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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50398	The young mans guide to blessedness or, seasonable directions for youth in their unconverted state By R. Mayhew minister fo the gospel.	Mayhew, R. (Richard)	1677 (1677)	Wing M1445; ESTC R221862	64,331	148

and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh A heart without grace vea a heart without a good stock of grace ●●like the City of Rome of which 't is said That it was never besieged but it was taken Rom. 1● 14 If thou wouldest keep thy Castle keep thy heart then the Apostle tells thee negatively what thou must not do Thou must not make Provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof And positively what thou must do Thou must lay up in store a good foundation for the time to come 1 Tim. 6.19 2. For the Place Souldiers are stocked and stored with Provision for the Place Ci●es and Castles they are accommodated with Ammunition A Castle hath a Magazine in it self it hath Match Powder and Bullet A Castle is accommodated with Vtensils of War as Canons Muskets Spears and Swords Soul if thou wouldest keep thy Castle keep thy heart be sure to stock and store thy self with Ammunition stock and store thy self with Precepts Oppose a written word to every temptation This course Christ himself steered It is written Man shall not live by bread alone Mat. 4 4 7 It is written Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Oh here is a curious Copy to write after Soul take the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God This course David also steered I have hid thy Word in my heart that I might not sin against thee Whatever the temptation be be ready to answer with a written word Ps 119. 11 For instance 1. Doth Satan say swear Be ready to answer no for it is written Swear not at all Mat. 5 34. 2. Doth he say curse No for 't is written Bless and curse not Rom. 12.14 3. Doth he say Lye No for it is written Lie not one to another Col. 3.9 4. Doth he say steal No for it is written Ltt him that steal steal no more Eph. 4 28. 5. Doth he say unbelieve Christ No for it is written If ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sinnes John 8.24 6. Doth he say Work no more No 't is written If any would not work neither should he eat 2 Thes 3.10 7. Doth he say Pray no more No 't is written Pray without ceasing 1. Thes 5.17 8. Doth he say Read no more No 't is written Search the Scriptures John 5.39 9. Doth he say Hear no more No 't is written Be swift to hear slow to speak slow to wrath Jam. 1.19 10. Doth he say Fear no more No 't is written Serve Jehovah with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psal 2.11 Thus Soul Endeavour to have a written word ready to answer every Temptation 2. Soldiers they have their Armour on There is in a City or Castle not onely Armour for the Souldiers to put on but if the Enemy be at hand the Souldiers they have their Armour on or put on their Armour They gird on their Swords take up their Muskets c. When Nehemiah a Person of Eminency was eminently concerned in rebuilding Jerusalems walls and repairing her Breaches it s said that those upon the wall with one of their hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon Neh. 4.17 Souls the Enemy is in the Field and if ye would keep this Castle the heart ye must have your Armor on If you would so Fight as to Overcome ye must put on Armour yea ye must put on the Armour of God Eph. 6.13 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yea ye must put on the whole Armour of God The Greek word is a compound word and signifie not onely Necessary but Compleat Armour such as Covereth all the Body and leaveth no place Naked and Vnfenced There must be Head-Piece Back-Piece Breast-Piece c. 3. Souldiers they keep up a Watch and ward If men would keep a Castle they must keep upon their Guard When the Lord of Life was dead and laid in the Sepulchre the chief Priests and Pharisees made their Application unto Pilate and desired him that he would make it sure he answered ye have a watch Mat. 27.64 65 66. goe and make it as sure as ye can So they went and made the Sepulchre sure sealing the stone and setting a watch Thus also Nehemiah did concerning Jerusalem We made our prayers unto our God and set a watch against them day and night because of them Oh Soul Neh. 4.9 wouldest thou keep this Castle thy heart be then upon thy Guard keep up thy watch What I say unto you and 't is Christ that speaks it I say unto all watch Mark 13.37 Now here I shall Advise unto two things an Observance of the Enemyes Motion and then of the hearts Corruption There must be a Curious and a Critical observance of both these 1. Let there be a Curious observance of the Enemies Motion Men in a Fort City or Castle art not only sensible of the Enemies Being in the Field but also Curiously and Critically observe his Motion which way he bends his Force that place of the City he goes about to Storm against what Gate he places his Canons to make his Batteries This Enemy is Satan and he is ever in Motion He like a roaring Lyon goeth about 1 Per. 5.8 seeking whom he may devour Observe therefore that Sin he Courts what Bait he Lays for he hath a Bait for every Fish a Last for every Foot 2. Let there be a Critical observance of the hearts Corruption Doe not onely observe what place Satan storms but which place also is Weakest and where he is likeliest to ●uter Oh Soul Double and Treble thy Guards upon the Sin of thy Nature that 's the weakest place of the Castle and there Satan will Endeavour to Enter Watch in the watch-Tower I stand continually upon the watch-Tower in the day time Isa 21.5 ● and I am set in my ward every night 4. Why this heart of man must be kept above all keeping 4. The heart of man above all keeping must be kept in a threefold respect God Christ the Heart 1. In respect of God God hath commanded the keeping of the heart In respect of God and therefore the heart must be kept Let this Text ring in thy ears and my ears Above all keeping keep thy heart The Commands of men if counter and contrary to the Commands of God may be dispensed with but who can give a Dispensation to the Commands of God As God i● displeased with the Commission of evil so with the omission of ●ood God is displeased with the not doing of what he commands as he is with the doin● of what he forbids Oh break not as it were the heart of God as they did and give him cause to say concerning you as he did concerning them Oh that this people would do as they say Oh that this people would do as I say ●os 2.4 do as they say May not I say unto you as Pharaoh did to

keeping keep your hearts Little Children keep your s●lves from idols Though these were Children 1 Jo. 5.21 yet they are called l●ttle Children and little Children may have Idols at least they are in danger of setting up Idols within C● 3 1. Set your affe●●●●ns on things above not on things on the earth The Affection is a Faculty of the Soul and this may be set upon things below Love not the world 1 Jo. 21 nor the things that are in the world If any one love the world the love of the Father is not in him The World may b● s●● b●t it must not be loved The World is a great Idol the Diana that have so many Worshippers and the heart is the Seat for this Idol for that 's the Seat of Love Covetousness is a great si● a grievous sin For the iniquity of his Covetousness was I wroth and smote him The love of money is called the Root of all evil Covetousness is called Idolatry Col. 3.5 And Covetousness which is Idolatry But how is a covetous man an idolatrous man yea an Idolater He that gives that to any creature which is due to God makes himself an Idolater Keep the World therefore out of thy heart for that 's often set up there as an Idol Now if ye would keep the world out of your hearts ye must of necessity then ●●ep your hearts 4. Would ye f●llow the Footsteps of the Flock then above all keeping keep the heart The C●ristian may be followed so far and so fast as he follows Christ Thou mayst set thy Watch by his if he set his by the Sun C●r 11. ●e ye followers of me even as I a so am of Christ Be ye followers of me even as I also am of Christ Be ye followers that is be ye Imitators of me even as I am an Imitator of Christ Go thy way forth by the f●otsteps of the Flock By the footsteps or in the footst●ps of the Flock ●ant 1.8 that is go in those ways and do those works which the sheep or flock of Christ have gone in and done before thee 5. Would ye follow the foot steps of the Shepherd Then above all keeping keep the heart As Christ was the highest Principle so the highest Pattern and President an incomparable Copy to write after Path to walk after Exemplar to work after Now there was no Guile in his Mouth and there would be less in ours if we would be more car●ful conscious cordial and constant in k●eping our hearts above all keeping She hath left us an example that we should follow his steps 1 Pet. 2.21 6. Would ye have a conversation in heaven and for heaven then above all keeping keep the heart we are to drive a Trade with heaven and for heaven Oh soul what a ●●ss●● and lower heaven is it to have a clean and a chaste heart a holy and a heavenly heart For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. 3.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The word here for conversation though but one word in the Greek yet it cannot be expressed by one word in English but may be read thus Our conversation is in heaven that is we carry and behave our selves in this life as free Denizons in the City of heaven It is the Ambition of a Saint to live godly in Christ Jesus We should live upon earth according to the Laws of Heaven our Ambition should be to have all in Print Every Saint should be an earthly Angel and live upon earth after the rate of heaven An Evangelical life should be an Aagelical life 1. Would ye above all keeping keep the heart 2. Directions ●ngage Christ then in this work The heart is the strongest Castle the highest Turre● no Arrow will do execution but what the Lord takes out of his own Quiver and sheets out of his own Bow Let God be passive and the heart is impregnable notwithstanding all the Batteries that are made against it Rev. 6.2 'T is Christ that went forth conquering and to conquer And thorough Christ Christians are more then Conquerours Ro. 8.37 2. Would ye above all keeping keep the heart Make use then of the Spirit The flesh and the spirit are contraries and contraries have contrary consequences As one contrary discovers another so one contrary seeks the destruction of the other The flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other Gal. 5.17 Now contrariety is the ground of all contestation and conflict If ye would mortifie the deeds of the flesh Rom. 8.13 ye must take the Spirit If ye by the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the flesh ye shall live 3. Would ye above all keeping keep the heart Let your hearts then be taken up with heaven When thou findest thy thoughts wandring and ready to bre●● their bounds endeavor to turn them into another Channel concern thy soul then with heaven and h●●venly things All below heaven should be below the heart Mat. 6.21 Where the treasure 〈◊〉 will the heart be also A heart must be where its treasure is and its treasure where Christ is 'T is pity that a good head and a good heart should not ever be companions Your head is in heaven let your heart be there also the head and the heart may be together But to end as I did begin and there to end where I did begin As heart-keeping is the hardest keeping so the heart must be kept above all keeping Above all keeping keep thy heart for out of is the actions of life proceed Dilecti si cor nostrum nos non condemnet loquendi libertatem apud Deum habenius 1 Joh. 3.21 The Sufficiency of Grace 2 COR. X●I 9. former part And he said unto me My Grace is sufficient for thee In the Text and Context ye have the Apostles Narrative concerning his Revelation his Temptation upon that Revelation his Supplication upon that Temptation and his Supportation upon that Supplication 1. His Revelation It is not expedient for me to glory 2 Cor. 2.1 I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. Some distinguish visions from Revelations thus A vision they say is when something is Supernatural represented to the sight the party not knowing the Signification thereof Such was the vision of Pharaoh concerning the Cattel and the Corn which were one and the same thing Gen 41 seven years Fulness and seven years Famine Such also was the vision of Nebuchadnezzar concerning the Tree Dan. 4. which was Interpreted of Himself A Revelation they say when something is Supernaturally represented to the sight and the Signification thereof is made known to the party such were the visions of the Prophets Others distinguish visions from Revelations thus A vision may be without an Extasie Thus the two Maries seeing the Angel at the Sepulcher