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A37132 Mount Sion, or, A draught of that church which shall never be destroyed together with a map of that world which shall be broken to pieces and consumed / by William Dyer ... Dyer, William, d. 1696. 1689 (1689) Wing D2948; ESTC R18147 97,155 209

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The third step Read much and often the Scriptures of truth if thou art willing they will direct thee if weak they will strengthen thee if troubled they will comfort thee if tempted they will assist thee if assaulted they will defend thee if distressed they will relieve thee if wavering they will confirm thee The Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul The Testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple The Statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart The Commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes Moreover by them is thy servant warned and in keeping of them there is great reward Psal 19.7 8 11. And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus 2 Tim. 3.15 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 that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts 2 Pet. 1.18 19. Consider well these six things 1. The Authority of the Scriptures 2. The Power of the Scriptures 3. The Excellency of the Scriptures 4. The Truth of the Scriptures 5. The Comfort of the Scriptures 6. The Benefit of the Scriptures O dwell much upon this The fourth step Keep thy self from lewd and wicked people bad company is infectious it hath poysoned and destroyed many it maketh men bold to commit the greatest wickedness The sad effects of this is too often seen and heard at the place of execution of Malefactors who do there lament their miserable ends and desire that all others may take warning by them and not to keep lewd and wicked company as they had done which had led them into all wickedness and had brought them to that shameful end which shews it self in the sad looks they then put on and the sorrowful words they then speak and doleful crys they then make O! refrain from lewd men and women and from every evil way The keeping of bad company hath brought many men to shame and poverty to disgrace and to everlasting misery O! flie from this as from a Lion as from people that have plague-sores upon them as from poison that is set before thee in a dish And with many other words did he testifie and exhort saying Keep your selves from this untoward generation Acts 2.40 Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you and will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6.17 18. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them Ephes 5.11 Let them be thy companions that fear the Lord and keep his Commandments and walk in the way of truth and righteousness For the path of the just shines as the perfect day and he that walketh with the wise shall be wise The fifth step Hear and hearken carefully to the voice of God that speaketh to thee and in thee This voice is from Heaven and it speaketh peace and good will to men on Earth Every man hath in him a Teacher and this Teacher is from God. The spirit of man is the Candle of the Lord searching all the inward parts of the belly Prov. 20.27 Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend into Heaven that is to bring Christ down from above or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ again from the dead But what saith it The word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach Rom. 10.6 7 8. Which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another Rom. 2.15 God hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Micah 6.8 And if a man continueth in well-doing he hath peace and joy in the Holy Ghost but if he do that which is evil then his Conscience accuseth him and reproacheth him And if he continue in it then Conscience condemns him and lays him under condemnation and will be a witness against him For if our heart condemn us God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things Beloved if our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God 1 John 3.20 21. If men cannot stand under the guilt of their Consciences here in this life there is little hopes that such men will be able to stand before God in the next life upon which the happiness or miseries of another state do depend The sixth step Imploy thy thoughts strength and time to make thy Calling and Election sure Wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your Calling and Election sure For if ye do these things ye shall never fall 2 Pet. 1.10 Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15.58 Heaven is won or lost on Earth There are treasures of grace in Christ Jesus and this grace hath appeared to all men and this grace is sufficient it is the grace of God O strive to gain this grace that it may give thee a title to the heavenly glory This grace is so excellent that it teacheth men that denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts they should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Tit. 2.11 12. Now if thou wilt but take these steps towards Heaven then thou wilt be blessed in life and happy at death and glorious after death The principal design of this small Treatise is to comfort the people of God the subject whereof is exceeding weighty and of great use to all that desire to know the truth as it is in Jesus None can say of this as the man said of the Axe-head that fell into water And he cryed and said alas Master for it was borrowed 2 Kings 6.5 I have not entered into other mens labours neither have I built upon their foundations but upon the Prophets and the Apostles Christ Jesus himself being the chief Corner-stone Eph 2.20 If any shall say of this when they have read it that this man or that man could have done it much better I wish then they had done it Every one cannot be excellent who yet may be useful However it is not yet the twelfth hour there is yet time and room in the Lords Vineyard for others to come i● and labour also So far have I been led into these things I will detain thee no longer but intreat thee to accept this