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A44517	The fire of the altar, or, Certain directions how to raise the soul into holy flames before, at, and after receiving the blessed sacrament of the Lords Supper : with suitable prayers and devotions, to which is prefix'd a dialogue betwixt a Christian and his own conscience : concerning the true nature of the Christian religion, intended chiefly for the inhabitants of St. Mary le Strand, and the precinct of the Savoy / by Anthony Horneck ...	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1683 (1683)	Wing H2826; ESTC R38984	67,023	242

hearing and remember I do sin if I do not mind what I read or hear Luc. 8. 18. Marc. 4. 24. Joh. 5. 39. Ps. 119. 18. Consc In what manner must thou ask advice of faithful Ministers of the Gospel Christ. I must go to those who are very serious or send for any of them and ask them about the state and condition of my Soul and what I must do to secure Gods Favour how I must go about the great work of Salvation and beg their direction in performing the Will of God and acquaint them how it is with me what Temptations I am subject to and what Corruptions I am inclined to and intreat them to tell me how to be rid of them and oblige them to help me with their Prayers and to encourage me to a vigorous pursuit of the everlasting Riches and when I have done so must follow their Advice and Counsel Acts 16. 30 31 32. Marc. 10. 17. Phil. 3. 17. Consc. And what is to be done with Self-Examination Christ. I must frequently look into my Thoughts Words and Actions and see whether they are agreeable to the Rules of the Gospel every night I must take an account of my self and consider what I have been doing in the day time whether I have not told a Lye deceiv'd no body broke forth into no passion done good resisted temptations been often with God in Prayer taken notice of Gods providences c. that where I have done amiss I may watch against it the next day and where I have done well I may admire the goodness of God and praise him for it Ps. 4. 4. 2 Cor. 13. 5. Lam. 3. 40. Consc. What apprehensions must thou have of God and Spiritual things Christ. I must Believe 1. That God is a Spirit Omnipresent Omniscient infinitely Good and Wise and Holy and Just and will be a rewarder to them that diligently seek him and punish the Disobedient either here or hereafter or both here and hereafter Heb. 11. 6. 2 Thess. 1. 6 7. Ps. 58. 11. Ps. 50. 21. 2. That this God is our Supream Governour and hath revealed himself to be Father Son and Holy Ghost or our Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier and that there is some resemblance of these Three in One in the Sun in which is the Light and Heat and Beam which Three make but one Sun 1 Joh. 5. 7. Matth. 28. 19. 2 Cor. 13. 14. 3. That all Mankind fell in Adam the first Man and by that fall moved God to withdraw his Love and Favour from them and that God the Son in commiseration to our Nature became Man of the Virgin Mary suffered and died and by his death rendred God the Father or rather the whole Trinity kind and propitious to us and willing to receive us into Favour and to give us Pardon and everlasting Life upon the conditions of Repentance and unfeigned Obedience and therefore justly called Christ Jesus i. e. the Anointed Saviour Rom. 5. 8 9 10. Gal. 4. 4 5. Matth. 1. 21. 4. That the Scripture where all this is revealed is the word of God because the Men who revealed this in Scripture were inspired by the Holy Ghost and in confirmation of it wrought true miracles miracles levell'd against the power of Sin and impossible to be done by humane strength the truth of which miracles hath been conveyed down to posterity by multitudes of eye-witnesses and from them received by all Christian People Heb. 2. 1 2 3 4. 5. That the promises and threatnings of the Gospel will infallibly be fulfilled sooner or later because God cannot lie Tit. 1. 2. 6. That our Soul is not our Breath nor our Blood nor the Spirits of our Blood but a Spiritual Substance able to live and act without this gross Body we carry about us and will immediately upon leaving this Body be obliged to appear before God and to him give an account of its good and evil Works and according to the prevalency or predominancy of either be made sensible of the Sentence of Absolution or Condemnation which shall be pronounced at the day of Judgment Luc. 16. 22 23. 7. That at the end of this world there will be a solemn day of judgment wherein the Bodies of all Men shall rise and be re-united to their Souls and their Thoughts Words and Actions be brought to light and judged and sentence solemnly pronounced and the Good commanded to take possession of Eternal Joys and the Bad to go into everlasting Torments 2 Cor. 5. 10. Matth. 25. 31 46. 8. That God requires no more of us then we do of our Children and Servants and that 's Love and that this Love if it be true and hearty must necessarily discover it self in Repentance and sorrow for offending him and a sincere endeavour to please and obey him for the future Luc. 6. 46. Malach. 1. 6. 9. That though by nature we are generally more prone to evil then to good and have a stronger byass to Sin then Righteousness yet God the Holy Ghost by his power and influences will certainly assist and help us to abhor that which is evil and to cleave to that which is good if so be that by earnest Prayer Fasting and Meditation we long and breathe for his help and influences Luc. 11. 13. 10. That all the service I offer to God must be performed with my Mind Will and Affections or with my inward Man and with my Heart and that without my Mind have the greatest share in the service it is insignificant and rejected by God Prov. 23. 26. Matth. 22. 37. 11. That by Believing in Scripture for the most part is meant nothing but obeying and that he who obeys not the precepts of the Gospel doth not believe that they are either Divine or necessary to be obey'd or that the Gospel is infallibly true Acts 6. 7. Heb. 11. 24 25 26. 2 Thess. 1. 11. 12. That that frame of Spirit which fits a Man for Eternal Happiness is neither a customary frequenting of the Ordinances of God nor shunning the grosser sins and vices of the age we live in nor being Master of a single Virtue but a Spiritual temper of Mind which puts us upon doing all that 's necessary to be done in order to Salvation Rom. 8. 5 6. 9 10. Consc. What are the Rules to be observed in humbling the Soul with Fasting Christ. I must frequently as often as my strength will bear it give my self to Fasting and Prayer and on those Fasts wrestle with God for growth in Grace and strength against those sins I am most prone and inclined to and greater courage against temptations I must give Alms on that day for the refreshing of some poor Member of Christ and spend the day in Supplications and Contemplations of my sins and of the wrath of God I have deserved and of Gods mercy to penitent sinners in Christ Jesus and in Holy resolutions to be watchful over my Heart for the future that I may perform those

shall not I look up from the Creature to the Creator and give him my dearest Love I will love thee O Lord I must love thee for thou art sweet beyond comparison amiable without a parallel lovely to a miracle Thou art the true Father of my Soul thou providest for me thou takest care of me thou art exceeding tender of me thou bearest me on thy hands on thy wings thou carriest me as the Eagle doth her young nay thou offerest me to be thy Brother thy Sister and thy Mother for he that doth thy Will shall be all this in thy esteem He shall be as dear to thee as these Relations are to mortal Men Thou art my Friend indeed O my Lord whether doth thy Love carry thee Thou layest aside thy Glorious Titles and magnificent Names and becomest my Friend and never was a truer Friend then thou art and hast been to me No vicissitude hath changed thee no revolution hath altered thee no accident hath estranged thy Heart from me my Unworthiness doth not turn away thy Affections from me Though thou dwelle●● on high yet thou humblest thy self to behold the ways of the Children of Men My Sores do not make thee loath me my Infirmities do not move thee to cast me away my Vileness doth not tempt thee to despise me Thou lovest at all times if I am wounded thou bindest up my wounds if I am broken thou healest me if I am grieved thou refreshest me if I am in danger thou deliverest me if under pain thou givest me ease if under trouble thou comfortest me O my Jesus Thou art gone up to thy Father and to my Father and hast made us Friends Thou hast reconciled him to my Soul Thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world How often hast thou in Mercy look'd upon me How often hast thou pittied me I was unworthy of thy compassion yet seeing me lye in my Blood thou saidst Live in thy Blood Live What shall I say unto thee O thou great preserver of Men No Words no Language will reach thy Love or give a tolerable description of it yet still this increases my obligations to love thee And what a mercy is it that thou wilt give me leave to love thee That this Great this Glorious this Immense this Incomprehensible God will vouchsafe to be loved by a Worm What a favour is it Prize it O my Soul and think thou hearest every Creature that 's beneficial to thee calling upon thee to love him The Sun that shines upon thee calls to thee I give thee light that thou mayst admire the Father of Light so doth the Moon so do the Stars so do all those things whereby thou art fed maintained cloathed and preserved in Health these all call We serve thee that thou mayst serve thy God and do good to thee that thou mayst love him whose Hand hath placed us in these stations O my God! Shall I have such monitors to love thee and be deaf to the Call How will all these rise in judgment against me one day if I love thee not How justly do I fall a Sacrifice to thy wrath if under such exhortations I despise thy Love How many Souls have perish'd and I am yet alive How many have been struck dead in their Sins and I am yet called to pentance How many do yet walk in darkness and I have the honor to see thy marvellous Light Thou hast dealt more kindly by me then thou hast done by others O how am I bound to love thee I see the odiousness of that sin which others doat on I see the deformity of those Vices which others wallow in I see the Beauty of that Virtue which others scorn I see the charms of that Grace which others laugh at I taste of those Comforts which others continue ignorant of I see the reasonableness of thy Precepts which others count an intolerable yoak I have some sense of another world while thousands live as if there were none I see the necessity of Holiness while others make a mock of Sin What motives are these to love thee Shall I be afraid or ashamed after all this to love thee Every Sense I have bids me love thee I cannot smell to any thing but I smell the fragrancy of thy Love I cannot taste any thing but I must taste how Sweet and how Gracious thou art I cannot look upon any thing but I must see thy Goodness The oil of thy Love swims upon every Creature I touch or feel That Soul deserves to dye that doth not love thee In loving thee I live Thy Love is better then Life My days will have an end my Life ere long will pass from me My Riches my Glory my Wealth my Health my Liberty my Ease my Friends my Acquaintance they all will ere long expire but if I love thee that will remain with me to Eternity My love to thee makes me thine and makes thee mine By loving thee I shew that I am not mine own Thou hast made me for thy self and if I am not thine I cannot be mine own for at that instant that I would be mine own I cease to be thine Thou art to me all that heart can wish or reason can desire Thou art my Light my Pillow my Rest my Sun my Meat my Drink my Glory my Joy Thou hast given me thy Son and in giving him hast given me more then Ten thousand worlds And if this be not enough thou art ready to give me more Shew me thy Love and it suffices me Thou hast wounded me with thy Love I will follow thee O let me do thy Will Let me do that which thou wilt and not what I will Despise me not forsake me not O do not go far from me Draw me after thee and I shall run Wo is me that I must dwell in Mesheck and have my habitation in the Tents of Kedar O leave me not to my self I consecrate both my Soul and Body to thee employ them O Lord as it shall please thee best O forget me not and let me never forget thee let me rather die a thousand deaths then live without thee O let me love thee so that I may long to draw others to thy Love Let me be griev'd when Men do not keep thy Law Let it go to my Heart to see thee dishonour'd and affronted Thou threatnest me with Eternal Flames if the flames of thy Love cannot warm me now I am not worthy to love thee yet thou art most worthy to be loved by me O let me sigh let me pant let me breath after thee O my Life let me live to thee O my Glory let me be content to die for thee O my refuge let me ever run to thee O thou Eternal Love let me be always mindful of thee Let me embrace thee let me resolve not to let thee go till thou hast brought me to that place where I shall be for ever united to thee Withdraw mine heart from the