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A92885	The whole duty of a Christian containing all things necessary, both as to what he is to know, and do, for the obtaining a happy eternity ; to which is added, More particular directions, how to prepare for a comfortable death ...	Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705.; Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698.	1699 (1699)	Wing S2461A; ESTC R42613	99,994	253

only the Person h● assumed had been the better for it But the Divine Person assumed to himself the Humane Nature So that the Manhood subsists in the Godhead and they are so inseparably united that the same Person which is God is also Man Thus as God he is Eternal born in Time as Man Creator as God a Creature as Man Invisible as God visible as Man Immortal as God Died as Man Had he not been God and Man in One Person the Sufferings of his Humane Nature could not have derived that Infinite Value and Merit from the Divine nor his Bloud been called the Bloud of God (l) Acts 20.28 i. e. It was the Bloud of that Man that was God He was 1. God That he might bear the Wrath of God without sinking under it Give Worth and Efficacy to his Sufferings Obedience and Intercession Satisfie Divine Justice Purchase his Favour and Eternal Happiness for his People Overcome Death and the Devil Be the Head of his Church Recommend Infinite Love in the Abasement of himself for us 2. Man that he might obey suffer and intercede for us in our Nature have a fellow-feeling of our Temptations Passions Infirmities that we might have Access to the Throne of Grace and receive the Adoption of Sons As Creatures we were bound to the Precepts of the Law which we had broken and were without strength unable to perform And as Transgressors under liable to the Curse of the Law the Wrath of God which we were unable to bear Christ by his Active and Passive Obedience of Infinite Merit fulfilled all Righteousness purchased for us Pardon Grace and Eternal Life satisfied Divine Justice paid our Debt wrought out our Redemption procur'd our Liberty by giving a satisfactory Ransome to the Justice of God for our Life and Deliverance from the Captivity of Sin Satan and Death according to the Covenant made between the Father and Him from Eternity Of the Sacraments THE Two standing Sacraments of the Church of God of Old were Circumcision and the Passover Under the Gospel we have Baptism and the Lord's Supper wherein by visible signs the Benefits of the New Covenant in Christ's Bloud is represented sealed and applied to those that are within the Covenant who partake of them as Pledges of his Love and profess themselves thereby bound to all thankfull Obedience Baptism confirms and signifies 1. Our publick Initiation Entrance or Admission into the visible Church and Covenant of Grace distinguishing us from those out of it 2. Our being sprinkled washed and cleansed by the Bloud and Spirit of Christ from the guilt and filth of Sin our Dying to it and rising again unto Righteousness 3. Our having taken upon us the Badge and Livery of our Christian Profession That we have listed our selves as Soldiers to fight under Christ's Banner against the World the Flesh and the Devil which we have hereby renounced and resigned up our selves to Him and his Government to become his faithfull Subjects and Servants unto our lives End By the Minister's baptizing us In or into or unto the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost is meant his doing it by the Authority and Command of the Three Persons in the Divine Essence to be in and by this Rite publickly consigned devoted or consecrated unto the Faith Profession and Obedience of Them or separated unto their Service We ought to improve our Baptism in the whole Course of our Lives especially in the Time of Temptation and when we see others baptized by frequent Consideration of the Nature Use and Ends of it Institution Priviledges and Benefits sealed by it and our solemn Vow and Engagement made therein Endeavouring to live in newness of Life and brotherly Love as those that have given up their Names unto Christ and been baptized by the same Spirit into one Body The Lord's Supper Of that afterwards The Apostle's Creed SO called either because 1. Made by the Twelve Apostles every one an Article and the whole approved of by all of them before they separated themselves to Preach the Gospel Or 2. Agreeable to and a Summary of their Writings and collected out of them Article I. I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth I Believe in one Eternal most glorious Being infinite in all Perfections The Fountain Soveraign and Disposer Creator Sustainer and Governor of Heaven and Earth and all things therein II. And in Jesus Christ The Second Person of the Trinity Called 1. Jesus which signifies a Saviour or Salvation because he saves his People from the guilt defilement dominion and punishment of their Sins 2. Christ which signifies Anointed as of old were Priests Prophets and Kings when consecrated for those Offices which he took upon him was Anointed set apart unto fully furnished with all Authority and Ability As a Prophet he made known all things necessary for our Salvation by his Word and Spirit As a Priest he offered up himself a Sacrifice for our Sins and makes continual Intercession for us As a King he governs provides for rewards his People reduces them to his obedience rules in them by his Spirit restrains subdues or destroys their Enemies Jesus is a Hebrew Christ a Greek or Gentile Name or Appellation which Names he obtained by becoming the Saviou● of both i. e. the whole World Jesus point out and imports his Mediatorship Christ his Offices Jesus that he became our Saviour Christ which way i. e. by being our Priest Prophet and King His only Son By Eternal inconceivable Generation Begotten of the Father before all Time Our Lord By Right of Creation Prese●vation Dominion Purchase Redemption and particular Covenant III. Which was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary I believe that H● came down from Heaven and was by th● Power of the Holy Ghost after a wonderfull manner conceived and made Man in the Sanctified Womb of a Virgin and born of her so being not begotten of the corrupted finfull Seed of Adam free from Original Sin and as foretold ●he Seed of the Woman (m) Gen. 3.15 of the Tribe of Judah (n) Heb. 9.14 of the House and Family of David (o) Luc. 1. 27. IV. Suffered under Pontius Pilate was Crucified Dead and Buried He endured many Bitter Things in the whole Course of his Life but the Weight and Extremity of his Sufferings were immediately before and by his Crucifixion a painfull shamefull accursed Death to which he was adjudged by Pontius Pilate Governour of Judea under ●he Roman Emperour Tiberius to whom ●he Jews were then subject He died to ●edeem and ransome satisfie and make a●onement for us to take away Sin the sting ●nd fear of Death to take from us upon himself the Curse of the Law to confirm ●he Testament or Covenant of Grace for where a Testament is there must also of necessity be the Death of the Testator (p) Heb. 9.16 He was Bury'd ●s prefigured and foretold (q) Ps 16.9 10.

divers manner of being of one and the same substance and Divi● Essence Consider the Divine Essence as t● Fountain and Principle not as the Caus● of the Deity so it is the first person conder it as begotten of the Father so it is t● second person consider it as breathed for or proceeding from the Father and the S● so it is the third person begetting and p●ceeding respects not the Divine Natu● but Person the Divine Nature of the Go● head is not begotten doth not proceed but the Divine person of the Son is beg●ten and the Divine Person of the Ho● Ghost proceedeth These Three are 〈◊〉 One in Nature Essence Will Conse● Virtue what the One doth the Other do also Yet how in that most simple sin● Essence there be several subsistences of Perso● truly subsisting three in one and one in th●● differing but not divided several yet t● same all one for their Nature all distin● for their Persons is a Mystery rather Reve● ently to be believed and adored than Curiously searched into Of the Creation GOD in the Beginning of Time by the Word of his Power in Six Dayes made all things of nothing for himself and ●ll very good He made the First Day Heaven and Light The Second The Firmaments The Third Earth Grass Plants and Trees The Fourth Sun Moon and Stars The Fifth Fish and Fowl The Sixth Beasts Creeping Things and Man Thus in three Dayes the Parts or Body of the World was gradually laid As The First Day He made ●he Highest Heavens and came down so low ●s Light The Second lower The Firmaments and the Ayr. The Third lowest of All He separates Earth and Water In three Dayes more and in the same order they are finished For on the Fourth Day The Heavens which were made the First Day are decked with Sun Moon and Stars The Fifth Day the Firmaments which were made the Second Day are fill'd with Fish and Fowl The Sixth Day the Earth which was made the Third Day is Replenished with Beasts and Man He provided for his Irrational and Rational Creatures Habitations and Food before he made them fills the Earth with plants and nourishment before he brough● them into it abundantly furnished with a● things for necessity and delight He first produced a Rude undigested formless Mass and out of it drew the 〈◊〉 Elements by fetching one contrary out o● another as Light out of Darkness Th● Firmament out of Emptiness dry Earth out of Water Then the compounded Bo● dies out of the same Elements At first the confused Heap Then things without Life as Light Firmament dry Land Seas● Then things that had Life but no Sense a Grass Herbs Trees Then things tha● had Life and Sense but no Reason as Fow● Fish Birds Beasts Creeping Things lastly those that had Life Sense and Reason as Man the Perfection and Compendium of all In simple Bodies he began with th● most perfect but in mixt Bodies with things more Imperfect Of Providence PROVIDENCE is the constant Influence of the Divine Being upon the who● Creation preserving and upholding the several Beings and Faculties of all his Creatures perpetuating their several kinds b● a continual Succession providing the●● agreeable Provision permitting directing and governing their several Motions and Actions to the great end of his own Glory and other ends of their Creation subordi●ate to that End It reaches to Insensible (y) Ps 135.7 and 147.18 and 148.8 Mat. 6.30 and Irrational Creatures (z) Psal 36.6 and 104.21 27. and 147.9 Mat. 10.29 ●s more concern'd for Man for whom next to his own Glory ●e made all things (a) Gen. 1.28 Regards Manages and over-rules all things in the World (b) Psa 97.1 and 103.19 Ec. 5.8 Dan. 4.35 ●nd all the Actions of men in ●t whether Natural (c) Act. 17.28 Casual (d) Exod. 21.12.13 1 Sam. 9.16 and 14.42.2 Ch. ●8 33 Ps 16.33 and 18.18 Joh. 1.7 Act. 1.26 Good (e) Ezr. 7.27 Jo. 15.15 or Evil (f) 2 Ch. 10.15 Ez. 14. ● 2 Th. 2.11 Of the Angels ANGELS are Intellectual Spirits created by God good but ●utable (g) Job 4.18 the first day (h) Job 38.7 ●o do his pleasure The good Angels are secur'd from falling ●y Gods unchangeable Decree ●nd Christ their Head (i) 1 Tim. 5 21. Col. 1.20 Eph. 3.15 They ●ave degrees and orders a●ong them (k) Col. 1.16 readily execute ●e Will of God especially in praising of him and attending upon his Servants (l) Ps 91.11.12 Mat. 18.10 Heb. 1.14 The Evil Angels were and continued good it 's suppos'd until the seventh day (m) Ge. 1.31 I● their fall they had a Ring leader call'd the Devil Satan the grea● Dragon the old Serpent Belzebub th● Prince of Devils Ever since their fall they have been Enemies to all Good and promote● of all Evil. Their malice is a gainst all mankind especially those that are most like God (n) Ge. 3.15 Joh. 1.6 c. Zac. 3.1 Re. 12.10.17 their power is limited by him (o) 1 Ki 22.22 Job 1.12 and 2.6 Mat. 8.31 greater over the wic●ed than the good (p) Ma. 12.29 2 Tim. 2.26 1 Joh. 4.4 The● present punishment is loss 〈◊〉 Heaven which they see other enjoy utter despair of eve● being happy fearful expectation of the dregs of Gods wra● for ever which shall co●pleat it (q) Mat. 8.29 and 25.4 2 Pet. 2.4 Of Man by Creation MAn was made 1. With Deliberation Consultation and Advice of the Blessed Trinity (r) Ge. 1.26 by God the Father (ſ) Job 10.8 Psal 100.3 Son (t) Col. 1.16 and Holy-Ghost (u) Job 33.4 none ought to be proud of their Comliness or despise others for their defects or dissatisfied with their own all are Gods workmanship 2. The last work of the last Day as a Compendium of the whole and for whom he found the World furnished to his Hand But hath no reason to boast of his Antiquity the meanest Creature was made before him 3. Out of Paradise shewing he had it not by Birth-right as his natural possession his Country is elsewhere God did him no wrong to dispossess him when he sinned A Land-lord turns out his Tenant that pays not his Rent 4. Of Dust or Red-Earth shewing 1. Gods absolute Authority and Soveraignty as the Potter over the Clay (w) Ro. 9.21 2. Our worthlessness and fitness to be rejected who regards a Clod of Earth 3. The groundless nature of Pride considering the meanness and baseness of our original we 're made of that upon which every Creature may set his Foot and lay his dung which we should always remember especially in our Addresses to our Maker Behold now I have taken upon me to speak who am but Dust and Ashes (x) Gen. 18.27 4. Our frailty and mortality Dust in our original nourishment motion dissolution (y) Job 4.19 5. The power and Wisdom of our Creator who made such

is over Think how Damned Souls would Hear and Pray if they might with you be tryed again and how unfit unbecoming a Careless a Drowzy Body dull Affections dead Services are for the living God Compose your selves with all Reverence as considering with whom you have to do and for what Beware of a wandring Eye and Mind or slighting what you Hear Be seriously imploy'd all the Time And while others are quarrelling with the Imperfections of the Speaker or Congregation be laying up the Word in your Heart Be Reverent Solemn and Serious in every Duty be sure your Heart be in them In Confession Humiliation Petition Thanksgiving Singing when the Word is Read or Preacht whether Commands Promises Threatnings Calls Invitations be answerably Affected with them as if you heard God speaking from Heaven Haste not away while the Minister is pronouncing the Blessing but hope desire and believe it shall Descend upon you Leave not the Assembly until you have lift up your Heart for Pardon and a Blessing upon the Ordinance to your self and all present In these or the like words A short Prayer I Adore and Magnifie thee O merciful Father for this opportunity of hearing from and waiting upon thee O pardon whatever thou hast seen amiss in us and let the Fruit of it be unto Holiness and the end Everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen After your Attendance in Publick with that Concern and seriousness the work requires and deserves let not your self loose the rest of the Day to secular Diversions and Concerns and thereby choke and stifle those good Instructions and devout Affections that have been raised and excited in you Let your Diet be moderate lest it make you drowzy and your Hearts Heavenly at it your Discourse savoury seasoned with Grace suitable to the Company and the Day in the chearful Remembrance of the love of your Redeemer the special work of the Day being to Celebrate the Memorial of his Resurrection and the whole work of our Redemption by him we ought to speak as much as possible of it under a sence of our Natural misery and in stirring up lively Apprehensions of Infinite Condescending Goodness in the special exercise of Faith and Love and Joyful Praises Having spent as much of the Day as you can in Publick Worship and in Reading the Word and ruminating upon it Review the Duties Mercies and Miscarriages of the Day Call over what you have Heard and Read and urge it upon your Heart Beg the Divine Blessing and Assistance for the Advantage and Improvement of it and Pardon for your failings Bless God for any Enlargement or Good received Recommend your self unto him for the Ensuing Night and let your last Thoughts be in the thankful joyful sence of the Mercies you have and hope for and the goodness of God in your Mediator Confidently trust your self and yours in his Hand longing for your nearer approach unto him and full Enjoyment of him in Glory Morning Prayer on the Lord's Day MOst Holy and Infinitely glorious Lord God Thou art greatly to be feared in the Assembly of thy Saints and to be had in Reverence by all that draw nigh unto Thee It 's an Infinite Condescention in thy Majesty to suffer such a despicable Worm as I am to come before Thee to wait upon Thee to speak unto Thee to have any thing to do with Thee in a way of Grace and Mercy Had'st thou dealt with me according to my Deserts and Rewarded me after mine Iniquities I had been long ago in that place of Torment where Prayer and the means of Grace could do me no good at all O Pardon my abuse of thy Mercies mispending my Time Prophaning thy Sabbaths Polluting thine Ordinances the unworthy Returns I have made unto Thee for all thy Benefits which might justly cause thee to withdraw thy self from me and thy Blessing from thine Ordinances Make me truly sensible of the worth of the Opportunity thou this Day puts into my hand for the good of my Immortal Soul let it not be as a prize put into the hand of a Fool that hath no heart to use it Help me to make a wise a right Improvement of the same for the Glory of Thy Name and for the preparing my self for my Eternal Rest Let my Thoughts this Day be much upon it and upon that wonderful love in my Redemption Take away my Heart of Stone that 's so insensible of my own Vileness and thy abundant Goodness and give me a Heart of Flesh write thy Laws upon it put thy Fear within me that I may never depart from Thee Let not thy Sabbaths nor thine Ordinances be continued in vain unto me but let me grow in Grace under all the means of Grace I enjoy The older I grow the better let me be the nearer I come to my end let me be the fitter for thy self Let me love the Habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour Dwelleth and Esteem one Day in thy Courts better than a Thousand elsewhere and that I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of my God than to dwell in the Tents of Wickedness Let it be my Meat and Drink the Joy and Rejoycing of my Soul to do thy Will and to be Imployed in thy Service Visit the dark Corners of the Earth with the light of thy glorious Gospel and let all that enjoy it walk worthy of it Make our Soveraign and all our Superiors thy faithful Subjects and Servants Let thy Priests be Cloathed with Righteousness and thy Saints shout for Joy Be in all our Solemn Assemblies Accompany thine own Institutions with thine own Blessing Make thy Word in the mouths of thy Ministers very effectual for turning many unto Righteousness Be with me this Day let my Confessions of Sin Increase my Hatred against it my Praises and Thanksgivings be the Inward sense of my Soul Let my Conversing with Heavenly things have an Influence upon me for the bettering of me Go along with me into the Assembly of thy Servants unite and compose my Thoughts in thy Presence let me attend upon thee without Distraction Let me Consider thou hast an Eye upon me at all Times especially when I draw nigh unto Thee in the way of thy Worship Let me Pray unto Thee in Spirit and Truth because thou art a Spirit and requirest so to be worshipped Give me a Hearing Ear a seeing Eye an understanding Heart Let me hear thy Word as thy Word as that Word by which I shall be Judged and which is able to save my Soul by believing and obeying of it through Jesus Christ in whose Holy Name and Words I further Pray Our Father which art in Heaven c. Evening Prayer on the Lord's Day MOst great and Infinitely glorious Lord God who hast Exalted thy self far above the Heavens and above the Praises and Apprehensions of the best of thy Creatures Unto thee be all possible Praise Honour and Glory for what thou art in thy self