there is not a well grounded hope to be blessed S alvation in repentance is Gods end let not him lose his hope and wee shall not lose ours Y f a man will be noble let him be humble for the humble shall bee exalted O ur honours are the fruits of birth of wisdome of valour of riches of place and authority or of royall favour but it is never of the fruit of grace nor the blessing of God without humility U nlesse we honour Christ otherwise then the world doth we have no more grace then the worldling hath W ee have not the signe of a star in our foreheads but the signe of the crosse still humility is the way to glory this way went all the Saints this way went even the God of Saints E arthly inheritances are oftentimes divided with much inequality and the priviledge of primogeniture stretcheth far but in the new heaven it is not so R iches gotten and forgotten must be accounted for before God the divine Justice Gehezaes talent of gold could not buy off his sores nor hide his shame E ven the poorest amongst us may give praises unto God and the more he spares us in our bloods and estates the more we are obliged to him in thankfulnesse H olinesse is not tyed to literature Doctor and Saint are not convertible for then he that knowes his Masters will could not chuse but doe it A man may be sooner acquainted with the nine Muses then with the three Graces Learning Discretion and Honesty L et others be full of the politicks it is good for us to be well habited in the morrals one thing is necessary integrity of heart F lattery and treachery are but two names of one vice 〈…〉 dry suits of mischiefe E very man that defends not Gods Church glorifies him not for he means small honour to the head that does not his best to save the body F aithfull service is most accepted where it is least expected some would doe much for Christs glory and cannot thousands of us can doe much for his glory and will not I t is better for a man to want some truth then want peace for a man that never studied controversies may without controversie be saved L et every soule humbly cast himselfe downe at the foet of Christ and bee beholding to him only for his salvation for our best workes are but blankes E very wise man will be easily requested to doe himselfe good when God sues to us to save us we are sullen to hinder our own preferment S alvation comes from God yet he will be found a God of judgement they that have denyed it their mortall flesh shall acknowledge it in immortall fire T here be two things torment a man sinne and a bad conscience grace delivers from sinne and peace quiets the conscience O ld men covetous young men voluptuous Nobles ambitious common persons ceremonious or whosoever is led away with any kinde of wantonnesse is brought within the Devills lure T here is fearfull combustion all over the world wars at home wars abroad if therefore we love peace every man pray for peace H ee that desires to be found in peace let peace be found in him peace or nothing peace and every thing E very whispering and murmuring is like a vapour rising out of the earth multiplying into stormes of sedition sedition grows into mutinies and mutinies into confusion R emember David that holy King would admit no States-min as far as he could discerne but such as were after his owne heart I t s a true protraitor of the Churches condition that as Israel hath beene temporally wasted so the Church of God is now spiritually assaulted G od would have us read our sinnes in our judgements that we may both repent of our sinnes and give glory to his justice H ee that cannot keep himselfe from death while he lives will more impossioly restore and revive himselfe to life againe being dead T hy Prince hath honour thy father reverence thy master service thy wife love all these are due to God in a more transcendent manner H ee that sincerely loves God and detests sinne desires dissolution for no other end but to be freed from temptation A s no wise man leaves his he house for some flyes but rather drives them out so no good forsakes his holinesse for temptations N either the gifts of grace nor the seales of grace can free us from assaults we may have force to repell bad suggestions we have not to prevent them D eclare thy grievance by prayer it shall bring downe heavenly graces God knows thy wants aske he hath promised to heare D eath to the godly is good in the cessation of paines better in the renovation of all things best in the immutability of all happinesse O ur talke is of vanity and vanity is with us but if Christ could be kept in our mouthes we should alwayes have him in our hearts U nbeleefe is the bane of constancie and perseverance of constancie in the purpose of our mindes of perseverance in the tenor of our lives B arrennesse is a privation of fruit shame privation of innocency and death a privation of life for these privations men sell themselves L ike horses whether put into perfumed Coaches or noysome carts they will draw so our affections will be doing set them on what worke you will E arth will to earth an earthly desire to an earthly center so man lives till earth be turned into earth so he dyes till earth be turned out of earth their earthly soules into hellish torments such a life is base and brutish Y f there be ignominy in thraldome there must be glory in freedome Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherein Christ hath set you O nce turning from God we continue nought nought till we returne by repentance U nholy Machiavels admired for policie commonly falls under Jehoakims curse to be buried with the buriall of an Asse they live fooles but dye Asses R ighteous men shall live for ever for their reward is with the Lord hee hath a care of them F aith and repentance were two short lessons yet Israel was forty yeares before they could learne them R emember your sinnes to repent of them forget to practise them that God may forget them in judgement and remember us in mercy O ld sinnes must be lookt backe into because the vanitie of youth proves the vexation of age N one can be too yong to amend that is old enough to dye for man is apt to sin before he be able T o give over sinne when we can no longer commit it is no repentance A good Christian will be good and devout like good Daniel though alone S ome trust in horses some in their swords some in their lands some in their wits some their friends and some in their monies but let every good Christian trust in the Lord. Y f we must converse with evill men let it be in
we shall bee O pinion of the minde are like diseases of the body all alike infinite V iolent passions makes men bandy controversies who fight with their Pens like Souldiers with their Pikes wounding the peace of the Church R eligion is more practicall then theoriticall rather an occupation then a meer profession dwelling like an Artizan wit at singers end O ne man is an Atheist and beleeves no God another is an I dolater and worships many one will be of a new Religion another of none no matter to the Devill they are both travelling towards his kingdome Roome never means us so sudden a storm as when she makes faire weather and beares us in hand all is peace D ogs are fawning but sicophantising Iesuits are worse for their tongues doe more harme then their teeth E very man that will not adhere to the God of truth shall be turned over to the faither of lies R esist the Devill and he will flye from thee give to God obedience to thy Prince allegiance to superiours reverence to the weak assistance to the Devill and sin resistance O ur day is broken why day we sleep in sin when the Sunne is up good husbands thinke of rising the slumber of the body and the soul is not much unlike R epent therefore in life that thou maiest finde comfort in death that thou maiest be acquitted at the day of judgement of Jesus Christ O ur entrance into this world is full of weaknesse our proceeding full of wickednesse our departure full of wretchednesse P ray that you may leave the earth when you know the way perfectly to heaven desire to live till you are inspired by grace desire to dye when you are assured of glory E very man with Paul learne to dye daily for no man knows when he shall dye therefore be evermore armed with expectation N ever expect peace without Christ whosoever dyes in peace dyes in Christ the Prince of peace O ur breath is in our bodies the life of our soules is in heaven our bodies move upon earth let our heart dwell in heaven R ighteousnesse must dwell in those that looke to dwell in heaven where righteousnesse dwelleth for Christ is the Lord of righteousnesse D eath takes the clocke of our life asunder but then the omnipotent Maker takes it into his owne hand and sets it together againe at the Resurrection E nquire not what heaven is too curiously lest thou have a snib as Manoah had for asking the Angels name it is secret and wonderfull R emember Gods mercies and blessings to us in all times of this pilgrimage and he will hear us when we pray with the penitent theefe Lordremember us in thy Kingdome Silence STand right in your Files Stand right in your Rankes To the right hand As you were To the left hand As you were To the right hand about As you were To the left hand about As you were Rankes to the right hand double As you were Rankes to the left hand double As you were Files to the right hand double As you were Files to the left hand double As you were Halfe Files to the right hand double your Front As you were Halfe Files to the left hand double your Front You may doe the same by bringers up or leave it our To the right hand Countermarch To the left hand Countermarch Files to the right or left or to the Center Close to your order or close order Rankes close forward to your order or close order To the right hand wheel To the left hand wheel To the right or left hand wheel about Rankes open backward to your order open order or double distance Files to the right or left or from the Center open to your order or open order In distances observe if you open from the right to the left that the left hand man next to the right hand man is to take his distance from the said right hand man first and so every man on the left hand successively one alter another be in any of the distances of close order order open order or double distance If in Ranks the first standing the second opens backwards to either of the distances above said and not forwards in closing of Ranks it is to be done forwards and not backwards all moving together saving the first Ranks In facings you are to be sure to keepe your left foot on the groundâ—s in doublings if you come up to the right turne off to the left and so alway to the contrary hand In wheelings if you close to the left then wheel to the right or if you close to the right wheel to the left or you may wheel upon the Center According to my intended purpose I shall adde to the exercise of the Pike and Musket in the briefest manner being only what shall belong to present service and first for the Pike in all standing postures of the Pike keep your left foot fast fixt upon the ground in all marching postures move with the left foot advancing forward 1 Advance your Pikes 2 Order your Pikes 3 Shoulder your Pikes 4 Port your Pikes 5 Advance your Pikes 6 Shoulder your Pikes 7 Traile your Pikes 8 Cheeke your Pikes 9 Charge your Pikes 10 Shoulder your Pikes 11 Charge to the Front Reare right or left 12 Shoulder your Pikes 13 Advance your Pikes 14 Or order your Pikes 15 Charge to the horse and draw your sword any of the foure wayes For the Musket standing or marching First your Musket not being charged without a Rest supposing alwayes your left hand to be your Rest 1 Slip your Muskes 2 Poyse your Muskes 3 Bring her to your Rest 4 Open your Pan. 5 Clear your Pan. 6 Prime your Pan. 7 Shut your Pan. 8 Cast off 9 Blow cast about and 10 Charge 11 Draw out your scourer 12 Shorten your scourer 13 Put in your bullet 14 Ram your scourer 15 Draw out your scourer 16 Shorten your scourer 17 Put up your scourer 18 Recover 19 Poyse 20 Shoulder 21 Slope 22 Slip. 23 Poyse 24 Bring to your Rest 25 Draw forth your Match 26 Blow 27 Cock 28 Try 29 Guard your Pan. 30 Blow 31 Open. 32 Present 33 Give fire 34 Returne your match 35 Clear your pan and so charge again as is taught All these in service are reduced into these three words Make ready With these two added either Shoulder your Muskets Present Or Give fire Order your Muskets T he postures of arming and disarming according to my intention of brevity is needlesse to be here inserted they having been sufficiently written of by your Trained Band teachers I shall but only present you further with what firings are necessary for our present service out of a single Company or Regiment wishing heartily all noble Captaines and their officers would conforme themselves to these brief rules using no other words of Command then what are here used Y our single Company being drawne up Regiment wise at three foot distance being your order and your Pikes all shouldered the manner of firing to the Front is first let the two first Ranks making ready advance 8 or 10 paces from the Body the rest of the Ranks marching to the front of Pikes which two Ranks having presented and fired one after another let them march off to the right and left hand the next two ranks doing the same with the rest successively as long as you please when you draw near to your Enemy or by way of supposition charge over your Pikes three ranks deep and the rest ported following the charge T o fire from the reare first command your Body to advance their Pikes then face them about to the right or left and then shoulder your Pikes againe moving your Body command the two last Ranks to make ready being ready command the last Ranke to the Rear present who is to turn to the right hand and give fire and so turning up to the right and left advanceth into Front placing themselves before their Leaders the rest of the Ranks doing the same successively one after another T o fire from your right and left stanks command the right and left hand file to make ready which done marching your Body command them to present to the right and left and so give fire which being done let the files stand and charge their Muskets again by which time the two next files wil have performed the like who are also in like manner to stand facing toward their Commander and the first file is immediately to march up to the second the next files having done the like are to stand the first and second file advancing up to them and so of all the rest successively making up your Body again with all speed that may be T here is sometimes another firing used standing whereby an Enemy may receive suddenly a very hot charge when you are retreating command your Body to face about to the right or left and then let them all make ready which done standing let the first Ranke fire and fall off into the Reare and so the rest of them in like maner successively one after another your Pikes retreating back as your body loseth ground Y ou are to use your endeavour to bring your souldiers to know the severall notes of a Drum and what he is to performe upon the hearing of them your Pikemen being to be shouldered upon the beat of a march and advanced upon the beat of a troop This thing perfected will be sufficient for our present service to which God give 〈◊〉 FINIS
of governing well but Christianity is the art of living well C an the Naturalist with all his eloquence disswade the covetous worldling from his greedinesse no one ounce of gold weighs downe all his reasons H eavenly things are far from carnall sense and he that will beleeve no more then he sees shall for ever be blinde F ew and evill are our dayes few in number evill in nature not one of them good few and evill below many and evill above misery is our familiar happinesse but a stranger I t is a great comfort in distresse to hope for a deliverer to beleeve is better but to bee sure of it is best of all L et us be sure to repent one day before our death but hereof we cannot be sure unlesse we repent every day E very man repent while be lives that he may rejoyce when he dyes Simeon desired not to dye sooner he desired not to live longer Now letthy servant goe away in peace T here is a double martyrdome a bloody one when Christ is magnified in the roses of his Church by death a bloodlesse one when he is magnified in the lillies of his Church by a holy life O f vanities we soon grow weary and loath them but the joyes of righteousnesse will be as everlasting in our desires as they are in their owne sweetnesse T o turne from sin is Gods speciall grace by giving repentance but to fall from stedfastnesse is through defect of perseverance H ave you righteousnesse seal and deliver it as your act and deed never say you praise God with your words when you despise him by your works E very man decline unrighteousnesse which dissolves peace and then God shall fulfill in our hearts St. Peters wish Grace and peace R espect God in all things doing nothing but as in his presence looking unto him as the directer and discerner of all our actions and thoughts I t is Gods delight in extremity to be a deliverer when Armies besiege his servants then he musters up his servants G ods displeasure for sin is able to turne a Nation upside downe that like Senacherib they become the spoyle of their owne bowells H ee that marvells in this rebellious age how or why we thus fall by the sword let him looke to his sinnes and cease marvelling T here are destructions that creep upon men by degrees but sudden destruction often seizeth upon the wicked O ur God will not favour us because we have studied hard and knowne much but rather the more punish us because we have knowne good and done evill R eligion and Piety is made havocke of and all to atchieve glory that which the Apostles rent their cloaths to put from them let us rend our very skins to pluck to us Act. 14.14 L et every servant of God thinke his crosses are meant for his blessings punishments to them are signes of his favours E ven for those who have fought a good fight a Crowne is laid up bee diligent then in this point and be saved F aith is a Queen repentance her usher and good works the Court that shall follow her so let her come to the King of mercy the presence chamber of Christ Jesus T he ground of hope in the middest of delay is when the deferring of our desires discourageth not our faith O ur affections if they be not shod with patience will be so pricked with crosses that we shall be weary of our journey to heaven R egard not so much what portion thou hast in the punishment of sin as what interest thou hast in the Covenant T he execution of Gods justice doth magnifie his mereies when he punisheth some that he may spare many O nly a forme of godlinesse will never remove Gods judgement from a Nation T o beare meekly with thy persecuters is commendable patience to bee commendable at Gods dishonour is commendable basenesse H ee is a foole that loves sin better then his soule then never seek to please sin that seeks to confound us E very man commonly fears Gods temporall blows more then his eternall yet of both they neglect the antidote and prevention C onsidence in God doth only support us we cannot put too much trust in him not too little in our selves E very affliction prepares us for salvation a meer paradox to the children of this world who run in the cirele of sin and pleasure N ever did pride goe more blustering through the streets then now and the language of her pace is Who made me T he dust of this world makes many a man blinde they did like moles in the earth and there lose the light of heaven E very man seeks for something to rest his minde upon but to make this world the center that and our hopes must faile together for the fire will dispatch them both R iches shuts abundance out of heaven but the grace of God lets in many C hrist rejoyceth in a Christian whensoever a Christian rejoyceth in him the repentant son was not more glad of the father then the father was glad he found the son L et every man labour to preferve what hee hath gotten for the losse of faith is a dangerous ship wrack save your faith and save your soules O ne and the same end is to the sinner without repentance and to the righteous without perseverance S alvation is with more difficulty wrought up then perdition yet grace time and diligence will worke it up in season E very worke hath his owne season only Gods worke requires every season especially the worke of praysing his name T he law was perfect truth but we were weake it could not save us because we could not keep it but on the Evangelicall truth we may repose our soules O ne way to honour is by flattery another to pleasure is by making the flesh mistresse and a way to be rich by usury yet but one way to make a man blessed and that is the way of truth Y f our obedience doe not testifie our faith that Law was not more deadly then the Gospell to inhance our condemnation O ur Souldiers are valiant till they come to fight all Philosophers are excellent till they come to dispute and all good Christians till we come to master our owne lusts V anity in some men curiosity in other men and unconstancie in all men makes many faiths R eligion that bindes the conscience where God hath not bound it brings snares and fetters and takes away due liberty C ommonly too much heat annoyes but too much heat destroyes but Religion of all tempers in our dayes complaines not of heat L ot could be holy among the wicked a Saint amongst sinners yet we are evill amongst the good and sinners amongst Saints O ur growing or fading in grace brings us to heaven or hell Paul turnes an Apostle Judas an apostate S trong bodies without strong grace are strongest to sin thus the strongest is weakest strong
healthfull or languishing R epentance neglected is the despising of Gods goodnesse and will cause war to fill our streets and fields with blood E ven Gods long-suffering is an affoordment of time to repent and is a favour not mans but Gods not a common grace but a speciall fruit of his goodnesse T here is great need of mourning where sin is great for heavy judgements will not be turned away without deep sorrows O ur sinnes deserve destruction our repentance is no satisfaction it is only Gods mercy in Christ that gives absolution T he greater the corruption the vaster the destruction but if we be found in the faith there is no end of blessednesse H ee that lookes outward upon some eminent and notorious sinner concluding he is in the plague of our Nation is a vaine man looke inward there is an Achan in thine owne bosome E very sin is mighty therefore our repentance must be more hearty or else expect not the removing of calamity L ittle pleasure doth the Father of all mercies take in the death of a sinner ere David could see the Angell he had restrained him E very man censures none amends nay all grow worse therefore vain man apprehend condemne and execute thine owne sin F east drinke carouse and play when so many hearts are bleeding is the signe of a desperate soule that can rejoyce and be merry when God shews himselfe angry T he content hath corrupted the continent mens sinnes have infected the whole world as the plague in persons infect thâ—â—ery walls of a house H ee that wounds the truth by his sinnes which God hath sent to save his soule no wonder if he perish by her forsaking kim that hath lost himself by forsaking her A s no importunity can delay Gods judgements no secresie avoid it no policie corrupt it so nothing but sanctification can give us comfort in it N oah preached much the World was warned so patient is God that if sin were not desperate it should not smart D educt our owne evills from the evills of these dayes and then God the land and our owne consciences shall finde the lesse A s Gods mercy hath her day in giving time of repentance so justice shall have her day of retribution S atan would have all perish the infinite goodnesse of God would have all blessed their names will fit in our language good and God evill and Devill Y f a whole Nation apostate to lewdnesse and there be none to stop the course how should it stand an houre O h England prepare to meet thy God for although he be offended with the whole Land yet there be some that he will owne U niversall judgements call for universall repentance our Land mournes yet some feel not the sharp wound of that hungry sword W hen man turnes himselfe out of Gods service all the creatures serving him are as it were turned out of his service E very man pray heartily that the Lord destroy us not let our sins be lesse and our prayers more that we may sinde mercy R un not on in sin till thou meet with unexpected mercy for thou maiest as well spur thy beast till he speake because Balaam did so E xcept we love our owne lusts and vanities more then the wellfare of a whole Land let us confesse and redresse our sins T he wrath of a King is a fright we feare an ague wonder at a comet and tremble at thunder but fear not the Commander of all these O ur fathers were more devout then we for they did but what they heard though it were but the devices of men we heare and doe not though it be the Word of God T hat heart is hard frozen that nothing but hell fire can thaw beware of such a heart H ee that laughs at the memoriall of his sins shall weep tears of bloud for those sins E liphants will be ruled and led about by little dwarfs but man is an indomable creature aâ—â— forsees not the judgements of God R eligion made a staâ—king horse for policie is odious and of all men the religious dissembler shall be sure of plagues I n vaine doe men speake well of us when no man knowes good by us G od is just he hath many wayes to punish us we have none to escape him H ee loves not the Lord that will not suffer for him be patient therefore unto his comming T he glosse of profession will off in a storme and unlesse we be dyed in graine we never hold grace H ee will hardly brooke wounds that cannot endure wounds for the cause of our Saviour A true Christian may live without doing wrong but not without receiving wrong N o walking to heaven upon roses God put his children into the way of discipline by the fire of correction to eat out the rust of our corruption D eceits are most abominable when we shrowd them under the name of Religion nor is there any such Devill as he that lookes like an Angell A true Christian is like Jacobs ladder while his body the lower part stands on the ground the top his higher part is in heaven B ee not devout in a storme and stormy in a calme like Mariners on land who imitate the rage of the Seas and roar here as fast as they doe there O ur faire shewes are a just argument of our unsoundnesse no naturall face hath so faire a white and cleare a red as that which is painted V aine glory swells men with rank opinions of their owne worth mighty are their words as if they shooke mountaines and spake thunderclaps T he tongue that yeelds not defence when Gods glory is in question is tyed by the Devill and not loosed by God A wise man wil not be scoffed out of his mony nor a just man out of his faith S ome men may be stored with some acts of patience but what are they amongst so many troubles yet if patience be with us we are all safe Y f we had before we went about our warlike affaires penitently cleansed our hearts we might have expected better successe O ne lust fights against another both against the soule they made one soul against another and many soules fight against God U nnaturall coldnesse in some and preternatuall heat in others hath set us together by the eares about trifles while the common enemy breaks in W oolfe and woolfe can agree lambe and lambe fall not out but who can reconcile the woolfe to the lambe but Christ Jesus E very day it is the Devills policie to assault the best the multitude hee knows will follow after for the unstable vulgâ—â— are soon carried away with the religion of authority R ooms Schoolmen have invented a doctrine of fables cunningly devised and the Friers had crotchets enough but the Jesuit put downe all E very bad King hurts much by his unjust commands but more by their examples for the Common wealth like a fish rots first at
no evill matters O nce God spake it another time performed it a third time redouled it therefore none can plead ignorance that they want instruction U ngodly men may taste of the waters of life by chance as a dog laps at Nilus but his voyage is bound for mischiefe W hile the Devill can busie men with ceremony and circumstance he hopes well and will let them alone about faith and manners E xternall prosperity is no good marke of our election the fairest beasts are kept for slaughter R emember alwayes the house of mourning is not for mirth Christ turned the Musitians out of doores E very judgement we see should make us wiser in the feare of God every mercy we feele wiser in the love of God H ee that thinks to asswage the anguish of one sin by doing another preseribes to himselfe a remedy far worse then the disease A faire carriage keeps temptation out at staves end but lightnesse of presence lets it into the graple and gives encouragement to lewd desires L ove is commended like water it neither makes a man in debt nor in drinke so love is neither hard to get nor costly to keep F alling from Christ can be incident to none but Christians for they that were never up can never be said to fall F or knowne diseases there be knowne medicines but hypocrisie prevents all wayes of remedy I t is better with Philosophers to have honesty without Religion then with wicked Christians to have Religion without honesty L et men turne from wickednesse to piety and God will turne judgement to mercy Solomon and Idolater Zacheus an extortioner Noah drunke yet all these went to heaven E xpectation is sometimes of feare so the timer ous traveller looks for the theef and so the conscious malefactor looks for the comming of the Judge Saul is tempted sinneth and sleepeth his last David is tempted sinneth and sleepeth not his last T he lesse space a man hath allowed for his businesse the more he should ply it the fewer dayes the fruitfuller lessons O h that my people would have heard these are royall and sweet speeches but to the wicked God changeth his speech into sharpnesse T he more a man fears God the lesse he fears any thing else for all the fear of Satan ariseth from the want of the due feare of God H ee that loves God only for temporall blessings and faile him when those blessing faile is like mutinous souldiers no longer pay no longer fight E ndeavour to keep thy shield of faith and thou shalt victoriously march with the Saints on earth and triumphantly with Angels in heaven L et Princes boast of their delicacies Christ liveth in me this be the food of our soules E ndeavour that your faith be encreased and grow still from faith to faith F aith is a fundamentall grace and should overcome the World yet it will prove a coward without servencie T here is no poverty of estate or consumption of body to a leane starved soule which neither knowes nor cares to know Christ H ee that loves God for himselfe and goodnesse because it is goodnesse can God A s God will crowne the faithfull above their deserts with glory so hee will load the wicked according to their deserts with eternall torments N ot to have no spots here but to have no spots imputed to us hereafter is the happinesse of Christian D arknesse of nature must have its due course by creation yet no darknesse shall afflict thy body while there is saving light in thy soule D esire more grace seeke more never thinke you have enough be still poore that you may be rich rich that you may be full full that you may be glorious O h that men could see how much better it is to be poore then evill and that there is no comparison between want and sin U se the world but enjoy the Lord be thankfull for outward blessings but rest thy heart on Jesus Christ B etter are the troubles and differences of righteousnesse then the peace of wickednesse L et nothing pierce your hearts deep either in griefe or feare but sin and unbeleefe E nvy not the gifts of God in any neither thinke hardly of their infirmities nor fret at the prosperity of the wicked Y f we be departed from Babylon let not a rag or relike of superstition abide with us for it is proore comfort to escape in Sodome and perish in the Playnes O ur conversation to God must be with a whole heart without exception without hypocrisie without delay without apostacie and without despaire U nstable men are in a wretched estate their Religion is yet to chuse they know they shall dye but know not what faith to dye in R ight holinesse is true nobility for without goodnesse there can be no true glory F aith working by love performes all duties to God and man but false faith is like sandy earth which never brings forth fruit R eligion and true Piety is the readiest way to the highest advancement therefore above all treasure set your hearts thereon O ne sparke of true Religion is far beyond a whole flame of secular wisdome N eeds must that vertue be fruitfull that is stirring and needs must that be stirring that is living and needs must that be living that is quickned by Jesus Christ T he neglect of resolution to enter the way of righteousnesse is the forlorne state of a sinner for what hopes can be had of him that hath not so much as a purpose to be holy A good man lives after death but the name of the wicked is rotten before their carcaste is cold S inne like a viper may hang upon Pauls hand and not poyson it it may bring a potentiall guilt not an actuall Y f mans heart be divided if sinks to confusion but keep it whole to the way of truth and it shall be saved O ur eyes be good we know our hands be good God grant our hearts be good that we may defend Christs cause U ntill a man seele his owne want and that feeling breed sorrow that sorrow desire that desire prayer that prayer increase of faith that prayer of his shall never bring downe Gods mercy W retched are they that flatter themselves but blessed are they that can prove themselves to be out of the ranke of the ungodly E xamine thy selfe whether thou hast suffered an heavenly holy violence or whether grace hath wrought upon thee if not thou livest the life of nature R emember to walk in a measure of holinesse answerable to Gods mercy for if we turne his grace into wantonnesse he will turne his mercy into judgement E very argument is shut up with an ergo and is the knowne note of a conclusion thus may the syllogisme be framed but whosoever would escape destruction must adhere to the truth T he greatest shew of sanctity that error puts on the more fuller of suspition therefore beware of the
intended mischiefe O ppinionate wisdome is in a manner the sole cause of all folly for it transports a man with an imagination of his owne knowledge that he runs into error with confidence T hey that will walke to Christ shall have Christ walke with them for he is the truth the way and the life H ee that beleeves will keep the Commandements for as the Law sends us to Christ to be saved so Christ sends us backe againe to the Law to learne obedience E very Scribe instructed unto the Kingdome of heaaen brings out of his treasure things new and old the new before the old because the Gospel was promised before the Law was Printed R econciliation and the peace that was made between God and man did not stretch so far as to conclude a peace between God and sin I am a sinner therefore God hath from everlasting rejected me is a desperate conclusion I beleeue in Christ and endeavour to live like a Christian therefore am chosen is a sound inference so far God gives leave to looke into the booke of life G ods informer is conscience a spy in the soule mixing herselfe with all our thoughts and actions H ee that hopes for a new heaven above and does not become a new creature below that mans expectation is in vaine T he highest act of a Christian is to comfort himselfe in Christ he never fell from us we are basely unthankfull if ever we fall from him H ee that knowes God and lives in evill is no better then a devill in the shape of a man or a man in the shape of a devill A s no place can content the fire but the upmost rising towards its owne region so let no knowledge satisfie us but the knowledge of Christ N atural men perceive not the things of Gods Spirit in other knowledge the righteous have part with sinners but in this sinners have no part with the righteous let me be weake in policie so I be wise of salvation D ivine knowledge mounts aloft and findâ—s no rest but in the region of immortality C elsitude of honour is a meer dwarfe to faith that can but command mortalls faith is attended by Angels O ur faith hath need of a good foundation for it is an heavy and weighty building all other vertues lye upon faith U nbeleeving sinners tremble but let such feare to dye as have no hope to dye if we have made our peace with God we shall escape from death N o man can take Christ from thee unlesse thou take thy selfe first from Christ T he Gospell is no weake thing but comes in power for Christ hath a further latitude he came once unto men but he comes still into man E xcept a man be borne he can never see light on earth and except he be twice borne he can never see light in heaven R edemption by Christ hath stated us into a blessednesse never to be forgotten for no soule that Christ hath truly bought can ever perish M ans sinnes have made heavens entrance narrow but Christs sufferings have made it wide A little faith with knowledge is true and saving but great presumption with ignorance is damnable R eligion knows no outward calling or condition for all those that are in Christ are holy beleeving brethren C ertainly if men beleeved in Christ they would not nay could not speak not look upon his workes without great reverence H ee that trusts his salvation on a strange faith erres in darknesse and holds not the way which the light of the Gospell directs him T he Gospell speaks of Christ buying Ye are bought with a price to fell that which is bought is to crosse his proceeding O f all purchases buy Jesus for be thou never so poore Christ will sell himselfe for thy soule T he life of man is pretious in the sight of God but the life of his whole Church is far more pretious H ee that cares not for any mirth but that which must grieve the Holy Ghost must needs procure that peace which is at wars with Christ E very man thinks he loves himselfe better then his enemy but while hee loves sin he loves his enemy better then himselfe L et the servants that are under the yoke count their owne master worthy of all honour that the name of God and his doctine be not blasphemed E very action that gives way to Gods dishonour and heartens others to superstition is a deniall of Christ in some degree of fact F alse Prophets intrude amongst the people but principally amongst the people of God T he Devill is a false Prophet he calls evill good and promiseth bad attempts good events either he conceales the end from the way or the way from the end H earken not to the world for it is a false Prophet it tells you your gold shall make you rich when it rather makes you cursed A n Infidell perswades himselfe there shall be no reckoning day and an Epicure dreames of no future life false for the Lord will take them away in a whirlewind N atures colours will last if not artificiall shall say pride to the beautifull false Art shall make a foole of Nature Time make a foole of Art and Death make a foole of all D runkards prophesie to morrow shall be as to day and much more abundant false awake and howle Oye drunkards for the wine is cut off from your mouths C arnall mindes hope and saie I will be sure to repent false thousands are in hell that promised themselves this evasion neither hath any man a patent of repentance O ur ambitious men flatter themselves saying we will arise out of the dust and sit with Princes false for they shall fall from the throne to the dust V anity and worldly pleasure saies I am a Queen and shall see no mournfulnesse false for the day of lamentation is come N aturall men are moles to spirituall objects but wise and regenerate eyes can pierce the heavens and espy God in all his earthly occurrences T he flesh is a false Prophet every affected sin is a false Prophet to the soul for falshood if it cannot deceive another it will deceive if selfe E very man sayes he is in Gods favour so were the children of Israell till they were tempted by false Prophets and sinned R ighteousnesse is the life of all lives without which our bodies shall rot in the dust and our memories stinke above ground yea our selves perish in the lowest pit M any will be in the Church way the road of profession not for any love they bear to devotion but that the sent of their turpitudes may not bee discovered A ll ungodlinesse robs God of his honour and is either the true worship of a false god or the false worship of the true God or the true worship of the true God with a false heart R hetoricke is the art of speaking well Logicke the art of disputing well Magistracie the art
for death that ends other miseries begins his that falls away from God R emembrance of one daies sin brings to minde how great a masse many dayes have made up too great a bottome for one houres sorrow to ravell out I n youth I was too yong now I am too old between both these time I had other businesse so to shufflle off repentance is very dangerous G ods patience invites our repentance his sparing us so long is that our amendment might proeure him to spare us for ever H ee that hath any motion of repentance in his soule or but a touch of sorrow a sparke of hope a graine of saith be comforted the God of mercie will not have him perish T his is our day the next is the Lords if we do not in this day provide for that that day shall condemne us for the losse of this H ee that hath a secret pride root out that or a secret infidelity cast out that strive not to know where or when we shall be judged but how we shall answer the Judge A s no day without sin so let no day passe without sorrow such showres kill the weeds of lust and spring the herbs of grace N ot a Lot in Canaan without a Joshua our Captaine no roome in heaven without a Jesus our King D oe not protract thy conversion for if thou repell or neglect one good motion thou art not sure of a second W ithout some sawce of sorrow all worldly delights are but like delicate meat to a man that hath lost his taste give God leave to scrourge us so long as he doth save us H ee that is lowest in the World if his conversation be in Heaven is the highest let his feet stand upon the earth his head is in heaven E very one puts off conversion and at twenty send Religion afore them to thirty from thence forty and yet not pleased to entertaine it at threescore at last comes death and allowes not an houre E very man repent while he lives that he may rejoyce when he dyes L et every man be sure to repent one day before his death but hereof thou canst not be sure unlesse thou repent every day E arth must do something to bring it selfe to heaven Gods bountifuluesse is beyond our thankfulnesse then looke to thine owne duty T o speake of vertue is nothing the labour of it is to shew the power of it in vertuous actions O ur conversation is the Index of our estate if that be bad the credit of our profession is lost and we are broke in our Religion T hat heart that conceives grace will bring it forth for he that gives strength denies not strength to bring it forth H ee that is truly called hath a sincere devout affection to Christ and above all things loves the place where his honour dwells E vill men may shew the good they have not but good men cannot hide the good they have L et thy life grow white thy haires lest thou be full of daies and fuller of sinne E very mans conscience testifies that there is a rule which if he follow hee does well and is at peace if not he findes trouble with feare of punishment F aith is the foundation of a Christian but that once lost all is desperate T he good man sleeps more secure in his tent then a sinner in his barracadoed fortifications H appy is the man that cares not to call any thing his owne save Jesus Christ A righteous soul is alwayes like the body of a square figure lay it how you list it will still be constant and like it selfe N o neighbourhood is able to make the Serpent and the Woman the cursed seed of the one and the blessed seed of the other agree D eath is contrary to life and commonly they that live like Laban dye like Nabal which is but the same word inverted W hen man turnes himselfe out of Gods service all the creatures serving him are turned out of his service H ee that plaies on purpose to lose is not like to win therefore be resolved against transgression as you would be resolved of your salvation E ither never chuse me or never lose me this is vertues charge to begin in the spirit and end in the flesh in Pauls sense is folly E very man must fall and as the tree falls so it must lye and commonly it falls to that side which is most loaden with fruit the fruit of obedience to the right hand and of wicked nesse to the left L et us eat to live not live to eat for when we have devoured the most delicate creatures the wormes shall devoure us E very man that lives dishonestly will dye shamefully Saul so bloudied against David that the Priests became unmercifull to him T he lesse space a man hath allowed him for his businesse the more let him ply it the fewer dayes the fruitfuller lessons O sinner thy life is short the world is not long but hell is eternall of whose torment there is no cessation and from which there is no redemption T i me past is irrecoverable the future to us is contingent and our very now is slippery and transcient this is all the terme we have we must enjoy this or none H oly David ran the way of Gods Commandements it is but folly to ask why he made such haste when we know he would faine be at home E very day will I blesse and praise thy name saith David the day will have an evening if his praise should last no longer night would bring in silence but for ever and ever R I de faire and foftly is the weary travellers rule when he comes near his journeyes end but if we lag so in the way of godlinesse we shall never come to the end of our expected journey I s there fulnesse of joy in Heaven yes but thy laughing and singing in a Taverne is no paterne of it G reat honour and glory is in heaven but our base covetous desires of the riches of this world are no paternes of it H eavenly musicke and harmony is above but our wanton sonnets and drunken carches are no paternes of it T here is peace and rest above but mans idle security and slippery neglects are no paternes of it H eavenly beauties with clarity are above but mans peecing the defects of nature with art dressing up of dust in rich atires are no paterns of it A great light shines above but the workes of darknesse that is in man is no reflection of it N othing but pure innocencie is above but mans rapines rage and bloudinesse are no resemblances of it D oubtlesse there is perfect obedience above but mans rebellions are no modules of it O ther language then the praises of Christ is not heard in heaven mans oaths curses and blasphemies are not like those sounds R epent and for sake your sinnes while it is called to day remember the covenat we made