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A51169	An antidote against the errour in opinion of many in these daies concerning some of the highest and chiefe duties of religion as adoration, almes, fasting, and prayer.	Monson, John, Sir, 1600-1683.	1647 (1647)	Wing M2461; ESTC R24395	33,067	136

Fasts by making them longer or shorter totall or apportionall a● occasion or our abilities require though the usuall standard of the Sanctuary was a totall abstinence from even till even (c) Lev. 16.29 23.32 Joel 1.2 But sometimes practised with alteration Thus Peter Acts 9 9. Cornelius Acts 10.30 Ezra 10.6 Hest 4.16.2 Sam. 3.35 and Dan. 10.3 Num. 6.3.4 not in an absolute abstinence but hard dyet only these cautions are to be observed 1. That for the time dedicated we must observe it as a Sabboth day with equall strictnesse both for Piety and Devotion Isa 58.13 Act. 9.10 1 Cor. 7. 2. It must be penall for the afflicting our soules in forbearing food and other delights as an act of corrective Justice and fruit of Repentance Psal 35.13 James 4.9 2 Cor. 7.9.11 3. Pious in the exercise of our charitie and other works of mercy Esay 58.6.10 Zach. 7.9 4. Laying aside all outward ornaments (d) Ex. 33 6. and casting ashes upon our heads that is thoughts of our mortalities As the Rudder of the ship to steere us in an even and fase course for though nakednesse be the Ladies pride and beggers shame let us be ashamed of nothing but our pride but when beggers before God not appeare brave toward● men but uncloath our selve● divest our soules of inwa●● vanities and appeare in t●● most humble posture before him covering our selv●● with sackcloth out of th● Poore mans wardrop And winding our bodies in it as a Corps ready for buriall by that silent act to speake our selves fitter to lie in the ground then to breath upon it making every part a sharer in our sorrow as they were in our sinne Rom. 13.13 For thus turning our musick into mourning our Organ with Iob (e) Job 30.31 into the voyce of weeping (f) Psal ●37 our unaccented sorrow expressed in our groanes and sighes and our chattering with the Crane being the sweetest melody in the eares of God wee shall keepe our selves at home in thoughts of our owne vi enesse and by that confinement enlarge our selves to run the round of Gods Commandements and by that circle here attaine a circle within a circle infinite infolded happinesse in Heaven So as our holy Fasts will prove the Vigils to the great Festivall of the supper of the Lamb where wee shall for ever feed upon joyes immense unspeakable eternall Of Prayer PRayer is the very toppe branch of the worship of God the breath and flame of faith A duty in which wee acknowledge God in all his attributes and depend upon his providence a divine grace inspired an arrow taken out of the Qiver of Heaven which feathered with love zeale and perseverance ever pierces into Gods presence above and conqers all difficulties below It is like the Angel in Jacobs vision that ascends with our requests and descends with Gods blessings A nimble messenger or Mercury that can travell in a thought and fly upon the wings of the winde for fill but its sales with a gentle gale from a groane or sigh (g) Ro. 8.26 the holy spirit being its Pilot and Christ its pole-Star it will soone arrive at heaven and returne with a rich lading of mercies But then wee must be sure as it proceeds from Faith so it must be unfeighned from zeale it must be to Gods glory (h) Jam. 5. Heb. 11. from our hearts they must bee pure (i) Pro. 15.8 Psa 50.16.17.66.18 Eccl. 8.11 Isa 66.3.59.11 Psal 45. for where the tongue is the spheare the heart must be the center in all lifting up cleane hands without wrath or doubting and not onely cleane white with innocency but active too in all things that may conduce to so high an end for pro quo quis oret pro eo laboret hearts and hands eyes and tongues with all other faculties should concurre to the pulling downe of Gods blessings upon our selves or the whole Church Lam 3. Psal 45.47.123 Nay our very enemies who ought ever to be one object of our Prayers with relation to spirituall mercies Lev. 19 18. I uke 6.23 Mat. 5. as well as our friends nay more as most wanting them Now as Prayer is the genus a comprehensive word so there are many species and severall manners of Invocation as Orall Mentall Publike Private Extempore or premeditate and other Members and branches expressed by St. Paul (k) Tim. 1.3 Phil. 4.6 7 As supplication ex suppliciis Prayers Ora rationis Intercessions for others and giving of thankes for all to make up a compleate body of Prayer which wee may againe summe up in Confession of sins gratitude for Benefits and petition for Mercies But in the consideration of these we shall not take them in any Method but involvedly as they twine and interweave one with another and reduce all to private and publique Prayer 1. Private Prayer where God gives the spirit of grace and supplication (l) Zach. 12.10 Gal. 4.6 Psal 25.4 5.119.12.33 as the spring and fountaine from whence all mercies flow is a duty commanded as a meanes (m) Ph i. 4.6 and alwayes successefull in regard of the end of obtaining our desires (n) Mat. 7.7 Jer. 33.3 Pro. 2.3.5 Ez. 36.37 Jer. 29. Deut. 4.7 Ps 86.5 Ro. 10.12 Jud. 20. Jam. 4.7 Lu. 11.13 Isa 65.24 If wee give God our whole heart (o) Pro. 23.26 continue watchfull before Him with feare and fervency of spirit (p) Col. 4.2 Ro. 12.11 Psal 2.11.5.7 for the hearts of all the faithfull are compared to golden Vialls full of odors or Incense (q) Apoc. 3.8 Psa 141.2 which is the Prayer of the Saints And if zeale be the fire to make them ascend and become a sweete savour to God our Prayer thus sent up to Heaven under the great seale of love like the Court Earwig will never faile of a gratious audience and return But when wee unclaspe and anatomize our soules and shame our selves in confessing our past rebellions before God● Josh 7.7 1 Jo. 1. 1 Kings 8 Lev. 5. Dan. 9.4 and by our debasement advance his goodnesse He will forget what wee remember and give not only more then we can desire but prevent us in asking (r) Isa 65 24. for Prayer faithfully performed is Gods favorite and darling and the issue of the soule as children of the body the one by a naturall the other by a spirituall Generation and of such efficacy though they want expressions to Midwife them forth as they can in many other wayes deliver themselves and never want a vert●all though many times an orall voyce For as one observes upon Psal 32. God hath his eare in our hearts before we have any words in our mouths nay (s) Ro. 8.26 groans and sighs do many times expresse the unexpressible secrets of them (t) Jo. 11.33.38 And the posture of the eye speakes the disposition of the soule with good Jehoshaphat (u) 2 Chro. 20.12 Or it weepes a Prayer

interpreter So Adoration must be first in the inward ●●an as the child quickned in ●●e wombe and then it will ●● in the throws and paine till ●●be brought forth into action ●●n humble soule if truly and ●owingly pious never inhabiting but in a lowly body for Adoration being first s●●ted in the understanding fr●● the apprehension of God 〈◊〉 the primative and chiefe goo● and then in our wils submi●ting our selves to him with 〈◊〉 reverence and devotion f●● conveying some of that goo●nesse to us in giving us n●● onely a being but the best 〈◊〉 beings here with title to 〈◊〉 eternall one hereafter w●● shew it selfe in some stamp upon the Wax in the corp●reall acts of Incurvation Pr●stration and Genuflections i●terpretativè And good re●son since we cannot by sen●● Attingere Deum lay hold 〈◊〉 God we should by sensib●● signes stirre up our selves 〈◊〉 seeke Him and publish o●● reverentiall feare in this Ou● rent of humility towards ou● Maker and teach others by ●e shorter and compulsory ●ay of example Gal. 2.14 ● give glory to God on high ●y falling before his footstoole ●re below Ps 95.2 11 27 29.2 ●eb 12.28 Micah 6.6 Yet we ●ust not conceive the acts of ●e body to be simply religious 〈◊〉 themselves but become such ●nely intentione agentis by the ●tention of the doer from all ●hich we will raise some short conclusions bottoming them ●pon the surest foundation Gods holy Word First that Adoration or any ●utward act of expression which by Divine institution ●r it s own signification ought ●o be referred to God is Idola●y if exhibited to any creature in a religious way Though 〈◊〉 civill worship or reverence of subjection is due to other in regard of some particular eminency and dominion giv● to them from God and 〈◊〉 they are a shadow a dark picture or dimme charact● drawn in little of that original greatnesse which is in God 〈◊〉 Him as in the fountaine 〈◊〉 them as in the streames deriv●tivè weake and imperfect A●● thus S. Augustine lib. 22. cont●● Faustum de verâ Religion cap. 55. saith we may honour the Angels in these respects Charitate not Servitute 1 Co● 11.10 Col. 2. Rev. 19. And 〈◊〉 may worship the Martyrs 〈◊〉 we would men in this life wi●● a reverence of love and Soci●ty or we may honour the●● by imitation not in our dev●tion Secondly That Christ him selfe so jealous is God of this 〈◊〉 of his honour Inadorabi●●●st ut creatura si dividas sub●us intelligentiis quod vide●● ab eo quod intelligitur is not ●●●e adored if considered in 〈◊〉 humanity alone yet ado●●●us verbum cum carne id est ●●●ens carnem sibi unitam is to ●●●dored as consisting of two ●●●ures which by personall ●●●hypostaticall union make 〈◊〉 one person the humane ●●●ure onely existing in the ●●●ine who tooke the nature ●●●ly not the person of man ●●●d upon this ground say the schoolmen Non debet excludi ●●●nino adorationis Caro licet 〈◊〉 non sit ratio adorandi it ●●y be performed sensu com●●●to non diviso in the concrete 〈◊〉 abstracted sence Isa 45.14 〈◊〉 Psal 2.10 Matth. 28.9 15. and was so practised and prophecied on Matth. 8.2 9 〈◊〉 15 25. Psal 45.11 72 9 11. Thirdly that Adoratio● the negation of it to any creature establishes the duty 〈◊〉 wards God Exod. 20. Deut. 4. Exod. 20. Deut. And that the Glosse obser●● is expressed in two wor●● bowing down and worshippi●● that as Adorare consistit in 〈◊〉 exteriori vel effectu Colere 〈◊〉 in affectu vel actu interiori 〈◊〉 might contribute all our po●ers both notions and moti●● to the advancement of G●● service and glory Nor is 〈◊〉 duty onely founded in the ●●gative precept upon wh● Daniel the third is a large 〈◊〉 raphrase but enjoyned u●● the first Commandement b●● by Moses interpretation D●● 4.6 and our Saviours C●● m●nt Matth. 4. which is affirmative to God but exclusive 〈◊〉 all other creatures and ●●its not the use of Images 〈◊〉 any other representation ●●citative nor objective as a ●●tive to or termination of 〈◊〉 worship in the acts of it ●●ough the Schoolmen by ●●t distinction have turned 〈◊〉 peoples devotions into ●●latry and superstition least ●●uction follow as a punishment upon our disobedience ●●d rebellion Heb. 2.18 20. 〈◊〉 40.18 Fourthly that Adoration ●●s not onely commanded in ●●e Law and often repeated 〈◊〉 the Gospel (a) Matth. 4. Heb. 12.28 Rev. 15.4 19 10 22 9. but pro●●esied on under such a phrase 〈◊〉 comprehends and signifies 〈◊〉 whole worship of God (b) Zeph. 2.11 Isa 45.23 Psa 2.3 11 22 27 72 11. 〈◊〉 that it did alwaies accompany Gods worship both 〈◊〉 publique for the giving glo●●● to God and good example●●● men (c) 1 Sam. 1.19 Nehe. 8.6 2 Sam. 12.20 Ier. 7.2 2 Chro. 20 18. 29.28 30 32 12. Exod. 34.8 Deut. 26.10 Iohn 4. Psalm 5.7.22.27.29 1 2 45.11.86.9.66.4.95 96 97.7.132 138 and used as an abridgement and summe of all other duties and devotions by 〈◊〉 Jewes for when some pression and extraordinary occasion would not allow them ti●● for more they onely went● the Temple worshipped a●● departed as some of th●● ancient Rabbins affirme A●● if they did not worship wi●● out praying they never I 〈◊〉 sure prayed without worshiping but in that strove 〈◊〉 give him the glory due unto 〈◊〉 Name (d) Psal 29.1 2. Deut. 6.10 Jerc. 26.2 Za h 14.16 17. Acts 8 27.24.10 1 Cor. 6.20 and the Church● due reverence (e) Lev. 19.30 2● in rega●● of Gods more efficacious a●● glorious presence there (f) Mat. 18.20 Psal 27.48.9.26.2.105.4.2 Chro. 7. Pro. 34. 1 Kings 8. and the service and attendance 〈◊〉 the holy Angels to protect ●●d guard us 1 Cor. 11.10 Heb. 〈◊〉 5. Psalm 34.7 Micah 6.6 ●●e 5.1 Fifthly that as Adoration was ●●●waies accounted a part of ●●●ds publique worship so it ●●●s ever practised with most ●●●erty in the private devoti●●● of Gods servants to evidence to themselves the inte●●●ty zeale humility and affections of their own soules and 〈◊〉 the actions of the body to ●●●rre up their devotions (g) Dan. 6.10 Luk. 22.41 ●●●d to shew that being but ●●●st and ashes which was A●●●hams Prologue to his prayer ●●●n 18.17 they would yet ●●●th David become more vile 〈◊〉 God 2 Sam. 6.20 21. Sixthly that Adoration is 〈◊〉 ceremony we may collect from those expressions t●● very Saints and Angels in He●ven use in their devotions (h) Rev. 7.11 12.22 5 14. but a morall and perpetu●● duty one of the essentials 〈◊〉 true piety and to continue beyond the measure of time 〈◊〉 selfe untill at and after th● day of judgement in the glo●● of the Saints where no cer●mony is Rev. 13.7 4 10.1●● 5 14 11 16 17. Seventhly that Adorati●● hath not onely precept for 〈◊〉 foundation but for its suppo●● the practice of all holy m●● upon earth Divisim conju●●ctim