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A06475
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Obiectorum reductio: or, Daily imployment for the soule In occasional meditations upon severall subjects. By Donald Lupton.
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Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.
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1634
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STC 16945; ESTC S103968
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yoâ— with amazement It 's good to keepe in peacâ— with God least he arme hiâ— Creatures against us Goâ— can and doth bring great Aâ—â—tions to passe by small anâ— weake Instruments All haâ—â— force enough when He imâ—ploies them The Flie anâ— Worme are as able as the Lyâ—â— Its not so much to questâ—â—on with what a man is puâ—â—shed as to learne from whoâ— and whence it commeth I 〈◊〉 Oh God acknowledge thâ— power in all thy creatures 〈◊〉 thou makest me an Example of thy Iustice by the least for despising their seeming impotencies Non in quantitatâ— sed qualitate virtus MEDITATION 25. Vpon the sight of a dead Man TEach us Oh Lord so to Number our daies â—hat we may apply our harts â—nto wisedome for so soone â—asse we away and are gone All flesh I see is Grasse â—nd all the beauty of it is as â—he flower of the feild Thou â—Oh God hast determined â—he number of our dayes which we cannot passe See what followes the seperation of the soule and body As long as this Tabernacle lodged the soule It was sensible active could heare see speak or move now that guest is driven forth by the Maker there is nothing in it but breeds loathsomnesse I plainely see that all confidence in man is vaine and deceitfull we must all dyâ— for sinne but keepe me from dying in sinne since I musâ— dye let me end in grace noâ— in nature I descry the natâ—â—rall mans unfitnes for anâ— spirituall exercise what 〈◊〉 he performe without Christ And as the body is deaâ— without the soule so both soule and body without grace Oh let me alwaies be as a dead man unto sinne so this death shall end in life and this dissolution shall be the onely meanes to have both happily and gloriously united Mortuus pecâ—ato vivus Christo. MEDITATION 26. Vpon the sight of a Lottery HOw cunning the world is to deceive the world here are a thousand Blankes for one Prize The World deales all upon cheating It 's a thousand to one if any good man gets any good by it from it or in it See what a throng is heere Every man strives to be first to cheate and deceive himselfe I doe see places of more profit and pleasure stand empty The world hath more Clyents then the Church we cannot conclude the greatest company to bee the best Goodnes cannot bee justly numbred by the Pole There is more Earth for the Potter then for the Gold-smith It 's no safe argument to follow the multitude Every one that drawes hopes for a prize but hee that hopes to be a Winner in this world shall be a Looser The folly of the worldly â—ans wisedome is here easily â—ene Here he will willingly â—â—st away Pounds vpon unâ—â—rtaine hopes but in Gods â—ottery the Church hee will â—udge his farthings nay his â—esence Yet here he gaines â—me and saves his estate â—ere hee looses both Oh â—ord I beseech thee to give 〈◊〉 grace to come to thy â—tore-house where I may furâ—ish my selfe with rich comâ—odities at a low rate I â—eed not feare to adventure â—or all that comes from thee 〈◊〉 advantageous MEDITATION 27. Vpon a great Candle in a faiâ— Candle-sticke HOw comfortable hoâ— comely is this anâ— how wisely is it plaâ—ced It 's pity but such 〈◊〉 Candle should have such 〈◊〉 seat and such a Candle-stickâ— deserves such a Light Therâ— is not any but affects it if hâ— well disposed How easily doe I in thiâ— see a good and painfull Preacher well and wisely placed iâ— a good Pulpit His Doctriâ— is no lesse comfortable theâ— convincing My Prayer shal◠〈◊〉 that every such light may â—ave such an Eminent Preferâ—ent Those whose lives and Doctrine are both holy and â—anctifiedare indeed burning â—nd shining Lampes and doe â—race the Temple and Gospell â—f Christ. Let me Oh Lord â—e but even a little Candle â—n thy Temple thus qualified â—nd I cannot dislike my â—lace nor doubt of Accepâ—ance and Approbation with â—hy Saints MEDITATION 28. Vpon a dead Coale VVHy this sooner extinguishd then another or why at all 〈◊〉 that heate so sodainely anâ— totally vanish from the suâ—â—iect or being dead is it not 〈◊〉 be revived It 's manifest thâ— remotenesse and solitarinesâ— makes it die But joyned 〈◊〉 the whole Company hoâ— soone recovers it the formâ— virtue It 's no otherwise with thâ— Elect Children want of goâ—â— exercises and Company maâ— abate and lessen their heaâ— of zeale but thou wilt 〈◊〉 suffer it to bee extinguisheâ— Satan by policy may cauâ— some remissenes but he shaâ— not procure absolute deadâ—nes Graces in the Act are noâ— alwaies so sensibly operativâ— yet the habit may remaine firme The Sunne may bee â—hid with clouds but we know It doth then move in his Orbe It 's not a meane blessing to enjoy the company of Gods Saints who are not onely warme in Grace themâ—elves but also make others so to be MEDITATION 29. Vpon seeing the Sunne setting HOw glorious comfortable and pleasant was his light this last houre now how darke and disconsolate is the Heaven and what a sable Mantle spreads ouer our heads and how are the Earthly Inhabitants Canopied in Darknes How doth it shadow out the vncertaine condition and fraile estate of the greatest Monarchs the mutability of all worldly lustre Scepters have their periods and the greatest honours and preferments their appoynted dates Nothing under the Sunne but is subiect to setting Iust such is the case of the body without the soule and such is the state of the soule without Christ miserable uncomfortable I entreat thee Oh Saviour never to deprive my soule of thy presence but let mee alwaies bee comforted with the light of thy countenance so I need not feare the darknesse of the Grave nor that of Hell being alwaies in thy presence who art that Light and that Sunne which never sets or changes MEDITATION 30. Vpon a Stone in a River HOw unmoveable obdurate is this though the waters are about it above it continually It changes not the forme seldome the place and is absolutely unfit for any building or necessary Imployment when as others that are heavier and greater then it with a few dropâ— of Raine onely are mollisied receive impression are squared and fitted for many excellent imployments I cannot but behold Oh God the severall conditions of sinfull men some are so desperate and accustomed in wickednes that neither the often showring downe of mercy nor iudgement will worke any thing upon them such Phaâ—aohs are they in selfe-will perversnes custome These are setled upon their Lees. Others though heauier and more loaden in sinne yet with one drop of mercy or at the first showre of punishment relent mollifie and so are sensible of their miserable condition and are often fitted by the Goodnes of God and the Ministery of a diligent Preacher for excellent uses in his Church Keepe mee Lord from hardnes of heart and insensiblenes in sinne let my soule be