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A23760	The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions...; Whole duty of man	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1658 (1658)	Wing A1158; ESTC R17322	270,574	508

bewailing and forsaking whatever we have formerly been guilty of it is then most certain that all the afore-mentioned benefits of Christ belongs to us 24. And now you see how little reason you have to cast off the care of your Souls upon a conceit they are past cure for that it is plain th●y are not Nay certainly they are in that very condition which of all others make them fittest for our care If they had not been thus REDEEMED by CHRIST they had been then so hopeless that care would have been in vain On the other side if his Redemption had been such that all men should be saved by it though they live as they list we should have thought it needless to take care for them because they were safe without it But it hath pleased God so to order it that our care must be the means by which they must receive the good even of all that Christ hath done for them 25. And now if after all that God hath done to save these souls of ours we will not bestow a little care on them our selves we very well deserve to perish If a Physician should undertake a patient that were in some desperate disease and by his skill bring him so far out of it that he were sure to recover if he would but take care of himself and observe those rules the Physician set him would you not think that man weary of his life that would refuse to do that So certainly that man is weary of his soul wilfully casts it away that will not consent to those easy conditions by which he may save it 26. You see how great kindness God hath to these souls of ours the whole Trinity Father Son and holy-Holy-Ghost have all done their parts for them The Father gave his only Son The Son gave himself left his glory and endured the bitter death of the cross meerly to keep our souls from perishing The Holy-Ghost is become as it were our attendant waites upon us with continual offers of his grace to enable us to do that which may preserve them Nay he is so desirous we should accept th●se offers of his that he is said to be grieved when we refuse them Eph. 4. 30. Now what g●eater disgrace and affront can we put upon God then to dispise what he thus values that those souls of ours which Christ thought worth every drop of his blood we should not think worth any part of our care We use in things of the world to ●ate them according to the opinion of those who are best skilled in them now certainly God who made our souls ●ist knowes the worth of them and since he prizes them 〈◊〉 high let us if it be but in reverence to him be a●●amed to neglect them Especially now that they are 〈◊〉 so hopeful a condition that nothing but our own ●arelesnesse can possibly destroy them 27. I have now bri●fly gone over those four motives of care I at first proposed which are each of them such as ●●●ver misses to stir it up towards the things of this world and I have also shewed you how much more reasonable nay necessary it is they should do the like for the Soul And now what can I say more but conclude in the words of Isaiah 46. 8. Remember this and shew your selvs men That is deal with your Soul as your reason teaches you to do with all other things that concern you And sure this common Justice binds you to for the Soul is that which furnishes you with that reason which you exercise in all your worldly business and shall the Soul it self receive n● benefit from that reason which it affords you This is a● if the Master of a family who provides food for his servants should by them be kept from eating any himself and so remain the onely starved creature in his house 28. And as Justice tyes you to this so Mercy doth likewise you know the poor Soul will fall into endlesse and unspeakable miseries if you continue to neglect it and the● it will be too l●te to consider it The last refuge you ca● hope for is Gods mercy but that you have despised and abused And with what face can you in your greatest nee● beg for his mercy to your Souls when you would not as ford them your own No not that common Charity 〈◊〉 considering them of bestowing a few of those idle hours you know not scarce how to passe away upon them 29. Lay this to your hearts and as ever you hope so Gods pity when you most want it be sure in time to pity your selves by taking that due care of your preciou● Souls which belongs to them 30. If what hath been said have perswaded you to 〈◊〉 so necessary a duty my next work will be to tell you 〈◊〉 this care must be imployed and that in a word is in th● doing of all th●se things which tend to the making 〈◊〉 Soul happy which is the end of our care and what th●● are I come now to shew you PARTITION I. Of the DUTY of MAN by the Light of Nature by the Light of Scripture of FAITH the Promises of Hope of Love c. THe benefits purchased for us by Christ are such as will undoubtedly make the soul happy for eternal happiness it self is one of them but because these benefits belong not to us till we perform the Condition required of us whoever desires the happiness of his soul must set himself to the performing of that condition what that is I have already mentioned in General That it is the hearty honest endeavour of obeying the whole Will of God But then that Will of God containing under it many particulars It is necessary we should also know what those are That is what are the several things that God now requires of us our performance whereof will bring us to everlasting happiness and the neglect to endless misery 2. Of these things there are some which God hath so stamp't upon our souls that we N●turally knew them that is we should have known them to be our duty though we had never bin told so by the Scripture That this is so we may see by those heathens who having never heard of either Old or New Testam●nt do yet acknowledg themselves bound to some General duties as to worship God to be just to honour their Parents and the like And as S. Paul saith Rom 2. 15. Their consciences do in those tbings accuse or excuse them That is tell them whether they have done what they should in those particulars or no. 3. Now though Christ have brought greater light into the world yet he never meant by it to put out any of that Natural light which God had set up in our souls Therefore l●t me here by the way advise you not to walk contrary even to this lesser light I mean not to venture on any of those Acts which meer natural conscience will tell you are sins 4.

that thing to thy Church now faincing and growing downward that thou gavest unto her shooting up at her first beginning Give unto Princes and Rulers the grace so to stand in awe of thee that they so may guide the Common-weal as they should shortly render accompt unto thee that art the King of kings Give wisdome to be alwayes assistant unto them that whatsoever is best to be done they may espy it in their mind and pursue the same in their doings Give to the Bishops the gift of prophecy that they may declare and interpret holy Scripture not of their own brain but of thine inspiring Give them the threefold charity which thou once demandest of Peter what time thou didst be●ake unto him the charge of thy sheep Give to the Priests the love of soberness and of chastity Give to thy people a good will to follow thy Commandments and a readiness to obey such persons as thou hast appointed over them So shall it come to passe if through thy gift thy Princes shall command that thou requirest if thy Pastors and Her●men shall teach the same and thy people obey them both that the old dignity and tranquillity of the Church shall return again with a goodly order unto the glory of thy name Thou sparedst the Ninevites appointed to be destroyed as soon as they converted to repentance and wilt thou despise thy house falling down at thy feet which in stead of sackcloth hath sighes and instead of ashe● tears Thou promisedst forgiveness to such as turn unto thee but this self thing is thy gift a man to turn with his whole heart unto thee to the intent all our goodnesse should redound unto thy glory Thou art the maker repair the work that thou hast fashioned Thou art the Redeemer save that thou hast bought Thou art the Savi●ur suff●r not them to perish which do hang on thee Thou art the Lord and owner challenge thy possession Thou art the head help thy memb●rs Thou art the King give us a reverence of thy laws Thou art the Prince of peace breathe upon us brotherly love Thou art the God have p●ty on thy humble bes●ec●ers be thou according to Pauls saying all things in all men to the intent the whole quire of thy Church with agre●ing minds and consonant voyces for mercy obtained at thy hands may give thanks to the Father Son holy Ghost which after the most perf●ct example of concord b● distincted in property of Persons and one in nature to whom be praise and glory eternally Amen FINIS ERRATA The Reader is desired to Correct these Errata's with his pen ●t the sense be not disturbed In the Preface ●●ge Line ●●6 23 for Job read Joab ●●8 32 for vice r. voice In the Treatise ●●4 6. sure r. pure 〈◊〉 3. so considerable r. so inconsiderable 〈◊〉 26. to fit us r. to find us 〈◊〉 29. Discords r. disorders 〈◊〉 26. revilings r. revellings 〈◊〉 8. means r. meaning 〈◊〉 21. dele not before only 〈◊〉 12. B●eaches r. Branches 〈◊〉 19. howsoever r. how soon soever 〈◊〉 16. false r. safe 〈◊〉 32. protest r. profess 〈◊〉 3. the favour r. the favourer 〈◊〉 5. offered r. afforded 〈◊〉 24. after r. often 〈◊〉 21 22. solemn r. seldom 〈◊〉 12. trance r. frame 〈◊〉 9. after is r. not 〈◊〉 14. r. occasional 〈◊〉 25. fifth r. third 〈◊〉 6. our r. other 〈◊〉 6. greatness r. gentleness 〈◊〉 31. prayer r. praise 〈◊〉 6. mercies r. miseries 〈◊〉 29. such r. sick 153. 4. force r. face 26. after punishments r. thy 155. 27. after any add thing 182. 16. r. to resist the Graces of God to improve 210. 2. souls r. houses 220. 1. gift r. guest 234. 3. two rest r. to w●est 253. 28. act r. art 259. 7. dele not r. and that it is only 277. 8. happy r. unhappy 300. 25. action r. affection● 318. 1. in r. is 321. 1. put a comma at for 323. 22 supposed r. opposed 324. 33. justly r. unjustly 325. 4. surely r. surly 327. 11. put the comma at hereafter 334. 32. put the comma at judging 353. 17 the open vile r. open vice 365. 27. after degree read thus a cruelty to defer enjoying of it 367. 16. dele not 381. 6. cure r. care In the Devotions 628. 26. little r. bitter The worth of the S●ul The misery of losing the Soul The danger the soul is in The first Covenant That our care will not be in vain The s●cond Covenant Of the light of N●tu●e The light of Scriptures The Three great branches of man duty Duty to God Acknowledging h●m to be God Faith Of his Affirmations Commands Threatnings Promises Hope Presumption D●sp●ir Love its Motives Gods excellency His kindness to us Fruit of Love Desire of pleasing Desire of enjoying Fear The Fol●y of fearing M●● more then God Trust. In all spiritual dangers In all temporal Not seek to deliver our selves by any Sin In al wants spiritual Temporal wants The benefits of trusting on God Humility Submission to Gods will in respect of obedience The great distance between God and us The unworthiness of our best work Submission in respect of Patience Thankfulness for Gods Corrections Fruitfulness under them In all sorts of sufferings Submission to Gods Wisdom In his Commands In his disposals Honour Several wayes of Honouring God In his house His Posessions The great sin of Sacriledg The punishment The times for his service Lords Day The Feasts of the Church The Feasts Gods word The holy Scripture Catechizing Preaching The Sacraments Of Baptisme The vow of Baptisme The strict obligation of this vow of Baptism The Lords Supper Things to be done before receiving Examination Of our knowledg Sins Several sorts Degrees Humiliation Contrition Confession Resolutions of obedience Of the meanes Present renouncing of sin Imbracing vertue Quickning of graces Charity Devotion Necessity of these graces The usefulness of a spiritual guide Not to be ashamed to discover our selves to one As necessary to the confident as to the doubtful At the time of receiving Meditation of thy unworthiness The sufferings of Christ. The atonement wrought by them The thankfulness owing for them The great love of Christ in them The benefits of the New Covenant sealed in the Sacrament Upon receiving give thanks Pray After the Sacrament Private Prayer and Thanksgiving Not presently to f●l 〈◊〉 worldly affaires To keep thy re●o●utions still in memory The danger of breaking them Making God thy enemy Thy own conscience Gods former pardons no incouragement to sin The obligation of this vow perpetual Yet often to berenewed Honour due to Gods name Sins against it Blasphemy Swearing Assertory oaths Promissory Unlawful oaths God greatly dishonoured by perjury The punishments of it Vain oaths The sin of them They lead to perjury No temptation to them Necessity of abstaining from them Means for it Sence of the guilt and danger Truth in speaking Forsaking the occasions Reverence of God Watchfulness Prayer What it is to honour Gods Name Worship Prayer

hands act so that in thought word and deed I continually transgress against thee Here mention the greatest of thy sins Nay O Lord I have despised that goodness of thine which should lead me to Repentance hardning my heart against all those means thou hast used for my amendment And now O Lord what can I expect from thee but judgment and fiery indignation that is indeed the due reward of my sins But O Lord there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared O fit me for that mercy by giving me a deep and hearty Repentance and then according to thy goodness let thy anger and thy wrath be turned away from me look upon me in thy Son my blessed Saviour and for the merit of his sufferings pardon all my sins And Lord I beseech thee by the power of thy grace so to renew and purify my heart that I may become a new creature utterly forsaking every evil way and living in constant sincere universal obedience to thee all the rest of my dayes that behaving my self as a good and faithful servant I may by thy mercy at last be received into the joy of my Lord grant this for Jesus Christ his sake A PRAYER for GRACE O Most gracious God from whom every good and perfect gift cometh I wretched creature that am not able of my self so much as to think a good thought beseech thee to work in me both to will and to do according to thy good pleasure inlighten my mind that I may know thee and let me not be barren or unfruitful in that knowledg Lord work in my heart a true faith a purifying hope and an unfeigned love towards thee give me a full trust on thee zeal for thee reverence of all things that relate to thee make me fearful to offend thee thankful for thy mercies humble under thy corrections devout in thy service sorrowful for my sins and grant that in all things I may behave my self so as befits a creature to his Creator a servant to his Lord enable me likewise to perform that duty I owe to my self give me that meekness humility and contentedness whereby I may alwayes possess my soul in patience and thankfulness make me diligent in all my duties watchful against all temptations perfectly pure and temperate and so moderate in my most lawful in joyments that they never become a snare to me make me also O Lord to be so affected towards my neighbour that I never transgress that royall Law of thine of loving him as my self grant me exactly to perform all parts of justice ye●lding to all whatsoever by any kind of right becomes their due and give me such bowels of mercy compassion that I may never fail to do al acts of charity to all men whether friends or enemies according to thy command and example Finally I beseech thee O Lord to sanctifie me throughout that my whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blamelesse unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory for ever Amen INTERCESSION O Blessed Lord whose mercy is over all thy works I beseech thee to have mercy upon all men and grant that the precious ransome which was paid by thy Son for all may be effectual to the saving of all Give thy inlightning grace to those that are in darkness and thy converting grace to those that are in sin look with thy tenderest compassions upon the Universal Church O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the wals of Jerusalem unite all those that profess thy Name to thee by Purity and Holiness and to each other by Brotherly love Have mercy on this desolate Church and sinful Nation thou hast moved the Land and divided it heal the sores thereof for it shaketh make us so truly to repent of those sins which have provoked thy Judgments that thou also mayest turn and repent and leave a blessing behind thee Bless those whom thou hast appointed our Governours whether in Church or State so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands that they may neither want will nor power to punish wickedness and vice and to maintain Gods true Religion and Vertue Have pity O Lord on all that are in affliction Be a Father to the fatherless and plead the cause of the widow comfort the feeble minded support the weak heal the sick releeve the needy defend the oppressed and administer to every one according to their several necessities let thy blessings rest upon all that are near and dear to me and grant them whatsoever thou seest necessary either to their bodies or their Souls Here name thy neerest Relations Reward all those that have done me good and pardon all those that have done or wisht me evil and work in them and me all that good which may make us acceptable in thy sight through Jesus Christ. For PRESERVATION O Merciful God by whose bounty alone it is that I have this Day added to my life I beseech thee so to guide me in it by thy grace that I may do nothing which may dishonour thee or wound my own Soul but that I may diligently apply my self to do all such good works as thou hast prepared for me to walk in and Lord I beseech thee give thy Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes that no evil happen unto me nor any plague come nigh my dwelling but that I and mine may be safe under thy gracious protection through Jesus Christ. O Lord pardon the wandrings and coldness of these petitions and deal with me not according either to my prayers or deserts but according to my needs and thine own rich mercies in Jesus Christ in whose blessed Name and Words I conclude these my imperfect prayers saying Our Father c. DIRECTIONS for NIGHT. AT NIGHT when it drawes towards the time of rest bethink thy self how thou hast passed the day examine thine own heart what sin either of Thought Word or Deed thou hast committed what opportunity of doing good thou hast omitted and whatsoever thou findest to accuse thy self of confess humbly and penitently to God renew thy purposes and resolutions of amendment and beg his pardon in Christ and this not slightly and onely as of course but with all devout earnestness and heartiness as thou wouldst do if thou wert sure thy death were as neer approaching as thy sleep which for ought thou knowest may be so indeed and therefore thou shouldest no more venture to sleep unreconciled to God the● thou wouldest dare to die so In the next place consider what special and extraordinary mercies thou hast that day received as if thou hast had any great deliverance either in thy inward man from some dangerous temptations or in thy outward from any great and apparent danger and offer to God thy hearty and devout praise for the same Or if nothing extraordinary have so happened and thou hast been kept even from the approach