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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18605	The summe of all, (namely) Gods service, and mans salvation And a briefe of mans dutie to God concerning both: which is, seeking to serve God while hee lives, and to be saved, when hee dyes. By William Chibald, rector of S. Nic. Col. Abby in Old Fishstreete.	Chibald, William, 1575-1641.	1630 (1630)	STC 5133; ESTC S116462	49,654	304

respect of all afflictions on our brethren wee must 1. have a fellow-feeling of the same upon them as if they were on our selves Rom. 12.15 Heb. 13.5 1 Pet. 3.8 2. We must pray for them for their ease remedy and deliverance if it bee Gods will or a sanctified use of them Iam. 5.14 Psal 35.13 3. We must helpe to releeve them in the same as we are able and to deliver them out of the same Matth. 14.14 Iob 31.20 Thirdly in respect of some temptations and afflictions that have beene sanctified to us or our bretheren so that wee have received from them through Gods good grace some holy fruit of righteousnesse wee must 1. acknowledg Gods goodnesse in them Psal 73.1 119.69.71 2. We must blesse God for them Iob 1.21 3. We must rejoyce and comfort our selves in them Iam. 1.2 3. because 1. they are not Gods vengeance but chastisement Hebr. 12.5 2. They come from God not as an enemy but as a father reconciled in Christ 2 Sam. 7.14 Hebr 12.5 3. God is moved to send them in love Rev. 3.9 and that they shall not separate us frō the love of God in Christ Rom. 8.38 39. 4. God aymed in these afflictions at some spirituall good Hebr. 12.10 Phil. 3.10 5. The event of them shall be their and our furtherance in grace Psal 119.71 37.37 unto salvation Phil. 1.19.28 P. Sir you have beene very large and long to your great paines in teaching mee how to serve God with duties that have respect to himselfe in consideration of his divine Attributes that bee in him and also of his Ordinances and workes proceeding from him I pray you proceede to my duties unto my Neighbour M. They are of 2. kindes 1. such as are common to all and every one 2. such as are peculiar to some P. What are those duties that are cōmon to all M. They are 1. generall namely 1. to love our neighbour as our selves Matth. 22.39 2. to doe unto him as we being guided by true reason would have him to doe to us Math. 7.12 2. special which are five P. Which are they M. The first is to maintaine his place and authority office and preheminence in common-wealth Church or family Exod. 20.12 which is the 5. Commandement The second is to preserve his life health and bodily strength Exod. 20.13 which is the 6. Commandement The third is to cherish the chastity of our neighbour and neither by lookes or gestures words or actions to assault or violate the same Exod. 20.14 which is the 7. Commandement The fourth is to further the profit and lawfull gaine of our neighbour and in nothing of the least worth to seeke his losse and dammage Exod. 20.15 which is the 8. Commandement The fifth is to uphold his credit and good name and not to disgrace him by word or action in the least manner or measure Exod. 20.16 which is the 9. Commandement P. What are those duties that are peculiar to some of our Neighbours M. 1. Such as are due to godly and sincere Christians as namely 1. brotherly love and religious affection Hebr. 13.1 when wee therefore love them not because they are men or our kindred or beneficiall to us but because of their graces and Christian vertues eminent in them 2. Patience to beare with their weaknesses and cover their infirmities Gal. 6.2 1 Pet. 4.8 2. Such as are due to some namely as they are tyed to us by any bond of nature or law as husbands and wives parents or children Masters or Servants or the like of which duties you may reade at large in a booke made by D. Gouge D Gouge of Houshold duties who hath written fully and to excellent purpose thereof P. Sir my desire is to know and doe the whole revealed will of God and therefore as you have instructed mee in my dutie 1. in respect of God and 2. in respect of my Neighbour so I beseech you also to tell mee in the third place what is my dutie of service unto God in respect of my selfe M. I will and because you consist both of a body and of a soule Duties in respect of our selves and have a double calling to live in namely a civill calling and a Christian calling therefore will I briefly shew you the summe of your dutie in respect of all foure P. Sir I thanke you I pray you then shew me my duty in respect of my bodie M. It is this to possesse your vessel in holinesse and honour that is in chastity temperance and sobriety without pride or luxury chambering or wantonnesse continually restraining the senses parts and members thereof from being weapons and instruments to let in or let out sinne and withholding them from the occasions and opportunities of doing evill 1 Thess 4.4 5. Tit. 2.12 Rom. 13.13 P. What is my dutie in respect of my soule M. To be watchfull over it and over all the powers and faculties thereof that you grow not loose or secure in sinne yea to bee circumspect in all your wayes that you be not deceived by your own deceitfull heart the worlds vanities and Satans subtleties Prov. 4.23 2 Tim. 4.5 Eph. 5.17 6.13 to 19. P. What duties appertaine to me in my Christian calling M. These seven chiefly 1. To bee zealous and discreete humble and sincere in the profession of Christian religion Revel 3.19 Rom. 12.3 Iam. 3.17 Tit. 1.16 2. Daily to repent of our sinnes and to cry God mercie by faith in Christ as wee sinne daily Matth. 6.12 3. So to live as those that looke to die and to rise unto judgement at the second comming of Christ Acts 17.30 31. 24.17 18. Deut. 32.29 4. To mortifie our sinfull and corrupt nature 1. by applying to our selves the commandements promises and threatnings of the word Col 3.5 and 2 by denying to our selves all occasions meanes and opportunities of sinne Matth. 5.29 30. 5. To moderate our desires to the profits pleasures and honours of the world considering the vanity of them Eccles 1.2 and not to be discontent with our present state nor to covet our neighbours Hebr 13.5 Tit 2.12 Exod 12.17 Rom 7.7 6. To make sure unto our selves our calling election and salvation by growing in the number and measure of Christian graces 2 Pet 1.5 10. 7. To strive and endeavour to continue and persevere in well-doing and patient suffering for conscience sake Matth 10.22 Iam 1.25 Rev 2.25 2 Tim. 4.7 8. P. And I pray you good Sir what duties appertaine to mee in my civill calling course and trade of life M. These seven principally 1. Diligence painfulnesse without idlenesse 2. Thess 3.7 8. 2. Cheerefulnes and joyfulnes without being weary of well-doing Deut 12.7.2 Thess 2.13 3. Moderation without plodding and moyling carking and caring through distrust to the neglect of our bodily health and salvation Hebr. 13.5 Matth 6.33 4. Honesty and righteousnesse without wronging others or deceiving them 1 Thes 4.6.12 5. Charity in