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England's golden watch-bell. Summoning an alarum to death and judgement Licensed according to order.
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the Gospel who flattered his Soul with ease and plenty for a long time but found alass his Expectation failed for even that very night his Soul was required of him and then too fatally he found that he had troubled himself in gathering Riches and knew not who should enjoy them in gathering Riches that made themselves Wings and flew away and cou'd not had they been more permanent and durable have at all relieved him in his last and greatest necessity as you will find it in Luke 1. chap. 12. c. and though as we see the Rich Man whilst he lived upon Earth had all the Pleasures and Delights that the World could afford him he fared riotously every day and was clad in purple yet see how poorly these availed him for which he had strugled and laboured perhaps many years for being in Torment he had not a drop of Water to cool his tongue the Mammon of Unrighteousness that had barr'd him of Eternal Life cou'd not administer him the least relief when suffering under the divine Vengeance but rather increased with their sad remembrance his Torments in those flames Yet to these even through what Seas of Blood will some Men wade as if they were the chiefest of all good when indeed they bring a sting with them that pierces through the Body and wounds the very Soul too frequently destroying our peace on Earth and more frequently everlastingly causing the names of the too too fond Possessors who make their Bellies their God and put their trust in Riches to be blotted out of the Book of Life Oh that Men would be wise and consider this that they would consider upon the present Moments of Life depends Eternal Joys or Everlasting Woes and that it cannot profit a Man if he gain the whole World and loose his own Soul for with the immortal Soul what can stand in competition not all the glittering Glories of ten thousand worlds were they put in the Ballance would weigh any thing in the terrible day when the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints to execute Judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all the Ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed c. Jude 1.14.15 if all the things so valued in this World cannot bribe Death which is the in let to Eternity much less can any expect that the impartial Judge of all the Earth should any way regard transitory things or that they should weigh in the least with him at whose disposal and in whose hands is all the breath of Life and who indeed is the very Centre of the Soul of Man and by whom it is alone comprehended so that the World can render it no satisfaction as to its Eternal estate nor is it capable of attaining for the least Transgression When the Lord Jesus shall bâ— revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming Fire taking vengeance on those that know not God and obeyed not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2. Thessa 1.7.8 when those who conceived themselves securely fenced by Riches and Honour shall be tumbled by Death from a Bed of Downe into a Bed of Flames what relief can they hope for or expect from all they possessed which at most if any remembrance of temporal things be left beyond the Grave will prove but a Melancholly sight to shew them the height of Happiness from whence they fell and the depth of misery into which they are fallen especially if we consider what a dreadfull sentence is pronounced in the following verse of the foregoing chapter viz. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the Presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power a destruction irrevocable not to be recalled but as long as God is God so long shall it continue infinite ages of Eternity and never expire for cou'd there be the least room for hope of ease to those in Torment though at the Revolution of Millions of years it would in some measure mitigate their pain but shou'd a heap of Sand be piled up to the Clouds and a Bird carry away a Grain every day a thousand such heaps so removed stand not in competition with the endless flight of never ending Eternity The consideration of which made St. Austin in a manner dwell upon the word Eternity by repeating it often that it might be ever in his mind to make him look up with the more earnestness to the Author and finisher of his Faith and oblige him to set the lighter esteem on temporal things remembring that he was a Stranger and Pilgrim upon Earth and that here he had no tarrying City but looked for one not built with hands in the highest Heaven on that alone then let us steadfastly fix our eyes and even deny our selves to the flatt'ring pleasures and vanities of the World that we may with the more ease run the Race that is set before us and strive with earnestness to obtain the Crown that is held forth to true Believers and to such as persevere to the end viz. Be thou faithfull until Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Rev. 2.10 a Crown more valuable than ten thousand worlds or any thing on this side the fruition of the beatifick Vision the earnest desire of attaining which made Holy David say His Soul panâ—ed after God as the Hart panted after the wateâ— Brook and in the midst of his Rapture cryeâ— out O how amiable are thy Dwellings thâ— Lord of Hoasts my Soul longeth and panteth tâ— enter into thy Courts Psal 84.1.2 To conclude if Foelix who was a Heatheâ— trembâ—ed when Paul reasoned of Righteousness Temperance and Judgment to come let us that are Christians consider what manner of men we ought to be if we expect to stand in the day when the Sun shall be darkned and the Moon shall not give her light and the Stars shall fall from Heaven and the Powers of the Heaven shall be shaken for then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven and then shall all the Tribeâ— of the Earth mourn and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds of Heaven with Power and great Glory and he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a Trumpet and they shall gather together the Elect from one end of Heaven to the other Mat. 24.29.30.31 for the which that we may be all right and fitly prepared Grant dear Jesus for thy Mercies sake Amen A Prayer for Sunday or the First day of the Week O Lord God great and glorious who by thy infinite Power and Wisedom after thou hadst made all things out of nothing in six days didst betake thy self to thy holy Sabbath of Rest and hast enjoyned us in a perpetual memorial so to keep it that it may be spent in praising thee and adoring thy Goodness for all thy Mercies and Benefits bestowed upon us Grant I beseech thee thy saving Grace to me the most unworthy
of thy Servants that being enabled by thy Holy Spirit I may so walk according to thy Will that when I come to dye I may given up my account with joy and not with grief and being through the Merits of thy blessed Son and our alone Lord and Saviour received into thy heavenly Kingdom I may in thy Eternal Sabbath of Joy and Rest praise and adore thee ever world without end Amen A Prayer to be said on Monday or the Second day of the Week O Lord enter not into Judgment with thy Servant according to his deserts for in thy sight can no Man living be justified but rather in the abundance of thy Mercy have compassion on me and pardon my Transgressions forgive the multitude of my Iniquities and suffer the Light of thy Countenance to shine upon me enlighten me with thy Holy Spirit that I may truly discern and abhor my Sins and turn away from the Pollutions whereby I am defiled Pardon O Lord and blot out the manifold offences by which I have justly provoked thee to let thy indignation wax hot against me till I am consumed and this I beg for the sake and upon account of thy dear Son and our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen A Prayer to be said on Tuesday or the Third day of the Week O Lord God most Holy and Righteous thou Father of Spirits and everlasting King of Mercy with shame and confusion of Face I prostrate my self before thee acknowledging and confessing my vileness and that my Sins are ever before thee O pardon my manifold transgressions and in the multitude of thy mercies save and protect me from the Wrath to come O give me a heart to depart from all the ways of Iniquity and suffer me no more by my Sinning against thee to grieve thy holy Spirit but enrole me amongst the remnant of thy Elect to be sealed by it to the day of Redemption that when I leave this mortal Life I may be admitted into the number of thy Saints to praise thee in life Eternal World without end Amen A Prayer to be said on Wednesday or the Fourth day of the Week O Lord God gracious and merciful of long-suffering patience and forbearance I most humbly and heartily return all praise and thanks for the manifold Blessings and Favours bestowed upon me imploring continually thy divine assistance that all the actions of my life may be so ordered and regulated that I may not offend thee in word thought or deed but improve on all occasions and in all times the blessed Opportunities thou hast been graciously pleased to put into my hands to thy honour and glory and to the safety and salvation of my own precious and immortal Soul through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ our Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen A Prayer to be said on Thursday or the Fifth day of the Week GReat Creator of Heaven and Earth Lord God infinitely wise and Eternal look down upon me with the eyes of thy pity and take compassion on me thy poor and unworthy Servant laden with the intollerable Load of mine Iniquicies and labouring under the heavy burthen of my Sin hear my Prayer and let my cry come unto thee remember that I am thy Creature and the work of thy hands and destroy not what thou hast made though my Sins have deserved it Oh look not upon my Sin but upon the Merits of thy well-beloved Son and through his Wounds let thy Mercy plead with thy Justice that so considering my weakness and frailty my Heart by thy divine Spirit may be so renewed within me that growing up in Grace I may wholly apply my self to thy Service and walk in thy ways to my Consolation here and my endless Comfort hereafter Amen A Prayer to be said on Friday the Sixth day of the Week for young people O Lord consider not the frailties of my Youth nor the vanity of my younger years but pardon my former transgressions and ingrave thy Laws on my Heart that I may remember thee my Creator in the days of my Youth before the evil day come laying hold of the acceptable time with all humility to prostrate my self before thee in whom alone I put my trust Oh let not the Adversary gain that advantage over me but enable me to resist the power and subtilty of the Tempter and manfully to fight under the Banner of thy dear Son against the World the Flesh and the Devil that when I am taken from thy Church Militant on Earth I may be made a Member of thy Church Triumphant in Heaven there with Angels Arch-angels all the Company of Saints praise and adore thee from everlasting to everlasting VVorld without end Amen A Prayer for Saturday or the Seventh day of the Week or a Preparatory to the Sacrament O Blessed Jesus enable me to lift up my Heart and Voice in some measure to praise and extoll thy wonderfull Goodness who was not only pleased to be born of a Virgin and to take upon thee the form of a Servant but even to humble thy self to the Death of the Cross to redeem and restore miserable lost and undone Mankind who lay in Darkness and the Shadow and didst ordain sacred mysteries as Pledges of thy Love and a memorial of thy Death till thy second coming in Glory to judge both the Quick and the Dead Grant that by the inward workings of thy Grace I may be so fitted and prepared to receive thy Holy Communion and spititually partake of thy Body and Blood that it may redound to my endless comfort and that having a true sense of thy compassion towards me I may bless and adore thy holy name for ever and ever Amen A Prayer proper to be said after the Receiving the Communion O Lord God and most mercifull Father as 〈◊〉 have been spiritually a partaker of the mystical Body and Blood of thy dear Son so let me ever feed on him in my heart with Faith anâ— Fear and being aided and strengthened by the assistance of thy Divine Spirit I may grow up is Grace and be perfect in every good work as far as the frailties inherent to humane Nature will admit Thoroughly purge me O Lord and give a clean Heart and a contrite Spirit that I may find a renewing and a Regeneration within me that living here according to thy will I may be numbred with thy Elect and dying in thy favour be everlastingly happy through the Merits of Jesus Christ thy only Son and our ever Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen The Dying Man's Admonition to Repentance and Amendment of Life My Beloved take this as my farewell IT is good for Old and Young ever to be intent upon their latter end Labour to live so that when they come to dye they need not fear the Terrors of Death which indeed to those that walk uprightly can be no ways dreadfull but rather proves a Friend to set the Soul at Liberty from her Earthly Prison and gives her leave to mount to Heaven O consider then whilst it is to day and hear the Voice of our Blessed Lord calling upon you to repent and warning you to flee from the wrath to come Oh flee flee from Sin and then the second Death will have no power over you O let your lights so shine before Men that they seeing your good works may glorifie your Father which is in Heaven and when it is your time as now it is mine to leave this World you may be received into the Eternal habitations and there receive an incorruptable Crown of Life Amen The Religious and Pious Sayings oâ— J. H. upon sundry occasions HAppy is the Man that putteth his truâ—â— in the Lord for although he may suffer affliction in this world yet he shall be surâ— to be rewarded in the next It is a good thing to live in peace and unity for the person that is given to strife eveâ— brings woe to himself That Man is richest who makes God hiâ— treasure and lays up an Estate for himselâ— in Heaven The success or misfortune of worldly affairs and under a kings are to be judged of in the end and not in the beginning Though Sorrow may last for a night yeâ— to such as trust in God Joy will come in the morning The four last things are Death Judgment Heaven and Hell the two first are certaiâ— to all Men are the reward and punishment of good and evil Who is he that wou'd not endure a moment of pain for an Age of pleasure why then do we repine at crosses in this world they lead to unspeakable and everlasting Joys for through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of Heaven To seek Good early is a great sign of his Grace working in the heart Set not your mind too much upon worldly things least they create you trouble and become a snare to you If any one injure you reprove him gently that so he may take shame to himself for offending so good a nature Speak not evil of any person especially undeservedly nor lend your Ear to those â—hat do wickedly for the Tongue of the Slanderer is a two-edged Sword. Be patient in adversity and the day of â—rosperity will the sooner come Beware of pride for it makes many fall â—ow and renders their misery more intolâ—erable Where the fear of the Lord is there true â—appiness dwells and makes it aboad Be not dismay'd in a good cause thougâ— a storm threaten you for Innocence is 〈◊〉 bold as a Lion. Give not ear to Flatterers for their Liâ—â— are full of deceit Let your conversation be such that yâ—â— give no cause of offence and then no râ—proach can fasten on you Wisedom well applied is like Rain in 〈◊〉 thirsty Land. FINIS