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A15114 Some helpes to stirre up to Christian duties Wherein is explained the nature of the dnty [sic] of stirring vp ourselves. Instances are given in the most necessary Christian duties. Some questions about this subiect are profitably resolved. By Henry Whitfeld B D. preacher of Gods word, at Ockley in Surrey; Some helpes to stir up to Christian duties. Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660? 1634 (1634) STC 25410; ESTC S101726 62,257 254

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5._o about_o this_o christian_a duty_n of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o stir_v up_o one_o self_n in_o christian_a duty_n p._n 66_o chap._n 6._o what_o the_o main_a duty_n be_v about_o which_o we_o be_v to_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o p._n 73_o section_n 1._o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o in_o the_o most_o weighty_a business_n of_o our_o own_o and_o other_o salvation_n p._n 74_o sect._n 2._o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o against_o our_o own_o sin_n p._n 89_o sect._n 3_o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o against_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o p._n 94_o sect._n 4._o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o when_o we_o come_v to_o god_n in_o prayer_n for_o ourselves_o p._n 99_o sect._n 5._o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o when_o we_o come_v to_o pray_v for_o other_o p._n 102_o sect._n 6._o of_o stir_v up_o our_o self_n in_o praise_v god_n p._n 106_o sect._n 7._o of_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o in_o stand_v for_o god_n and_o his_o honour_n p._n 109_o sect._n 8._o about_o stir_v up_o ourselves_o 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and_o that_o of_o two_o thing_n 1._o of_o god_n readiness_n to_o show_v mercy_n vers_fw-la 5._o 2._o of_o their_o unpreparednesse_n to_o receive_v mercy_n in_o respect_n of_o any_o desert_n of_o their_o own_o vers_fw-la 5_o 6_o 7._o god_n readiness_n to_o show_v mercy_n be_v express_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o five_o verse_n thou_o meet_v he_o that_o rejoice_v and_o work_v righteousness_n those_o that_o remember_v thou_o in_o thy_o way_n their_o unpreparednesse_n to_o receive_v mercy_n be_v express_v first_o general_o and_o then_o particular_o general_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o of_o god_n just_a displeasure_n against_o they_o for_o their_o sin_n in_o the_o next_o word_n which_o yet_o he_o qualifi_v with_o
their_o carnal_a mirth_n make_v they_o grow_v mellancholicke_a and_o mopish_a and_o so_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o scorn_n of_o the_o world_n or_o their_o companion_n and_o carnal_a friend_n 5._o in_o some_o it_o be_v from_o worldliness_n and_o earthly-mindednesse_a they_o will_v not_o afford_v so_o much_o time_n be_v carry_v along_o with_o such_o great_a intention_n and_o vehemency_n of_o spirit_n they_o can_v be_v at_o cure_v at_o as_o if_o a_o sick_a man_n shall_v say_v i_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o be_v cure_v leisure_n for_o this_o business_n but_o can_v thou_o be_v at_o leisure_n to_o eat_v drink_n and_o sleep_v can_v thou_o find_v a_o time_n to_o look_v upon_o thy_o cattle_n corn_n and_o bag_n to_o laugh_v and_o be_v merry_a nay_o to_o lie_v swear_v drink_n etc._n etc._n be_v thou_o assure_v that_o so_o continue_v god_n will_v not_o be_v at_o leisure_n to_o forgive_v thou_o thy_o sin_n or_o save_v thy_o soul_n use_v 2_o try_v therefore_o what_o business_n have_v be_v dispatch_v this_o way_n with_o thyself_o about_o thy_o spiritual_a estate_n what_o peace_n procure_v what_o occasion_n of_o sin_n prevent_v what_o corruption_n master_v what_o watch_v keep_v what_o reckon_n cast_v up_o what_o doubt_v clear_v what_o grace_n increase_v what_o duty_n practise_v what_o temptation_n resist_v what_o provision_n make_v for_o eternity_n what_o time_n thou_o have_v spend_v by_o thyself_o about_o these_o thing_n be_v ashamed_a for_o thy_o fail_n and_o bless_v god_n hearty_o for_o any_o time_n spend_v or_o thought_n have_v or_o progress_n make_v about_o these_o thing_n use_v 3_o be_v exhort_v to_o set_v thyself_o to_o this_o work_n thy_o hand_n to_o this_o plough_n study_v thyself_o read_v thyself_o reason_n much_o with_o thyself_o and_o converse_v frequent_o with_o thyself_o consult_v and_o advise_v with_o thyself_o about_o thy_o spiritual_a estate_n be_v ever_o ready_a to_o return_v into_o thyself_o upon_o all_o occasion_n what_o ever_o befall_v thou_o 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discourse_n of_o thy_o spirit_n may_v perfect_v thou_o as_o a_o man_n a_o scholar_n a_o statesman_n and_o commonwealth_n man_n etc._n etc._n but_o this_o as_o a_o christian_a this_o be_v the_o most_o noble_a work_n and_o business_n of_o the_o mind_n put_v a_o lustre_n and_o beauty_n upon_o the_o soul_n this_o be_v the_o special_a part_n of_o wisdom_n and_o make_v a_o man_n the_o wise_a man_n all_o other_o thought_n and_o action_n without_o this_o return_v into_o a_o man_n self_n 14_o self_n jer._n 17.11_o pro._n 5.13_o 14_o leave_v a_o man_n at_o last_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o folly_n and_o misery_n 2._o this_o make_v the_o sound_a and_o most_o settle_a christian_a sound_v in_o heart_n in_o judgement_n and_o life_n the_o neglect_n of_o this_o cause_v so_o many_o error_n both_o in_o life_n and_o judgement_n 3._o this_o keep_v the_o soul_n and_o conscience_n in_o a_o quiet_a and_o peaceable_a state_n sweet_a clean_a and_o comfortable_a as_o often_o sweep_v keep_v the_o house_n clean_o 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intention_n of_o spirit_n to_o our_o uttermost_a for_o the_o further_a open_v of_o the_o point_n two_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v explain_v 1._o what_o it_o be_v to_o stir_v up_o one_o self_n 2._o the_o thing_n about_o which_o this_o duty_n be_v to_o be_v conversant_a and_o exercise_v for_o the_o first_o to_o stir_v up_o a_o man_n self_n have_v these_o two_o thing_n in_o it_o 1._o the_o awake_n of_o ourselves_o the_o shake_n off_o that_o dulness_n and_o drowsiness_n which_o cleave_v to_o we_o to_o this_o the_o apostle_n have_v reference_n rom._n 13.11_o expergisci_fw-la 13.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excitari_fw-la expergisci_fw-la it_o be_v high_a time_n to_o awake_v out_o of_o sleep_n he_o speak_v to_o such_o as_o be_v already_o convert_v now_o this_o awaken_n be_v a_o free_n of_o our_o grace_n from_o the_o oppression_n it_o be_v under_o by_o worldly_a care_n carnal_a fear_n or_o some_o sinful_a lust_n which_o cause_n a_o neglect_n of_o universal_a piety_n and_o the_o work_n of_o the_o light_n and_o day_n of_o regeneration_n unto_o which_o we_o have_v our_o new_a creation_n the_o believer_n in_o their_o aggreditur_fw-la their_o ferventior_fw-la esse_fw-la solet_fw-la qui_fw-la rem_fw-la primùm_fw-la aggreditur_fw-la first_o set_v out_o be_v common_o more_o earnest_a and_o fervent_a in_o follow_v god_n call_v they_o the_o first_o apprehension_n and_o sense_n of_o their_o bless_a change_n affect_v more_o which_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o reproof_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n in_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o first_o love_n and_o call_v she_o to_o remember_v from_o whence_o she_o be_v fall_v to_o do_v she_o first_o work_n rev_n 2.4_o 5._o that_o seem_v to_o be_v like_o it_o jer._n 2.2_o i_o remember_v for_o thy_o sake_n the_o kindness_n of_o thy_o youth_n though_o that_o do_v more_o principal_o declare_v the_o kindness_n of_o god_n in_o take_v that_o people_n to_o himself_o before_o all_o other_o as_o a_o argument_n of_o conviction_n that_o for_o no_o cause_n against_o all_o obligation_n of_o duty_n they_o contrary_a to_o their_o first_o beginning_n forsake_v the_o lord_n as_o in_o process_n of_o time_n man_n grow_v cold_a in_o their_o affection_n to_o he_o at_o least_o though_o they_o utter_o forsake_v he_o not_o the_o prophet_n therefore_o call_v upon_o they_o and_o use_v divers_a argument_n in_o the_o verse_n follow_v to_o put_v they_o upon_o the_o duty_n enjoin_v they_o though_o god_n child_n be_v call_v out_o of_o the_o world_n yet_o they_o have_v much_o of_o the_o world_n in_o they_o still_o and_o therewith_o be_v miserable_o enthrall_v many_o time_n so_o that_o we_o need_v awake_v and_o stir_v up_o in_o which_o respect_n it_o be_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v provide_v as_o well_o goad_n to_o prick_v forward_o the_o dull_a as_o nail_n to_o fasten_v they_o that_o be_v inconstant_a eccles_n 12.11_o see_v also_o for_o this_o these_o follow_a scripture_n 1_o cor._n 15.34_o revel_v 3.2_o heb._n 10.24_o the_o second_o thing_n in_o the_o stir_n up_o a_o man_n self_n be_v not_o only_o the_o awake_n up_o of_o ourselves_o but_o the_o set_n a-work_o that_o grace_n bestow_v together_o with_o the_o employ_v of_o our_o faculty_n in_o their_o sanctification_n to_o their_o uttermost_a ability_n this_o may_v appear_v by_o saint_n paul_n his_o exhortation_n to_o timothy_n i_o put_v thou_o in_o remembrance_n that_o thou_o stir_v up_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v consider_v thou_o have_v a_o unfeigned_a faith_n and_o because_o of_o my_o great_a affection_n to_o thou_o whereby_o i_o be_o careful_a of_o thou_o i_o with_o great_a confidence_n put_v thou_o in_o remembrance_n that_o thou_o loc_fw-la thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o tim._n 1.6_o sicut_fw-la ignis_fw-la indiget_fw-la lignis_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la alacritate_fw-la
hope_n of_o salvation_n by_o the_o continuance_n and_o constancy_n of_o god_n way_n of_o grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o his_o people_n vers_fw-la 5._o behold_v say_v he_o thou_o be_v wroth_a for_o we_o have_v sin_v and_o so_o be_v unworthy_a and_o unfit_a for_o mercy_n yet_o in_o those_o to_o wit_n in_o those_o way_n of_o thou_o way_n of_o grace_n and_o mercy_n prepare_v in_o the_o gospel_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n in_o those_o be_v continuance_n and_o constancy_n notwithstanding_o our_o undeservingnesse_n and_o we_o shall_v be_v save_v more_o particular_o their_o unpreparednesse_n for_o mercy_n be_v express_v vers_fw-la 7._o in_o a_o double_a respect_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o uncleanness_n and_o filthiness_n not_o only_o of_o their_o corrupt_a nature_n but_o even_o of_o their_o best_a action_n and_o duty_n vers_fw-la 6._o but_o we_o be_v all_o say_v he_o as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n and_o all_o our_o righteousness_n be_v as_o filthy_a rag_n etc._n etc._n in_o respect_n of_o their_o spiritual_a dulness_n and_o sloth_n to_o exercise_v such_o grace_n and_o duty_n as_o may_v turn_v away_o god_n wrath_n and_o remove_v their_o sin_n and_o misery_n verse_n 7._o there_o be_v none_o that_o call_v upon_o thy_o name_n that_o stir_v up_o himself_o to_o take_v hold_n on_o thou_o in_o the_o three_o part_n of_o this_o prayer_n and_o chapter_n which_o be_v the_o deprecation_n the_o prophet_n earnest_o pray_v against_o the_o soreness_n or_o greatness_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o the_o everlasting_a remembrance_n of_o their_o iniquity_n vers_fw-la 9_o and_o this_o request_n he_o press_v upon_o god_n by_o two_o argument_n 1._o by_o the_o mutual_a interest_n they_o have_v in_o god_n and_o god_n in_o they_o thou_o be_v our_o father_n our_o potter_n we_o thy_o child_n and_o as_o clay_n in_o thy_o hand_n vers_n 8._o we_o thy_o people_n vers_fw-la 9_o thou_o therefore_o our_o king_n 2._o by_o the_o desolate_a and_o forlorn_a condition_n of_o god_n own_o city_n yea_o of_o his_o and_o their_o holy_a and_o beautiful_a house_n vers_n 10.11_o which_o injury_n and_o indignity_n the_o prophet_n demand_v with_o a_o pathetical_a question_n how_o he_o can_v endure_v to_o look_v at_o and_o refrain_v and_o hold_v his_o hand_n from_o redress_v vers_fw-la 11._o to_o return_v to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n they_o be_v as_o you_o see_v a_o confession_n or_o complaint_n of_o the_o latter_a of_o those_o evil_n which_o make_v they_o unworthy_a and_o unprepared_a to_o receive_v mercy_n to_o wit_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o spiritual_a dulness_n and_o untowardness_n to_o the_o exercise_n of_o such_o grace_n and_o duty_n as_o may_v turn_v away_o god_n wrath_n and_o their_o sin_n together_o wherein_o observe_v 1._o the_o generality_n of_o this_o spiritual_a dulness_n it_o be_v epidemical_a common_a to_o they_o all_o none_o free_a from_o it_o there_o be_v none_o say_v he_o that_o call_v etc._n etc._n 2._o the_o duty_n neglect_v which_o be_v two_o 1._o call_v upon_o god_n name_n though_o in_o a_o most_o needful_a time_n 2._o take_v hold_n of_o god_n by_o which_o be_v mean_v either_o by_o faith_n lay_v hold_n of_o his_o covenant_n or_o else_o figurative_o as_o it_o be_v hold_v god_n and_o stay_v he_o that_o he_o depart_v not_o from_o they_o keep_v he_o with_o they_o as_o saul_n will_v have_v keep_v samuel_n 1_o sam._n 15.27_o and_o this_o latter_a he_o amplifi_v by_o their_o neglect_n of_o the_o very_a endeavour_n after_o it_o none_o stir_v up_o himself_o to_o take_v hold_n of_o thou_o chap._n ii_o that_o god_n people_n do_v charge_n themselves_o with_o more_o secret_a sin_n than_o any_o else_o do_v and_o there_o be_v none_o that_o call_v upon_o thy_o name_n before_o we_o come_v to_o lay_v forth_o the_o main_a thing_n intend_v it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o take_v a_o short_a view_n of_o some_o passage_n in_o the_o text_n as_o they_o lie_v in_o our_o way_n and_o first_o in_o general_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o their_o complaint_n if_o we_o 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