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A36938 The Christian's compass, or, The mariner's companion being a brief compendium of the principles of religion, in the things which are necessary to be known and practised by all who profess the name of Christ / long since prepared, and now published by John Durant ... Durant, John, b. 1620. 1658 (1658) Wing D2671; ESTC R8810 36,678 107

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5. Set Worldly things under your feet before death come to look you in the face It s the world S. W. and the things of it which next to sin makes death bitter We therefore fear to dye because we are loath to leave the world houses trades lands relations c. make the thoughts of death dreadful where as were we weaned from those we should with much ease quiet of mind be willing to go down to the grave 6. Still wait and stand upon your watch with loynes girded S. W. by W. and Lamps trimmed Be not so mad as the foolish Virgins to have a Lmp without oyle nor so foolish as the wise were to slumber and let your Lamps be untrimmed But see your Lamp be ready your oile prepared and you your selves as w●se waking watchful ready servants who upon any call or knock can go out to open to your Lord and to meet your bridegroom study Christs words Luk. 12.35.36 37. and practice his counsel which he there gives in this particular 7. Weigh Soul-works and all W.S.W. in the Ballance of the Sanctuary lest when thou come to be weighed at the night of death thou be found to have deceived thy self and be too light Many never put their soul into the Ballance to see whether or no that be not as Belshazar found wanting and too light Others never weigh their works or words c. but do thou try all by weight allowing grains for infirmity which God permits Certainly it will be a dreadful word if it be said to thee in the night Thou art to dye as it was said to Belshazzar in his Thou art weighed and found too light Judge thy self by Gods weights his weights are internals sincerityes Christs Righteousnesse but word weigh nothing with God pretences semblances are too light with him all mans righteousnesse in his ballance weigh not as the dust of the ballance God loves truth in the inward parts and they alone hold weight in his Ballance that are found in his Sons Robes 8. Wind thy soul about Christs neck W by S. and so thou mayest dye in peace Simeon with Christ in his arms could sing and dye Luk. 2.29 Though the Papists hang about a Crucifix as many of them have done yet I am confident it hath been rather a hinderance than a help to them Superstition cannot be a solid comfort yet Christ embraced by faith and hugged with delight makes death very pleasant The Sun never set clearer in the fairest evenning when it came to its Western point then the soul can and doth when it lyes down with Christ in his arms and goes with him as it were in his bosom to his burial CHAP. VII The last quarter of a Christians practice according to his Compasse I Have thus run over three quarters of my Compass I must now finish the fourth yet I desire my Reader to stay and to proceed no further till he hath well learnt the former The points of our Christian Compass are not so soon learnt as our Sea-Compass is But yet to finish this I shall mention and pray mind well these eight points of our last quarter 1. Whatsoever thy condition be in this world W. eye God as the disposer of it and therein be contented Phil. 4.11 The turbulent Sea is not so restless as the discontented mind of man Man under discontent foams and rages and casts up nothing but mire filth whereas the contented soul sails alwayes as in smooth waters and makes all fair weather within even then when it is foulest without Did discontented souls but know remember how much they dishonor God by not resting in that which his providence brings upon them and how great enemies they are to themselves in fretting against or under that which they cannot help they would then wholly cease from their discontent and strive to rest in the will of God A contented mind may well be called and counted a Kingdom for it hath much of the Kingdom of God in it he hath learned much in spiritual practical Navigation that hath learned with Paul in all things to be content Certainly godliness with content is great gain Indeed godliness teacheth us to be content in all estates whether we get or lose 2. Wale Not according to the course of the most W. by N. but after the example of the best The most are the worst and the best are alwayes the fewest the broad way of the multitude leads to death whereas the narrow of the few that walk wisely leads to life Indeed it 's not easie to find out the narrow path or life and peace The broad way of death is open and obvious to every eye as the vast Ocean is to every one at Sea but the narrow way like the channel at the end or entrance of some Isle as it 's with ours in the West is hard to be discerned and to find out It 's thy wisdom to study to know exactly the narrow way which the fewest find in which thou mayest safely arrive the Haven of happiness and not to rowle up and down the broad Sea of the wide world with the multitude and so perish without any comfort albeit with many companions 3. Weigh not what men speak or think of thee W.N.W. so God approve thee Not he who commendeth himself is approved but whom the Lord commendeth 2 Cor. 10.18 Neither is he a Jew which is onely outwardly neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the Letter whose praise is not of men but of God Rom. 2.28 29 It 's the madness and misery of many they mind man more then God and so they may be well reputed of and reported by men they are not consciencious nor careful of their carriage towards God But be not deceived God is not mooved he knoweth what is in men and at the last day we shall be judged according to Gods Law and not according to mans judgment And he that studies to approve himself to God will be seen to have been wisest in that day 4. Never wink at small sins N.W. by W. nor neglect little dutyes Indeed no command of the great God is little nor is any sin against him little But comparatively we say and that aright that some sins and duties are small An idle word is a small sin in comparison of an oath and profession is a little duty if compared with doing or suffering for the Name of Christ Yet beware of little things in Religion A small leak if neglected may ●●nk a ship And a little negligence in looking out at Sea may indanger all unawares walk therefore circumspectly Eph 5.15 Ste●r to a hairs breadth in duty and flye from the appearance of evil make conscience of the smallest duty to do it and of the least sin to avoid it