on any earthly thing for nothing brings true content to the soule but God Delight thy selfe in him this will both purifie thy heart and assure it before God In thy carnall delight there are or may be losse of crosses in curses for them They are broken cisternes In the end of every day aske thy selfe What have I done What have I done amisse What have I left undone Thus summe up thy accounts and make all streight twixt God and thee Keepe a Catalogue of all thy g 〈…〉 knowne sinnes nor balking any but dealing truely with thy selfe and then falling downe on thy knees disburden thy conscience of them by humble confession to God carrying this thy owne inditement and spreading it before the Lord and pleading guilty drag thy sinfull lusts to the crosse of thy Saviour and there crucifie them 2 Pray for a soft and tender heart as for life Lord thou hast promised to take out the heart of stone to give an heart of flesh 3 Get the particular promises which thou desirest to have fulfilled to thy soule without booke yea into thy heart as well as thy head Mr. Byfield Mr. GEORGE FLETCHER in Christs victory and triumph pag. 50. VVHo is it sees not that he nothing is But he that nothing sees what vveker brest Since Adams armour faild dares warrant his That made by God of all his creatures best Straite made himselfe the worst of all the rest If any strength we have it is to ill But all the good is Gods both povv'r and vvill The dead man cannot rise though he himselfe may kill Mr. QVARLES Historie of SAMPSON Medit. 21. LOrd if our Father Adam could not stay In his upright perfection one poore day How can it be expected we have povver To hold out siege one scruple of an houre Our armes are bound vvith too unequall bands We cannot strive vve cannot loose our hands Great Nazarite avvake and looke upon us Make haste to helpe the Philistims are on us Medit. 22. ibid. Lord shouldst thou punish every part in me That does offend what member would be free Each member acts his part they never lin Vntill they joyne and make a body of sinne Make sinne my burthen let it never please me And thou hast promis'd when I come to ease me Medit. 19. idem ibid. Thou great Chirurgion of a bleeding soule Whose soveraigne balme is able to make whole The deepest wound thy sacred salve is sure We cannot bleed so fast as thou canst cure Heale thou our wounds that having salv'd the sore Our hearts may feare and learne to sinne no more And let our hands be strangers to those knives That wound not fingers only but our lives Some particular formes of PRAYER 1. For the Sacrament of the LORDS Supper WOnderfull art thou O Lord in all thy works towards the sons of men but more especially wonderfull in that great worke of our redemption by the death of thy Son Hadst thou left us to have perished in that estate of damnation into which wee desperately had implunged our selves by the wilfull disobedience of our first parents it had beene but just with thee so to have done for wee were the clay thou wast our Potter and we all are the work of thine owne hands and hadst thou taken no delight in us to doe us good thou mightest easily have made us dishonourable vessels of thy wrath as well as thou didst the Angels which kept not their first estate but left their owne habitation whom thou hast reserved in everlasting chaines under darkenesse under the judgement of the great day But thou in love to our soules wouldest not that wee should perish and therefore out of thine own incomprehensible wisedome foundest out a meanes of rasoming and redeeming man from hell by causing thine own sonne God equall for ever with thy blessed selfe to bee made sinne for us that so wee might bee made the righteousnesse of God in him who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree and the more to confirme us in the assured hope of everlasting salvation which he once purchased for us by his bloody passion did institute for his Church the blessed Sacrament of his body and blood in which I see him againe crucified and freshly bleeding before mine eyes in the outward elements of bread and wine which he hath appointed to bee often celebrated in remembrance of him Blessed bee thy holy name therefore my daily sinnes have made mee unworthy of daily bread much more of this bread of life yet seeing thou callest and invitest mee at this time to the Supper of the Lambe to eate of that Manna that came down from heaven to partake of those divine mysteries O let not mee suffer my selfe to bee needlesly detained from so blessed a feast by any pretended occasions whatsoever as those did that made excuses and set light by their invitation to the marriage of the Kings sonne Math. 22. 5. left thou sweare in thy wrath that I shall never taste of thy Supper nor enter into that rest which my Saviour is gone to prepare for thy beloved ones For if those in the law that did neglect to eate the Passeover and to worship at Hierusalem at the times appoynted were to bee cut off from the number of thy people of how much sorer punishment shall I bee worthy if I refuse to partake in thy blessed Sacrament and neglect so great salvation which thou tenderest unto mee hereby O therefore make me to come as a guest invited comming prepared unto thy table having on my wedding garment because thou thy selfe the great master of this feast art present in the assembly eying and observing thy guests Let mee therefore first wash my hands in innocencie my heart from wickednesse and so compasse thine Altar O Lord that seeing Christ my Passeover is sacrificed for mee I may purge out the old leaven and become a new lumpe keeping this feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth feeding on him with the sowre herbes of godly sorrow and unfained repentance for all my former sins O make the very remembrance of them to be grievous and the burthen of them intollerable unto mee O wash mee Lord wash mee not onely the feete but even the hands also and the head for I am uncleane I am uncleane a very Leper a sinke of sinne whom thou mighest shut out of the congregation of thy people for ever but yet O Lord if thou wilt thou canst make mee cleane Thy blood O sweet Iesus is able to cleanse more throughly than the waters of Iordan did Naomans leprosie and to wash away all my pollutions and make my Ethiopian skin my leopards spots to be white as snow in Salmon Now the good Lord pardon me and every one that prepareth himselfe to seeke thee in the truth of his heart though wee bee not cleansed and prepared according to that exact purification of thy Sanctuary O Lord make me to search
may receive them as pledges of thy favour and gracious assurances of thine everlasting love through Iesus c Matter for Graces after meate Blessed bee thy name for health life strength and for all the blessings of this and the blessed hopes of a better life make it our meate and drinke to doe the will of thee our heauenly father make us to hunger after that bread which endureth to everlasting life Provide dayly bread for all thy poore servants till thou bring us to that place where we shall never hunger nor thirst any more thy loving kindnesse is better than life that I may labour not so much for this meat that perisheth but for that meate which endureth to everlasting life the body and bloud of our Saviour which is meate indeed and drinke indeed Keepe us in thy feare while we live on earth and afterward receive us to glory in thy kingdome We thanke thee O Lord for the comfortable use of these good blessings we beseech thee also feed our soules to everlasting life with the meate that perisheth not through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Blessed bee thy name O Lord God for thus opening thy hand and filling us at this time with thy good creatures vouchsafe still to be our God with-hold no good thing from our soule or body Save all thy Church protect our King Queene Prince Royall Progeny and Realme Grant free passage to to thy Gospel comfort to thy Servants and peace of conscience to us all through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An EPITOME of a Christians Conversation and Religious course of life gathered out of some Godly Practicall Divines c. Every day bestow halfe an houre in reading the Scriptures and Prayer Gods word will not onely shew thee what to do what to pray but will worke a secret power to accomplish the same Appoint and set a part some time once every day seriously and solemnely to cast up the eye of thy Faith on that never-fading crowne of life which after an inch of time shall for ever rest upon thy head The comforts hereof will make a man live almost without a soule and sweeten all the troubles of this life Set one houre in the weeke a part Saturday in the afternone is more fit by reason of the approching day to consider of search and try thy wayes this will snub and keepe downe the weeds of corruptions from overspreading thy soule Thou bestowed an houre on thy body every day in dressing it and lookest thy selfe in a glasse to attire thy outward sheath and wilt thou not once a weeke doe as much for thy soule thy body must one day rot and turne to dust perhaps to morrow thy soule must live ever either in weale or woe Life and death are now in thy choyse chuse then that good part Give God the honour of thy thoughts as well as of thy words and actions often thinke how all the glistering shewes of this whole world must and doe vanish and moulder into vanity and nothing very smoke As soone as thou hast broken of sleepe set God before thee and thinke What shall I doe what course shall I take that I may bring glory to God that I may not sinne this day O that my wayes were so directed Never speake the evill which thou too certainely knowest by others but with fearefulnesse as it were and some kinde of enforcement being sure thou hast a calling to it and then doe it seasonably charitably discreetly and not in humour spleene imperiousnesse T is the humor of Hypocritts to be supercilious and censorious but for Gods glory thy owne discharge use no moe wordes against mâ—ns sinnes than thou wilt make prayers for their soules in secret Be bold yet wise in speaking for Christ and with height of resolution goe through all the disgraces that the sinfull times lay in the wayes of God In Actions civil Doe as thou wouldst be done to religious Strive to live by faith because faith is the soule of all our actions our prayers will bee cold unlesse this warme them Take heed of falling from thy first love Serve not God for by-respects but onely for himselfe So long as thou art unfeinedly displeased with and sorry for all thy sinnes and dost mortifie the deedes of thy body by the spirit thy cafe is the state of salvation Let thy whole conversation favour of the Lord. Bee alwayes bemoaning thy spirituall pride knowne hypocrisie covetousnesse perfâ—â—ctorinesse and formality in Gods service Give not way to a heartlesse neglect of the use of Gods holy ordinances reading prayer fasting private humiliation for this is the fore-runner to some fearefull sinne or fiery temptation to some heavie judgement or dangerous apostasie Seeke not thy selfe in any of thy actions Looke to thy repentance that it bee sincere universall constant from the heart root for all sinne Incorporate thy selfe into the Communion of Saints be intimate onely with them such an holy and humble majesty is in their carriage such a deale of heaven is in their countenances such spirituall ravishments is in their hearts such grace and powerful piercings in their speeches such zeale and hearty melting is in their prayers that they cannot but worke upon thy heart if thou converse with them Looke well to thy carriage that thou leave not an ill savour behinde thee in any company Wait for occasions to doe good Act. 26. 28. In bad company give them apparent signes of thy dislike Unlesse you give some kinde of reall or verball reproofe they will be hardned Often withdraw your selfe apart imparting unto God your griefes wants desires Walke with God on the top of Mount Tabor once a day Prayer in secret will bee unto thee an unspeakeable comfort a testimony that thou art not left to thy selfe if words will not come sigh God heares the sighing of his servants if thou canst not sigh breath God hath an care for that thou hast heard my voyce hide not thine eare at my breathing at my cry yea speake with thy countenance be humbled for thy unfitnesse dulnesse c. Then wee pray most happily when wee arise from prayer most humbled After prayer thou shalt carry thy selfe in thy vocation with much more zeale and standing thus upright with God thou wilt not feare the world thou shalt have rest and peace within what ever stirres bee without Have a speciall eve to a sincere constant and fruitfull performance of holy duties take heed of customarinesse and Formality which cuts out the heart and drawes the very life-blood from them Strive by all meanes for attainment of what thou prayest for by all occasions helpes and heavenly offers Be diligent in thy personall employments and take heed of idlenesse 2 Have an eye to Gods glory in all thy undertakings 3 Goe about earthly busines with an heavenly mind 4 Let not any unrighteous gaine entice thee to sinne or belime thee 5 Set not thy delight
thy holy spirit from mee make mee one with Christ my head flesh of his flesh bone of his bone make mee one with the mysticall body of thine Elect that I may have my part in the prayers of the Church in the Communion of Saints here on earth in the kingdome of grace and may enjoy thee and them face to face and sit downe and eat and drinke with thee in thy kingdome of glory Amen For the Sacrament of Baptisme O Lord our God the great the mighty and the terrible God who keepest covenant and mercy with all them that feare thy name and trust upon thee even to a thousand generations thou hast promised to bee our God and the God of our seed to enter into covenant with us that wee should bee thine O Lord I come to thy throne of grace at this time to lay claime to my interest in that new covenant sealed unto thy Church in the blood of Iesus that thou wouldst performe the same unto mee and mine also hast not thou said thou wilt circumcise mine heart and the heart of my seed to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soule that thou wilt put thy Law in our inward parts and write it in our hearts and that thou wilt bee our God and wee shall bee thy people that thou wilt forgive our injquity and wilt remember our sinne no more O Lord hast thou said it and wilt not thou also doe it By faith I plead my interest thereunto not for my selfe alone but for mine also with whom I beseech thee to make an everlasting covenant of life and peace that being baptized into Iesus Christ they may bee sanctified and cleansed with the washing of water by the word O Lord wee are all borne the children of wrath and there is no way for us to escape the damnation of hell except wee bee borne againe of water and of the Spirit O Lord doe thou sprinkle cleane water upon us wash away the filth of Zion and purge the blood of Ierusalem from the midst thereof Baptize us with the Holy Ghost that having our hearts sprinkled from an evill conscience and our bodies washed with pure water wee may bee new creatures fit to bee an habitation of God through the spirit O blessed be thy goodnesse for ever which hast given us this seale of thy rich promise this is that Arke in and through which thou savest thine Elect thou dalliest not with us herein it is no idle ceremonie thou art present in thy own ordinance to fulfill that which thou hast promised O wash our soules with the baptisme of Repentance as thou doest our bodies with the outward element of water Let the vertue of Christs death kill sinne in us for how shall wee that are buried with Christ by baptisme and thereby dead to sinne live yet therein Doe not wee herein vow to forsake the Devill the Pomps and vanities of this wicked world and all the sinfull lusts of the flesh and shal we break our vow transgresse the covenant O let this be far from us teach us therefore to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts deliver us from every evill worke that we may serve the living God Sprinkle cleane water upon us that we may bee cleane from our naturall filthinesse and from all our uncleannesses Wash us O wash us throughly from our iniquities and cleanse us from our sinnes Make our hearts to be stedfast in thy love and never to forget this covenant of our God thy mercie doe thou keepe for us and ours for evermore and let thy covenant stand fast with us and bee established for ever as the Moone and as a faithfull witnesse in heaven And as thou hast thus brought us into the bond of the covenant so let us never depart from thee Bee thou unto us a God and let us be thy people for evermore even till thou bringest us unto Mount Sion and to the Citie of the living God the heavenly Ierusalem and to an inumerable company of Angels to the generall assembly and Church of the first borne which are written in heaven and to God the judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to Iesus the Mediatour of the new covenant and to the bloud of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel Make me to be thine my self be thou my Father and make me to be thy Sonne for if the first fruit be holy the lumpe also shall be holy and if the roote be holy so also shall the branches bee This mercie I beg of thee in his name merits and mediation out of whose pierced side issued forth water and bloud for the sanctifying and justifying of thine Elect. To whom with thee and the Holy Spirit be all glory service thanksgiving and dominion through all the Churches of the Saints for ever Amen For Regeneration Sanctification and grace to serve God O Lord thou God of truth who hast sworne in thy faithfulnesse that as thou livest thou hast no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that hee should turne from his way and live and therefore commandest thy people saying Turne ye turne ye from your evill wayes for why will ye dye O house of Israel and hast enjoyned that I should wash me and make me cleane put away the evill of my doings from before thine eyes promising moreover that though my sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as Snow though they bee red like crimson they shall be as wooll I that am a wicked and miserable caitiffe a sinner before the Lord exceedingly even as the men of Sodome that have done abominable workes and denied the God that is above wilfully sinning after I had received the knowledge of the truth and treading under foote the Sonne of God counting the bloud of the covenant wherewith I was sanctified an unholy thing and having done deâ—piâ—e to the spirit of grace O Lord even out of the deepes doe I call unto thee for helpe yea out of the belly of hell doe I earnestly cry for thy mercie O cast not out my prayer Though mine iniquities be more than the haires of my head my transgressions heavier than the sand yet is there forgivenesse with thee and although my sinnes have reached up to heaven yet thy mercie is above the heavens mine are at the most but the sinnes of a man but thine at the least are the mercies of an infinite God yea thou hast the relenting bowells of a most tender Father O spread the robe of thy Sonnes righteousnesse over me that so thou mayest not behold my nakednesse cloath me with the garments of his salvation say unto my soule Live cause breath to enter into my dry bones lay sinewes upon them and bring flesh upon them and cover them with skinne that I may know that thou art the Lord. And albeit I be dead in trespasses and sinnes yet open my grave and cause me
mee that the day of death is better than the day when I was borne Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord for they rest from their labours and their workes follow them And that I may dye in thee O make me to live to thee O teach mee so to number my dayes that I may apply my heart unto wisedome that all the while my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrills I may glorifie thee on earth and finish that worke thou givest me to doe because there is no worke nor device nor knowledge in the grave whither I am going O make mee to passe the time of my Sojourning heere in thy feare because the night commeth in which I cannot worke So long as this my day lasteth let me live as a child of the light let my behaviour be as becommeth holinesse adorning the doctrine of God my Saviour in all things that I may praise thee my God whilest I have my being and my conversation may be in heaven even whilest I Sojourne heere on earth and the life which I now live in the flesh I may live by the faith of the Sonne of God that the world may be crucified unto me and I unto the world For to this end our Saviour Iesus once tasted death for every man and humbled himselfe and became obedient even to the death of the crosse that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which dyed for them and rose againe When therefore my race is finished and I have served out my time O let mee dye the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his Let my soule be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord my God shew me the path of life In thy presence is fulnesse of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore Pardon all my Sinnes heale my backe-slidings love me freely subdue mine iniquities and cast all my Sinnes into the depths of the Sea Give me peace of conscience and joy in thee that when dust shall returne againe to the earth as it was my spirit may returne to God who gave it Amen A Prayer for a Scholler O Lord thou art the Father of lights every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and commeth downe from thee thou hast commanded that if any lacke wisedome he should aske it of thee thou it is that givest to the simple sharpnesse of wit and to the child knowledge and understanding O give unto me thy servant a wise and understanding heart and make learning delightfull unto my soule that I giving attendance unto reading may meditate upon the things that shall be taught me and give my selfe wholly thereunto that so my profiting may appeare unto all O make mee also to learne Christ in whom are hid al the treasures of wisedome and knowledge that I may grow up before thee as a plant of righteousnesse And because Paul may plant and Appollos water but it is thou alone that canst give the increase command thy blessing from heaven that it may rest upon my studies It will be in vaine for me to rise early and to sit up late unlesse it please thee to prosper mine endeavours O doe thou bestowe on mee knowledge and skill in all learning and wisedome as thou didst on Daniel and his three companions And as Moses was learned in all the wisedome of the Aegyptians so also incline mine eare to wisedome and apply mine heart unto understanding that I may say unto wisedome thou art my Sister and call understanding my Kinswoman make me to seeke her as silver and to search for her as hidden treasures to be instant in season and out of season in labours more abundant in watchings often applying my heart to know to search and seeke out wisedome and the reason of things O make me in the morning to sow my seed and in the evening not to withhold mine hand that I may take hold of instruction and not let her goe but keepe her for shee is my life Make me swift to heare carefull to redeeme the time wisely husbanding those opportunities I have to learne that with all my getting I may get understanding and may not onely learne the wisedome of heathen and prophane Authors but that wisedome also which is from above and heavenly which may give me an inheritance among all them that are sanctified Lord set thy stampe on this my pliable and waxie youth that it may bee holinesse unto thee season my heart with thy feare betimes let me set thee alwayes before mine eyes that as Samuel Iosiah and Solomon I may learne to know thee the Lord God of my Fathers and serve thee with a willing mind make me to give to thee the first fruits of my yeares and to remember thee my creatour in the dayes of my youth whilest the evill dayes come not thus laying up a good foundation for the time to come Thou hast promised that if I seeke thee thou wilt be found of me but if I forsake thee thou wilt cast me off for ever make me therefore diligent to know the Scriptures of a child which are able to make me wise unto salvation let thy glory be the end thy word the rule thy spirit the guide thy will the law thy promises the comforts of my life that thus acquainting my selfe with thee betimes and abhorring all prophane and Atheisticall conceits of thee thy wayes worship I may by thy grace suppresse all filthy and unholy thoughts fancies and desires so fly the lusts of youth Thou hast made me to bee borne into thy Church and hast even from my infancie received me into thy covenant O that there were such an heart in me that I might serve thee alwayes Give me patient obedient humble dutifull and discreet carriage to all my Supiriours to him especially at whose feet as Saint Paul at Gamaliels I now sit make me painfull and industrious carefull to please him reverencing his authority Make mee affable loving courteous harmlesse and of winning behaviour towards my Equalls and Inferiours being gentle and easie to be intreated by them all Pardon and heale the frailties follies and infirmities of my youth give me understanding to conceive largenesse of heart and capacity to apprehend confirme my memorie to retaine my invention to finde out and attaine to humane literature Prosper all my labours and make me wise to understand mine owne wayes to save mine owne soule that I may bee a comfort to my Parents and honour to thy Gospell an example of Learning Pietie and vertue to all my Equalls that so I may heereafter become a profitable instrument of thy glory either in the church or common wealth as thou shalt see it best in thine heavenly wisedome and most agreeable to mine owne disposition that thus glorifying thee in my life I may be blessed of thee in my death and glorified for ever with thee in the world
idlenesse nor brawling nor quarrelling with my fellow servants but make me to be peaceable gentle easie to bee intreated Let me not be sloathfull in businesse or indammage my master by my neglect but desirous to promote his good and to please him in all things not answering againe not purloyning but shewing all good fidelity that I may adorne the doctrine of God my Saviour in all things And though my master should become a hard man and should make my life bitter with sore bondage making me serve with rigor yea though he make me a hewer of wood or drawer of water or imploy me even to the basest offices yet let not my proud heart swell and repine hereat Grant that I may submit my selfe under his hand not onely when hee is good and gentle but also when he is froward even when I am buâ—feted for my faults remembring my blessed Saviour that tooke on him the forme of a servant who though he was our Lord and Master yet willingly gave himselfe an example and patterne of all patience and humility And although with One simus I have beene sometimes unfaithfull and unprofitable heretofore yet make me profitable to my master for the time to come that he may receive me not now as a servant but above a servant never suffer me like Iudas in a religious family to be ungodly to betray my master or bewray his secrets nor a lying covetous and dissembling servant as Gehezi nor as Ziba slandering my master but counting him worthy of all honour that he being a beleever I may not despise him because he is a brother but rather doe him service because he is faithfull and beloved pertaker of the benefit of thy Sons redemption Let my behaviour be as becommeth holinesse grant that with patience I may beare his threatnings chidings revilings because thou hast taught mee that a soft tongue breaketh the bones Make mee wisely to forbeare and in my patience to possesse my soule referring all my wrongs and injuries to thee though he should not doe unto mee that which is just and equall knowing that even hee also hath a Master in heaven neither is there respect of persons with thee O Lord I beseech thee let now thy eare bee attentive to the prayer of mee thy servant who desires to feare thy name and prosper I pray thee thy servant this day and grant me grace instantly to serve thee that so thou who hast the hearts of all men in thy hands as the rivers of water maist give me favour in the sight of my master that my worke and labour may bee accepted O Lord I beseech thee free me from sinne that I may become a servant of righteousnesse â— alasse I have made thee too long to serve with my sinnes I have wearied thee with mine iniquities pardon I pray thee all my transgressions and enter not into judgement with thy servant for in thy sight no flesh living shall bee justified let mee not henceforth serve sinne any longer but grant that I may serve thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of my life Amen Lord Iesus Amen A thankesgiving to our Saviour Iesus Christ MOst loving Lord and blessed Saviour the mighty God everlasting Father Prince of peace and life the rocke of my salvation the fountaine opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for uncleannesse the Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world who now art set downe at the right hand of the Majestie on high and yet hast respect unto thy poore members here on earth O Lord heare O Lord forgive O Lord accept the groanings of my humbled soule which followeth â—aâ—d after thee which thirsteth longeth for thee in a dry and barren land where no water is O my sweet Saviour very loving hast thou beene to me thy love to me was wonderfull passing the love of women at the which so infinit so unconceivable unchangable everlasting and undeserved love of thine to me a miserable sinner the very Angels stand amazed desiring to prie into the mysterie of thy incarnation and admire to see thee the brightnesse of thy Fathers glory and the expresse image of his person assuming a nature inferiour to theirs who though thou wert Lord of Lords King of Kings the image of the invisible God the first borne of every creature heire appointed of all things by whom also the worlds were made yet tookest upon thee the forme of a servant and wast made in the likenesse of men being delivered to death for my sinnes and made a curse for mee Was there ever love like this love of thine that one should dy for his enemies from the beginning of the world was it ever heard before that God should become man to save man from the wrath of God due to mans sinne But thou art that good Shepherd that givest thy life for thy Sheepe and thou hast loved me and washed me from my sinnes in thy owne bloud and delivered me from the wrath to come O Lord Iesus Christ thou thou onely art the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee without thee and out of thee there is nothing amiable worthy the setting my heart upon Let the world love it selfe let men be Idolaters of their owne concupiscences of their goods lives wisedome reputation c but cause thou me to forsake and to hate all things for thee and to count them dung that I may winne Christ Let my heart take no greater pleasure than to see thee glorified in the world and enthronized in my owne soule Thou art my portion for ever hee whom my soule loveth whose love to mee is better than wine the Lord my righteousnesse Who shall now lay any thing to the charge of thine Elect seeing thou dost justifie who can condemne I desire to know nothing but thee crucified to love nothing more than thy sacred selfe I desire onely to be found in thee not having mine owne righteousnesse which indeed is none but to bee clad with the garments of thy salvation O sweet Iesus spread thy skirt over me for thou art my neere kinsman true Immanuel God with us God for us Never I beseech thee suffer me to bee unmindfull of unthankfull for that wonder of all thy wondrous workes my eternall redemption and salvation by thy precious bloud Order my conversation aright to the pleasing of thee in all my desires thoughts words actions that I may not henceforth live to my selfe but unto thee which hast dyed for mee and rose againe Guide mee Lord with thy counsell whiles I live on earth and afterward receive me to thy glory Amen A thankesgiving to God for his wonderfull deliverance of our King and state from the Gun-powder Treason Novem. 5. 1605. LOrd God Almighty glorious in holinesse working wonders alway for thy poore Church and in
Lords day Page 10 Sacraments Page 11 Supply of all wants temporall health Page 12 Preferment maintenance dwelling food Page 13 Plenty prosperity trust in Gods deliverance Page 14 Preservation Page 16 Deprecation against the evill of sin Page 18 Against the evil of punishment in body Page 19 Estate conscience troubled Page 21 Death Page 22 Hell and Satan Page 23 World Warre and all enemies Page 24 Reproach and slander Page 28 Against evils nationall Page 31 Church of Christ Page 32 Confusion to the enemies of the Church Page 33 Thankesgiving for our Election c. Page 35 For Gods Word temporall blessings and creation Page 36 Providence preservation plenty and prosperity Page 37 Safety afflictions Conclusion with thankesgiving Page 38 FINIS Recensui hunc librum cui titulus Holy Incense c. nihilque in eo inveni quod Christianos mores ac pietatem non redoleat Ac ob id dignum existimo ut Typis mandetur Ex aedibus Fulham Iun 17. 1634. Thomas Weekes R-P D. Episc Lond. Cap. domest a Mr Foxe Acts monum vol. 2. pag 578. col 1. lin 41. * Rev. 6. 9. b Fox ibid. col 2. lin 32. c Pref. before his Sermons d Nullus abit dies quin â—t minimum tres â—â—ras easque studijs aptissimas in orationâ—m poâ—aâ— c. Viâ— Theodor ad Melanc Vid. Acts monum vol. 2 pag 〈◊〉 col 1. 〈◊〉 55. * Luk 6. 1â—â— Acts 9. 11. Isay 38. 16. * Innocentius ex advocâ—t vicar prâ—â—fectur misâ—râ— labâ—â—ns morbo â—â—â—ula câ—â—â—pit orare quibus modis quo affectu quo motu animi quo â—luvio lachrymaruÌ„ quibus gemitibus atquè sâ—â—gultibus-Domine quastuorum â—reces ex 〈…〉 as 〈…〉 nihil enim mihi viâ—ebatur addi jam posse 〈…〉 exâ—iraret orandâ— qui miraculose à Deo sanabatur ab illoâ—â—n let hali morbo Aug. li. 22. de civit dei c. 8. â—ooker Eccles policie lib. 5. * Kâ—lsey Ier. 17. 13. u Galcacius Caracciolus sonne and heire apparent to Calantonius Marquesse of Vicum in Naples bred born brought up in Poperie a Courtier to the Emperour Charles the 5. nephew to Pope Paul the 4. being married to the Dake of Nucernes daughter having by her sixe goodly children at a sermon of Pet. Martyrs was first touched after by reading Scripture and other good meanes was fully converted laboured with his Lady but could not perswade her Therefore that hee might enjoy Christ and serve him with a quiet conscience he left the lands livings and honours of a Marquesdome the comforts of his Lady and children the pleasures of Italy his credit with the Emperour his kindred with the Pope and forsaking all for the love of Christ came to Geneva and there lived a poore and meane but yet an humble and holy life for fortie yeares together And though his Father his Lady his kinsmen yea the Emperour and the Pope did all they could to reclaime him yet continued he constant to the end and lived and died the blessed servant of God leaving behind him a rare example to all ages Hee lived vvith his vvise till the yeare 1551. and then forsooke all His lâ—â—e was translated out of Italian into Latine by Beza and englished by Mr. Crashaw 1608. Reading meditating in this word hath beene the practise of all gods saints Marcella nunquam Hieronymum ipsum conveniret quin de Scripturis aliquid interrogaret tantamquè sibi eruditionâ—m compararet ut si in aliquo testimonio scripturarum esset aborta contentio ad illam judicem pergeretur Chamier de canonis usu lib. 10. cap. 4. Sect. 18. * Dr. Taylour taking his leave of his vvife vvith vveeping and teares before his Martyrdome gave her for his Fare well and last token a book of the Church-service set out by K. Edward which in the time of his imprisonment he daily used Mr. Fox Acts and Mon vol. 3. pag. 175 col 1. lin 10. a Pet. Martyr and the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury offered to defend the Protestants Common-Prayer Booke against Queene Maries Religion Acts Mon. vol. 3. pag. 18 col 2. lin 50. The Prelates in King Edwards time after long learned wise and deliberate advise did finally conclude and agree upon one Vniform order of Common-Prayer Sacraments c. vol. 2 pag. 659. lin 47. And Doctor Taylour Parson of Hadley saith therof that the book of Church-service vvas so fully perfected according to the rules of our Christian religion in every behalfe that no Christian conscience could bee offended with any thing therein contained vol. 3 pag. 171. lin 20. b M. Hooker lib. 5. Sect. 26. Eccles policie * Pause before thou speak Solomons caveat Be not rash an Extempore oration before a Prince becomes not much lesse to open our mouthes rashly before our Mâ—ker Mr Harrâ—â— Ha in Epist to Peters Enlargement c Nu 6. 23. d From the tyrannie of the Bishop of Rome and all his detestable errours idolatries and abominations good Lord deliver us Acts Mon. vol. 3. pag. 170. lin 19. Hooker ibid. e Preces hirudo curarum Luth Ep. ad Melan Swanus King of Denmarke to all his ouâ—â—â—ges done in Eng. and his â—â—â—â—ing excessive impositions upon the people having entred the territory of St. Edmund spoyling the countrey and despising the holy Martyr menacing also the place of his Sâ—pulture the men of that countrey fell to prayer and fasting so that Swanus shortly after died suddenly crying and yelling among his Knights See the vertue of Christian mens prayer Acts Mon. vol. â— pag 208 col 2 lin 20. K. Ethelred then at service and meditations when his broâ—â—er Alured was in fight with the Danes being required to make haâ—e such was his devotion hee would not starre out one foote before their service was fully complet his brother being in great danger then neverthelesse the King through the gracious assistance of that God whom hee invoked wan the field and the Danes lost both the victory and their lives Mr. Fox Acts. Mon. vol. 1. pag. 182. li 58. Pious Oâ—wâ—ld also K. of Northumberland boat Penda Cedwall by the power not so much of his sword as prayer Strength of prayer overcoÌ„meth armies Act. Mon. vol. 1. pa. 157 col 1. lin 71. What should I speak of his Praiers which were soardent unto Christ that they which stood under his window as hee was praying might see his teares falling aropping downe Meâ—aâ—cth de Luthero Againe with such power hee prayed that he as himselfe confesseth had obtained of the Lord that so long as â—elâ—â—ed the Pope should not prevaile in his country after my death said hee let them pray who can M. Fox Act Monn vol. 2 pag 88. f. An exercise I can assure thee of unspeakable strength and comfort without which thou canst not live and by which thou maist live in the mouth of death c. Mr. Harris of Han. in Epist before Peters enlargement 2. Pet. 1. 4. Isay 65. 24. Math. 7.
1. 2. Psa 119 33 Psal 8. 23. Heb. 12. 1 2. 1 Ioh. 2 15. 16. Tit. 2. 12. Eph. 5. 15. 1 Tim. 5. 14. Col. 3. 5. Col. 3. 8. Heb. 12. 4. Heb. 3. 12. Luke 21. 34. 1 Pet. 5. 8. Eph. 6. 11. 10. Psal 91. 10. Psal 57 â— 4. Psal 35. 1. Psal 6. 2. 3 4. 5. 6. 7. Psal 25. 16. 17. 18. Mat. 26. 39 Psal 39. 4. 5. Psal 90. 12. Intercession or the Prayer of Charity Luke 12. 32. Zech. 2. 5. Isai 49. 16. 17. 26. Isal 63. 15. 16. Isai 51. 9. Psal 17. 7. Psa 44. 23. 24. 25. 26 Ps 129. 5. 6. Amos 9. 11. 5. 15. Lukh 1. 78. 79. Ioh. 10. 16. Eze. 34. 12. 13. Mich. 2. 12. Deu. 32. 10. 1 Pet. 5. 8. Psal 31. 8. Isai 4. 5. Psal 5. 12. Isai 27. 3. 2 Sam. 25. 19 Psal 89. 29. Psal 61. 6. 7. Lam. 4. 20. Psal 21. 6. Psa 17. 8. 9. Psal 89. 4. Ps 89. 36. Ps 132. 18. Ps 91. 16. 2 Sam. 7. 8. 1 Kin. 3. 12. 7. 2 Sam. 23. 3. 1 Chr. 2â— 9. 2 Sam. 7. 14. 26. Ps 105. 22. Amos 5. 24. Isa 30. 2. Num. 10. 31 Exod. 31. 3. Num. 16. 2. 2 Sam. 16. 23 Amos. 6. 12. 1 Tim. 2. 2. Math. 2. 38. Acts 13. 48. Isai 53. 10. Deut. 33. 8 9. 10. 11. Ioh. 5. 35. Isai 58. 1. 2 San. 17. 11 Hos 2. 18. Isai 10. 29. Psal 41. 3. Psa 68 20. Eccles. 4. 1. Heb. 13. 2. Isai 48. 10. Isai 30. 26. Psal 79. 11. Isai 25. 4. 33. 16. 1 Chr. 29. 13 Eph. 1. 3. Col. 1. 3. 2 Cor. 1. 3. Col. 1. 21. Eph. 2. 4. 1. 2. Col. 2. 13. 14. Nehe. 9. 5. Psal 86. 12. Col. 1. 12. Mat. 11. 25. Ps 103. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Psal 22. 9. 10. Isai 46. 3. 4. Psa 139. 13 14. Psa 139. 17 18. Psa 119. 73 Gen. 32. 10. Psal 63. 4. 5. 6. Psa 119 75. 67. Psal 30. 2. 3. Iob 5. 19. Psal 116. 8. 12. 13. Isai 68. 12. Psa 147. 13. 14. Gen. 28. 10. Gen. 49. 20. Ps 147. 20. Ps 107. 21. Ps 147. 20. Pro. 30. 7. Mar. 11. 24. Mar. 9. 24. Ephe. 3. 20. 21. Heb. 23. 20. Heb. 13. 21. Psa 130. 6. 67. 1. Psa 90. 14 63. 1. 5. 3. 88 13. Ephe. 5. 14. Rom. 13. 11. 12 Iohn 9. 4. Psal 139. 2. 3. 141. 2. Lam. 2. 18. 19. Psa 74. 16. 139. 12. Psal 4. 8. Prov. 3. 24. Isai 26. 9. Psal 63. 4. 5. Psal 63. 5. 6. Psal 92. 1. 2. Isai 56. 2. Psal 92. 13. Psa 92. 14. Psal 27. 4. 84. 2. Exod. 3. 5. Gen. 28. 17. Ps 84. 14. 4. 10. 11. Isai 56. 6. 7. Graces 1. 2. 1. Daily 2. Weekely In particular for thy Thoughts Words Company Solitarinesse Prayer Lam. 3. 56. M. Harris Vocation and particular calling Evening For more solemne â—uâ—i 〈…〉 and preparation â—â— the 〈…〉 a 〈…〉 c. Mat. 18. 23. 28. Deut. 30. 6. Ier. 31. 34. Ezek. 33. 11. Heb. 10. 26. 29. Eâ—â— 37. 3. 6. Pro. 8. 17. Eze. 36. 27. Eze. 36. 27 Gen. 14. 19. Deut. 10 14 Isai 63. 15. Psal 90. 2. 115. 16. Gen. 9. 7. Psa 147. 13 14. Gen. 49. 25. 2 Kin. 6. 1 Isai 48. 19. Num. 14. 7. Gen. 27. 39. Psal 80. 9. Deut. 4. 7. Exod. 28. 36 2 Sam. 7. 10. 1 Chr. 28. 2. Ier. 10. 25. Coll. 1. 13. Zech. 2. 5. Eze. 11. 16. Psa 89. 22. Deut. 33. 28 2 Sam 20. 1. Eccles 9. 10 Eccles 27. 2. 〈…〉 63 8. 63. 1. Exod. 12. Yee shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and thy sonnes for ever Vers 24. When your children shall say unto you What mean you bâ— thâ—â— service Vers 26. that yee shall say It is the day of thankesgiving for it is a day to be much observed unto the Lord for delivering us from Vers 42. Deut. 33. 20. Printed for Robert Milbourne 1632. Isay 51. 7. Rev. 18. 4. Ier. 50. 5. sai 61. 3. Iob 14. 1. Iam. 5. 10. 1 Pet. 5. 9. 1 Cor. 10. 13 2 Cor. 1. 5. Psal 97. 11. Isai 54. 7. 8. 2 Cor. 4. 8. Isai 27. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 7. Pro. 16. 32. Eccles 7. 9. Gen. 4. 5. 31. 5. 37. 4. Numb 12. 3 Math. 11. 29. Isai 53. 1 Pet 34. Pro. 14. 17. Pro. 19. 11. 2 Iohn 8. 2 Ioh. 8. Math. 6. 25. Heb. 11. 37. Math. 17. 27. â—er 5 22. Iob â— 8. â—sal â—07 23. 24 Psal â—0 7. 25 26. 27. 28 29 30 31 Psal 46. 1. 2 Psal 46. 3. Acts 27. 22. Ezek. 27. 29. Rev. 18. 17. Mar. 6. 48. Psal 39. 5. Iudg. 10. 13. â—say 28. â—iâ— vers 24 dâ—sâ—â—em capit Psal 65. 11 Isay 30. 23. Pro. 3. Hab. 3. 17. 18. Vide Athanas ad Marcellin his Treatise before the Psalmes Augustin Alsted praecognit Theolog. pag. 598. Calvin in praesat Psalmor Basil Magn. de libr. Psal 1 Preparation Psal 123. 1. 2 description of God â— sa 102. 25 Psal 80. â— 3 Craving of audience and acceptance Psal 141 2. Psal 141 2 Secondly parts I Confession of sinnes Psal 38. 4. Psal 130. 3 Originall Psal 94. 11 Actuall Psal 90. 8 Psal 106 6. Psal 65. 3 2 Petition for forgivenesse of sinne Psal 143. 2 Psal 51. 9 Psal 6. 4. Psal 51. 1 Psa 103. 12 Psal 32. 1. 2. 2 For sanctifying grace Psal 51. 10 Psal 51. 7 8 Psal 143 5 3 For Faith Psal 63. 1 2 Psal 80. 4. Psal 56 4 Psal 89. 27 Psal 40 5. Psal 27 10 11 4 Sorrow for sinne Psal 6. 6. Psal 56. 8. Psal 40. 8. Psal 51. 16 Psal 102 9 5 Humility Psal 138 6 6 Sincerity Psal 119. 5 Psal 119. 147. Psal 26. 2. Psal 139. 2 3 7 Perseverance Psal 17. 5 Psa â—â—9 44 Psal 36. 10 Psal 40. 15 Psal 63 4. Psal 68. 28 7 Feare of God Psal 86. 11. 8 Love of God Psal 73. 25 9 Zeale Psal 139. 21. 22. 23. Psal 119. 60. 10 Contentation Psal 4. 7 8 11 Direction in our calling Psal 5. 8. Psal 143 8 Psa 89. 15 Psal 108 12. Psal 90 18 Gods Word Psal 26 8. Gods word Psal â—â— 3 Psal 85. 8. Psal 119 144. Psal 5. 7. Lords day Psal 92. 1. Psal 118. 24 Psal 96. 9 Psal 132. 9 Psal 65. 4 Psal 66. 13 Psal 95. 1. 2 SacrameÌ„ts Psal 26. 6. 7 Psal â—6 8 9 2 Supply of all wants temporall Psal 40. 22. Psal 41 3. Health 4 Psa 71. 9. Psal 55. 24 Preferment Psal 75. 5. 6 Psal 107 41. Maintenance Psal 16 5 Dwelling 6 Food Psal 147. 9 10 11 Plenty Psal 72. 16 Psal 147 8 Prosperity Psal 144. 12. 13 Trust in Gods deliuerance Psal 119. 49. 50. Psal 46 2 7. Psa 59. 9. 17. Psal 22. 1â— Psal 138 â— Preservation I. sal 17. 8. Psal 17. 6. Psal 31. 5 15. Psal 86. 2. Psal 3. 5. Psal 4. 9. Psal 61. 4. Psal 16. 8. Psal 145. 19 Psal 86.7 18. Psal 33 22 2 Deprecation against the evill of sinne Psal 141. 3. Psal 119. 133. 135. Psal 141. 4. Psal 26. 9. Psal 97. 11 Psal 119. 136. Psal 26. 11. 2. Against the evill of punishmeÌ„t in body Psal 38. 2 5. Psal 38. 6. 7. 8. 9. Psal 42. 7 Psal 102. 4. 5. 6. Psal 39. 11. Psal 30. 10. Psal 30. 11 Psal 30. 5. Psal 27. 16. Estate Psal 73. 1 3. Psal 119. 141. ConscieÌ„ce troubled 143. Psal 94. 19. Psal 13. 1 2. Death Psal 91. 2 Psal 30. 9 Psal 118. 18. Psal 116. 3. Psal 115. 17. Hell Psal 86. 13. Satan Psal 18. 3 4. Psal 89. 47. Psal â— 18 Psal 22. 19 World 20. 21. Psal 2â— 22 Warre and all Enemies Psal 140. 7 Psal 129. 1 2 Psal 118. 6. 7. 14. Psal 27. 1 2. 3. Psal 35. 1 2. 3. 4. 8. 24. 26. Ps 〈…〉 31 2 4. Psal 69 16. 17. Psal 56. 1. Psal 59. 1 2. 3. Psal 9. 13. Psal 119. 84. Psal 10. 1â— 14. Psal 102. 7 Psal 109. 28. â— 29. Reproach slander Psal 140. 1 â— Psal 14. 6. Psal 69. 14. Psal 69. 7 Psal 139. 19. 20. Psal 94. 1. 2. 21. 23. Psal 40. 19 20. Psal 35. 27 Against evils nationall Psal 74. 1. 2. 3. 4. 23. 24. Psal 60. 11 Psal 94. 17. 18. Psal 20. 7. 8. Church of Christ Psal 51. 17 Psal 53. 8. Psal â—8 9. Psal 29. 1â— Psal 40. 21 Psal 87. 2. Psal 68. 15 Psal 36. 10 Confusion to the enemies of the Church Psal 17. 7. Psal 59. 1â— 12. Psal 68. 2. Psal 68. 21 Psal 69. 24 â— Thankesgiving Psal 89. 1. 5. 4 For our Election c. Psal 31 19 Psal 16. 11 Psal 40. 6. 7. Psal 5â— 13 Psal 66. 16 17. For Gods Word Psal 147. 19. 20. Temporall blessings 1. â— Creation Psal 22. 9. 10. ProvideÌ„ce Psal 34. 15 Psal 33. 8. Pres rvation Psal 100. 2. Psal 46. 7. Plenty Psal 145. 16 Prosperity Psal 147. 12. 13. Safety 14. Afflictions Psal â—4 12 Conclusion with thankesgiving Psal 89. 53