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A66816	Eremicus theologus, or, A sequestred divine his aphorisms, or, breviats of speculations, in two centuries / by Theophilus Wodenote ...	Wodenote, Theophilus, d. 1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing W3241; ESTC R39130	60,438	192

to do but a great number of them for our admonition that we may know what to shun 17. WHom thou now truly believest to be invisible and immortall and incomprehensible Think not at any time that God is in earnest like one of us or that God hath a body because the Scriptures sometimes give him our parts because we read of the heart of God eyes ears arms hands feet and such like for the holy pen-men by now and then the things of God by the phrases of men for mens better apprehension and readyer understanding because we cannot understanding because we cannot understand how one should see without eyes or heare without eares or shew strength without armes I speak after the manner of men saith Saint Paul because of the infirmity of your flesh [y] Rom. 6.19 I speak as men commonly use in regard of your weak capacities and carnall imaginations taking the best way to be understood to instruct your souls and affect your hearts Come not to the hearing or reading of such speeches as the Corinthians came together not for the better but for the worse [z] 1 Cor. 11.17 gather not the more errour from them but the more knowledge Hear them or read them to that end for which they were written even for thy clearer conception and easier perswasion 18. IN all places and amongst all persons let thy maine care alwaye be to set forward Gods cause to defend his truth to maintaine his Name and estimation whensoever it is any way questioned or evill spoken of Have a greater care of Gods glory than of any others or of thine own and let it go neerer unto thee to hear Gods Name dishonoured than to have thine own destroyed yea rather than thou O Lord shouldst lose any part of thy glory which is most proper and precious unto thee glory be for ever taken away from us and our honour with all contempt and disgrace layd in the dust loss of credit and reputation be to all our doings and sayings losse to our goods and good name and whatsoever in this world is most dear unto us 19. BE slow to wrath in the greatest in juries inferred upon thy selfe but in the least affront offered to God put on all the indignation and rigour thou hast Be mild and forbearing suffering and soft in causer of thy own but in the quarrell of God be magnanimous and fervent sharp and severe according to thy power and place Moses in his own quarrell in matter concerning himself was a man most meek and had not an equall unto him in his time for peaceable and gentle behaviour [a] Numb 12.2 3. he quietly bare wonderfull wrongs and was easily perswaded to depart from his right But when he was to deal for God he took upon him an holy obstinanacy He would not consent unto Pharao that so much as an hoofe should remain behind them [b] Exod. 10.26 but when he spyed a Calf in the campe when he perceived idolatry committed and Gods glory comming into question He proclamed a bloody massacre and pronounced the execution to be a consecration yea he with his partakers speedily sacrifised to God the blood of three thousand malefactours [c] Exod. 32.27 28 29. S. Paul was not mooved with thought of his own troubles or danger of death but when he saw the City of Athens wholy given to idolatry his spirit was stirred in him and though he did not as Moses because he had not the like authority yet he disputed in the Synagogue with the Jewes and with the devout persons and in the Market daily with them that met with him [d] Acts 17.16 17. 20. MAke O make no long yea no little tarrying to turne unto the Lord put not off from day to day from youth to old age when Summer is turned into Winter when the raine descendeth and the flouds come and the winds blow [e] Matth. 7.27 when men are beset with troubles and sickness with paine and grief and torment when their wits and senses are taken up to devise remedyes against their diseases to prevent or to sustain the pangs of death but remember thy Creatour and remember a convenient time for thy Creatour remember thy Creatour in the dayes of thy youth in thy young years in thy flourishing dayes in thy time of prosperity whilst thy sences are sharpe thy memory quick thy wit ripe thy capacity ready thy understanding deep Remember his might that thou mayest believe his mercy that thou mayest hope his justice that thou mayest be fearfull his goodnes that thou mayest be thankfull [g] Augustinus 21. LOve all Gods children for his sake and obey all superiours whom he hath appointed The debt of love is generall we all owe it and we owe it unto all but trust in God and depend upon him onely joyne not any creature with him He is contented and hath commanded that we should perform all other duties to all others to whom they belong Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour appertaineth [h] Rom. 13.7 provided alwayes that we yeeld them all to him chiefly to him ever and to none so much as him But the worship of confidence he hath reserved wholy to himselfe neither may we communicate it to any other upon any conditions without extreme disloyalty to him what is it less than idolatry for the meanest upon earth to tender it and as much as it as sacrilege for the mightiest up●arth to take it 22. OPen thy mouth and thy mind for thy brethren when they are molested and maligned and laden with scandals and reproaches but much more then for his cause and for his glory that made thy mouth and thy mind Be not ashamed of his righteousnes or of his Gospell lest he be ashamed of thee confess his Name before the sons of men and thou shalt be sure to be confessed before the sons of God Acknowledge Christs truth and he will acknowledge thee before the Angels and before his Father 23. IT hath been the custome alwayes of the best sort to offer in the best manner the best they had unto the best that is to the Lord himself Offer thou likewise the best to God whensoever thou hast cause to offer if ever thou desire to be in the number of the best otherwise the worst sort shall rise up in judgment and condemn thee the very idolaters that worshipped the works of their own hands and turned the truth of God into a lie shall go before thee into the Kingdom of heaven They in their oblations thought not the worst they had or what came first to hand as good enough but brought the best they had would have brought better if they could and thought nothing too much for their newly devised God they were content to spoil themselves that they might adorn their idols (i) Exod. 32.2 3. 24. STand upon

from thee 54. LEt not thy heart be in thy mouth but thy mouth in thy heart unless it be to glorify God or edifie thy brethren or for justice and equitie in behalf of them that are thrust down and injuriously dealt with by some unconscionable oppressour unless it be to speak such things as are just and acceptable in the sight of God and good and profitable for the use of the hearers unless thy speech be gracious and powdered with salt [q] Coloss 4.6 that is holy and wholesom for the matter and discreet and seasonable for the manner Either vent good matters or break not good manners Either speak that which is better than silence or els keep silence still [r] 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eurip. we commonly make little reckning of vain words but even the least vain word is not the least sin of which one day we must give a great account 55. SUspect all thy doings like Job that holy man that feared all his wayes [s] Job 9.28 yea though he had much less cause to fear than we have who come far short of his carefulness Suspect either thy negligence in them or pride of them or some corrupt affection mingled with them And when thou hast done the uttermost thou canst when thou hast bent all thy strength to serve the Lord in speciall manner say not thou art righteous like the Pharisee that condemned another and justified himself Be so farr from setting up thy rest or crest upon it that thou condemn thy self for an unprofitable servant [t] Luke 17.10 desiring remission not deserving reward As Christ said to the young man that was so forward in the Gospell that seemed zealous in the wayes of God and even to make hast to the Kingdom of Heaven yet one thing is wanting [u] Luke 18.22 so still cry out to thy soul either for the matter or for the manner some thing is wanting Assure thy self there is some want of holiness nay some unholiness in thy holiest aons 56. BE not Eagle-eyed and sharp-sighted to observe the behaviour and look into the lives of other men so long as beeing overcome with self-love thou art pur-blind in regarding and backward in reforming thine own but first begin with thy self and end with others but first look to thy own wayes and without partiality consider how hard it is to subdue the strength of sin in thy self and to over-master thy own corruptions so shall thou be more charitable and less severe to others 57. MAke conscience of the least sin that thou mayest be affraid of the greatest strain at every such gnat and thou shalt not easily swallow a Camel use to pul out but such a moat in thine ey and thou shalt not soon suffer a beame to stick in it to prevent sin at the beginning the labour is little but to shake off a custom is the work of a Samson 58. MAke not thy self guilty of other mens sins by counsell or commandment or consent by commending or justifying or concealing or not opposing if thou be able For though thou do not execute it in the work and apparently practise it with the hand yet if thou prevent it not when it is in thy power so to do thou commest within the compass of the sin in Gods account If God have made thee strong and thou make thy self weak the evill that thou sufferest shall be required of thee 59. LEt not the fatness of anothers portion trouble thee nor yet the leaness of thine own Never envy that another hath more not yet repine and grudge that thou hast less Make not slight of that which thou enjoyest because thou wantest something that thou desirest It is not Gods Ordinance that al should be alike or that al should be aloft or that all should abound in riches As the Lord can give riches without contentment so he can give contentment without riches Be not sick for anothers wealth or anothers office or anothers honour but constantly and equally content thy self with that honour or office or wealth or mean estate that God hath given thee but satisfie thy self with that low or last place wherin he hath setled thee and acknowledge that the meanest place is far more than either thou canst chalenge or canst deserve I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercyes saith Jacob [w] Gen. 32.10 Not worthy of the greatest No not of the least the least drop of thy mercies is greater than all my deserts 60. WHat though some far unlike to just Lot [x] Pet. 2.7 are nothing troubled in their souls with the filthy conversation of the wicked Nay which is worse what though some can delight and sport themselves can laugh and clap their hands to behold men laden with drink tumble like swine or observe how they rail upon the truth and those that profess it besides many other ungracious speeches little imagining that by such applauding behaviour they seem also to rejoyce in the Devills conquest over their brethren yet mourn thou for the sins of others as if they were thine own for if thou do not thou wilt thereby make them thine own If thou mourn for them they are their 's not thine but if thou do not mourn they are both theirs and thine they are smitten in Ezechiel that mourned not for the abhominations committed as well as they that did commit them [y] Ezech. 9.5 61. WHat intollerable oppression soever the malice of men shall not cease to multiply upon thee let Christian wisdom and magnanimity subdue thy passions Be so far from revenging thy self indeed for injuries done unto thee as not in big words or bold assertions to threaten or in the secret corners of thy mind to purpose any vengeance commend thy cause to God stay his leisure till he deliver thee or if thou live where God hath appointed a governour appeal to his Vicegerent the publick Magistrate who beareth not the sword in vain and abide his determination rather undergo a second injury than with thy own revenging hand requite the first rather with a good heart be ready to bear any thing than by any thing wherof thou hast no warrant seek satisfaction Art thou a Christian and wilt be revenged Tarry a while thy Lord and Master Christ Jesus is not yet revenged of his own death [z] Vindicari vis Christiane Nondum vindicatus est Christus August in Psal 30. put away all rage put on the Lord Jesus Christ [a] Rom. 13.14 pray as thy blessed Saviour both did and taught that thy enemies may rather be pardoned than punished 62. NEither bite thy neighbour present nor backbite him absent Neither bite him nor backbite him with what thou knowest and much less with more than thou knowest Moove not any tale whether false or true whereby the credit of thy neighbour may be lost or lessened All truths are not to be told at all times Thou mayst bear false witness when thou

which he useth of his goodnes towards us to convey to our feebleness good things and to make us more secure of his love They are the King of Kings gracious pardon to confirm the weakness of our faith to make good the truth of his own promises to seal up unto us forgiveness of sins Being then by Gods institution very available frequent them with a feeling of thy wants with a reverence of his ordinances with hungring after his graces with calling upon his Name to fit thee and prepare thee for that heavenly work 90. DEceive not thy own heart with a Zodiack of false signes Rest not thy self in seeking after common gifts general knowledge and illumination diversity of tongues and interpretation of tongues all which are common to all sorts of men both good and bad but labour and covet to be partaker of such gifts as are peculiar and proper to the elect do always accompany salvation and eternal life but labour to feel a certain knowledge of thy reconciliation to God in Christ the gifts of regeneration a dying unto sin and rising up to newness of life the grace of hearty prayer meekness in bearing rebukes delight in those that excel in vertue comfort in distresses and such like which the elect of God find in some measure wrought in them If these be in thee and abound thou shalt have that peace of conscience through them that passeth all understanding but if these be not in thee whatsoever knowledge thou hast besides though thou hast tasted of the heavenly gift been inlightned by the Spirit been partaker of the holy Ghost tasted of the good word of God and received the Gospel with joy thou shalt find no more sound comfort in them than many most wicked men have had who were enlightned by God but shall never be saved who attained to great and high knowledge but never grew so high as faith 91. ACcording to the truth of the Word in mercy revealed unto thee grow in grace more and more and make every day some progress to the Kingdom of heaven still press and indeavour onwards to obtain it Thou shalt find many lets and hinderances in the way which to pass over may seem to be hard in the beginning especially if they be looked upon with an eye of flesh but a setled course and continuall practice of faith and repentance will within a while make all that was laborious lightsome the matter easy and evident and the way plain and comfortable A scorner seeketh wisedome and findeth it not but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth (w) Prov. 14.6 that understandeth to desire it and humbleth himself 92. THink not thy self discharged either by Gods soveraigne or by the Priests subordinat working but that thou must also put to thy help and work out not the price but the assurance of thy own salvation (x) Philip. 2.12 but that thou must also by using the appointed means by walking in all the Commandments of God without reproof and continuall increasing in sanctification which is a signe and seal of our justification procure to thy self an assurance of thy election (y) a Pet. 1.10 but that thou must also by fighting the good fight and keeping the faith put thy self into an expection of the Crown of righteousness (z) 2 Tim. 4.8 If thou wouldst be sure to have salvation follow then must holy and carefull serving of God go before 93. HAst thou but little abilities and few gifts either of nature art or grace bestowed upon thee beholdest thou a double portion in others and a poor pittance in thy self yet be not dismay'd be not out of heart but in an humble cōtentation devout thankfulness proceed according to thy power and thy labour shall not be in vain in the Lord God desireth not toreap where he hath not sown nor requireth he much but where he hath given much He looketh not for labouring beyond thy strength nor travailing further than thy gifts can reach When Ezechiah pray'd for the people that the Lord would pardon every one that prepared his heart to seek the Lord God of his Fathers though he were not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary the Lord heard him and harkened unto him and healed the people (a) 2 Chro. 30.18 19 20. 94. COntent not thy self with knowledge and understanding with utterance and discourse or with ability to dispute and determine many difficult points of Religion though these faculties be in thee very eminent and singular but consider what faith thou hast to believe and conscience to perform obedience but look what power Gods Spirit hath in thee to sanctification of life to amendment of errours and misdoings of the Spirit illuminating the fruits are often given to the wicked Balaam and Saul may Prophesie Caiphas may have some transient revelations but the fruits of the Spirit sanctifying are vouchsafed to none but onely to Gods Elect Not he that knoweth most but he that maketh best use of what he knoweth is the man whom God will know and prefer in the day of eternal retribution in the day of his glorious appearance when he shall destroy all the wicked and make happy his own for ever 95. THe free-hearted Jews stil brought either gold or silver or pretious stones or fine linnen or spices or silk or hair or one thing or other to the building of the material tabernacle and they left not building till they were prohibited by proclamation In building thy spiritual tabernacle to the Lord leave not praying reading hearing learning meditating applying practising till thou be stayed by death In thy spiritual progress repine not at thy pains past neither think much of that which is to come but keep on still Be not weary of good intents and gracious imployments 96. LEt the examples of thy neighbours dying round about thee daily thy own decaying in strength and health the many calamities in this dangerous world incite thee to apply whilst thou hast time both thy body and mind to do good stir thee up to prepare thy self both in profession and practise for thy departure so shall neither life nor death no not sudden death part thee from thy Saviour so shall death be unto thee nor death indeed but a bare name and no worse so shall death not be terrible unto thee but as welcome as quiet sleep to a wearied and over-wearied traveller 97. BE not so heartless as to fear death nor yet so senseless as to pray for death before the time appointed by the Lord thy Governour It is a sin to work thy death before men and it is a sin to wish thy death before God Indeed death which bringeth the dissolution of nature and is a passage to a better life is a welcom guest to them that are the Lords all the godly do make themselves ready to receive him to meet and intertain him Death to the wicked cometh with a sting but to the godly