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A00930 The conduit of comfort Containing sundrie comfortable prayers, to the strengthening of the faith of a weak Christian. By Abr. Fleming. Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607. 1624 (1624) STC 11037.5; ESTC S120667 45,799 367

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great prosperity All the blessings of God belonging to this life hee had them in abundāce yet all turned into neede and beggerie Miserable was his estate yea most vile and filthy in the face of the world yet God cast vpon him a carefull eye Bee mindfull of these things for profite insueth therevpon and in thy pouerty arso learne to be patient and méeke End not thy dayes in despaire as the wicked doe seeke not by vnpatience violence to preuent Gods appoynment tarrie the time which thy Creatour hath ordeyned it is thine mine and all our duties to yeeld our willes to Gods will waite his leasure therefore whose name be praysed for euermore Amen Loue euery man owe no man grudge God sits aboue as soueraigne Iudge He seeth all thinges aboue below And euery where an eye doth throw WRath is the way to vengeance a foule and diuelish vice disallowed of God and horrible among men It is a Fire which consumeth a Canker which eateth a Mouth which fretteth the marke whereat it shooteth is Mischiefe Let not thy heart lie open therevnto least the Diuell thereby getting entraunce possesse thée and carry thée headlong into confusion Lay apart all occasions of grudge hate no man loue al men knowing this That Loue is the fulfilling of Gods law Iudge ill of none thinke well of all for God reserueth iudgement and vengeance vnto himselfe Against thine enemies vse not violence but rather in charity as thou art commaunded vse forbearance Make the best of that which is amisse for therein thou shalt shew thy selfe méeke howbeit winke not at wickednesse Looke vp vnto Heauen and thinke vpon him that sits aboue séeing and marking the thoughts déeds of all men All thinges are manifest vnto him yea whatsoeuer we doe in corners he séeth as plainly as at noone day Mocke not thy selfe therfore with thine owne imaginations neither be thou seduced in the vanitie of thine owne fantasies· Be not forgetfull of him who vttered this voyce Heauen is my seate and the Earth my footstole Euerlasting prayse be ascribed vnto his name glorie maiestie and power belongeth vnto him for euermore Amen In that we haue the world at will And take delight to follow ill Neglecting God in holy word Against our soules we whet a sword WHat doth it profit a man to be Lord ouer the whole World and yet to be the seruant and slaue of sinne It is euen as if we should mingle poyson with swéet dainties in tasting them to swellowe downe our owne death Let not thy minde therefore be drowned in the vaine delights of this world but vse them as they are made euen with modestie Lay not inwait for them to enioy them with excesse least they turne thée to destruction vtter vndoing In the Rich man view a patterne of wantonesse who forgetting mercie felt the heate of Gods heauie iudgement Amidest the scorching flames he lay crying without comfort because he abused the benefits of Gods creation Making them instrumentes to serue his beastly appetites neglecting in the meane time all deedes of Christian charitie Let not vs be so rauished with worldly pleasures that we forgetting GOD should disherite our selues of th'heauenly inheritance As the rich man did who in the midst of his banquetting viandes and pleasant melodie despised the poore Most mortall enemies to our selues are we in so doing and stopping our eares at the word of God wee weaue our owne woe Because the word of life through our default is made vnto vs the sword of death which doth strike downe to hell Eternall God and most mercifull Father illuminate our vnderstandinges inspire vs with heauenly knowledge lighten our wittes and giue vs grace to be spiritually minded that we may vse thy giftes blessinges and benefites to the glory of thy name Amen A day there is when all shall rise Out of their Graues in wonderous wise The elect of God long for that day Come come O Christ come soone we say WRetched were wee if there were not an other World besides this wicked World transitorie and corruptible In a miserable case were we if the children of God whom we hope our selues to be wayted in vaine for another world Lamentable were our lot yea accursed our condition if our happinesse were not the life to come Looke we in wast for the comming of our Christ No no he will come at the sound of the last Trumpe from Heauen In maiestie will he come to iudge the whole world and to giue generall sentence against the wicked and vnrighteous All shall rise out of their graues and shall see him with their bodily eyes the iust to their ioy the vngodly to their paine Many legions of Angels shall attent vpon him and shall shew the brightenesse of his glory maiestie and celestiall power Lord Iesus thy chosen children long to see that day yea they labour and are in trauel vntill that day of comfort come Abridge shorten these troublesome times wherein thy children are set at naught and hasten the day of their resurrection Make speed sweet Iesus come quicklie that the kingdome of Satan may be ouerthrowne and the powers infernall suppresed Be mindefull of thy faithfull flocke which wander vp and downe in this wildernesse like Lambes among venomous wolues Ende the daies of this our mortalitie and let vs heare that sweete voyce Come yee blessed possesse the Kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Amen Amen The Seauen Petitions of the Lords Prayer with a briefe exposition thereof drawne out of holy Scripture Our Father which art in Heauen DOubtlesse thou art our Father Although Abraham bee ignorant of vs or would refuse vs to bee his children and Israell know vs not yet thou O Lord art our Father and our Redéemer thy name is for euer Esay 63.16 There is one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one God Father of all which is aboue all in power through all by his prouidence in vs all by his grace Ephes. 4.5.6 The Lord is in his holie palace the Lords throne is in the heauen his eies will consider the poore and his eie-lids will trie the children of men Psal. 11.4 The heaurn is my throne and the earth is my footstoole such is the greatnesse of Gods Maiestie Esaie 66.1 But our conuersation is in Heauen in minde and affection from whence also we looke for the Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ. Philip. 3.22 1. Halowed be thy name OVr help is in the name of the Lord which hath made Heauen and Earth Psal. 124.8 The Lords name be praised from the rising of the Sunn to the going downe of the same Psal. 113.3 Kinges of the earth and all people Princes and all Iudges of the World Young men and Maydes also Old men and Children let them prayse the name of the Lord for his name only is to be exalted and his prayse aboue the earth the heauens Psal. 148.11.12.13 2. Thy Kingdome come THe kingdome
the naming of the holy one for thou shalt not be vnpunished for such things For as a seruant which is oft punished cannot be without some scarre so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultlesse c. Read the Chapter it is notable Eccles. 23.9.10.11 4 Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter the man-seruant thy mayd-seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made Heauen and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it IT is lawfull to doe wel or doe a good deed on the Sbbath day Matth. 12 12. The Sabbath was made for Man and not Man for the Sabbath wherefore the Sonne of man is Lord euen of the Sabbath Mar. 2.27.28 If thou turne away thy foote from the Sabbath If thou refraine thy selfe from thy wicked works from doing thy will on my Holy day and call the Sabbath a delight to consecrat it as glorious to the Lord and shalt honour him not doing thine owne wayes nor séeking thine own wil nor speaking a vaine word then shalt thou delight in the Lord and I will cause thee to mount vpon the high places of the earth I will aduance thee make thee honourable and féed thée with the heritage of Iacob thy Father and blesse thee with plentie of all things to thy full contentation for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Esai 58.13.14 Keepe the Sabbath day to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commaunded Since God permitteth sixe dayes to our labours we ought willingly to dedicate the seauenth to serue him wholly The keeping of the Sabbath consisteth not in our selues but it commeth from aboue euen from God the authour of the Sabbath Deut. 5.12 The second Table 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy dayes may be long in the lād which the Lord thy God giueth thee HOnour thy Father and Mother And He that cursoth Father or Mother let him die without any hope of pardon Mat. 15 4. Mark 7.10 Honour thy Father and Mother which is the first Commaundement with promise that it may be well with thée that thou mayst liue long on earth The Promise is conditionall for if we neglect the dutie to vs enioyned we make the Promise voyde and of none effect Ephes. 6.23 The Lord will haue the Father honoured of the Children for hee hath so commaunded and hath confirmed the authority of the Mother ouer the Children Who so honoureth his Father his sinnes shal be forgiuen him and he shall abstaine from them and shall haue his dayly desires God will be so gracious vnto him and so guide him that he shall not doe amisse And he that honoureth his Mother is like one that gathereth treasure Eccle. 3.2.34 6. Thou shalt doe no murder YEe haue heard that it was said to them of old time Thou shalt not kill for whosoeuer killeth shall be culpaple of Iudgment or subiect to punishmēt but I say vnto you Whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shall be culpable of Iudgement for God knowing his secreat malice will punish him And whosoeuer saith vnto his brother Raca Idle braine a biword spoken in contempt and despight shall be worthy to by punished by the Coūcell by Iudges thereto appoynted And whosoeuer shall say Foole shall be worthy to be punished with hell fire Matth. 5 21.22 Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you doe good to them that hate you and pray for them which hurt you and persecute you and vnto him that smiteth thee on the one cheeke offer also the other Rather endure more iniurie then reuenge your selues Luk. 7.27.28.29 7. Thou shalt not commit Adulterie YEe haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time Thou shalt not commit Adulterie But I say vnto you that whosoeuer looketh on a Woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Chastitie is required both in bodie and minde Math. 5.27.28 Flee Fornication Euery sinne that a man doth is without the body but he that committeth Fornication sinneth against his owne body He more polluteth defileth his owne body then he that committeth any other sinne 1. Cor. 6.18 Know ye not that your bodyes are the members of Christ shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an Harlot God forbid 1. Cor. 6.15 Mariage is honourable and a remedie ordeined of God against incontinencie among all and the bed vndefiled but Whoremongers and Adulterers God will iudge Heb. 13.4 8. Thou shalt not Steale THou knowest the Commaundements Thou shalt not steale Mat. 10.19 Why rather suffer yée not wrong Nay ye your selues doe wrong and that to your bretheren hatred grudges wrongfull dealings and desires of reuenge c. are forbidden Know ye not that the vnrighteous shal not inherite the kingdome of God Be not deceiued neither adulrerers nor théeues c. shall inherite the kingdome of God and such were some of you c. 1. Cor. 6 7 8.9.10 Let him that stoale steale no more but let him rather labour and worke with his handes the thing which is good that he may haue to giue vnto him that néedeth Ephes. 4 28. 9. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour THese sixe things doth the Lord hate yea his soule abhorreth seauen 1. The hauty Eyes 2. a lying Tongue 3. Handes that shed innocent blood 4 an Heart that imagineth wicked enterprises 5. féete that be swift in running to mischiefe that is affections which carry a man away in such sort that hee can not tell what he doth 6. a False witnesse 7. him that rayseth vp Contentions among brethren or neighbours Prou. 6.16.17 Wherefore cast off lying and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour for we are members one of another Ephes. 4.25 A wicked witnesse mocketh at iudgement and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie Taketh a pleasure and delighteth therein as gluttons and drunkards in dilicate meates and drinkes Pro. 19.28 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall perish Prou. 19.9 10. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife nor his seruant nor his mayd nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his WHatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you euen so doe to them for this is the lawe and the Prophets The whole Law and the Scriptures set foorth and commend charitie vnto vs. Matth. 6.12 Luke 6.31 Tob 4.15 To loue a mans neighbour as himselfe is more than all burnt offeringes and sacrifices Than all the ceremonies of the Lawe wherein Hipocrites put great