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A14322
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The right way to heauen and the true testimonie of a faithfull and loyall subiect. Compiled by Richard Vennard of Lincolnes Inne.
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R. V. (Richard Vennard), d. 1615?
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1601
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his pursse the Glotton more to eate The Apish Ipocrite for praise a good man for his Soule health alwaies Cap. IX A briefe exhortation to Christian Religion AS the wise men of the East did offer vnto Christ their Math. 2. costly presents of Gold Frankencense and Mirh so the most precious thing that wee can present vnto him is the Gold of Faith sure Hope the Frankencence of Zeale and true Deuotion and the Mirh of Vertue and Charitable liuing To honour him with due obedience and depend wholy vpon his prouidence ioyning alwayes practise with knowledge deedes with words keeping with hearing walking with talking and expressing with professing knowing that not the hearers of the word but the doers therof shal be saued Not euery one that cryeth Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of Heauen but hee that doth the will of my Father which is in Heauen If yee vnderstand these things saith our Sauiour Ioh. 13 17. happy are ye if ye doe them blessed are they that heare the word of God and keepe it Hee that heareth the word willingly vnderstandeth it rightly beleeueth it faithfully applieth it profitably and keepeth it diligently shall ioy with Christ assuredly And thus is Religion or godlynesse the ground of conscience and true deuotion Iohn heard a voyce from Heauen saying Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord euen so saith the spirit that they rest from theyr labours and their works follow them And hee that will dye in the Lord must first bee carefull to liue in the Lord It is an infallible rule Qualis vita Finis ita to him that liueth vertuously God doth alwaies giue grace to die faithfully A ioyfull death followeth a charitable life and a happy life insueth such a death So he that liueth to die well shal assuredly die to liue better such as liue like Wolues doe often dye like Swine And commonly after a dissolute life without feare of death followeth a desperate death without hope of life And it agreeth with all equitie right and reason that such as in lewde behauiour haue passed their time shall by rigour of iustice receaue their end Cap. X. An Exhortation to continue patient in Aduersitie IT is required in a true Christian to bee strongly armed Aduersitie with Patience and to abide firme and stable in time of temptation and tryall so that neither prosperitie nor aduersitie weale nor woe life nor death can once moue quaile or discourage him Worldly Riches are subiect to many mishaps bodely health is taken away with sicknesse and by age that daily creepeth on Beautie is soone consumed But a true constant minde comforted by Gods holy spirit no chance or misfortune can alter or quaile Elias in the wildernesse Iohn Baptist in the desart and Peter in prison with the rest of the Apostles whose commendacions by Christ himselfe are very great not onely for leauing their parents friends country to follow him neither for their godly kinde of liuing but by continuing constant vnto the end You haue bidden with mee sayth our Sauiour Christ in my temptation and I will giue you a kingdome Be faithfull saith our Sauiour to the end I will giue you a crowne of life He that ouer-commeth shall possesse all things and I will bee his God and hee shall be my Sonne and shall eate of the tree of life but he that taketh the plough in hand and looketh backe is vnmeet for the kingdome of Heauen Not euery one that worketh in the vineyard but he that coutinueth till night hath the pennie not euery one that fighteth but hee that getteth the victory hath the crowne of triumph not euery one that beginneth well doth good for a time but he that endureth to the end shal be saued Happy and blessed is hee whom the father of mercy indueth with his interior grace so to work runne and perseuer as in the end he may say with the Apostle I haue fought a good fight and got the victory I haue finished my course and woone the price Christ is to mee life and death to mee aduantage Cap. XI A comfortable consolation to the faithfull children of Christ PLuck vp thy hart reioyce little poore dispised flock for the Lorde hath heard the voice of thy weeping whose will and pleasure is to giue thee a kingdome Great are the troubles of the Righteous but the Lord is the defender of the righteous cause wildeliuer them out of all Euen as a Father pittyeth his owne sonne so is our God mercifull vnto them that feare him I haue beene young and now am olde saith Dauid yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his children begge their breade Rather then Elias shall perish for soode God will prepare the Rauens to seede him Rather then Sampson shall decay for drincke God will bring water out of an Asses law to refresh him Rather then Israell shall sterue the Lord will raine Manna from Heauen rather then his people shall faint with thirst the Lord will turne a great Rocke into a mightie fountaine Yea rather then harmeshal come to any one of his chosen he wil set his Angels to preserue thē The mountaines shall moue the hils shall fall downe but my louing kindnesse shall neuer bee remoued not fall away from my elect faith the Lord whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth yet delighteth in him as a Father in his sonne because thou wast beloued of God saith the Angell to Tobias it was necessary that temptation shold try thee Like the heards man when any of his flock is vnruly straieth from his fellowes sendeth forth his dog not of malice to hurt or deuoure him but of loue to saue reforme him euen so our sauiour Christ being our heauenly shepheard when his sheepe goeth astray offend him he sendeth out his dog of tribulation not of enuie to destroy or harme them but of fauour to correct and amend them Euen as Moses by striking the hard stonie rocke with his rod brought forth plentie of water euen so God by striking the hard stony hart of man with affliction bringeth sorth teares of contrition And as in the goldsmithes forge the gold is fined the coales burned so in the forge of temptation trouble the faithfull are tryed whilst the wicked are hardned consumed yea euen as the seede that is cast vpon the land vnlesse it endure the coldnes of raine frost snow can bring forth no fruite no more can a man vnlesse hee beare the crosse of Christ by tribulation and aduersitie bring forth true fruits of the Gospell Cap. XII Of the ioyfull state of Gods children after the last Iudgeent AS the world had a beginning so shal it haue an ending The Heauens shall passe away in maner of a tempest saith the Apostle the element also shall melt with heate the earth shal be consumed with fire but the Lord will create new and the former shall not be