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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57416	The afflicted souls preparation for death The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. Prov. the 16. and the I. verse. With loving exhortations to every true Christian to prepare their souls for the hour of death, also many good instructions to every good Christian to beware of false prophets. Written by Tho. Robins, B. of D. And licensed according to order.	Robins, Thomas, fl. 1672-1685.	1668 (1668)	Wing R1647; ESTC R219694	8,571	27

servent prayer of a righteous man availeth much James 5. 16. For certainly good people the Lord does take notice of a Rebellious people Look but into the 65. of Isaiah and the 3 verse And there you may see that the Lord took notice of the Rebellious people in these words I have spread my hands all the day to a rebellious people which walked in a way that was not good after their own thoughts A people that provoked me to anger continually to my face And these be some part of their speeches which said Stand by thy self come not neer me for I am holier then thou I but the Lord gives them a sharp sentence in the latter part of this verse for there he saies There is a smoak in my nose and a fire that burneth all the day as you may find it in the fourth Verse of this Chapter Indéed me thinks this would be a fair warning for every Christian which hath any fear of God in them to take heed how we provoke the Lord God too much unto wrath for as he is a God of Mercy and slow to anger Yet let not us think but when he doth come he will give every Man according unto his Works and indéed good people I cannot understand no surer way for to prevent the anger of the Lord but by Prayer and acknowledgeing our sins to the Lord as the Prophet David in the 32. Psalm and the 5. verse in these words I acknowledge my sins unto thee and mine iniquities have I not hid I said I would confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions Psalm 51. 1. O that people had but grace in their hearts and the fear of God before their eyes for to take example by the holy Prophet and to pray unto the Lord for to send down his spiritual Grace into the hearts of every one of us that we may serve him love him and obey him and keep his Commandments And then to be sure the Lord will love us Alas how can we say we love him when we daily break his Commandments Ten there is to be observed but alas how should we kéep ten when we cannot keep two of them First the Lord commands us to love him Secondly he commands us to love our neighbours as our selves as you may find it in Matthew 22. chap. 38 39. verses Thus now have you heard the Commandements of the Lord and the Lord of his Mercy give us all grace to strive to kéep them and as Moses said unto the people in Deuteronomy 4. chap. and beginning at verse 5. so I say unto you all Behold I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the Lord my God commanded me that you should do so in the land whither ye go to possess Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the Nations which shall hear all the Statutes and say Surely this great Nation is a wise and understanding people Deut. 4. chap. 5. and 6. verses And the Lord grant every good Christian grace to serve the Lord and wisdom to understand the good from the evil and confess the Lord to be a Loving and Gracious God! and confess our sins to the Lord and not séek to hide them in our bosomes with saying we have no sin as a great many do now adaies No good people rather let us cry and call unto the Lord for mercy for them as the Prophet Jeremiah did in the first of Lamentations and the 18. verse In these words The Lord is righteous for I have rebelled against his Commandments hear I pray you all people behold my sorrow And verse 20. Behold O Lord for I am in distress my bowels are troubled my heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled And the Lord give every good Christian grace to prepare their hearts to serbe the Lord that we may be all in readiness when the Lord shall please for to call our sinful souls to an account against that day the Lord prepare the hearts of every good Christian And so to draw towards a conclusion I desire to give you one word of Exhortation concerning this Let every good Christian have a care and take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God I mean take héed you be not led away by a Seducing people such as will say they have no sin Nay there be some will not stick to say they be Christ But look in Mark 25. verse 6. There our blessed Lord and Saviour tells us such people shall come to you in my Name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many And in 2 Pet. 3. 1. and 2. verses There you shall understand that such people are abroad now adaies But there were false Prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers amongst you who privily shall bring in damnable Heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction And many shall follow their pernicious waies by reason of whom the way of truth shall he evil spoken of And indéed my Brethren we may sée a great many such people abroad now adaies that will deny the Lord that bought them for there be some so pernicious in their waies and so wickedly bent who will not stick to say That there is no God nor Devil no Heaven nor Hell But I desire every good Christian to have a care that they be not deluded by such people For certainly there is a day to come when they shall find that there is a God which doth know the secrets of all mens hearts And I will assure you he will one day call all people to a strict account Then happy is those wise Virgins which is found with their Lamps filled with the oyl of faith Which the Lord of his heavenly mercy grant every good Christian grace to endeavour themselves to séek after this Oyl of Faith and never leave seeking till you have found it and when you have once found it pray the Lord to give us all understanding to make good use of it and be all found in the same mind as the Prophet Isaiah was found in as you may find it in Isaiah 25. and about the ninth verse where he said Lo this is our God we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoyce in his salvation O that every Christian would wait on the coming of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ and say as David in the 40. Psalm and the first verse I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclin'd unto me and heard my cry but I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh on me Psalm 40. 17. verse And indéed my Brethren I would desire every true Christian to wait upon the Lord confess your faults as the Prophet did and not deny your sins as a great many do now adaies For to be sure The Lord knoweth the hearts of all men and although a great many do think for to dissemble both with God and the world with saying we have no sin Yet let such as they have a care what they do for though they séek to delude the people which are ignorant yet let them be assured that the Lord will not be mocked with such oh no He is a God of Knowledge a God of Justice a God of Truth and a God of Mercy to all those that put their trust in him Which the God of his mercy give us all grace so to do and to have a special care that you wait upon the Lord and prepare you souls for the hour of death And now in the Name of God I do exhort you once more to have a care that you be not seduced by them but fly to the Lord your God by true repentance and then to be sure he will never leave you nor forsake you if you leave not him and the Lord of his heavenly mercy give us all of his spiritual Grace that we may all serve him here so on earth that we may deserve to have a resting place in that blessed Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour which is prepared for all such as will prepare themselves for that blessed day of the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ which the Lord of his mercy grant us all grace so to do and that for Christ Jesus sake To whom be given as is most due to him all Honour Power Praise Thanksgiving both now and for evermore Amen A short Prayer for afflicted Souls preparation for Death O Most gracious Lord God thou only knowest the secrets of all hearts I am not worthy to be called thy Son for mine iniquities are grown over my head a burthen too heavy for me to bear O wretch that I am how dare I come in thy presence but now holy and merciful Father as it hath pleased thee to open the eyes of my sinful soul grant me a lively faith that I may apply thy prevailing mercies so shall my afflicted soul wait upon thee till the hour of death which the Lord of his mercy give us grace so to do for Christ Jesus sake Amen FINIS THere are 4. more small books full of heavenly Consolation of a small price and worth the perusual of all true Christians 1. The ready way to everlasting life 2. Good counsel to be had at a cheap rate a very heavenly discourse of the beginning and end of man describing the happy estate of a faithful servant of Jesus Christ 3. Englands Summons or Londons Alarm being the directions of all sorts of people both how to live and die in these perilous times 4. Good News from Heaven Joyful News for all Sincere Christians an excellent piece for all Good Christians and worth the perusal