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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96877	A relgious treatise upon Simeons song or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily. / Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath but since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. Pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.	Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 4-1677.; Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1658 (1658)	Wing W3472A; Thomason E2119_1; ESTC R210138	91,617	274

charge unto their heavenly Father to take care of them as Isaac and Jacob did Gen. 28.1 Gen. 48.15 16. chap. 49. Heb. 11.20.21 besides Parents know best what have been and are the ways and conversations of their children they know what have been their sins and infirmities what their defects and wants what is their present state and condition what mercies pardon and grace they do most need and by their neerness of relation to them and by their duty which they owe them and lastly their interest which they have in them they are much concerned to look to and study their welfare much every way as might bee shewed in Job's care of his children when they were grown up and dwelled in families of their own he sent and sanctified them Job 1.5 not only while they were little ones going to school and under their Parents roof Godly Parents near to death do see and read volums of divine and gracious providences flowing towards them and theirs from out the Ark of the covenant by virtue of which they are much invited to mind and presse the Lord with that successive goodness of his to the after generation and posterity of them that fear the Lord viz that their generations shall be blessed Psa 112.2 and upon this account do they with an humble boldness and much confidence put up their holy supplications and prayers that he will please to enrich and bless their children with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Eph. 1.3 that the Lord will be their portion Psa 16.5 Ps 73.26 Ezra 9.8 E●a 56.5 Jer. 13.11 and ever give to them and theirs a place in his Sanctuary and a name better then that of sons and daughters that they should be unto the Lord for a people for a name for a praise and for a glory And for outward things they must commend them also to the blessing of the Lord in every state high or low rich or poor of marriage or single life that the Lord will please to lay them out such a condition as in which they may be most serviceable to God to the country they live in to neighbours relations and friends in all godliness and honesty and their Parents even while they do live may say of natural children as John doth of his spirituall children Joh. 5.3 4. I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in the truth And observe as Parents must take care of the particular concernments of every child who will bee ready to observe what Parents intend do or may bee like to do for them oft saying secretly to themselves what shall I do and what shall I do says another what will become of mee says one and of me says another and of me says a third when my Father and Mother are dead so must the soul of every one and the outward estate of each one be cared for by every wise holy and affectionate Parent Job he offered sacrifice for each one Lev. 4.13.14.15.21 Lev. 1.2 3 4. where mark that whereas some sacrifices were for the whole Congregation and some only for single persons so Job did not only offer a general sacrifice for al his sons but a particular sacrifice for every individual of them whatever their sin should be Parents when you draw neer to dye you must not only pray in generall that God will blesse your children but you must if possibly it may be set them before the Lord one by one Gen. 32.24 and wrestle with God by prayer for a speciall benediction to be upon the head of each one of them according to his or her age rank calling condition and habitation according to his or her temptations affl●ction● and trialls that God will sanct●fie them unto himself and make them very instrumentall for his glory 1 Chron. 28.9 Esa 38.3 that they may know the Lord God of their Fathers and serve him with a perfect heart and willing mind and that by such children God will raise up to his own name and unto his own glory an holy seed and faithfull generation to serve the Lord for ever and that such children may live in a most sweet and holy concord which as it is a great blessing unto Parents so the contrary it is a great heart-breaking to them as might be shewed in Adam Gen. 4. who when he had only two sons the one kills the other and in Abraham's family was scoffing Ishmael Gen. 21. in Isaac's family Esau hated Jacob Gen. 27. Jacob had twelve sons eleven of them hated and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites Gen. 37. intending never to see his face more 2 Sam. 13.28 David had an Absolon who caused his brother Amnon 1 King 1.5.18.25 to be murthered and Adonijah riseth against Solomon Look to it Parents be much in prayer to God that your children may bee sweetly bundled in the bond of love and charge it on them with strongest arguments shew them Ps 133.1 how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity v. 2. it 's like the precious ointment upon the head v. 3. that ran down upon the beard even Aaron 's beard that went down to the skirts of his garment 't is like the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion and tell them that there the Lord commanded the blessing and life for evermore Where there where this bond is kept inviolable Some would add a third thing much tending to the setting ones house in order namely the recommendation of children such as are under age unto the loving care of some godly wise and christian friends thus did old David comend the care of young Solomon his son to certain Princes to help Solomon in his reign 1 Chron. 22.17 18. when he should govern saying is not the Lord your God with you intimating thereby that they would be very usefull and helpfull to his young son such friends may bee of excellent use and benefit to fatherless children whom the Lord himself gives charge unto to deal friendly by them to be as fathers to the fatherless Psal 68.5 as God himself vouchsafes to be called But I leave this of Trustees and Guardians and come to the last thing concerning a man's setting his house in order and that 's about his last will and testament 'T is to be presupposed it hath been much of a Parents care to set a part somewhat for children in the management of outward things that they have layd up somewhat to distribute dispose of at their death And not without great reason 1. That the future as well as the present may be provided for 2. That peace in the dispose of the goods of the family may be provided for from out that true interest which Parents have in the goods of the family to bequeath and dispose the estate which the God of all

hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the help of my countenance and my God direction 3. To be very reall in our thanks we must much revolve in our mindes and consider our great unworthiness and that we are unfit for any mercy as Jacob did Gen. 32.10 I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies that we are then dead doggs as Mephibosheth humbly spoke to King David 2 Sam. 9.8 we must call to mind the number the kind the nature and the good of a mercy the freeness the fulness and choiceness of it and the suitableness of the loving kindness and be thankfull to admiration as David was often and as Simeon was here for his vision which was so adequate to his soul and bodies welfare here and hereafter in life in death and at the last judgment this will make a soul sing and say Luk. 1.69.70 Blessed be the Lord God who hath raised up such Salvation for so miserable a creature as I was and to say with holy David Bless the Lord O my soul Ps 103.2 forget not all his benefits and the better to recollect these mercies Christians must bee carefull to keep records of singular mercies of the year and day the matter the manner the measure the instruments as David did most sweetly for that out of these records shall be made up the song of Moses and the Lamb. 2 Sam. 8.16 2 Kgins 18.18 Joah the son of Asaph was Hezechiahs Recorder Psal 105.6 7 8 9 10 11. Read the 105 Psalm it 's wholly filled with rich enumerations of the Lord 's wonderous works from Abraham to the time of the planting of the Lords people in Canaan and they are bid to remember his marvellous works and the judgments of his mouth how he had remembred his Covenant for ever the Word which he commanded to a thousand generations his Covenant with Abraham his Oath with Isaac and confirmed the same to Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting Covenant c. true thankfulnesse as its long-lived and written with infallible characters so it takes care to eternize the praises of the Lord and sayes as thankfull Job Job 19.23 24. O that my words were printed in a book that they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever have we done so that not God looses his glory and thy soul is too short in thy reall thanks direct 4. 4. Real thanks must be all to God self is little regarded so as Gods name and glory may be exalted Many are somewhat thankful when self is much concerned and wil praise the Lord Psal 68.4 when dangers be over Psal 107. when enemies be defeated cut off and destroyed when afflictions be over and sickness turned to health that now they may enjoy again their honor their ease their pleasure their estates in the world their corn and wine then they will give God thanks and blesse his name Hab. 1.15 they rejoyce and are glad 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but still their thanks go no farther then self is concerned which the Prophet cals a sacrificing to their own nets and a burning of incense to their own dragg but such their thanks seldom goes higher then themselvs But I must tell them that those thanks which do begin and end in self bee not reall Christian thanks but true thanks do draw out the soul to bless the Lord for Jesus Christ and the Gospells for the manifestations of his glory power wisdome truth and all his goodness to his Church and for the prosperity of Sion when it goes well there O then thankfull souls will insult for joy and bee full of praises as the Israelites were at the bringing home of the Ark And David danced before the Lord 2 Sam. 6.12 14 15. 1 Kings 8. and was girded with a linnen Ephod And Israel brought up the Ark with showting and with the sound of the trumpet and at the dedication of the Temple as on the contrary when it goes ill with the Church and people of God it goes also ill with gracious souls 1 Sam. 4.13 14 15 vers 19. as with Eli and Phineas wife when the Ark was taken and when the glory was departed from Israell who called her son Icabod And thus so publike spirited was she that her life seemed to be bundled up in the wellfare of the people of God direction 5 True reall thankfulness does acquiesce in God can repose in the Lord his alsufficiency covenant goodness for such a one doth see all the enemies of his salvation ever fall down before the Lord 1 Sam. 5.4 Josh 6. to the 20. Gen. 3.15 Rev. 6.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal 4. ult 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Dagon did before the Ark irrecoverably to be demolished like the walls of Jericho such do see the seed of the woman break the serpents head and Christ himself riding conquering and to conquer do see Kings bound in chains and nobles with fetters of Iron in this consideration doth David lay himself down in peace who as from time to time his soul did recollect the Lords manifold great and glorious mercies conferred upon him so he said I will trust in him and he shall be my God for ever this he said after a long enumeration of Sea land-mercies he engageth himself in voluntary vows to devote and consecrate himself to the Lord that shall be all his work for time to come and he will wholly be the Lords not his own so had the Lord obliged his servant that he is at a stand what returns of thankfulness to make but at last concludes to offer thanks to pay his vows and to be for ever realizing the praises of his soul by declaring them and exemplifying them and improving them untill they do empty themselves into beatificall hallelujahs and he himself do sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of heaven Thus of real thankfullness Which sees fiducially into all the Lords covenant-goodness doth substantiate things not seen make things absent as present Thus wee have seen what bee true reall thanks which wil be found in some measure in all thankfull Simeons 1. There be very high praises of God and his Christ 2. They look far and search deep in the heart and in-side of the mercy 3. There 's humble acknowledgments of self-unworthiness 4. God hath the all of true thankfulness as all came out from him so it empties it self into God again 5. It acquiesces and reposeth in the Lord. All this did abundantly shine forth in godly men and so they do in every truly thankfull soul Thus of the first exhortation The second exhortation is to prepare for an happy death Solidly and Timely Exhort 2 ● to prepare for an happy death Psal 90. Be we all exhorted to prepare for an happy death 1. Timely 2. Solidly 1. Timely thy days