse but the darkenesse and light to thee are both alike Enlighten the darkenesse of mine vnderstanding that I wander not in the night of errour and ignorance but continually walke as becommeth the childe of the day in the light of thy truth and the wayes of thy Commandements And though the Sunne hath withdrawne his comfortable light from my bodily eyes yet let the light of thy countenance and the bright beames of thy fauour still shine vpon my soule in the middest of thickest darkenesse and the shadow of death Saue me ô Father of lights from the powers of darkenesse Receiue me into thy gracious tuition and giue thine holy Angels charge to pitch their tents about me that being secured on euery side from all dangers and feare I may quietly rest in thee in whom I liue and moue And whilest my bodily sences are surprized with sleepe keepe my soule still awake that I may be alwayes readie to meete the Bridegroome with my lampe in my hand Let the last trump sound shrill in mine eares to driue away from me the spirit of slumber and carnall securitie O thou the keeper of thine Israel who doest neuer slumber nor sleepe watch ouer me this night Behold into thy hands I commend my soule and bodie and all things else wherewith thou hast blessed me being assured that the thing cannot perish thou vouchsafest to take into thy custodie Grant me I beseech thee safe quiet and comfortable rest voyde of cares feares free from distempers and diseases as also all dangers dreames fancies pollutions and temptations And make it I pray thee as profitable to my soule as it is necessarie to my bodie that it may not onely refresh strengthen my bodie to the better performance of my daily labours and trauels in my calling but also settle and quiet my soule in the remembrance and continuall expectation of that sweete repose and blessed rest which they enioy that die in thee Let my sleepe put mee in minde of my death my bed of my graue my lying downe of my buriall my vncloathing of putting off this tabernacle of flesh my rising againe of my resurrection my apparelling of putting on the Lord Iesu. Like as the night couereth and hideth all things from the eyes of men so let thy mercy couer and hide my sinnes that they neuer come to light either to confound mee in this life or condemne me in the life to come Finally as it is the nature of sleepe to tye the outward senses and make fast and shut vp the organs of my body so let thy grace restraine my inward senses and barre vp all the passages of my soule that the diuell may finde no place to enter into me Close vp the eyes of my minde that they behold not vanitie stop my eares that they heare not follie and my spirituall smell that it let not in the sauour of death Set a watch before my mouth and seale vp the closet of my heart that nothing enter into the one or go out at the other that may defile me Thus keepe me and guard me from my bodily and ghostly enemies this night and as long as I abide in the darke prison of my bodie and when thou deliuerest me out of it by death make me partaker of the glorious inheritance of thy Saints in light in the heauenly Ierusalem which needeth neither Sunne nor Moone nor Starres to shine in it for the glorie of God enlighteneth it and the Lambe is the light thereof To whom with the euerlasting Father and most sacred blessed Spirit be rendred thankes and praise now and for euer Amen The close out of Scripture Remember me ô Lord with the fauour thou bearest thy people ô visite me with thy saluation that I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnesse of thy people and glorie with thine inheritance THE CHRISTIAN Sabbaths or Lords dayes Deuotion Thou who intendest to sanctifie the Christian Sabbath to thy Creator and Redeemer must aduisedly consider that the fourth Commandement which enioyneth this dutie with a speciall Memento hath in it somewhat 1 Ceremoniall not now in force as 1 Keeping the precise seauenth day on which God rested 2 The strict rest according to the rigour of the letter 3 The legall manner of hallowing it by sacrifices and ceremoniall rites 2 Morall now and for euer in force as 1 The dedicating of a certaine day to the true and essentiall worship of God 2 The keeping holy of a seauenth day i.e. one at the least in seauen 3 The hallowing that day of the seauen which God appointeth that was Vnder the Law the seauenth from the Creation Vnder grace now the first day of the weeke See the ensuing Admonition THE ADMONITION for the Sabbath THE ANALYSIS To stirre vp thy selfe to sanctifie the Christian Sabbath meditate vpon 1 GOD 1 The Father his Precepts for it Promises to it 2 The Sonne his resurrection on this day 3 The holy Ghost his comming downe on this day 2 The Apostle's guided by the Spirit Iniunction Practise For the hallowing the Christian Sabbath REmember the Sabbath day to keepe it holy sixe dayes shalt thou labour c. Exodus 2◠8. Yee shall keepe the Sabbath therefore for it is holy vnto you Euery one that despiseth it shall be surely put to death Exodus 31. 14. Ye shall keepe my Sabbath and reuerence my Sanctuarie I am the Lord. Leuit. 26. 2. Hallow my Sabbaths and they shall bee as signes betweene me and you that ye may know that I am the Lord your God Eze. 20. 20. Blessed is the man that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting and keepeth his hands from doing any euill Isaiah 56. 2. If thou turne away thy soote from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on the Holy-day and call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the
to God with confidence 7 The guidance of the spirit 8 An incorruptible inheritance THE TEXTS EXcept a man bee borne againe hee cannot enter into the Kingdome of God Ioh. 3. 3. Except a man be borne of water and the spirit c. verse 5. Ye were darknesse but now yee are light in the Lord. Ephes. 5. 9. The creature shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the Sonnes of God Rom. 5. 21. Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remaineth in him neither can hee sinne because he is borne of God 1 Ioh. 3. 9. Sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you for yee are not vndâ—â— the Law but vnder grace 〈…〉 6. 14. As many as receiued 〈…〉 them he gaue power to 〈…〉 Sonnes of God euen to them that belieue on his name Ioh. 1. 12. Which are borne not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God verse 13. That he might redeeme them that are vnder the Law and that we might receiue the adoption of sonnes Gal. 4. 5. And to the congregation of the first-borne Heb. 12. 23. Of his owne will begat hee vs with the Word of truth that we should bee the first fruits of his creatures Iam. 1. 18. Wee haue receiued the spirit of Adoption whereby wee cry Abba Father Rom 8. 11. As many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God Rom. 8. 14. Blessed bee God the Father of 〈◊〉 Lord Iesus Christ which 〈◊〉 to his abundant mercy 〈◊〉 vs againe vnto a 〈◊〉 â—pe 1 Pet. 1. 3. To an inheritance incorruptible and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you verse 4. The same spirit testifieth to our spirits that we are the children of God Rom 8. 6. If we be children then heires euen the heires of God and coheirs annexed with Christs verse 17. A Hymne for the Natiuity of our Lord consisting of fowre parts 1. God the Fathers 2. Christs 3. The Prophets 4. The Churches Glory be to God on High in earth peace good will to men THe Lord euen the most mighty God hath spoken and called the world from the rising vp of the Sunne to the going downe thereof Ps. 50. 1. Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty verse 2. Saluation is nigh them that feare him that glory may dwell on the earth Psal. 85. 9. Mercy and truth are met together righteousnesse and peace haue kissed each other verse 10. Truth shall flourish on the earth and righteousnesse hath looked downe from heauen ver 11. Thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lipps because God hath blessed thee for euer Psal. 45. 3. Thou hast loued righteousnesse and hated iniquity wherfore God euen thy God hath annointed thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes verse 8. O Lord my God great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done like as be also thy thoughts which are to vs ward yet there is no man that ordereth them vnto thee Psal. 40. 6. If I would declare or speake of them they should be more in number then I am able to expresse verse 7. Sacrifice and meate offerings thou wouldest not haue but mine eares hast thou opened verse 8. Burnt offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required then said I Loe I come verse 9. In the volume of thy booke it is written of me that I should fulfill thy will O my God I am content to doe it yea thy law is in my heart verse 10. I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great congregation Loe I will not refraine my lipps ô Lord and that thou knowest verse 11. I haue not hid thy righteousnesse within my heart my talking hath beene of thy truth and of thy saluation verse 12. I wil preach the lawe whereof the Lord hath said vnto me Thou art my Sonne this day haue I bogotten thee Psal. 2. 7. He shall call me Thou art my Father my God and my strong saluation Psal. 89. 27. And I will make him my first borne higher then the Kings of the earth verse 28. Shew vs thy mercy ô Lord and grant vs thy saluation Psal. 85. 7. Lord saue vs now Lord sende vs now prosperity Through thy tender mercy whereby this day spring from on high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Cant. Zach. The Prayer GRatious Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of God and Sauiour of man the ioy of Angels and dread of diuels the Iewes Messiah the Gentiles starre the hope of the liuing and resurrection of the dead the way to all that come vnto thee the truth to all them that know thee and the life to all them that belieue in thee Make good all thy glorious gratious titles to me Lord protect me Iesu saue me Christ my anointed King rule me my anointed Priest sanctifie me my anointed Prophet reueale vnto mee the secrets of thy Kingdome O Christ whose name is an oyntment powred out annoint me with the oyle of gladnesse this day aboue others This is the day which the Lord hath made I wil reioyce and be glad in it nay I dare take the note higher This is the day in which the Lord was made I will exult and triumph in it Thou which madest all dayes wert this day made of a woman and made vnder the Law From all eternity it was neuer heard that eternity entred into the Kalender of time supreame Maiesty descended into the wombe immensity was comprehended infinity bounded vbiquity inclosed and the Deity incarnated Yet this day it was seene for this day the Word became flesh God became man and to effect this wonderfull mystery a Virgin became a Mother One deepe calleth vpon another one miracle begetteth another The Sunne bringeth forth all other dayes but this day brought thee forth the Sonne of righteousnesse If wee set our voices and instruments and heart-strings to the highest straine of ioy at the birth of great Kings and Princes What ought I to doe this day on which thou the king of heauen wast born vpon the earth At the mariage of great Personages men giue full scope to all manner of expressions of carnall ioy euen oftentimes to the very surfeit of the senses with pleasure How then should I bee rauished with spirituall ioy at this time when heauen and earth the diuine nature and humane were married The contract was in heauen before all times but the marriage was this day consummated in the vndefiled bedde of the Virgin Lord who this day cammest downe to me draw me vp to thee and giue me accesse with more confidence and bouldnesse for now thou art become my brother and ally by bloud The rayes of thy diuine Maiesty will not dazle the eyes of
truth and redeemed mee from my vaine conuersations neuer returne backe to my worldly courses but take another way to my true home in heauen The wise men when they saw thy starre in the aire were exceeding glad I see thy starre in the Scriptures nay I see the bright morning starre in my heart O let my ioy exceede theirs as my knowledge doth The starre still lighted them till they came to the place where thou layest and entered into thy bed-chamber So ô Lord let the light of faith guide me all the way of this life euen till I come to see thee not in a stable on earth strawed with litter and dung but in a pallace in heauen built with Saphyrs and founded vpon pearles not receiuing a present of gold from men but wearing a crowne of gold put vpon thee by thy Father not hauing a quantity of frankinsence or mirrh in thy hand but a golden censor full of sweete odours which are the prayers of Saints Among which I beseech thee offer vp the prayers of mee a sinner that I may bee a Saint after thou hast purged mee from all my fil thynesse in the royall bath of thy blood Amen THE FEAST OF OVR LORD'S RESVRRECTION OR Easter-dayes Deuotion The ground of this Feast In the old Testamēt Prophecies Types In the new the History of our Lords rising from the dead PARALELL Prophecie Thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell or graue nor suffer thine holy One to see corruption Psal. 16. 11. He spake of the Resurrection of Christ that his soule should not be left in graue neither his flesh see corruption Acts 2. 31. Historie The Angel said to the women Feare yee not for I know that yee seeke Iesus that was crucified Mat. 28. 5. He is not here for he is risen as hee said come see the place where the Lord lay verse 6. Thy dead men shall liue with my body shall they rise Awake sing yee that dwell in dust for thy dew is the dew of herbs and the earth shall cast out her dead Isa. 26. 19. And the graus did open thēselues and many bodies of the Saints which slept arose Mat. 27 52. And came out of their graues after his resurrection went into the holy City and appeared to many v. 53. O death I wil be thy death ô graue I wil bee thy destruction Hos. 13. 14. Christ being raised from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more dominion ouer him Rom. 6. 9. Death is swallowed vp into victorie 1. Cor. 11. 14. O Death where is thy sting O graue where is thy victorie ver 55. Type And the Priest shall shake the sheafe of the first fruites before the Lord that it may be acceptable to you the morrowe after the Sabbath Leu. 23. 11. Accomplishment Now in the end of the Sabboth when the first day of the week began to dawn MARY MAGDALEN came to see the Sepulcher Mat. 28. And behold there was a great Earth-quake for the Angell of the Lord descended from heauen and came and rolled away the stone from the dore and sate vpon it c. ver 2. He is not here for hee is risen c. 6. Christ is risen from the dead the first fruites of them that sleepe 1. Cor. 11. 20. The first fruits is Christ ver 23. And Ionah was in the belly of the Fish three dayes and three nights Ion. 1. 17. The Sonne of man three daies three nights in the heart of the earth Mat. 12. 4. The third day God spake vnto the Fish it cast out Ionah on the drye land Ion 2. 10. Destroy this temple and in three dayes I will reare it vp againe Ioh. 2. 19. Hee spake of the temple of his bodie ver 21. As soone as he was risen from the dead his disciples remembred and belieued the Scriptures and the word which he spake vnto them ver 22. For thine instruction meditate on the Prophecie Types Storie of Christ's resurrection For thy comfort apply to thy selfe the benefit thereof For thy correction examine thy spiritual resurrection from dead workes Quicken Thy faith by the Hymne Thy repentance by the exhortation Thy Zeale and Deuotion by the prayer ensuing An Hymne for Easter day OPen mee the gates of righteousnesse that I may goe into them and giue thankes vnto the Lord. Psal. 119. 19. This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it verse 20. I will thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluation verse 21. Thou wilt shew me the paths of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore Psal. 16. 11. The same stone which the builders refused is become the head Stone in the corner v. 22 This is the Lord 's doing and it is maruellous in our eyes v. 23 This is the day which the Lord hath made wee will reioyce and be glad in it ver 24. Why doe the heathen rage continually and the people imagin a vaine thing Psal. 2. 1. Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure saying Euen I haue set my king vpon Zion mine holy Mountaine verse 5. 6. The Lord vpon thy right hand shall wound euen kings in the day of his wrath Ps. 110. 5. Hee shall iudge among the heathen hee shall fill their places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder heads ouer diuers countries verse 6. He shall drinke of the brooke in the way therefore shall hee lift vp his head verse 7 Be wise now therefore ô yee kings bee learned yee that are iudges of the earth Ps. 2. 10. Serue the Lord with feare and reioyce vnto him with reuerence verse 11. Kisse the sonne least hee bee angry and so ye perish from the right way if his wrath bee kindled yea but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him verse 12. THE ADMONITION for Easter-day THE ANALYSIS Wee must pray and striue for repentāce from dead workes and newnes of life because a 1. It is God's commandement b 2. It is the Saint's practise c 3. It is the euidence of our new-birth d 4. It is the end of our resurrection e 5. It is the end of our redemption f 6. It obtaineth remission of sinnes g 7. It auoideth GOD'S temporall iudgements h 8. It is the onely means to shun eternal death i 9. It maketh vs blessed euen in this life THE TEXTS a CAst off concerning the conuersation in times past that old man which is corrupt through deceaueable lusts Eph. 4. 24. And be renewed in the spirit of your mindes verse 23. And put on the new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse ver 24. b Yee haue put of the old man with his workes Colos. 3 9. And haue put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the Image of him that created him verse 10. c Being borne
anew not of mortall seede but of immortall 1 Pet. 12. 2. As new borne babes desire the sincere milke of the Word that ye may grow thereby 1 Pet. 2. 2. New wine must bee put into new bottells Mat. 9. 17. d As Christ was raised from the dead to the glory of the father So also wee should walke in newnesse of life Rom. 6. 4. e We are deliuered from the Law being dead to it wherewith we were holden that wee should serue in newnesse of spirit Rom. 7. 6. Purge out the old leuen that ye may be a new lumpe 1 Cor. 5. 7 If any man be in Christ let him bee a new creature Old things are passed away behold all things are become new 1 Cor. 5. 17. In Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing nor vncircumcision but a new creature Gal. 6. 15. According to his mercy hee hath saued vs by the washing of the new birth and renewing of the holy Ghost Tit. 3. 5. f Returne and liue Eze. 19. Cease to doe euill learne to do well c. Isa. 1. 16. Though your sinnes were as crimson they shall bee made white as snow verse 18. g Vnlesse yee repent yee shall all likewise perish Luke 12. 3. h Repent and doe the first workes Reu. 2. 5. Repentance vnto life Acts 11. 18. i Blessed is he that hath part in the first resurrection for the second death shall haue no power ouer him Reu. 10. 5. A Prayer for easter-Easter-day GLorious Sonne of righteousnesse who this morning didst preuent the dawning of the day by sending forth the beames of thy glorified body out of the pitâ— of darknesse and A shadow of death shine vpon my soule by the light of thy grace Inlighten my darke apprehension of the misteries of thy resurrection Inflame my cold affections and reuiue my heart euen deaded with pensiue thoughts vpon thy bitter passion O how did the surest ground of faith shake the fastest Anker of hope loosen ' at the earthquake at thy death what smiting together of knees what wringing of hands what knocking of brests what fainting of hearts what hanging downe of heads were there at giuing vp of the Ghost when thy head hung downe on the Crosse with thee the faith with thee the hope with thee the ioy with thee the life of thy dearest Disciples expired What should or could the prisoners of death euer expect when they saw him whom they thought to haue bin their redeemer the Lord of life arrested by death and kept close prisoner in the graue so long O death how sharpe was then thy sting O graue how fearefull was thy seeming victory But blessed bee the angell which remoued the stone and thereby made way that the stone which the builders refused might be preferred to bee the head stone in the corner Blessed be the right hand of thy Father who in raising thee out of the graue raised our hope out of the dust For where is our hope Our hope is euen in thee ô Christ and thy resurrection Thou art the life and the resurrection of all that belieue in thee Death like a Hornet by stinging thee hath lost his sting and now may make a buzzing noise to affright me but can thrust out no sting to hurt mee The graue by thy lying in it is turned to a bedde and a withdrawing roome to retire my selfe a while to put off this ragged flesh and attire my selfe with robes of glory Now I dare insult ouer death and hell since thy triumph ouer them O death where is thy sting O graue where is thy victory O my soule where is all thy comfort If in this life thou art most miserable if thy life bee hid with Christ in God then when Christ which is thy life shall appeare thou shalt also appeare in glory What though I mourne here I shall be comforted What though I fast here I shall bee satisfied What though I am disgraced here I shall bee glorified What though I am here trampled vnder feete I shall there be crowned What though my flesh be eaten with wormes and these wormes turned into dust and that dust blowed by the winde ouer the face of the earth Yet after thou turnedst man to destruction againe thou sayest Come againe yee children of men I know thou my Redeemer liuest and shall stand vp at the last day and I shall see them in my flesh with these eyes and no other Lord establish this beliefe in me beate downe all the forts that naturall reason reareth against it Grant that I may euery day more and more feele as the power of thy birth in my regeneration and of thy death in my mortification so also of thy resurrection in my rising from the death of sinne to the life of Grace Lord thou restoredst life to three men to one in his bed to another on the beare to the third in the graue They who conceiue sinne in their hearts are like him that was dead in his bed they who bring it forth into action are like him that was brought forth dead on his beare but they that continue in sinne and all impurity and putrifie in the custome thereof are like him that was foure dayes dead and stanke in the graue Such a one or worse am I for I haue layen not foure dayes but scores of yeeres in this loathsome graue and am euen deuoured of the worme of conscience Yet Lord this day of thy glorious resurrection say vnto mee as thou didst to him Come forth awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from the dead and I will giue thee light Make this day of thy resurrection from the death of nature the day of my rising from the death of sinne and corruption first to the life of grace and after to the life of glory Amen THE FEAST OF OVR LORD'S ASCENSION OR Holy-Thurs-dayes Deuotion The ground of this Feast In the old TestameÌ„t Prophecies Types In the new the History of our Sauiours going in triumph into Heauen PARALELL Prophecie Thou hast ascended vp on high thou hast ledde captiuity captiue Psalm 68. 18. Historie And when he had spokeÌ„ these things while they beheld him hee was taken vp Act. 1. 9. Hee rodde vpon the Cheâ—ubims did flye yea he did flye vpon the wings of the wind Psa. 18. 10. For a Clowd tooke him out of their sight Act. 1. 9. Sit thou on my right hand Psalm 110. 1. Hee was caried vp into heauen and he sate on the right hand of God Mar. 16. 19. Type Eliah was taken vp with a fierie Charet 2. King 2. 11. Accomplishment While hee blessed them he was parted from them and caried vp into heauen Luke 24. 51. For thine instruction meditate vpon Prophecie Types Storie of Christ's Ascension For thy comfort apply the benefit thereof to thy selfe For thy correction examine thy desires and affections check thy earthlinesse and worldlinesse Thy faith and ioy by the Psalme Thy loue and hope by the exhortation Thy Zeale and Deuotion
by the prayer ensuing The Hymne for Ascension-day Wherein all parts of Christ his glorious returne in tryumph into heauen are prophetically expressed as 1 His lifting a vp himself from the earth 2 The cloudes receiuing b and carrying him 3 The Angels c meeting him 4 The heauens d opening to him 5 God the Father's enthronizing him into his euerlasting kingdome GOD is gone vp with a merrie noyse and the Lord in the sound of the Trumpe Psal. 47. 5. Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength So will we sing prayse thy power Psal 21. 13. Set vp thy selfe ô God aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue al the earth Ps. 108. 5 b O sing vnto God sing praises vnto his Name magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens or cloudes by his name IAH and reioice before him Psal. 68. 4. In thy Majestie ride prosperously because of truth meeknes and righteousnes and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things Psal. 45. 4. The Chariots of God are twentie thousand euen thousands of Angells the Lord is among them as in Sinai in the holy place Psal. 68. 17. d Lift vp your heads ô yee gates and be yee lift vp yee euerlasting dores and the King of glorie shall come in Psalm 24. 7. Who is the King of glory It is the Lord strong and mightie euen the Lord mighty in battel ver 8. Lift vp your heads ô yee gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting dores and the King of glorie shall come in ver 9. Who is the King of glorie Euen the Lord of Hosts he is the King of glorie ver 10. e I haue set my King vpon my holy hill of Sion Psal. 2. 6. Aske of mee and I will giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession ver 8. The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion bee thou Ruler in the middest among thine enemies Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of Iron and dash them in pieces like a Potters vessell The exhortation for Ascension DAIE Wee ought to set our affections on things aboue 1 Because there is the source of our Soule which is of a heauenly and diuine nature 2 Because there is our Head 3 Because there is the nobler better part of our bodie 4 Because there is our abiding Citie 5 Because there is our mansion house 6 Because there is our hope inheritance 7 Because there are no true ioyes nor durable riches but there GOD created man in his own Image Gen. 1. 27. God formed him of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life Gen. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was Eccles. 12. 7. The spirit-returneth to God that gaue it Ibid. We had fathers of our flesh which corrected vs shall we not be much more in subiection to the Father of spirits and liue Heb. 12. 9. Exceeding great and precious promises are giuen to vs that by these wee might bee partakers of the diuine nature hauing escaped the corruption that is in the world 2 Pet. 1. 4. He was caried vp into heauen and sate at the right hand of God Mat. 16. 19. Whom the heauens must containe Acts 3. 21. I saw the â—eauen opened and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of the Father Acts 7. 56. I goe out of the world to the Father Ioh. 13. 1. Go to my Father Ioh. 15. 10. Our conuersation is in heauen from whence also we look for the Sauiour the Lord Iesus Phil. 3. 20. If ye be risen with Christ seek the things that are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Col. 3. 1. Set your affections on things that are aboue and not on things on the earth ver 3. Yee are come to the generall assembly and Church of the first-borne which are written in heauen and to the spirits of iust men-made perfect Hebrewes 12. 23. Now yee are no more strangers and forreiners but fellow Citizens with the Saints and of the houshould of God Ephesians 2. 19. For here we haue no continuing Citie but wee seeke one to come Heb. 13. 23. For this we groane earnestly desiring to bee clothed with our house 1. Cor. 5. 2. Arise and depart for this is no rest for you Mic. 2. 10. They confessed that they were strangers and sought a Citie whose builder and maker is God Heb. 11. 13. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lusts 1. Pet. 2. 11. I am a stranger and soiournet as all my fathers were Ps. 39. 14. In my Fathers house there are many mansions I goe to prepare a place for you Io. 14. 2. If our hope were in this life onely we were of all men most miserable 1. Cor. To an inheritance incorruptible and vndefiled and that sadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 1. Pet. 1. 4. Lay vp your treasure in heauen c. Mat. 6. 19. Look not on things which are seene but on things which are not seene for the things c. 2. Cor. 4. 18. Vanitie of vanities c Eccles. 1. 2. Whom haue I in heauen but thee c. Psal. 73. 24. The Prayer for Ascension Day GLorious and gratious Redeemer Lord Iesus Christ who humbledst thy selfe didst become obedient to death euen the death of the Crosse and therefore thy Father highly exalted thee aboue the graue in the resurrection aboue the earth in thy Ascention aboue the heauens in thy session at his right hand and then he gaue thee a name aboue al names that at the name of Iaesus euery knee shall bow both of things in heauen and in earth and of things vnder the earth I humbly bow the knees not onely of my body but of my heart and soule vnto thee I neuer heare of thee or remember neuer thinke or speake of thee but with greatest reuerence and loue that heart can conceiue or tongue expresse I admire the mystery of thine incarnation I tremble at the horror of thy passion I adore the power of thy resurrection and I triumph in the glory of thine Ascension My God and my Lord make me wholly thine as thou art mine Thy birth was my life thy life my merit thy death my ransome thy resurrection my deliuery out of the prison of death when thy father layed thee vp for my debt thy Ascension my assurance and takingp ossessioÌ„ of an incorruptible and vndefiled inheritance reserued in the heauens O Sauiour if thou haddest not been born I had neuer been borne anew if thou hadst not dyed for my sins I had dyed in my sins If thou hadst not risen from the dead my soule might haue bin with thee in Paradice but my body should not haue rested in hope neither should I haue euer seene God in my flesh if thou hadst not ascended I might haue bin freed from hell but I should neuer haue
compared vnto her verse 11. Follow after loue and couet spirituall things 1. Cor. 14. 1. Follow peace with all men and holinesse without which no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12. 14. Set your affections on things which are aboue and not on things which are in the earth Col. 3. 2. My soule breaketh out for the very feruent desire that it hath alway to thy iudgements Psal. 119. 26. My soule is a thirst for God euen for the liuing God Psal. 42. 1 2. One thing is needfull Mary hath chosen that good part which shal not be taken away from her Luke 10. 41. From the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto the Kingdome of heauen hath suffered viclence and the violent take it by force Math. 1. 12. Length of dayes is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and glory Prou. 3. 16. Seeke yee first the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all other things shall be added vnto you Mat. 6. 33. Godlinesse is profitable vnto all things hauing promise of the life that now is and that which is to come 1. Tim. 4. 8. If from thence thou seeke the Lord thou shalt finde him Deut. 4. 29. Her wayes are the wayes as pleasure and all her paths are peace Pro. 3. 17. She is a Tree of life to them that lay hold vpon her and happy is euery one that reteineth her verse 18. Your heart shall liue that seeke good Psal. 69. 33. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousnesse for they shall be satisfied Mat. 5. 6. The Kingdome of Heauen is like to a Merchant man that seeketh good pearles Mat. 3. 45. Who hauing found a Pearle of great price went and fold all that he had and bought it verse 46. The Prayer for Tuesday Euening composed of Petitions sutable to the the sufferings of Christ on this day Motiues to seeke after the meanes of our saluation agreeable to the precedent exhortation BLessed Redeemer who trodest the wine-presse of thy father's wrath alone reconcile mee to thy Father and of a child of wrath make mee a child of grace and sonne of desires Thou who trodest the wine-presse alone no Arch-angell or Angel or any creature in heauen or in earth being ioyned with thee in that worke Giue mee a taste of the new wine of thy Gospel to cheere vp and reuiue my drooping spirits and comfort my heauy and sorrowfull heart Thou which camest with thy garments red from Bozra yea as red as bloud Cloath mee with thy red garment died in thine owne bloud Couer my nakednesse deformities wounds and sores from the sight of thy Father Thy garment is no narrow nor scanty garment it is large enough to couer thee and all thine Elect. It is the wedding garment without which none shall euer be admitted into the Kings Supper but bee bound hand and foot and cast into outward darknesse where shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth And this doome we all deserued for wee were borne naked and voide of all good and we lay a long time wallowing in our owne bloud and filth and no eye pittied vs till it pleased thee of meere loue and compassion to take vpon thee a nature of infirmities to cure all the infirmities of our nature and to cloath thy selfe with flesh that thou mightest beare off our blowes and receiue the stroakes of diuine iustice that wee should haue endured and deadded them in thine owne body O what shall I returne vnto thee by way of thankefull acknowledgement of such thy loue I can render thee nothing but that which thou hast giuen me I can render thee nothing that is not thy due before I can render thee nothing but that which thou puttest into my heart to render it to thee Wherefore I huÌ„bly beseech thee by thy grace to enflame my heart with thy loue to incite mee to perpetuall praise thanksgiuing to kindle in me an euerlasting desire to approue my self vnto thee more and more tie thy loue vnto me O let nothing be so precious to me as thy fauour nothing so fearfull as thy displeasure nothing so hatefull as sin nothing so desirable as thy grace Let me not now like a little child run in the dirt soile my cloathes and take many a fal in pursuite of a Butter-fly or a bubble of Sope appearing glorious in the aire but suddenly vanishing to nothing Let mee not be so foolish as to lay the foundation of my happinesse in sinking sands or goe about to chase a vanishing shadow Let me enter into a serious consideration of the vanitie of the world and the deceitfulnesse of riches and shame of pleasures and folly of sports and leuity of honours and danger of greatnesse and account of all Perswade mee by thy Spirit out of thy Word that I haue heere no abiding Citie but seeke for one hereafter That I am a stranger and pilgrim here vpon earth and therefore howsoeuer I haue heretofore mis-spent my time and mis-placed my affections and spilt my labours and lost my selfe in following earthly vanities yet let me now take the right way to true contentment Let all my trauailes be towards heauen all my trade for spiritual merchandise all my labour for the meate that perisheth not all my searching for the pearle of the Gospell all my seeking for the Kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof Let mee desire temporall blessings onely for spirituall ends wealth that I may he rich in good workes preferment to aduance the honour of the Gospell health strength the better to enable mee to doe thee seruice length of dayes that I may praise thee in the Land of the liuing Lord whose life was sought this day to destroy it seeke thou mine to saue it Lord who this day wâ—rt anointed to thy death and buriall anoint me with thy Spirit to eternall life Saue mee from the hands of all mine enemies that I may serue thee without feare in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of my life Guard mee by thy prouidence that securely reposing my soule on thy mercy for my absolution from sinne and my bodie on thy power for deliuerance from all dangers I may so by rest and sleepe refresh and strengthen both that I may rise the next morning more cheerefully to trauaile in the wayes of thy lawes and workes of thy commandements So be it Amen The close out of Scripture Vnto him that is able to doe exceeding aboundantly aboue all that I aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in me be glory in the Church by Christ Iesus throughout all ages world without end Ephes. 3. 20 21. enemies for I fly to thee to helpe me verse 9. Be mercifull vnto mee and blesse mee and shew the light of thy countenance vpon mee and be mercifull vnto me Psal. 67. 1. God is the Lord who hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with cords to the hornes
beleeueth in him should not perish Ioh. 3. 15. The Father hath committed all iudgement to the Sonne that all men should honour the Sonne as the Father Ioh. 5. 23. There is another that beareth witnesse of me and I know that the witnesse he witnesseth of me is true Ioh. 5. 32. The Father who hath sent me himselfe beareth witnesse of me Ioh. 5. 37. The Lord sware and will not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchizedeck Psal. 110. 4. God willing more aboundantly to shew to the heires of promise the immutabilitie of his counsell confirmed it with an oath Heb. 6. 17. That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye we might haue a strong consolation who haue flied for refuge to lay hold vpon the hope set before vs ver 18. Go into all the world he that beleeueth and is baptized shall be saued he that beleeueth not shall be damned Mar. 16. 16. Verily I say vnto you if any man keepe my sayings he shall neuer see death Ioh 8. 51. I am the resurrection and the life he that beleeueth in me though he were dead yet shall he liue Ioh. 11. 25. And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall neuer die v. 26. For their sakes I sanctifie my selfe that they also might be sanctified through the truth Ioh. 17. 19. Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall beleeue in me through their word ver 20. The Spirit it selfe beareth witnesse to our spirits that we are the children of God Rom. 8. 16. He which stablisheth vs with Christ and hath annointed vs 2. Cor. 1. 21. Who hath also sealed vs and giuen the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts ver 22. He that wrought vs for the selfe same thing is God who also hath giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit After that ye beleeued ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise Eph. 1. 13. Which is the earnest of our inheritance vntill the redemption of the purchased possession vnto the praise of his glorie ver 14. He that receiued his testimonie hath set to his seale that God is true Ioh. 3. 33. He receiued the seale of righteousnesse Rom. 4. 11. Grieue not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption Eph. 4. â—0 If ye haue faith and doubt not ye shall not onely do this which is done to the figge-tree but also if ye say to this mountaine Be thou remoued and be thou cast into the sea it shall be done Mat. 21. 21. If I had all faith so that I could remoue mountaines c. 1. Cor. 1â— 2. Thesâ— signes shall follow them that beleeue in my Name they shall cast out diuels they shall speake with new tongues Mar. 16 17. They shall take vp serpents and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sicke and they shall recouer ver 18. Verily verily I say vnto you he that beleeueth on me the workes which I do shall he do also and greater workes then these shall he do Ioh. 14. 12. See Heb. 11 from the 14. verse to the 35. Aboue all take the shield of faith whereby ye shall be able to quench all the fierie darts of the wicked Eph. 6. 16. Your aduersarie the diuell as a roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whom he may deuour 1. Pet. 5. 8. Whom resist stedfast in the faith ver 9. This is the victorie that ouer-commeth the world euen our faith 1. Ioh. 5. 4. Who is he that ouercometh the world He that beleeueth c. ver 5. For ye are the children of God by faith in Iesus Christ Gal. 3. 26. God who knoweth the heart bore them witnesse giuing them the holy Ghost as he did vnto vs Acts 15. 8. And put no difference betweene vs and them purifying their hearts by faith Acts 15. 9. Whosoeuer beleeueth in me shall not be ashamed Rom. 9. 33. Behold I lay in Sion a chiefe corner stone elect and pretious and he that beleeueth on him shall not be confounded 1. Pet. 2. 6. See Isa. 28. 16. Psal. 118. 22. Mat. 21. 42. Acts 4. 12. Iesus seeing his faith said Son be of good cheere thy sinnes be forgiuen thee Mat. 9. 2. Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole ver 21. Behold his soule which is lifted vp in him is not vpright but the Iust shall liue by his faith Heb. 2. 4. And Abraham beleeued in the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousnesse Gen. 15. 6. And by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses Acts 13. 39. The righteousnesse of God without the Law is manifested being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets Rom. 3. 21. Euen the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ to all that beleeue ver 22. Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiation through faith in his bloud ver 25. It is one God which iustifieth circumcision by faith and vncircumcision through faith ver 30. To him that worketh not but beleeueth on him that iustifieth the vngodly his faith is counted for righteousnesse Rom. 4. 5. 6 7. 8. verses Being iustified by faith we haue peace with God Rom. 5. 1. With the heart man beleeueth to righteousnesse Rom 10. 10. Knowing that a man is not iustified by the workes of the law but by the faith of Iesus Christ that 〈…〉 iustified by the faith of Christ and not by the workes of the law Gal. 2. 16. Who are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation 1. Pet. 1. 5. For by grace ye are saued through faith Eph 2. 8. Receiuing the end of our faith the saluation of our soules 1. Pet. 1. 9. I haue finished my course I haue kept the faith 2. Tim. 4. 7. From hence foorth is laide vp for me a crowne of righteousnesse which the Lord the righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day and not to me onely but to all them that loue his comming ver 8. Be faithfull vnto the death and I will giue thee a crowne of life Reuel 2. 10. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him Psal. 2. vlt. Verily I say vnto you whosoeuer heareth my word and beleeueth him that sent me hath euerlasting life shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death to life Ioh. 5. 24. THE PRAYER FOR Friday Euening composed of Petitions sutable to the worke of the day Motiues to faith in Christ agreeable to the precedent exhortation MOst bountifull and mercifull Lord God who this day createdst man and redeemedst him formedst and reformedst him inspiredst him with the breath of life and expiredst and diedst for him vpon the Crosse shew thy selfe a faithfull Creator in preseruing thine owne workes and a faithfull Redeemer in
Ancilla Pietatis OR THE HAND-MAID to Priuate DEVOTION Presenting a Manuell to furnish her with Necessary Principles of Faith Forcible Motiues to a holy life Vsefull Formes of Hymnes and Prayers fitted to The Christian Feasts and Fasts The Weeks of the yeere The daies of the Weeke Christus fide concipitur confessione nascitur deuotione tenetur S. Leo. By Daniel Featly D. Diuinity At London printed for Nicholas Bourne Anno Domini 1626 Then another Angel Re Watch yee in Faith and Hope and A the serpent was lif Io 3.14 Loo y 3 starre Matt 2.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luk 2.11 There apeared 〈…〉 Why stand ye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts â—â—â—… 〈…〉 Mat 28. â—… Deuotion Handmaid 〈…〉 in Christo Patris 〈…〉 Coll. Emman Cantab. TO THE RIGHT Noble and Religious Lady the Dutchesse of Buckingam her GRACE May it please your Grace SAint Ierome in a Funerall Oration strewing flowers vppon the hearst of Fabiola said coÌ„cerning her VVee haue lost a most pretious iewell out of the Church But since your happy departure from the Romish Synagogue and repairing to our true reformed Church wee may say on the contrary in regard of you We haue gained a most pretious Iewell to the Church Such lowlinesse of minde in such height of fortunes such Deuotion in such distractions such constancy in such temptations wee blesse God for in you wee pray God for in others of your Sexe and ranke If to touch vpon your modesty were not to wound it and to relate your continuall practise of Deuotion were not to interrupt it I should speake much of it yet no more then they know to bee most true who are neerest to you when you draw neere to your Father in secret But because it is not the least of your praises that you cannot endure praise and there are many in England not onely in Africa who are bewitched by flattery I will drawe a veile before those eminent parts which my pensill cannot expresse And therfore ceasing farther to blazon your vertues I humblie craue leaue of you to preferre vnto you a seruant to attend you in your closet I meane THE HAND-MAID TO PRIVATE DEVOTION who vpon her knee tenders to your Grace some helpes to your Deuotion together with the Deuotion and prayers of the Author to God for you to crowne you with the blessings of this life and the blessednesse of the life to come Your Graces humbly deuoted DANIEL FEATLY THE PREFACE to the Reader CHRISTIAN READER IN the late dreadfull Visitation when the waies of Sion mourned because none passed by them and the gates of the Sanctuary lamented because almost none entred at them Religion her selfe for the most forbearing the Church and keeping her closet and there finding sufficient employment to complaine of bewaile the danger and desolation of her solemnest assemblies I fell into a serious consideration of the vse and most vrgent necessity of PRIVATE DEVOTION And to the end I might accord with my brethren in their groanes and cries being smitten my selfe with a dangerous though not infectious disease I gaue ouer those waters of strife wherein I had met with the Romish Fisher intangled in his owne Net and sought after the waters of Shiloah that runne softly which at that season farre better relished with me then the other Not that I altered my iudgement touching the studie of controuersies which without all controuersie is not onely most needefull but delightfull also to them that are therein exercised It is an easie taske and almost euery ones labour now a dayes to gather flowers of Paradice and make Posies or Garlands of them for Christ's Spouse But it is not for euery hand to meddle with those thornie difficulties which yet must be carefully handled by them who will make a strong hedge or sure fence for the Lord's Vineyard The more perplexed and intricate the difficulty is the greater is the contentment in beating out the truth in points of no lesse consequence then difference Children are not so much delighted with smiting flints one against the other to see the sparcles as meÌ„ of rational vnderstaÌ„ding discourse by collision of contrary arguments to strike out the fire of diuine Truth And this fire as well as that other which the naturall heate of Deuotion kindleth yeeldeth much warmth to the conscience euen of a dying man Witnesse Oecolampadius whose last words were these Now I goe cheerefully to the tribunall of Christ where it shall appeare that I haue not seduced God's people but haue sincerely taught the truth of God I might instance likewise in Doctor Whitaker's Cygnea Cantio his swanlike song before his death wherein hee warbleâ—h sweetely vpon those at this day most Vexed questions of vniuersall grace and freewill And his contemporary the eye of the other Vniuersity Doctor Reynolds when hee lay on his death bed called for Doctor Abbots after the Lord Bishop of Salisbury Reply to W. Bishop then newly come forth and heard much of it read vnto him with great contentment But being as I said euen now out of tune in my body I listed not nor in that shaking weakenes could hold fast the peggs to streine and tune the iarring strings of câ—ntrouersed opinions in point of Religion That which I then most desired was to settle my thoughts and affections and compose my soule to rest by listening to the sweete songs of Sion set to Dauids well-tuned harpe and runs vpon in exquisite diuision by some of our excellent Asaphs in their pious Treatises Soliloquies Prayers Meditations and Contemplations This heauenly musick so ranished my senses that I found by experience in the twylight betwixt the day of life and night of death that inlightened thoughts affoord nothing like comfort to en flamed affections Now the oyle which feedeth this sacred flame next to the inspired holy Scriptures floweth most abundantly in Treatises of Deuotion In which kinde of writings the Romanists for the most part exceede in bulke but our Diuines in weight The Church of Rome like Leah is more fruitfull but her Deuotions like Leah in this also are bleaâ—e-eyed with superstitioÌ„ But the mother of our faith like Rachel is not altogether so fruitful yet she is more comely and beautiful and I hope wil be also here after as fruitful Verily if euer Priuate Deuotions powring theÌ„selus forth in brinish teares were in season now they are Neuer losses so great to be bewailed neuer iudgements so fearefull to bee auerted neuer hearts so hard to be mollified neuer consciences so fowle to be rinsed by teares as now Nature hath prouided a soueraigne remedy against the sting of the Scorpion in the oyle of the Scorpion When thou feelest the sting it is but bruising the Serpent and rubbing it on the place and the moisture presently of the Serpent killed destroyeth the venome of that Serpent I would to God our soules were as deare to vs as our bodies and that we tooke as much care for remedies against sinne as salues
Man is a worme and the sonne of man is a worme Surely euery man liuing is altogether vanity Psal. 39. 11. All nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him lesse then nothing and vanity Isa. 40. 17. He knoweth our frame hee remembreth that wee are but dust Psal. 103. 14. Man that is borne of a woman hath but few dayes and is full of misery Iob 14. 1. Is not mans life a warfare vpon earth Are not his dayes also as the dayes of an hireling Iob 7. 1. O wretched man that I am who shall deliuer mee from the body of this death Rom. 7. 24. Euery imagination of the thoughts of mans heart are only euill continually Gen. 6. 5. There is no man that sinneth not 1 Kings 8. 46. Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane Iob 14. 4. They are altogether become filthy there is none that doth good no not one Psalme 143. Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sinne did my mother conceiue mee Psal. 51. 5. Who knoweth how oft hee offendeth Cleanse thou me from my secret finnes Psal. 19. 12. If thou Lord shalt marke what is done amisse who may stand Psal. 130. 3. Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing bee iustified Ps. 143. 2. We are al as an vncleane thing and all our righâ—eousnesse is as filthy raggs Isa. 64. 6. Who can say I haue made my heart cleane I am pure from my sinne Pro. 20. 9. For the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne Gal. 3. 22. In many things wee offend all Iames 3. 2. If we say that we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and there is no truth in vs. 1. Iohn 1. 8. Without me ye can do nothing Ioh. 15. 5. Not that we are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues but our sufficiency is of God 2. Cor. 3. 5. The Lord is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him yea all such as call vpon him faithfully Psal. 145. 18. All things whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer beleeuing ye shall receiue Math. 21. 22. Let him aske in faith nothing waâ—ering Iames 1. 6. Thou hast bene pretious in my sight and I haue loued thee Isa. 43. 4. God so loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten Son that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Ioh. 3. 16. As the Father hath loued mee so I haue loued you Ioh. 15. 9. After that the kindnesse and loue of God our Sauiour towards man appeared c. Tit. 3. 4. To him that loued vs and washed vs from our sins in his owne bloud Ren. 1. 5. The Lord the Lord God mercifull and gratious long-suffering abundant in goodnesse truth Exod. 34. 6. The Lord your God is gracious and mercifull and will not turne away his face from you if you returne to him 2. Chro. 30. 9 For thy great mercies sake thou diddest not vtterly consume them nor forsake them for thou art a gracious and mercifull God Nehe. 9. 31. The Lord is mercifull and gracious slow to anger and plentifull in mercy Psal. 103. 8. ver 11. 13. 17. Who is a God like vnto thee that pardâ—neth iniquitie and passeth by the transgressions of the remnant of his heritage hee retaineth not his anger for euer because he delighteth in mercâ—e Micah 7. 18. He will turne againe he will haue compassion vpon vs hee wil subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sinnes into the depths of the sea ver 19. Despisest thou the riches of his goodnesse and forbearance and long-suffering not knowing that the goodnesse of God leadeth to repentance Rom. 2. 4. God is not slacke as some men count slacknesse but is long-suffering to vs ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance 2. Pet. 3. 9. The seed of the woman shall bruise thy head Gen. 3. 15. He forgiueth all thine iniquities and healeth all thy â—iseases Psal. 103. 3. He will not alway chide nor keepeth hee his anger for euer ver 9. His anger endureth but for a moment in his fauour is life weeping may endure for a night but ioy cometh in the morning Psal. 30. 5. They that sow in teares shall reape in ioy Psal. 126. 5. Though your sinnes be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wooll Isa. 1. 18. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with euerlasting kindnesse will I haue mercy on thee saith the Lord thy redeemer Isa. 54. 8. If the wicked will turne from all his sinnes which he hath committed and keep all my statutes and do all that which is lawfull and right he shall surely liue he shall not dâ—o Eze. 18. 21. Haue I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die saith the Lord God not that he should returne from his wayes and liue ver 23. As I liue saith the Lord God I haue no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turne from his way and liue Eze. 33 11. I will betroth thee vnto me foreuer yea I will betroth thee vnto me in righteousnesse in iudgement and in louing kindnesse and in mercie Hos. 2. 19. A bruised reede shall hee not breake and smoking flaxe shall he not quench Math. 12. 20. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are heauie laden and I will giue you rest Math 11. 28. There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Iesus Rom. 8. 1. To him that is able to do exceeding abundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke be glorie c. Ephes. 3. 20. I am God all-sufficient walke before me and bee thou perfect Genes 17. 1. Abraham being fully perswaded that what God had promised he was able to performe Romanes 4. 21. God is able to make all grace abound towards you that you alwayes hauing sufficiencie in all things may abound to euery good worke 2. Cor. 9. 8. The same Lord ouer all is rich vnto all that call vpon him Rom. 10. 12. Thus it becometh vs to fulfill all righteousnesse Math. 3. 15. Which of you conuiâ—ceth mee of sinne Ioh. 18. 46. As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Rom. 5. 19. He hath made him to be sinne for vs who knew no sinne that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him 2. Cor. 5. 21. He was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sinne Heb. 4. 15. Such an high Priest became vs who is holy harmelesse vndefiled separate from sinners Heb. 7. 26. He did no sinne neither was guile found in his mouth 1. Pet. 2. 22. With the Lord is mercy and plenteous redemption Psal. 130. 7. The chastisement of our peace was vpon him Isa. 53. 5.
come then that which is in part shall be abolished 1 Cor. 13. 10. Loue doth neuer fall away though that prophecying be abolished or that tongues cease c. ver 8. I pray that they all may be one as thou O Father art in me and I in thee euen that they may be also one in vs c. Ioh. 17. 21. An Hymne for the Sabbath Euening REturne to thy rest O my soule for the Lord hath dealt graciously with thee Psal. 116. 7. In Gods Word will I reioyce in the Lords Word will I comfort me Psal. 56. 10. The words of the Lord are pure words like as siluer which from the earth is tryed and purified seauen times in the fire Blessed are they that dwell in thine house they will bee alway praysing thee They will goe from strength to strength and to the God of Gods appeareth euery one of them in Sion Psal. 84. 47. I will giue thankes to the Lord in the Congregation from the ground of the heart Psal. 68 26. Vnto thee ô God I will pay my vowes vnto thee will I giue thanks Psal. 56. 12. Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant and teach me thy Statutes Psalme 119. An Euening Prayer for the Sabbath HOly holy holy Lord God Almighty which was which art and which art to come hallow my nature that I may hallow thy Name As thou impartest thy goodnes to me whereby I liue and moue in thee so I beseech thee communicate to mee some measure of thy holinesse that I may liue and moue to thee Let thy Spirit of grace possesse my body and soule that the desires of my minde and thoughts of my heart and words of my lipps may be holinesse vnto thee Sanctifie me that I may glorifie thee And first with ioy and thankfulnesse I acknowledge it a special testimony of thy loue that thou hast giuen me liberty and meanes to keepe a holy Sabbath vnto thee to meete in thy House to offer vp my ioynt-prayers and thanks-giuing with thy holy congregation to confesse my sinnes to professe my faith to lay open my wants to cheere vp my selfe by singing the sweete songs of Sion to heare thy sacred Word read and Preached whereby my faith hath beene strengthened in the misteries of saluation my hope established in the promises of thy Gospell and my life set forward in a setled course of holinesse and righteousnesse whereby the Kingdome of sinne and Satan is beate down and destroyed and the Kingdome of Christ built vp in me By this thy Word the carelesse sinner is admonished the ignorant instructed the presumptuous terrified and the penitent comforted the power of sinne is abated the force of temptations weakned the motions of the spirit quickned grace reuined and my Election assured by these insallible Marks and tokens thereof set before me in holy Scriptures Blessed bee thy Name for it this day thy Word hath dwelt with me richly in all wisedome The dispenser of thy misteries hath scattered many Doctrines like so many pearles among thy people Lord grant that with Mary I keepe these and all thy sayings in my heart and make vse of them in my life and receiue comfort from them at my death And here I would proceed to intreate at thy hands the continuance and increase of thy spiritual and temporall blessings vpon mee but my sinnes lye at the doore of my conscience and affright mee My heart smites mee for my failings in the performance of the duties of thy Sabbath My deuout Meditations haue bin stefled in the wombe that bare them my prayers haue not beene without distractions my hearing without wearisomenesse nor my almes-deeds without grudging Pardon deare Father my want of preparation before I come to thine house of intention and Zeale at thy seruice and want of Meditation and Application of those things which I heard there since I came thence Bury I beseech thee these slips and all other my sins especially of this weeke and day in the night of eternall obliuion Ease me of the burden of them that I may more securely repose my body and soule vpon thy gracious protection to take their naturall refreshing by sleepe whereby I may bee enabled and strengthened to doe thee better seruice the next day in walking carefully diligently conscionably and constantly in the waies of thy commandements and the duties of my calling The close out of Scripture Now the very God of peace sanctify mee throughout and I pray God that my whole spirit and soule and body may bee kept blamelesse vnto the comming of the Lord Iesus Christ Amen THE PRACTICE of Extraordinarie DEVOTION In the Religious obseruation of Christian Feasts as namely our Lords Birth Circumcision Epiphanie Resurrection Ascension Sending downe the Holy Ghost Fasts as namely Ashwednesday Good friday By Daniel Featly Doctor in Diuinity LONDON Printed by G. M. and R. B. for Nicholas Bourne and are to be sold at his shop at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange 1626. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE and Religious Ladie the Countesse of DENBIGH May it please your Honour YOur conference with me about my conference with the Iesuites and your gracious acceptation of the relation and defence thereof left in me such an impression of the Character of your Noble and Religious disposition that I euer since desired the aduantage of some good opportunitie to testifie my dutifull respect to your Honour The truth of God receiueth not onely support but great honour from the patronage and countenance of great Personages and she much glorieth in finding so strong a Champion euen in the weaker sexe Albeit the Sun-beames are alwayes most bright in themselues yet they neuer appeare so glorious to vs as when they fall vpon crystall glasse or pretious stones In like sort Religion and vertue the raies of diuine light in the soule although they shine alwayes brightly in themselues yet they neuer seeme so conspicuous and resplendent as when they receiue some luster from the subiect when Nobilitie of birth and minde concurre when ornaments of bodie and soule meete when eminencie of grace eminency of conditions toyne in one and reflect mutually each on the other And verily if your more then or dinarie fauour and respect to the Ministers of the Gospell and to my selfe in particular had not made this my voluntarie oblation a necessarie obligation to your Ladiship yet your constancie in the truth and loue to Sion and her solemne and sacred assemblies might iustly challenge to your Honour the Dedication of this part of my HAND-MAIDES Taske which is to furnish Christian fastes and feasts with proper MEDITATIONS HYMNES and PRAYERS As our bodie liues to the soule by which it liueth so our soule should liue to God by whom it liueth And no otherwise is the life of the bodie preserued by heate and moisture then the life of the soule is maintained and kept by the heate of diuine loue and radicall moisture of teares bedewing the heart
in the heart onely or sinnes brought forth into act Sinnes in my beliefe or sinnes in my life Sinnes once committed or often repeated Sinnes before or after my calling Sinnes of impiety against thee or sinnes of iniquity against my neighbour or sins of impurity against mine owne flesh for of all these I haue a great loade They are more in number then the haires of my head they are a burden too heauy for me to beare They lie vpon my conscience like so many Talents of lead and would presse mee downe to hell did not thy mercy take hold of the hand of my faith to support me in hope euen aboue hope How should I hope if I thinke vpon thy greatnesse How should I not hope if I think vpon thy goodnesse How should I hope if I weigh my sinnes How should I not hope if I weigh thy merits How should I hope if I consider my actions How should I not hope if I consider thy passions How should I hope if I number my transgressions How should I not hope if I number thy blessings and fauours towards mee How should I hope if I remember how oft I haue refused grace after it hath bin offered to mee How can I but hope if I remember how oft grace hath bin offered mee after I refused it And still hope I wil as long as thou reteinest thy name Iesu which this day thou receiuedst when thou offeredst the first fruits of thy blood for my sin without which thou couldest not haue bin my Iesus For so fowle and festered were my soares that nothing could heale them but a bloody knife But why should this bloody instrument be applyed to thy purest tenderest immaculate flesh made all of Virgins blood There was no superfluity to be pared off in thee no ranke blood to bee let out The superfluous skinne was on me yet the knife is on thee The festered sores were in my body yet the Launce is in thy flesh Thou hast the paine I the ease thou the smart I the cure O wonderfull cure O more wonderfull loue Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings as thou hast ordained so maist thou iustly chalenge praise who in thy infancy madest such an assay of my redemption and tendered the earnest of thy blood for me Not nine dayes old thou sheddest dropps of blood for me farre more precious then so many drops of the richest balsamom to cure my wounds Let all flesh praise thee who healedst it by thy wounds Eternall thankes be giuen to thee for thy circumcision whereby thou hast abolished circumcision it selfe and prouided mee an easier remedy of originall sinne the sacred lauer of regeneration Water now serueth insteede of blood and a gentle rubbing of the flesh for cutting and wounding it By the circumcision of thy flesh thou hast also merited for me the fulfilling of thy fathers promise and condition of his couenant to circumcise the foreskinne of our hearts By this thy razor thou hast fitted the tables of my heart now write thy lawes loue in them By receiuing this seale of the couenant in thy flesh thou hast sealed to me thy care of mee in thy nonage First ô Lord I am euerlastingly to praise thee for taking my flesh vp on thee and next for leauing part of it with mee as a pledg of thy loue thou bearedst for me from thy mothers wombe In thy infancy thou bleddest for me in thy twelfth yere thou arguedst for me in thy youth thou obeyedst for me and in thy ripe perfect age thou sufferedst and dyedst for me To thee therefore as it is my bounden duty I offer the budds of my childe-hood the blossoms of my youth and the fruits of my age As thou betimes didst set to the worke of my redemption and and on those termes acceptedst the name Iesus so let me betimes giue my name to thee and enter into thy seruice Let mee beare thy yoke euen from my youth Lord who this day wert circumcised in the flesh circumcise me in the heart that I may in purity sincerity and vprightnesse of heart walke before thee all the dayes of my life Neither circumcise my heart onely but my eares eyes hands heart and feete that no superfluity of maliciousnesse nor impurity remaine in me Now thou hast renewed the face of the earth renew this day and repaire thy decaied Image in me Thou hast begunne a new yeere beginne in me a new reformation Make me I beseech thee a cleane heart and renew a right spirit within me The yeere like the serpent hath cast off his old skinne and put on a new let mee also cast off my old man and put on the new man and from this day to my old age and death walke in newnesse of life that I may be a fit guest to be admitted into the new heauen where dwelleth righteousnesse and to be entertained at thy table and drinke new wine with thee in thy heauenly Kingdome for euermore Amen THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY OR TWELFE-DAYE'S DEVOTION The ground of this feast Prophecie in the old History in the new Testament of our Lords manifestation to the gentiles PARALELL Prophecie There shall come a starre out of Iacob and a scepter shall rise out of Israel Num. 24. 17. History Lo the starre which they saw in the east went before them till it came to the place where the childe was Mat. 2. 9. When they saw the starre they were exceeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother verse 10. The daughter of Tyre shall bee there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall doe homage before thy face with presents Psal. 45. 12. They fel down and worshipped him Mat. 2. 11. Kings shall bring presents vnto thee Psal. 68 29. The kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts Psal. 72. 10. And opened their treasures and presented to him c. Mat. 2. 11. All thy garments smel of Mirrh Aloes and Cassia Psal. 45. 9. To him shall be giuen of the gould of Arabia c. Psal. 72. 15. Gold and incense Mirrh Mat. 2. 11. For thy instruction meditate on the Prophecy Historie of Christ's manifestatiō For thy comfort apply to thy selfe the benefits thereof For thy correction reprooue thy backwardnesse in comming to Christ and honouring him with thy substance Quicken Thy Charitie by the admonition Thy FAITH by the Psalme Thy Zeale and deuotion by the prayer THE ADMONITION for Twelfe-day THE ANALYSIS We ought freely and liberally to offer to God and his Church because we haue in Scriptures Commandements for it Examples of it Promises vnto it Threats to the cōtrary THE TEXTS TAke from among you an offering to the Lord Whosoeuer is of a willing heart let him bring it an offering of the Lord c. Exod. 35. 5. Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase Prou. 3. 9. Be reconciled to thy brother and then
dry land earth and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas and God saw that it was good v. 10. Then God said Let the earth bud forth the bud of the herbe that seedeth seede the fruitfull tree which beareth fruit according to his kinde which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth and it was so ver 11. And the earth brought forth the bud of the herbe that seedeth seede according to his kind also the tree that beareth fruit which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde and God saw that it was good ver 12. So the Euening and the Morning were the third day ver 13. And I worke Ioh. 5. 17. The worke of Redemption WHo is this that commeth from Edom with red garments from Bozrah He is glorious in his apparell and walketh in his great strength I speake in righteousnesse and am mighty to saue Isa. 63. 1. I haue troden the Wine-presse alone of all people there was none with me for I will tread them in mine anger and tread them vnder foot in my wrath and their bloud shall bee sprinkled vpon my garments and I will staine all my rayment ver 3. And two dayes after followed the Feast of the Passeouer and of vnleauened bread and the high Priests and Scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death Mar. 14. 1. But they said Not on the feast day least there bee a tumult among the people ver 2. And when he was in Bethania in the house of Simon the Leper as he sate at Table there came a woman hauing a box of Ointment of Spikenard very costly and shee brake the Box and powred it on his head ver 3. For thine instruction meditate In the Morning vpon the worke of Creation In the Euening vpon the worke of Redemption For thy comfort apply the Vse of the one Benefit of the other For thy correction reproue thy Abuse of the one Vnthankfulnesse for the other Quicken Thy thankesgiuing by the Hymne Thine obedience by the admonition Thy zeale and deuotion by the prayer ensuing The Hymne for Tuesday-morning SIng vnto the Lord a new song sing cheerefully with a loud voice Psal. 33. 3. For the Word of the Lord is true and all his workes are faithfull ver 4. He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement all the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord ver 5. Hee gathereth the waters of the Sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as in a Treasure-house ver 7. Let the Earth feare the Lord stand in awe of him all yee that dwell in the world ver 8. For hee spake and it was done hee commanded and it stood fast ver 9. He so layed the Foundations that it should not moue at any time Psal. 104. 5. He watereth the hills from aboue the earth is filled with the fruits of his workes ver 3. Hee bringeth forth grasse for the Cattle and greene herbes for the vse of men ver 14. That he may bring food out of the Earth and Wine that maketh glad the heart of man and Oyle to make him a cheerfull countenance and Bread to strengthen mans heart ver 15. The Trees of the Lord also are full of sap euen as the Cedars of Lebanon which hee hath planted ver 16. Hee couereth the Heauens with Clouds and prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to grow vpon the mountaines Psal. 147. 8. Which giueth to the beasts their foode and to the young Rauens that cry ver 9. Praise the Lord vpon earth yee Dragons and all deepes Psal. 148. 7. Mountaines and all Hills fruitfull Trees and all Cedars ver 9. Euery day will I giue thanks vnto the Lord and praise his Name for euer Psal. 145. 2. Thou hast giuen me more ioy of heart then they whose Corn and Wine and Oyle increased Psal. 4. 8. The Admonition for Tuesday morning being an exhortation to godly sorrow THE ANALYSIS We must desire pray for godly sorrow because it is 1 A speciall duty required in the Law Gospel 2 The Saints continuall practise 3 A necessary disposition to make vs capable of the Gospel 4 A Sacrifice well pleasing to God 5 An effect of true conuersion 6 An efficient cause of many diuine vertues 7 An assurance of eternall ioy and comfort 8 The want of it a fearefull signe of a reprobate sense THE TEXTS TVrne ye vnto me with all your heart with fasting weeping and mourning Ioel 2. 12. And rent your hearts and not your garments c. ver 13. And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and mourning and to baldnesse and girding with Sackcloth Isa. 22. 12. Now I reioyce not that yee were made sorry but that yee sorrowed to repentance 2 Cor. 7. 9. For ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receiue damage in nothing Weepe not for me but weepe for your selues Luk. 23. 28. Ye shall weepe and lament c. Io. 16. 20. Howle and lament c. Iames 5. 1. I abhorre my selfe and repent in dust and ashes Iob. 42. 6. I fainted in my mourning I cause my bed euery night to swimme and water my couch with my teares Psal. 6. 6. I will confesse my wickednesse and be sorry for my sin Ps. 38. 18. Hezekiah humbled himselfe for the pride of his heart he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem and therefore the wrath of the Lord came not in the dayes of Hezekiah 2 Cro. 33. 12. And when he was in affliction he besought the Lord his God humbled himselfe greatly before the God of his fathers 2 Cr. 33. 12 And prayed vnto him and was intreated of him ver 13. Now when Ezra had prayed and had confessed weeping and casting himselfe downe before the house of God there assembled vnto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children for the people wept very sore Ezr. 10. 1. And Peter remembred the words which Iesus said vnto him Before the Cocke crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice and he went out and wept bitterly Mat. 26. 75. Come vnto me all ye that are heauy laden and I will ease you Mat. 11. 28. He hath anointed me to preach the Gospell to the poore hee hath sent me to heale the broken hearted Luke 4. 18. The Sacrifice of God is a contrite spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Psal. 51. 17. Put my teares in thy bottle are not these things noted in thy booke Psal. 56. 8. The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping Psal. 6. 8. Tell Hezekiah the Captaine of my people saying I haue heard thy prayer I haue seene thy teares I will heale thee 2 Kings 30. 5. And when they heard these things they were pricked in their hearts and said vnto Peter Men and Brethren what shall we doe Act. 2. 37. Godly sorrow
houlding thy deere purchase O let not thy hate of sinne extinguish thy loue to thy creature Let not any thing that I haue done preiudice thee in the merit of that which thou hast suffered for me My sins deserued eternall wrath of thy Father but thou hast borne it My wonton delights and impure pleasures deserued stripes and wounds but thou hast receiued them My hainous crimes deserued death but thou hast suffered it for me This day my first parent Adam was made a liuing soule and this day thou the second Adam wert made a quickning Spirit This day he sinned in a garden and this day thou sorrowedst in the garden This day he tooke the fruite of the forbidden tree and this day thou wert hung vpon the accursed tree This day he was cast into a dead sleepe and his side opened and his wite Eue formed of his ribbe was flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone this day also thou wert cast into a deadly sleepe and thy side opened and thy Spouse the Catholicke Church brought foorth not by water onely but by water and bloud the water of regeneration and bloud of explation and sanctification This day Adam brought the curse vpon himselfe and all his posterity this day thou prouidedst an euerlasting blessing for thy selfe and all thy members That which he lost thou hast regayned with aduantage that which he did thou hast suffered for that which I owed thou hast discharged on the very day by taking all his and our debts vpon thee and laying downe an al-sufficient price to satisfie for them O giue me an hand of faith to receiue so much of this infinite sum as may discharge my debt and strengthen this my hand that I may hold it fast and tender it to thy Father and receiue from him an absolute and generall acquittance signed with thy blood and sealed with thy Crosse bearing date the very day of thy consummation of all things at thy death If thou bad'st required a greater thing we should haue done it for what will not a man doe for his life How much more when thou â—arest belieue and liue cast your selues vpon me and I will saue you from drowning in euerlasting perdition receiue the price of your ransome and bee freed When thou holdest out the golden Scapter of thy grace if wee will not take hold on it wee deserue double dâ—mnation for refusing so easy a meanes of saluation Adam belieued Eue and Eue the Serpent to her and our ruine why should not I much rather belieue thy Church thy Spouse and thy Spouse thy Word to saluation What should with-hold my faith from apprehending my hope from exâ—ecting the promises of thy Gospell confirmed by so many miracles testâ—fied by the Church in all Ages signed with the blood of so many Martyrs and 〈◊〉 to my soule and conscience by the holy Spirit Doth it shake and stagger my faith that thy workes recorded in holy Scriptures so farre transcend nature and the mysteries of sauing truth soare aboue humane reason But this demonstrateth rather faith to be faith and thee ô God to be true God Faith is not faith if reason comprehend it God cannot be God if nature limit him Am I the more auerse from embracing thy Gospell because it crosseth and checketh my naturall dispositions and in clinations But the cause is most euident thy Law is iust holy and pure but I am wicked prophane and impure The physick is for the most part the better which the patient liketh worst because it exasperateth the paine for the time Haue I the lesse loue and liking to the most holy faith because it restraineth my carnall liberty and abridgeth mee or altogether depriueth mee of worldly comforts and contentments But am I not spirit as welâ— as flesh Haue I not a Law in my minde controlling the Law of my members Is it not much better to sowe vnto the Spirit that I may reape peace ioy and life euerlasting then sowe to the flesh and of the flesh reape nothing but corruption Thy Gospell ô gracious God restraineth my carnall but enlargeth my spirituall liberty it denieth mee sinfull but it promiseth me holy delights and pleasures it moderateth the desire and vse of temporarie comforts and ioyes but assureth mee that my heart shall be filled with eternall Am I ready to be beaten off from my holy profession and beliefe by blowes and strokes persecutions losses imprisonment banishment scorne of the world and disgrace This should make mee hold it the faster for the Gospell foretelleth that these things should befall true bâ—lieuers and it is an honour to mee to beare the â—adge of mâ—â—profession and to drinke with thee my Sauiour in thine owne Cup. It is my profession to be thy Souldier and he is no Souldier that endureth not hardnesse I can expect no crowne without a Conquest no Conquest without a battaile no battaile without blowes and wounds and what are these light and momentary afflictions to an eternall weight of glory Thus doth thâ— Word conquer my reason and yet it will not yeeld I resolue to belieue Lord strengthen my resolution I doe belieue Lord helpe mine vnbelief All things past haue so come to passe as the Oracles of thy truth fore-shewed they should and how then can I doubt of things future reuealed in them The deluge was foretold 120 yeeres before and at the prefixed time it ouerranne the whole world Thy peoples bondage in Aegypt for 400 yeeres and their after deliuery is no otherwise described by Moses then it was in a dreame many Ages before deliuered to Abraham Thou calledst thy Shepheard Cyrus and thine annointed Iosias by name to their functions long before either of them or their forefathers were conceiued The 4 famous Monarchs pictured out in Nebuchadnezzars Image succeeded in their order The Assyrian represented by the golden head the Persian by the siluer armes and shoulders the Grecian by the thighs of brasse and the Romane by the leggs of yron And do we not see at this day the stumpe of that Image and the feete partly yron in the Turkish and partly of clay in the Germane Empire Thy Birth and Death ô Sauiour was fore shadowed in Types and fore-spoken of by Prophets euer since the world began and since thy comming into the flesh and finishing all things at thy death in Ierusalem Not a syllable or one iot of any of thy words haue passed without their accomplishment Ierusalem is destroyed the Temple made euen with the ground and neuer could be built againe The Iewes are dispersed into all nations The Gospell is preached through the whole world the man of sinne is euery day more and more discouered and why should I not then belieue as certainly that the heauens shall passe away shortly with heate and the elements melt with fire and thy signe bee seene in the clowdes and those that are in their graues be awaked with the sound of the last Trumpe and meete thee in the aire
dayes as it were a span long Psal. 39. 6. Wee are but as yesterday our dayes on earth are a shadow Iob 8. 9. What man is hee that liueth and shall not see death Psal 89. 47. All flesh is grasse and the glory of it as the flower 1 Pet 1. 24. As the flower of grasse hee shall passe away Iam. 1. 10. What is our life It is a Vapour that appeareth for a little time and vanisheth away Iam. 4. 14. Man his dayes are determined the number of his months are with thee thou hast appointed him his bounds that hee cannot passe Iob. 14. 5. Lord let me know mine end and the number of my dayes Psal. 39. 5. I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres Isa 38. 5. O teach vs to number our dayes c. Psal. 90. 12. Whether we dye or liue wee are the Lords Rom. 14. 8. The right vse of Fasting consisteth in the 1 Manner that it be sincere not hypocriticall 2 Measure that it be not immoderate 3 Cause or end which must bee either 1 To tame and subdue the flesh such was Paul's fast I beate downe my bodie 2 To testifie our humiliation and sorrow for our sinnes such was Ezra's and the Nineuites fast 3 To quicken zeale and deuotion such was Hanna's fast Luke 2. The abuse of Fast likewise is seene in the 1 Manner if wee abstaine from one kinde of meate and feede daintily on another forbeare one meale and glut our selues another 2 Measure if we continue or fast so long that we much impaire our strength or endanger our health 3 Cause or end 1 If we abstaine from any kind of meat out of an opinion and erroneous scruple of conscience that it is of it selfe vncleane as the Tatians and Encratites did or as being now forbidden vs vnder the Gospell as some Iudaising Christians at this day 2 If we abstaine from all or any kind of meate to merit or satisfie thereby as Papists doe 3 If wee keepe a Fast to colour any vngodly or malicious purpose as Iezebel did The second Table of Fasting The Lord is faithfull who shall keepe you from euill 2 Thes. 3. 3. Commit the keeping of their soules to him who is a faithfull Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. I know whom I haue trusted and I am perswaded that he is able to keepe that which I haue committed vnto him against that day 2 Tim. 1. 12. For this end Christ dyed and rose and reuiued that he might be Lord both of the liuing and the dead Rom. 14. 9. In that hee dyed hee dyed to sinne once but in that hee liueth hee liueth to God Rom. 6. 10. If we be dead with Christ wee belieue that wee shall also liue with him verse 8. I was dead I am aliue and I liue for euer and I haue the keys of death and of hell Reu. 1. 18. I am the resurrection and the life Hee that beleeueth in mee though he were dead yet shall he liue Ioh. 11. 25. Christ hath abolished death and brought life and immortality to light by the Gospell 2 Tim. 1. 10. Death is swallowed vp into victory 1 Cor. 15. 54. O death where is thy sting O graue where is thy victory v. 55. The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the Law verse 56. But thankes bee to God who hath giuen vs victory through our Lord Iesus Christ verse 57. Hee also tooke part of the same that through death hee might destroy him that had the power of death euen the diuell Heb. â— 14. Our friend Lazarus sleepeth Ioh 11. 11. And when hee had thus spoken he fell asleepe Acts 7. 60. And many are fallen asleepe 1 Cor. 11. 10. Which are asleepe in Christ 1 Cor. 15. 18. Christ is risen from the dead the first fruits of them that sleepe verse 20. Christ to me is life and to die is gaine Phil. 1. 21. Whosoeuer loseth his life for my sake shall saue it Mar. 8. 35. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Reu. 14. 13. For they rest from their labours verse 16. There remaineth a rest for the people of God Heb. 4. 9. God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes Reu. 1. 17. They shall hunger no more nor thirst no more neither shall the Sun light on them nor any heate Reu. 7. 16. Hee that is dead is free from sinne Rom. 6. 7. We looke for a new heauen in which dwelleth righteousnesse 2 Pet. 3. 13. And there shall in no wise enter any thing that defileth neither whatsoeuer worketh abomination or maketh a lye Reu. 21. 27. For without shall bee doggs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh a lie Reu. 22. 15. The creature shall be deliuered from bondage Rom. 8. 21. His the tempters place was no more found Reu. 12. 8. Your ioy shall no man take away from you Ioh. 16. 22. Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace according to thy word Luke 2. â—9 I desire to be dissolued and to be with Christ for that is best of all Phil. 1. 23. For we know that if the house of this earthly Tabernacle were dissolued we should haue a building of God an house not made with hands eternall in the heauens 2 Cor. 5. 1. For in this we groane earnestly desiring to be clothed vpon with our house which is from heauen verse 2. We are willing rather to bee absent from the body and present with the Lord v. 7. So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten Son that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Ioh. 3. 16. He that beleeueth on him is not condemned v. 18. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the euidence of things not seene Heb. 11. 1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus Ro. 8. 1. I am perswaded that neither life nor death c. shall be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord v. vlt. We know that wee are passed from death to life because wee oue the brethren 1 Iohn 3. 14. Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for the Sauiour the Lord Iesus Christ Phil. 3. 20. Hope maketh not ashamed Rom. 5. 5. If we hope for that we see not then doe we with patience waite for it Rom. 8. 25. Reioycing in hope Rom. 12. 22 I would not haue you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleepe that ye sorrow not as they which haue no hope 1 Thes. 4. 13. The full assurance of hope vnto the end Heb. 6. 11. Let vs hold fast the profession of our hope vnto the end for he is faithfull that promiseth Heb. 10 23. Which hope we haue as an anchor of the soule both sure and stedfast and which entereth to that within the veile Heb. 6. 19.
cast aliue into a lake of fire burning with brimstone Râ—u 19. 20. Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the diuel and his angels Mat. 25 41. And they haue no rest day nor night Reu. 14 12. And the diuel that deceiued them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and false Prophets are and shall be tormented day and night for euer and euer Reu. 20. 10. How much she hath glorified her selfe and liued deliciously so much torment sorrow giue her Reu. 18. 7. He began to be sorrowfull and very heauy Mat 26. 37. Then sayd he vnto them My soule is exceeding sorrowfull euen vnto death Mat. 26. 38. And being in an agony he praied more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great droppes of bloud falling downe to the ground Luke 22. 44. There stood by the Crosse of Iesus his Mother and his Mother's sister c Ioh. 19. 25. And Iesus cryed with a loud voice saying My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee Mar. 15. v. 34. Pilate released Barabbas and deliuered Iesus vnto them when he had scourged him to be crucified Mar. 15. 15. The Souldiers plotted a crown of thorns and put it on his head Ioh. 19. 2. And hee bearing his crosse went forth into a place called The place of a skull ver 17. Where they crucified him c. ver 18. One of the Souldiers with a speare pierced his side and forthwith came there out water and bloud ver 34. In the daies of his flesh when he had offered vp prayers supplications with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death and was heard in that he feared Heb. 5. 7. Though he were a sonne yet learned hee obedience by the things which he suffered v. 8. Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that wee should follow his steps 1. Pet. 2. 21. There hath no such tentation taken you but such as is common to men 1. Cor. 10. 13. The same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world 1. Pet 5. 9. Satan smote Iob with sore biles from the sole of his foote to the crowne of his head Iob. 2. 7. And he took him a potsheard to scrape him withall and hee sate downe in the ashes ver 8. I haue sinned what shall I do vnto thee ô thou Preseruer of men why hast thou set mee as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to my selfe Iob. 7. 20. Let the day perish wherein I was borne and the night in which it was sayd There is a man-child conceiued Iob. 3. 3. Let that day be darknesse let not God regard it from aboue neither let the light shine vpon it ver 4. seq I am troubled I am bowed downe greatly I goe mourning all the day long Psal. 38. 6. My loynes are filled with a loathsome disease and there is no soundnesse in my bones v. 7. I am feeble and sore-smitten I haue roared by reason of the disquietnes of my heart v. 8. Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee ver 9. See Psal. 6. Psal. 22. Psal. 102. Ps. 30. ps 142. psal 143. I am the man that haue seene affliction by the rod of his wrath Lam. 3. 1. He hath filled me with bitternesse and made me drunke with wormwood ver 15. I think God hath set forth the last Apostles as it were appointed to death for wee are made a spectacle to the world and to Angels and to men 1. Cor. 4. 9. In iournying often in perils of Waters in perils of Robbers in perils by mine owne Countrimen in perils by the Heathen in perils in the Citie in perils in the Wildernesse in perils in the Sea in perils among false brethren 2. Cor. 11. 26. In wearinesse and painfulnes in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakednesse 2. Cor. 11. 27. For thy sake are we killed all the day long we are accounted as sheepe for the slaughter Rom. 8. 36. If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ then are we of all men most miserable 1. Cor. 15. 19. Others were tryed with mockings and scourgings yea moreouer with bonds imprisonment Heb. 11. 36. They were stoned they were sawed asunder they were slaine with the sword they wandred about in sheep-skins and goate-skins being destitute afflicted and tormented v. 37. Of whom the world was not worthy They wandred in deserts and mountaines and in dennes and in Caues of the earth verse 38. These are they that came out of great tribulation and haue washed their robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lamb Reu. 7 14. I saw as it were a sea of glasse mingled with fire and them that had gotten the victorie ouer the Beast and ouer his image and ouer his name c. Reu. 15. 2. And they sang the Song of Moses and of the Lambe v. 3. God is faithfull who will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you are able but will with the tentation also make a way to escape that we may be able to escape 1. Cor. 10. 14. The God of all grace who hath called vs to his eternall glorie by Christ Iesus will after that you haue suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you 1. Pet. 5. 10. For a small moment haue I forsaken thee but with great mercie will I gather thee Isa. 54. 7. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with euerlasting kindnesse will I haue mercy on thee sayth the Lord thy Redeemer ver 8. His anger endureth but a moment in his fauour is life weeping may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning ps 30. 5. The diuell shall cast some of you in prison that ye may be tried and ye shall haue tribulation tenne dayes Reu. 2. 10. And it was sayd vnto them that they should rest yet a little season vntil their fellow seruants also and their brethren which should be killed as they were should be fulfilled Reu. 6. 11. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be reuealed in vs Rom. 8. 18. The light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for vs a far more exceeding and eternall weight of glorie 2 Cor. 4. 17. No chastening for the time seemeth to be ioyous but grieuous neuerthelesse afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousnesse vnto them which are exercised thereby Heb. 12. 11. If thou art terrified in conscience with the gilt of thy sinnes and fearefully tempted to despaire support thy selfe with these helps 1 Most earnest prayer of thy self of others for thee 2 Bitter teares in aboundance for thy particular sinnes 3 Restitution 4 Reconciliation 5 Almes deedes 6 The comfort of thy Pastor 7 The absolution of the
the blood of the euerlasting Couenant 21. Make you perfect in all good workes to doe his will working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ to whom be praise for euer and euer Amen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS Pretiosissimum de locis sanctâ—â— monile perâ—â—idiâ—â—â— Fascinant laudando S. Cyprian lib. de exhortatione Martyrij Cant. 4. 16. Of deuotion Math. 6. 6. Greg. in Cant. Lachrimae sanguie animae August Plin. lib. 21. c. 16. Flos nascâ—tur non euidens sed in occulto intùs germinatus Plin. 37. c. 7. Garamantitis summa commendatio est quod velut in translucido stillantes intus fulgent aurâ—ae guâ—â—ae semper in câ—â—te non in corpore Cypr. epist. l 2 Sentitur priusquam discitur Val. Max. Lâ—u 2. Cor. 5. 13. Epist. tom 1. Marâ—an inuit Ieron Tâ—stor deum poâ—t heudomid◠〈◊〉 c. vâ—suâ— sum mihi versari inter agmina angelor Math. 6. 6. Math. 14. 27. Math. 26. 36. Maâ—ke 1. 35. Luke 6. 12. Luke 9. 8. 28 Luke 11. 1. Luke 22. 45. Iohn 17. Dan. 6. 10. Psal. 6. 6. Psal. 77. 6. Acts 10. 30. Reuel 1. 10. 2. Cor. 7. 11. Commodius ista inter transiguntur Ex. Luke 22. 44. Math 26. 36. Math. 17. 2. Exod. 34. 29. Purgation Exod. 3. 5. Acts 7. 53. Psal. 26. 6. Math. 12. 44. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Esay 5. 6. 2. Sequestration 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Math 5. 8. Bern. de nat dom Tergat speculum mundet spiritum suum qui scitit videre deum 3. Preconsideration Eccles. 5. 1. Woâ—erus de polymathiâ sacris religiosae debetur Suspenso gradu Psal. 26. 6. Heb. 12. 29. Nesciâ—bam me tibi eam familiarem esse Eras. Apoth Tremenda mysteria Psal. 45. 1. 2. Psal. 39 3. Eccles. 6. 5. 2. Senec. Epist. Pers. introrsum obmurmurat ôsi ebullet patruij preclarii sumis ôsi c. Sancte magis quam scite Macies illis pro sanitate est iudâ—cij loco infirmitas cedit Quiâ—â— instit orator Exod. 30. 25. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 23. 14. Prayer must bee SHORT Conformable to the patterne consisting of three parts Humble coÌ„fession Wherein must be coÌ„sidered God his terrible Name Glorious Maiesty His al-seeing eye Infinite purity and holinesse Strict iustice Fierce wâ—ath against sinne and sinners Man his viâ—enesse Wretchednessâ— Sinfulnesse Wants and Vâ—abilitie Consident inuocatâ—on wherein to be considered God his Loue. Mercy and long-suffering Gratious promises Omnipotent goodnesse Christ his perfect obedience Full satisfaction Perpetuall intercession Harty thanksgiuing Whereinto be numbred God his benifits spirituall Election Creation RedemptioÌ„ Vocation Iustification Sanctification Hope of glorificaetion Temporall as Health Strength Wealth Libertie Good name Friends Safetie Bern. serm 2. de Penth. vt eadem vâ—a intraret antidotus qâ—a vâ— nenum intra uerat Heb. 10. 5. Psal 40. 6. Acts 2. 41. Plut de tranquill auima Lactan. instit diuin lib. 1. c. 1. Potentius inanimos influit visuâ instructa luce orationis ornata Sen Epist. 1. ad LucsliuÌ„ Pungst non penetrat Heb. 4. 12. Peircing to the deuiding c. â— We are commanded by the Father The Sonne The holy Ghost to beare heedfully the Word of the Preacher Not as the Word of Man but as the Word of God Which will proue the meanes of our saluation Or damnation 2. Wee must pray for the Preacher For our selues that we may Attend. Vnderstand Discerne Belieue Remember Practice Ber. Serm. de purificatione Hodie dominus Templi ingressus est Templum Domini Caluin instit par 2. sacram 1 Cor. 11. 29. He that worthily receiueth must 1. Examine 2. Desire 3. Know 4. Belieue 5. Repent 6. Loue. Vse also this forme Or this Or this Or this Quint instit Orat. Tumor licet grandis contrarius est sanitati Ierom. ad Rusticum Luxuriantes flagellis vineas falcibus reprimebant vt eloquentâ—â— torcularia non verboriâ— pampinis sed sensuâ—â— quasi vuarum expressionibus redumdarent Origen in Cant. Aug. Epist. ad Ianuarium Bern. Serm. de Pent. 1 Grounds in the Law Precepts Promises 2 Grounds in the Gospell Christs resurrection on this day The spirits comming downe on this day The Apostles iniunction Practise In heauen no sinne No tempter No thraldome No labour No sorrow No paine No night No death No curse No feare Indesiezable estate of inheritance Royall honours and dignities Inualuable wealth and riches Inspeakable loyes and plâ—asures In the light and fruitioÌ„ of God Here thou mayest insert the principale Doctrine which thou hast heard from thy Pastors mouth * * Non est ad Deum toâ—o corde redite nisiscisso corde * * Dolet de dolore gaudet By regeneration we obtaine 1 Entrance into the kingdome of God 2 Knowledg 3 Liberty from our corruption From our reigning sin 5 The preheminencie of the first borne 6 Spirit of supplication 〈…〉 The Prophet speaketh in his own person 2 In the person of Christ. 3 In the person of God the Father 4 Of the Church God desireth the circumcisioÌ„ of the heart Commandeth it Loueth Obserueth Praiseth Rewardeth Brandeth the contrary Precepts in the old In the new Examples Abraham Iacob Dauid Israelites Pharisee Promises Threats curses to the contrary The Prophet speaketh in the person of Christ. In heauen is 1 The source of our soules created according to God's Image 2 Our heads 3 The nobler parts of the Church 4 Our country 5 Our mansion house 6 Hope and inheritance VictoriaÌ„ vicisti Precepts of God 2 Practice of Saints Reasons a a Holinesse b b Life c c Liberty d d Grace e e Prayer f f Wisedome g g Glory h h Truth Benefits of obeying the Spirit Danger of resisting Qui Deum per escas colit propè est vt Deum ventrem habeat Ver sacrum facere Obiect Hom. 49. in Mat. Answ. 1 Videl exercitat in Ignat Pro modulo nostro Hom. 1. in gen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Precepts for Fasting 2 Examples of it It expelleth Diuels Benefits It tameth the flesh It auerteth Iudgements It obtaineth temporall blessings and spirituall 1 The antecedents wherein 1 Christs Agony 2 Herod's Pilâ—ts and the Rulers of the Iewes conspiracy against him 3 Iudas betraying him 4 The Disciples forsaking him 5 The Iewes false accusing him 6 His mecks silence 7 The Souldiers and people blaspheming deriding him 2 The Passion it self wherein 1 The enduring Gods wrath 2 The racking of his ioints 3 The piercing his flesh 4 His thirst His drinke 5 His last cry 6 His giuâ—ng vp the ghost 3 The consequents 1 Water gushing out of his strength 2 Casting Lots 3 His buriall Diuine precepts Holy examples Christ Abraham Gedcon Dauid Salomon Ezekiah Iob. Daniel Iohn Baptist The Centurian Peter The Publicane Paul Promises to the humble of the fauour with God Wisedome Sanctifying grace Preferment Blessedness God commandeth meekenesse