to night in visiting the sick on a Dying-bed as also the means how a Christian may do this and some motives to it 4. The Door of Salvation opened by the Key of Regeneration 5. Heaven and Hell Epitomized and the True Christan Characterized 6. The Fading of the Flesh and the flourishing of Faith Or One cast for Eternity with the only way to throw it well all these by George Swinnock M. A. Large Octavo's A learned Commentary on the fourth Chapter of the second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is added First A Conference between Christ and Mary Second the Spiritual Mans Aim Third Emanuel or Miracle of Miracles by Richard Sibbs D. D. 4 to An Exposition of the five first Chapters of Ezekiel with useful observations thereupon by Will. Greenhil 4 to The Gospel-Covenant or the Covenant of Grace opened Preached in New England by Peter Bulkeley 4 to Gods Holy Mind touching Matters Moral which himself uttered in ten words or ten Commandments Also an Exposition on the Lords Prayer by Edward Elton B. D. 4 to A plain and familiar Exposition of the ten Commandments by John Dod 4 to Fiery Jesuite or an Historical Collection of the Rise Increase Doctrines and Deeds of the Jesuites Exposed to view for the sake of London 4 to Horologiographia Optica Dialing Universal and Particular Speculative and Practical together with the Description of the Court of Arts by a new Method by Sylvanus Morgan 4 to Praxis Medicinae or the Physicians Practice wherein are contained all inward diseases from the head to the foot by Walter Bruel Regimen Sanitatis Salerni or the School of Salerns Regiment of Health containing Directions and Instructions for the guide and government of Mans Life 4 to Christ and the Covenant the work and way of Meditation Delivered in ten Sermons Large Octavo's By William Bridge late of great Yarmouth Heart-treasure or a Treatise tending to fill and furnish the head and heart of every Christian with soul-inriching treasure of truths graces experiences and comforts to help him in Meditation Conference Religious Performances Spiritual Actions Enduring Afflictions and to fit him for all conditions that he may live Holily dye Happily and go to Heaven Triumphantly by O. H. with an Epistle prefixed by John Chester Large Octavo A Glimpse of Eternity by A. Caley A Practical Discourse of Prayer wherein is handled the Nature and Duty of Prayer by Tho. Cobbet Of Quenching the Spirit the evil of it in respect both of its causes and effects discovered by Theophilus Polwheile Wells of Salvation opened or Words whereby we may be saved with advice to Young Men by Tho. Vincent The sure way to Salvation or a Treatise of the Saints Mystical Union with Christ wherein that great Mystery and Priviledge is opened in the nature properties and the necessity of it by R. Stedman M. A. The greatest loss upon Matth. 16.26 By James Livesey small Octavo's Moses unvailed by William Guild The Protestants Triumph being an exact answer to all the sophistical Arguments of Papists By Ch. Drelincourt A Defence against the fear of Death By Z. Crofton Gods Soveraignty displayed By William Geering A sober Discourse concerning the Interest of words in Prayer The Godly Mans Ark or City of refuge in the day of his distress in five Sermons with Mistriss Moores Evidences for Heaven By Ed. Calamy The Almost Christian Discovered or the false Professor tryed and cast By Mr. Mead. Spiritual Wisdom improved against temptation by Mr. Mead. A Divine Cordial A word of comfort for the Church of God A Plea for Alms in a Sermon at the Spittle The Godly Mans Picture drawn with a Scripture-pensil These four last were written by Tho. Watson The Doctrine of Repentance useful for these times with two Sermons against Popery by Thomas Watson The True bounds of Christian freedom or a Discourse shewing the extents and restraints of Christian liberty wherein the truth is setled many errors confuted out of John 8. ver 36. A Treatise of the Sacrament shewing a Christians Priviledge in approaching to God in Ordinances duty in his Sacramental approaches danger if he do not sanctifie God in them both by Sam. Bolton D. D. The Lords Day enlivened or a Treatise of the Sabbath by Philip Goodwin The sinfulness of Sin and the Fulness of Christ two Sermons by W. Bridge A serious Exhortation to a Holy Life by Tho. Wadsworth Ovid's Metamorphosis Translated Grammatically by J. Brinsley Comfortable Crumbs of refreshment by Prayers Meditations Consolations and Ejaculations with a Confession of Faith and summ of the Bible Aurifodina Linguae Gallicae or the Golden Mine of the French Language opened by Ed. Gostlin Gent. The difference between the spots of the Godly and Wicked in four Sermons by Jer. Burroughs Four Centuries of Select Hymns collected out of Scripture by Will. Barton
be to sweet but if a little tartness or sharpness be found in them they please us better why then would we have the writings of men to be luscious why should a little sharpness in a book blunt our appetite thereunto instead of whetting it If thou hast no faults he wrongs thee that reproves thee but if thou sayest thou hast none thy so saying or thinking is a fault for he that saith he hath no sin is a lyar and if thou hast faults he that tels thee of them in an humble modest way doth thee a kindness and if a man do thee a kindness why shouldst thou be angry with him for it Books should be read as well to inform us in what we are wrong as to confirm us in what we are right not so much to be our interpreters to speak out that which we thought before and had a mind to have said rather by others than by our selves but to instruct us what we ought to think to rectifie our judgments and practises wherein soever they are amiss If men give us our due commendation I mean why would we have more it being a fault we mislike in watermen and coachmen when they will not be content with their full fare unless you give them something over and above Now he that treates thee as if thou hadst no faults gâ—ves thee more than thy due for all have some He that would profit by this book must resolve before hand to eat his hony comb with his hony Cant. 5.1 to pare his apple and pull out the core if there seem to be any and feed upon the rest he must know how to make a good meal at a table where are many dishes though every dish or part of a dish do not please his palate If I read a book in which are several passages that I can make good use of though in it there be divers other things that do not suit my Genius I ought not to censure the authour or to repent of my reading it Possibly those passages may be of most use to others which were of none to me and those expressions may give others greatest content which gave me least I am beholden to him from whom I receive any good though not all the good I could have wished to receive Set but candor and charity at work and thou mayest find an excuse for all such passages in this book as may not so well sâ—it thee If some expressions to thy thinking do savour of two much melancholy say it may be the Authour hath had a great many things to expose him thereunto and thou sayest right If thou fancy the colour of other passages as much to light and pleasant as the former were too sad bethink thy self that melancholy persons are apt to be in extreams and yet mean no hurt and no wonder neither sith all the mirth of melancholy persons is triumph and that triumph because they have obtained victory over that black enemy melancholy I mean out of whose Clutches they are newly escaped for a time What an uncharitable man would call youthful and aery be thou pleased to call the hypocondriaeal wind and if it seem to lighten in thy face now and then call those flashes the eruptions of a melancholy cloud torn in sunder and rather than be too angry think the Authour to be scarse himself the reputation of being mad is an apron of fig-leaves that will cover any nakedness One thing more I must advertize thee of viz. that if thou deal fairly with the Authour of this poor treatise thou must make him a fourfold allowance one as a man for that all men have their weaknesses another as a man weaker every way than many other men a third as a man weaker at this time than himself having had many troubles and discouragements to make him so and lastly as a man that meaneth well and had an honest design in what he hath written as the serious perusal of the book may assure thee I might have told thee that in many passages of this book I seem to my self to have followed the motion of the primum mobile or movens of the first mover as the spheares do who hath openly proclaimed his desire of uniting c. Nay I deceive my self if I have not in this book answered one of the most difficult and insuperable questions or which hath gone for such that is put at this day upon the answer whereof very much depends and that is what will give men content or what is the likeliest way to satisfie all men or the major part I am hugely mistaken if I have not shewed how that may be done without rasing any one foundation or fundamental law and without laying an axe to the root of any tree that is appointed to rule over the other trees in the Forest alluding to Judg. 9. I say I have indeavoured to build up a structure of peace love and unity upon the foundations that are already laid without presuming to lay any new ones or to do any thing more than humbly propose and modestly offer at some few preterfundamental condescensions If this be as truly performed as it was intended the book cannot be useless though it did signifie nothing else It was a happy cruse full of Salt wherewith Elisha healed the naughty waters casting it into the spring 2 Kings 20. if any thing in this book may prove like that Salt to heal the waters of Marah that is of bitterness which do even overflow us and to sweeten the spirits of men one towards another as hath been indeavoured I shall much rejoyce in the success Fain would I contribute towards raising up the Tabernacle of love and good will that is fallen and unto closing up the breaches thereof alluding to Amos 9.11 If I fall short of what I aimed at I have that old and good excuse to plead viz. magnis tamen excidit ausis that is that I have fallen from great and good designs that I shot at an excellent mark though it was my unhappiness to miss it Here thou wilt find several sins reproved and cautioned against namely Pride Penuriousness Censoriousness Unmercifulness Undutifulness towards superiors Sinister ends seeking other things before and above the Kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof c. Thou wilt also find in this Treatise several graces commended as namely Humility Charity Heavenly mindedness Publickness of spirit Thankfulness c. also several duties exhorted to viz. Sanctifying of the Sabbath humbling our selves under the mighty hand of God in burning the City reforming what is manifestly amiss seeking unto God by prayer and fasting c. Besides the theological discourses I have mentioned there are several others that are purely moral for so the nature of the subject did require now though in those discourses which are but moral as in Chap. 46. and others I have given scope to my phantasy to be a little youthful or for diversion sake it hath taken leave
erred saying The Resurrection is past already 2 Tim. 2.18 and they must needs be such as took the Resurrection for some other thing than the raising of all men from the dead viz. in some mystical sense Others will allow of no figurative expressions and such if you tell them of a Resurrection may according to their Principles tell you that Christ is the only Resurrection because of what is said John 11.25 I am the Resurrection meaning causally c. But whilst we speak of the raâ—sing or rebuilding of our bodies O the admirable power and wisdom of God that is able to build with such Materials some part whereof must be fetcht out of the bottom of the Sea other parts out of the bowells of living Creatures out of the entrails of Worms and Fishes and such like which have fed upon them Who but he that is omniscient could tell where to find that broken scattered and dispersed stuff wherewith the bodies of men shall be rebuilt or if they knew where it were who but he whose Arm is not to short for any purpose were able to come at it Where is that Artificer that can distinguish betwixt dust and dust the dust of one house and of another if the dust of twenty houses were mixed together and laid in one heap or who can build a house of meer dust I say who but the great God can do either of these and he will do both Neither is the condescension of God appearing in the Resurrection of his servants less admirable than are the demonstrations of his power and wisdom in that he sheweth himself mindful of his people in the lowest condition they can be in even when he hath brought them into the dust of death as the phrase is Psal 22.15 The peculiar respects which God beareth to them that fear him will be most conspicuous at the Resurrection for then the houses of his servants shall overtop the houses of all wicked men the Mountain of their houses shall be established in the top of the Mountains and shall be exalted above the Hills of others alluding to Isa 2.2 For the upright shall have dominion over the wicked in the morning Psal 49.14 I can but think how the Souls of just men when they have put off these earthly Tabernacles will long to be possessed of their new houses Rom. 8.23 We our selves groan waiting for the adoption to wit the redemption of our body And well then may we long for that time considering that he who hath called the bodies of his Saints the Temples of the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 6.19 will be much more graciously and visibly present in those Temples so refined as they will be at the Resurrection than in those we carry about with us so defiled and polluted as they are at the present It is the least thing I can say of the Resurrection of the just that when that time shall come all their defects and deformities of body shall then be done away for ever and yet what would not some men give to be cured of one bodily defect be it blindness or deafness or lameness and to be restored to any limb or sense they want but for that little time they have to live But alas how many defects and deformities are there which no Art of man can cure To such as labour under any of them I would say Have patience but a little while get part in the first Resurrection that you may have interest in the second viz. the Resurrection of life lay up a good Foundation for the time to come that thou mayest be recompensed at the Resurrection of the just Luke 14.14 Make shift for the present for a short season a sorry house may serve the turn when death and the Grave which must swallow thee down for a while shall deliver thee up again as the Whale did Jonah thy next house shall be a Pallace that is the body which thou shalt receive at the Resurrection or which thou shalt rise with shall be as free from defects and deformities as is the glorious body of Christ himself I cannot sufficiently admire the happiness of those persons who live under the strong and comfortable expectations of a better Resurrection Heb. 11.35 that is of a better condition after death than ever they had before it Lord fill my soul and the Souls of all thy children with that blessed expectation and do thou inable me and them to say with thy holy Apostle Paul and those whom he there joyneth with himself We know that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God a house not made with hands eternal in the Heavens 2 Cor. 5.1 FINIS Books to be sold by Thomas Parkhurst at the Golden Bible on London-Bridge MR. Sedgwick's Bowels of Mercy fol. Tho. Taylor 's Works the first vol. fol. 2. An Exposition of Temptation on Matth. 4. verse 1. to the end of the eleventh 3. A Commentary on Titus 4. Davids Learning A Comment upon Psal 32. 5. The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed upon Luke 8. and 4. Divine Characters in two parts distinguishing the Hypocrite in his best dress by Sam. Crook B.D. A Learned Commentary or Exposition on the first Chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians by Richard Sibbs D. D. fol. A Commentary on the whole Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians by Mr. Paul Bain fol. A practical Exposition on the third Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians with the Godly Mans Choice on Psal 4. ver 6 7 8. By Anthony Burgess fol. The dead Saint speaking to Saints and sinners living in several Treatises The first on 2 Sam. 24.10 The second on Cant. 4.9 The third on John 1.50 The fourth on Isa 58.2 The filth on Exod. 15.11 By Samuel Bolton D.D. fol. Colloquia Mensalia or Dr. Martin Luthers Divine Discourses at his Table with Melancthon and several others Translated by Henry Bell fol. The view of the Holy Scriptures By Hugh Broughton fol. Christianographia or a Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the world not subject to the Pope By Eph. Pagitt fol. These six Treatises following are written by Mr. George Swinnock 1. The Christian Mans Calling or a Treatise of making Religion ones business in Religious Duties Natural Actions his Particular Vocation his Family Directions and his own Recreation to be read in Families for their Instruction and Edification The first Part. 2. Likewise a second Part wherein Christians are directed to perform their Duties as Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Masters and Servants in the conditions of Prosperity and Adversity 3. The third and last part of the Christian Mans Calling Wherein the Christian is directed how to make Religion his business in his dealings with all Men in the Choice of his Companions in his carriage in good Company in bad Company in solitariness or when he is alone on a Week-day from morning