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
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
the head T he precepts of Kings are sometimes evill therefore we must only obey them in God but when God commands we may not examine but execute O nly a forme of godlinesse will never remove Gods judgements from a Nation T o weare the Devills livery to be the pentioner of hell at the command of that malignant spirit is a most damnable name and shame H ee that is to day a Papist tomorrow a Protestant next day no man can tell what nor himselfe such a man denies Christ E very man will try to write with two pens hunt two wayes fight with two swords or travell two wayes together is a troublesome folly truth hath but one way no second not another L et truth once flourish and heresie finde no footing then shall justice reigne oppression shall be oppressed the hand of bribery shall be broken the arme of injustice cut off and the mouth of iniquity stopped E very man shall sit under his owne vine we shall feare no breaking in of enemies to invade us nor heare any news or noyses to affright us F or joy we shall sing aloud our Princes shall be wiser and our Judges better instructed and instead of serving themselves and the time will learne to serve the Lord with feare and rejoyce in him T he Lord is a living Lord and a giving God unchangeable his goodnesse most bountifull in his benificence H ee that is the common enemy seeks to devoure all therefore every man cease quarelling one with another and fight with him A ll men are merry but who mournes for God is angry with us and would destroy us did not Jesus stand in the breach for us N ever depend on the favour of God untill our hearts be purged of pride and selfe-love be every thing denyed that hath no relation to Christ D oth all the world acknowledge some God doe some Narions acknowledge too many gods for shame let us acknowledge one God A sall times have their incident troubles so there is one maine day of trouble yet considering Gods promise he will never faile his B ecause we know not the time of our deaths let us learn with St. Paul to dye daily O ne halse houre spent fixedly every day will by Gods grace bring alteration heart and life V igilancie carefulnesse and love are the three marks and helpes of diligence T hat mans life is well bestowed in death when to patience is adde godlinesse A s finer tempers are more sensible of the changes of the weather so the faithfull and familiar with God can discry his judgements S uch is the Worlds desperatenesse and pollicie to vex whom God hath blessed but still he takes them into his tuition and will devout their enemies Y f man say to God in the middest of his distresses Is this thy justice he will answer Oh man Is this thy faith O ur sins by sea and land are so great that it is the only infinite mercy of God that in every place we perish not U nthankfull men are the worse for all Gods favours and the worse they grow towards the end the worse it shall be for them in the end W ee commonly kill our beasts when they are fattest but judgement surpriseth sinners when they are leanest which is the remotest distance from goodnesse E very sin is mighty therefore our repentance must be more hearty which mixt with faith and hope will bring us to heaven R epent in life that thou maiest finde comfort in death for the great Judge cannot erre he knowes our going out and comming in E xtraordinary terror was at the Law-giving but was a burning Image of what shall be at the Law enquiring R oome thinks the Gospels rising must needs be her falling and therefore cannot endure like a sister to communicate with us but like a Tyrant to excommunicate A unwise King destroyes his people but through the wisdome of them which are in authority Cities are inhabited N othing so sovereigne but by being abused by sin may not of a blessing become a curse K nowledge separated from obedience doth but inslames a mans reckoning and helps to a greater measure of condemnation S aint Johns short Sermon in his old age was Little children love one another T hree things let us alwayes commit to God our injuries our losses and our griefes for he is onely able to cure our griefes to restore our losses and rederesse our injuries O ur afflictions shall never end us but God will rather put an end to them our mouthes shall be filled with laughter our tongues with singing T he end of our conversion is to amend our conversation and that word which sounds peace and joy and remission of sin leaves this lesson behinde it Sin no more H ee that is never so poore if a true beleever Peter and Paul and Jesus Christ himselfe are his brethren E xhortations to particular duties of holinesse is alwaies needfull even to those that are most holy for the seeds of vertue are much hindred by naturall corruption R ingt holinesse is true nobility for without goodnesse there can bee no true glory I t is the honour of Gods Saints to be attended by Angels while they live and to be exalted by Augels when they dye G od both can and will deliver his chosen he can at all times seasonable for his own glory H ee that will not be found out of God in his mercy while he he lives shall be sure to be found out by him in his judgement when he is dead T hough all enemies be conquered and vanquished yet the Christian souldier shall be crowned H ee that neglects to please cannot complaine to be neglected A ll that live godly in christ shall suffer persecution thus Paul Christs Aturney pleads our affliction N ever thinke the vertuous and vitious go all noe way or that good and bad speed all alike for it a beast could argue he would abhorre such a tenant D espised and distressed soules that humbly acknowledge God on earth shall be acknowledged and glorified by him in heaven when Atheists shall be throwne downe into endlesse calamity D estruction bates nothing of totall ruine Gods justice will leave nothing for the wicked shall be preyed upon by insatiate judgement till nothing be left O ur ignorance is our curse but that which knowes not Christ is the most miserablest V ice is alwaies an enemy to true knowledge but how shall a man like that food of which he never tasted B lessed is the man that seeks by all means to grow in grace for he shall be sure to win a Crowne of glory L et good and we meet in all our actions for to be wicked is not much worse then to be undisereet for knowledge without vertue makes a mans mitimus to hell E very evill man hath lusts of his own which he is as resolute to maintain as a father to keep his owne children A mans conscience is
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
in baptisme forbids it L ooke to the innumerable savours where with God hath blessed us graced and honoured us and we shall find them sufficient to oblige us to obedience E ither the name of Saviour in our salvation or the name of Judge in our confusion some way this honourable name will strike upon us F eare God more and we shall feare all other things lesse turne all thy feare into the feare of God for he will honour them that honour him T ill we have put our sins to the worst we shall never get the better of our enemies for God will not be wanting to us if we be not wanting to him and our selves W hen rebellions abound punishments are full of variety God destroyed Corah by fire the Canaanites by the sword the whole earth by water H ee little loves Christ that will not love him without company and his zeale is cold to heaven whom the example of numbers can turn away E very true childe is obedient and will follow his fathers directions then if we follow not God we are bastards E very promise of God is a cordiall able to fetch backe a swooning soule there is no condemnation to them which are in Christ is a sweet cordiall L et every Christian soule on the holy feet of faith and obedience travell towards Jerusalem then Christ will say thou shalt have my company E arth is more honourable and brave in the spectators then in the spectacle but the glory of new Jerusalem the splendor of righteousnesse is farre more honourable A s a traveller passeth from Towne to Towne till he come to his Inne so the Christian from Grace to Grace till he come to Heaven B lessed is that man that is holy nothing can make that man poore for he graceth all conditions honours and places O ne grace opens the doore for another for God is never weary of blessing where he hath once begun V ivification and living unto grace comes only by mortification and dying unto sinne for by the death of the body comes the life of glory T here is nothing for which Christ will reward us but that whereby his glory is the greater for us such as in great tribulations confesse him R eprobates and wicked men if their bodies were like their soules they would grovell like beasts A s God shews mercy to some in their salvation so it is fit he should shew justice upon others in their damnation N othing can defend against the arrows of God neither are the strongest Cities shot-proofe for things ordained for refuge are by his justice made destructive K nowledge neglected brings great judgements for he that cloaks error with ignorance binds two sins together and receives double vengeance S innes of ignorance stand in need of mercy but what cloake is long enough to cover sinnes against knowledge O f servants they are in worst case that are sold but worse that do service in prison worst of all bound in fetters such is the condition of the ungodly P estilence should not be more avoided then the conversation of the mis-religious or openly prophane E xpiation was offered for the world and offered to the world but those that are blessed by it are separated from the world N othing so sure as there shall be a judgement such as is the conscience such shall be the sentence B oasting of sin when it is done doubles the lewdnesse wicked men glory in that which shall everlastingly cast them from glory A Canon doth not so much hurt from a wall as a myne under the wall nor a thousand enemies that threaten so much as a few that take an oath to say nothing C hristianity is become the footstoole of policie and hath made bargaines with the World for universall Monarchy Religion being but the labell to that Indenture K nowledge is not wholly exercised with good nor wholly taken up with evill but it knows both good and evill thus man thought to have become like God and became indeed like the Devill W ee know Christ to be the best Counsellour therefore undertake nothing without consulting at his Oracle A whole garment is more hand some then a broken one but a broken heart is more pleasing to God then a whole heart R epentace is the necessary way to salvation it is the will of God that none should perish yet withall it is his will that all shall perish except they repent D estruction would not fall upon the wicked unlesse they first by their wickednesse bring it upon themselves O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self T he imitaters of evill deserve punishment the abetters more but there is no hell deep enough for the leaders of wickednesse O ur owne feet carrie us to sin we love the journey our affections seduce us and so have been our undoing Y f there will come no period to the rebellion of the wicked till they sinke downe to hell yet for shame know no date of thy obedience till thou come up to heaven O f all victories love is the greatest to overcome evill with good is to be like God whose Image we beare in our creation and to whose Image we are restored in our redemption U pright justice is without equivocation it seeks not to obey God for mans sake but man for Gods sake it obeyes men but never against God R ighteousnesse and all happinesse is in the will of God to his creature for holinesse is the daughter of repenance O ur persons are justified by our faith our faith is justified by our charity our charity by the actions of a holy life R emember that there is nothing that makes a man so unlike to God as a hard heart without pity without patience D iligence and patience with painfulnesse are good but it is the sincerenesse of the heart that commends the rest E very Christian souldiers scutchion must be patience and his motto I serve Angells are glad of this title R emember the end is neare thy end nearer whether the end of this shall not be the end of all thy dayes thou hast no assurance to day then heare his voice repent one day before thy last day O ld age were better gather grace for themselves then goods for their posterity for it is their last time of gathering R eward belongs to labourers not loyterers the Crowne is laid up not for cowards but for Conquerers O into what infortunate times are we fallen when all our wrongs must be answered in blood P ray and repent repent and pray joyne with them abstinence adde to them three patience faith obedience and amendment of life and the Lord our God will deliver us E very man kisse that hand that strikes us love God that crosseth us and trust in that power that kills us this is the honorable proof of a Christian N o man is the worse for his repentant grief if the evill do come its labour well spent if not its a labour well
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