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A Short directory for the great necessary and advantagious duty of self-examination whereby a serious believer may every evening examine himself.
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A SHORT DIRECTORY For the Great Necessary and Advantagious Duty of Self-Examination Whereby a Serious Believer may every Evening Examine himself 1. Questions relating to Religious Exercises HAve I had any sensible Communion with God in the Exercise 2. Have I not neglected my private nor my Family Duties 3. Have I not Omitted reading the Word of God 4. Have I not omitted holy Meditations concerning 1st the Word preached 2dly concerning God 3dly concerning Christ 4thly concerning Sin 5thly concerning Scriptures the Word of God 6thly Providences the Works of God 7thly about my Duties 8thly about Death 9thly about the last Judgment 10thly about Hell 11thly about Heaven c 5. Have I not been careless and formal in Prayer either private in the Closet or in Family Prayers and performed the same out of Custom and not out of love and affection to the Duty 6. Have I not been careless and superficial in reading the Word but serious and zealous to pray for a Blessing for encrease of Life ana Light by that Duty 7. Have I not for haste in worldly business cut my Prayers short off or laid upon my Bed for idleness when I should have been upon my Knees 8. Have I after Duty gone upon my Watch-Tower to look out and watch for a Blessing and the Fruits of my Duties II. Questions relating to Sins and Temptations 1. HAve I guarded against and feared Temptations or have I heedlesly rushed among them 2. What Temptations have I this day striven against and conquered 3. Have I this day done nothing against or contrary to my Knowledge c or have I not sined with full purpose and resolution 4. Do I not knowingly live in a course of Sin whether of Omission or Commission 5. mave I carefully kept my self from my Iniquity or have I again relapsed into it 6. Have I given any man an occasion of Offence or been offended unjustly by any this day 7. Does not Sin lie light upon my heart so that die Gospel and Grace Christ and the Promises are less sweet and precious to me 8. When I fell into any Sin did I seriously without delay rise again by Repentance and neither paliated or extenuated my Sin III. Questions relating to the Thoughts of the Heart 1. HAve I kept my Heart in a serious spiritual and holy Frame so to be ready at all times for the exercise of holy Duties and so have gone from one Duty to another 2. Have I had the Lord alwayes before my Eyes and especialy have my Thoughts been of him when I awaked 3. Hath Eternity made any Impressions on my Heart and have I set Death and Judgment with the Consequences thereof before my Eyes 4. Have I made Conscience of vain idle and wandring Thoughts and guarded against them 5. Have I been serious and frequent in holy and heavenly Ejaculations all the day and so walked with God in all my Affairs 6. Have I endeavoured when private and solatary to order and govern my Thoughts holily IV. Questions relating to Silence and the Use of the Tongue 1. HAve I bridled my Tongue from vain unnecessary Angery and perverse words 2. Have I not spoken Evil of any man behind his back Or did the Lord call me by discovering of the Wickedness of another to advance and further my Neighbours Interest 3. Have I with reverence used the Name and Word of God and spoken thereof to the Edification of others and my self at home and abroad at my rising up and lying down 4. Have I always spoken the Truth and not sometimes made Lyes or half Lyes 5. Have I been silent when the Lord called me to speake for his Glory and the Edification of others 6. Have I spoken when I should have been silent V. Questions relating to Eating and Drinking 1. HAve I seriously and zealously before Meat craved a Blessing and after Meat with the same Devotion returned Thanks Or have I done it out of Custom and Fashion only 2. Have I eat and drunk with fear and to the Glory of God Or did I sit down to Table with no better design than the Beast of the Feild have to satisfie Hunger and Thirst 3. Have I not been immoderate in my eating and drinking even to Surfeiting Overcharging my Stomach 4. Have I not risen from Table without speaking of the Name of God or of his Word yea without once thinking thereon with delight VI. Questions relating to our Callings 1. HAve I this day in the Duties of my Calling had respect to the Lord and served him 2. Have I been dilligent in it or idle and lazy 3. Have I dealt justly and honestly in my Calling Have I Cheated no man no manner of way but done to every one as I would they should do to me 4. Have I not broken my Promises in my Calling but been as good as my word 5. Have I not overloaden and overcharged my self with worldly Affairs and been immoderately Anxious Solicitous and Carefull about them to the disadvantage and neglect of my Soul VII Questions relating to our Carriage among others 1. HAve I carried and behaved my self as as Christian ought to do in referrence to Superiors and Inferiors Juniors and Seniors and my Equals 2. Have I not neglected some Duties to them to whom I have particular Relation or have I done nothing contrary to my Duty to such but duely and truly discharged them 3. Have I being a Father or Mother taken care first for the Souls and then for the Bodies of my Children and wrought for them 4. Have I being a Child honoured my Father and Mother have I loved been obedient and thankfull to them 5. Have I being a Husband been careful for the Soul and Body of my Wife and loved her 6. Have I being a Wife loved honoured and obeyed my Husband and heartily cared for his and the Families good c 7. Have I been a Master or Mistriss been careful for the Souls and Bodies of my Servants and given them good Exhortations Reproofs and Examples 8. Have I being a Servant honoured and obeyed been true and diligent in my Masters concerns as a Christian ought to do 9. Have I being a Ruler either in Church or State been Conscientious to do the Duties of my place 10. Have I being a Subject in the State and a Member in the Church carried my self as becomes a Christian towards the Magistrate the Minister highly respecting them being subject and obedient to them and praying for them VIII Questions relating to our Time and Opportunities 1. HAve I this day redeemed Time for the good of my Soul as esteeming it precious 2. Have I not slept too long and more then was necessary so that my Exercises in private or in the Family must be shortned or some necessary or profitable Work omitted 3. Have I not mispent my time with idle unnecessary and fruitless Discourse or with unnecessary and unreasonable Reflections 4. Have I not fed many idle and vain Immaginations and
Thoughts which time might have been improved to the advantage of my Soul 5. Have I redeemed time from all those long and unnecessary visits or from long and tedious Meals 6. Have I not lost time with too much and long Discourse about worldly Things or by doing men about them than was necessary 7. Have I diligently improved my time this day for God and for eternal Salvation striving to take Heaven by violence 8. Have I not this day omitted some incumbent Opportunity whereby I might have improved my Talent and done good to the Souls or Bodies of others either by Words or Works of Civility or Mercy 9. Have I constantly observed every opportunity to the good of my Soul either to its Instruction or Reproof or to excite to more diligence IX Questions relating to Good Company 1. HAve I chosen Good and Holy people for my Companions and that because they are such and for a good end 2. Have I endeavoured to excite such by my Example and in Spiritual Conferences to Love and Good Works 3. Have I carried my self towards them as loving them with a Hearty and Brotherly affection and peaceably 4. Have I delighted in their Company and rejoyeed over their Prosperity 5. Have I born their Infirmities and covered them or done the contrary 6. Have I been advantagious to them with Admonitions Consolations Reproofs Counsel and other Service and have I sought the like advantage from them and found it X. Questions relating to Bad Company 1. HAve I carried my self prudently and wisely among the Ungodly so that they have not been a snare to me nor have they done me any damage 2. Have I carried my self so Holily that I have not been a Stone of stumbling to any of them but a good Example Conviction 3. Have I been serious courteous and compassionate towards them endeavouring to do them good by Reproofs Instruction and Admonition 4. Have I not been ashamed of the Word Ways and Children of Christ when among those that hate and persecute them XI Questions relating to our Carriage under various Providences 1. HAve I observed the perticular Providences of God concerning my self and others 2. Have I endeavoured to discern the dealings of God with my Soul and Body from my Prayers 3. Have I been thankful for my daily Blessings and Benefits received from God 4. Have I born my Cross this day willingly and chearfully and in Adversity submitted to the hand and will of God XII Questions relating to the Exercise of the Principal Gifts and Graces 1. HAve I lived by Faith depending constantly upon the Promises and on Christ for help strength success acceptance with God 2. Have I with all diligence endeavoured to express my Love to God to men and to my Enemies themselves this day 3. Have I denyed my self this day and curbed my Passions and Affections in all accurrences so behaving my self as one that denyes himself 4. Have I walked the whole day in the fear of the Lord whether in company or alone in divine Worship and Service or in worldly affairs always guarding against Sin 5. Have I been Humble and in all things eschewed and strived against Pride and High-mindedness 6. Have I eschewed or shunned Sinful Anger and carried my self meekly before God and men 7. Have I been content with my State and Condition in which the Lord by his providence hath set me 8. Have I been Patient not murmuring or repineing when I met with Difficulties and Oppression from God or men 9. Have I in all things exprest and declared my Uprightness and Honesty and shunned and striven against all Deceit and Hypocrisie 10. Have I been Heavenly-minded and delighted my self in God and striven against Earthly-mindedness and satisfaction in the Vanities thereof XIII An Epitome of the former Questions when in the Evenings we have little time or pleasure to the Duty of Self-Examination 1. HAve I been Serious and Zealous in my secret and private Family Religious Exercises this day and have had any sensible Communion with God 2. Have I striven against my Temptations and guarded against my inclination since 3. Have I been careful to keep my Heart from duty to duty in a Spiritual frame 4. Have I not conceived Vain Thoughts nor presented Vain and idle discourse 5. Have I had thorough the day many Ejaculatory Prayers and Sighs 6. Have I thought and spoken much of the Word of God 7. Have I carried my self Moderatly Self-denyingly and Spiritually in the use of the Creatures 8. Have I injured no man this day neither in Words nor Works 9. Have I been all the day diligent and careful upon my Watch and Guard 10. Have I not neglected my Duty to those I have particular relation to or have I not done in this contrary to it 11. Have I not mispent my time nor omitted any good opportunity to do Good or to receive Good 12. Have I this day been Serious in working for the Glory of God and my Souls Salvation 13. Have I not been immoderately poring and meditating on Earthly things 14. Have I not given way to Pride sinful Anger Discontentedness and Impatience 15. Have I lived by Faith and fetched all my strength from Christ 16. Have I let my Light shine among men and been profitable both to good and bad 17. Have I had a right aime and end in all my doings 18. Have I watched in Love both towards God and my Neighbour Translated out of Hollands or Low-Dutch for the Benefit of the English London Printed for John Bringhurst Stationer at the Sign of the Book in Grace-Church-street near Cornhill 1681.