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The Christian directed in his race to heaven, or, A short account of that knowledge and practice that leads thither by James Forbs.
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J. F. (James Forbs), 1629?-1712.
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for it is a good thing that the Heart be established with Grace not with Merits which have not profited them that have been occupied therein 2 Cor. 2.11 2 3 4. I am zealous over you with a Godly jealousie for I have espoused you to one Husband that I may present you as a chast Virgin to Christ but I fear lest by any means as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtilty so your Minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ For if he that cometh perceiveth another Jesus whom we have not prepared or if ye receive another Spirit which ye have not received or another Gospel which ye have not accepted ye might well bear with him Gal. 1.8 Though we or an Angel from Heaven Preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have Preached unto you let him be accursed Contend for the truth against all that shall corrupt or oppose it Jude 1. Let no Ordinance be lost or adulterated with your good will restore all to their primitive purity and keep them in it Let the word of the Lord also go forth from you unto others that you being the Lord 's Holy Mountain may be a rich Blessing to all places round about Ezek. 34.26 Psal 110.2 Think your selves of some expedient how to propagate the Gospel according to your capacities abilities and as present Providences will permit after the pattern of the Church of Thessalonica 1 Ep. 1 Chap. v. 6 7 8. Yea become followers of us and of the Lord having received the Word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Ghost so that ye were examples to all that were at Macedonia and Achaia for from you sounded out the word of the Lord. 6. God has fenced you with many Hedges and strong Fortifications to wit with his own Power Providence Spirit Word Angels and other Creatures insomuch that the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against you Let therefore Mount Zion be glad and the Daughters of Judah be glad walk about Zion go round about her tell the Towers thereof mark well her Bulwarks consider her Palaces that ye may tell it to the Generations following for this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide unto Death Ps. 48. to the end Isa 4.5 6. The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion and upon the Assemblies a Cloud and Smoke by Day and shining of a Flaming Fire by Night for upon all the Glory shall be a defence and there shall be a Tabernacle for a Shadow in the Day-time from the Heat and for a place of Refuge and for a covert from the Storm and Rain And 41.10 11 12. Fear not for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God I will strengthen thee yea I will help thee yea I will uphold thee with the Right Hand of my Righteousness behold all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded They shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee shall perish Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them even them that contended with thee they that were against thee shall be as nothing and as a thing of nought 7. As God has made many Promises to you my indeed all Promises are Yea and Amen to you that believe 2 Cor. 1.20 So suck the Breasts of these Consolations and let the Word of Christ dwell Richly in you in all Wisdom Col. 3.16 Chuse Promises as a part of your Portion Psal 119.111 Acting Faith and Patience for the accomplishment thereof and comforting your selves therewith in all your Affictions Distresses and Tribulations Get some compendious Catalogue not only in your Heads but also in your Hearts of such promises especially which may afford you some comfortable relief against the temptations and troubles that do ordinarly attend a Church-state â—â—le instance in a few to shew you how to make improvement of the rest 1. Are you at any time under perturbation of Mind fearing the Rage and Rejection of the Men of the World for your separation not walking with them in the same way of visible Worship Let that of 2 Cor. 6.17 18. be ready at hand as a present remedy Come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you and will be a Father to you and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord God Almighty It s true this Scripture is principally understood of separation from Idolatry and Idolaters but not exclusive of other separations where there is visible Righteousness and Unrighteousness Light and Darkness Christ and Belial Piety and Tolerated Profaness As you may see v. 14.15 2. Is the want of able Officers or being de prived of such as ye had your grief Make use of Ezek. 34.15 16. I will feed them in a good Pasture and upon the high Mountains of Israel shall the Fold be I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and will bind up that which was broken and strengthen that which was sick Jer. 3.14 15. I will take you one of a City and two of a Family and I will bring you to Zion and I will give you Pastores according to mine Heart which shall feed you with Knowledge and Understanding If it be for God's Glory and your good you may believe that some time or other that of Isa 30.20 21. shall be fulfilled I limit not the Holy One to Days Weeks Months or Years Though the Lord give you the Bread of Adversity and the Water of Affliction yet shall not thy Teachers be removed into a Corner any more but thine Eyes shall see thy Teachers and thine Ears shall hear a Word behind thee saying this is the way walk ye in it when ye turn to the Right Hand and to the Left 3. Are you a reproach to Neighbours vile and contemptible in the Eyes of all that are round about See Isa 28.5 The Lord of Hosts shall be for a Crown of Glory and for a Diadem of Beauty to the residue of his People And 62.3 Thou shalt also be for a Crown of Glory in the Hand of the Lord and a Royal Diadem in the Hand of thy God 〈◊〉 Thou shalt no more be termed forsaken neither shall thy Land any more be termed desolate but thou shalt be called Hephzibah and thy Land Beulah for the Lord delighteth in thee and thy Land shall be Married Isa 51.7 Hearken un to me ye that know Righteousness the Peoplâ— in whose Heart is my Law Fear ye not the reproach of Men neither be afraid of their Revilings for the Moth shall eat them up as a Garment and the Worm shall eat them as Wooll but my Righteousness shall be for ever and my Salvation from Generation to Generation Isa 54.4 5. Ezek. 36.15 â— 4. Is it so that Ordinances do you but little good your Souls are still Barren and Unfruitful
Nature Temper Talents Disposition and Inclination Prov. 20.11 Even a Child is known by his doings what way he is inclined whether to good or evil 4. Provide Temporals for them by all Lawful and Honest ways without wronging your own Consciences or others Prov. 19.14 House and Riches are the Inheritance of Fathers 2 Cor. 12.14 The Children ought not to lay up for their Parents but the Parents for their Children 1 Tim. 5.8 If any provide not for his own specially for those of his own House he hath denyed the Faith and is worse than an Infidel 5. As much as in you lieth transmit a Blessing to your Posterity with Temporals being chiefly Sollicitous that they may become the Children of God having true Grace wrought in their Souls Prov. 8.10 11. Receive my Instruction and not Silver and Knowledge rather than choice Gold For Wisdom is better than Rubies and all things that may be desired are not to be compared to it Psal 37.16 6. Improve not your parental Authority with too much rigour lest they be driven to take desperate courses Col. 3.21 Fathers provoke not your Children to anger lest they be discouraged When once they are of Age deal with their Consciences convincing them of the sinfulness of their ways mixing lenity and tenderness with your Authority Ephes 6.4 Bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord. Charge them to serve the Lord God of your Fathers 1 Thes 2.11 Gen. 18.19 I know Abraham that he will command his Houshold and his Children after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do Justice an Judgment Deut. 32.46 Set your Hearts unto all the words which I testifie amongst you this day which ye shall command your Children to observe to do all the words of this Law 7. Provide fit matches for them being carefull that they Marry in the Lord Gen. 24.2 3 4. Abraham said to his Servant thou shalt not take a Wife unto my Son of the Daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell but thou shalt go to my Country and to my Kindred and take a Wife unto my Son Isaac 8. Be much in seeking the Lord for them that they may be abundantly Blessed with all Blessings Spiritual and Temporal Parents Prayers may prove their Childrens best Portion even a Treasure laid up in Heaven for them Children of many Prayers seldom miscarry Be affected towards your Children as Paul to the Galatians Chap. 4. v. 19. My little Children of whom I Travel in Birth again until Christ be formed in you Job sent and sanctified his Children Chap 1. v. 5. i.e. He sent up Prayers to God for them he offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all Duties of Children to Parents 1. Give them all due Reverence and Respect Ep. 6.2 Honour thy Father and thy Mother which is the first Commandment with Promise that it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long on the Earth 2. Obey their counsels and commands Prov 23.22 Harken unto thy Father that begat thee and despise not thy Mother when she is Old And 30.17 The Eye that mocketh at his Father and despiseth to obey his Mother the Ravens of the Valley shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it Col 3.20 Ephes 6.1 3. Submit to their correction Heb. 12.8 We have had Fathers of our Flesh which have corrected us and we gave them reverence v. 7. What Son is he whom the Father chasteneth not 4. Trace the steps of your godly Parents Joh. 8.39 If ye were Abraham's Children ye would do the works of Abraham 1 Pet. 3.6 Whose Daughters ye are as long as ye do well 2 Tim. 1.5 When I remember the unfeigned Faith that is in thee which dwelt first in thy Grandmother Lois and thy Mother Eunice and I am perswaded that in thee also Rom. 4.11 12 19 20 21.22 5. Dispose not of your selves in Marriage without their consent Where Parents consent is wanting as one saith there God's blessing is away Yea a Curse comes often upon such Matches Seth's Sons Marrying with Cain's Daughters without the consent of their godly Parents had a wretched Posterity Juda Marrying a Canaanite without his Father's advice contrary to the principle of the pious Patriarchs which was against the mixed Marriages of an Israelite with a Canaanite had two such Sons that God would not suffer them to live but slew them himself Gen. 38.2 3. and 26.34 34. with 27.46 Esau marrying after the same manner his Wives were a grief of mind to his Father and Mother Rebecca said to Isaac I am weary of my life because of the Daughters of Heth if Jacob take of them for a Wife what good shall my life do me 6. If Providence do so impoverish your Parents that they have not a competence for a subsistence you ought to provide for them and supply their wants 1 Tim. 5.4 If any Widow have Children or Nephews let them learn first to shew Piety at home and to requite the Parents for that is good and acceptable before God v. 16. If any Man or Woman that believeth have Widows let them relieve them and let not the Church be charged that it may relieve them that are Widows indeed Joseph nourished his Father with all his houshold and Brethren Gen. 47.12 Ruth gave of her gleanings to her Mother-in-law Naami ch 2.18 Matth. 15.5 Be not more unnatural than the Stork which feeds her aged Parents carrying them on her Shoulders into the Meadows and bringing them back again Duties of Masters to Servants 1. Be Christianly affectionate both to the Souls and Bodies of your Servants Catechise and Instruct them in the knowledge of God Exhort them to serve God with their Souls as well as your selves with their Bodies Allow them time for Reading the Scriptures and Private Prayer See that they Sanctifie the Sabbath in hearing Sermons and in other religious exercises craving an account how they have profited Be not too rigorous in imposing hard labour upon them which they cannot perform Do not over-task nor over-work them like the Egyptians to the Israelites Exod. 5.7 8. A righteous Man is merciful to his Beast how much more to his Servant If they fall Sick in your service be wanting the use of no means that may be for their recovery not like the hardhearted Amalekite that left his Servant in the Field because of Sickness 2 Sam. 30.13 but like the Centurion who besought Christ to cure his paralytick Servant Mat. 8.5 6 7. 2. Give unto your Servants that which is just and equal knowing also that you have a Master in Heaven Col. 4.1 Let them have Food an Rayment Meat Drink and Wages according to their deserts and your agreement with them Luke 17.8 Gird thy self and serve me till I have Eaten and Drunken and afterwards thou shalt Eat and Drink Prov. 31.15 And 27.27 Mt. 20.8 The Lord of the Vineyard saith unto the Steward call the Labourers and give them