shine as the Sun In thy heavenly Kingdom From whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself Then shall each Limb a spring of Joy be found And ev'ry Member with its Glory crown'd While all the Senses fill'd with all the Good That ever Ages in them understood 〈◊〉 are Containing Worlds of Treasure At one Delight with all their Joy and Pleasure From whence like Rivers Joy shall overflow Affect the Soul though in the Body grow Return again and make the Body shine Like Jesus Christ while both in one combine Mysterious Contracts are between the Soul Which touch the Spirits and by those its Bowl The Marrow Bowels Spirits melt and move Dissolving ravish teach them how to love He that could bring the Heavens thro the Eye And make the World within the Fancy lie By beams of Light that closing meet in one From all the Parts of his celestial Throne Far more than this in framing Bliss can do Instame the Body and the Spirit too Can make the Soul by Sense to feel and see And with her Joy the Senses wrap'd to be Yea while the Flesh or Body subject lies To those Aflections which in Souls arise All holy Glories from the Soul redound And in the Body by the Soul abound Are felt within and ravish ev'ry Sense With all the Godheads glorious Excellence Who found the way himself to dwell within As if even Flesh were nigh to him of kin His Goodness Wisdom Power Love divine Make by the Soul convey'd the Body shine Not like the Sun that earthly Darkness is But in the strengths and heights of all this bliss For God designs thy Body for his sake A Temple of the Deity to make But now O Lord how highly great have my Transgressions been who have abused this thy glorious Creature by Surseiting and Excess by Lust and Wantonness by Drunkenness by Passion by immoderate Cares excessive Desires and earthly Fears Yea had I been guilty of none of those had no Lies and Oaths polluted my Tongue no vain Imaginations 〈◊〉 my Heart no stealing my Hands nor idle Speeches profaned mine Ears Yet have I been wholly estranged from thee by the sinful Courses of this World by the Delusions of vain Conversation Being unsensible of these things I have been blind and dead profane and stupid seared and ingrateful and for living beneath such a glorious Estate may justly be excluded thine everlasting Kingdom Enable me to keep thy Temple 〈◊〉 Which thou hast prepared for thy self Turn away mine Eyes From beholding Vanity Enable me to wash my hands in Innocency That I may compass thme altar about And list up my Hands To thy Holy Oracle Put a Watch over the Door of my Lips That I speak not unadvisedly with my Tongue Let my Glory awake early in the morning To bring praises unto thee Enter O Lord the Gates of my Heart Bow down the Heavens O Lord And break open those Everlasting Doors That the King of Glory may enter in Let the Ark of thy Presence rest within me Let not Sin reign in our mortal Bodies that we should obey it in the Lusts thereof Neither let us yield our Members as instruments of Unrighteousness unto Sin but let us yield our selves to God as those that are alive from the Dead and our Members as Instruments of Righteousness to God Rom. 6. My Beloved put in his Hand by the Hole of the Door and my Bowels were moved for him I rose up to open to my beloved and my Hands dropped with Myrrh and my singer with sweet smelling Myrrh upon the Handles of the Lock O my beloved be not as a Wayfaring Man that turneth aside to tarry but for a Night Thou hast ravished mine Heart with one of thine Eyes How fair is thy Love my Sister my Spouse How much better is thy Love than Wine and the smell of thine Oyntments than all Spices Thy Lips O my Spouse drop as an Hony Comb Hony and Milk are under thy Tongue and the small of thy Garments is as the smell of Leb mon Or ever I was aware my Soul made me like the Chariots of Aminadab Return O my Love I would lead thee and bring thee Into my Mothers House I would kiss thee yet should I not be despised O let me live in thy Bosom for ever O Infinite God Center of my Soul Convert me powerfully unto thee that in thee I may take Rest for thou didst make me for thee and my heart 's unquiet till it be united to thee And seeing O Eternal Father thou didst create me that I might love thee as a Son give me Grace that I may love thee as my Father O only begotten Son of God Redeemer of the World seeing thou didst Create and Redeem me that I might Obey and Imitate thee make me to Obey and Imitate thee in all thy imitable Persection O Holy Ghost seeing thou didst create me to Sanctify me do it O do it for thine own Glory that I may acceptably praise and serve the holy and 〈◊〉 Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity Amen Let all thy Creatures bless thee O Lord and my Soul praise and bless thee for them all I give thee Thanks for the being thou givest unto the Heavens Sun Moon Stars and Elements to Beasts Plants and all other Bodies of the Earth to the Fowls of the Air the Fishes of the Sea I give thee thanks for the beauty of Colours for the harmony of Sounds for the pleasantness of Odours for the sweetness of Meats for the warmth and softness of our Raiment and for all my five Senses and all the Pores of my Body so curiously made as before recited and for the Preservation as well as Use of all my Limbs and Senses in keeping me from Precipices Fraetures and Dislocations in my Body from a distracted discomposed confused discontented Spirit Above all I praise thee for manifesting thy self unto me whereby I am made capable to praise and magnify thy name for evermore Thanksgivings for the Soul I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all Generations And the Heavens shall praise thy Wonders O Lord thy faithfulness also in the Congregation of the Saints The Heavens shall praise thy Wonders But more the Powers of my immortal Soul Which thou hast made more excellent than the Clouds and greater than the Heavens O Lord I rejoyce and am exceeding glad Because of thy Goodness In Creating the World In Giving Brightness to the Sun In Ruling the Sea In Framing the Limbs and Members of my Body But much more abundantly For the Glory of my Soul Which out of Nothing thou hast builded To be a Temple unto God A living Temple of thine Omnipresence An understanding Eye A Temple of Eternity
all things as he enjoyeth them Goodness To enjoy all things as he enjoyeth them Love To enjoy all things as he enjoyeth them In thy Likeness In Communion with Thee As Sons and Heirs As Kings and Priests As Brides and Friends As Coheirs with Christ As Partakers of the Divine Nature To the Praise of thy Glory To the Joy of thy Son By the Power of thy Spirit Dwelling in us Let him who is the Light of the World Be insinitly Profitable unto us The Light of Life to quicken our Sence The Light of Love to enflame with Goodness The Light of Knowledge to open our eyes O the Joy and Treasure of our Souls Jesus our Saviour Christ the anointed of the Lord Anointed for and given to us Thou artthe Purchaser of all our Glory And thy fruition of it The great Example Teaching us to enjoy it How were thine Affections here upon earth Present with all Families Present with all Kingdoms Present with all Ages Of what Esteem was every Soul in all the World By being the Image of thy Fathers Person Thou art thy self the brightness of his Glory His Son The Heir of all things Heb. 1. 〈◊〉 2 3. And the Glory which he hath given thee Thou hast give unto us Job 17. 22. O let us all with open Face beholding as in a glass the Glory of the Lord be transformed into the same Image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord 2 Cor. 13. 18. Make us to understand the Power which thou hast given us to become the Sons of God Teach us to use it For now are we the Sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know when he doth appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 Jo. 3. 2. Thy Father needeth not The Heavens or the Earth The Seas or Stars The Clouds or Trees or Fields or Rivers For us he made them and Enjoyeth them only by his 〈◊〉 Goodness And love unto us He needeth not Cherubims He needeth not Angels He needeth not Men Being insinitely Blessed Without beginning His goodness enjoyeth them Only by this he exalteth them to Glory His Goodness enjoyeth them By making them Blessed And by the pleasure he taketh To see them sitting Like God himself In the Throne of Heaven His Goodness only needeth them And it is his Glory that his Goodness needeth them That God from all Eternity should infinitely Delight in exalting others Create them out of nothing Make them his Image By Almighty Power Give himself to one By infinite Love Communicate himself wholly to all his Hosts By eternal Wisdom That having no use of them But meerly to imploy his Goodness Advance them and Crown them He should infinitely desire to see them blessed This is his Glory Whose Goodness is his Wisdom For by that doth he inherit all his Works His Blessedness also For so good he is that himself is crowned In every Creature Himself enjoyeth the happiness of Angels Infinitely delighteth in the Blessedness of Men And by the way of Eminence Includeth all things Being therefore himself the object of Delight The exceeding Joy Ps. 43. Of all his Creatures His Goodness is so great That then he most enjoyeth himself When he is enjoyed He loveth to be seen and delighted in To be the Glory Joy and Treasure Of all his Hosts He loveth to be delighted in Because he delighteth To be The Sun of every Eye The crown of every head The Jewel and the Joy of Every Bosom Who when he is the object of all our Joy The delight of Angels The Ineffable Fathomless Eternal Object of all Delight To all his Creatures To all his Kingdoms To all his Ages Is then himself in eternal Glory Our Author and our End Enjoying himself By that which is himself His infinite Goodness Our Joy and Blessedness O then why should not we Ponder upon the Goodness Of our Author and our End And imitate the Goodness Upon which we ponder Since as he is our Author by doing all Things for us So he is our End by calling us to contemplate what he hath done Especially what he is Whose Love is his Blessedness Since as thou O Father enjoyest all things In creating us to Glory Thine eternal Son enjoyth all things In Redeeming them for us And us for them And by the joy that he taketh In seeing us attain The End of our Redemption Yea since the Holy Ghost by Goodness enjoyeth all Things In his Elect People When having healed their Rebellion He notwithstanding their Wilfulness Openeth their Eyes Dwelleth in them Guideth their Thoughts Enliveneth their Hearts Giveth them Power And maketh them by his Grace To enjoy God In all his Works Ways Counsels Thoughts and Attributes Since goodness in the Father Since goodness in the Son and Since goodness in the Holy Ghost Are Wisdom Glory Are Peace and Blessednes Why should not we by Goodness alone Be fraught with Wisdom Glory Be fraught with Peace Blessedness And enjoy all things as God doth By delighting in his Blessedness In the Blessedness of Christ our Lord In the Blessedness of God the H. Ghost In the Blessedness of Angels and Men Especially since the Blessed of God and them is Goodness indeed the Delight which they take in our happiness O Goodness inessable Who never more expressest thy Goodness Than by making Creatures like Thee Sovereign and supreme in Goodness Restore us by thy Son and thy Holy Spirit By the Merits of the one By the Working of the other To the similitude of that Goodness Whereby thou enjoyest thy self in all things Enable us to delight in thee our God For loving us so Gloriously To delight in thy Highness In the Blessedness of thy Son In the Godhead and Blessedness of the H. Ghost In the Joy of Angels Cherubims That our selves in thy Likeness and Men May be the Joy and Blessedness Of all thy Hosts Thy Blessedness O Lord in all thy Creatures The Crown of thy Works The Centre of thy Beams The Temple of thy Goodness Thy peculiar Treasures For by this O Lord shall we Reign in Glory And now most holy Father I crave strength Eternally to perform my great desire Of Glorifying Thee Praising Thee Blessing Thee For all the Riches of thine eternal Love In the Redemption of the World Had I not seen the Excellence of thy Goodness In giving thy Son I should never have understood That thou givest us all things Had I not seen the Excellence of thy Love In giving all Things In making them Meet to be heavenly Treasures And giving us Powers endless to enjoy them I could scarcely have believed The giving of thy Son But now with Joy I praise thy glorious Name Because having made me In the best of manners Which is in thine Image To enjoy all things I know thou hast Redeemed me By the Death of thy Son And feel in my self a Nature answerable to the greatness
of his Passion And since I am Redeemed by the Death of thy Son Know that I am made to inherit all things Rom. 8. 32. Give me Power therefore To overcome all Opinions Of the World Ways Of the World Customs Of the World Censures Of the World Who err in thy Kingdom From the way of Blessedness Since thou hast promised He that overcometh shall inherit all things And I will be his God and he shall be my Son Rev. 21. 7. In Jesus Christ let me sit down with thee in the heavenly Places Glory with thine Inheritance Enjoy thy People thy peculiar Treasure Prize thy Love unto mankind Delight in the Beauty of thy celestial Bride See thy Joys And take pleasure in them in all Ages Because Jesus Christ enjoyeth them all He bought them with a price Let me delight in his Happiness above mine own Let his Happiness be to me Not only mine But more than mine ten thousand fold Here upon Earth let it be my Joy That He Dwelleth in Heaven The Angels and Cherubims sing his Glory All Power in Heaven and Earth Is put into his hands He shall come in the Clouds of Heaven and in all the Glory of his Fathers Angels and shall judge The Quick and the Dead He shall enjoy his Bride the Church triumphant for evermore Thee in them Them in Thee All these let me O Lord enjoy in him Here on Earth Above in Heaven Let the miraculous Excellency of his eternal LOVE Open the gate of Wonder to me Liberty to me Difficulty to me The gate of Glory The gate of Triumph The gate of Invincible Peace The gate of Unchangeable Goodness The gate of Beauty and Delight By teaching me to love as he loveth The Souls of Men Of the worst of Men More than my self Tho the more I love The less I be loved Tho they Hate me Tho they Persecute me Tho they Kill me Let my Love be Immortal Let my Love be Sovereign Let my Love be Divine Let my Love be Invincible The Master point of Art In Christian Religion Which my Saviour taught on the Cross From the Chair of his Profession Let me learn O Lord with zeal and joy The love of Souls triumphed Over the love of his own Life His hands and feet his heart and head Were all opened Even to the last drop of blood For us Enemies For us Rebels For us Felons Let his O Lord be the Rule of mine Who valueth a Soul above the world Dying for my Soul Thou shewedst that my Soul was dearer to thee Then thine own Life O my Lord make me like thee A Son of God In my love to Sinners Thy self worth many worlds thou gavest for sinners And whatsoever love I bear to thee thou hast by Deed enrolled and set it over unto others What glorious Treasures shall I possess When all these are so esteemed Nevertheless O Lord Let my love be Genuine Divine and Free And for the delight I take To rescue and to save them To exalt and crown them Let me pour out my self My Spirit Soul and Blood My Time Labour Health Estate Life and all O'tis Heavenly Divine Angelical The glorious Victory over all the world Is love continuing beyond unkindness Fill my love with the Zeal of thine Like thine O Lord I desire it should be A flame of thirsting Industry Out living hatred Over all Unkindness Over all Ingratitude Over all Perversness An eternal Triumph Ever lively Always conversant in the highest Altitude O my God do not deny me Forgive my former Flatness Forgive my former Intermissien Forgive my former Deadness Let me love every Person as Jesus Christ Meet his love and thine O Lord In every Person It is my desire Lord That my love to Men should be so strong That I may love Jesus Christ For loving them Enlarge my Soul To the love of Cities Counties Kingdoms Throughly settled in the love of Christ. The Virtue that shineth Brightest in his Example And standeth highest in his Commendation O learn me this and the whole is learned Learn me this the Divine Art And the Life of God! Desire Heroic Courage Long Suffering Compassion Forwardness Activity Everlasting and most lively Diligence Grant unto me in calling Souls So will I sing and praise thy Name Being one with Thee To Everlasting O what great Things dost thou permit a Worm To ask of Thee Grant it for his sake Who became a Curss for me Sin for me Awaken Sinners Give us to understand The infinite fervor and zeal of thy Love Who having prepared for us Heaven and Earth Angels and Men Thy self and all things Redeemed us by the Blood of thine eternal Son Called us by thy Prophets Martyrs and Apostles Desired to seat us in eternal Glory And left us to our selves only for this That we may satisfie thy Will In imitating thee Voluntarily and freely With the best of Actions Dost infinitly delight to see us Blessed And enjoy thy self When we O God are by thee enjoyed Give us to remember How that Love of thine Is the Fountain of thy Patience And long Suffering towards us To see it daily How it burneth for us How unchangeably thou Delightest To Communicate thy Goodness To Glorifie thy Bounty To Distribute thy Treasures To Reposire thy Blessedness In our Souls How infinitely thou lovest To To see thy similitude in our Natures To Enjoy thy self as given unto us To Admire thy workmanship in our Glory To Feel in us thine eternal Blessedness Behold thy Creatures whom thou so lovest Crowned with glory and honor Ps. 8. 4. In the throne of heaven Rev. 30. 20. And since nothing can hinder us But sordid baseness In contemning thy Treasures Let our acknowledgment of thy Goodness And love of it Burn day and night Like unto thine That being strengthened with Might by thy Holy Spirit in our inward Man Christ may dwell in our Hearts by Faith That we being rooted and grounded in Love May be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth and length and depth and heigth And to know the Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge that we may be silled with with all the fulness of God NOW to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the Power that worketh in us Unto him be Glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all Ages world without end Amen Ephes. 3. 20. 21. A KEY to the Gate Of Wonder NOthing being more Wonderful than an invincible Lover triumphant over Injuries Of Liberty Being entred therein we walk at large with unlimited Freedom in Gods Commandments Of difficulty Because nothing at first is more contrary to Nature But Gods Example hath made it easie Of Glory The Glory of Christ is his Love of Sinners Whom whosoever imitateth in the universality of it he is a Son of God Of Triumph Death Hell unkindness temptationt rampled under foot Of invincible Peace Nothing can offend them Of 〈◊〉
giving me the Bible in such a manner In no doubtful narrow private Way Hast thou sent it to me But in a way Sublime Most High Rich Heavenly In a way most Large Profound Glorious Solemn Wonderful In all Ages hast thou been preparing it By all kind of Miracles Sealed it By the Ministry of Patriarchs and Prophets Crowning it By Apostles Publishing it By Tongues Adorning it By Prophecie fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled an Evidence greater than all that can else be imagined Confirming it By Successes exalting it By the humble Submission Distance Acknowledgment Reverence Of Kingdoms Fathers Sages crowned Emperours in the Lands and Ages Making it Eminent By the Materials in it supremely Enriching it O my God Hadst thou sent it to me by the Ministry of Angels it had not been capable of the Glory that now is in it Nor had the manner of thy giving it Been so Celestial Divine and clear Hadst thou sent it to me alone It had been infinitely less Less Obliging Less Effectual Had all the Counsel of the H. Cherubims Conspired together To have written a Book Had they taken Pens from the wings of Seraphims Had they drawn the Characters in Gold and Pearl Nor For Beauty more excellent Nor For manner more Gorgeous Nor For Materials more Rich Nor For any thing more Heavenly Divine Blessed Could they have sent it to us To me O Lord to me it cometh Mine hast thou made that Glorious Treasure An infinitie of Worth A World of Delight is included in it An alsufficient Ocean swims in its Womb For all Occasions An endless Mine of Profitable Variety Times Elixar The Quintessence of Ages Wisdoms Treasury The Magazine of History The Incense Light and Leaven Of this Earthly World A Collection of Experiences Fraught with Counsels Embassies of Angels Judgments Mercies Commandments Denunciations Threatnings Promises Affections Mirrours For all Estates Prosperity Adversity Sickness Health Life Death Liberty Bondage Peace War Riches Poverty Subjection Dominion Captivity Victorie Virginity Marriage Youth Old Age Priesthood Laity City Country Innocency Misery Grace Glory Affording Presidents for all these upon all occasions Advice Encouragement Blessing Caution Blessing O my God what endless Streams of Living Waters flow down from so little and small a Fountain To revive the Barrenness Of this Languishing World Here I behold the fate of Kingdoms Their Destinies Sores Remedies and Cures Consolations for the Poor and Broken hearted Instructions for Families Documents for the World Terrors to the Evil Encouragements and Delights for the Good and Blessed The Creation of Heaven and Earth Adam's Paradise The Fall of Man The Drowning of the World The Genealogie of Nations The confusion of Lahguages The computation of Ages Abraham made the Friend of God And Blessing to Mankind Joseph's Chastity and Charity Moses's Miracles The Ceremonial Law That curious Gospel In ancient Hieroglyphicks Israel's Victories Settlement Judges Samuel's Government David's Melody Solomon's Temple Proverbs Wisdom Riches Peace and Kingdom All abundantly flowing to my Bosom Elijab's Zeal Manasseb's Penitence Zedekiab's Bondage Israels Dispersion 〈◊〉 Captivity God's Long suffering Merciful Restitution Our Saviours Birth It s glorious Circumstances His Life Tranfiguration Passion Parables Resurrection Ascention into Heaven Our Kingdom and Priesthood Purchased by him Made conformable to his Example The Epistles of the Apostles Those Letters of Love and Eternal Wisdom The appearance of Glory and Heaven opened in the Revelation All these hath my God given me with ten thousand times greater Profit and Advantage than if he had given them to me alone Multitudes of Publishers Nations of Admirers Ages of Adorers Increase my Joys Had they come to me in a Hidden Private Narrow VVay I might sear some Dream Or worse Illusion The Amplitude of God in all his Magnisicence had been too much straitened Concealed Taken away To me denied Indeed abolished But now I see him in all Kingdoms Glorifying his Name shewing his Goodness to ma ny Thousands Making Me Making Every one beside The Heir of it all I know him to be God By the greatness of his Love The universality of his Care The bright continuance of his Eternal Wisdom And see his Oracles exalted on the Desks In many Temples Countenanced by Kings Ratified by Parliaments Joyfully Sounded from many thousand Pulpits Had an Angel brought me this Glorious Book Being not prepared the other way O how poor desolate and miserable The World had been No Revelations in other Ages No Miracles No Ministry of Patriarchs Prophets and Apostles No Acclamations of joyful People No Delights of God in other Kingdoms Yea no Companions should I have then enjoyed but in a Wilderness of Infidels surrounded with Rebels through all Persecutions in a Night of Darkness Dearth of Holiness World of Vices Reproaches Enemies must I have Entered into Glory Blessed therefore be the Lord my God For the fulness of his Love I rejoyce in the manner of thy Revelation It shews the Depth and Infinity of thy Nature The coming of Cherubims had been but a Toy A Feather in comparison By the Ministry of thousands Hath it been Confirmed in all Kingdoms Enlarged Crowned Rooted Beautified And for these Causes by thy Servant Peter is so preferred For we have not followed cunningly devised Fables when we made known unto you the Coming and Power of our Lord Jesus Christ but were Eye Witnesses of his Majesty For he received from God the Father Honour and Glory when there came such a voice to him from the Excellent GLORY This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased And this voice which came from Heaven we heard when we were with him in the Holy Mount We have also a more sure Word of Prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a Light which shineth in a dark place until the Day dawn and the Day star arise in your hearts 2 Pet. 1. 16 c. A more sure Word of Prophesie Written in the Volume of the Book Preferred above the voice that came from the Excellent Glory at the Transfiguration of Christ upon Mount Tabor For these Causes doth our Saviour prefer Moses and the Prophets above the Testimony of our rising from the Dead Yea which is Wonderful above the Power of his own Words And when the H. Ghost was given and spake in the Apostles Notwithstanding all the Miracles he gave them to atcheive He submitted to the Tryals of the H. Scriptures Teach me O Lord to Magnify with Joy What thou hast magnified Open thou mine Eyes that I may see the great things In that Map of Heaven Let it be a Clew A Gale of Air A Golden Chain Coming from thy Throne Raising me to Glory By them am I taught how here upon Earth to walk with God which is the Great Mystery the Master point of skill in thine Eternal Kingdom Appendix to the former Thanksgiving ANd now O Lord How infinite indeed is every Sin How infinite thy Love How high the Glory and
Blessedness of Heaven How dreadful the Fall of every Sinner How bottomless and infinite The Abyss of Misery How endless and unsearchable The Sphere of Mercy O my God since thou hast made me to be thy Friend Having made me thy Son in capacity That I might make my self so in Act By rightly using the power which thou givest me Without which it is impossible but that thou shouldest be displeased with thy Work Since the only Duty thou enjoynest me Is to live in thy Image And to be like thee To all thy Creatures To delight in thy Goodness And to enjoy thee in all thy Works Since thou leavest me to my self only for my Happiness and perfect Glory And art willing to save me In the best of all possible manners And nothing less than the best Can agree with thy Nature I acknowledge that if fail in so fair a Covenant and refuse to please thee in such a Duty The natural result of it is That I should be tormented for ever I be seech thee to forgive me what is past according to the infinite greatness of thy tender Mercies To remember that I am a sinner prone to evil And to give me thy Grace With all holy care watchfulness and Diligence To do that glorious work without intermission Whereby Thy happiness is enjoyed Thy Spirit delighted My Soul saved Crowned in thy Kingdom Advanced in thy Bosom Thanksgivings for God's Attributes Sing unto the Lord a new Song and his praise from the ends of the Earth ye that go down into the Sea and all that is therein Ye I sles and the inhabitants of the Earth Let the Wilderness and the Cities lift up their voice the Villages that Kedar doth inhabit Let the inhabitants of the Rock sing let them shout from the top of the Mountain Let them give Glory to the Lord and declare his praise in the islands Isd 42. 10 11 12. Forhe hath made my Soul In the Image of himself An understanding eye That like an open day Shall at once be present in all places Though because he is invisible By bodily eyes he cannot be seen Yet hath he manifested himself His Essence Wisdom Goodness Power In all places of his Dominion To the Understanding In the Fabrick of my Body Nature of my Soul Glory of the World Blessedness of his Laws soveraign Providence Miracles and Wonders O Lord I am satisfied with the fruit of thy Lips with the works of thy Hands And now I ascend to thine Eternal Glory To see the Treasure of thy Divine Essence Which thou hast hidden for us Since the beginning of the World men have not heard nor perceived by the Ear neithe hath the Eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him The Fountain it self is sweeter than the Streams O Lord my God thou art very great thou art cloathed with Majesty Who coverest thy self with Light as with a Garment who stretchest out the Heavens like a Curtain Ps. 104 1 2. That Greatness Majesty Light and Glory hast thou made to be the enjoyment of every Soul Thy Soveraignity and Dominion is the glory of my Soul Thou hast made them 〈◊〉 by pleasing me perfectly and advancing me 〈◊〉 them O the beauty of thine infinite Kingdom It is impossible thou shouldst ever be without the eternity of infinite Wisdom The fathomless Treasury of unlimited Goodness shineth here more than the Sun in the very Heavens The Zenith and Nadir and the Poles of Power in all their Altitudes That infinite Wisdom Goodness Power are wholly mine in all their activities atchievements Glories Made so by the infinite workings of infinite Wisdom Goodness and Power In every Soul supreme in thy Kingdom Crowning mine O my God who could have made every Soul among innumerable millions The end of all things Every one King of all thy Kingdom Can every one be higher than all the rest One mans exaltation here upon Earth is the depression of another But in thy Kingdom every ones advancement the exaltation of all Every one highest Yea more than this Infinitely more than we can ask or think More than Supreme More than 〈◊〉 More than Sole More than the end of all things hast thou made every Person living in thy Kingdom My Soul is ravished with the elevation of thy Joys Sing O ye Heavens for the Lord hath done 〈◊〉 shout ye lower parts of the Earth break 〈◊〉 into Singing O Mountains O Forest and every Tree therein Isa. 44. 23. For the Lord is wonderful in the midst of his Saints It is strength to my Navil and marrow to my Bones to consider the perfection of thy Doings H. H. H. Lord God of Hosts Heaven and Earth are full of the majesty of thy Glory All the supremest and grearest Heights are easy to thee easy tobe seen through easy ' to bee understood Impossibles Impossibles overcome and attained transport and amaze us with delight and wonder Every one supreme Every one solel every one Soveraign If that be impossible what is it O Lord to be more than so All the beauty of Holiness in thy Kingdom is the Sphear of my delight and pleasure for ever To see thee magnified by all thine Hosts who art the Fountain and Author of all their Glory is my perfect melody joy and glory Thou hast made them mine by making them to please me to please me voluntarily and freely in their actions by praising thee Thine infinity thine eternity the exquisite perfection of thine Omnipresence are all mine in all their operations Because thou lovest me thou givest me thy self Thine eternity by creating me for had that not been I that was nothing should have had no beginning Thine Omnipresence in upholding me For without thee I should return into nothing Thine infinity by enlarging me enabling me to consider the infinite spaces beyond the Heavens where thy Divine Majesty more especially dwells But in giving me to see the Original of my being to understand my foundation and discern that by which I am enlarged Thou hast given me thine Eternity Infinity and Omnipresence in another manner As the object of mine eye Themes of my Praise Causes of my Joy Subjects of Complacency Grounds Yea Crowns of Glory Being infinitely present in every place thou makest me perceptive and I see thy Giory Being infinitely present in every place thou art exquisitely so and wholly there O Lord I admire the perfection of thy Presence the incomprehensible excellency of thine Omnipresence wholly every where I admire the effects and Glory of its attainments For by it alone art thou infinitely communicative Thy Wisdom it is thy Goodness it is and and thine Almighty Power it is one O Lord with all thine Attributes Thine infinity resideth in every Centre therefore in my Soul which were it not there I could not behold Thine eternity and infinity are both the same both are present in every moment therefore in me All the conceivable parts both of thine Infinity and
shall I be delighted in all thy Glory And be so much pleased as if thou went only glorified for my sake And all thy Sons that glorify thee shall be my Treasures O give me grace here upon Earth to glorify thee To be tender of thine Honour and to delight in thy Praises Since at all this expence thou magnifiest thy Friend and makest me so O let me not debaso my self as low as Hell by stooping down to Earthly principles but live like thee an understanding life and faithfully accomplish the work of Love O let the perfection of 〈◊〉 Essence always ravish me Who could'st never need because never be without all thy Joys Let thy loving kindness continually be before mine eyes With joy let me suffer the reproaches of thine enemies in defence of thy Glory Let it be delicious to me to die in thy service My Joy that thou Reignest blessed in Heaven No life pleases me but the similitude of God No Riches but thine O Lord. All are thine rightly understood Let nothing satisfy me but all Eternity And all within it Since men upon earth live in darkness and are infinitely beneath thy glorious ways Let me never be subject to their vain opinions but ever mindful of thee my God To walk in thy ways is to contemplate their Glory to imitate their Goodness to be sensible of their Excellency A Thanksgiving and Prayer for the NATION REmember me O Lord with the favour that thou bearest to thy people O visit me with thy Salvation That I may see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoyce in the gladness of thy Nation that I may glory with thine Inheritance O Lord my God thou hast compassed me with Mercies on every side The Fields and Valleys Being truly seen are inestimable treasures The beauty of the Skies a magnificent joy To him that was nothing Created but yesterday Taken from the Dust To Day Half an hour since This very moment Rivers Springs Trees Meadows Even dry Land it self Clouds Air Light and Rain The Sun and Stars Are wonderful works Filling me with cheerfulness Made to serve us I praise the O Lord for the delights of Eden Such are these Among which were I alone like Adam Being wise I could not be 〈◊〉 But thou hast compassed me With innumerable Treasures Pleasant for variety Of infinite value Surmounting the created World 10000. fold The World is a Case Containing Jewels A silent Stage A Theatre for Actions Made for innumerable ends In all which thy fatherly wisdom hath shewn it self But O my God empty Cases Cabinets spoiled are dum shews The Jewels O Lord and Scenes and Actions These are the Treasures which most we prize The delights we esteem The Crown of Pleasure For the sake of which Cabinets were made Theatres erected Cases valued O Lord spare thy people Spare thy people O my God! Those Jewels in thy Cabinet those Persons on thy Stage that fill the World with wonderful Actions Make me a Moses to thee them Nehemiah to thee them Ezra David to thee them Did mine interest speak Could my heart understand it Did I see the value of all my joys Rivers of Tears running down mine eyes day and night would not suffice for the slain of my People O be not wrath very sore Let mine interest enflame me But thy goodness more Let Wisdom speak that respecteth me But Love cry out with groans unutterable For thy Mercy and Long suffering Unto this my people O Lord mine will be the loss I the sufferer My Bowels torn by those Wars My Bosom the Stage of those Calamities What ever love therefore thou bearest to thy Servant whom thou hast made a little lower than the Angels And Crowned with Glory and Honour For thy Servants sake be thou gracious to thy people Visit me with the savour which thou bearest unto them Shew it O Lord in their preservation We have sinned with our Fathers we have committed iniquity we have done wickedly We understood not thy wonders Nor remembered the multitude of thy tender Mercies But provoked our God continually Both at Land and Sea Nevertheless he saved us for his own Name sake that he might make his mighty power to be known That we might see the Glory of his loving kindness And that the goodness of God might lead us to repentance But we have been all day long a stiff necked and rebellious people When thy hand is lifted up they will not see In the Land of uprightness we deal unjustly and will not behold the Majesty of the Lord. We are infinitely seared Waxed fat and unsensible And what shall we do in the end of it The Ox knoweth his Owner and the Ass his Masters Crib but Israel is a brutish People that will not consider My God hath nourished and brought up Children that have rebelled against him Ah! Sinful Nation a people laden with In iquity a seed of evil doers Children that are corrupters They have forsaken the Lord they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger they are gone away backward Why should ye be stricken any more Ye will revolt more and more O my God! I see it plainly Neither Mercies will melt us Nor Judgment afright us Nothing soften nothing astonish us Nothing cause us to turn unto thee Thy Mercies we value not Under thy judgments are grown insensate Nothing less than the infinite multitude of thy tender mercies are able to bear with us any longer O my Bowels are yet lockt up Cannot ye be sensible of their Incorrigibleness Do what thou wilt in Judgment or Mercy We are Desperately bent to grow worse in Wickedness O Lord I confess the worst that can be spoken of us The worst that can be done have we atchieved Thy long suffering O God I importunately crave unto this people Of absolute Grace O thou in whose hands are the hearts of Kings to turn them as the Rivers of Water Rule the heart of thy chosen Servant our Royal Sovereign incline his Will to walk in thy way and make him thankful for evermore That in his prosperity we may walk in peace Convert him wholly unto thee O Lord Raise up Zerubbabels and Joshuahs Magistrates and Priests Careful Parents Of tender Bowels and contrite hearts That may endeavour the reformation of my peculiar people Leave a remnant always among us And for our Childrens sake that shall be born Throughout all Generations That these future Off-springs Of peculiar Treasures Whom thou infinitely esteemest May augment thy Kingdom O Lord if thou spare my life And give it me for a prey wherever I go Yet I shall be the sufferer in my peoples ruin Shall Nettles grow up in our pleasant Palaces Brambles in our Treasuries Owls and 〈◊〉 dwell in our Temples Briars and Thorns in the rubbish of our Stones O my Lord let me rather be blotted out of the Book of the living than be so bereaved Robbed of my Children Spoiled of my Glory Let them not lay
my Exaltation His Death my Life Liberty and Glory His Love my Strength And the incentive of mine His Resurrection my Release His Ascension my Triumph His Gospel my Joy The Light of his Countenance And of thine in him My Reviving Healing Comforting Sun In the day of thy Grace let me work for thy Glory Rejoyce in thy Goodness And according to the wideness of mine Understanding The Greatness of my Soul The Liberty of my Thoughts Walk at large In all the Regions of Heaven and Earth In all the Regions of Time and Eternity Living in thine Image Towards all thy Creatures On Angels wings Holy Meditations According to the transcendent Presence of my Spirit everywhere Let me see thy Beauties Thy Love to me To all thy Creatures In the First Creation In the Government of Ages In the Day of Judgment In the Work of Redemption In My Conception and Nativity In All my Deliverances In The Peace of my Country In Noah's Ark. With Moses and David Let me behold thy ways Delight in thy Mercies Be praising thee O shew me the excellency of all thy works In the Eternity that is before the World began let me behold the beauty of thine everlasting Counsels And in the Eternity which appeareth when the World is ended let me see thy Glory O God of infinite Majesty now I confess that the Knowledge I have of thee is admirable by that which I discover in my self for if in a thing so gross as is my Body there be a Spirit so noble as is my Soul which giveth it Being and Life governeth it and in it and by it worketh such stupendious things how much more necessary is it that thou be in the midst of this extended World who art that supream Spirit by whom we all are live move and have our being Since therefore thou art my Being and my Life thou art my Soul too and I rejoice to have thee for my 〈◊〉 loving thee infinitely more than my stlf O that all did know thee and love thee more than their Life and their own Soul since thou art the true Life and Soul of all To whom be Glory Honour and Praise for evermore Amen Thanksgivings for the Glory of God's Works BLess the Lord ye his Angels that excel in strength that do his Commandments hearkening to the Voice of his word Bless the Lord all ye his hosts ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure Bless the Lord all his WORKS in all places of his Dominion Bless the Lord O my soul. Psal. 103. 21 22 23. O Lord our God how excellent is thy Name in all the earth who hast set thy glory above the Heavens Psal. 8. 1. When I consider the Heavens the work of thy fingers the Moon and the Stars which thou hast ordained What is Man that thou art mindful of him or the Son of Man that thou visitest him For thou 〈◊〉 made him a little lower than the Angels and hast crowned him with glory and honour Thou madest him to have Dominion over the works of thy hands thou hast put all things under his fect All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas Psal. 8. 3 4 c. O Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the world Thy works O Lord are for ever to be remembred The earth is full of thy riches The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof the world and they that dwell therein Psal. 24. 1. The heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the children of men As we are visible Bodies Conversing here beneath He hath given us the Earth To his Image As we are invisible and immortal Souls Hath he given the heavens And the heaven of heavens The woods and trees and fields and valleys hast thou subjected to the Government and work of our hands The heaven of heavens to our Understand To see their glory ings Admire their greatness Enjoy their delight Possess their treasures Rejoyce in their hosts And 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 Mines of gold and veins of silver The variety of precious stones Diversity of minerals Iron Brass Copper Lead and Tin Carbuncles Emeralds Pearls Diamonds All these Hast thou given to our bodies Subjected the same to the use of our hands That we might beautify the earth With Crowns and Scepters Regal Thrones Palaces and Temples Pillars Castles Cities Closets Jewels Rings Chains Ornaments Delectable things Which by the Use of all men Become the fruition Of every holy and wise Spectator Oyl and Wine Perfumes and Spices Wheat and Rye Fruits and Flowers Hast thou given to us to delight our Senses Apples Citrons Limons Dates and Pomgranates Figs Raisins Grapes and Melons Plumbs Cherries Filberts Peaches Are all thy riches for which we praise and bless thy Name Clouds and Vapours glorify thee By serving us Springs and Rivers praise thy Name Being far more precious than gold and silver The Day is thine the Night also is thine thou hast prepared the Light and the Sun Thou hast set all the borders of the Earth thou hast made Summer and Winter He appointed the Moon for seasons the Sun knoweth his going down O Lord how manifold are thy works In wisdom hast thou made them all the Earth is full of thy riches These serve us in their glorious heights so perfectly that we cannot alter their course because we cannot mend their Operation The Fowls and Fishes Beasts and creeping things Hast thou made ours By giving them Excellencies meet to serve us Strength Swifrness Fat Skin Hair Wool Flesh Sinews Veins and Senses By giving us Understanding and Bodies to subdue them By giving us a Right and Dominion over them For all these O Lord I bless and glorify thy Holy Name And give Thee Thanks So Glorious are thy Works that Skies full of Pearl Globes of Gold Spheres of Silver greater than the Earth are Dross and Poverty in Comparison of thy Treasure All which thou offerest me to partake of The Duty to which thou hast called me Is greater than my Wealth To contemplate thy Glory The Excellency of thy Wisdom 〈◊〉 Infinite Goodness The Riches of thy Love To me thy unworthy Servant Exhibited in those Their Value Fulness Ministery My Right Interest Property Thy Blessedness Mercy Favor And in all these My Wonderful Exaltation with thee my God Blessed is the Man whom thou chusest and causest to approach unto thee that he may Dwell in thy Courts He shall be satisfied with the Goodness of thy House even of thy Holy Temple They also which Dwell in the Utmost parts are afraid of thy Tokens thou makest the Outgoings of the Morning and Evening to rejoyce Thon visitest the Earth and waterest it thou greatly Enrichest it with the River of God which is full of Water Thou preparest them Corn when thou hast so provided for it Thou waterest the Ridges thereof abundantly thou
breaking their Covenant Casting them off Dispersing them throughly Punishing them with Destruction In revenge of the Murder of Jesus Christ. Now if the Fall of them be the Riches of the World and the Demolishing of them the enriching of the Gentiles how much more their fulness Rom. 11. 12. What shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead Rom. 11. 14. Restore them O Lord That as we have obtained Mercy Through their unbelief So they by our Mercy and our Faith prevailing may obtain Mercy The death of Jesus that universal Benefit Spreads from a Centre Through all the World And is wholly the Joy of all People The Patience of Job was once obscure Which is now the Publick Right Of Mankind The Cross of Christ exceeding vile Yet now in my Closet my perfect Treasure Pregnant Signes What infinite Depths may lie concealed In the rude appearance of the smallest Actions A world of Joys hid in a Manager For me for every one His Cross a prospect of eternal Glory Sheweth that All things are treasures infinitely Diffusive Earthly Occurrences celestial Joys For the Learning of the Fathers I glorisie Thee More for the Labors of the holy Apostles My crown and my joy Their Persecutions are my Glory Their Doctrine my Foundations Their Sweat my Dew Their Tears my Pearl Their Blood my Rubies For giving of the Holy Ghost Upon the day of Pentecost I supremely praise Thee O let me be filled with it That I may clearly see the Powers of my Soul That As a Temple of thy Presence I may inherit all things That In the Light of my Knowledge All Ages may abide And I in them walking with thee In the Light of Glory What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits toward me I will take the cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. Ps. 116. 12 13. With reverence I will learn The riches of our Saviour At the time of his Ascention And see what a Paradise The Glory of his Resurrection Made the World Who when he ascended up on high led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men And he gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Teachers Eph. 4. 8. and 11. O let me see into the deeper Value of such glorious Treasures Nearer to our Saviour Greater than the Angels Images of God Labouring to death For our sakes Of all the benefits Which they did to all My bosom is the recipient I the Heir How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of them that bring the glad tidings of good things Rom. 10. O blessed be thy glorious Name For the Conversion of this Island Wherein I live The Day spring from on high That visited us The Light of the Gospel The Conversion of our Kings The professed Subjection Of our Lords and Senators Our Ministers Bishops Pastors Churches Sacraments Liturgy Sabbaths Bibles Laws Ecclesiastical Establishment of Tythes Universities Colledges liberal Maintenance of our Saviours Clergy Christian Schools Cathedrals and Quires where they sing his praises That Pillars are erected in our Land To his Name That his Cross is exalted to the top of Crowns Seated on high On more than kingly Palaces His Temple in our Borders That his Gospel is owned and fully received His Kingdom established by Laws In our Land Which might have been a Wilderness Which might have been a Golgotha Which might have been a very Tophet A blind corner of brutish Americans And I a torn desolate confessor Or far worse A Negroe like them In the horrid Island For all this I glorify thy Name Humbly confessing and acknowledging With Joy Thy Mercy in this to have been greater Towards us Than in delivering Israel from the Egyptian Bondage Earnestly beseeching thee to forgive the Ingratitude and Stupidity of thy People Open their Eyes Cause every one to see That he is the Heir and Possessor Of all thy Joys In their Peace and Prosperity Let me thy Servant inherit Peace And in thy Light let me see Light Make them more my Treasures By making Them better By making Me wiser Increasing both our love What hast thou done for me thy Servant In giving me The Beauty of the World In giving me The Land in which I live In giving me The Records of all Ages In giving me Thy self in all for evermore Being done for thousands for all O Lord It is more my Joy I bless thy Name for the Perfection of thy Goodness so wholly communicable to many Thousands So endlesly communicated from all Generations Coasts and Regions to every Soul By enriching whom thou magnifiest me Because they are My Friends Because they are My Temples Because they are My Treasures And I am theirs Delighted by my love in all their happiness Tho War should arise in this will I be confident One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his Temple Ps. 27. 3 4. He hath chained Ages Kingdoms together Nor can they without us Nor we without them Be made perfect Heb. 11. 40. The Lord is King throughout all Genrations Magnifying his eternal Wisdom In making every true Christian possessor Of his Joys The multitude of Possessors enrichers of Enjoyment Every one the end of all his Ways Me even me Hath thy Glory exalted in all these things I am possessor and they my treasures I am delighted abundantly by being possessed That thou O Lord art supreme possessor And every one of thine possessor In thy Likeness Pleaseth me supremely pleaseth me wholy Furthereth my Joys Addeth to them Maketh them Infinite Yea infinitely Infinite The very manner of Enjoying O Lord Let all the Greatness whereby thou advancest thy Servant Make me not more proud but more humble More Obedient to the King More Diligent in my Calling More Subservient to my Spiritual Fathers Pastors and Teachers More Meek to mine Inferiours More Humble to all More Compassionate on the ignorant More Sensible of my Sins More Lowly to the poor More Charitable to the needy More Loving to mine Enemies More Tender to the erroneous Thirsting their return More Industrious in serving thee In calling them In saving all Teach me by Wisdom to see the Excellency of all thy Doings And by goodness to rejoyce in all thy mercys To delight in the Praises which they offer unto thee And in the Blessings which descend upon all thy Creatures O make my life here upon Earth beautiful O Lord that my Soul may be pleasing to thy Saints and Angels To be well pleasing to whom is an unspeakable delight because thy love is infinite to them Thanksgivings for the Wisdom of his WORD THE Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God They are all gone aside they are altogether become 〈◊〉 there is none that doth
good no not one Ps. 14 2 3. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness All the foundations of the earth are out of course Ps. 82. 〈◊〉 O Lord thy word testisieth What my experience seeth That the Sons of Men Err in their hearts From thy holy Ways The Glory of thy Kingdom they cannot see The Blessedness of their Estate None will regard Nor behold the Brightness of Thine eternal Treasures Nor how near they are to Thine eternal Love The glory of the Earth is Stainedby Sin Oppressed with Tares Spoiled with Briars and cursed Thorns But more with the corruptions Blindness of sinful Men. Errors of sinful Men. False Opinions of sinful Men. Wherein according to the course of this World according to the Prince of the Power of the Air the Spirit that now worketh in the Children of Disobedience They all walk In the Lusts of the Flesh In the vanity of the Mind Having the Understanding darkned Being alienated from the life of God Through the ignorance that is in them Eph. 4. 17. 18. With one consent they wander up and down To polluted streams And will not refresh their Soul With living Waters The riches of thy bounty Which with infinite liberality Thou freely givest They disregard By that means turning the world into a 〈◊〉 Wilderness Of Owls and Dragons That thirst after happiness They know not what Seek it they know not where Find it no where They seek it in Gold not in Thee In Silver In Apparel In Feasts In Houses In any thing Little Rare False Counterseit Scarce Unknown But in the high Estate to which already they are by thee exalted they find no pleasure The freedom of thy Love hideth it from their Eyes The Truth and Commonness of thy Glorious Works They cannot see The daily Continuance and presence of thy Riches maketh them despised The Greatness of thy Wealth not understood Thou preventest us With the pure Blessings of thy Goodness Their Endlesness Excellency Abundance Service Variety 〈◊〉 Compasseth us about Yet Blmdeth our Eyes They Grope in Darkness Wander in the valley of the shadow of Death Are estranged from thy Treasures Err from Thee Hope for any End of their vain Endeavours Never attain any Rest in their feigned Riches Escape imaginary Wants But still increase Conceited Poverties O Lord they have drown'd not only themselves but the world also In Destruction and Perdition Covered it with Snares With Chains of Darkness Woes and Miseries By their false Opinions False Opinions concerning Happiness Till thy Word came and shined among us That plainly sheweth The Glory of the Father Bringing us back To the true Treasures Causeth us to see That we are already exalted And that it is not by seeking what we want But by enjoying what we have That we are truly Blessed Thy Word alone Extricateth our Souls from all their Snares Our Wants are none Thou hast wrought all things already for us Were a Sun that shineth Now to be created Millions of Gold would be thought Too little His Beams more Necessary Than the approach of Angels Are now Despised Being by reason of their presence not understood They animate our Blood Beautifie the World Give light to the Day Warmth and Spirits Without them no Morning Flowers Waters Springs could be But all the World a Cave of Datkness Death and Misery Which an Angels presence cannot mend Thy Laws thy Works thy Ways Thy Revelation from Heaven The Excellencies of our Soul The Endowment of our Body Thy Tender Love Thy Truth and Faithfulness These are the Riches Thou hast prepared for the Poor For Creatures cut out of Dust and nothing To these thy Word reduced us again That shining Light Infinitely more precious and Heavenly than the SUN That Holy Fountain Of Living Waters Refresheth the Soul Even of thy Holy Angels It self is a Treasure worth innumerable Millions of Gold and Silver A Book which thou hast sent To me from Heaven To Detect the vanities of this wicked World To Guide my feet into the way of peace To Shew me the Treasures of eternal Happiness To Elevate my thoughts Purifie my heart Enlighten my eyes Refine my Soul Direct my Desires Quicken my Affections Set my Mind in frame Restore me to thine Image Call me again to Communion with Thee In all thy Goods and Treasures O Lord thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name It sheweth me the Greatest and Highest Things Bringeth my Soul cut of Prison Leadeth me in the Paths of Blessedness and Glory Teacheth me to ponder upon the Works of thy Hands And to Meditate upon thy Laws Day and Night To speak of the might of thy terrible Acts To talk of thy Doings O my God every Day will I bless Thee and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever Ps. 141. 2. All thy Works shall praise thee O Lord and thy Saints shall Bless the Ps. 145. 10. I will sing of Judgment and Mercy to thee O Lord will I sing And talk of all thy wondrous Works Ps. 145. 2. The Sons of Men hast thou given Me The Heavens and the Earth and all that is therein Thy manifold Wonders Ancient Miracles Laws Promises H. Oracles and Blessed Revelations In thine Image to be enjoyed Thy self and All Things The best of Treasures In the best of manners I Acknowledg thy Gift Thy Heavenly Gift And I adore the Wisdom and Glory of the Way whereby thou givest me the H. Bible To deliver me from the darkness of the disordered VVorld I needed O Lord a Book from Heaven I longed to receive it And panted after it with my Expectation Which above my Hopes Was already sent Before I was born A Book inclosing the best of Tidings the wisest Counsels the newest Revelations Heavenly Discoveries the profoundest Depths the highest Wonders the rarest Miracles the most glorious Examples the treasures of Wisdom the richest Promises the joys of God Divine Affections the greatest Encouragements Halclujahs Raptures Shewing us How Man is Magnified In Covenant with God Lord of his Works His Son and Friend Ministred to by Angels Admired by Cherubims Made for Heaven Called into the Glory of Almighty God Ordained for his Throne Redeemed by his Son Shal rise from the Dead Be made Immortal Overcome the World Be more than a Conqueror Inherit all things O Jerusalem Jerusalem Hadst thou known at least in this thy Day the things that concern thy Peace But now they are hidden from thine Eyes Had you seen Oh! ye Sons of Men the High Estate of your ample Glory how would you have been ravished Ye that are Crowned with Loving Kindness and Tender Mercies Beloved of God more than Himself Doth he not love his Son as Himself Tendered as his Eye Exalted above Angels In all things magnified by his Eternal Love as much as wisdom Goodness Power infinite could atcheive By all his Counsels Laws and Works exalted As in the Death of Jesus Christ. O my God I give thee Praise For
in the earth in whom is all my delight Bereave me not O Lord of these delights These Kings Daughters Holy Sons Saints and Angels Angels in the Churches The Angels of the Churches do thou also preserve Let me see their Order Ministry and Service Resist Satan at their right hand Set a fair Miter on their head Cleath them with Garments and let thine Angels stand by O let them walk in thy ways and keep thy charge then shall they judge thy House and keep thy Courts and have Places given them to walk among those that stand by Let me see O Lord the grand mystery of thy spiritual Building The Union of Souls in the Government of Nations the perfect closure of those living Stones constituting a Temple one Temple entire unto thee The two Pillars of the Earth strengthening each other Religion rooting Justice within Justice fencing Religion without And both making an Arch of Government immovable These two Pillars as steady as they are will except they have an upholder cleave and bend And the whole frame sink with them Therefore O Lord do thou support him that beareth them up Thy Spirit hath compared our Princes to a nail driven into a wall whereon are hanged all both the Vessels of service and instruments of Musick Firm may this nail abide and never stir For if it should all our Cups would batter with the fall the musick of our Quire be marr'd Both Church and Country put into danger Let me see the the combination of our Christian state The Glory and Beauty and Sweetness of it Pardon mine Eyes that I see no better Make our Sons and Daughters like Corner Stones polished after the similitude of a Palace A celestial Blessing to heavenly eyes Thy people walking in the Land of the living in the light of prosperity Truth and. Glory Beholding the beauty of Gods works and rejoycing in the happiness of each other understanding the excellency of their Souls and Bodies flourishing in Villages joyful Cities magnificent Temples pleasant Streets Gates of strength praising God in righteousness of life These are my joys A sight worthy of the Holy Angels Make me not void of such O Lord by our Desolations O continue them that I may excercise the the works of Justice and Mercy and Charity among them may be not as a Beast in a desolate Wilderness Spoiled of all occasions of vertue But a fruitful Tree in the paradice of God laden with more than Apples of Gold in pictures of Silver more precious than Rubies Of greater contents than the Skies themselves Were they for nothing my Treasures but only this that I might excercise Goodness and Loving kindness among them I would not O Lord for ten thousand Worlds be 〈◊〉 of them They are commanded all to love me as themselves though they refuse to do it give me Grace to love them more than my self As Moses did the Israelites David his Jews Jesus Sinners Give me wide and publick Affections So strong to each as if I loved him alone Make me a Blessing to all the Kingdom A peculiar Treasure after thy similitude to every Soul Especially to those whom thou hast given me by love make me a shining light a Golden Candlestick A Temple of thy presence in the midst of them Giving me power from day to day To Praise thy wonders To Glorify thy name To magnify the excellencies of thy Loving kindness in all their ears and to publish thy righteousness in the great Congregation Be thou gracious unto us Be a wall of fire round about us and a Glory in the midst of us Let thy Blessedness O God and that of thy Bride according to the Wisdom wherewith thou hast made us be more than mine ten thousand fold O my Lord where my voice saileth let love be great Plead effectually be accepted graciously Replenish my Soul more than I am able to ask or conceive Amen Amen FINIS Some Books of Devotion Printed for Samuel Keble at the Turks-head in Fleet-street MEditations upon Living Holily and dying Happily with suitable Prayers at the end of each Chapter Written in Latin by Daniel Senertus a Physitian A Weeks Preparation towards a worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper c. The Holy Days or the Feasts and Fasts as they are observed in the Church of England throughout the year explained And the reason why they are yearly celebrated with Cuts before each day Preparations to a Holy Life Or Devotions for Families and private Persons also Meditations Prayers and Rules for the more pious observing the Holy time of Lent By the Author of the Weeks Preparation to the Holy Sacrament The Spiritual Combat or the Christian Pilgrim Translated from the French Revised and Recommended by Richard Lucas D. D. Contemplations on the Love of God c. with a Devout Prayer suitable thereunto The Church of England mans private Devotions being a Collection of Prayers out of the Common prayer Book for Morning Noon and Night and other special Occasions By the Author of the Weeks Preparation to the Sacrament Death made comfortable or the way to die well By John Kettlewel A Companion for the Penitent and Persecuted consisting of Directions and Devotions for persons troubled in Mind By John Kettlewel Divine and Moral Discourses on divers Subjects The Mourner comforted or Epistles consolatory writ by Hugo Grotius Perused and recommended to the World by John Scot D. D. * Ps. 139. 16. O give me Grace to understan its Excellency That doth not fill but 〈◊〉 all Things Receiveth 〈◊〉 discerneth enjoyeth them
to 〈◊〉 That Nature never gave to any thing a power in vain To what end therefore am I endned with these eternal Powers The similitude of thy Greatness in my Soul Infinity in my Soul Eternity in my Soul Is it not that I might live In the simili tude of thy Wisdom towards all thy Creatures Goodness towards all thy Creatures Holiness towards all thy Creatures For to nothing that is without the reach of my Comprehension Can my Thoughts extend To nothing without the sphere of my Knowledge Can I behave my self Amiably Can I behave my self Beautifully Can I behave my self Wisely To the intent therefore that being wise like thee I might be just and good to all thy Creatures And be holy towards them in all my Ways And be holy towards them in all my Thoughts And be holy towards them in all my Affections Hast thou made me thus in thy great similitude That being wise and holy towards thee and all things as I ought to be I might evermore be gloriously blessed In thy diviner Likeness To which I am created O my God! In the contemplation of my Soul I see the Truth of all Religion Behold all the Mysteries of Blessedness Admire thy Greatness Rejoyce in thy Goodness Praise thy Power Adore thy Love Am ravished with thy Wisdom Transported Pleased with the beauty of thy 〈◊〉 Who hast made me 〈◊〉 best and greatest Like thee Thine Image Friend Son Bride More than thy Throne Thy 〈◊〉 Treasure Such wonderful Power hast thou created in me That I am able to do more than my Soul durst once attempt to imagine A greater Power have I received of thee Than that of creating Worlds Could I create Worlds and not enjoy them It would be to no purpose Could I create millions of Worlds and enjoy them all I could only enjoy created things In receiving a Power To enjoy all things I am made able to enjoy even thee Who art infinitely greater Thee in every thing Every thing in thee My self in all things for evermore I have received a Power infinitely greater Than that both of Creating and Enjoying Worlds Infinitely more Blessed Infinitely more Profitable Infinitely more Divine Infinitely more Glorious O Lord I am contented with my Being I rejoyce in thine infinite Bounty And praise thy Goodness I see plainly that thy love is infinite And having made me such a Creature I will put my Trust in Thee Could I have chosen what power soever I pleased I would have chosen this A Power to Please thee A Power to Enjoy thee In all the Varieties of Works and In all the Varieties of Creatures Compared unto these A Power To Divide the Sea Turn Mountains into Gold Command the Sun Trample upon Divels Raise up the Dead With whatsoever all the fancy of man can imagine or desire Is Very feebleness Is Unprofitable Vanity Is Foolish Childishness Blessed be thy Name that thou hast given me Power to Praise thee A Power not only to Comprehend The Magnanitude Being Nature Order Place of Things Bat to love their Goodness Prize their value Delight in their Beauty Rejoyce in the Benefits which I receive from them Which is Wholly to enjoy them These things thou commandest my Soul to do That I might be Wise and Holy Yet givest me Liberty To do what I please Not that thou art careless or indifferent what I chuse But because thou wouldest make me Blessed and Glorious An Object of Delight to thine Eternal Godhead And like unto thee the Joy and Blessing of all thy Creatures Who by Loving them freely As Thou dost Delighting in their Beauty And prizing their Goodness Shall my self be Beautiful in all their eyes Thine IMAGE O Lord To thee and them a peculiar Treasure The Works thou commandest thou infinitely desirest and tellest us plainly They are better than Wine More precious than Fruits More pleasant than Spices Living Waters Even to thee our God Which satisfy the fire of thine eternal Love Being desired of thee because they are necessary To our happiness My soul O Lord doth magnify thee Because out of nothing thou hast exalted thy Servant Requiring that I should do the works which thy soul commandeth And not another That the glory of such Deeds might shine in me And the pleasure of the goodness whereby I do them That being honoured in the eyes of Angels and Men I might be enlarged by them Acknowledged Received into their bosoms Delighted in Embraced Crowned Thou makest thy Bride All Glorious within And her own Works Shall praise her in the Gates While chiefly she is beautiful To thee her God Shineth in thine Image Reigneth in thy Throne Most in thy bosom They all delight to look upon her And in every work thou requirest of her Rivers of Oyl and Wine are hidden Yea living Streams of Divine Affection Which thou more prizest then Thousands of Rams and tens of thousands of Rivers of Oyl Then Worlds though Millions of Gold and Silver The Work of Love Is the Soveraign Delight Of all the Angels The Cream and Crown of all Operations The Cause Efficient and the end of all Things The Navil Which conveys all the Joys of Heaven and Earth Into the Soul of Man The Oyl wherewith We anoint The Gold wherewith We Crown Thy Holy Angels Thy Saints Thy Son Our selves in them And thee in all A Power in this have we received O Lord To please thee more And to enrich thy Kingdom with Greater Treasure Than if Creating Worlds We presented them at thy feet At the feet of thy Saints Of every Angel They all like Thee More Desire our Good Works Than Crowns and Scepters Which are Holy Treasures In communion with Thee For ever to be enjoyed By doing them our selves we are made thine Image That we should have the Glory Of being Crowned with the Beauty Of our own Works Is not 〈◊〉 but more thy Glory Infinitely more thy Glory and Joy Most Holy Lord How infinite is thy Thirst That we should perform the thing thou desirest O Lord Thou so loved'st us That for our perfect Glory Thou didst adventure into our hands A Power of displeasing thee Which very confidence of thine ought more to oblige me than all the things in Heaven and Earth faithfully to love thee But wo is me I have sinned against thee I have sinned O Lord And put an Object before thee Which thou infinitely hatest An ugly Object Of infinite 〈◊〉 From which it is impossible Thou should'st turn away thine eyes And hadst thou not loved me With a greater Love Than all this I must like Lucifer Have 〈◊〉 into the Pit Of eternal Perdition But thou hast redeemed me And therefore with Hallelujahs Do I praise thy Name Recourting the ancient Glories Which thou 〈◊〉 in my Soul And 〈◊〉 That infinitely more is left unsaid O my God Sanctify me by thy Spirit Make me a Temple of the Holy Ghost A willing Person in the day of thy Power Let my Saviour's Incarnation be