would make all Comfort sure to himself should first make sure that his sins is forgiven him 18 The only way to quiet our Hearts is to hearken what God says 19 Misery to the Righteous is as a Sojourner but it rests on the back of the Wicked 20 The Means Time and Measure of Affliction is of God's own Appointment 21 There is another Life besides natural Life and the Root of it is in Christ our Head 22 He that finds such an Antipathy betwixt his Spirit and Sin as betwixt him and poyson hath true Grace in his Heart 23 We must hate the Conversation of such who hinders us in the growth of spiritual Life 24 As without shedding of Blood no forgiveness of sin so without the Spirit seals the Promises to our Souls we have no Comfort 25 Christ is the Fountain of spiritual Life but Faith is the Pipe conveying it to us 26 Better for us to sleep in a House full of Serpents and Adders than in a state of sin 27 Happy Practices when with the Day we clear the sins of the Day fitting our selves for Life or Death 28 Every falling into sin in a Believer is not a total falling away 29 Samson's strength was in his Locks but our strength against sin and errour is in Christ 30 The sense of God's love is sometimes withdrawn to make us mourn for it the more 31 VVhen Afflictions are doubled it is time to pray hard believe and apply the Promises and Deliverance will come 32 God's time of helping the poor and needy is when all other helps is at a stand 33 After Faith ends on Earth comes the Life of Vision in Heaven 34 All that the Father gives by Election Christ by Redemption saves 35 God rains the showers of his Ordinances upon all but Believers reaps the benefit only 36 Christ is our Husband Faith yields consent and that makes the Match 37 Many are in the state of Grace relying on Mercy and wanting the assurance of Pardon 38 Satan applying himself to the Distemper of a melancholy Spirit keeps it in Darkness 39 As Parents shews their love to the weakest Child so God manifests his love to weak Christians 40 VVhere there is Faith there is Prayer for Faith is the pattern of Prayer and Prayer is the breath of Faith 41 A broken Heart expresses it self more in Sighs and Groans than VVords which the Spirit only understands 42 The sense of Christ's love in pardoning sin constrains us to a holy Violence in performing our Duty 43 Look upon the love of God and it will cut the sinews of sin and distrust in Providence 44 Come in to Christ and stoop in doing thy Duty and thou makes it unquestionable thou art one of God's Elect. 45 Oh the deep Ocean of the everlasting love of God to the Believer in giving him Free Grace that shall bring a full Fraight of Glory to all Eternity 46 Heaven and Earth rejoices at the Conversion of a sinner effectual Calling pursuing Election the lost sheep and penny being found 47 Remission of sins always accompanies Evangelical Repentance it being the gift of God but not legal VVitness Peter and Judas 48 A godly Man tho' poor yet is still happy O happy Mordecai and unhappy Haman O happy Lazarus and unhappy Dives O happy Elijah and unhappy Jezebel O happy John and unhappy Herod 49 O the Magazine of Promises in the Bible to a Believer it is an everlasting Fountain which shall never run dry it 's a Title to Eternal Life where we shall enjoy the Company and Vision of God Angels and Saints to all Eternity 50 Our love to God is the ground of our love to our Neighbour our love to our Neighbour is a Testimony of our love to God 51 The living of a happy Life consists in the assurance of God's love to our Souls 52 They who have no conflict in their Spirit nor interruption in their Estate may greatly fear their condition 53 Complain of thy self and sins to Christ and let sin have no quiet Possession 54 He is a true Christian that lives in no gross sin nor allows himself in any small sin 55 That Man dies comfortably who believes Christ will have a care of his Soul 56 It is dangerous to take By-Paths where the open Road is free and safe 57 They that are most void of Learning and Experiences dabble most in dark places 58 That Heart is worse than Iron whom Christ's Load-stone cannot attack 59 The Graces of Christ are like the Springs of the Earth can never run dry 60 But are and shall be gliding forth on Earth till the whole Elect be gathered up into Heaven to Eternity 61 The love of Christians to Christ is not blind and senseless but guided by Reason and Election 62 Grace destroys not Nature but perfects 〈◊〉 it by supernatural Reliefs 63 There is a special intimacy and loving kindness betwixt Christ and those that love him 64 The more we meditate upon God and his Word the sweeter shall our fellowship be with him here and to Eternity 65 Many Souls are black through the night of Persecution yet comely in the Hope of Patience 66 False Teachers have many Followers as Wasps have Combs but no Honey 67 Some are Eagle ey'd to spy the Infirmities of their Brethren passing over their Graces 68 Afflictions may discolour the Church for a season but her proper colour is Beauty for Ashes 69 Get Protection in Christ by Faith and he will not suffer thee to want any good thing 70 It is truly Christianity for a Man to love those that hate him and to do them no wrong 71 It aggravates a Man's Sinfulness to be unholy while he converses with such as are holy 72 It brings Honour to God and Man to be upright amongst those who are unjust 73 Perfect Holiness is the Aim of the Saints on Earth and it is the Reward in Heaven 74 He who hath a plain Heart hath also square Dealings 75 If God hath given thee Grace thou hast the best and choicest Blessing that can be given 76 There is Fire in all Estates ill gotten which at last will consume them 77 The fear of the Lord sweeps the Heart and keeps the Life clean 78 Holy Enmity against Sin is the Temper of a Godly Man's Heart 79 Emptiness and Poverty presseth those most who were once full and rich 80 Great and Good Rich and Holy are hard things and seldom meet 81 To be extream Rich or Poor is 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I. 1 WHEN I am weary of travelling in the Day the hopes of rest at Night is a Refreshment O then the Thoughts of Heaven are sweet after our short Pilgrimage 2 It is a true Disposition of a Child of God to be tender of his Father's Honour being in his Fear all the Day 3 All Grace flows in upon the humble Soul as Waters from the Hills into the Valleys making he Soul rich in God 4 And since humble Souls are only safe we must either humble our selves or if God love us the will 5 Yet if Humiliation have not Faith and Hope to raise the Soul to some comfort in God it turns to Desparation 6 Fear for Sin proceeding from inward Grief is a Temper becoming any Christian 7 Magistrates that are tenderly Affectionate towards a People shall have a Peoples tender Affections towards them 8 It is great cause of Weeping to a gracious Heart that he cannot Weep 9 Prayers begs Blessings from God and thankfulness continues them with Man 10 Many times there is most Grief where there is fewest Tears 11 Spiritual Sorrow is a great deal better than natural for it comforts the Soul 12 He that prays with Resolution to sin goes to God with a Petition in one hand and a Dagger in the other 13 Whatsoever the Crosses of a Godly Man be his latter end shall be assuredly Blest 14 God takes notice of every good Word and Work the Godly do and will reward it 15 When a Christian looks only on the Ill that is in him he robs God of his Glory and himself of Comfort 16 The Good are scattered amongst the Bad in this Life but at Death they shall be divided 17 He that joins himself in love and affection to Wicked Men on Earth shall also be joined in Torment and Destruction in Hell without Repentance 18 Death is the King of Terrours but that which is at his Back is more terrible Damnation to the Wicked 19 Many times good Parents are taken away that they may not see the ruin of their Children 20 Good Christians are like good Corn will sooner be ground to pouder than yield to the rough Blasts of Persecution or smooth Flatterings of Errour and Heresie 21 The chief care of a good Magistrate is for the good of Church and State 22 A Godly Man is freed from the Law as his Judge but not as his Counsellor 23 If a Godly Man go out of the way he shall smart for it and be whipp'd home again 24 We walk by Faith in this World's sense and Sight is reserv'd for Heaven 25 No good is to be done to the Soul by Prayers and Cries so long as we are careless of purifying the Heart 26 Let not thy Affection rove and the Devil and the World can do thee no hurt 27 He that suppresseth sin at the first motion shall find Comfort 28 If we mean to come to Heaven we must not live in any known Sin for it darkens Grace 29 For a Christian ought to mend his pace every Day that Grace may shine more and more to the perfect Day 30 Every poor Man is not a blest Man except his Bodily Poverty bring him to Spiritual Poverty 31 He that hath Spiritual Comforts hath them cheap tho' they cost them many a Tear 32 The Heart is never so chearful as when it pours it self out in Tears and Sighs to God 33 For Spiritual Mourning secures the Soul from Hell Mourning 34 All Worldly Sorrow is to be sorrow'd against but Sorrow for sin is never to be repented of 35 The Adventure and Return of the Stocks of Prayers is most certain to increase more and more 36 He that never knocks at Heavens Gates till Death deserves to have the Gate knocked on his Teeth 37 He that would speed in Temporal Things must first seek Spiritual 38 Cold Prayers have cold Answers for how should God hear us when we hear not our selves 39 He that would be sure to have his Prayers heard must make a constant Trade in them 40 The forgetfulness of receiv'd Mercies makes God forget us 41 We must put our Hands to the Plow and then pray that our Endeavours may be Blessed 42 For to ask Grace and not to use the Means is to knock at Heavens Gate and pull it close on us 43 He that says Lord forgive me my Sins without a desire to leave them cannot be heard without God forfeit his Word 44 If Heavenly things were soon obtained they would be soon forgotten 45 Nothing more humbles the Child of God than to be buffetted with base Temptations 46 He hath not lost his Prayers but is doubly paid who with the Crosses of the VVorld hath his Heart taken off the VVorld 47 He that hath most Grace hath most VVork to do and most Tryal to buckle withal 48 Some are unfit to Pray as ever David was to March in Saul's Armour 49 For the bringing forth of a right Prayer is like the bringing forth of a Child with many Throws yet when the Child is born there is much Joy 50 He that sees not his own Infirmities is neither patient nor pitiful not knowing himself Brother nor God 51 Our Infirmities should be matter of
them as the Apple of mine Eye 51 A Christian should possess his Soul in the Patience of Hope until his Soul possess that which he hath patiently hoped for 52 As all Rivers flow from the Ocean and to the Ocean so all Graces from Christ and to Christ 53 As the Fishes cannot live without Water nor the Birds without Air no more can a Believer without Christ 54 In Affliction let us not give more eat to the Devil and Conscience accusing than to Christ and his Mercy excusing 55 Whilst some Men walk to get Stomachs for their Meat others are glad to walk to get Meat for their Stomachs 56 If we live to the Devil here it is a token we shall live with him hereafter and if we live to God here that we shall live with him hereafter 57 If bad Tongues could make Men ill then many a good Man would be in evil taking 58 Many Men while disputing what to do in the mean time neglect the thing they ought to do without dispute 59 To maintain my Opinion because it is my own I think it my Folly but to maintain my Opinion because it is Truth I think it my Wisdom 60 Let us not seek Revenge on our Enemies for if they get Grace they 'll repent and if they get Hell they 'll have more than we desire One they must get 61 No Man on Earth can be in so bad a condition but he may be in a worse that 's in Hell So let us not despair for it is the Lord's Mercy we are not consumed 62 Of the Sluggard Solomon says he ought not to eat yea but to suffer Hunger the Rain drops through his Roof and his Vineyard is overgrown with Nettles 63 It is a wilful Error to chuse to be solitary when there is a holy and wholly consent of good Company 64 This is the difference between Saints and Hypocrites in Grace the one the Motion the other the Notion the one the Expression the other the Experience the one reads and hears the other tastes and feels 65 The Ox or the Swine crying under the Hand of the Butcher I have seen the rest come for their relief O then how ought Christians to love relieve and sympathize one with another under the hands of Persecutors 66 Every Sin is a turning from God but no Sins in his own can be a Farewel to God for he will bring them back with Stripes and Rods. 67 The Heart is to be kept with all diligence for sinful Thoughts are dangerous 68 For the Hearts of Men are so wicked as to sin on sin a thousand times over 69 All things in Heaven and Earth are disposed by the unerring Wisdom of God and limited by the Almighty Power 70 Sleep is a short Death and Death is a long Sleep 71 It should be the Voice of every Soul Lord what wilt thou have me to do 72 There is no trusting to any Estate whatsoever out of Christ 73 None of us left to our selves but will quite undo our selves 74 Sin spoils our Honour and Comfort at once 75 He that is wicked will be an Adversary if Grace prevent not No sooner a Sinner but a Satan 76 All Apostacy from Goodness is a spice of the Devil 77 The height of Holiness is not only to do Good but to oppose Evil. 78 It is the Duty of a Christian to be as full of Malice against the Devil as the Devil is against him 79 Tho' the Devil roars about yet he is in a double Chain of Justice being under the Wrath and Eye of God 80 They who depart from God shall never find true rest in any Creature 81 Wicked Men tho' never so great are scarce worth the looking on 82 Cloisters are opener to Satan's Temptation than the open Fields 83 There is a kind of Joy amongst Devils and wicked Men when the godly Man sins 84 It is a holy Ambition to strive to excel others in Grace and Goodness 85 It is a Man's Duty when God enlighteneth and gives Joy to warble forth his Praise 86 The Groans of a contrite Heart are Musick in God's Ears and a sure Proof of his Spirit in us 87 God is a secure Rock to defend his Doves when they are hunted and persecuted 88 God bids his Servants ask and they shall have and it grieves him they do not ask 89 The Church suffers as much from Heresie and Schism as from blind and mad Heathens 90 Every faithful Soul is God's Garden and every Grace is a beauteous Lilly 91 As the Waves on the back of one another are useful to help the Ship to the Heaven of rest so are Afflictions to the Godly Man 92 A Holy Life is pleasanter to a Christian than the Sun to the Earth or Wings to a Bird. 93 The Tranquillity and Peace of a good Conscience excels all worldly Treasure 94 The Application of Christ's Blood is not only our Strength but our Glory and Protection 95 He that blesseth God in his Afflictions his Afflictions shall be a Blessing unto him 96 When a Seducer speaks Truth he doth set a Snare to catch the Truth 97 In great Strains look not so much on the present as what we were and shall be e're long and that will give content 98 Tho' Sectaries intend it not yet Antichrist and Hell have no better Agents 99 No Man's Calling must call him from God or Godliness for particular things must give way to general 100 Sun Moon and Stars Birds of the Air Fishes of the Sea Trees of the Field spread forth JEHOVA s Praise O how much more 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