Ministry of the Word for it is accompanied with the internal power of the Spirit 82. Let not thy affections rove and the world or Divel can do thee no hurt 83. He that suppresseth sin at the first motion shall assuredly find comfort 84. If we mean to come to heaven we must not live in any known sin for it wasts grace 85. A Christian must mend his pace every day that grace may shine more and more to the perfect day 86. Every poor map is not a blessed man except his bodily poverty bring him to spiritual poverty 87. He that hath spiritual comforts hath them cheap if they cost him many a tear 88. The heart is never so chearful as when it powrs out it self in tears and sighs to God 89. Spiritual mourning secures the soul from hell-mourning 90. The way to divert too much bleeding is to open a vein and the onely way to stop unseasonable grief Is to turn our tears against our sins 91. All worldly sorrow must be sorrowed against but sorrow for sin is a sorrow never to be repented of 92. The adventure and the return of the stock of Praier is most certain to increase more and more 93. God forfeits not his Word but we our Praiers when we seek things which crosse God's nature or will or are hurtfull or not necessary in themselves 94. He that knocks at heavens door onely in death deservs to have the door knockt against his head 95. He that would speed in temporal things must first seek spiritual 96. He that desires to speed in praier must go to God with a knowledg and sense of his own insufficiency to succour himself 97. Cold praiers have cold answers for how should God hear us when we hear not our selves 98. They must look to be denied in their praiers who deny Christ in his members 99. The forgetfulnesse of received mercies makes God to forget us 100. He that will be sure to have his praiers heard must make a trade of praier being constant in it CENTURY 6. 1. WE must lay our hand on the plow and then pray that our endeavours may second our devotion 2. To ask grace and not to use the meant is to knock at heavens gate and pull it to us that it do not open 3. He that saies Lord forgive me my sins without a desire to leave them cannot be heard except God forfeit his Word 4. Things inconvenient and unnecessary are profitably denied us 5. If heavenly things were soon obtained they would be soon forgotten 6. He that puts in his petition at one door may willingly go about to another door to have an answer so let God appoint the way and means and deliverance shall be the more speedy 7. Nothing more humbls the child of God then to be buffeted with base temptations 8. When God laies a plaister to our wound we cry take it off when by holding it on the cure is done 9. He hath not lost his praiers but is doubly paid who with the crosses of the world hath his heart driven off from the world 10. He that hath most grace bath most work to do and greatest trials to buckle with 11. He that lets himself loose to any gross sin shall be sure to find it in his praier 12. Some are as unfit to pray as ever David was to march in Saul's armor 13. The bringing forth of a right praier is in a manner like the bringing forth of a child with many throws yet when the child is born there is joy 14. He that sees not the print of his imperfections is neither humble patient nor pitiful not knowing himself brother or God 15. A Verbal confession of frailty without humility mercy and use of the means is meer hypocrisie 16. Man's body in the grace is free from pain but not dishonor 17. Uprightnesse may stand with imperfection beauty with deformity some light some darknesse in the best 18. Our infirmities should be matter of humiliation not desperation 19. He that studies not to know himself will soon grow proud 20. Though the glory of a Saint be not obvious to every eye yet they have an excellencie in them in the midst of all deformities 21. He that see 's not a true Christian to be a glorious creature hath but a fleshly eye 22. It neither comes from good nor works any good to delight in speaking and hearing other men's enormities 23. Some people come to the means at first as children to the School very eagerly but afterward very hardly drawn to it at all 24 No company or comfort should put off the thoughts of death 25. Death will be very terrible to that man who dies not in his thoughts daily 26. It 's an easie matter to speak of death but to bring it home to the heart is very hard 27. Sin unrepented will bring a sting in the time of death filling the heart with sorrow the soul with amazement the conscience with horror 28. Our eies should be casements to let in fresh air not corruption 29. He that laies much upon natures back will break it and he that trusts to natural parts shall be disappointed 30. All carnal pleasures and delights are but poison if grace in the heart be not an antidote 31. Peace of conscience makes a man rejoice in sorrow and live in death 32. He that sees his own wants and weaknesse will often desire to communicate 33. An hypocrite shews sometimes a greater measure of profession then a Christian but is like corn on the house tops that quickly grows and is quickly down 34. All the hands and hearts on earth will do no good upon a resolute sinner 35. A child of God coming to Christ's Table eats judgment to avoid condemnation 36. He that would profit by heavenly mysteries must be knit to them not by the brain but by affection 37. Christ's prepared medicines minister no comfort unlesse applied to our soul 38. We cannot have Christs benefits unlesse we have himself 39. The signs seal no grace to the soul where there is no faith 40. We are very sensible of bodily hunger but soul hunger is hardly felt 41. He that will not be broken from sin shall have no portion in Christ's body broken 42. Gentlemen-like qualities pride pleasure intemperance bring souls apace to hell 43. He that makes a divorce betwixt his soul and corruption is in the state of grace 44. 'T is no presumption but duty to judge by our calling of our election 45. To know there is a Christ and not our interest in him is rather a punishment then a comfort 46. Faith and hope may be distinguished but not separated for faith hath ever hope 47. A fearful doubting soul lives vext in the suburbs of of hell 48. A weak and dumb evidence may be true as the strongest 49. As grace and glory so sin and shame go alwaies together 50. The more sanctified affliction on earth the more weight of glory in heaven 51. It 's all
better then a silken suit 42. He doth not God's will but his own who doth no more then himself will yea such a man takes pains to go to hell 43. God will find flaws in that for which wee look for thanks 44. If to do well cause discontent wee then offend not against men but their errours 45. He that doth no more then he is bound to do is rather wary then good 46. Adam notwithstanding the dignity of his condition variety and plenty of provision was set to work in Paradise 47. He that strikes deadly chooseth a sharp weapon so Satan chooseth the sharpest wits for instruments of mischief and seducement 48. It 's not company simply but good company which is good for man or woman 49. As it is not safe to be at Satan's mess though our spoon be never so long so it is not safe to lend an ear to a seducer 50. A sinful conscience which seeks to shun Gods presence discovers as much folly as faultiness and is like the fish which swims to the length of the line with the hook in the mouth 51. Satan can hurt a Saint but in the heel which is far from the head and though painful yet it is not mortal 52. Sin is the wicket that let death into the world 53. Fine apparel is a reproach to him that wears it being as a scarfe to the arme put out of joint 54. They are profane Niggards who think any thing too good for the servants and service of God 55. Wee are loth with Cain to confess our selves our brothers keeper and too willing to be his executioner 56. They that cannot forbear to sin cannot bear what is due to them for their sin becoming injurious to God's Mercy by diffidence and to his Justice by impatience 57. Self-guiltiness in some is the chief motive to suspition in others 58. Wicked men turn divine patience into humane presumption 59. Generation in the flesh and regeneration in the Spirit proceed from different principles 60. Man's head is a mint of evil imaginations his heart a sink of inordinate affections his memory a closet of sin full of fancies and impressures 61. God many times wills a change yet never changeth his will 62. God who made man without his help will not destroy him without his fault 63. As the Carpenters who built Noahs Ark were not saved in it so some preach others into the Church and live themselvs out of it 64. It 's as proper for sin to raise fears in the soul as for rotten flesh and wood to breed worms 65. Christians must labour as well to see God in his works as to believe him in the Scriptures 66. To break the bruised reed to trouble the grieved spirit to strike the breath out of a mans body who is giving up the ghost is cruelty upon cruelty 67. It 's the duty piety and humanity of the living to see their friends and relations fairly interred 68. Sincerity and safety go together 69. Gods commands are just in themselvs and justly commanded unto men nothing so great but we are bound to do it nothing so small that we may be allowed to sleight it 70. Whatsoever God commands there 's weight and worth in it to make it regarded 71. He that obeys not God in all things but with choice and exception obeys him not at all 72. Gods promises how fair or fierce soever never fail of an answerable effect he being immutable in his counsel unresistable in his power 73. It 's safer to go against the stream with godliness then to be carried along with ungodlinesse and overwhelmed in it 74. Every sin casts another shovel of brimstone upon the sinners soul in hell 75. The Saints in heaven onely keep holy day 76. Every cessation from sin is not a resurrection from sin 77. They that forget God in their life forget themselvs in death 78. He that watches not his first in clinations to sin but feeds them with the honey and milk of Gods mercy shall be drawn from presumption to desperation in God's mercy 79. Sin which comes in forma pauperis or pretends reason is very dangerous 80. Every man hath so many Gods as he hath habitual sins 81. Grace is no grace to me till I know I have and would have more of it 82. It 's strange God should think man enough for himself and man should not be satisfied with God 83. That mans heart is not sincere who loves God by the proportion of temporal blessing 84. It 's sin to distrust God in necessary things and to press him in superfluous things 85. No man ever lost his faith but hee that thought it not worth the keeping 86. It 's a powerful Sermon to see a man leave his ill-gotten goods and cast off his beloved sin 87. He that hath least of this world hath enough to weigh him down from heaven by an inordinate love of that little and he that hath most hath not too much to give for heaven and happinesse 88. Heaven will cost a rich man more then a poor man because he hath more to give for it 89. Rich and poor are alike in this that they must leave all which retard their present and constanâ— following of Christ 90. True repentance is when the sad soul weeps more blood at more pores then the weak body sweats drops of water and that more for the displeasure of God then the stripes of his displeasure 91. Not at all to be punished is a great affliction better be called Satan with Peter then friend with Judas 92. He is an imprudent man who disposes of years to come when he is not lord of to morrow 93. If any thing quenches the heat of sin the desire of money or the rise of sin it 's the consideration of death present 94. In the raging fits of sin and in the midst of their madnesse some have physick from God and are reclaimed 95. He that defers his repentance because of the thiefs example deludes his own soul for he was called at the first call not at the last and it is not for our imitation but to keep us from desperation 96. If there be any defect of joy in heaven it 's this that we cannot longer express our love by suffering for God 97. Faith in Christ is a full evidence yet suffering is a new seal upon that faith 98. They that neglect the good opinion of others neglect those virtues which should produce that good opinion 99. All the world never joined to deceive one man nor was ever any one man able to deceive the whole world 100. Better have no being then be without Jesus CENTURY 2. 1. ACcustome thy self to affliction before it comes and it will be no stranger when it comes 2. As long as I have God by the hand and feel his loving care of me I can admit any weight of his hand any furnace of his heating 3. To flatter our selvs in any licentiousnesse with an opinion of
that the least error entertain'd prepares the heart for greater and disposeth it to reject all truth at last 88. Seducers arguments are not settling but startling keeping men in a wavering condition 89. Piety and verity truth and godlinesse are like Hippocrates twins living and dying together 90. Sectaries lay out their time in examination of opinions and not of conscience looking after the notions of the brain not the bettering of the heart 91. The endeavour of the erroneus are for party not piety faction not faith not considering so much now a man lives but what doth he hold 92. Seducers may be known by their crooked expression uttering truth and error in one sentence shadowing their opinions with the Veil of godlinesse and their mistakes with the flowers of truth 93. As Physicians give bitter pills in sugar sops so Seducers vent damnable errors in fine expressions 94. It 's no small tentation when men in high esteem for piety and ability fall into error 95. The Seducer changes his opinions as often as he can get customers for his new ones 96. The Polypus by changing his colour hunts and takes the fishes so Seducers serve their followers 97. Seducers arguments are like Spiders webs catching little flies simple Christians 98. Where there 's curiosity and wantonness of brain old truths are rejected as stale meat 99. It 's the Divels policy to reproach true Religion by sending many false ones into the world 100. Men's outward conversation should be no protection to their errors for we are to judge of persons by their faith and not faith by persons Century 4. 1. AS dead Fish are carried along by the stream so are dead Christians by the times 2. The new creature is nursed and born under the Ordinances for faith comes by hearing and grows by the same 3. Men commonly who cast off Ordinances cast off also godlinesse for Ordinances awe men's consciences and keep them in a sober modesty modest sobriety 4. He is but a bad Christian that is so by fits and girds in publick assemblies and not in closets in hearing and not in practising 5. All secondary causes are but the rods of affliction in God's hand therefore we should make our peace with the Judge and not go to the Serjeant 6. Error spreads much by the strangeness of people to their spiritual guides 7. It behoovs us to be wary and circumspect seeing all men may deceive and be deceived some errors are so like truths 8. The clearer the water is the deeper wee see so where there 's least passion there 's most judgment for passion muds the understanding 9. Scripture is the great Standard of truth unto which all opinions must bee brought 10. A man may attain much literal scriptural knowledge and yet the minde of God in the Bible not in the man's heart 11. Religion at some times without profession may be profitable but profession without Religion is alwaies execrable 12. Whatsoever a man receivs upon the account of dispute or argument he is bound to disown when he meets with a more subtil argument or Sophister 13. Every head is not big enough to grapple with the depth of some arguments 14. The arguing of every truth disputes men out of truth into Atheism 15. There 's a holy sympathie betwixt a regenerate heart and a precious truth 16. As Oyle mixeth not with other liquors nor incorporates into no body so the divine unction like a well-spring of water works out all the filth that 's cast into the soul 17. He that hath light in his understanding and no honesty in heart is like a ship with no ballast and a great Sayl lying open to every wind 18. Comfort when not found on earth is very sweet to thy soul from heaven 19. There 's more mercy in God then can be sin or evil in us 20. God who requires rather truth of heart then length of time makes sick souls by a sharp repentance shoot out suddenly that if taken out of the world they may be eternally saved 21. He that is good onely under the Crosse is never good doing it from the fear of punishment not hatred of sin 22. It 's hypocrisie when in sicknesse we desire our recovery not the grace of God 23. It 's the hell of hell to damned souls that they brought themselves thither 24. God in bringing his children home sees the furthest way about is nearest suffering them to fall in sin and by sin to shorten their daies and so occasion their repentance 25. A Child of God at the worst is better then a Worldling at the best 26. We have often more occasion to blesse God for crosses then for comforts 27. There 's a blessing to the godly hidden in the very worst things 28. It argues neither grace nor wit for a man to take occasion to sin because God will save him for though God save such a man's soul he will take such a course with him as to make him deeply repent of trying conclusions with God 29. It requires much wisdom to manage our profession to our own comfort and God's glory 30. Education may civilize but not subdue onely grace makes the new change on the heart 31. Hee who hath tasted of heavenly comforts cannot but shew pity to others which he hath felt from God himself 32. Deliverance shall come when wee are fit to receive the greatest comfort and to render God the greatest glory 33. Never despair of the Church for rather then it shall fail it shall breed in a Lion's den 34. That which is not enjoied with overmuch pleasure is parted withall without over-much grief 35. In great distresse the Spirit of Praier will difference a sincere heart from an hypocrite 36. Such is our own inclination and Satan's temptation that no lesse then an Almighty power can deliver us from evil 37. A true Christians desire is not onely to clear his conscience from the guilt of sin past but to avoid for it the future 38. Grief no further yields comfort then it hath care of prevention 39. The triall of repentance is when we turn not onely from sin but to the contrary good 40. We wrong both the goodnesse and greatnesse of God in not trusting him for the time to come by the experience of former favours 41. Old Christians ought to be strong in faith upon this account that their old favours should help them to set upon new 42. Wicked men have not any bettering deliverance no preservation but a reservation to a worse 43. Doing ill is the cause of all ills and we may thank our ill in doing for ill in suffering 44. The Crosse neither daunts the godly man's courage nor stains his conscience 45. A purpose to live in one sin is enough for the Divel to hold his possession and in death to claim us for his own 46. He that hath not a care to prevent sin never yet truly did repent for sin 47. It 's ridiculous for Duelists to go to
whom the piety and zeal of those holy Martyrs are revived and doctrine continued 73. No mans calling must call him from God or godliness for particular callings must give place to the generall 74. The power command or example of great men is no warrant to sin 75. An unsound conscience is large and can swallow any thing but a sincere conscience is strait and the least thing sticks in her throat 76. He that takes custom for a safe rule of his actions takes a crooked rule and a blind guide by the hand 77. The falls of holy men in Scripture should teach us rather fear then boldnesse to sin 78. It denotes a sincere heart when it grievs for another man's sin 79 Adversity unites those many times whom prosperity divides 80. Sectaries cry Come out of Babylon and in the mean time fall into her substantial errours which are both her foundation and frame 81. It 's better many waies to swallow a Ceremony then rend a Church 82. Though Sectaries intend it not yet Antichrist and Hell have no better Agents 83. Death many times borders upon birth and the cradle stands in the grave 84. All the contentments of this life are as far from sincerity as contentment 85. O death if thy pangs be grievous yet the rest which follows thee is sweet 86. Let no Christian despise the means of his salvation when he knows the Author 87. The bread of the Sacrament was once the Bakers now it is God's the water was once every man's now it is the Laver of Regeneration 88. It is to thee O God we must powr out our hearts who onely can make our bitter waters sweet 89. Contentation is a rare blessing because it ariseth from a full fruition of all comforts or a not-desiring of some which we have not 90 No man so bare as not to have some benefits none so full as to want nothing yea as not to be full of wants 91 It is our faithlesness that in visible means we see not him who is invisible 92 Our greatest pleasures on earth are but pains in their loss 93 To whine in the midst of abundant riches is a shameful unthankfulness 94 When a heart is hardned with passion it will endure much e're it will yield to relent 95 God will be waited on and will give the consummation of his blessings at his own leisure 96 Let salvation be never so plentiful if we bring it not home and make it ours by faith we are no whit the better 97 Nothing so sovereign which being perverted may not annoy instead of benefitting us 98 Man would forget at whose cost hee lives if he wanted nothing 99 Lenity is ill-bestowed upon stubborn natures and it 's an injurious senslesness not to feel the wounds of our reputation 100 I care not how little or unpleasant a potion I find in this wilderness if the power and benefit of Christ's precious death season it to my soul Trino-uni-soli-Deo gloria FINIS Books lately printed for Thomas Parkhurst at the Sign of the three Crowns over-against the great Conduit at the lower end of Cheap side 1659. A Learned Commentary or Exposition upon the first Chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians by Dr. Richard Sibbs published for publick good by Thomas Manton Folio The Dead Saint speaking to Saints and Sinners living in several Treatises viz. The sinfulness and greatest evil that is in sin on 2 Sam. 24.10 The love of Christ to his Spouse on cant 4.9 Nature and Roialties of Faith on John 3.15 The slowness of heart to believe on John 1.50 The cause signs and cure of Hypocrisie with motives and helps to sincerity on Isaiah 58.2 The wonderful workings of God for his Church and people on Exod. 15.11 Never before published by Samuel Bolton D. D. late Mr of Christ Colledge in Cambridge Folio Four profitable Treatises very useful for Christian practice viz. The killing power of the Law The Spiritual Watch the New-birth Of the Sabbath by the reverend William Fenner late Minister of Rochford in Essex Folio There are going to the Press some new pieces of Mr. William Fenners late of Rochford in Essex never yet printed preserved by a special Providence one of which is a second part of his Wilful Impenitencie being five Sermons more that he preached upon the 18 of Ezekiel and the 32 Verse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Divine characters in two parts acutely distinguishing the more secret and undiscerned differences between 1. The Hypocrite in his best dress of seeming virtue and formal duties And the true Christian in his real graces and sincere obedience As also between 2. The blackest weeds of daily infirmities of the truly godly eclipsing saving grace and the reigning sins of the Unregenerate that pretend unto that godliness they never had By that late burning and shining Lamp Mr Samuel Crook B D. late Pastor of Wrington in Somerset Folio Mr. John Cotton his practical Exposition on the first Epistle to John second Edition corrected and inlarged in Folio A Theatre of flying Insects wherein especially the manner of right ordering the Bee is excellently described with discourses Historical and Physical concerning them with a second part of Meditations and Observations Theological and Moral in 3 Centuries upon the same subject by Samuel Purchas M. A. in 40. Catechizing God's Ordinance in sundry Sermons by Mr. Zachary Crofton Minister of Buitolphs Aldgate London the second Edition corrected and augmented The Godly man's Ark in the day of his distress discovered in Diverse Sermons the first of which was preached at the Funeral of Mrs. Elisabeth Moore Whereunto is annexed Mrs. Elisabeth Moores Evidences for heaven composed and collected by her in the time of health for her comfort in the time of sickness by Edm. Calamy B. D. and Pastor of the Church at Aldermanbury 8. Peoples need of a living Pastor at the Funeral of Mr. John Frost M. A. by Mr. Zach. Crofton The Gale of Opportunity and the Beloved Disciple by Thomas Froysel in 80. The Wedding Ring fit for the finger in a sermon at a Wedding at Edmonton by Will Secker Enchiridion Judicum oâ— Jehosaphats charge to his Judges opened in a sermon before the right honorable the Judges and the right worshipful the Sheriffe of the County Palatine of Lancast Together with Catastrophe magnatum or King David's lamentation at Prince Abner's Incineration by John Livesey minister of the Gospel at Atherton 80. The Journal or Diary of a thankfull Christian a Day-book of National and publick personal and private passages of Gods providence to help Christians to thankfulness and experience By John Beadle Minister of the Gopsel at Barnstone in Essex large 8. Mr Robinsons Christians Armor in large 8. Book of Emblems with Latine and English verses upon Lights By Robert Farly smal 8. A most Excellent Treatise containing the way to seek Heavens Glory to flye Earths vanity to sear Hells horror with godly prayers the Bell-mans summons 12. Johnsons Essayes expressed in sundry Exquisite Fancies Sion in the house of mourning becaus of Sin and Suffering being an exposition upon the fifth Chapter of the Lementations by D S. Pastor of Vpingham in the County of Rutland Groans of the Spirit or a Trial of the truth of Praier A Handkercher for Parnets Wet-eyes upon the death of their Children or Friends The one thing necessary By Mr. Thomas Watson Minister of Stephens Walbrook 8. A Plea for Alms delivered in a Sermon at the ' Spital before a solemne Assembly of the City on Tuesday in Easter week April 13 1658. By Mr. Thomas Watson Minister of Stephens Walbrook Lond. 80. Moses Unveiled or those figures which served unto the pattern and shadow of heavenly things Pointing out the Messiah Christ Jesus briefly explained whereunto is added the Harmony of all the Prophets breathing with one mouth the mystery of his coming and of that redemption which by his death he was to accomplish To confirm the Christian and convince the Jew very profitable and full of comfort By Willam Guild Minister of God's Word at King-Edward in Scotland Holy things for holy men or the Lawyers Plea non-suited c. In some Christian reproof and pity expressed towards Mr. Prynn's book intituled The Lord's Supper briefly vindicated c. By S. S. Minister of the Gospel Divine Principles or a Scripture Catechism c. Good Company being a collection of various serious pious meditations useful for instruction consolation and confirmation By J. Melvin minister of the Gospel at Vdimer in Sussex A Religious Treatise upon Simeon's song or instructions how to live holily and die happily by Timothy Woodroffe B. D. Pastor at Kingslaâ—d in Herefordshire An Antidote against Henry Haggaâ—s poisonous Pamphlet intituled The Foundation of the Font discovered or a Reply wherein his audaciousness and sophistry in arguing against Infant-baptism discipleship Church-membership c. is detected his caviâ—s against Mr. Cook Mr. Baxter and Mr. Hall are answered c. by Aylmar Houghton minister of the Gospel at Prees in Salop â—… Five sermon in five several styles or waies of preaching the first in Bishop Andrews's way the second in Bishop Hall's way the third in Dr Mayns and Mr. Cartwrights way the fourth in the Presbyterian way and the fiftâ— in the Independent way of preaching by A. Wright minister of the Gospel The Reformation in which is reconciliation with God and his people or 1. Subjection to the State remonstrated viz. that all that receive protection ought to yield subjection to this present power the old Protestant's Doctrine opposite to that of the Fift-Monarchy c. 2. Church-Government reformed shewing that the Church should be governed by Scripture-Bishops Presbyters Pastors all unitedly subordinated under the supreme Magistrate 3. Faith in which all should be Baptized is cleared or a Catechism unveiâ—ing the Apostles Creed with Annotations in which Faith Ordinances and Government are professed as in the Primitive times in opposition to all Errors and Heresies by W. K. Minist FINIS
one to Christ thy surety to pay thy great debts as thy small ones 52. Upon whom God bestows much cost there he looks for some answerable fruits 53. Sin may draw down judgment on a godly man but it shall not rest on him 54. The Church hath evermore received more hurt by discord then open enemies 55. In all diseases take away the proud and dead flesh and the plaister will fall off 56. When the fuel of sin is taken away Gods fiery wrath ceaseth 57. Saints by their great falls lose their communion but not their union with God 58. Of all burthens the absence of God's favour is most intollerable 59. Except healing and pardoning mercy go together man hath no comfort and God no glory 60. It 's very ill when small temptations makes us question the truth of God's promises 61. It 's sad to see carnal men contriving other waies of coming to Christ then ever he ordained or revealed 62. We must go to the promises for enlargement to duty our service requiring no portion but meer poverty and emptinesse 63. He that is content Christ should take all from him and dispose altogether of him hath a holy frame of heart 64. It 's Satan's policy either to let us see no sin or nothing but sin 65. Never any saved but rebells nor received mercy but such as opposed mercy 66. No Scripture saith the greatnesse of man's sin hinders the greatnesse of God's mercy 67. It 's not properly some men's unworthinesse but their pride which hinders them from Christ desiring something in themselves and not to have all from him 68. There 's no limitation of the riches of God's free grace but onely in the sin against the Holy Ghost 69. God shews mercy not because wee please him but because mercy pleaseth him 70. Whatsoever sight of sin unfits a man for mercy that sight is sinful 71. He that depends upon the power and mercy of God in his Ordinances shall find proportionable succour and success 72. When all means fail let the soul look up to God and out from it self being the fittest time to meet God and disappoint Satan 73. As a tree may want leaves and fruit not wanting sap or moisture so a Christian may want sense and feeling when there is faith 74. Sometimes some mens souls are like sullen children refusing their meat because they have not what they would 75. It 's a bad custome some men have never to be well but when judging rashly of their eternal being 76. Some men in hearing study how to find answers to put by their comforts 77. He â—hat listens to carnal pleas sins deeply and wounds his soul dangerously 78. He that enters the lists with Satan concerning God's Decrees will be carried into a wood where no body comes and no comfort to be had 79. We must not measure the riches of God's love nor sweetnesse of his grace by our own conceits 80. In self-judging observe the good as well as the bad and do not lie at the catch with thine own soul to take it at the worst 81. There 's a great deal of evil in that self-willed proud heart who hath all his objections answered yet renews them afresh 82. It 's a sin to reject mercy when God offers it as to kill a man which he hath forbidden 83. It 's better crosse our own humors then crosse God's Spirit 84. Stubborn peevish souls if saved in the end yet they are as it were in hell upon earth 85. Let souls hold to the Word in their dispute with Satan and he will be weary and go away 86. Look from one end of the heavens to the other and see if ever any man leaning upon God was disappointed 87. A soul leavs all other things for that which is chief with the soul 88. Faith gives a kind of being to whatsoever we do or speak 89. We must not think to bring any good to the promises but go to them for all good 90. We must not look for sanctification till we come to the Lord in vocation 91. O precious faith which brings all goodnesse with it grace here happinesse hereafter 92. There would be a sweet mutual peace in God's holy mountain if every one kept in his own limits knowing his duty 93. It 's an eminent and infallible mark of regeneration to have the violence and fierceness of our nature taken away 94. He that refuseth works of mercy to those in need is a murtherer 95. The doctrine of Christ is preached to many but the power thereof extended but to few 96. That man is holy and harmlesse who when opportunity of doing evill is offered can abstain 97. It 's a blessed thing when we are provok'd to forbear to revenge our selves 98. It 's a sign of a woful state when our tongues flie out in words and our hearts are set on mischief in small matters 99 No man can love a saint as a saint but a saint 100. Religion and Rebellion are inconsistent CENTURY 7. 1 NO man is turned unto God but he loves the society he formerly hated 2. It 's dangerous too much to admire fleshly excellency for those gifts of goodness which are in the same 3. As there is a cruell justice many times so there may be a cruel mercy 4. A heart set upon chafing brawling and raging is void of comfort 5. He may be assured of the remission of sin who is released from the bondage of sin 6. No sin so small but there 's an enmity against God in it and a dishonour to God 7. He that would make all comfort sure to himself let him make this sure first that his sins are forgiven him 8. The onely way to quiet our hearts is to hearken what God saies 9. All God's children must be plowed and have the clods of their corruption broken 10. Misery to the righteous is as a sojourner but it rests on the back of the wicked man 11. The means time and measure of afflictions is of God's own appointment 12. The wounds of a friend with holy reproof are precious but his wounds by sinful counsel are pernicious 13. There 's another life besides the natural life and the root of it is Christ our life 14. That nothing can suffice man coms from a divine instinct to make him seek out another life wherein consists happinesse 15. He that finds such an antipathy betwixt his spirit and sin as betwixt him and poison hath true grace in his heart 16. We must hate the conversations of such who hinder us in the growth of spiritual life 17. As without shedding of blood no forgivenesse of sin so without the Spirit sealing the promises to our souls we have no comfort 18. Christ is the fountain of spiritual life but faith is the pipe conveying it to us 19. Better for us to sleep in a house full of Adders and Serpents then in a state of sin 20. Happy practice when with the day we clear the sins of the day fitting
our selvs for life or death 21. Though pardon of sin be pronounced yet God hath the keeping of joy in his own hand 22. Every falling into sin is not upon all four a quite falling away 23. Samson's strength was in his locks but our strength against sin and errour is in Christ 24. A believing spirit trembles at any thing which hinders or grievs the Spirits working 25. Sense of God's love is sometimes withdrawn to make us mourn for it the more 26. When afflictions are doubled it 's time to pray hard believe and apply the promises and then deliverance will come 27. In the use of means run alwaies to Christ that he may work virtue being onely in him 28. God's time of helping the poor and needy is when all other help is at a stand 29. After faith ends on earth comes the life of vision in heaven 30. Redemption in regard of efficacie is no larger then God's Election for those which the Father gave in Election Christ by Redemption saves 31. God's general call in the Church is to call out his own 32. God rains the showers of his Ordinances upon all but Believers have onely the benefit of it 33. It 's no matter what cavills wicked men raise of God's intention and election seeing more grace and means are offered then they are willing to entertain 34. Christ is our husband faith yields consent and consent makes the match 35. Many are in the state of grace relying on mercy and wanting the assurance of pardon 36. Satan applying himself to the distemper of a melancholy spirit keeps it in darknesse 37. Sincerity is the holy man's perfection in the use of all means 38. A man may have excellent parts and no grace at all which are given for the good of others because such neglect faith humility and a broken spirit which are more then gifts 39. Parents shew their love most to the weakest child so God manifests his comforts most to weak Christians 40. Where there is faith there is praier for faith is the parent of praier and praier is the breath of faith 41. The living of a happy life consists in the assurance of God's love to our souls 42. The sense of Christs love in pardoning sin constrains us to an holy violence in performing of duty 43. Look upon the love of God and it will cut the sinews of sin and distrust in providence 44. Come in and stoop to Christ in doing thy duty and thou puts this question out of question that thou art one of God's Elect. 45. They who have no conflict in their spirit and no interruption in their estate may greatly fear their condition 46. In cases of desertion and seeming deadness trie which way soul the goes in its desires 47. Complain of thy self and sins to Christ and let sin have no quiet possession 48. He is a true Christian who lives in no grosse sin nor allows of no small sin 49. That man dies comfortably who believs Christ will have a care of his soul 50. Some Scriptures are become hard to understand because of so many diversities of understanding 51. Little Scripture is so sincere and indemnified as to please all conjectures and satisfie all interests and spirits that inquire into them 52. It 's a wilful error to choose to be solitary where there 's one Catholick consent and harmony 53. It 's dangerous to take by-paths where the open road is free and safe 54. He that chooseth singularity wil fall into many absurdities and implications 55. He that dotes upon his own invention and proposeth to himself a separate notion will ravish and wrest the Word by an audacious force 56. Many things lie yet hid in the Scripture as full of darknesse as wonder 57. Some undo a great deal of learning by an extreme ingredient of superstition or novelty 58. They that are most void of learning and experience dabble most in dark places 59. Though many things in Scripture be obscure and profound yet nothing superfluous 60. He reads the Scripture with danger of infection who brings the Plague with him 61 Carnal pleasures sowr and wither by using but spiritual become fresh and delightful 62. That heart is worse then iron whom Christs loadstone cannot attract 63. The graces of Christ are like the eternal springs of the earth that cannot dry up but are and shall be diffused until his whole house be filled 64. The love of Christians to Christ is no blind precipitate passion but guided by reason and election 65. Grace destroies not nature but perfects her by supernatural reliefs 66. There 's special intimacie and kindnesse betwixt Christ and those that fear him 67. Joy breeds from love to its root and where one is shed abroad the other trickls after it 68. The more we mind God by contemplation the more we admire and seek him 69. Many souls are black through the night of persecution yet comely in hope and patience 70. False teachers have many folloâ—â—… as wasps have combs but no honey 71. Some are Kite-eied to espy the filthinesse and carrion cast out of their brethren passing over their graces 72. Affliction may discolour the Church for a season but her proper and constant complexion will be beauty for ashes 73. None so implacable and bitter as hereticks and Schismaticks sons of the same mother the Church but not of the same Father God 74. Get under Christs protection and Government and he will not suffer thee to lack 75. He is in greatest danger of erring who travels alone 76. Babylon holds many of God's people yet let them not make such places their refuge much lesse their election 77. It 's truly Christian for a man to love those who hate him and do him wrong 78. It aggravates a man's sinfulnesse to be unholy wilst he converseth with such as are holy 79. It brings honour to God and man to be upright amongst those who are unjust 80. Perfect holiness is the aim of Saints on earth it 's their reward in heaven 81. As the salt Sea makes not the fish salt so no filthiness destroies true grace 82. Some men can personate Religion but are not religious persons 83. He who hath a plain heart hath also square dealings 84. If God hath given thee grace thou hast the best and choicest blessing can be given 85. Grace may be more eminent in some then in others yet every man hath every grace who hath any grace at all 86. It 's a great dishonor to our profession not to be upright in our dealings and conversation 87. Fear being all duty and every grace if uprightness of dealing be not from it it 's a heathenish virtue not a Christian grace 88. The fear of the Lord sweeps the heart and keeps the life clean 89. Holy enmity against sin is the temper of a godly man's heart 90. He that will avoid sin must avoid the occasion of sin and he that will keep from the act must keep from the way
base 39. In our straits consider what we were and shall be ere long and it will work the soul to contentation 40. wicked men thrive often but they are never blessed their prosperity is their curse 41 He that blesseth God in his affliction his affliction shall be a blessing to him 42. That man is full of grace who is composed in word and thought under affliction 43. To be good when we suffer evil is the height of goodness 44. Nature teacheth a man to value his life above the world and grace teacheth to value the soul above the life 45. It 's a woful thing to put off repentance to a pained body which pain is powerful of it self to disquiet the mind 46. He lives miserably who lives by medicines and most miserable who is beyond the help of Physick 47 It 's an holy man's comfort to bee alone and yet they are never alone having an invisible friend to visit them 48. Wicked men think by Satan's perswasions that death is an end of outward trouble 49. Satan makes Duellists most willing when they are most unfit to die 50. Look upon evil as coming from the hand of God and it will quiet thy heart in bearing evil 51. If men did consider that the milk of the Word is the food of the soul they would rather their bodies be without souls then their Churches without Preachers 52. They who carry away the principal Tithes from the Church had rather lose their inheritance in heaven then let Christ have his inheritance on earth 53 If the buyers and sellers in the Temple deserv'd whipping the buyers and sellers of the Temple deserve hanging 54. Church-robbers on their death-beds or in hell will see that sacrilege is the worst of thefts and murthers 55. Church-goods prove as unfortunate to many as the gold of Tholossae to the followers of Scipio 56. Some men think to go to heaven by giving their Ministers the hearing which is all they give them 57. Wit and poverty seldom make up an honest man 58. That man is never truly thankful to God who is unthankful to the means 59. God's glory will make a good man speak when terrour it self hath commanded silence 60. Our Pharisees are worse then the Pharisees of old for they paid Tithes of all they had 61. Some mens shoo-ties cost them more in a year then their souls 62. Great is the affection of a Convert to a Minister who hath been the means of his conversion 63. The Lord hath committed the souls of Magistrates to their Ministers but the bodies of Ministers to the Magistrates 64. Our love to God is best known by our respect to his messengers and usage of his members 65. If persons were prized according to what is in them the world would be rightly ranked 66. The favour of God goes out for nothing in man but the wrath of God goes forth alwaies for something in man 67. The sins and afflictions of men are swiftly carried upon the wings of same and posted about by reports 68. A man then sets his seal to it that he is a friend when he willingly shares in his friends affliction 69. Some friends are like the swallow to come and sit and sing with us in summer but when winter comes they seek for a hotter climate 70. To visit the sick is not a complement but a commanded duty 71. It 's good manners to be an unbidden guest at the house of mourning 72. A suitable end is the grace and beauty of all our undertakings 73. No sicknesse or affliction can wear out the marks by which Christ knows us 74. Silent mournings are the sorest when lifting up the voice vents the sorrow 75. In great sorrows the mind is unfit to take in comfort 76. A talkative comforter is another disease to a sick man 77. Let sorrow have it's way a while and it will make way for comfort 78. Cursing is now made the common weapon of anger and wrath wishes the evil it cannot work 79. Eternity the day of glory is one continued triumph for our birth-day in grace 80 Grace doth not take away sense it heightens nature and doth not abolish it 81. The comfort of every day depends onely upon the blessing of God 82. Honor is but an higher unhappiness â—â—ches are golden thorns and strength ability to bear a heavier burthen 83. The same creature comfort may prove to us a curse or a blessing 84. No man on earth in so sad condition but he may be in a worse 85. Much of the comfort of our lives is brought in by the society of good friend 86. They who have no treasure in heaven cannot but be enraged when the hope of their gain is gon upon earth 87. He that is a knowing christian can hardly sin without a smart upon conscience 88. To commit sin against light is not so great an argument of an evill heart as to be troubled at the light which rebukes them 89. That man's damnation sleeps not who awakes the Devill to shew him sinning opportunities 90. He that loves wages will not stick to do that work which brings in wages 91. In sad times small comforts passe for great merits and in such times the removing of small comforts is a great affliction 92. Disappointment of expectation is no small provocation in the day of trouble 93. That hell is such a night as never shall see the dawning of the day hath more torment and pain then all the pains of hell 94. If God turn not the key of the womb the poor infant must lye in prison making his mothers womb his grave 95. We should consider there 's more of God's power in bringing us into the world then in bringing us out of any trouble in the world 96. Every step of life stands in need of a step of mercy 97. Life is a tempestuous sea-voiage and death brings us to our harbour 98. Paul had an ear to hear those word which his body had no tongue to express 99. To wish things otherwise out of tenderness that God should be offended is both lawfull and commendable 100. Secretly to surmise or openly to complain that the world is not well governed is plain blasphemy CENTURY 10. 1. IN things which we cannot understand let us adore God's secret Justice and unsearchable wisdom 2 Powr out your complaints into God's bosome and let second causes be look't upon but in the second place 3. To bear our crosse is the patience of necessity but to love to bear it hath in it the height of affection and the depth of subjection to Christ 4. Men may put riches with them in the grave but they cannot keep them one moment out of the grave 5. They who fall from God by impiety will quickly fall upon man by cruelty 6. It 's the character of an extream wicked man to be a troubler of the place and peopl where he lives 7. He that followeth sin and serveth pride and ambition serves a hard master
who will make him toil and sweat and pay him at last with death 8. It 's no small trouble to possess good things when we cannot enjoy them 9. Many afflictions to our sense are somtimes worse then death 10. As death finds many before they look for it so some look for death and cannot find it 11. It 's a great deal better for a man to expect death when it cometh not then to have death come when he expects it not 12. The darkness of affliction it a great increase of our affliction 13. Holy wisdom and prudence bids us prepare for evill in our good daies 14. They can ill bear any trouble who look for nothing but comfort 15. The more our hearts are loosened from the creatures the more assurance wee have of enjoying the creatures 16. The best way of teaching is out of our own experience and exact disquisition 17. Largness of gifts and helps from God should quicken us unto a more chearful and vigorous study of our duties 18. It 's a great blessing for men to have helps and comforts answerable to their imployments and hearts also to use them 19 The study of the creature is of excellent use to lead us to the knowledg of the Creator 20. The more knowledg a man hath the more ignorance he discovers in himself 21. The good which satisfies a man must bear proportion to his heart and inward man 22. The right use of pleasure is not to take up the whole man but to mitigate the bitterness of severer studies 23. In things of this world somtimes they who have least wisdom or goodness have greatest success 24. The wise and circumspect are many times frustrated in those courses which were contrived with greatest skill and cunning 25. It 's dangerous Judging of mens wisdom or folly goodness or badness by outward events 26. As a little cloud darkens the light of the sun So a little trouble darkens the content of all our enjoyments 27. It 's the love of God which puts sweetness in all our outward mercies 28. Power without piety is very apt to degenerate into cruelty 29. It 's the height of impiety to fetch any power or advantage from any ordinance of God to commit it 30. Faith looks on the pride and power of wicked men as a very vain thing even in the height of their greatness 31. It 's matter of comfort to the oppressed that their cause shall be judged over again and themselvs righted 32. It 's a vain conceit to think contentment tied co a small estate and vexation to a greater whereas true content knows as well how to abound as how to want 33. It 's woful when men have enough for back and belly calling and decency of state but not enough for the eye 34. Wealth is a great ornament to wisdome and the sinews of action 35. The more sensible any man is of sin in himself the more meek and charitable he will be to others 36. As a little flie corrupts much pretious perfume so a little folly blemisheth much a wise man's reputation 37. To a man made up of pride and folly other men much wiser then himself appear but fools 38. They who are impatient of rule over them have mine very near them 39. Where wisdom is wanting to direct our actions labour will prove endless 40. The Politician's pretence may be fine and spiritual but his ultimate end is gold and greatness 41. It 's very sad to see men quoting Scripture to palliate their impious actions 42. Woe to that man who sacrificeth the publick peace to private interest 43. Nothing so much conceals deformity and pretends beauty as the mask of Religion on the face of Rebellion 44. It 's policie to say grace to our designs be they never so wicked and to give thanks for the success be it never so bad or bloody 45. No man is more hated of God then an hypocrite for a counterfeit Religion shall find a real hell 46. It 's common amongst Rebels and Hereticks to mention old Traitors for new Martyrs 47. The will of a wicked man is often an offender when his hands are innocent the sin being out of his reach 48. For learned men to have turbulent spirits is the dishonor of the Gown and shame of the Pulpit and somtimes the ruine of their Country 49. A Politician when he hath made his best use of a seditious Preacher leavs him to his own wild distemper directing his thoughts to another end 50. Few men are able or willing to distinguish God's permission from his approbation 51. Christ's Kingdome was not of this world nor yet is a Christian's happinesse 52. He that asserts temporal happinesse to be a true Index of divine favour must not say Mahomet is an Imposter 53. Fortunate sins are very dangerous temptations 54. A meer Professor is alwaies of the prevailing Religion harboring a room in his heart if occasion be to lodge the contrary 55. The Magistrate who hath no voluntary room in the hearts of his people must use all means to gain a coercive 56. It 's great pity such slender evasions in breaking Oaths should satisfie Christians which have been scorned by Heathens 57. It 's no heresie to say many have been saved by their infidelity in not believing Politicians pretences 58. Some men cover wrong with wrong as if the the commission of a second sin were enough to justifie the first 60. Necessity is the common sanctuary for tyrants sinful actions 61. They who study to be great by any means must by all means forget to bee good 62. If all the gay things which men fondly fancy in a Crown were really to be found hee pays too dear that pawns his soul for it 63. It 's the humor of many when they have once rushed into a party or opinion implicitly to prosecute it as desperately as if they were under demonstrative convictions of equity 64. Soon angry when small injuries are done to our selves and still patience in great wrongs done to God shew our hearts to be naught 65. Our hearts cunningly trip up our heels when we are to run the race set before us 66. There 's a mystery of sin lying in the folds of the heart which we shall never see except God's Spirit enlighten us 67. When a Seducer speaks a truth hee doth set a snare to catch the truth in 68. Policie in wicked men is more powerful sometimes to restrain their corruption then grace in others who are truly religious 69. An hypocrite speaks not out of but contrary to the abundance of the heart 70. No greater thief then a slanderer for he robs his brother of his good name which is above gold or silvers 71 What a mockery it is when men are carefull to pay their servants their due and yet rob God and his Church of their due 72. Sectaries cry out against Papists persecution in Queen Maries time and yet cease not to vent their malice against the Ministers in