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A64846	Private devotions digested into six letanies; I. Of confession. II. Of deprecation. III. Of supplication. IV. Of Thanksgiving. V. Of intercession. VI. For the sick. VVith directions and prayers for the Lords day. Sacrament. day of Death. Judgment. And two daily prayers, one for the morning, another for the evening.	Valentine, Henry, d. 1643.	1654 (1654)	Wing V23B; ESTC R219631	53,520	386

in thy house Ps 84.1 4 10. Then be carefull to discharge those duties which God there requireth of thee and they ordinarily are two 1. Prayer 2. Hearing the Word In prayer first look to the devotion of thy soul It must be the lifting up of the soul Psal 25.1 The powring out of the soul 1 Sam. 1.15 A strong crying Heb. 5.7 A wrastling with God Hos 12.4 Without this thy prayer will be but babbling Mat. 6.7 The howling of a dog or wolf Hos 7.14 A bell without a clapper A pile of wood without fire A bullet without powder A bird without wings A cloud without water A tinkling cymball The Jews writ this sentence also over the doors of their Synagogues and Oratories Prayer without intention is as the body without the soul Then in the next place look to the reverence of thy body God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him Psal 89.7 Uncover thy head The four and twenty Elders fell down before him that sate on the throne casting their crowns from their heads Rev. 4.10 Bend thy knee O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our Maker Psal 95.6 The other duty is the hearing of the word read and preached which requires of us First attention Speak Lord for thy servant heareth 1 Sam. 3.10 Hearken O daughter and consider and incline thine eare Psal 45.10 I will hear what God the Lord will speak unto me Psal 85.8 The Lord opened the heart of Lydia that she attended unto the things that were spoken by Paul Acts 16.14 He that hath an eare let him heare what the Spirit saith unto the Churches Rev. 2.11 My sheep hear my voice John 10.27 And for this end we must consider it is The word of God 1 Thes 2.13 The word of Grace Act. 14.3 The word of truth John 17.17 The word of reconciliation 2 Cor. 5.19 The word of righteousness Heb. 5.13 The word of faih Rom. 10.8 The word of etenal life John 9.68 That it is Good seed Mark 4. Sincere milk 1. Pet. 2.2 Strong meat Heb. 5.14 That it is A wholsom word 2 Tim. 6.3 A lively word Heb. 4.12 A good word Heb. 6.5 That it is Better then thousands of gold and silver Psal 119.72 Sweeter then the hony and the hony comb Psal 19.10 And all this because it is that word which is able to save our souls Jam. 1.21 Secondly the hearing of the Word requires retention as well as attention Therefore ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul Deut. 11.18 Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee Psal 119.11 Mary kept all these sayings in her heart Luke 2.51 And lastly people must be here admonished not to depart from the Church till the Minister hath pronounced the blessing All the people departed every man to his house 1 Chron. 16.42 But it was after David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings and had blessed the people in the name of the Lord ver 2. Surely there is something in the blessing of the Minister Then the Priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place even unto heaven 2 Chron. 30.37 Leave not then thine Angel till he hath given thee a blessing AFTER CHURCH AND now being come home it is thy duty yet further 1. To meditate upon such things as have been taught thee His delight is in the Law of the Lord and in that Law doth he meditate day and night Psal 1.2 O how I love thy Law it is my meditation all the day Psal 119.97 I have more understanding then all my teachers for thy Testimonies are my Meditation vers 99. My meditation of him shal be sweet Ps 104.34 My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned Psal 39.3 The beasts that chewed not the cud were unclean Secondly thou must praise God for so much of the means as he was pleased to afford thee that day Blessed be the God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things Ephes 1.3 As the liberty of his house The comfort of his Day The communion of his Saints The instruction of his Word The dispensation of his Sacraments The gifts of his Ministers Thirdly we must pray for a blessing upon the means of our salvation He only it is that can put his Law in our inward parts and write it in our hearts Jer. 31.33 Paul may plant and Apollos water but God gives the increase 1 Cor. 3.6 The excellency of the power is of God not of us 2 Cor. 4.7 Lastly teach it thy family You shall teach them your children talking of them when thou fittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way when thou liest down and when thou risest up Deut. 11.19 I know him that hee will command his children and his houshold after him to keep the way of the Lord to doe justice and judgment Jer. 18.16 I and my house will serve the Lord Josh 24.15 If thou doest thus sanctifie this Day of rest here thou shalt celebrate an everlasting rest and Sabbath hereafter All manner of persons within the Church of England shall from henceforth celebrate keep the Lords day commonly called Sunday and other holy days according to Gods holy wil and pleasure and the orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalf that is in hearing the word of God read and taught in private and publick prayers in acknowledging their offences to God and amendment of the same in reconciling themselves charitably to their neighbours where displeasure hath been in oftentimes receiving the communion of the body bloud of Christ in visiting of the poore and sick using all good and sober conversation Canon 13. of those 1603. A short Evening Prayer for the Lords day O Most glorious God and in Jesus Christ my mercifull and loving Father I confesse and acknowledge those many weaknesses imperfections which have passed from me in the performance of the duties of this day I have called upon thee for the pardon and forgivenesse of my sins but so coldly and carelessy that my very prayers are become sins and stand in need of pardon I have heard thy holy Word but with such deadnesse distraction of spirit that I have been a very unprofitable and forgetfull hearer So that O Lord though I have done thy work yet I have done it so negligently that I may rather expect a curse then a blessing from thee But O God who art rich in mercy and plenteous in redemption mark not what amisse hath passed from me remember that I am but dust pardon and passe by all my sins negligences and ignorances look not upon the weaknesse of my

people 2 Chron. 17.9 Hezekiah commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the Priests the Levites that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord 2 Chron. 31.4 If thou hast built and repaired the house of God and places of his worship as did Solomon Josiah Secondly if thou hast been an example of vertue and godlinesse to thy people David himself dances before the Ark and the house of Israel follow him 2 Sam. 6.14 The King of Ninivie was the first that humbled himself in sackcloth and ashes and then the inhabitants of the City did likewise Examples of great personages have a strong influence nay as it were a violence upon inferiors Caesar filled the Empire with Soldiers Augustus with Scholars c. Thirdly if they have provided good Laws executed them that such as live under them may be godly and quietly governed Good Laws are such as are agreeable to the Law of Nature and the word of God And they are then executed when great flies are taken as well as small ones Fourthly if thou hast punished the wicked and cherished the good Mine eyes shall be upon the faithfull of the Land that they may dwell with me he that walketh in a perfect way shall be my servant But I will early destroy all the wicked of the Land that I may cut off all wicked doers from the City of God Psal 101.6 8. Kings and Governors are sent by God for the punishment of evill doers and for the praise of them that doe well 1 Pet. 2.14 It cannot be wel then if Crows be pardoned Pigeons punished Fiftly if thou hast heard the cries of the poor received their petitions redressed their wrongs Defend the poor and fatherlesse do justice to the afflicted and needy Deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked Psal 82.3 4. Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye that are Judges of the earth Psal 2.10 Remember there will be Deus dies ultionis A God and a day of vengeance But art thou a Minister Thou shalt be examined First if thou didst enter in at the doore or climb in at the window if thou wert called of God or intrudest thy self A man may know if he be called of God by those talents which are committed to him It is required that every Minister have scientiam competentem if not eminentem that is competent though not eminent knowledge For the Priests lips must keep knowledge the people must seek it at his lips Mal. 2.7 Secondly if thou hast taught and instructed the people committed to thee Feed my sheep John 21.16 I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsell of God Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the Lord hath made you overseers to feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own Blood Acts 20.27 28. It is required of a Minister that he be διδακτικὸς apt and able to teach 2 Tim. 2.24 He that is ignorant and cannot teach is a dumb dog He that can and will not is a dumb Divel unless lawfully detained Where no vision is there the people perish Prov. 29.18 His bloud will I require at thy hand Ezek. 33.6 Who then is a faithfull and wise servant whom his Lord hath made ruler over all his houshold to give them meat in due season Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing Mat. 24.45 46. Thirdly if thy life hath agreed with thy Doctrine He that was mis-shapen or had any blemish might not come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord Lev. 21.21 Moses when he blesses the tribe of Levi desires of God that his Thummim and Urim might be with his Holy One i.e. integrity of life as well as the light of Learning Deut. 33.8 It is said of Christ that he was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people Luke 24.19 Thou that teachest another teachest thou not thy self thou that preachest a man should not steal dost thou steal Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery dost thou commit adultery thou that abhorrest Idols dost thou commit sacriledg Rom. 2.21 22. Be thou an example of the beleevers in word in conversation in charity in purity in spirit in faith 1 Tim. 4.12 Or art thou an Officer Thou shall be examined If thou hast not exacted more then was appointed for thee Luke 3.13 If thou hast not dealt with the poor as the servants of Elies sons did If thou wilt not give it me I will take it by force 1 Sam. 2.16 Or art thou a Souldier Thou shalt be examined If thou hast done violence to no man If thou hast not accused any falsly If thou hast been content with thy wages Luke 3.14 Or art thou a tradesman Thou shalt be examined If thou hast not used false weights deceitfull ballances unjust measures all which are an abomination to the Lord Prov. 20.10 If thou hast not sometimes taken the name of God in vain to obtrude a bad commodity upon thy neighbour sic de caeteris I may now say of our Judg as Jacobs sons said of the Governor of Egypt The man asked us straitly of our state Gen. 43.7 SECTION IV. WE have now seene how Christ will proceed with us in the day Judgment let us in the next place consider that final and irrevocable Sentence which shal pass upon us and it is either the Sentence of Absolution or Condemnation The sentence of Absolution THe sentence of Absolution shall be pronounced in these words Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Mat 25.34 In which sentence there is not a word a syllable a letter but is musick to the care hony to the mouth and a Jubilee to the heart How wil our ears be ravished and our hearts dance within us to hear Christ pronounce us the blessed ones of his Father To hear that sweet cal invitation Come ye To hear the glory of that inheritāce to which we must come A Kingdome The Kingdome Prepared for us of old Blessed are the people that shall hear this joyfull sound Psal 89.15 CAP. II. The sentence of Absolution shall be first pronounced THE good Servant was rewarded admitted into his Masters joy and then the evil unprofitable servant was punished and cast into utter darkness Mat. 25. They on the right hand are called to a kingdome and then they on the left are cast into fire Mat. 25. God will not cast the wicked into hell till they have seen something of the happinesse of the Saints which increaseth their grief and torment The wicked shall see it be grieved he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away Psal 112.10 Or else it may bee Christ begins with the sentence of Absolution to shew that he had rather save us then damn us He