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Englands prayers to heaven for mercy with very good instructions to all people in these dangerous times to call to the Lord for mercy in time, exhorting every Christian to take heed they be not deceived in these dangerous times / written by Thomas Robins.
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Robins, Thomas.
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to hear thaâ— blessed voyce of our Lord and Saviour sounding in our eare Matthew 25. 34. Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of â—he world And indeed a blessed sounding it is and thâ— Lord give us grace to prepare our hearts sâ— here upon earth that we may have both ouâ— hearts and eares that we may be ready at thâ— coming of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ therfore I would desire all to Take heed watcâ— and pray for â—e know not when the time iâ— Mark. 13. vers 33. And once more I do exhort you to take heâ— that you be not deceived in these dangerous â—nes for the Lord gives us a faire warning to â—ke heed Matthew 24. 4 5. And Jesus answered and â—d unto them Take heed that no man deceive â—â— 5 For many shall come in my Name saying â—m Christ and shall deceive many Indeed this is come to passe now a dares for â—u may see such abroad in many places I but would desire every one of you to have a care of â—em for as Paul said in the second of Timothy chap 3 vers For the time will come when â—y will not endure found doctrine but after â—eir own lusts shall they heap to themselves â—chers having iâ—châ—ng eaâ—s And indeed there is a great many of those aâ—ad but have a care of them for certainly if â—ey should entangle you in their snare of deluâ—n you will not so easily get out for they be 2 Timothy 3. 4. Traitours heady highâ—nded lovers of pleasures more then lovers 〈◊〉 God Indeed my brethren I would desire you to â—â—e a care of them for fear they should deceive â—â— so I would desire you not to dispise them 〈◊〉 certainly they be that people our Saviour â—d should come and therefore we ought not to â—pise but exhort them and pray for them and love their person but abhor their conditions fâ— though they be a seducing people which Chriâ— said should come yet they be our brethren iâ— the same form and shape of man and whâ— knowes how soone it may please the Lord tâ— call them back againe as he did Saul by thâ— high-way therefore in the name of God let uâ— pray for their conversion for Timothy chargeâ— the people that they should pray for all men aâ— you may find it written in the first of Timothâ— and the second chapter and the first verse 〈◊〉 these words I exhort therefore that first 〈◊〉 all supplications prayers intercessions anâ— giving of thanks be made for all men Indeed by this place of scripture I cannoâ— perceive but we must pray for them as wâ— would do for our selves which the Lord of hiâ— mercy put it into the hearts of every good Christian so to do and as David said in the 37 Psaâ— and the first and second verses so I say to yoâ— all that be here present Fret not thy selfe because of evil doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity For they shaâ— soon be cut downe like the grasse and withâ— as the green herb So here you may see David gives us a faiâ— exhortation here in this Psalme that we shouâ— not fret at the wicked and in the 35 and 36 vâ— of this Psalme there sayes David I have seâ— â—he wicked in great power and spreading â—imselfe like a green bay-tree Yet he pasâ—d away and Io he was not yea I sought â—im but he could not be found Here my â—ethren you may perceive that if we will â—ut wait with patience they will all vanish â—way in time therefore as it is written in â—e 34 vers â—f this Psalme Wait on the â—ord and keâ—p his way and he shall exalt â—hee to inherit the land when the wicked â—e cut off thou shalt see it Indéed it is â—est for us all to look into our owne sins and â—y and call night day for mercy for them â—nd let us call to mind the lamentation of â—erusalem All her people sigh they seeke read they have given their pleasant things â—or meat to relieve the soul see O Lord â—nd consider for I am become vile Lamenâ—tions the first and the 11 vers and in the 2 ver there you may here parents that it is â—ng of them Train up a child in the way â—e should go and when he is old he will â—ot depart from it Proverbs 22. 6. And â—hildren obey your parents in the Lord â—r this is right Ephesians the 6 and the 1 â—â—d the 2 verses Honour thy Father and â—other which is the first Commandement â—ith promise and in the 20 Chapter of Exodus and the 12 vers there you shall find thaâ— is one of the Commandements that the Lorâ— commanded the people to keep that is to sayâ— Honour thy Father and thy Mother thaâ— thy dayes may be long in the Land whicâ— the Lord thy God giveth thee for as yoâ— may find it in Proverbs the 19 and the 2â— vers He that wasteth his father and casteth away his mother is a son that causetâ— shame and bringeth reproach And indéeâ— there be too many such disobedient childreâ— now a dayes which the Lord of his mercâ— give them all grace to amend for certainlâ— they cannot say with a true heart that theâ— feare God if they do not honor father anâ— mother and I pray God give us all grace tâ— amend our wicked lives and pray to thâ— Lord for feare he should come upon us as hâ— did upon Jerusalem in the 20 of Ezekiel anâ— the 45. 46 47. verses Moreover the worâ— of the Lord came unto me saying Son 〈◊〉 man set thy face toward the south aâ—â— drop thy word toward the south and prophesie against the forrest of the south fielâ— And say to the forrest of the south Hear thâ— word of the Lord Thus saith the Lord Goâ— Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and shall devour every green tree in thee and very dry tree the flaming flame shall not â—e quenched and all faces from the south â—o the north shall be burnt therein Indeed my brethren here you see that the Lord threatned the people with fire here her â—amentation for the misery that the Lord had â—rought her to by reason of her sin which â—akes her lament in these words Is it â—othing to you all ye that passe by behold â—nd see if there be any sorrow like unto my â—orrow which is done unto me wherewith â—he Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his â—erce anger and in the 4 chap. of Lamenta â—nd the 6 vers For the punishment of the â—niquiâ—y of the daughter of my people is â—reater then the punishment of the sin of â—â—dom that was overthrown as in a moâ—ent and no hand stayed on her Therefore my brethren to draw to a conâ—usion I exhort you all in the name of God 〈◊〉 take notice of what you have heard at this â—resent and strive by all meanes to make â—me good use of it which must be done by â—rayer and take heed of despising one another â—nd beg night and day of the Lord to send â—own his spirituall grace into the hearts of â—very one of us that we may deserve his â—ercy at the hour of death and that for Iesus Christ his sake to whome be giveâ— as is most due all honour power and praise both now and for ever more Amen I am yours in Christ Jesus till death T. R. A Prayer to conclude fit for every Christian to make use of Psal 102. 1. Hear our Prayers O Lord and let our crying come unto thee O thou eternall and everlasting Lord God Maker and Creator of Heaven and Earth in whome we live move and have our being thou whome the windes and Seaes doth obey in whose powerfull hands are all the corners of the Earth we thy poor distressed servants and children do in all humility of spirit send up our petitions and prayers unto the throne of thy divine Majesty desiring upon the bended knees of our penitent hearts that thou wilt be pleased to hear and graciously to answer these our supplications which we make unto thee wee do acknowledge O Lord that before wée could do any thing we could sin and when we could do any thing we could do nothing but sin neither are we able of our selves to think a good thought much lesse to do a good deed therefore O Lord we cast our selves our souls and our bodies only upon thy mercies therefore we beseech thée to guide us in all our actions and to blesse our up-rising and lying down our goings forth and our coming in guide our hands that they do nâ— harme guide our tongues that they speakâ— no evill guide our eares that they hearkeâ— not to every vaine talk which tends to nâ— good purpose guide our eyes that they wander not after the vain delights and pleasureâ— of this sinfull world guide our hearts with the grace of thy holy spirit so that every one of us may be contented with that portion that thou hast allotted for us and not to covet and desire other mens goods more theâ— becoms us to do guide our feet that they may tread in true paths of righteousnesse which may bring us into the way to life everlasting Moreover we pray thee to forgive us all our sins which we have formerly committed and that we may make better use of the time to come then heretofore we have done and that we may love thee O Lord above all things and our neighbours as our selves laying apart all hypocrisie fraud deceit and dissimulation all vaine and idle talks all cursing swearing and blaspheaming all envy pride covetousnesse hatred and malice and all other uncharitable dealings so that whilst it is thy good pleasure that we shall remaine in this transitory world we may live in thy fear and at the last dye in thy favour so that after this life â—nded we may enjoy eternall happinesse in â—he kingdom of heaven and that for the sake â—f thy only Son our only Saviour Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost thrée persons and one ever living God be all honour and glory power praise might majesty and thanksgiving both now and for ever Amen FINIS