Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	miserable_a	redeemer_n	sinner_n	1,869	5	9.7702	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26126	The Christian physician by Henry Atherton, M.D.	Atherton, Henry, M.D.	1683 (1683)	Wing A4112; ESTC R35287	159,440	417

of thy mercy I here prostrate my Self before thee begging leave of thee that I may once more worship and adore thee and be admitted into thy Service which is perfect Freedome It is the unfeigned desire of my soul now wholly to attend upon thee and to devote my self entirely to thy Service I am come into thy presence to call my self to an Account for my Sins with Sorrow to bewail them most earnestly to deprecate thy displeasure for them and to renew my Vows and Obligations to thee against them for the time to come to acknowledg my dependance on thee to praise thee for thy Mercies and to make an absolute surrender of my self all the daies of my Life unto thy Service But alas O Lord what am I and what can I do without thee I do not attempt this great Work trusting in any power or strength of my own but in the gracious assistance of thy most holy and blessed Spirit O Gracious God who hast promised to give thy Holy Spirit unto them that ask it send it now down into my Soul and let him bring into my remembrance and convince me of every Sin and every Evil way What I see not teach thou me Search me O God and know my heart O try me and know my thoughts and see what way of Wickedness there is in me and lead me in the way everlasting Make the 〈◊〉 remembrance of my former sins bitter unto my soul Work in me a compleat repentance for them a loathing and abhorrence of them stedfast purposes and resolutions of forsaking them for the time to come and of making an entire resignation of my Self to thy service that so I may obtain the pardon of them in and through Jesus Christ O let not O Lord any of my former great and crying Sins the breach of former vows and promises my impenitency or obduracy or want of suitable Affections for this holy Exercise or any other thing interpose between me and thee this day to stop the current of thy mercy or cause thee to hide thy Face from me in displeasure But gracious God scatter all my Sins which may be as a cloud to hinder my prayers from coming up towards thee and thy mercies from coming down upon me that so in the end of this my Duty I may have an assurance of thy favour which is better than life and all the comforts of it I may have peace with thee and peace in my own Conscience and joy in the Holy Ghost and receiving Power and Strength from thee may run with chearfulness the ways of thy Commandments and serve thee by 〈◊〉 sincere impartial uniform obedience all the days of my Life through Jesu● Christ Amen Those whose Piety may inlarge their Devotions may here also fitly use th● two Prayers of the Author of the whol● Duty of Man for Sincerity and Contrition which because all those perhap● into whose hands this Manual may fall may not have by them I shall anon insert towards the end of it Then betake your self to a Seriou● and Impartial Examination of your se●● concerning your Sins and if you be a person who use your self to those periodical Returns every Week your inquisition need go no farther than the preceding Week unless it be before every Sacrament when it may be necessary to renew your Repentance for the Capital Sins of your whole Life you may begin with reflecting upon the spending every day of the week where you were in what Company and what your Business or the like which will be apt to afford you fresh remembrances of your Sins and then if you please you may first consider and examine what your thoughts have been wherein they have been exorbitant and sinful what the bent and inclinations of your heart have been and how you have endeavoured to suppress the evil and to cherish the good and when you have found them humbly confess them and lift up your Soul to God in this Ejaculation Lord be merciful to me a Sinner Consider next your Words Whether they have been Vain Idle Corrupt Lying Detracting Uncharitable Passionate or the like Whether they have been mix'd with that Grave Discretion tending to Reprehension and Edification c And then after Confession annex the former Ejaculation God be merciful c. Last of all Examine thy self strictly also concerning all thy Actions thy Violations of the First and Second Table thy Sins of Omission and Comission towards God thy Neighbour and thy Self Examine how thou hast spent thy time resisted Temptations or compli'd with them and what the circumstances of aggravation have been then humbly confess them Endeavour to Work your heart to a true Sorrow and Contrition for them Be angry with your self that you should be so basely led away by the corruptions of your Nature and the pleasures of Sin which are but for a Moment by Evil company or the like Temptations then lift up thy Soul in this manner Thus thus O Lord have I sinned against thee yea I know not O Lord how often I have offended many a times more I am sure I have which I have either forgot or not adverted to O cl●anse cleanse thou me from my secret faults Here make serious Resolutions against every Sin and especially those thou hast by Examination found thy self guilty of After this fall down up on thy knees or perhaps if the Sins be great and thy humility so too thou may'st think it more proper to prostrate thy self on the ground and Petition the Throne of Grace in this or the like Form following O God the Father of Heaven have Mercy upon me a miserable Sinner O God the Son Redeemer of the World have Mercy c. O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have Mercy c. O Holy Blessed and Glorious Trinity Three Persons and one God have Mercy c. The Prayer taken out of the Whole Duty of Man magna ex parte O Most holy holy holy Lord God who art of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity how shall I who am nothing but Iniquity dare to appear before thee Or take so Sacred a Name into my unhallowed lips but yet O Lord whom shall I invoke but thee whom I have offended Against thee thee only have I sinned and done these evils in thy sight I know that thou alone canst forgive sin and that we might not be discouraged to come unto thee thou hast publish'd thy self to be the Lord gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great goodness a God forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sin yea thou hast promised That if we confess our Sins thou wilt be faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Relying therefore on this thy gracious promise I am now emboldened to postrate my self before thee in all Humility of Soul and Body desiring to be ashamed and to blush when I lift up mine Eyes unto thee for my Iniquities are increased over

Temptation can come thence or if we could come to it those pleasures now would have no gusts or relish The Flesh cannot tempt us for that is now refined and purifi'd from all Corruptions and vain Desires we are now so confirmed in our State of Happiness that God himself with reverence do I speak it cannot alter or change it to all Eternity Reflections upon Heaven and the Joys thereof AND now O my Soul Is Heaven such a glorious place Are the joys thereof so transcendant so satisfactory and so permanent without any fear of Diminution or Mutation Then this should teach thee to use all possible diligence that thou may'st in the end attain them and think no pain care or trouble too great for their Acquisition This is the Pearl of great price for which if thou sell all to purchase it thou wilt be a great gainer This is the Vnum necessarium the only thing necessary thy all that thou hast to do in this World 2. Is Heaven such a glorious Place and are there such Joys and Priviledges reserved for blessed Souls Then wo is me that I must remain in Meshech and have my habitation among the tents of Kedar I cannot but say with Elias I am weary of my life and with Simeon Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace with St. Paul I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ which is far better than to abide in this Baca of Tears and Wilderness of Fears for there all Tears shall be wiped away from mine Eys I shall cease to sorrow cease to grieve cease to sin If the poor deluded Mahometans can rejoyce at the expectation of a feigned sensual Paradise If a poo● Heathen could desire to die Cicero de Somn. Scipion. because he had hopes of conversing after death with such Heroick Spirits as Socrates Aristides Scipio c. ●ow much more should all true Christi●ns who have far greater hopes and firm assurance of the enjoyment of a real spiritual Paradise of conversing with Saints and Angels with our blessed Re●eemer nay God himself rejoyce to ●hink of that day and cry out with holy David Oh that I had Wings like a Dove for then would I fly away and be ●t rest My Soul is athirst for God yea ●ven for the living God when shall I ●ome to appear before the presence of God For one day in thy Courts is better ●han a thousand I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of my God than ●o dwell in the Tents of Wickedness Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying 3. Is Heaven such a glorious Place And are there such joys and pleasures at Gods right hand Then this discovers unto me the madness and extream folly of the World who put so high a value ●nd estimate upon the pitiful contemptible empty things of this Life as riches ●onours pleasures and the like which we either lose living or leave dying without securing themselves of that Heaven and those Joys which are far above all value and comparison What a deal of toil and trouble do Men take for that Meat which perisheth And neglect that which endureth to everlasting Life How eagerly do Men gape after Riches rise early and late take rest endeavouring by all unlawful as well as lawful means to inlarge their Possessions to add Field to Field and House to House till there be no more place and neglect the true Riches Yet mus● at last be content with a mouthful o● Earth whom many Mannors did no● content in life How do Men prefer a● little outward pomp and grandeur o● a fading title of Honour before the Ornaments of a meek and humble Spirit before the honour of being Gods Children here and of being admitted into his presence to raign with him for ever How do Men greedily hunt after and court the unsatisfactory yea troublesome pleasures of this vain World 〈◊〉 which are but momentany and aspire not to those which are at Gods righ● hand for evermore O my Soul come not thou into their secret to their Assembly be not thou united 4. Is Heaven such a glorious Place 〈◊〉 Do the joys thereof so far transcend all ●umane Conceptions and Imaginations Then this should teach thee O my Soul ●o be content with whatever coarse En●ertainment thou shalt meet withal in ●hy way thither be it poverty sick●ess disgrace disappointment losses ●r the greatest temporal Evil or Calami●y that may befal thee Consider that Heaven will make amends for all O how great is the goodness which thou hast laid ●p for them that fear thee All the Af●lictions thou canst meet with here will ●ccompany thee no farther than the Grave and that is but a little way a ●hort time at most but a moment with respect to Eternity Those light Afflictions which are but for a moment work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory 2 Cor. 4.17 Those may not retard thy motion neither for commonly they rather acce●erate the course they work for us where as too much prosperity slackens ●logs us and works against us makes us apt to set up our rest on this side Jordan and never long for a better for a more heavenly Canaan If we come to a Friends House where we are well accommodated and have all things according to our desire we are inclined to stay longer than at first we designed and are very difficultly drawn thence but if we meet with bad Accommodation and unwelcome Entertainment we care not how soon we are gone and present●y bethink us of our home where we shall have all things at our desire This World is but our passage our way not our home Heaven is our home our abiding our resting place and we can never be well accommodated till we arrive there We have many difficulties to pass through before we come to our Journeys end and then we may sit down and rejoyce Et olim haec meminisse juvabit and then it will be pleasant and delightful to reflect upon our past dangers Here I am in a state of Bondage I shall then enjoy perfect Freedom and Liberty yea the Liberty of the Children of God I cannot here attend one minute to thy service without distraction there I shall be free and find no interruption O bring my Soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name and together with Angels and Arch-Angels and all the company of Heaven laud and magnifie thy glorious Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of Hosts Heaven and Earth are full of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Amen JOB 16.24 When a few years are come then shall I go the way whence I shall not return THere is not a more powerful Argument to reclaim a Sinner from the wickedness of his ways or to incourage a holy man in the prosecution of Piety and Goodness than the frequent Meditation of Death When a wicked