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A55005
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Memorials of godliness & Christianity in three parts : with a brief account of the authors life / by Herbert Palmer.
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Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.
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Wing P240; ESTC R27526
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other means will not prevail 12. The wretched unthankfulness of despising his Commandments or lazily performing any service to him whose mercies have been and are so abundant and free toward us as we have found them and yet hope for infinitely more hereafter 13. The Watchfulness and diligence of worldly men and their heat for the Devil and their own lusts 14. The danger that may be to us not onely from worldly men alluring or opposing but even from those who are godly and may yet prove tempters and snares to us and so we never walk but in the middest of snares and temptations 15. The certain shortness and uncertain continuance of our lives subject to a thousand casualties and nothing to be done for God or our selves after death 16. The nobleness and excellency of our immortal souls born to higher imployment and honour than a bruitish service of the body or Paganish pursuing of this present world 17. The certainty of the hope whereunto they are called who seek the Kingdome of God above all other things 18. The infinite glory of Heaven and eternal happiness there kept in store for them that fight a good fight and finish their course and keep the faith and love and watch for the appearance of Christ 19. The exceeding greatness of the mighty power of God working for and in them that believe and live by faith 20. The exceeding great and precious promises of all kinds even for comfort in this life to them that love God and walk uprightly and forsake any thing for Christ That all things shall work together for good to them and no good thing shall be withholden from them and for any thing they have forsaken they shall receive in this world even in the midst of persecutions an hundred-fold more an eternal life in the world to come 21. The experience of that sweet peace of conscience and blessed contentation and spiritual rejoycing even in the midst of Tribulations and Persecutions that is to be seen in many of the servants of God and which all profess to be certainly attainable by those that watch and pray and are sober and exercise their Faith and Grace A Remedy against Carefulness Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing 1. CArefulness forbidden is taking over-much thought disquieting the mind rending the heart in pieces with doubts and fears for worldly things good to be missed lost ill to befall continue 2. The causes are Doting too much upon the thing or comfort in danger Distrust of Men. Means Gods blessing 3. The Effects are divers and not the same in all But it appears 1. When it provokes to use indirect means 2. When the means which are used though commonly sufficient are not counted sufficient 3. When the thoughts are chiefly upon it first and last contrary to the express charge Mat. 6.33 4. When it breeds interruption in holy duties Neglected Untowardly done 5. When it hinders from enjoying natural comforts 6. When it makes unfit for ones calling 7. When it hinders freedome of spirit and makes unfit for civil society 4. Hence the Reasons against it are many shewing the sinfullness of it and directing to Remedies against it 1. It is an idolatrous sin if we doted not too much on such a creature or comfort we could not be overcareful about it See Ps 73.25 compared with the former part The Remedy is to apply Gods All sufficiency who can certainly make us happy without that creature or comfort 2. It is a Paganish sin an Infidels sin if we did believe Gods Providence Attributes and Promises we could not be so out of quiet Mat. 6. The Remedy is to lay to heart these Doctrines as becomes a Christian 3. It is an unthankful sin we deserved Hell and scape that and are promised Heaven instead of it are we not bound to referre other things to God The remedy is to ponder well our sins and Gods great mercy in Christ 4. It is a fruitless sin no man gets any thing by vexing himself Gods will shall stand The Remedy is to weigh how great a piece of wisdom it is to make a virtue of necessity 5. It is a multiplying sin it endangers to make one do any thing to secure themselves from what they fear The Remedy is to consider the least sin worse than any evil to a Christians heart 6. It is a pernicious sin it provokes God often to cross us in the very thing even for our over-carefulness about it disappointing hopes or bringing fears according to our perplexed apprehensions besides worse mischief if one obtain their desire The Remedy is to consider the promises made to meekness and the comforts of a good Conscience 7. It is a prophane sin hindring religious duties The Remedy is to remember Gods service the end of our life and nothing should hinder us in it 8. It is an inhumane sin it hurts 1. The Soul in the forenamed neglect of duties to God 2. The Body by hindring the enjoying of comforts The Remedy is to love our selves wisely and our whole selves rather than our fancy in any thing or than any one particular thing for our selves how seeming unnecessary soever 9. It is an unsociable sin and inhumane in respect of others it makes unfit for all converse and so neglectful of friends and even be discomforts to them The remedy is to consider our selves not born for our selves only others afford us comfort and we owe the like to them 10. It is an unnecessary sin we have vexation enough for each day we need not vex our selves with thought for to morrow The remedy is to consider that we may die before that we misdoubt comes and then as we say the thought is taken 11. It is a self condemned sinne There are none but trust men in something or other as great as that they are now over-carefull about or must do God with a greater matter the eternal estate of their souls The remedy is to reason the like in one thing we do in another and not disparage God while we trust men 12. It is a sin against experience 1. Of the bruit and even senseless creatures God feeds the fowls and clothes the grass 2. Our own is not the life more than meat and the body than rayment specially the soul than either The Remedy is to consider God our Father who will not be kind or to a kite than to a child or prefer a flower before a son nor withhold the less being good and who is so mad as to say I would have what God sees not good having given the greater Rom. 8.32 The Lord of Earth and Heaven of Grace and Glory teach us ever to love him with Faith and thankfulness that we may enjoy all good from him through Jesus Christ Amen The Soul of Fasting Nehem. 6.5 c. 1. AN awfull Regard and Reverence of the Glorious Majesty of the Great God with whom we have to do by a through Apprehension of his infinite and incomprehensible