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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10038	The godly mans inquisition lately deliuered in two sermons before the right honourable Henry, Lord Montague, late lord high treasurer, priuie counsellor, &c. other gentlemen of worship, at Kimolton on their annuall feast day. By R. Preston, Preacher of Gods word.	Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624.	1622 (1622)	STC 20285; ESTC S111971	37,702	74

speciall testimony of his presence there is called the seeking of his face And because he was so specially present there the Iewes in their Prayers must turne their faces towards the Arke and towards Ierusalem And that the Iewes might know where to finde God at all times Exod. 25.8 he told them that he would dwell in the Sanctuary and sit betweene the Cherubins So in the new Testament God hath appointed certaine signes as so many way-markes to finde him out as the publique seruing of him in spirit and truth resorting of Gods Temple and there ioyning in holy worship with the rest of his people is the way to seeke him The offering vp of the sacrifices of prayer and praise Call vpon me in the day of trouble Psal 50.15 and I will heare thee and thou shalt prayse me The frequenting of the Sacraments which represent that to the eye which the word doth to the eare In all which he will be sought and out of these will not be found God cannot be seene or found but by his owne light and therefore he that must seeke him must haue the light of vnderstanding Psal 14.2 The Lord looked downe to see if any would vnderstand and seeke after God Fourthly seeke God in the right way Ier. 6.16 Fourthly as we must seeke God by his owne meanes so in the right way which is called the old way and therefore the good way We must not seeke God that way we lost him for so it is likely we shall neuer heare of him but there is another way though a strait and backe way which soone brings vs to him The familie of Iacob those seuentie soules came downe to Egypt through the land of the Philistims but after fortie yeares circled about to Canaan through the Arabian Desert The three Wisemen that worshipped Christ were warned by the Oracle to goe into their Countrey another way Imitate these Sages thou lost God by transgression seeke him not in that common beaten way but by obedience and humiliation thou lost God by adultery seeke him by chastitie thou lost him by the way of pride hatred wantonnesse wrath ryot seeke him by the way of humilitie loue temperance patience sobrietie thou lost God by the way of couetousnesse contention swearing prophanenesse seeke him by the way of contentation peace honouring his name holinesse of life thou lost him by the way of vaine superstition seeke him by the way of Christian Religion to conclude as thou lost him by the way of sinne so now set on to seek him by the way of repentance and reformation A reformed life is the new way and best way till thou set foote in it thou art out of the right way and soone shalt loose thy way to God enter into it and bid farewell to thy sinnes that thou maist with a quicke dispatch wheele about into thy owne Countrey Fiftly as we must seeke God in the right way Fiftly seeke God in his owne manner 1. Early Psal 63.2 so in Gods manner and that is diuerse sorts of wayes First Earely This was the Prophets practise Early in the morning will I seeke thee That is euery morning the beginning of my worke shall be to looke towards thee I will beginne my duties in faithfull inuocating thy helpe and aid And as in the morning of the day so also in the morning of thy life forget not to seeke God by Repentance faith obedience c. This is the chiefe season Eccl. 12.1 Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth A wound lookt to at first when its freshest is soonest healed A groat newly dropt downe through the fingers if it be presently sought after will soone be found So will God in youth from whence as a friend he hath lately departed by reason of sinne Behold then as euery day of thy life so principally thou owest the prime part of thy life to this dutie when thou art strongest and aptest But many deferre to seeke the Lord vntill the last weeke of their life the last day of the weeke the last houre of the day the last minute of the houre It is an exorbitant course while the ship is sound the tackling sure the Pilot well the sailes strong the gale fauourable the Sea calme to lie idle at Rode carding dicing drinking burning the seasonable weather and when the ship leakes the Pilot sicke the Mariners faint the stormes boysterous and the Sea a turmoile of outragious surges to launch forth and hoyse vp saile for a voyage into farre Countries and yet such is the skill of euening seekers who in the morning of youth and soundnes of health and perfit vse of reason though they cannot resolue to weigh the Auchor and cut the Cable that with-holds them from seeking of Christ neuertheles they feed themselues with a strong perswasion that when their wits are distracted their senses astonied all the powers of the mind and parts of the body distempered then forsooth they thinke suddenly to become Saints at their death howsoeuer they demeaned themselues as Deuils all their life Let vs awake from sinne with Dauid early Psal 57.9 1 Sam. 15.12 Gen. 21.14 Ioh. 8.2 Ioh. 20.1 rise with Samuell early with Abraham send away Hagar early with Christ and his Audience come to the Church early seeking the Lord with Mary Magdalen early Of this point more largly touching the opportunity of seeking hereafter following Secondly 2. Earnestly Earnestly As the husbandman for gold siluer and his earthly Commodities so we must seeke for this spirituall and eternall treasure the former seekes eagarly and instantly and so must we Our desire as it is to enioy so it must be earnest and feruent in the pursuit we ought to neglect no time nor pretermit any the least occasion of finding A loitering man that cares not whether he worke or no Prou. may get for his idlenesse a suit of ragges and he that thinkes to gaine Gods graces with nothing adoe may well goe without them There goes the striuing for masteries before the Crowne a painfull sweating race before the getting of the goale and an industrious diligence notwithstanding all serious thoughts to this purpose before the obtaining of the Lords grace and fauour Seeke painefully not carelesly not ouerly Luke 15. Pro. 2.4 as the woman for her groat seek as for siluer search as forgold The mint of gold lies not in the first spade it lies deeper search with a desire of finding for it s well if after all paines we finde at the last Thirdly Sincerely Thirdly Sincerely with a good and honest heart Quod cor non facit non sit What the heart doth not is not done at all Adams body being newly framed of the slime of the earth lay liueles and breathlesse vntill the breath of life was breathed into it So the action of seeking God with all the circumstances and tearmes thereof is nothing worth in the sight of God vntill